I Cultivate Longevity in the Cultivation Realm-Chapter 65: Completely Broke

Zhou Changwang came over, but it wasn’t to take on a task.

His pest control methods, which might still be usable in the Spirit Fields at the foot of Changling Mountain, were hardly worth mentioning in the Spirit Plant Hall.

The Spirit Plant Hall had more than a dozen Spirit Plant Masters, nearly a hundred Spirit Plant Apprentices, and many experienced Spirit Farmers... naturally, there was no shortage of people skilled in pest control.

He came here just to check the task board for demands, so he could choose one or two types of economic spiritual materials crops to plant.

After all, he didn’t have many Spirit Stones left.

And he couldn’t let the five acres of Spirit Fields in his backyard go to waste and sit idly by.

Then, combining his abilities, Zhou Changwang quickly chose a type of spiritual material.

Spirit Gathering Grass!

A kind of Spiritual Medicine.

Also one of the main materials for Alchemy Masters to refine Spirit Revitalizing Pills.

The purchase price of one Spirit Gathering Grass was one Lower-Grade Spirit Stone, and its growth cycle was short, needing only three months.

The only issue was its enormous demand for Spiritual Qi.

It required at least First Grade Middle Spirit Fields to sustain its growth, and it was very delicate, easily wilting and dying at the slightest wind, rain, or pest infestation.

Even experienced Elder Spirit Farmers planted this material with great caution, meticulously caring for it every day.

Despite this, having a survival rate of three out of every hundred Spirit Gathering Grass was already good.

Many could barely survive one out of ten.

Because of this, in the Spirit Plant Hall, there were very few cultivators willing to plant this material.

However, because it was one of the main materials for refining Spirit Revitalizing Pills, the demand remained high, keeping the purchasing price at a premium, which tempted Zhou Changwang.

And his confidence came from.

Naturally, it was from that Spirit Farmer’s Manual.

The centenarian Elder Spirit Farmer mainly planted this material in his later years, and he was quite experienced, maintaining a survival rate of over seventy percent.

"If things go smoothly, I don’t even need seventy percent; as long as the survival rate reaches fifty percent, I can make a considerable profit."

Thinking this way, Zhou Changwang went directly to the seed shop within the Spirit Plant Hall.

This place was actually the largest location for buying Spirit Seeds in the entire Fengming Dock Marketplace. Most seeds in the shop were cultivated by the Spirit Plant Hall’s Spirit Plant Masters, but many Spirit Seeds were collected from various places, some even originating from Qingyuan Sect...

In the seed shop, there were two people, one resembling a middle-aged man, presumably the shopkeeper, and the other somewhat younger, looking indifferently at the coming and going Spirit Plant Apprentices and Spirit Farmers, with a slight arrogance on his face.

Zhou Changwang stepped forward and directly asked, "Shopkeeper, how much are your Spirit Gathering Grass seeds?"

"One block of Lower-Grade Spirit Stone for thirty seeds.

Seeds can be selected yourself, but once they leave the store, they are at the buyer’s risk."

The shopkeeper said nothing, but the young clerk responded indifferently.

"A bit expensive, can it be a little cheaper?"

Zhou Changwang calculated the quality and size of his Spirit Fields, realizing that each Spirit Gathering Grass seed basically needed to be spaced more than a meter apart to grow freely without interference.

This meant that if he wanted to plant his five-acre Spirit Field fully, he would need at least three thousand Spirit Gathering Grass seeds, equivalent to a hundred Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.

This was a substantial expense.

"Expensive? What part is expensive?

We’ve always had this price, right?

Our Spirit Plant Hall’s seed shop is hardly easy, sometimes you need to look into your own reasons, right?

Have you earned any Spirit Stones over the years? Have you been working seriously?"

The clerk, eyes full of disdain, spoke impatiently.

"Whether I’ve earned Spirit Stones or not, what does it have to do with you?

Shopkeeper, is this how your staff treats customers?"

