Longevity: Start Farming with Entries-Chapter 367 - 344: Opening Up Land and Farming
Two hours later.
Qin Ming returned to the Spirit Ruins Market.
As soon as he stepped into the entrance of the Mirror Snow Pavilion, he saw Jia Heyi greet him respectfully.
"Shopkeeper Lu, you’re back!"
"Hmm, Old Jia, recruit some people and prepare to move to the Spirit Field in the Five Elements Mountain."
"Preferably Spirit Farmers with Spirit Plant Skills, as well as Spirit Plant Masters." Qin Ming instructed directly upon entering the shop.
Jia Heyi was stunned upon hearing this.
Since the auction at the Five Elements Mountain had just ended, they at Mirror Snow Pavilion hadn’t been invited.
Qin Ming hadn’t told him what he went out for, so the news hadn’t reached Spirit Ruins Market yet.
Jia Heyi was still in the dark at this moment.
"Ah? What Spirit Field?"
"Shopkeeper Lu, are we going to move to the Five Elements Mountain?" Jia Heyi asked in confusion.
But what Qin Ming said next was like a thunderclap that reverberated heavily in his mind.
"Indeed, I successfully bid on the two hundred acres of the Tier Four branch vein at the Five Elements Mountain; henceforth, this pavilion will rely on this place for its development."
"Leave some personnel in the Spirit Ruins Market shop to guard the store."
"In the future, once the Spirit Plants are grown, we’ll sell them at the market."
Buzz~
Jia Heyi’s mind buzzed.
"Four... Tier Four branch vein’s Spirit Field."
He never expected that Shopkeeper Lu went to participate in the auction at the Five Elements Mountain.
Such a treasured land, how much must it cost to acquire it?
At that moment, Jia Heyi found this new, parachuted-in shopkeeper Lu somewhat enigmatic.
His heart filled with immense reverence.
Jia Heyi had been managing in the Spirit Ruins Market for so many years, yet Mirror Snow Pavilion was still an insignificant force.
With the arrival of Shopkeeper Lu, they could attend a major auction and even successfully bid on a Spirit Field on a Tier Four branch vein.
Such strategic fortitude, he asked himself if he could never achieve that.
Following this.
Jia Heyi went about organizing things according to Qin Ming’s instructions.
Under Mirror Snow Pavilion, once the news spread about operating in the Spirit Land of a Tier Four branch vein, everyone was filled with excitement.
Originally, in their understanding, Shopkeeper Lu was just a laissez-faire boss, not doing proper business.
Unexpectedly, when he made a move, it was astonishing.
In the following half month.
Jia Heyi had recruited dozens of Spirit Farmers and several Tier Two Spirit Plant Masters in the Spirit Ruins Market.
These people all passed Qin Ming’s inspection and review.
Afterward, Qin Ming took these people to the Spirit Field to clear the land for farming.
They connected with people from the Ten Thousand Dao Business Alliance, flew over the Five Elements Mountain Range, and arrived at their designated piece of Spirit Land.
In an instant, a vast mystical terrain filled with mountains appeared before everyone’s eyes, with Spiritual Mist gracefully floating like fine silk.
The two hundred acres of Spirit Field lay on a hillside above the Spirit Vein, where Spiritual Qi was dense, the land was fertile and moist, displaying a deep black-brown color, exuding a faint aroma of Spiritual Soil.
"Such a treasured land truly deserves to be on the Tier Four branch vein!"
"Even the soil here seems to have spirituality, able to nourish all things..."
A Tier Two Spirit Plant Master recruited, gazed at the Spirit Field before him, overwhelmed with amazement.
But following this.
When they entered the boundary of the Spirit Land, everyone, including Qin Ming, was a bit stunned.
Because this two hundred acres of Spirit Field, despite being abundant in Spiritual Qi and possessing a Tier Three High-Grade Spirit Vein environment, its southern area bordered the Beast Roar Mountain Range...
The vicinity of the southern area of the Spirit Field was littered with traces of Demon Beast activities and various hoofprints of birds and beasts.
