Chapter 271: Expansion of Planting

Time passes without notice in cultivation; in the blink of an eye, another year has gone by.

During this year, Ye Qingxuan used the power of heaven and earth within the fifth-rank spiritual realm to continuously temper his body.

After a full year, he finally elevated his Earth Immortal Body to the fifth-rank level.

A fifth-rank Earth Immortal Body can already withstand magic attacks from Nascent Soul cultivators.

However, for Ye Qingxuan's true form, the Earth Immortal Body currently offers little advantage in combat.

The combination of the fifth-rank Earth Immortal Body and the fifth-rank spiritual realm increased Ye Qingxuan's spiritual root condensation speed by nearly ten times.

Moreover, the moment the fifth-rank Earth Immortal Body was formed, Ye Qingxuan's body underwent another minor transformation.

The progress of the fifth elemental spiritual root, which was condensing within his inner universe, surged forward significantly.

Now, his fifth elemental spiritual root should be fully condensed in about thirty years.

Not only that.

Right now is not the best time to move commoners and cultivators into the Qingxuan spiritual realm to farm for him.

Soon, his Origin Magic Treasure, the World Map, should be able to advance to a Supreme Spirit Artifact.

The first task is to expand the planting of spiritual plants within the Qingxuan spiritual realm.

To properly manage the low-survival-rate spiritual herbs in various zones, Ye Qingxuan still needs to forge a large number of auxiliary puppets.

He has three more tasks to complete in seclusion.

Through these world gates, Ye Qingxuan can bypass the Xuantian Sect and directly move outsiders into the Qingxuan spiritual realm.

Relying solely on Ye Qingxuan himself, he cannot cover every detail.

The spiritual realm of a cultivator cannot accommodate people from outside the Xuantian Sect.

Moving commoners is for the future development of the Qingxuan spiritual realm.

However, this model is not a long-term solution.

After the Origin Magic Treasure, the World Map, advances, the boost to his cultivation speed will surely rise to a new small plateau.

After the Qingxuan spiritual realm advanced to the fifth rank.

"Perhaps I can try moving some commoners and cultivators into the Qingxuan spiritual realm to multiply and thrive."

The Origin Magic Treasure, the World Map, which Ye Qingxuan placed in the core of the Qingxuan spiritual realm to nurture, is also gradually transforming.

After elevating his Earth Immortal Body, Ye Qingxuan did not immediately leave seclusion and depart the Qingxuan cave.

With the current size of the Qingxuan spiritual realm, this is no easy task!

Moreover, once the expansion is complete.

Yet, after a moment of thought, Ye Qingxuan temporarily abandoned this idea.

As the Qingxuan spiritual realm continuously advances, its area has exploded.

Although under normal circumstances, outsiders are not allowed to enter the Xuantian Sect's headquarters.

Thinking of this, a look of contemplation appeared in Ye Qingxuan's eyes:

But once the Qingxuan spiritual realm complements and perfects itself, it can form numerous world gates.

No matter how many commoners there are, they cannot help him or solve his troubles in the short term.

As for cultivators?

Ye Qingxuan currently has few cultivators under his command, and even fewer would be willing to move to the new land later.

A small number of cultivators cannot shoulder the planting and care tasks for such a vast area of the Qingxuan spiritual realm.

Ultimately, it is because he has recruited and trained too few cultivators outside the Xuantian Sect.

If he had a million cultivators under his command now, Ye Qingxuan would have no such worries.

He could directly deploy personnel to the Qingxuan spiritual realm to manage its various spiritual lands.

The current predicament has only strengthened Ye Qingxuan's resolve to cultivate his own faction.

After all, he lacks no resources; training enough cultivators is better safe than sorry.

Sensing the vast expanse of the Qingxuan spiritual realm, Ye Qingxuan smiled bitterly:

"Fine, let's deal with future matters later! For now, I must do it myself and hurry up with the farming!"

Having spoken, Ye Qingxuan, carrying various spiritual plant seeds stored in the Qingxuan cave, flashed in appearance across the Qingxuan spiritual realm.

He planned to complete the expansion of the Qingxuan cave first, then expand the newly added areas of the Qingxuan spiritual realm.

