How did you get here?"
Li An smiled slightly when he saw Wang Dazhu coming.
"Brother An, I wanted to come here a long time ago, but for new students, they can only move freely on the last day of each month, so I came here today...Brother An, how are you?"
Wang Dazhu looked at Li An with concern.
Li An sighed: "Alas, my spiritual roots are still broken, but luckily... I entered the first level of Qi training."
Wang Dazhu was a little happy: "Great, I knew that Brother An you are not an ordinary person! ... Hum, at the gathering a few days ago, Zhao Xianchuan said that Brother An you will never be able to practice in this life..."
"Gathering?"
"Yes, our batch of disciples who entered together agreed to have a small gathering on the last day of each month to share experiences and make progress together... When I go back next time, I have to let them know that Brother An you have succeeded in practicing Qi! "
He had an expectant look on his face. Apparently, he had been ridiculed for Li An's affairs during the gathering.
Now that Li An had succeeded in practicing Qi, he naturally wanted to be proud of himself.
Li An couldn't help but smile and said nothing.
Even if Wang Dazhu spread the news of his success in practicing Qi, it would have no effect.
Zhao Xianchuan and others would know that under normal circumstances, Li An would stop here in his life.
Wang Dazhu excitedly talked about his situation in the sect again.
After entering Xuanyang Sect, Wang Dazhu and other registered disciples were taught by the elders of the outer sect, including breathing, Qigong, etc. Methods, etc.
The treatment of registered disciples is also very generous, five spirit stones and ten bags of spirit rice per month!
Wang Dazhu practiced hard, practicing fire-based techniques, and has already reached the first level of Qi training.
In two months, he has almost completed the first level of Qi training and can move towards the second level.
This is the benefit of sufficient resources!
In contrast, at the current speed of practice, Li An needs at least one year to achieve this step.
"It's better to be a formal disciple. You can worship the outer sect elders as your teachers and be taught by the outer sect elders in person. You can get ten spirit stones every month. Brother An, I heard that Mu Qingwan has reached the second level of Qi training and is highly valued. "
Mu Qingwan, Zhao Xianchuan, Wang Jian and other formal disciples have a good life and a promising future.
Compared with the group of young people who once entered the mountain gate together, Li An has fallen far behind.
"Brother An, I have two spirit stones left in the past two months..."
Wang Dazhu said, took out a spirit stone and handed it to Li An.
Li An smiled and said, "No need, Dazhu, I don't need any spirit stones here."
"After three years, the registered disciples will be assessed, and the winners will have the opportunity to become formal disciples. It will be useful for you to keep them."
Wang Dazhu grinned, "Brother An, I listen to you. If you need anything, just come to me."
"By the way, Brother An, will you come with us next time we get together?"
Li An thought for a while and said, "Okay. "
...
In the middle of the month, Fan Jie finally returned.
This time, he brought a large amount of insecticides, all of which were the same as Wang Zilin's.
Li An guessed that Fan Jie himself didn't know which insecticide was the best a few days ago, so he was doing experiments.
Now that the effect is confirmed, he dares to purchase on a large scale.
"The first batch of spiritual rice will mature in a few days, and the borers must be controlled!"
"If the yield of anyone's field is affected by borers, I will not forgive you!"
Fan Jie threatened coldly.
His eyes flashed from Zhang Susu, and Zhang Susu's tired and anxious expression made him seem to smile.
But seeing Wang Zilin, who was even more tired next to him, he couldn't help but have a hint of disgust on his face.
"Immortal,"
After Zhang Susu and Wang Zilin left, Li An took the initiative to find Fan Jie.
"What's the matter? "
Li An said respectfully: "It's like this. A few days ago, a friend of mine from the sect came to see me and mentioned that he wanted to buy some special spiritual food..."
"Just these few days, I found that some borers in the spiritual field seemed to have become spiritual, so I wanted to catch these spiritual insects and sell them to my friend."
"But I dare not make a decision on my own without your permission, so I haven't told him yet."
"Immortal, is it okay?"
Fan Jie frowned slightly when he heard this.
"What's the name of your immortal friend? Is he a formal disciple or a registered disciple?"
He asked in detail.
"His name is Wang Dazhu, a freshman who just entered this year. He is currently a registered disciple, but he has good qualifications. "
Li An replied.
Hearing this, Fan Jie fell into deep thought. There was actually a registered disciple who was willing to make friends with a chorman?...
However, this did remind him of his importance to Li An.
And the fact that spiritual insects were born in spiritual rice must not be spread by Li An, otherwise someone with ulterior motives would check...
He softened his attitude and said:
"Those spiritual insects can't sell for many spiritual stones. You should concentrate on taking care of the spiritual rice. Don't worry, if you perform well, I won't let you suffer a loss."
"Next month, I'll talk to the sect and increase your monthly allowance."
Li An said respectfully: "Okay, thank you very much, Immortal. "
He did this just to warn Fan Jie!
After all, Fan Jie was too stingy.
This way, Fan Jie would be afraid.
...
Ten days later.
The first batch of spiritual rice finally matured and began to be harvested.
A large amount of spiritual rice was harvested, and Zhang Susu burst into tears as she looked at her harvest.
