Twenty mu of spiritual land, Zuo Mo didn't need to carefully plan. He had too little capital in his hands, and he couldn't afford good spiritual seeds. Based on Wei Nan's summary of experience, he chose some varieties with a better price-performance ratio. To ensure returns, Zuo Mo also inquired about the current market conditions before bringing back a large package of seeds to the mountain.

  But he can't sow it immediately.

  So far, he only has experience in planting Linggu. Each spiritual plant has its own unique requirements and demands. Fortunately, Wei Nan's jade slip contains a relatively detailed description, so he doesn't need to explore it himself.

  Studying jade slips, bitterly practicing "Fetal Breathing and Spiritual Refining", apart from this, he also needs to take care of the Cold Mist Valley's medicinal fields, every day is extremely busy, almost to the point of not touching the ground.

  After studying the jade slip, he began to prepare for the preliminary work. Fortunately, these were some relatively ordinary spiritual medicines and herbs, and did not require any expensive or rare items, otherwise, he would have been left staring blankly.

  "I'm very poor, I'm very poor, I'm extremely extremely extremely poor..."

  Humming a tune, Zuo Mo directed the flipping of the mud and the deep plowing of the spiritual fields, sowing all the spiritual grasses and medicines he had bought.

  A few days passed, and in the twenty-acre spiritual field, some spiritual grasses and medicines had already sprouted, tenderly green, carrying Luo Mo's hopes.

  Zuo Mo finally had a chance to catch his breath, the workload of these past few days was almost unbearable even for him. After planting the seeds, the workload suddenly decreased by half and he could also spare some time to cultivate. This is why sword cultivators usually don't like to cultivate other life-cultivating techniques. Cultivating any technique requires a lot of time and energy, but for sword cultivators, they only need to focus on cultivating their sword skills, which allows them to possess unparalleled combat power.

  This is also why among all cultivators, in a one-on-one situation, sword cultivators possess the greatest power.

  Of course, the actual situation will be more complicated. The battle between two cultivators can be influenced by many factors, which are complex and confusing. For example, cultivation base, magic treasures, talismans, and spells, etc.

  Zuo Mo didn't need to consider these things, at least not before he built his foundation. For him, the most important thing right now was building his foundation. Next were the five basic Five Elements techniques, which would directly affect how much he could gain.

  He gave up on the "Ten Righteous Heart Methods", thinking that relying on it to build his foundation was almost like a dream. The "Fetal Breathing Cultivation Method" became his only choice, and he cultivated it as a method for cultivating spiritual power. After building his foundation, the sect would pass down new heart methods, at which point he would have many more options to choose from.

  During this time, he was really busy, so busy that he even forgot about the existence of Pú Yāo. Until now, he suddenly thought of Pú Yāo and decided to go take a look in the Sea of Recognition.

  He entered the sea of knowledge and was dumbfounded.

  The area of the sea of consciousness is several times larger than before, which doesn't surprise him, because his divine sense has made great progress. He had long discovered that once his divine sense progressed, the area of the sea of consciousness would expand accordingly.

  What left him speechless was a river - at some point, his sea of consciousness had gained a river.

  A river of shimmering silver light, not wide but exceptionally straight, runs along the middle line of the sea of knowledge, dividing it into two. As Mo walked closer, he was surprised to find that the river wasn't water, but countless large and small ice crystals. The light refracted through the ice crystals, shining brightly, and the countless ice crystals simultaneously refracted, dazzling the light so much that the sea of knowledge became brighter. They slowly surged and undulated, like a tide, rippling with layers of dense, dazzling silver light, like a dormant, sleeping crystal dragon.

  On both sides of the river were dense red flames, these wildly dancing flames, as if they were growing in the river's red aquatic plants.

  In the void above, that star shone brighter and brighter, neither the wildly dancing flames nor the glittering silver ice river could block its light.

  In the sea of fire, on the edge of the icy river, under the starry sky, on a tombstone shrouded in dark clouds, Pu Yao quietly listened to the sound of the jade pendants on his legs.

  Zuo Mo was completely stunned by the scene in front of him.

  The sea of knowledge was quiet, with only the sound of the jade flute drifting. The deep red flames danced wildly, like the most enchanting and seductive dancer twisting her waist, the slow-moving icy river flowed like a sword, cold and stern, the stars were profound and unfathomable, all this formed a picture full of tension, bringing him an impact beyond compare!

  After a while, Zuo Mo came back to his senses.

  The sea of fire and the stars, he was still unclear about what they were, but this icy river, seemed to be his own understanding of the Ice Crystal Tide Sword Intent! On this point, he was quite certain. Because in his view, flowing through the river was not ice crystals, but countless sword intents! This icy river had also formed during this period of time, and vaguely, he felt that there was something connected, but no matter how hard he racked his brains, he still couldn't gain anything.

  The sea of fire and the stars appeared very early, should be related to "Fetal Breath Refining Spirit". The time when the stars appear is after he completes one breath, does it represent one breath? What about the red flames?

  He wanted to ask Pu Yao, but he also knew that Pu Yao would definitely not answer.

  Well, of course, if there's a crystal stone, then it's a different story.

  Zuo Mo didn't disturb Pu Yao and instead retreated from the spiritual sea by himself.

  Left Mo was about to disappear into the sea of recognition when Pu Yao opened his eyes, and a hint of anxiety appeared in his blood pupils.

  Although he had reached the 9th layer of Qi Refining, there was still a distance from building his foundation. The 9th layer of Qi Refining also required much more spiritual power than the previous few layers. Zuo Mo wasn't anxious, with such high-grade spiritual veins assisting him, if he still couldn't build his foundation, then he might as well give up on cultivation.

