Chapter 363

Chapter 363: Harvest

Days gradually settled into a calm routine.

After the disciples from Feng Ling Valley left, news of the three True Spirits being raised on Jingtan Peak spread.

Once the news got out, many disciples came to see for themselves, eager to catch a glimpse of the True Spirits.

After all, many disciples had never seen a True Spirit before, let alone a True Dragon and Xuanwu among them. As for Little Black, he was merely an additional presence.

However, these disciples didn’t dare to intrude on Jingtan Peak; they could only observe from a distance. Looking from afar, all they could see was a striking shade of green.

That was the seedlings of spiritual grains Ji Yang had planted. Although there were many varieties, the seedlings had not yet grown tall enough to show any color differences in their stems.

To prevent disturbances on Jingtan Peak, Ji Yang set up sword energy around the area to deter any brave cultivator who might attempt to intrude.

It didn’t matter if someone intruded; what concerned Ji Yang was that others might secretly pull out his seedlings of spiritual grains.

Although they could only watch from afar, many cultivators still peeked in. They saw the sky above changing color, and in the dark clouds, the figure of a True Dragon hovered.

This left the cultivators who came to watch in awe, dispelling any doubts they had about the existence of a True Dragon on Jingtan Peak.

In the following half month, Ji Yang spent his days tending to the spiritual plants and spiritual grains, and at night, he lay in his wooden house to rest… or cultivate!

During his leisure time, he would go fishing at the Clear Pond below the peak or harvest spiritual plants for pill refining. His life was quite enjoyable!

The negative effects of using the causal fishing rod hadn’t diminished either; one day, out of nowhere, a bolt of heavenly lightning struck above him.

But this was exactly what Ji Yang wanted.

He had previously used the Thunderous Power and hadn’t replenished it yet. Now, the negative effects of the causal fishing rod had turned into a quick way for Ji Yang to enhance his magical powers.

These gains were just the icing on the cake; during these days, Ji Yang’s cultivation points were rapidly increasing!

Within a few days after planting the spiritual plants, all the seedlings of spiritual grains had grown to about one meter tall.

At this point, they had started to produce Blue Light Points.

Although the number wasn’t high, Ji Yang had planted them widely!

However, due to quality issues, the main contributors to the Blue Light Points were still the two types of top-quality spiritual grains and the single type of supreme spiritual grain.

Among them, the blue dew produced by the supreme spiritual grain yielded the most cultivation points during this period; one glance made that clear.

On the seventh day, Ji Yang harvested fifteen cultivation points from the spiritual grains, along with two inherent Blue Light Points from the two top-tier spiritual plants. The Dragon Heart Nine Leaf Mushroom had thrived since the third day and, like the Seven-Leaf Soul Flower, contributed a fixed Blue Light Point each day.

Additionally, using the causal fishing rod granted him another Blue Light Point, but not from fishing at the Clear Pond; it came from Ji Yang using the primordial spirit line to unknowingly catch a spiritual fish.

Thus, Ji Yang opened up a new avenue of thought.

Since primordial spirit energy replenished quickly, he would cast his hook right there. Even if the catches were random, as long as he caught something, it wouldn’t be a loss!

Initially, Ji Yang had used spiritual grains as bait, but after some consideration, he decided not to use any bait at all.

He didn’t want to catch another True Dragon because he could no longer afford to raise one on Jingtan Peak.

On the eighth day after planting the spiritual grains, Ji Yang harvested twenty cultivation points!

The majority of the mid-quality spiritual grains from most of the peak only produced White Light Points or Green Light Points, and Ji Yang found this unremarkable.

On the ninth day, Ji Yang harvested twenty-seven cultivation points. By this time, many of the spiritual grains had grown to about two meters tall. Although they were thriving nicely, they still hadn’t formed any grains.

On the tenth day, Ji Yang harvested thirty-five cultivation points, and the spiritual grains he planted grew even taller, but they showed no signs of forming grain heads.

During this same period, the previous top-quality spiritual grains had already begun to produce grain heads, while the current spiritual grains seemed to be lagging a bit. Ji Yang attributed this delay to the complete removal of flaws.

On the eleventh day, Ji Yang collected a total of forty cultivation points, while many of the mid-quality spiritual grains began to bloom, a sign that grain heads were about to form, but there were still no signs from the top-quality spiritual grains.

On the twelfth day, Ji Yang gathered fifty cultivation points, and by then, many of the top-quality spiritual grains also started to produce grain heads.

On the thirteenth day, Ji Yang earned fifty-five cultivation points.

On the fourteenth day, Ji Yang collected ninety-eight cultivation points, largely due to the maturity of the mid-quality spiritual grains.

Although it was the highest yield he had seen in over ten days, Ji Yang felt unsatisfied because the cultivation points from these mid-quality spiritual grains were too low. Even though he had planted them across most of the mountain, the increase was only twenty or thirty points, which left Ji Yang quite disappointed.

He wondered if it was because of the varieties; the yield from these mid-quality spiritual grains was far below that of the other spiritual grains, even less than the initial He Hua spiritual grains.

During the period when the mid-quality spiritual grains matured, Little Black and Little White, the two spiritual beasts, were eager to taste them, after all, they hadn’t made any progress in a long time.

Although the two beasts could go months without food without feeling hungry, spiritual grains still held a strong attraction for them.

However, after tasting the mid-quality spiritual grains, the two beasts turned away.

“Yuck, what a taste!”

Accustomed to the top-quality and supreme spiritual grains, they had no appetite for these mid-quality grains; they were far too unpalatable.

In contrast, Xuan Qing was enjoying the grains wholeheartedly, since it was the first time it had tasted spiritual grains, and more importantly, there was no limit to its portions!

As a True Spirit, Xuan Qing had a considerable appetite, and since younglings of the Xuanwu clan typically grew by secretly absorbing spiritual energy through a breathing technique, they rarely moved and thus had little chance to eat their fill.

Now with such a great opportunity, it didn’t matter what the quality was; the focus was to eat its fill first.

Xuan Qing’s feast drew a collective disdain from Little Black and Little White.

“Look at how uncultured it is!”

At this moment, the two beasts had their eyes set on the already blossoming and grain-producing supreme spiritual grains, and they were eager to try them.

But since the grains had not yet matured, the two beasts dared not eat them yet and could only endure in silence.

On the fifteenth day, as the mid-quality spiritual grains were fully mature and no longer producing cultivation points, Ji Yang harvested sixty cultivation points, which was significantly less than before.

However, Ji Yang quickly accepted this and turned his hopeful gaze toward the still-growing top-quality and supreme spiritual grains, for these three types of spiritual grains were the main event.

As the maturity of the grains intensified, the Blue Light Points produced by these three types of spiritual grains would also experience explosive growth!

Moreover, since the quantity and area of the spiritual grains planted this time greatly exceeded the last, Ji Yang was filled with anticipation.

But just a day before the grains matured, a long-sealed wooden door suddenly swung open.

Ye Wuchen strolled leisurely out from the wooden house.

At that moment, Ji Yang, who was comfortably lounging on a wooden chair, slightly raised his head and froze in surprise.