Chapter 11: Chapter 11: Inch-Sized Mountains and Rivers Box, Weichuan Beaver
Leaving the shop, Li Ye continued browsing the market.
Speaking of it, it’s definitely more convenient to just get everything at the Four Seasons Sect shop at once, like the Spirit Plants that can bear seeds or Spirit Beasts that love hoarding food.
But since I’ve made obvious repeated purchases of Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts, it’s getting a bit suspicious.
Moreover, he also wanted to see if he could continue finding unexpected bargains.
With winter almost over, the market now has various farming Magical Artifacts for sale, like an automatic plowing hoe, plow, breeding boxes, spray pots and stone tablets for maintaining water Spiritual Qi...
From breeding to sowing and planting, you can find matching Magical Artifacts for the entire process, estimating that even a fool could manage a field using these artifacts.
Li Ye was somewhat tempted to buy, but thought better of it; he only owned two acres of land now, buying a huge pile of artifacts would be too extravagant. If he expanded later, it wouldn’t be too late to buy them.
He took a few steps and unexpectedly spotted the young cultivator selling Cold Ice Wheat last time, who seemed even more distressed now. He glanced at the items the cultivator was selling and was instantly shocked.
[Name]: Spring Thunder Wheat
[Mood]: Expectant
[Condition]: Unripe, has a chance to nurture "Wheat Pill"
This... what kind of Child of Qi Fortune is this?
The Cold Ice Wheat sold last time had Wheat Pill, and now this Spring Thunder Wheat also has a chance to nurture Wheat Pill—could it be that there’s an unknown method for cultivating Wheat Pill?
He immediately stepped forward and greeted familiarly, "Isn’t this Taoist Friend Zhou? Selling wheat again?"
Last time, they had exchanged surnames.
The young cultivator Zhou, seeing Li Ye, wasn’t particularly thrilled: "Taoist Friend Li, I’ve switched to cultivating another type of wheat. If a lot of Spring Thunder Wheat is planted, it can attract a flash of spring thunder. Upon shattering, it forms thunder flour. Would you like to buy some?"
"...Wasn’t Taoist Friend Zhou selling Cold Ice Wheat last time?"
"Oh, that Cold Ice Wheat is out of season now. With the change in seasons, naturally, one must plant new Spirit Plants according to the seasonal changes. These Spring Thunder Wheat are obtained by my elders from the Upper Sect of the Four Seasons Sect."
"Did Taoist Friend manage to cultivate Wheat Pill?"
"Of course not; perhaps I truly have no talent and should just honestly sell the Spiritual Grain, so do you want these Spiritual Grains?"
He definitely wanted the Spring Thunder Wheat that could nurture Wheat Pill, but this thing required quite a lot to attract spring thunder, and his mere one and a half acres of land were truly too few.
He regretfully shook his head: "My place is small, really can’t plant them in large quantities."
"Alas, I’ve displayed this Spiritual Grain for two days without selling. If you don’t want it, I might as well take it back and wait for the other Spiritual Grains to mature for myself to eat," Cultivator Zhou was very downcast.
Hearing him say that, Li Ye simply replied mysteriously, "All things have spirits; perhaps these Spiritual Grains you planted want to offer their essence to you?"
After speaking, he waved his hand and turned around to leave, carefree beyond measure.
But truthfully, he did feel a bit heartache; he might have missed a bunch of Wheat Pills.
And Cultivator Zhou felt that perhaps Taoist Friend Li’s words made some sense.
After painstakingly cultivating the seeds and plants, yet not having tasted them once, it couldn’t be sold either, might as well take them back and eat them himself!
If fate brings them together next time, he could give Taoist Friend Li some flour made from the wheat he cultivated to taste.
...
Li Ye walked along the road, quickly letting go.
Perhaps it truly couldn’t be forced.
In this world, there are always too many good things one can’t obtain; losing them is fate, gaining them is luck.
His attention was now drawn to a giant box displayed by a cultivator not far away.
The box was about twenty feet long and ten feet wide, sprawling over there.
Inside was flowing Spiritual Spring water, soil piles, and some green plants, looking as if a stream and its accompanying landscape were clipped and placed inside.
Even more amazing, there were some fat, baby hand-sized rounded Beavers inside, gradually constructing their little dams, dividing the entire stream into patches.
[Name]: Micro Spirit River Beaver
[Mood]: Joyful
[Condition]: Eager to share its food
[Can Bind]: Any kind of Spirit Plant desiring Spirit Power or nourishment
As Li Ye observed them, cultivators nearby were already conversing:
"That should be the Inch Mountain and River Mechanism Box from Mo Family’s Mechanical Workshop, right?"
"Indeed, seems to be last year’s river stream division edition."
"Can that box truly offer an absolutely comfortable and perfect environment for Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants?"
——The last sentence was asked by Li Ye.
Upon his inquiry, the surrounding cultivators graciously imparted knowledge, or rather the cultivator enjoyed being in the spotlight:
"Mo Family’s Inch Mountain and River Mechanism Box was assembled with assistance from Spirit Plant Masters of the Four Seasons Upper Sect.
The Spiritual Qi environment inside can be custom set; no matter the Spirit Beast or Spirit Plant, as long as you pay the money for customization, you can definitely cultivate and raise it inside."
Seeing more people gathering, the cultivator spoke further about the Spirit Beasts: "These Spirit Beasts should be Spirit Objects nurtured by the Micro Spirit River within the Four Seasons Upper Sect’s mountain gates.
From generations, they have been groomed by the Upper Sect’s mighty figures, most fond of sorting out Water Veins and cleaning up debris left by Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants.
If there are Spiritual Springs or Spirit Rivers in the yard, raising a few Beavers saves you the trouble of cleaning up!"
Li Ye quietly queued among the crowd, feeling that this person might be a tout, expounding all the benefits of the mechanism box and Micro Spirit River Beaver, truly a perfect tout.
But much to his interest, he really did want to buy one of these boxes, just like buying a micro-landscape in his previous life, it would undoubtedly be very pleasing in the house, and also could nurture things inconvenient to raise in the yard.
For example, Silver Moon Grass; if he had such a box, it would indeed be very convenient.
However, mingling in the crowd, he overheard that these items cost at least several hundred Spirit Stones, and more with custom demands, instantly lowering his spirits.
Though he earned over two thousand Spirit Stones, having just bought an Array and not particularly needing this item, he thought to wait further.
Thus, he smoothly queued to purchase five Micro Spirit River Beavers.
Unexpectedly, the price was quite cheap, merely five Spirit Stones per Beaver. He thought such specific Spirit Beasts would be highly priced.
Later, upon leaving, he heard in the crowd that these Spirit Beasts underwent certain Magical treatments rendering them infertile.
Meaning buying a few is exactly buying a few.
Well, although a bit surprising, it was all rather expected.
Cultivated Spirit Plants need special methods to bear seeds, these Spirit Beasts definitely do too, else buying a pair could be easily bred and sold, right?
Clearly impossible.