Huaxi Valley, the sky is clear and blue.
After three days of sleepless work, Jiang Yuebai finally filled the hundred-acre terraced fields with forty-five kinds of spiritual medicines, ice and fire thorns, four-season spiritual fruits and other spiritual plants.
It is enough for one to make medicine, fight magic and brew wine.
Of course, all the spiritual medicines that Lin Xiangtian asked to be planted have also been planted.
Jiang Yuebai stood in the middle of the terraced field, chanting with one hand.
Spiritual energy gathered, rain and mist rose, and a fine drizzle fell, watering every part of the terraced fields.
New buds are sprouting and seedlings are growing, and the scene is full of lush green and vitality.
Jiang Yuebai looked back at the house on the mountainside. A rainbow was shining in the rain. She took out the farming puppets she had made earlier and placed them in various places. She summoned the Eight Formation Plate and disappeared in front of the main gate of the house.
The curls of white mist rise with the wind, and the spiritual fields of the house appear and disappear in the mist, hazy and ethereal, as if in a fairyland.
Jiang Yuebai walked out of the maze and headed towards the spiritual field at the foot of the mountain.
The sect requires the planting of 500 acres of Peiyuan grass, which is the main ingredient of Peiyuan Pill. The pill included in the monthly salary of outer and inner sect disciples in the late stage of Qi training is Peiyuan Pill.
At this time, in front of the designated 500-acre spiritual field, Guo Zhen and Shi Xiaowu both had their hands in their pockets, with the same expressions and movements as father and son, watching a group of clucking Flame-Bright Pheasants in the spiritual field, driving a large number of earthworms evenly distributed, and drilling in and out of the spiritual soil.
Guo Zhen's eyes sparkled. "You know what? With the help of the Flame Pheasant, the earthworms are working much more efficiently than us using the Zhenling hoe."
Shi Xiaowu nodded beside him, "Yes, Senior Sister Jiang is really amazing. She was able to get so many earthworms. If Xiao Ankuo knew about this, he would be so pissed off that he would die. Hahaha."
Guo Zhen looked into the distance and saw a pretty girl in white holding a red mink in her arms, standing alone by the field.
It was because of her presence that the flame-shaped pheasants stopped eating the earthworms and drove the earthworms to work as instructed. I don't know how she did it.
In the past, some people used earthworms to loosen the soil, but earthworms are low-quality spiritual insects and cannot be controlled. They can only be left to roam around in the fields, which is not very efficient.
At this time, a middle-aged male cultivator with a beard on his lips passed by the spiritual field with twenty or so male and female servants. He took a quick look and showed no interest, so he wanted to leave the valley.
Guo Zhen saw this and hurried forward to stop him, "Old Tang, why are you in such a hurry? Didn't I say I'd treat you to a drink today?"
Tang Shengcai waved his hand, "No, no, we have finished all the work in Huaxi Valley. We should go find work somewhere else, otherwise we will not be able to make ends meet. We craftsmen are not like you farmers. We can only eat if we have work. If we don't, we can only starve."
The servants around nodded and whispered.
"Huaxi Valley can't even recruit spiritual farmers, so I guess there's no future for it."
"It's better to work for the uncles or masters in the inner sect. After the work is completed, they will give us some rewards that will be enough for us to eat and live for a while."
"That's right. Huaxi Valley is still too poor. Although Senior Sister Jiang is an inner sect disciple and a spiritual cultivator, she is of no use. We work hard, but we don't get any recognition after we finish the work."
"Ahem!" Tang Shengcai cleared his throat and glanced, and everyone behind him fell silent.
Guo Zhen looked unhappy. Tang Shengcai bowed and said, "What they said was unpleasant, but it was true. We craftsmen are only good at building and repairing houses. We can't make a living from this. I hope Brother Guo can forgive me."
After saying that, Tang Shengcai was about to take everyone away.
"Brother Guo, Brother Tang."
Jiang Yuebai walked over slowly, bowed with his hands clasped, and bowed with a respectful attitude.
