Qing'an Town, the Qing Xuan Sect's residence, Xu Lijin flew down into the courtyard with his sword.
"Senior Brother Xu, you've worked hard, the meal is ready, please come inside and enjoy!" Zhou Guangzhi, squatting at the door, respectfully indicated to Xu Lijin.
Xu Lijin nodded, just about to go inside to eat, when he suddenly remembered something. He stopped in his tracks and quietly called out, "Xiaozhou, I have something to entrust to you. If you handle it well, there will be a benefit for you."
"Sure! Senior Brother Xu, please feel free to instruct me, I will certainly not fail your trust!" Zhou Guangzhi's eyes lit up and he nodded happily.
In the Qing Xuan Sect, hierarchy is strict, even among those outer disciples like them who serve outside at the sect, there are great differences in their respective statuses. Xu Lijin, with a cultivation of Qi Refining Ninth Layer, understands array formations and is a management disciple at the sect's residence. Zhou Guangzhi's cultivation is at Qi Refining Seventh Layer, without any special skills, he can only run errands and do odd jobs, his status just slightly higher than a servant disciple of the sect.
"I just went to Little Liang Mountain to set up the Spirit Summoning Array." Xu Lijin introduced indifferently.
"It's that kid who applied to reclaim the land last time, I remember him!" Zhou Guangzhi thought for a moment, then nodded with a clear impression.
"Hmm, this time I discovered a branch of a spirit vein on Little Liang Mountain. If nothing unexpected happens, the five acres of spirit fields he's opening up have a high chance of spiritualizing into middle-grade spirit fields, keep an eye on it for me, if there's a chance, hmm!" A sinister gleam flashed through Xu Lijin's eyes briefly, and at the end, he leaned towards Zhou Guangzhi's ear, quietly hinting.
"I know what to do! Senior Brother Xu, I'll handle it in the next two days." Zhou Guangzhi's spirit was lifted and he nodded excitedly.
Middle-grade spirit fields can be used for growing spirit medicine, with quite a high yield and creating value four to five times that of lower-grade spirit fields, they are also more stable, hence the middle-grade spirit fields available for rent outside the sect have always been in short supply, with rent three to four times that of lower-grade fields.
Five acres of middle-grade spirit fields, with three years of rent exemption, equate to a value of 20,000 to 30,000 lower spirit stones, not to mention the rental price of those five acres of middle-grade spirit fields.
No wonder Senior Brother Xu would let him act discreetly, if they forcibly take over the other's spirit field, that guy would definitely cause a scene with the sect, leading to many changes.
If that kid could be dealt with unknowingly, Senior Brother Xu could then maneuver, and those few acres of spirit fields could definitely be assigned under 'other people's' names, achieving a profit of two to three thousand lower spirit stones.
He himself could at least get a share of two to three thousand lower spirit stones!
Zhou Guangzhi was greatly tempted.
"Hmm! Good to know, there's no need to rush, the Spirit Summoning Array has just been set up." Xu Lijin reached out, patting Zhou Guangzhi's shoulder, smiling to comfort him.
Zhou Guangzhi understood, smiled, and nodded, deciding to observe for a while, and make his move in ten days or a half month.
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Time flew by, seven days passed.
Little Liang Mountain.
After three months of diligent cultivation, the Wind Spirit Grass was growing excellently, each plant reaching Li Mu's waist, full of vitality, vibrant green, and extremely lush.
The Wind Spirit Grass had entered its maturity season. Li Mu could no longer hold back, he took his sickle and went down to the field to harvest.
Li Mu grabbed a few stalks of Wind Spirit Grass, sliced through with his sickle, and at the severed roots of the Wind Spirit Grass, several pale green light clusters suddenly appeared within.
Good! Hahaha!
Unlike the Plant Spirit Pearls that come from cutting Spirit Rice, I wonder what kind of special effects can be absorbed.
Li Mu hurriedly put down his sickle, reached out, and touched the pale green light cluster.
In the next second, the pale green light cluster merged into Li Mu's hand and disappeared.
Li Mu eagerly looked towards the log panel at the bottom of his character panel, and sure enough, a new log notification popped up.
[Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Absorption has taken effect, you absorbed a Plant Spirit, Free Skill Point +1]
Hmm?
Seeing this log notification, Li Mu was momentarily stunned, then looked towards the character attribute panel.