  He could feel his spiritual power increasing rapidly during this period of time.

  Huolongcao was moved by Zuo Mo into his own spiritual field, Xifeng Valley had abundant sunlight, which was more suitable for the growth of Huolongcao.

  As usual, Zuo Mo stood in front of the Fire Dragon Grass, operating his spiritual power. His hands moved swiftly and changed rapidly, suddenly transforming into the "Red Flame Seal". Having practiced finger techniques in the water for a long time, his hands were now much more agile than before. The "Red Flame Seal", which was not a complicated finger technique, was much easier to perform for him.

  A faint, pale golden light was seen descending from the sky through Lemo's hands and onto the Fire Dragon Grass.

  "The Red Flame Incantation" can condense the essence of pure yang, which is highly beneficial for yang-based spiritual plants.

  Left Mo was motionless, like a stone statue.

  "The Red Flame Technique" emphasizes calmness and persistence, which is not a problem for Mo. In fact, after obtaining the Jade Token, he found that he had taken some detours, and if he had chosen "The Red Flame Technique" from the beginning, he would have obtained the Jade Token earlier. However, there's no free lunch in this world, and among the five techniques, the most difficult one, "The Grass and Wood Technique", was also mastered by him, and the others were easily accomplished.

  Time is passing bit by bit.

  The pale golden light that fell from the sky deepened slightly in color, and both of Lu Mo's hands floated with a faint layer of gold, as if they had been plated with a thin layer of gold.

  The leaves of the Fire Dragon Grass became increasingly vibrant and full of life, and the entire spiritual herb exhibited a thriving vitality.

  It wasn't until five incense sticks' time had passed that he finally stopped. As soon as his hands moved, the pale golden light instantly disappeared.

  After checking this Fire Dragon Grass, Luo Mo was very satisfied. The Scarlet Flame Technique had an excellent effect on the yang-type plant.

  All the seedlings are divided into yin and yang. Zuo Mo also divides his spiritual field into two parts, using the part with better sunlight to plant yang seedlings, while the cooler and more humid area is used for planting yin seedlings.

  Zuo Mo prepared to cast the Earth Energy Art, every day casting various spells on these spiritual herbs and medicines. This was a task he had to complete. He didn't know if it was because he used them too much, but the Red Flame Art and the Earth Energy Art quickly reached the third level, completely unlike the difficulty of breaking through the previous three arts.

  However, after some thought, he roughly understood that the majority of the credit should go to "Fetal Breath Cultivation". His spiritual consciousness was much stronger than before. And whether it was the calm and focused mind of the "Red Flame Technique" or the communication and response of the "Earth Qi Technique", they all had a close relationship with his spiritual consciousness.

  Suddenly, a purple light flashed down from the sky and landed beside him.

  A purple flying sword of medium length suddenly appeared beside Zuo Mo's hand.

  Flying Sword and Traveling Book?

  Zuo Mo turned his head to look around, but didn't see anyone else, and only then did he confirm that this was for him. He carefully stretched out his hand to the flying sword, and as soon as his fingers made contact with it, a voice sounded in his mind.

  "Shen time comes to Xiangfangyuan."

  It's Master Shi Feng Rong's voice.

  Zuo Mo finally felt at ease. For a while, he was tormented by that pink little crane to the point of being on the verge of collapse, and it had just barely subsided. Poor Zuo Mo, his nerves had already been worn down to be extremely fragile, and he was suspicious of everything.

  During this time, Master did not look for him, presumably also giving him time to settle down.

  Zuo Mo's spirits lifted, Master's attainments in alchemy were extremely profound, and according to Li Yingfeng Shijie, Master's refined pills were always very popular. Recently, Master had been traveling outside, and the income within the sect was also greatly affected.

  Moreover, according to Wei Nan's senior fellow apprentice Yu Jianli's summary of experience, refining dan can earn crystal stones much faster than cultivating spiritual plants.

  At the appointed time, Zuo arrived accurately at Xiangfangyuan.

  This was his first time coming to the Xiangfang Courtyard, and as soon as he stepped through the gate, he saw many female disciples working. Some were drying and refining spiritual medicine, some were sorting and categorizing, and others had spiritual energy surging in their hands as they crushed spiritual medicine. In the vast courtyard, there were actually no less than forty female disciples at work.

  When Zuo Mo appeared, these female disciples all stopped what they were doing.

  "Big Brother!"

  "Big Brother!"

  ……

  They all bowed, but secretly they were curious about this senior brother. The news that the Fourth Senior Sister had taken in a male disciple had long since spread throughout the Xiangfang Courtyard. The details of Zuo Mo's background had already been thoroughly investigated by these female disciples. What made them feel more at ease was that Zuo Mo had previously helped those female disciples responsible for feeding the animals on the Eastern Peak, and wasn't someone who bullied men or tyrannized women. They were all outer sect female disciples and didn't count as Shi Feng Rong's disciples, and their status was far inferior to Zuo Mo's, so they naturally didn't dare to be slow in showing respect.

  Left hand busy, right foot hurried, hastily returned the gift.

  At the sight of Mo Zhen's embarrassed appearance, a few soft giggles immediately erupted among the female disciples.

  The leading female disciple immediately turned her face, staring at several female disciples who were laughing with displeasure, and the laughter stopped.

  "Come in."

  The master's voice came from the inner courtyard, just in time to relieve Zuo Mo's predicament, and he almost fled in disarray.