The surrounding craftsmen all retreated. Jiang Yuebai was an inner sect disciple and they were just menial servants. It didn't matter what they said behind his back, but they dared not offend him in person.
Tang Shengcai and Jiang Yuebai were both at the eighth level of Qi training, but Jiang Yuebai respectfully called him senior brother, which greatly benefited him.
"You're welcome. I wonder if the house suits your taste. If you are dissatisfied, please let me know and I will personally make changes for you."
"I am very satisfied with the house. It has far exceeded my expectations. The craftsmanship of Senior Brother Tang and all the fellow students is truly amazing and admirable."
The polite words made everyone feel comfortable and they also had a better impression of Jiang Yuebai.
"Senior Brother Tang is skilled in carpentry. I wonder if he has learned puppetry?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
Tang Shengcai nodded, "I have learned a little, but I am short of money. Not to mention the huge cost of materials, the blueprints are also very valuable. I really can't afford it. What's more, puppetry requires extremely high spiritual awareness. I... you know."
"My ancestors were also carpenters. I have some interest in puppetry, so I figured out a few gadgets on my own. I hope Senior Brother Tang will be generous with his advice."
After saying that, Jiang Yuebai took out a bamboo object the size of a human head. It looked like a headless kitten, with runes on its back and a hollow conical tube with the pointed end facing downwards on its belly. It looked very strange.
"What is this?"
Tang Shengcai frowned. The material used for this puppet was just ordinary spiritual bamboo. It was rough and fragile, and could not be used for fighting at all.
Others also came over to take a curious look. Guo Zhen and Shi Xiaowu looked at each other and smiled secretly.
They were also confused when they were making it before, until the day before yesterday when Jiang Yuebai took them to work in the terraced fields, only then did they realize that this was a magical artifact.
Jiang Yuebai did not explain. He took out a magic stone made of spirit stone and a bag of Peiyuan grass seeds, opened the mechanism on the puppet and put them in.
With a snap of his fingers, the puppet walked into the spiritual field where the soil had been turned over. The cone in its abdomen penetrated deep into the soil, and everyone heard the sound of something rolling down.
The puppet stood up, took three steps straight forward, squatted, stood up again, took three steps forward, squatted, and repeated this process.
Tang Shengcai's pupils trembled after a moment's reaction, "Is this sowing seeds?!"
Guo Zhen laughed, and Shi Xiaowu puffed out his chest proudly, "It's just sowing seeds. The efficiency of this puppet's sowing seeds is almost the same as that of a normal person."
"But there are so many spiritual fields and only one puppet..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Yuebai took out nine identical puppets, put in the magic stone and seeds, lined them up in a row, and moved forward at the same pace.
The other craftsmen were stunned and crowded into the spiritual field to see it more clearly.
Tang Shengcai narrowed his eyes and stroked his beard. In the past, monks made puppets for combat, so they would choose precious materials and take great pains to polish them.
He didn't know about others, but he himself had never thought that puppets could be used in this way. How lazy must a farmer be to think of using this thing to farm instead of himself
But this thing is really interesting. Ordinary spiritual bamboo is equivalent to free of charge. Judging from its appearance, it is also the most basic and simple machine expansion. The runes on it look more complicated, but it is not difficult for him to conquer it.
If it becomes popular, it will save a lot of time and energy for spiritual farmers, so that they don't have to be tied to the spiritual fields and can have more time to practice.
For this reason alone, even though it is a little more expensive and costs more, there will still be spiritual farmers willing to save up spirit stones to buy it.
If there are enough puppets, one person can cultivate not only a hundred acres of spiritual fields, but also a thousand acres. No wonder Jiang Yuebai is not anxious when she can't recruit spiritual farmers. It turns out that she already has a solution. How amazing!
Tang Shengcai was smart and quick-witted, and he smiled immediately.
"Senior Sister Jiang is really talented. I have never thought of this. I wonder if there are other farming puppets besides the sowing puppets?"
The others who figured out the situation were also excited. In addition to building houses, they would also make furniture or small gadgets to earn spirit stones.
