Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 5: Allocation of Spirit Fields

"Today, I will assign cultivation areas to the three of you."

Fan Jie glanced at the three individuals and then walked over to Li An, roughly grabbing his arm to inspect it.

Wang Zilin watched from the side, seemingly delighted by Li An's misfortune.

Li An couldn't possibly have succeeded in Qi Refining, giving Wang Zilin the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of his labor!

However, in the next moment, Fan Jie nodded and said, "Hmm, although the spiritual energy is extremely weak, making it the weakest Qi Refining first level I have ever seen, at least you have succeeded in Qi Refining."

He let go of Li An's hand.

Wang Zilin and Zhang Susu were both surprised.

Wasn't Li An's spiritual root damaged? How could he have succeeded in Qi Refining?

But when they thought about Fan Jie's words, "the weakest Qi Refining first level," they weren't as surprised anymore. It seemed that Li An had disregarded the cost and fought desperately to achieve this insignificant result.

"Based on your situations, Wang Zilin will be responsible for the ten mu of spirit field on the right."

"Zhang Susu will be responsible for the ten mu of spirit field on the left."

"Li An will be responsible for the ten mu of spirit field in the middle."

Fan Jie's voice fell.

Li An was slightly surprised.

He had actually been assigned the most fertile part?!

Wang Zilin had the fastest progress in cultivation and had mastered the Xingyun Buryu Technique the best, yet he only received the average-quality spirit field on the right.

Zhang Susu was in charge of the poorest quality part on the left.

But after a moment of thought, Li An suddenly understood.

Fan Jie was finally going to take action against Zhang Susu.

His method was nothing more than making Zhang Susu responsible for the most difficult work and making her suffer. Then, before long, he would switch Zhang Susu to the best spirit field.

Realizing the difference between the two, Zhang Susu would naturally be willing to pay a price in order to always be in charge of the easiest and most rewarding spirit field...

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

The worst part was given to Zhang Susu, while the best and average spirit fields were left.

Li An guessed that the reason the best spirit field was given to him was because Wang Zilin and Zhang Susu were close, which annoyed Fan Jie.

Li An couldn't help but sigh. Susu was truly his benefactor.

"Senior, Li An has the weakest cultivation level, why give him the best one?"

Wang Zilin couldn't help but speak up in dissatisfaction.

Zhang Susu also frowned, feeling that it was unfair for her to be in charge of the worst one.

However, Fan Jie coldly glanced at Wang Zilin and slapped him across the face.

Smack!

Wang Zilin's face instantly swelled up, and even his gums started bleeding.

"Do you have a problem with that?"

Fan Jie asked coldly.

A deep fear appeared in Wang Zilin's eyes, and he immediately lowered his head. "No... I dare not."

Seeing this, Zhang Susu also shut her mouth.

"Well, there's one more thing," Fan Jie took out three clay jars and handed them to Li An and the others.

"Recently, there have been some pests in the rice fields. When you take care of the spirit fields, sprinkle this powder to kill the pests."

Li An's heart stirred. Fan Jie had been away for so long, and it must have been for this matter.

If Li An guessed correctly, Fan Jie must have gone to some black market or something to obtain this "pesticide."

For normal pests, Fan Jie only needed to report to the sect, and they would send someone to handle it.

But this time, the pests were caused by his theft of spiritual energy, so he definitely couldn't let the sect know.

However, Li An remained calm, accepted the clay jar, and headed towards the spirit field he was responsible for in the middle.

Fan Jie opened the protective restriction of the spirit field, and the three of them entered smoothly.

At the foot of the Lingzhi Mountain, clouds formed, and a light rain fell, watering the spirit fields.

Fan Jie stood outside, patrolling and occasionally glancing at the middle part of the spirit field.

Everything was normal, so he turned back to the mountaintop with peace of mind.

...

Evening came, and a day of work ended.

Fan Jie appeared and checked the clothes and pockets of the three individuals to ensure that they hadn't stolen any spirit rice before letting them out of the spirit field.

Then he distributed their monthly allowance to them.

Because the three of them had passed the probation period and started working, and their consumption would increase with their cultivation progress, each person received three bags of spirit rice, totaling about ten catties.

The spirit stones were still less than half a piece.

The joy of receiving their monthly allowance diluted the fatigue of the day.

"Susu, keep up the good work. I heard that as long as the yield of the spirit field meets the standard, any excess will be rewarded to us according to a certain proportion. By then, we will have a surplus that we can sell and exchange for spirit stones!"

