After several more rounds of practice, the Growth Skills were finally cast successfully.
With the bluish glow descending on the corner of the spirit field, it then quickly expanded, covering all the Spirit Rice Seeds under the control of the Spirit.
The Spirit Rice Seeds seemed to be stimulated, trembling slightly before starting to break out of their hard shells, with some tender white filaments emerging.
Fang Yun sensed the subtle emotions coming from the Spirit Rice Seeds, as well as their general condition.
He took a deep breath; he knew that his Golden Finger was starting to take effect.
The only thing he didn't know was how much Life Essence Qi these matured Spirit Rice could provide him.
Under the drive of the bluish light, the grains of Spirit Rice began rooting in the spirit field, sprouting green shoots and steadily growing upwards.
By the time the bluish light was depleted, the Spirit Rice in front of him had grown to more than ten centimeters tall, sprouting seven or eight leaves.
Equivalent to the growth of four to five months of normal Spirit Rice.
Although it had not directly matured, one spell had allowed these Spirit Rice to skip a small half of their growing period, which was quite beyond Fang Yun's expectations.
He glanced at his Golden Finger panel.
Cultivation: Qi Cultivation Second Layer
Mana: 18
Life Essence Qi: 5
Plant Control: Spirit Rice (330) Astragalus (2536)…
Spells: Earth Power Skills (Skilled 6%) Spirit Rain Skill (Beginner 30%) Growth Skills (Beginner 1%)
Growth Skills now showed up on the panel, and although it was just beginner level, being able to cast it was enough for Fang Yun.
Seeing that there was still a good amount of Mana, he was ready to continue casting Growth Skills.
However, at this moment, he sensed an uncomfortable feeling from the Spirit Rice in front of him.
This feeling was familiar to Fang Yun; it was the same feeling as the first batch of Spirit Rice lacking Spiritual Energy.
With this information, Fang Yun had to stop casting Growth Skills and instead started casting Earth Power Skills.
Sensing the status of the ordinary energy and Spiritual Energy in this corner, he indeed found that after the promotion by the Growth Skills, the ordinary energy and Spiritual Energy in the spirit field in this corner had been nearly exhausted.
Thus, Fang Yun had to draw a certain amount of energy and Spiritual Energy from the larger spirit field to replenish this corner of the spirit field.
After completing this, Fang Yun resumed casting Growth Skills.
After three consecutive times, the Growth Skills were successfully cast again.
With the bluish energy covering the Spirit Rice in the corner of the spirit field.
They continued to grow.
The Spirit Rice plants continued to grow taller, and the number of leaves increased.
After the effects of the Growth Skills dissipated, the Spirit Rice had grown to its limit, with tiny ears of rice starting to appear at the top.
If they grew normally, it would only take a few days for these Spirit Rice to start heading.
And in not much longer, they would enter the filling stage, meaning the Spirit Rice was about to mature.
However, with Growth Skills in hand, Fang Yun certainly would not waste over a month's time waiting for the Spirit Rice to mature.
After replenishing the regular energy and Spiritual Energy from the larger spirit field again.
Fang Yun cast Growth Skills once more.
With the bluish energy covering these Spirit Rice.
The tips of the Spirit Rice started to grow rice ears continuously.
At this time, however, Fang Yun discovered an unexpected situation.
Whether it was because they had grown too quickly or not, after the Spirit Rice developed rice ears, they did not enter the filling state.
They seemed to mature directly instead, and the leaves of the Spirit Rice began to turn yellow.
The grains of the rice on the ears also slowly turned yellow as if they were already mature.
But through a slight sensation from his Golden Finger, Fang Yun could sense that these grains were just the husks, without any Spirit Rice inside.
Noticing this abnormality, Fang Yun hurriedly stopped casting Growth Skills and removed the bluish glow covering the Spirit Rice.
He then walked forward and grabbed some of the grains at the top of the Spirit Rice.
Indeed, as sensed by his Golden Finger, these grains of Spirit Rice were merely husks.
Without any Spirit Rice inside.
Was this a flaw in the Growth Skills?
Meaning that the Growth Skills could not completely defy the natural laws of growth.
And could not make the plants skip directly from seed state to mature stage.
The entire process of the plant, just as a human directly goes from child state to adult and then gives birth to a new child.
The growth process of the Spirit Rice might need, aside from the regular energy and Spiritual Energy, some other things as well.
Such as sunlight, or other nutrients.
Without these supplements, the Spirit Rice might end up sterile as they are now.
So, for Fang Yun to use Growth Skills to quickly obtain a large amount of Life Essence Qi, was not likely.
The right balance still required multiple experiments, to shorten the growth time of Spirit Rice as much as possible without affecting their maturity.
However, since the experiment had failed now, he might as well take a break for a while.
Because, within Fang Yun's body, the Mana was once again nearing depletion.
Cultivation: Qi Cultivation Second Layer
Mana: 3
Life Essence Qi: 5
Plant Control: Spirit Rice (320) Astragalus (2536)…
Spells: Earth Power Skills (Skilled 6%) Spirit Rain Skill (Beginner 30%) Growth Skills (Beginner 2%)
After looking at the panel, not only the Mana was about to be exhausted, but also the previously available Life Essence Qi, which was now only five points left.
This was what Fang Yun kept for injury prevention, for self-preservation which he could not use.
So, before the next batch of Life Essence Qi arrived, life wouldn't be so easy for Fang Yun.
But the good thing was, having paid such a big price, he had mastered a new spell, which could be considered some sort of gain.
Just that to bring out the full potential of the Growth Skills, he still needed to study and investigate thoroughly.
So Fang Yun tidied up the corner of the spirit field.
Then returned to the cave, looked at the remaining seeds obtained from Daoist Qingmu, and took them into his arms.
Those things were better researched later; now, restoring Mana was the most important, or else without sufficient Mana, Fang Yun truly wouldn't feel safe.
So, he went to the Spiritual Spring and began absorbing the Spiritual Energy in the cave, to restore his Mana.
5 days later, Fang Yun's Mana was barely recovered by just over a third.
Temporarily, this was enough to give himself a certain self-protection ability.
So, on this early morning, after cleaning the new weeds that sprouted in the spirit field.
He picked up the magic artifact long saber, carried a hoe, and headed towards the canyon.
It had been intermittently over a fortnight since he had been to the canyon, and he had no idea how much the crops there had suffered.