But compared to this thing, what they did was nothing. The puppet in front of them was just a walking bag of spirit stones.
Jiang Yuebai looked normal as he glanced at everyone.
"You're not leaving?"
Tang Shengcai drove everyone else away, leaving only Guo Zhen, Shi Xiaowu, Tang Shengcai and Jiang Yuebai by the spiritual field.
Jiang Yuebai saw through it but didn't say anything. He took out various puppets and displayed them.
"This can be used as a scarecrow to scare off small animals in the fields. Combined with the 'Cloud-Moving Rain Formation', it can make it rain once a day. This can be used to harvest spiritual fruits. If the forearm is replaced with a sickle, it can also harvest spiritual wheat and rice. This is responsible for weeding, this is responsible for carrying, and this..."
The more Tang Shengcai looked, the more shocked he became, and the more excited he became. Without Jiang Yuebai's persuasion, he had already decided to stay in Huaxi Valley and find a way to learn Jiang Yuebai's craft.
"Senior Sister Jiang is truly a prodigy."
Jiang Yuebai was neither arrogant nor impatient, and smiled and said, "Senior Brother Tang is older than me, so it's better to call him Junior Sister. I just have wild ideas and don't stick to the fixed style and purpose of puppets. That's why I have such wonderful ideas. If Senior Brother Tang is willing to study this, he will definitely do it more delicately than me."
Tang Shengcai was very pleased with Jiang Yuebai's words. "Junior sister, you are too kind. I have heard something about Huaxi Valley. Junior sister, you are unable to recruit spiritual farmers. These farming puppets can just solve the problem of insufficient manpower. However, there are more than a thousand acres of spiritual fields here, and the number of farming puppets required must be not small. If you need my help, just let me know."
"That's great!"
Tang Shengcai wanted to learn, and Jiang Yuebai did not hide it.
In order to be able to go out mining and fighting without delaying farming, she put a lot of effort into researching and improving these farming puppets.
Another large courtyard at the foot of the mountainside in Huaxi Valley is the woodworking workshop she set up specifically for this purpose, which is used to mass-produce farming puppets. She has also long been eyeing Tang Shengcai and his group of craftsmen.
After observing him for a period of time, I find that he has good character and is suitable for use.
At present, we must first meet the needs of Huaxi Valley before we can sell it in limited quantities in exchange for spirit stones, which is also a way to win over people.
This kind of puppet is not difficult to make, the threshold for drawing the formation is not high, and ninth-level beast souls can be found everywhere. The only difficulty is the manufacture of the divine machine stone.
Even if you start learning from now on, it will take three to five years of hard work to learn it. Moreover, the manufacture of the Divine Machine Stone requires a huge amount of spirit stones. Who would be willing to spend that
If she had not been in the mine at the time and had no shortage of spirit stones, she would definitely not have given it up.
Moreover, she had already inquired about it, and found out that within the Tianyan Sect, only a few foundation-building masters in the Wanfa Hall were proficient in puppetry. They were all wealthy cultivators from rich families and looked down upon this small business.
Without the divine stone, the farming puppet is useless. If she controls the divine stone, she will control her life.
However, the spiritual stone and the divine stone are disposable and can only be used in the early stage. Moreover, producing a large number of divine stones will delay her cultivation. She has begun to look for other methods.
At this moment, Jiang Yuebai felt a little regretful that he didn't insist on recognizing Mo Baichun first. After all, he was young and ignorant, and he was arrogant because of his talent.
Jiang Yuebai glanced at Guo Zhen, who understood and took Tang Shengcai to the carpentry institute.
"Old Tang, why are you in such a hurry? We still have a long time to live together, so take your time. Let's go have a drink first. Tell my Junior Sister Jiang to finish her work. Xiao Wu, call the others to come along."
"well!"
The whole group was taken to the Carpentry Institute by Guo Zhen. Jiang Yuebai arranged the other farming puppets, and when he saw Yun Shang coming over after touring Huaxi Valley, he quickly walked over to her.
