I Cultivate Longevity in the Cultivation Realm-Chapter 64: Library

The Spirit Plant Hall is located in the North District.

It covers an expansive area, with large regions at the back all belonging to the Spirit Field of the Spirit Plant Hall.

Zhou Changwang has been an apprentice here for five years and is very familiar with many parts of the Spirit Plant Hall.

So he quickly found the Library of the Spirit Plant Hall.

There is naturally someone guarding the library.

It is an extremely old-looking man, commonly referred to as Old Jian within the Spirit Plant Hall.

Old Jian is very old, reportedly over a hundred years old, and wobbles as he walks. When Zhou Changwang first became an apprentice five years ago, he was like this, and he remains the same five years later.

However, he is not some sort of Sweeping Monk character, but an Elder Spirit Farmer who has worked for decades and can no longer continue. Moreover, it is said the Hall Master of the Spirit Plant Hall is related to him, so he was left to guard the library in peace, enjoying his old age.

Zhou Changwang stepped forward, just about to greet him, but it seemed the other had already noticed him and stood up swiftly to greet him, revealing a yellow-toothed smile, "Are you here to read?"

Seeing Zhou Changwang nod, he quickly continued, "Ten Broken Spirits per hour. If you wish to borrow, a deposit of five Lower-Grade Spirit Stones is required, with a daily rental fee of two Broken Spirits. If it exceeds one month, one Lower-Grade Spirit Stone will be deducted, and after five months, it’s considered lost, requiring an additional five Lower-Grade Spirit Stones, or you will lose the qualification to enter the library."

As he spoke, he wobbled and stretched out his hand, indicating he wanted Zhou Changwang to pay the Spirit Stone.

"Old Jian, this is my Apprentice Token. I remember that with an Apprentice Token, I can read for free for five hours a year.

Even if the time exceeds, it’s calculated at three Broken Spirits per hour..."

Zhou Changwang wasn’t bothered, as he was already aware of Old Jian’s greedy nature. He simply handed over a token and said casually.

This was one of the few benefits he had during his apprenticeship at the Spirit Plant Hall.

Although he has now left the Spirit Plant Hall and works as a Spirit Farmer outside, this token has not expired. As long as the Spirit Plant Master he initially followed doesn’t say anything, he is still nominally an apprentice of the Spirit Plant Hall.

"Humph, go ahead.

I’ll time you."

Old Jian glanced at the token and immediately lost his enthusiasm. He snorted coldly and wobbled back to his original position.

Zhou Changwang was unfazed, registered his entry, and went directly into the library.

The library wasn’t very large, but there were three rows of bookshelves, nearly all filled.

"Spirit Ginseng Cultivation Points," "How to Distinguish Spirit Soil," "The Effect of the Acceleration Technique on Planting," "Complete Guide to Spirit Rice Varieties," "Top Ten Spiritual Materials for Lazy People"...

A large number of book directories caught his eye.

These contained knowledge and key points about spirit plant cultivation.

Although there were no specific spells or incantations, they could resolve most problems Spirit Plant Masters encountered during cultivation.

At this time, besides him, there were two other people in the Library Pavilion. One was an elderly person with graying hair, engrossed in a book titled "Nine Steps for Cultivating Seven Immortal Herbs."

The other was a middle-aged cultivator resembling a farmer, perhaps just coming from the Spirit Field, with his body covered in soil and his pants rolled up to his knees. He was also reading a book, sometimes frowning, sometimes showing a look of sudden realization.

Zhou Changwang recognized both individuals as official Spirit Plant Masters of the Spirit Plant Hall, cultivating spirit fields over a hundred acres, mostly filled with spiritual medicines.

However, while he knew them, they didn’t know him, so he didn’t bother to greet them and directly began looking for the information he needed on the bookshelves.

"’Lost Treasures’?"

Suddenly, Zhou Changwang saw a book that piqued his curiosity; he quickly took it out and began flipping through it.

The book had no author noted but detailed a list of various lost and extinct spirit plant treasures from the cultivation realm over the past thousand years.

Many treasures he had never even heard of.

But they had already vanished and no longer existed.

Some treasures only had descriptions of their names and characteristics, while others were illustrated.

"Mind Grass, All Things Flower... Thunder Spirit Rice Tree..."

As Zhou Changwang flipped through, his eyes lit up.

He indeed found records related to Thunder Spirit Rice in it.

The book stated that Thunder Spirit Rice, a rare tree-grown rice known as the Thunder Rice Tree or Thunder Spirit Rice Tree, was naturally drawn to lightning and was a specialty of the Qi Clan in Celestial Peak Mountain.

However, with the Qi Clan’s downfall, this Thunder Spirit Rice also vanished without a trace.

It was vaguely recorded that the destruction of the Qi Clan was due to offending a certain Core Formation True Cultivator.

As for whom, it wasn’t mentioned, nor did Zhou Changwang care.

What he truly cared about was how to make this Thunder Spirit Rice Tree flower and bear fruit.

However, the person who wrote the book had never actually seen a Thunder Spirit Rice Tree or cultivated this spirit seed, so the descriptions were quite vague.

In essence, this "Lost Treasures" was merely an informative book.

"Naturally drawn to lightning?

Perhaps it needs the power of thunder and lightning to aid its growth?"

Zhou Changwang speculated in his heart, unable to determine for sure.

He hurriedly searched for more related books again.

After half an hour, he found additional records about Thunder Spirit Rice in a book called "Miscellaneous Discussion of Spirit Rice."

The record mentioned that the Thunder Spirit Rice Tree grows, flowers, and bears Spirit Rice only in Thunder Marsh Land, in areas dense with lightning.

"Does that mean it must grow and bear fruit only in environments with thunder and lightning?"

Zhou Changwang had a headache.

This was a difficult problem for him.

That sort of Thunder Marsh Land, dense with lightning, with a thunder strike sometimes occurring—if he were careless and got struck... as a small Third-layer Qi Cultivation Practitioner, he dared not step foot there.

"Wait a minute.

Since the Qi Clan could cultivate and even sell Thunder Spirit Rice, it indicates that ordinary Spirit Land could also be used for cultivation.

After all, Celestial Peak Mountain was the Qi Clan’s territory eight hundred years ago, with countless Qi Clan members living there, and it was unlikely that celestial lightning frequently struck there.

Perhaps there are other methods?

For instance, cultivating the Thunder Spirit Rice Tree directly with Thunder Skill?"

Zhou Changwang speculated, thinking the possibility was quite high.

In the next half hour, he continued searching.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any more records about the Thunder Spirit Rice Tree.

Even if there were occasional related records, they were only snippets, hardly helpful.

Reluctantly, he had to give up.

Perhaps there truly was a method to cultivate the Thunder Spirit Rice Tree in the library, but he simply couldn’t find it at the moment.

Afterward, he walked out of the library and headed to the main hall of the Spirit Plant Hall.

There was a dedicated bulletin board here—commonly referred to as the task board or purchase board.

For a certain amount of Spirit Stones, you could leave a note on it, detailing your requirements.

For example, there were long-term purchases of Hundred-leaf Yellow Grass, Magen Vine... high-price purchases of Spirit Ginseng aged over five years... resolving the widespread wilting of Hundred Spirits Flower, negotiable commission... and so on.