Chapter 39
: The Enchanted Spirit Farmers and the Initial Success of the Paddy Fields
Li Changsheng kept his eyes straight ahead and walked in front.
"Frog Pride" followed behind, pulling the cart and shuffling along. The cart, carrying two thousand kilograms of water buckets, had left two deep furrows.
They continued until the man and the frog went down the hillside.
The crowd finally came to their senses, looked at each other, and remained silent for a moment.
Using toads to pull carts.
It's like riding a chicken into the sky; people would laugh at you if they told them.
But that's exactly what happened.
They just witnessed it with their own eyes!
"hiss…"
"Where did that kid buy such a big toad?!"
"You know what, he looks pretty impressive."
"Nonsense, how could it not be powerful? Last night, that toad, wow, it jumped ten meters high in one leap, and when it landed, it was like an iron weight, crushing Liu San to death..."
"Huh? Liu San? You mean Third Master?... "
"you do not know…"
"..."
Everyone chimed in with their own opinions.
Those who weren't there last night were completely taken aback.
Just then, Fang Yuan, wearing a straw hat and hemp clothing, walked out of the courtyard carrying a large bag and a hoe.
When they heard the spirit farmers buzzing about how Li Changsheng had killed two people the night before, alarming Steward Fang, and how powerful the giant toad was, they were amazed.
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He was immediately stunned.
No.
Are the Lingnong people talking about Junior Brother Li?
When did he become a bloodthirsty killer, a born killer?
What other toads are as big as houses? ...
Junior Brother Li did indeed raise a frog, but it was only the size of a palm!
"These old barn farmers just spread rumors..."
Fang Yuan didn't believe it at all. He had known Li Changsheng for more than ten days and knew his character well. How could he be a born killer? He was more like a born spiritual farmer.
Watching the Lingnongs scatter and leave.
He suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind, weighed the "seeds" on his shoulder, picked up his hoe, and walked down the mountain.
Lingtian District.
Splash...
The bucket was tilted, and the cool water poured into the spiritual field, wetting the dry soil and quickly spreading outwards.
When all the water in the large bucket was emptied.
The soil in Lingtian is moist and large, but it is still far from being filled with water.
"Fifty tons of water doesn't seem like enough..."
Seeing this, Li Changsheng frowned, but didn't think much of it; it would just mean making a few more trips anyway.
Coming to his senses, he half-squatted down and carefully checked "Frog Prodigy's" body. After confirming that it was unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He patted its head lightly and said with a chuckle:
"Frog Prodigy is amazing! Let's go back..."
With that, he turned and walked toward the main road.
"Frog Pride" followed behind, the cart creaking.
We just reached the main road.
Then we met Fang Yuan, who was carrying a sack and a hoe.
"Senior Brother Fang, you're going to the fields. I might need to borrow the water bucket for a few more days. I'll return it to you as soon as I'm done irrigating the spiritual fields..."
Li Changsheng greeted them with a smile, thinking that he would send Fang Yuan a jar of "spiritual spring water" as a thank-you gift later. He then left with the "Frog Prodigy" pulling the cart.
"Okay, I'm not in a hurry..."
Fang Yuan glanced behind him and suddenly her eyes widened.
"What a huge toad!"
It looked like it was cast in bronze, and it was even pulling a cart frame...
Until the man and the frog disappeared at the intersection.
Fang Yuan suddenly came to his senses and muttered, "Junior Brother Li really has a big toad, doesn't that mean..."
"hiss…"
He gasped sharply.
The giant toad is real.
So it's true that Li Changsheng killed someone last night?!
"They really killed someone..."
Fang Yuan was filled with disbelief. After a few moments of silence, he suddenly shook his head, carried the "seeds" and walked towards his own spiritual field.
Murder is murder.
Li Changsheng was not captured by Steward Fang, so he must have been the right person to be killed.
Killing evildoers is eliminating harm for the people!
Thinking of this, his mood improved considerably, and his thoughts naturally drifted elsewhere.
