Chapter 118: Chapter 118: Coming Out of Seclusion
The main product offered by Cyan Cloud Pavilion is the Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish.
This time, the sale of the Spirit Fish was different from last time. Not only were there no cultivators from the Hengyue Sect causing trouble, but Zhang Sihong visited Cyan Cloud Pavilion once again and purchased fifty Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish.
According to him:
"Last time I procured some Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish at Cyan Mountain Residence, the taste and texture of the fish were extremely delicious, comparable to celestial cuisine."
"The fellows in my guild loved it and kept clamoring about when they could taste it again."
"Now that you are selling the Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish again, how could I pass up such a good opportunity."
"After I bring them back, the fellows in the guild will have another treat."
These are the exact words Zhang Sihong said when purchasing the Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish.
Seeing business coming to the door, Xu Yecheng wasn’t about to turn away customers, so he naturally agreed to the deal happily.
In the following half-month, while Cyan Cloud Pavilion offered Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish for sale, they even hosted events to attract cultivators from the market. They cooked two Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish on the spot for everyone to taste.
Many cultivators had heard of the Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish’s renown. Witnessing and having the chance to taste it personally to see if it was as delicious as rumored, they were not going to miss out. After trying a bite or two, they couldn’t stop praising it.
In this way, following this wave of tasting, the sales path for the Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish quickly opened up.
Numerous loose cultivators were willing to spend money to buy one or two to taste and share with friends.
Cyan Cloud Pavilion became known to the public for selling the Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish.
The Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish became a specialty of the Cyan Mountain Sect, successfully establishing its reputation.
After all, no other place had the Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish for sale, nor were they bred. This was unique to the Cyan Cloud Sect.
Winter had passed, and time moved to the second year of autumn. By this time, it had been a year since Lu Ping entered secluded cultivation.
Joyful news began to spread throughout the sect as the spirit fields reached harvest time.
Last year’s twenty-five acres of Tier Two Lower Grade spirit fields produced over 8,100 jin of Jade Crystal Rice, bringing in 2,100 spirit stones in revenue for the sect.
Because the new spirit field lacked sufficient Spirit Charm and the soil was short of enough nutrients, it barely managed to cultivate Jade Crystal Rice, resulting in a low spirit rice yield in the first year.
However, after over a year of nurturing, Li Ziqi and Zuo Luo continuously performed the Spirit Gathering Rain Technique, nurturing the spirit fields, greatly enhancing the Spirit Charm and nutrients within them, sufficiently meeting the growth needs of the Jade Crystal Rice.
Therefore, this year’s yield of Jade Crystal Rice nearly doubled from last year, with an estimated production capacity of around 15,000 jin.
Twenty-five acres of spirit fields can produce 15,000 jin of spirit rice, which is quite satisfactory for Lu Yuanshan.
Converted to spirit stones, it could bring the sect around 4,200 spirit stones in revenue.
This effectively doubles the revenue from the spirit fields!
Seeing the spirit fields fully mature and roughly estimating the production capacity, Li Ziqi reported the upcoming task of harvesting the spirit rice to Lu Yuanshan.
With the spirit rice abundant, Lu Yuanshan immediately arranged for disciples to assist.
Apart from a few disciples still in secluded cultivation, including She Qingqing and Li Weixiao, even Lu Changfeng participated in the spirit field harvest.
If Lu Zhiwei weren’t still in secluded cultivation, she probably would also have joined in.
This time, some disciples’ techniques were not as clumsy as last year’s.
For example, Liu Shiyao, during the first harvest of spirit rice roots before the spirit fields were expanded.
Back then, she didn’t know how to harvest the spirit rice roots, and her magical power was insufficient, leading to quite a bit of fatigue.
This year, with prior experience, her technique has become much more skilled.
Though not comparing with She Qingqing, not even half as good, she managed to apply her strength effectively, and her harvesting technique was quite correct.
With the participation of many disciples, the spirit field was completely harvested by the sixth day.
The yield of Jade Crystal Rice wasn’t far off from Li Ziqi’s estimation, reaching 15,018 jin.
"The production capacity of the spirit fields has been increasing year by year."
"Continuing with the current spirit rice productivity, the yearly revenue the sect can gain from the spirit fields resource will be around four thousand spirit stones."
"This revenue is significantly higher than the previous two years!"
Witnessing the abundant harvest, Lu Yuanshan has been in an excellent mood for days afterward.
And only a few days later, more good news came.
The medicinal garden also reached its harvest time.
Last year, the medicinal garden’s spirit medicine production was over four hundred plants, bringing in a little over 800 spirit stones for the sect.
This time, because Lu Ping used [Resource Optimization] early on to optimize the medicinal garden, although the garden’s tier and spirit medicine level didn’t increase by a small tier.
The production capacity of the medicinal garden still increased, thanks to optimization, and the revenue situation is estimated to reach 1,389 spirit stones a year.
This doesn’t yet account for the benefits brought by the Spiritual Peach Tree.
Also, Zixu Grass and Wind Spirit Grass, Cyan Jade Bamboo, these three.
The harvesting of spirit medicines is the same as in previous years, still carried out by She Qingqing, Li Weixiao, and Lu Yuanshan.
It is worth mentioning that after more than a year of teaching by She Qingqing, Li Weixiao not only grew a few inches taller, his height is approaching She Qingqing’s shoulder.
Moreover, he finally entered the First-Layer Qi Cultivation, becoming a cultivator.
With a talent for Water and Earth Dual Spirit Roots, the main spirit root being Water, the cultivation technique he practices, like Lu Xuelian, is the water attribute Yuqing Cloud Water Heart Method.
This cultivation technique is particularly beneficial for him in assisting She Qingqing in tending to the spirit fields.
Currently, in the sect, only Li Weimiao, the little girl, still doesn’t have a suited cultivation method.
She also practices the Yuqing Cloud Water Heart Method, with her realm slightly higher than her brother Li Weixiao, having reached the Second-Layer Qi Cultivation.
The Celestial Spirit Root talent allows Li Weimiao to advance smoothly during the Qi Cultivation stage without encountering any bottlenecks.
Once Lu Ping emerges from seclusion and exchanges for the [Two-Star Cloud Water Green Waves] to impart to the little girl, her cultivation efficiency will dramatically increase.
Within three to five years, reaching the mid-Qi Cultivation stage will be no problem at all.
In the medicinal garden, the spirit medicine harvesting continued for a whole day before concluding.
Since Zixu Grass and Wind Spirit Grass are Tier Two Spirit Medicines and not yet mature, still requiring more than two years, after the three finished harvesting spirit medicines, they continued with the harvest of the Spiritual Peach Tree.
This year, the number of Spiritual Peaches on the Spiritual Peach Tree increased by two compared to last year, reaching 184 peaches.
These Spiritual Peaches can significantly aid Qi cultivators in their cultivation, so Lu Yuanshan does not plan to sell the Spiritual Peaches, intending to allocate them entirely for internal sect cultivation needs.
And so, year after year passed by swiftly.
After another cycle of planting and harvesting the spirit fields, medicinal garden, and Spiritual Peach Tree, while the sect’s economy rapidly grew, the time also neared for Lu Ping to exit seclusion.
In the silent tranquility of the cave mansion in the rear mountain, Lu Ping gradually awoke from his secluded cultivation state.
Upon regaining consciousness, before his eyes, a large number of dialog boxes instantly popped up frantically.
The screen was filled.