Her spiritual field was already barren, and she had to work hard to barely reach the production standard. In addition to the influence of borers during this period, she was still about 200 kilograms short!
Wang Zilin's mentality was also a little broken. , because he spent a lot of time helping Zhang Susu, his own spiritual field output was not high, only more than 100 catties higher than the standard output, and he could only get about 5 catties in reward.
The one who gained the most was Li An, whose output exceeded the standard by about 800 catties!
According to the reward standard, he could get a reward of about 40 catties of spiritual rice!
This is very generous for a chores!
After all, 100 catties of spiritual rice can be exchanged for a low-grade spiritual stone.
"Zhang Susu, all the monthly allowances for this month will be deducted, Wang Zilin will remain unchanged, and Li An will receive 40 catties of spiritual rice! "
Fan Jie announced expressionlessly.
Li An was slightly delighted. The warning from the previous few days worked.
Fan Jie embezzled Wang Zilin's five-jin reward, but did not deduct a cent from Li An!
Wang Zilin and Zhang Susu were extremely jealous, but they did not dare to show it because of the previous experience.
Then Fan Jie issued the monthly allowance.
Li An weighed it and found that the spiritual stone in the bag was no longer a small piece, but a complete piece!
The monthly allowance was also paid in full.
…
"Brother Li,"
Zhang Susu found Li An and bit her lower lip: "Can you lend me some spiritual rice?"
Her monthly allowance was deducted completely, and she did not have enough food this month.
"Sister Susu, I still owe you some spiritual rice. "
Li An did not refuse and returned all the spiritual rice he had borrowed from Zhang Susu.
Not a grain more.
Zhang Susu took the handful of spiritual rice but did not leave. Her face was a little red. "Brother Li, can you lend me some more?"
This little spiritual rice...is still not enough.
"How much do you want?"
"One bag, one bag is enough. I will return it to you on time when the monthly allowance is issued next month."
Li An shook his head, "Sorry, I can only lend you half a bag."
"My spiritual roots are still very damaged. I really need spiritual rice. "
If I don't lend it, Zhang Susu will bear a grudge against me.
If I lend too much, Fan Jie will hate me.
Zhang Susu heard this, although there was some disappointment in her beautiful eyes, she still said gratefully: "Okay, then half a bag, thank you..."
She took the spiritual rice and left.
...
During this period, the first leaf of Li An's life seed has fully unfolded, and the leaf is the size of a thumb.
Under the nourishment of the life seed, the spiritual root seems to have a slight change.
But Li An couldn't help but feel complicated. According to this progress, it would take another half a year to complete the first level of Qi training...
The lack of spiritual stones is one reason, but the fundamental reason is... The speed of practicing the Life-Nourishing Immortal Art is also slower than other spells.
However, Li An is not in a hurry. He feels that his vitality is slowly increasing, which is reflected in his life span. He has now increased his life span by more than ten years.
Even if it takes ten years to break through the first level of Qi training, it is enough!
Accumulate strength and grow slowly!
"It's time to practice some magic. "
Li An whispered.
He wants to develop steadily in this life, but the world of immortal cultivation is extremely cruel. Without the art of killing, it is absolutely impossible.
Fortunately, he was born in an immortal cultivation family in his previous life, and he cultivated to the stage of forming a pill, so he has no shortage of skills in his mind.
"At present, the most practical thing for me is the water arrow technique!"
The water arrow technique, a lower grade yellow rank, can use the water vapor in the air to form sharp water arrows to kill the enemy.
The lethality is very good.
Moreover, the reason for choosing this spell is that the water arrow technique and the cloud and rain technique have something in common, which can promote each other and can be practiced during daily work.
After trying more than a dozen times, in front of him, water droplets suddenly condensed in the air, and then were compressed into the shape of a small arrow. The spiritual energy shook, and the water arrow shot out, directly piercing a piece of wood one meter away.
"The spiritual root is too weak, and it took many repetitions to truly master it. "The current range is only one and a half meters at most. If you want to cause damage, you must reach about ten meters!" "However, the spiritual energy cultivated by the Life-Nourishing Immortal Art is more pure and rich, and recovers quickly. If it is an ordinary Qi Refining Level 1, the spiritual energy will be exhausted after performing the Water Arrow Technique twice at most, but I can perform it about five times! "
Li An was quite satisfied.
In the next few days, while performing the Cloud-Sending Rain Technique, he also consciously or unconsciously refined the Water Arrow Technique.
The range of the Water Arrow Technique quickly increased to about four meters.
And the Cloud-Sending Rain Technique also improved. When he cast the rain, the rain curtain was evenly distributed, and the spiritual energy moved with it.
The spiritual rice grew better visibly.
…
In the middle, the second batch of spiritual rice was also harvested.
But during this period, insect pests were also intensifying, and the effect of the insecticide given by Fan Jie became worse.
The extra bonus of Li An's Cloud-Sending Rain Technique was offset by insect pests, and his harvest was basically the same as the last time.
Zhang Susu and the others suffered even more losses.
After the second batch of spiritual rice was harvested, Fan Jie finally readjusted the allocation of spiritual fields!