Chapter 108: Chapter 108: Opening Up the Spirit Field   After resting for five or six days, Fang Yun’s condition has considerably recovered. This day, Fang Yun came to the agricultural base where the crops were planted and observed the growth of the crops. As time passed, the seeds of the crops planted in this area had begun to take root and sprout. Specks of green started to appear on this piece of land. After making a round, Fang Yun found that the growth of these crops was quite satisfactory. After all, this land has been barren for so many years, with a large number of plants burned to ashes here, which then merged into the soil. This resulted in rich nutrition in the soil. Moreover, Fang Yun had used the Earth Power Skills in advance to make the nutrition in the land more balanced. Thus, it was natural that these crops would not have any issues growing here. However, precisely because of the rich nutrition, as the plants were just sprouting, Fang Yun noticed that many weeds had sprung up among them. These weeds were different from those Fang Yun had deliberately planted around the perimeter of this land. Those were part of the crops he planted and were within the range affected by the Golden Finger. Whereas the weeds growing among these soybeans and medicinal herbs were wild and naturally occurring. Not within Fang Yun’s control, they would not provide him with Life Essence Qi once they matured. Therefore, under such circumstances, in order for these crops to successfully grow, Fang Yun still needed to remove these weeds later on. This was rather troublesome. As for the authentication method of the Golden Finger, Fang Yun had no solution. Although for the time being, Fang Yun could still manage to clear the weeds within ten to twenty acres of land. But when the land expands, it wouldn’t be so easy to manually clear the weeds anymore. It seems that in future planting, some of the knowledge from his past life still needed to be applied. Like figuring out how to concoct some herbicides, for instance. Taking note of this in his plans, Fang Yun took another look at the piece of land. Then he left temporarily. As for manually weeding, he would have to wait until the weeds grew to a certain height. Leaving the crops planting area, Fang Yun came to the volcano again. He wanted to establish a spirit field here. The establishment of the spirit field was already planned after the Spirit Rain Skill reached Great Success. Now that the Blood Seal Magic Artifact was refined and the Cultivation Technique had been switched, it was time to move this task to the agenda. Furthermore, Fang Yun had a particularly great need for Life Essence Qi at present. Under these circumstances, it would take too long to wait for ordinary crops to grow instead of planting Spirit Rice, which could provide a generous amount of Life Essence Qi. The reason for establishing the spirit field on the volcano was mainly because of the vast stretches of rocks on top of the volcano. The spirit field created on these rocks would not allow the carefully condensed spirit water to leak to other places due to seepage problems. Fang Yun arrived at the volcano and began to walk spirally down from the peak, searching for a suitable location to establish a spirit field. Although he needed the rocks on the volcano as the foundation for the spirit field. The spirit field should not be too close to the volcano crater. Otherwise, the heat emitted from the volcano’s crater would also continuously evaporate the moisture in the spirit field. Thus, my plan to cultivate Spirit Rice would also be unworkable. I continued down to the mountainside before halting my descent. Here, there is already some distance from the volcano’s peak. The heat from above no longer reaches this place. Hence, Fang Yun looked for an open area, ready to start clearing a suitable spirit field. As for the tools to cultivate the spirit field, Fang Yun took a look at the Spiritual Insect in his embrace, then at the vines following by his side. He decided to use both at once. First, he commanded the Spiritual Insect, which transformed into a brilliant white-golden light, and wildly wove through the rocks, boring small holes within them. After these holes spread throughout the entire surface of the rock, Fang Yun called the Spiritual Insect back. Next came the vine’s job. The vine’s roots were filled with metallic energy, and at its tip, they coiled into a spiral-shaped conical form. Subsequently, under Fang Yun’s command, they rotated continuously, cultivating the vast expanse of rock. The solid stones, under the effect of the vine’s metallic roots, continually cracked and crumbled. The vine’s branches, in turn, incessantly swept the rocks down the mountainside. After a full day of cultivation, Fang Yun had carved out a patch of land about one acre in size on top of the stone. Frankly, this piece of land wasn’t much larger than the spirit field on Spirit Water Island. It wasn’t due to a lack of seeds – in the cultivation of Spirit Rice, the demand for seeds wasn’t that great, and there were still plenty of surplus seeds he had brought. The major issue was the insufficiency of Spiritual Energy. Though his Spirit Rain Skill had already reached the stage of Great Success. However, the Spiritual Energy gathered by the Spirit Rain Skill was essentially rootless and would slowly diminish during the Spirit Rice’s absorption, and even in daily times, it would gradually dissipate. In this way, relying solely on the Spirit Rain Skill to cultivate Spirit Rice, being able to plant an acre of the spirit field was already the best he could muster. After completing the framework of the spirit field, Fang Yun returned to the mountain’s base. Next, he needed to prepare a large amount of soil rich in nutrients to transport it to the previously cultivated spirit field. This was something Fang Yun had done many times before on Spirit Water Island. Only this time, unlike the fundamentally established spirit fields he had back then, along with the aid of the Spiritual Spring. The newly cultivated spirit field required soil nutrients to be far richer than those on Spirit Water Island. Of course, to transport so much soil into the spirit field halfway up the mountain, relying solely on Fang Yun alone, would probably take a very long time. Back when he was on Spirit Water Island, with no choice at hand, he had to do it all by himself. But now, Fang Yun had at his disposal an all-purpose labor force, naturally not wanting to go through such hardship. However, before that, Fang Yun needed to prepare some tools to facilitate carrying the soil. Therefore, Fang Yun first found some stones at the foot of the mountain and used Lai Kuan’s knife as a tool. With the enhancement of his Mana, he crafted these stones into various utensils capable of carrying things. After spending a few days and some amount of Mana, Fang Yun finally had a few carrying tools at his disposal. Then, Fang Yun found a small hillside, stood atop it, and started to use the Earth Power Skills. As Fang Yun’s thoughts turned, the terrifying Mana from his Dantian began to surge out. Poured into the meridians, it started moving following the pathways of the Earth Power Skills. A mysterious fluctuation, carrying the power of Fang Yun’s Spirit, merged into the ground beneath his feet. Source: Webnovel.com, updated on N𝘰vgo.co