Chapter 2: Longevity: My Farming-Style Cultivation Is Too Steady Chapter 2: In a Blink, a Thousand Days Pass, the Assessment Begins

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Xu Zhangqing held half a stalk of spirit rice in his hand, and not long after he returned to the housing district where Outer Disciples lived and rested.

But this time he did not go to his own room, instead heading toward the other end.

Not long after, he arrived before a half-open door.

Xu Zhangqing listened to the faint movement inside and immediately asked, "Senior Brother Li, are you there?"

"Who?" Not long after, thumping footsteps drew nearer, then the half-open wooden door was pulled open, revealing a mature face with a doubtful expression.

Xu Zhangqing smiled slightly: "It's me, Changqing!"

"Xu Zhangqing?" Li Sancai barely recognized him, then asked, "What do you need from me?"

"Everyone says Senior Brother Li is powerful and has already cultivated the 【Chang Qing Jue】 to the Second Layer, so I wanted you to take a look at this spirit rice." Xu Zhangqing finished speaking and handed it over.

"Is this low-grade spirit rice you planted?" Li Sancai took it with a face full of surprise.

A layer of even richer light-blue spiritual power soon emerged in his palm.

He quickly perceived the condition of this low-grade spirit rice clearly.

Xu Zhangqing hurriedly asked, "How is it?"

"Lacks nutrition, lacks moisture, insufficient spiritual energy." Li Sancai blurted out.

"Is that the reason for my insufficient yield?" Xu Zhangqing frowned upon hearing this.

The difference between the First Layer and Second Layer of Chang Qing Jue was obvious.

He could only grasp a rough idea himself.

Whereas the other party understood it in such detail.

No wonder he could stand guard at the Spirit Fields for a long time.

"Yes." Li Sancai nodded, then shifted the topic: "Logically speaking, a normal First Grade Spirit Field should not have this kind of situation."

Xu Zhangqing pondered: "You mean there's a problem?"

Li Sancai guessed: "From the current situation, your mu of spirit field most likely has a problem, which is why the yield cannot go up."

Xu Zhangqing hurriedly asked: "Is there a way to solve it?"

"If you have connections, you can find a Water Spirit Root Disciple from the 【Water Pavilion】 to cast the 【Small Cloud Rain Art】."

"Or find an Earth Spirit Root Disciple from the 【Spiritual Vein】 side and ask them to come loosen the soil." Li Sancai replied.

"Is there another way?" Xu Zhangqing looked somewhat embarrassed.

Li Sancai nodded slightly: "Yes."

"What way?" Xu Zhangqing's eyes lit up.

Li Sancai immediately said: "Raise the 【Chang Qing Jue】 to the Second Layer, and the yield will also increase."

"Raise it to the Second Layer." Xu Zhangqing looked thoughtful.

"You seem to have only one chance left?" Li Sancai looked at him with a complex gaze.

"Yes." Xu Zhangqing gave an embarrassed smile.

"Wish you success." Li Sancai returned the half stalk of spirit rice in his hand, then closed the door.

"Thank you, Senior Brother!" Xu Zhangqing clasped his hands in salute, expressing his gratitude.

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Back inside the room, Xu Zhangqing looked at the half stalk of spirit rice in his hand, pondering the three methods Senior Brother Li had given.

For now, only raising the 【Chang Qing Jue】 could solve the urgent problem.

As for going to find disciples from the 【Spiritual Vein】 and the 【Water Pavilion】.

First, he had no connections.

Second, it required time.

Conversely, the lost lifespan could be recovered by harvesting spirit plants.

This price was nothing to him.

Leaning on a big tree makes it easy to enjoy the shade.

Since choosing the path of cultivation, he could not easily leave a top-tier cultivation sect like 【Dongting】.

How many people sought it but could not get it, wanting to join but having no chance.

Once he left, he could only keep lowering his requirements.

Finally either join some small sect.

Or marry into some cultivation clan.

He might even become a rootless Loose Cultivator.