After the Qingxuan spiritual realm advanced to the fifth rank.

Besides a massive expansion in area, it also spawned an additional fifth-rank spiritual vein, five fourth-rank spiritual veins, and numerous veins below the fourth rank.

Now, the entire Qingxuan spiritual realm.

Possesses five fifth-rank spiritual veins, seventy fourth-rank spiritual veins, and countless veins below the fourth rank.

After the advancement, the quota for planting sixth-rank spiritual plants in the Qingxuan spiritual realm increased by about eight thousand.

With the current foundation of the Qingxuan spiritual realm.

The spiritual plants planted within can supply about fifteen thousand plants to grow to the sixth-rank level each time.

However, since the quality of the planted spiritual plants at the sixth-rank level varies, this figure will fluctuate significantly.

Ye Qingxuan plans to use this increased quota of eight thousand to cultivate sixth-rank Pure Spirit Trees.

Adding the previous quota of five thousand Pure Spirit Trees.

Ye Qingxuan intends to cultivate thirteen thousand Pure Spirit Trees to the sixth-rank level.

He will then use these sixth-rank Pure Spirit Trees to exchange for sixth-rank spiritual vein sources within the Earth and Mystery Realm Alliance.

After the Qingxuan spiritual realm grew to the fifth rank.

Fifth-rank spiritual veins still boost the growth of the spiritual realm, but the effect is no longer as obvious as before.

Only spiritual veins above the fifth rank can cause the accumulation speed of the Qingxuan spiritual realm's core to explode.

Moreover, with the Sixth-Rank Spirit Vein in place,

Ye Qingxuan's cultivation no longer needs to rely on top-grade spirit stones; he can cultivate directly within the Sixth-Rank Spirit Vein.

However, given the current rate at which the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land cultivates Sixth-Rank Spirit Plants, and the exchange price for the Source of a Sixth-Rank Spirit Vein,

Ye Qingxuan estimates it will still take over a hundred years before he can exchange for the Source of a Sixth-Rank Spirit Vein.

Although after the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land advanced to Fifth-Rank, most Spirit Plants require around two hundred and sixty years to grow to the Sixth-Rank level.

The Spirit-Purifying Trees he planted earlier have already grown for over a hundred years.

He had planted a full twenty thousand Spirit-Purifying Trees before.

These twenty thousand Spirit-Purifying Trees are currently all stuck at the Fifth-Rank level.

Or rather, up until now,

no other Spirit Plants within the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land have successfully grown to the Sixth-Rank level.

Therefore, from these twenty thousand Spirit-Purifying Trees, Ye Qingxuan can

select thirteen thousand of them, lift the restrictions, and cultivate them to the Sixth-Rank level.

In this way, in just over a hundred years, these Spirit-Purifying Trees will successfully reach the Sixth-Rank level.

By then, he will be able to exchange for the Sixth-Rank Spirit Vein Source he desires.

Beyond that, Ye Qingxuan also plans to expand the planting of another twenty thousand Spirit-Purifying Trees.

After all, the territory is large enough now.

Expanding the planting of a batch of Spirit-Purifying Trees does not mean they all must be cultivated to the Fifth or Sixth-Rank level.

These Spirit-Purifying Trees can serve as seed stock, a safeguard for the future, and also prepare for the next exchange of a Sixth-Rank Spirit Vein Source.

There are also other special Spirit Plants.

Earth Spirit Flowers, Spirit-Condensing Grasses, Blood Trees, Spirit Puppet Trees, and so on; Ye Qingxuan plans to expand the planting of all of them.

These are characteristic Spirit Plants born from the Earth-Mystic Realm, capable of continuous growth.

Ye Qingxuan also wonders: if cultivated continuously, undergoing constant transformation, will these Spirit Plants undergo other changes?

Amidst the busyness, time passed swiftly.

After spending over a year, Ye Qingxuan completed the expansion task for the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land.

Spending another three years, Ye Qingxuan forged a large batch of low-rank auxiliary puppets.

After inscribing various spells to assist Spirit Plant growth onto the auxiliary puppets,

he scattered them across different areas of the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Blessed Land to tend to the various newly planted Spirit Plants on his behalf.

(End of this chapter)