"How about it? Would you like to move in with us? With the help of your spirit beasts and spirit insects, Huaxi Valley won't need so many spirit farmers. It will be a very quiet place."
Yun Chang had already been tempted, and after seeing Huaxi Valley today, she had made up her mind.
"Can you give me the area behind the bamboo forest in the east, close to the mountain? It's very quiet with the bamboo forest in front."
Jiang Yuebai smiled brightly, "Okay, it just so happens that the craftsmen haven't left yet, let them build you a new yard and an animal pen. I'll pay for the contribution points required as a gift for your new home. The future prosperity of Huaxi Valley will depend on Senior Sister Yun."
Yun Chang blushed and smiled, looking towards the bamboo forest in the east with full of longing.
She had nowhere to go before and didn't have the courage to leave her old place. After hearing Jiang Yuebai's words last time, she realized that what had been trapping her was not the rumors and other people's gazes, but herself.
She hoped that from the moment she stepped out of the Spirit Beast Valley, she could complete her father's unfinished business and create her own world according to her mother's expectations.
Jiang Yuebai saw Yun Shang out of the valley, watched her ride a wild goose and disappear behind the distant mountains, and then walked to the pond at the entrance of the valley.
Use emotion and reason to persuade the toad guarding the valley at the bottom of the pond.
As a result, the big toad remained indifferent...
"If you insist on asking Qionglin Shanjun to come and talk to you, I'll go now. I just want you to be strict and not let strangers into the valley. This is your duty. So be lazy!"
Quack~
There were footsteps in the distance. Jiang Yuebai turned around and saw a familiar girl in gray walking towards the valley entrance.
"Senior Sister Jiang!"
When the girl saw Jiang Yuebai, she quickly stepped forward to greet him.
"My name is Qi Yue. I was originally a spiritual farmer in Fengming Valley. Today I came to join Senior Sister Jiang and join Huaxi Valley."
Jiang Yuebai looked at the girl and recognized her as the one he met in the Spirit Beast Valley before.
She is older than her, probably around seventeen or eighteen years old, with the cultivation level of the sixth level of Qigong, and has an ordinary look, bright eyes, and is full of energy.
"Huaxi Valley does not recruit spiritual farmers." Jiang Yuebai said in a deep voice.
Qi Yue was speechless, "Why? The recruitment order has not been withdrawn yet, and I heard that no one responded?"
"Do you know why no one responded?" Jiang Yuebai asked directly.
"Yes, because of Xiao Ankuo."
"Then why do you dare to come? Aren't you afraid that those lackeys under him will cause trouble to you?"
Qi Yue said seriously, "It's because I'm afraid that I turn to Senior Sister Jiang. Since Senior Sister Jiang isn't afraid, I'm not afraid either if I'm with you."
Jiang Yuebai chuckled, "You are quite honest. Huaxi Valley does not lack spiritual farmers, but I lack someone to handle miscellaneous chores."
Qi Yue was overjoyed when he heard this and stepped forward to recommend himself.
"I can do it! I served in the outer sect for three years under the wing of Senior Sister Song. Later, she...she died during a mission, so I became a spiritual farmer. I have experience in handling chores, and I will definitely not let Senior Sister down."
Being honest, confident, courageous, and willing to seize opportunities is good.
Jiang Yuebai nodded and agreed, "Okay, you try it for half a year first. If you do well, I will give you a raise."
"Thank you, Senior Sister Jiang. If you have any instructions, I will take up the post immediately."
"Well, I am planning to entertain a senior brother and his twenty or so errand disciples. Go and prepare a banquet. When you come back, come and pay me for the expenses."
Qi Yue accepted the order and rushed to the restaurant without stopping.
Jiang Yuebai looked up at the sky. Yesterday she felt that the heaven was unfair and did not help her, but today she suddenly felt that her luck had turned and everything was going well.
A big chapter of 4000+ words. Thanks to [Nalan Qianyan] for the reward of 10,000, which also includes 300 extra chapters for monthly tickets. The 12 noon update remains unchanged.
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