Wang Zilin spoke with great enthusiasm.

The spiritual energy provided by the spirit rice was limited, and coupled with the consumption of the daily Xingyun Buryu Technique, it couldn't accumulate much in their bodies.

"The spirit stone is the most important."

"Yes, keep going, I must work hard and strive to break through to the third level of Qi Refining one day, so that I can apply to become a named disciple!"

Zhang Susu wiped the sweat off her face. She was radiant, and after a day of work, her clothes were damp with sweat. The light gray servant's uniform clung to her body, accentuating her graceful figure.

In their eyes, there was anticipation for life, thinking that through their own efforts and struggles, they could achieve their dreams and goals.

"Li An, you should also keep going!"

Zhang Susu spoke to Li An again.

Li An was specially taken care of by Fan Jie, which made her feel that Li An might have some relationship with Fan Jie.

It was necessary to establish a good relationship.

Li An smiled.

"Yes, keep going."

...

At night, Li An, as usual, sneaked into the spiritual field in the deep night.

Heading straight for the vortex.

Just as Li An had expected, this vortex that stole spiritual energy did not dare to operate during the day and could not be discovered. It only operated at night.

Around the vortex, dozens of fat spiritualized larvae appeared.

This was Li An's third harvest of high-quality protein.

"This is not a solution..."

Li An whispered.

There were too many impurities in the spiritual rice, and the absorption rate was slow. Even though she had now reached the first level of Qi Refining, she could only absorb about three catties of spiritual rice per day at most.

The amount of spiritual energy she could obtain was limited.

The spiritualized larvae were rich in spiritual energy, but their numbers were very limited.

She still needed to rely on spirit stones in the future!

Otherwise, relying on spiritual rice alone, who knows how many years it would take for her to see hope of breaking through to the second level of Qi Refining.

...

Half a month passed in a flash.

The toil of farming gradually overwhelmed the initial expectations and excitement. Wang Zilin and Zhang Susu didn't talk as much as before.

Especially Zhang Susu, there was obvious fatigue and anxiety in her eyes.

The spiritual rice was about to enter the mature stage, and this period of time was crucial.

But she worked hard and exhausted herself every day, only to find that the growth of her portion of spiritual rice was actually falling behind Wang Zilin and Li An's.

At this rate, with the same piece of land, the estimated yield would only be one-third of what Li An was responsible for.

Wang Zilin became more jealous as well.

It wasn't that Li An's cultivation was stronger than theirs. In fact, Li An worked shorter hours every day and rested most of the time.

But the terrain was good, and it was like reaping the benefits without any effort.

"Li Xiong, you're really lucky."

There was some helplessness and envy in Zhang Susu's beautiful eyes.

Li An coughed a few times, looking somewhat weak: "The injury to my spiritual roots hasn't healed yet. It's probably because the immortal elder took care of my weakness, so he gave me a well-managed spiritual field."

After speaking, he went back to rest.

"Susu, don't worry, I'll work harder tomorrow. After I finish my work, I'll come over and help you. I believe that as long as we work hard, our piece of land will be more fertile than his sooner or later..."

Wang Zilin gritted his teeth and spoke, refusing to admit defeat.

...

Another seven days passed.

During these days, Wang Zilin fulfilled his promise and finished his own work before going to help Zhang Susu. He was as tired as an ox.

Fan Jie entered the spiritual field once and didn't comment on the results of their work. He just checked the effectiveness of the three of them using "insecticides."

His brows furrowed even more because he found that the effects of these three insecticides were not ideal. The best one was the one Wang Zilin used, but still, about twenty to thirty percent of the larvae were not killed.

He instructed Li An to temporarily take over the management here for a few days while he went out.

Being "entrusted with an important task" made Wang Zilin and Zhang Susu even more envious.

They increasingly felt that Li An and Fan Jie must have some kind of relationship to earn such trust and care from Fan Jie.

Li An, however, knew it very well.

Fan Jie only thought that she was easy to control.

Because in Fan Jie's eyes, Li An's spiritual roots were damaged, and without recovery, she had forcefully broken through to the first level of Qi Refining. In this lifetime, she might only be able to stay at the first level of Qi Refining.

...

On the last day of the second month, Fan Jie still hadn't returned.

But on this day, a guest came.

Wang Dazhu!

"Ange, I've come to see you!"

From a distance, Wang Dazhu couldn't wait and ran over, a smile on his face.

...

(End of this chapter)