"Judging by the time, Fellow Daoist Cuilian should be arriving soon..."
In order to please fellow Daoist Cuilian, he was able to obtain a part-time job opportunity.
He spared no expense, traveling all the way to the home of a high-ranking alchemist to buy a potent aphrodisiac.
We're just waiting for Fellow Daoist Cuilian to arrive and display her prowess!
Time passed slowly.
As the sun rises and sets.
The farmers, whether they are in the fields or not, can see a strange sight that makes them laugh.
A toad pulling a cart!
Some people found it interesting, while others were somewhat intrigued.
They can't afford the large livestock, the "Green Wild Ox".
But the "toad" foal only costs a few spirit stones, so you can buy it if you save money.
Soon someone found out the news.
Rumor has it that Li Changsheng's toad was no different from any other toad; he bought it from a certain cultivator surnamed Dang in the animal pen for ten low-grade spirit stones.
For a time, the barbarians were eager to make their move.
Who wouldn't want to raise a giant toad that can do farm work?
As the evening glow rises.
Lingnong, who usually goes home after selling weeds and seedlings, unexpectedly didn't go back but instead went straight to "Peach Blossom Market" with his friends.
Spirit Field.
Splash...
When clear, clean water is poured into the spiritual field, a shallow layer of murky water can be seen accumulating in the field, which was dry during the day.
After emptying the well water from the bucket.
Li Changsheng half-squatted down, inserted his fingers into the spiritual field, just enough to cover two fingers, and his face immediately lit up with joy.
"That's enough!"
"We can water the 'Spirit Spring' now."
Coming to his senses, he turned to look at "Frog Prodigy," who, despite a day's work, was still in excellent spirits. He quickly walked over, half-squatted down, and vigorously stroked its cool head a few times, praising it generously:
"As expected of my master's prized frog..."
While praising it, he untied its reins, patted its head, pointed to the overgrown wasteland beside it, and laughed:
"Go on, when you get back later your master will make you some 'beef tendon grass' roots to eat..."
"Croak..."
"Frog Prodigy" croaked and eagerly leaped up, landing heavily in the weeds, startling a swarm of mosquitoes.
"Its copper skin and iron bones are really durable..."
Li Changsheng stood up, looked at the "Frog Prodigy" who was eating heartily, sighed inwardly, shook his head, turned around and went to the cart, picked up the wooden box on it, and opened it.
A white jade array plate.
Twelve blue banners came into view.
"Next, we need to set up the 'Spirit Gathering Array' and irrigate with 'Spirit Spring Water.' Once the seedlings are well-developed, we can plant them..."
The thought flashed through Li Changsheng's mind as he recalled what Ma Dao had said.
Three mu of paddy fields.
No more than twelve battle flags are needed; six are sufficient to cover the area.
"Six sides..."
Li Changsheng strode to a field eight feet away from the spirit field, and without hesitation, took out a formation flag from the wooden box and planted it in the ground.
And then it didn't stop.
Then, in other triangular areas of the paddy field, on both sides, a flag was planted.
After doing all this.
Li Changsheng stood in the center of the paddy field, took out the array plate, and said, "Whether it succeeds or not depends on this..."
He immediately channeled his spiritual energy into the array, activating the array plate.
next moment.
The pale blue patterns on the surface of the array plate lit up one by one, while the array flags located around the paddy field also lit up with a soft spiritual light.
"go."
Li Changsheng threw out the array plate and took a few steps back.
The array plate quickly fell into the paddy field, penetrating deep into the ground. The array flags around it also disappeared into the ground. Then, beams of pale blue light shot into the sky and gathered in mid-air.
A pale blue light shone down.
It quickly formed an inverted bowl-shaped protective shield, which flickered for a moment before disappearing.
"It's done!..."
Upon sensing this, Li Changsheng's face lit up with joy.
Although invisible to the outside world, he could clearly sense that an invisible protective shield was enveloping the paddy field, continuously drawing in the spiritual energy of the outside world and channeling it into the paddy field.
