The black-faced steward showed a surprised look. He obviously had not forgotten that Xu Chunniang was the person who refused to recruit inner disciples.
He frowned and glanced at the jade slip in his hand.
"Planting spiritual rice is not an easy task. It requires careful cultivation every day. With your spiritual energy, you are not suitable for this task. I advise you not to take it.
The only thing suitable for you may be the commission to take care of monsters, but taking care of monsters is not as easy as you think. You must be familiar with the habits of monsters."
Xu Chunniang knew that if she revealed her true cultivation level at the fifth level of Qi training, the manager would definitely not say anything more.
But if he asked why her cultivation improved so quickly and she replied that it was an epiphany, would he believe it?
The fifth level of Qi training seems to be powerful, but compared to the ninth level of Qi training, it is far inferior. People can't even use a finger to deal with her.
Xu Chunniang's original intention of covering up her cultivation was not to attract attention. It was just fine as it was now.
"But I want to give it a try. If it doesn't work, I will try something else."
Seeing Xu Chunniang's insistence, the black-faced steward shook his head and stopped trying to persuade her.
In fact, many times, the monk has no way out. She thinks that if the commission is not completed well, there will be a chance to change it to another one.
But she also doesn’t want to think about how difficult her situation will be when she is burdened with high debts five years later.
Xu Chunniang didn't know what the black-faced steward was thinking, so she successfully accepted the commission and walked out of the commission hall.
All her things are on her body, and there is nothing to pack away. She might as well go directly to Lingtian!
Xu Chunniang took out the map to figure out the direction and walked towards Lingzhi Peak.
After walking for half a day, we arrived at the foot of Lingzhi Peak.
The entire Lingzhi Peak is covered with spiritual fields, one here and another, distributed very irregularly.
Some places are rich in spiritual energy, with more than a dozen spiritual fields connected together, while other places are relatively barren, with only one or two sparse spiritual fields.
Next to each spiritual field there is a small wooden house for the disciples who take care of the spiritual field. Numbers are written on the wooden house, which looks like a number.
All spiritual fields are protected by a layer of formations, which can only be entered with the corresponding array talisman. This is to protect the spiritual fields and crops from damage.
Most of these spiritual fields are planted with spiritual rice, and only a few of them are bare. Some of the owners of the spiritual fields have turned on the shielding function of the formation, making it so vague that people can't see what's going on inside.
Xu Chunniang probably knew in her mind that these spiritual fields planted with spiritual rice already had their own owners, and I was afraid she could only choose those bare spiritual fields.
After walking all the way to the top of the mountain, we finally found Manager Sun, who was in charge of the distribution of Lingtian.
When he saw someone coming, he was overjoyed at first, then frowned after sensing Xu Chunniang's cultivation.
"Third level of Qi training, what's going on? Are you passing by?"
Xu Chunniang shook her head and handed over the token, "I received the commission to plant the spiritual field."
Manager Sun rolled his eyes, took the token with some dissatisfaction, and found that she actually accepted the commission.
"Now that you have accepted the commission, you can choose a spiritual field."
As he spoke, he took out a drawing that included the entire spiritual field of Lingzhi Peak.
The ones with white lights on have been selected, and the ones that are gray have not been selected.
Xu Chunniang looked around carefully, and it was not difficult to see that the best locations had been picked out, and the rest were inferior spiritual fields, which were also distributed in very remote places.
Since they were all similar, she simply picked the most remote one, with the spiritual field number being 172.
After registering, the steward handed half a kilogram of spiritual rice as seeds and a strange-shaped spiritual weapon into her hands, while giving careful instructions.
"Spiritual rice can be planted twice a year. Here are the seeds. They will only be distributed when you receive the commission for the first time. You will have to find a way from now on.
Planting spiritual rice is not a trivial matter. You must use the spiritual rain technique to water it every day, and use the soil moistening technique to add spiritual energy to the spiritual soil.
This is a low-grade spiritual weapon, specially used to collect spiritual rice. It will be recycled after you complete the commission. If it is damaged or lost, one hundred contribution points will be deducted directly. Oh, and there is also the formation talisman——"
The steward took out a bag, found the formation talisman with the number 172 written on it, and handed it to Xu Chunniang.
"Use this to open the protective array of the spiritual field, and then inject spiritual energy to use it.
Remember, I deliver spiritual rice here every six months. If there is a lot of production, I will buy it at the price of one kilogram of spiritual stone.
But you are a novice, and your cultivation is in the early stages of Qi training. The first two or three years may be..."
The steward shook his head as he spoke, looking very disdainful of Xu Chunniang.
Xu Chunniang took the things, nodded to the steward, and walked towards the Lingtian without saying anything else.
The location of No. 172 Lingtian is very remote. It took a full hour of walking before Xu Chunniang reached her destination.
Looking around, there is only this spiritual field in this large area. You can imagine how barren this area is.
There is a lonely wooden house standing next to the spiritual field. It is within the formation. The wooden house is as perfect as new.
Xu Chunniang used the formation talisman to open the formation and walked in, carefully inspecting the spiritual field.
The spiritual energy in the spiritual field was quite sufficient. She secretly compared it with the spiritual soil and found that the spiritual energy content in the spiritual field was only about one-tenth of that of the spiritual soil.
However, the entire spiritual field has this level of spiritual energy content, and is many times larger than the spiritual soil. It is barely enough for growing spiritual rice.
After inspecting the spiritual field, Xu Chunniang did not rush to sow seeds, but went to the small wooden house on the side first.
Because of the formation protection, the cabin looked very clean, not even dusty.
The furnishings in the house are very simple, except for a bed and a set of tables and chairs, there is nothing extra.
Xu Chunniang nodded with satisfaction. Although it was a bit crude, it was still liveable. This would be her residence for the next five years.
The house looks clean, but it hasn't been occupied for a long time, so it might as well be cleaned a little.
"Spiritual energy turns into rain."
As Xu Chunniang finished speaking, it began to rain throughout the house, densely covering every corner.
If other people see this scene, they will definitely not understand and feel that Xu Chunniang is wasting her spiritual energy.
After all, it's just a matter of flushing the house. You can go to the well outside the house to get water. It would be great to use the spiritual energy to water the spiritual field.
But Xu Chunniang doesn't think so. Although fetching water from the well saves spiritual energy, the speed is too slow. It is better to use this time to practice.
And it's just a Spiritual Rain Technique, it really doesn't use much spiritual power.
Looking at the brand new cabin, Xu Chunniang smiled slightly and left the cabin to go to the edge of the spiritual field.
She did not sow seeds directly, but used the spirit rain technique.
With her current level of cultivation, casting the Spiritual Rain Technique is just a matter of raising her hand.
However, after only two spells, Xu Chunniang stopped using the Spiritual Rain Technique and switched to the Moisturizing Earth Technique.
She stood in the center of the spiritual field and transformed the spiritual energy in her body into pure earth spiritual energy, which was continuously transported downwards.
After three-quarters of the spiritual energy in her body was consumed, Xu Chunniang stopped, took out the half kilogram of seeds given by the steward from the storage bag, and scattered them gently.
The seeds of spiritual rice are plump and crystal clear, almost three times the size of ordinary rice.
Looking at the newly planted spiritual rice, Xu Chunniang was thoughtful.
She once tried to cast Spring Rebirth on multiple targets at the same time. At that time, she could condense up to three streams of pure wood spiritual energy at the same time.
I wonder how many wood spiritual energy Xu Chunniang can condense at the same time in the past two years?