Qin Ming then became somewhat enlightened as to why the three major forces were willing to auction off this piece of Spirit Land.
It turned out there was a threat from Demon Beasts here.
To farm and operate here would require significant effort and costs for defenses against Demon Beasts.
Jia Heyi and the others showed worried expressions too.
But then, Qin Ming did not seem to mind this.
Instead, he began instructing Mirror Snow Pavilion’s Cultivators to build houses and pavilions near the Spirit Land and clear it for farming.
Two months passed.
Facilities around the Spirit Field had been completed, and Jia Heyi was tasked with purchasing a Tier Three Low-Grade Array to guard the Spirit Field.
This increased security considerably.
Qin Ming himself occupied the ten acres at the core of the Tier Three Top-Grade Spiritual Vein, and after careful consideration, planted some Spirit Plants with short maturity cycles here, to cultivate Entries.
He planted five acres of Tier Three Low-Grade Dragon Pattern Grass and five acres of Tier Three Star Orchid, both used to make Spirit Incense named "Soul-Purifying Incense," popular among High-Tier Cultivators and individuals of high status.
Moreover, these two Spirit Plants both as Tier Three Spirit Plants require only two years to mature and harvest.
The remaining Spirit Field was all assigned to the Spirit Farmers to cultivate Spirit Rice.
Among the recruited Spirit Plant Masters, the highest level was a Tier Two High-Grade Spirit Plant Master named Li Lan, whose Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivation, Spirit Plant Mastery was fairly high.
"Fellow Daoist Li, I plan for you to cultivate Spirit Nesting Rice on the hundred acres of Tier Three High-Grade Spirit Field; should be doable, right?" Qin Ming summoned Li Lan to inquire.
Li Lan replied deferentially, "Shopkeeper Lu, I have some knowledge of this Spirit Nesting Rice, but haven’t cultivated it before; I am willing to try my utmost."
Qin Ming, hearing this, handed him a jade scroll and said lightly, "Here are the methods and key points for cultivating Spirit Nesting Rice; with your Spirit Plant level, successfully cultivating it shouldn’t be difficult."
Li Lan, after inspecting the jade scroll, showed a happy expression and said, "I shall not let Shopkeeper Lu’s expectations down."
"Hmm, if any among you can grow Tier Three Spirit Rice, I will reward you heavily!" After giving instructions, Qin Ming let them busy themselves.
After doing these things.
Qin Ming called upon the Heaven-Devouring Rat again.
"Master, what do you need from me? Heh heh!"
Heaven-Devouring Rat had been in a good mood lately, immersed every day in the joy of acquiring treasures.
"Since you’ve obtained a Top-Tier Artifact, you naturally need to work, now I’m giving you a task."
"Things in the Spirit Field have begun to run smoothly, but this place borders the Beast Roar Mountain Range."
"Although there is an Array to guard, it is inevitable some wandering Demon Beasts will come and harass, you go patrol the mountain for me."
Heaven-Devouring Rat upon hearing this, immediately pulled a bitter face, "Master, this... this is making me a Little Drilling Wind?"
"Can’t you give me some other work?"
"What? You’re unwilling, huh?"
"Alright then, hand over the Vermilion Bird Banner, I need it for something important." Qin Ming said with a serious expression.
"Heh heh! I’ll go, I’ll go right away, is that okay!"
Heaven-Devouring Rat quickly agreed, then scurried away, afraid Qin Ming would change his mind.
...
Next day.
On the forested mountain paths of the Five Elements Mountain.
Clang!
"The King orders me to patrol the mountain hey!"
"Yii yii yo!"
Heaven-Devouring Rat held a Black Steel Fork, a copper gong by his side, with a Vermilion Bird Command Banner on his back, full of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, walking boldly and arrogantly on the mountain path.
"After patrolling South Mountain, I’ll patrol North Mountain hey!"
"Yii yii yo!"
The aura of the Tier Three Demon King inadvertently emanated from him, frightening the Demon Beasts in the nearby mountains and forests to flee in all directions.
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