Zhou Changwang was stunned; since when did customers have to be so troubled?

Have I eaten your rice?

"I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’ll handle this... How many seeds do you need? I’ll give you a discount here."

The shopkeeper quickly approached with a smile and then turned and glared at the clerk, saying, "You go to the back and stay there."

"Forget it, I can’t afford your seeds."

Zhou Changwang snorted coldly, speaking.

"Don’t be like that.

My seeds here are indeed the best in the entire Fengming Dock Marketplace. Each is carefully selected, almost impossible to find dead or bad seeds, and some are from Qingyuan Sect, even the growth speed is one or two tenths faster than average Spirits Seeds.

You shouldn’t buy inferior seeds from others just because of a moment of dissatisfaction, right?"

Zhou Changwang conceded this point.

He knew that at the Independent Cultivator Marketplace, prices would indeed be much cheaper, but the quality of the seeds would differ according to individual evaluation.

If fifty out of a hundred seeds survived, it could be considered conscientious; many dead seeds were mixed in, and without a certain level of eye power, one would certainly suffer.

And premium seeds do indeed grow faster than many ordinary Spirit Seeds in terms of growth speed.

"I do actually need three thousand Spirit Gathering Grass seeds."

Zhou Changwang hesitated slightly, but still spoke up.

"In that case, for every thousand Spirit Gathering Grass seeds, you can select thirty more seeds, how about it?"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper suggested tentatively.

"Fifty seeds."

Zhou Changwang responded immediately.

"Deal.

Consider it my way of making a friend out of you."

The shopkeeper looked at him, nodded, and took out a dozen small bags from behind the shop.

Each bag contained three hundred Spirit Gathering Grass seeds.

Zhou Changwang felt slightly better, muttering to himself if he had asked for too little.

But since he had already spoken, he naturally wouldn’t renege.

In total, he needed three thousand Spirit Gathering Grass Spirits Seeds, meaning he could select a hundred and fifty more, thus saving five Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.

No loss.

He opened the bag, revealing the seeds inside, each about the size of a broad bean, all quite plump, faintly emitting a sense of spiritual nature.

This spiritual nature was actually vitality.

The stronger the spiritual nature, the stronger the vitality, and the healthier the seed.

If the spiritual nature was weak, the vitality of the seed was naturally weaker, and the survival rate would be lower.

For example, the three Thunder Spirit Rice Tree Seeds he got from Chen Yushu had no spiritual nature and extremely low vitality, making them difficult to cultivate.

Seeing this, Zhou Changwang didn’t hold back and began selecting them one by one.

After a stick of incense time, he had completed selecting all the seeds, counting a total of three thousand one hundred fifty seeds.

Of course, he also handed over a hundred blocks of Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.

"Now, I’m really broke."

As Zhou Changwang walked out of the Spirit Plant Hall, he calculated his assets in his mind.

He originally had one hundred fifty-five Lower-Grade Spirit Stones, and after spending a hundred, only fifty-five were left.

However, when he walked out of the Beast Taming Workshop again, the remaining fifty Lower-Grade Spirit Stones were reduced by more than half once more.

Because he ordered a total of three thousand pounds of Beast Fertilizer from the Beast Taming Workshop.

Three thousand pounds cost him thirty more Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.

However, he wasn’t distressed by this.

Because this was all necessary upfront investment.

After all, to gain returns, there must be investments.

He wanted to plant Spirit Gathering Grass, and though the Spiritual Power in his Spirit Fields, being First Grade Upper, was sufficient, the method of Spirit Soil cultivation he learned from the Spirit Farmer’s Manual combined with the Spiritual Qi contained in beast fertilizer could further increase the Spiritual Qi in his Spirit Fields by one or two tenths.

The combination of the two would inevitably increase the growth rate of the Spirit Plants he cultivated.

He then hurried back to his courtyard.

After waiting two to three hours, a lot of Beast Fertilizer gradually arrived, and under Zhou Changwang’s instructions, they piled it all into a corner of the backyard.