"Is this the art of formations? How amazing..."
"Frog Pride" followed behind, pulling the cart and shuffling along. The cart, carrying two thousand kilograms of water buckets, had left two deep furrows.
They continued until the man and the frog went down the hillside.
The crowd finally came to their senses, looked at each other, and remained silent for a moment.
Using toads to pull carts.
It's like riding a chicken into the sky; people would laugh at you if they told them.
But that's exactly what happened.
They just witnessed it with their own eyes!
"hiss…"
"Where did that kid buy such a big toad?!"
"You know what, he looks pretty impressive."
"Nonsense, how could it not be powerful? Last night, that toad, wow, it jumped ten meters high in one leap, and when it landed, it was like an iron weight, crushing Liu San to death..."
"Huh? Liu San? You mean Third Master?... "
"you do not know…"
"..."
Everyone chimed in with their own opinions.
Those who weren't there last night were completely taken aback.
Just then, Fang Yuan, wearing a straw hat and hemp clothing, walked out of the courtyard carrying a large bag and a hoe.
When they heard the spirit farmers buzzing about how Li Changsheng had killed two people the night before, alarming Steward Fang, and how powerful the giant toad was, they were amazed.
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He was immediately stunned.
No.
Are the Lingnong people talking about Junior Brother Li?
When did he become a bloodthirsty killer, a born killer?
What other toads are as big as houses? ...
Junior Brother Li did indeed raise a frog, but it was only the size of a palm!
"These old barn farmers just spread rumors..."
Fang Yuan didn't believe it at all. He had known Li Changsheng for more than ten days and knew his character well. How could he be a born killer? He was more like a born spiritual farmer.
Watching the Lingnongs scatter and leave.
He suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind, weighed the "seeds" on his shoulder, picked up his hoe, and walked down the mountain.
Lingtian District.
Splash...
The bucket was tilted, and the cool water poured into the spiritual field, wetting the dry soil and quickly spreading outwards.
When all the water in the large bucket was emptied.
The soil in Lingtian is moist and large, but it is still far from being filled with water.
"Fifty tons of water doesn't seem like enough..."
Seeing this, Li Changsheng frowned, but didn't think much of it; it would just mean making a few more trips anyway.
Coming to his senses, he half-squatted down and carefully checked "Frog Prodigy's" body. After confirming that it was unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He patted its head lightly and said with a chuckle:
"Frog Prodigy is amazing! Let's go back..."
With that, he turned and walked toward the main road.
"Frog Pride" followed behind, the cart creaking.
We just reached the main road.
Then we met Fang Yuan, who was carrying a sack and a hoe.
"Senior Brother Fang, you're going to the fields. I might need to borrow the water bucket for a few more days. I'll return it to you as soon as I'm done irrigating the spiritual fields..."
Li Changsheng greeted them with a smile, thinking that he would send Fang Yuan a jar of "spiritual spring water" as a thank-you gift later. He then left with the "Frog Prodigy" pulling the cart.
"Okay, I'm not in a hurry..."
Fang Yuan glanced behind him and suddenly her eyes widened.
"What a huge toad!"
It looked like it was cast in bronze, and it was even pulling a cart frame...
Until the man and the frog disappeared at the intersection.
Fang Yuan suddenly came to his senses and muttered, "Junior Brother Li really has a big toad, doesn't that mean..."
"hiss…"
He gasped sharply.
The giant toad is real.
So it's true that Li Changsheng killed someone last night?!
"They really killed someone..."
Fang Yuan was filled with disbelief. After a few moments of silence, he suddenly shook his head, carried the "seeds" and walked towards his own spiritual field.
Murder is murder.
Li Changsheng was not captured by Steward Fang, so he must have been the right person to be killed.
Killing evildoers is eliminating harm for the people!
Thinking of this, his mood improved considerably, and his thoughts naturally drifted elsewhere.
"Judging by the time, Fellow Daoist Cuilian should be arriving soon..."
