After resting for a while, Fang Yun continued to cast the Spirit Rain Skill.
This time, with the experience of previous failures, Fang Yun succeeded in casting the spell at once.
With the appearance of the clouds, rain began to fall ceaselessly upon the spirit field, creating ripples on the surface of the spring water.
After about ten minutes, the clouds slowly began to disperse.
During the following days, while Fang Yun eagerly awaited the sprouting of the Spirit Rice Seeds, he kept casting the Spirit Rain Skill.
With each passing day and continuous practice, Fang Yun's success rate of casting the Spirit Rain Skill increased. The duration of the spell extended, and the Spiritual Energy within the Spirit Rain became richer.
Fang Yun found out after testing that the rainwater brought down by the Spirit Rain Skill actually had a higher concentration of Spiritual Energy than the spirit water flowing from the Spiritual Spring.
This inevitably made him curious about the source of the Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Rain Skill.
Could it be that the air really contains such abundant Spiritual Energy? But if that's the case, why can't Fang Yun absorb any Spiritual Energy at all except when he's cultivating near the Spiritual Spring?
Despite his curiosity about the mysteries contained in the Spirit Rain Skill, Fang Yun couldn't fully explore the reasons behind it with his current abilities and knowledge.
However, with the existence of the powerful Spirit Rain Skill, he knew that the cultivation of Spirit Rice would definitely be more convenient and efficient in the future.
Furthermore, it would undoubtedly provide a significant boost and assurance for the cultivation of conventional crops as well.
Several days rushed by, and the Spirit Rice Seeds sprouted successfully.
Cultivation: Qi Cultivation second level
Mana: 32
Life Essence Qi: 23
Plant control: Spirit Rice (436), Astragalus (2536)…
Spells: Earth Power Skills (Skilled 6%), Spirit Rain Skill (Beginner 30%)
Looking at the breeding ground he had isolated in the corner, it was already covered with tender green seedlings.
This time, there were more than 400 sprouts of Spirit Rice that had been planted, but a selection would have to be made later on to transplant those with stronger growth.
By then, there might only be a little more than 300 left, but that was still several times more than the previous amount of Spirit Rice.
However, this would still take some time, and the nourishment work for the spirit field was not yet complete.
Taking advantage of this free time, Fang Yun did not remain idle.
He once again went to the canyon. With the cultivation of a second-level Qi Cultivator, Fang Yun no longer needed to use ropes like an ordinary mortal to get down into the canyon.
This was one of the conveniences brought about by the increase in cultivation.
However, regretfully, Fang Yun still didn't know any Light Body Skills, otherwise, it would have been even more convenient.
It had been a long time since he had come to the canyon, and it was now filled with weeds, almost reverting to how it was before he had cleared it, except for the absence of trees.
Seeing this situation, Fang Yun couldn't help but smile wryly.
It seemed like clearing these weeds was going to take some effort.
Afterward, Fang Yun walked towards the corner of the canyon where he had initially planted medicinal herbs. As he had been busy with the spirit field and Spirit Rice, it had been quite a long time since he had cared for these herbs.
Now, entering the area where the medicinal herbs were planted, Fang Yun could distinctly sense the uncomfortable feeling being transmitted from those herbs to him.
Just as ordinary people might experience a state of sub-health, unable to pinpoint the exact problem, but feeling generally uncomfortable all over.
So, Fang Yun began to weed the medicinal field, and it took him an entire day to clear out most of the weeds.
Then, he cast the Spirit Rain Skill again.
With a cloud slowly appearing above the medicinal field, the constant drizzle showered over the herbs.
Nourished by this rain, the vitality of the herbs under the cloud gradually rejuvenated, no longer giving Fang Yun that uncomfortable feeling.
Therefore, in the following days, Fang Yun continued to cast the Spirit Rain Skill in the medicinal field, planning to water all the herbs and restore their vigor.
However, the use of the Spirit Rain Skill brought about some troublesome side effects.
The weeds he had just cleared from the medicinal field were now growing back rapidly, leaving Fang Yun no choice but to shake his head again.
He then pulled out these newly sprouted weeds once more.
These weeds were different from those in the spirit field; they required even less from their environment to grow.
As long as there was a simple patch of soil, they could quickly sprout.
Especially since this was a field that had just been watered with the Spirit Rain Skill.
If left unchecked, it wouldn't take long for the weeds to take over again.
Moreover, there was so much land throughout the entire valley that would need to be watered with the Spirit Rain Skill in the future.
If these weeds grew so quickly, Fang Yun would undoubtedly have to spend a lot of time weeding in the future.
This was impossible for him, as now and in the future, most of his energy would be focused on the spirit field and Spirit Rice, and he couldn't afford to waste most of his time on the cultivation of ordinary crops.
Therefore, Fang Yun had to come up with a practical solution for these weeds.
Otherwise, the cultivation of crops would not be able to continue.
Unless he stopped using the Spirit Rain Skill.
After some thought, Fang Yun suddenly came up with a brilliant idea.
However, this required Fang Yun to make precise use of another spell to achieve his goal.
Thus, Fang Yun used the medicinal field as his experimental ground.
On the basis of the previously divided dozens of plots, he made even finer divisions for each herb, so that each was situated within its own small grid.
This task was indeed meticulous, and aside from observing the newly grown Spirit Rice and the nourishment of the spirit field, Fang Yun spent the rest of his time busily remodeling the medicinal field in the valley.
Once the renovation of the medicinal field was complete, Fang Yun stood in the midst of it and began to cast the Earth Power Skills.
With the deployment of the Earth Power Skills, Fang Yun entered a special underground perspective once again.
Then, using the Earth Power Skills, he concentrated all the nutrients in the soil into each individual grid.
Such manipulation was indeed challenging for Fang Yun, who had not learned the Earth Power Skills for very long.
However, it was entirely possible to continue with a second deployment of the Earth Power Skills after an incomplete first attempt, to ultimately achieve a rational allocation of the soil's nutrients.
The aim was not to completely prevent the growth of weeds, which was an impossible task at present.
On one hand, this was to allow the herbs to obtain more nutrients and promote their robust growth;
On the other hand, without ample nutrition outside of the grids, the growth of the weeds would be greatly limited.