As expected, the character attribute panel showed new changes, a plus sign appeared next to all skills and cultivation techniques that required proficiency, and at the bottom of the character panel, a new field for free skill points appeared, showing quantity: 1.
This free skill point, can it be freely added to Sword Control Technique, Talisman Making Technique, Cyan Wood Technique, Puppetry Technique,..., and all skills and cultivation techniques that require proficiency?
Li Mu tried it out, concentrating on adding to Sword Control Technique.
[Ding, you consumed one free skill point, Sword Control Technique proficiency +1.]
Immediately, a log notification for adding points to Sword Control Technique proficiency popped up at the bottom of the character panel.
"Hahahaha! This is wonderful!"
Confirming the use of the Wind Spirit Grass Plant Spirit Light Group, Li Mu laughed joyfully; the Plant Spirit Light Group of the Wind Spirit Grass can actually increase skills and cultivation technique proficiency. In the future, as long as more Wind Bell Grass is planted, then many cultivation techniques and skills no longer need to be arduously cultivated.
Li Mu happily danced and celebrated for quite a while before calming down and continuing to harvest the Wind Spirit Grass.
[Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Absorption has taken effect, you absorbed a Plant Spirit, Free Skill Point +1]
[Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Absorption has taken effect, you absorbed a Plant Spirit, Free Skill Point +1]
[Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Absorption has taken effect, you absorbed a Plant Spirit, Free Skill Point +1]
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Li Mu, like a diligent bee, tirelessly worked in the field, harvesting the Wind Spirit Grass while picking up one pale green light cluster after another. Compared to the Plant Spirit of Spirit Rice Grains, the Plant Spirit of Wind Spirit Grass was very stable, almost always yielding just one skill point, and each plant of Wind Spirit Grass provided a Plant Spirit.
After harvesting the last batch of Wind Spirit Grass, Li Mu gained 48,262 free skill points.
Looking at so many skill points, despite his fatigue, Li Mu couldn't help but reveal a joyful smile, extremely excited.
Li Mu immediately chose to increase the proficiency of the Quenching God Technique, as this cultivation technique is the most time-consuming to practice.
[Ding, you consumed one free skill point, Quenching God Technique proficiency +1.]
[Ding, you consumed one free skill point, Quenching God Technique proficiency +1.]
[Ding, you consumed one free skill point, Quenching God Technique proficiency +1.]
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[Ding, you consumed one free skill point, Quenching God Technique proficiency +1, Quenching God Technique level up to: Level 1, your Divine Sense has improved, Divine Sense range increased: +10 feet.]
[Ding, you consumed one free skill point, Quenching God Technique proficiency +1.]
...
[Ding, you consumed one free skill point, Quenching God Technique proficiency +1, Quenching God Technique level up to: Level 2, your Divine Sense significantly improved, Divine Sense range increased: +30 feet.]
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[Ding, you consumed one free skill point, Quenching God Technique proficiency +1, Quenching God Technique level up to: Level 3, your Divine Sense significantly improved, Divine Sense range increased: +100 feet.]
...
[Ding, you consumed one free skill point, Quenching God Technique proficiency +1, Quenching God Technique level up to: Level 4, your Divine Sense significantly improved, Divine Sense range increased: +300 feet.]
With the Quenching God Technique upgraded to Level 4, Li Mu stopped crazily adding points to the Quenching God Technique; the next level up would require 10,000 proficiency points, and there were too many cultivation techniques needing enhancement, the remaining free skill points had to be distributed to other skills and techniques.
However, the improvement to Divine Sense from the fourth-level Quenching God Technique was too significant.
Li Mu slightly closed his eyes, his Divine Sense projected outward, and within three to four dozen feet around him, anything could not hide as if with radar, from ground-squirrel hiding in burrows, insects nibbling on leaves, hunting little snakes,..., everything was under the 'vision' of his Divine Sense.
He could sense the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi disturbed by the Spirit Summoning Array, he could 'see' the traces of the breeze blowing,..., at this moment, Li Mu seemed to have gained a god's view, he could even see himself standing in the spirit field.
So amazing!
Li Mu 'observed' for a while, felt a bit of soul fatigue, and then gave up the projection of his Divine Sense, planning to continue using skill points to enhance other skills and cultivation techniques.