In order to please fellow Daoist Cuilian, he was able to obtain a part-time job opportunity.
He spared no expense, traveling all the way to the home of a high-ranking alchemist to buy a potent aphrodisiac.
We're just waiting for Fellow Daoist Cuilian to arrive and display her prowess!
Time passed slowly.
As the sun rises and sets.
The farmers, whether they are in the fields or not, can see a strange sight that makes them laugh.
A toad pulling a cart!
Some people found it interesting, while others were somewhat intrigued.
They can't afford the large livestock, the "Green Wild Ox".
But the "toad" foal only costs a few spirit stones, so you can buy it if you save money.
Soon someone found out the news.
Rumor has it that Li Changsheng's toad was no different from any other toad; he bought it from a certain cultivator surnamed Dang in the animal pen for ten low-grade spirit stones.
For a time, the barbarians were eager to make their move.
Who wouldn't want to raise a giant toad that can do farm work?
As the evening glow rises.
Lingnong, who usually goes home after selling weeds and seedlings, unexpectedly didn't go back but instead went straight to "Peach Blossom Market" with his friends.
Spirit Field.
Splash...
When clear, clean water is poured into the spiritual field, a shallow layer of murky water can be seen accumulating in the field, which was dry during the day.
After emptying the well water from the bucket.
Li Changsheng half-squatted down, inserted his fingers into the spiritual field, just enough to cover two fingers, and his face immediately lit up with joy.
"That's enough!"
"We can water the 'Spirit Spring' now."
Coming to his senses, he turned to look at "Frog Prodigy," who, despite a day's work, was still in excellent spirits. He quickly walked over, half-squatted down, and vigorously stroked its cool head a few times, praising it generously:
"As expected of my master's prized frog..."
While praising it, he untied its reins, patted its head, pointed to the overgrown wasteland beside it, and laughed:
"Go on, when you get back later your master will make you some 'beef tendon grass' roots to eat..."
"Croak..."
"Frog Prodigy" croaked and eagerly leaped up, landing heavily in the weeds, startling a swarm of mosquitoes.
"Its copper skin and iron bones are really durable..."
Li Changsheng stood up, looked at the "Frog Prodigy" who was eating heartily, sighed inwardly, shook his head, turned around and went to the cart, picked up the wooden box on it, and opened it.
A white jade array plate.
Twelve blue banners came into view.
"Next, we need to set up the 'Spirit Gathering Array' and irrigate with 'Spirit Spring Water.' Once the seedlings are well-developed, we can plant them..."
The thought flashed through Li Changsheng's mind as he recalled what Ma Dao had said.
Three mu of paddy fields.
No more than twelve battle flags are needed; six are sufficient to cover the area.
"Six sides..."
Li Changsheng strode to a field eight feet away from the spirit field, and without hesitation, took out a formation flag from the wooden box and planted it in the ground.
And then it didn't stop.
Then, in other triangular areas of the paddy field, on both sides, a flag was planted.
After doing all this.
Li Changsheng stood in the center of the paddy field, took out the array plate, and said, "Whether it succeeds or not depends on this..."
He immediately channeled his spiritual energy into the array, activating the array plate.
next moment.
The pale blue patterns on the surface of the array plate lit up one by one, while the array flags located around the paddy field also lit up with a soft spiritual light.
"go."
Li Changsheng threw out the array plate and took a few steps back.
The array plate quickly fell into the paddy field, penetrating deep into the ground. The array flags around it also disappeared into the ground. Then, beams of pale blue light shot into the sky and gathered in mid-air.
A pale blue light shone down.
It quickly formed an inverted bowl-shaped protective shield, which flickered for a moment before disappearing.
"It's done!..."
Upon sensing this, Li Changsheng's face lit up with joy.
Although invisible to the outside world, he could clearly sense that an invisible protective shield was enveloping the paddy field, continuously drawing in the spiritual energy of the outside world and channeling it into the paddy field.
"Is this the art of formations? How amazing..."