【Consume 1066 days of lifespan to raise Chang Qing Jue from First Layer to Second Layer?】

The prompt appeared again.

"Yes." Xu Zhangqing decisively agreed.

Suddenly, a large amount of experience and techniques regarding the 【Chang Qing Jue】 emerged.

【Successfully consumed 1066 days of lifespan to raise Chang Qing Jue to Second Layer】

Xu Zhangqing looked at the Attribute Panel again.

【Remaining Lifespan: 762 days】

【Chang Qing Jue (Second Layer)】

(Effect One: Cultivation Speed +20%)

(Effect Two: Yield Increase +10%)

(Effect Three: Can Diagnose Lingti Condition in Detail)

The improvement brought by the advancement was indeed worlds apart.

And the second layer truly increased yield.

"Senior Brother Li did not deceive me," Xu Zhangqing smiled.

Next, he sat cross-legged and attempted cultivation.

As a result, he discovered.

Although cultivation speed indeed increased.

But unfortunately, the spiritual energy content in the room was extremely thin.

Not to mention advancing to a higher realm, even normal cultivation was difficult to maintain.

Time came to the second day.

The sun had just risen.

Xu Zhangqing's breakfast was a bowl of thin porridge and a small plate of pickled vegetables.

The food could only fill the stomach.

It provided no help to cultivation whatsoever.

No choice, outer disciples just had these conditions.

At this time, noisy sounds came from outside.

It turned out someone was leaving.

Whether those who succeeded or failed in the assessment, none could continue staying here.

However, the number of outer disciples not only did not decrease, but increased instead.

Dongting Immortal Sect, as one of the Three Great Top Immortal Sects, fundamentally lacked no people.

The few acquaintances beside Xu Zhangqing had all disappeared.

Replaced by one unfamiliar face after another.

Because they did not know each other, they were too lazy to communicate.

After finishing breakfast, Xu Zhangqing carried a hoe and went to the Spirit Field.

Until the Third Assessment began, there were still three days remaining.

This time only success was allowed, absolutely no failure.

Therefore, the preparation work before planting Lingti could not be lacking.

The first step was turning the earth.

Also called Earth Loosening.

The reason for doing this was to improve the Spirit Field's breathability.

Incidentally turning weeds and previous root systems into the soil to rot.

"My god, Lin An actually hired an Earth Spiritual Root disciple to help!"

"He really went all out!"

"Where did this kid get spirit stones?"

"If I remember correctly, even an Earth Spiritual Root outer disciple gets ten low-grade spirit stones at a time, right?"

"He used one-tenth of the harvest to exchange for the other party's long-term cooperation!"

The crowd erupted in an uproar.

Xu Zhangqing stood before the Spirit Field, his gaze looking toward the left side.

Lin An's Spirit Field was not far away.

Beside the other party followed a male youth.

This person should be the Earth Spiritual Root disciple everyone spoke of.

He looked tall and mighty.

His skin was somewhat more yellow than a normal person's, but full of luster.

Soon, this Earth Spiritual Root disciple stepped barefoot into the Spirit Field.

As he walked, the ground trembled.

Accompanied by the sound of "Boom Boom" ringing out incessantly.

Soon, weeds and remaining root systems were shattered one after another.

At the same time, the compacted soil, as if drilled through by an Earth Dragon, quickly turned over.

Efficiency was very fast; in just a short while, most of it was done.

Others worked themselves to death.

Lin An did not even break a sweat.

The surrounding people's eyes went straight.

But one had to admit, Lin An's move was indeed clever.

Not only increasing his own chances of becoming a Formal Disciple.

But also binding himself together with other Spiritual Root disciples.

Although losing part of the harvest, he gained a cooperative partner.

Xu Changqing Sees In Eyes was greatly moved, and also came up with the idea of Cooperation.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to ask, the Surrounding people all swarmed over, and he couldn't get a word in edgewise.

Even this Earth Spirit Root Disciple was quite Surprised; Unexpectedly, he himself was so sought after.