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Chapter 434 - 77: Impatience Ruins Grand Plans (1/3)

Chapter 434: Chapter 77: Impatience Ruins Grand Plans (1/3)

The three Spirit Fields that An Jing used for the experiment, where different fertilizers were applied, all yielded mature spirit plants.

"They all actually speed up the growth of the spirit plants!"

This unexpected success brought delight to An Jing’s face, and he immediately went forward to check thoroughly, then nodded, "Indeed, it is effective; however, the specific progress varies slightly depending on the type of spirit plant."

The Spirit Fields of Demon Spirits are vastly different from those of human farmlands.

Simply put, Demon Spirits don’t cultivate a uniform type of spirit plant in their Spirit Fields but rather a ’selected ecological circle of spirit plants.’ Their Spirit Fields, just like their Demon Cores, consist of hundreds of different spirit plants, both ordinary and precious. They enhance each other, promoting faster growth than in natural environments and without pests.

The only issue is that cultivating them is too cumbersome; only demon spirits who have achieved a bit in developing Demon Cores can afford it.

In the Spirit Field overseen by Cao Mu Mao in the three experimental fields An Jing used, the spirit grasses and shrubs were growing quickly. A bunch of ’Red Leaf Pulp’, locally known as little Zhu fruits, had already fruited. An Jing tasted one, finding its flavor rich and sweet. As he bit through the outer skin, a warm, rice-wine-like juice flowed between his teeth, swallowing down his throat.

In the field managed by Jin Xi Rang, many root and tuber types of spirit plants matured much faster than others, such as the ’Art Rune Tuber’ and ’Earth Spirit Beans’. The former, once dried and ground, could be used as raw material for wood element talismans, while the latter was a potato rich in Spiritual Power, tasty and quickly replenishing Essence Qi.

The last, Su Sheng Ling, worked equally on all spirit plants and did so probably the fastest, making the entire field more lush than the others were with different fertilizers.

The only issue was that the ripening induced by Su Sheng Ling had a cost.

The berries from Cao Mu Mao tasted very good, hardly different from those matured normally, and Jin Xi Rang was similar with its adequate Spirit Qi.

As for the berries induced by Su Sheng Ling... An Jing tasted one. Even though it was the same Red Leaf Pulp, its flavor was much more astringent than Cao Mu Mao’s, lacking that rich fragrance and also slightly sour.

The Spiritual Power was passable, only about twenty to thirty percent lower, making it an inferior spirit plant, but still a spirit plant.

"Just buy Su Sheng Ling!"

But An Jing decided without hesitation to make Su Sheng Ling his main fertilizer for future importation.

The answer was simple—these ordinary spirit plants had no effect on An Jing; he wasn’t eating them himself but rather selling them to others, so naturally, the faster and more abundant, the better.

The severe cold of Frost Calamity was about to seep deep into Broken Blade Mountain; being late by even a day meant a hefty loss—conversely, being faster meant a big profit.

Moreover, the most important issue was, An Jing did not want to expose himself in this regard.

If he were to sell spirit plants externally, they would ostensibly be harvested hastily under the threat of Frost Calamity. In such a scenario, if An Jing could still present spirit plants of normal quality or even exceptionally good quality, it would certainly draw attention, attracting unnecessary scrutiny.

An Jing did not need to make big money from these things; he just needed to make a quick buck using these free resources to stabilize the situation around Linjiang City and incidentally find something for the citizens to do.

For the sake of prudence, even though An Jing had a potential solution—such as using the Civil and Military Formation Plate, powered by Earth Pulse Qi, which could likely solve the side effects of Su Sheng Ling—he wouldn’t go about solving it.

After deciding on his fertilizer ripening strategy, An Jing activated the Xi Yin Drone on the spot, gathering data on the terrain of the central Spirit Field in Broken Blade Mountain.

This part of the terrain is very peculiar. According to Subdue Evil, it is called the ’Ten Directional Furnace.’ A total of nine peaks encircle the main peak, Broken Blade Mountain, with each Spirit Peak having a ring of Spirit Fields beneath it to accumulate Earth Pulse Qi and gather Heaven’s Essence Qi to the center. The central main peak penetrates the Heavenly Sea, drawing the spirits of the nine heavens to recharge the nine peaks, turning the entire central area of the Broken Blade Mountain Range into a huge Heaven-Earth furnace that refines the most pure Spirit Veins and Spiritual Gold.

"Theoretically, beneath the Broken Blade Peak, there absolutely are astonishingly valuable Spirit Stone veins and Spiritual Gold veins."

Subdue Evil said, "There’s even a high probability of nurturing some extremely precious Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects... but they might have already been used up by that Four-Winged Moon Snake."

"Whatever, your fragment is the most important anyway."

An Jing didn’t really care about the Spiritual Objects. His core advantage was in the channel between two realms, and reinforcing Subdue Evil was his only core goal; everything else gained was just a pleasant surprise: "On the other hand, this terrain is quite intriguing. I’ll collect some detailed data—come to think of it, weren’t the original Formations modeled after these geomantic terrains?"

"If I collect the detailed data of this terrain, could a master of Formations replicate it one day?"

"Indeed."

Subdue Evil agreed, "Like those Great Sector Mountain Gate Formations of the Great Sects, they either use the natural terrain of the earth or mimic some sort of natural terrain of the earth."

"And your Embracing the Void Martial Arts, even better, can forge a mountain gate inside your own body, which you can simply roll out and use when needed—I think you should collect more of these special terrains. It might come in handy when shaping the Formation Realm inside your body one day."

"Indeed."

An Jing smiled and continued to control the Xi Yin Drone to scan, "Anyway, let’s scan everything. It wouldn’t hurt."

"Eldest Senior, this map... you really mustn’t show it to anyone else."

Despite saying this, when An Jing brought the map of the terrain surrounding Broken Blade Mountain back to Linjiang City and showed it to Bai Qinghan and Xu Tai, he received an unexpectedly surprising reaction.

The usually calm and gentle Bai Qinghan, upon seeing this map, spoke with astonishment, "In Da Chen, this is the most definitive act of rebellion. It absolutely must not be revealed!"

"Ah? This counts as rebellion?"

Hearing this, An Jing was somewhat puzzled, "It’s just a map. They are available everywhere, can’t be that exaggerated, right?"

"Ordinary maps, naturally, are no big deal, but a ’Strategic Geomancy Map’ like this one, marked with various Spirit Plants, Spirit Ore, biological distributions, Spirit Mechanism densities, and the directions of Earth Veins, is very significant."

Bai Qinghan slightly shook his head, "In Da Chen, private ownership of Armor, bows, Magic Artifacts, Cavalry, or even fortresses, doesn’t count as rebellion. Only privately casting large city-level Array Plates, collecting Formation-related and Earth Vein geomancy information, is considered rebellion."

"Not that these things aren’t useful, but you must not let others know about them—Eldest Senior Brother, you still have to interact a lot with Da Chen in the future, make sure not to give them a reason to accuse you."

"What are these siblings doing?"

On the other side, Xu Tai watched An Jing and Bai Qinghan discussing seriously, with an incredulous look, and couldn’t help but complain inwardly, "Are you still worried about being blamed for rebellion? One of you covertly occupies the Bright Mirror Sect’s True Transmission in Da Chen City, and the other is a Heaven’s Will Demon Sect Goddess. Are you still worried about this?"

"You are clearly actual rebels!"