Beast Tamer Ascension

Chapter 8: Farming

“It seems Senior Brother is quite disappointed with our choice of ‘Nourishing Spirit Technique.’”

“It must be because he left with some wrong impression before.”

Leaving the Scripture Pavilion, Lin Jing not only took away the jade slip for the Nourishing Spirit Technique but also several history books, and most importantly, the basic alchemy technique (Plant and Herb Edition)!

Mastering the effects of various spiritual plants is one of the basic skills in alchemy.

“Outer sect disciples who succeed in Qi training can select one basic spell, but to learn a second spell, they must reach the fourth layer of Qi training.”

“However, since I have the privileges of an inner sect disciple, I shouldn’t have to adhere to this rule…”

“Never mind, let’s put aside the spells for now. There is a reason why the sect limits the number of spells disciples can learn; one can’t be greedy and expect to master everything.”

Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse both rubbed their stomachs.

After half a month of hard training.

Not only were their spirit stones nearly gone,

But they had also consumed almost all the spiritual rice from their bag, leaving very little.

Although the outer sect has a canteen that provides various spiritual delicacies infused with spirit energy, it all costs money.

Ordinary food is not provided by the Beast Taming Sect, and disciples need to go to the towns around the mountain gate to buy ingredients or hunt beasts in the nearby mountains themselves.

To speed up their training, cultivators ideally choose food containing spirit energy for their meals. However, the canteen's prices were steep, and what Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse consumed for training was not enough to afford.

From what Lin Jing understood, there was one advantage to being a disciple who chose the Pine Leaf Mouse.

“We should buy some spiritual rice seeds and plant them in the courtyard. With your talents, we should be able to achieve self-sufficiency in spiritual rice, right?”

“Chirp!!!” The Pine Leaf Mouse nodded. Its kind had done this in the pine forest, finding edible plants and speeding up their growth.

They could harvest food quickly without waiting around like other races.

“However, although spiritual rice is delicious and filling, eating it for half a month might be a bit monotonous.”

“After we buy the seeds, let’s head down the mountain to see if there’s cheap beast meat for sale, or we can hunt some wild game in the mountains.” Lin Jing sighed. ȐάŊȯ฿ËⱾ

Even some free pickled vegetables would be nice.

……

Outer sect, Harvest Pavilion.

Like the Scripture Pavilion, it is also one of the Beast Taming Sect's basic facilities.

It mainly sells agricultural products.

The entire sect operates through a chain.

When Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse entered the store, a weak-looking outer sect sister came out to greet them.

“What do you need, Junior Brother?” she asked slowly.

It seemed she was another worker here.

Before coming to the Harvest Pavilion, Lin Jing had taken the Pine Leaf Mouse to the Task Hall and made a round.

He discovered that there were various sect tasks covering all aspects.

In addition to mining, farming, and cooking… there were even matchmaking tasks, prompting disciples to find partners for their pets.

Then they could cultivate high-quality second-generation spiritual beasts, achieving a cycle of pets within the sect.

However, from what Lin Jing saw, not many people seemed to take on these types of tasks.

There were also tasks like Senior Brother Ouyang’s, which allowed him to work at a certain facility within the sect.

These types of tasks are easy and well-paid, but they are limited in number and set with certain requirements. Without sufficient strength, one couldn’t even hope to compete for them.

Most disciples could only go to the mines to earn meager spirit stones.

As for the sister in front of him, being able to serve as a greeter at the Harvest Pavilion and snag such an easy task indicated that she likely had some skills.

But why did they all look so weak?

Lin Jing pondered.

“Hello, Sister.”

“I’d like to buy some spiritual rice seeds,” Lin Jing said.

The sister glanced at the Pine Leaf Mouse and nodded, “Planning to grow them yourself, right?”

“Yes.”

“Would you like to buy some fertilizer produced by foundational spiritual beasts? Paired with the Pine Leaf Mouse’s spiritual energy to hasten the growth, it could yield a higher harvest of spiritual rice,” she suggested.

It seems that as long as one’s cultivation level is high, everything on them is precious.

But he patted his pocket filled with a few spirit stones and shook his head.

Moments later, he and the Pine Leaf Mouse spent all their spirit stones and returned with a bag of “spiritual rice seeds” and “spiritual bean seeds.”

The former would produce spiritual rice…

While the latter was a spiritual plant similar to peanuts and was one of the Pine Leaf Mouse’s favorite foods.

“Now we’re completely out of money…”

Before long, Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse returned to the courtyard.

Hearing Lin Jing’s self-talk, the Pine Leaf Mouse wanted to cry in pain, realizing that those spirit stones were hoarded since it was born not long ago!

“Don’t worry.”

“Once we successfully start our farming venture, not only can we be self-sufficient, but any surplus spiritual rice and beans can also be sold, and we’ll quickly earn back the spent spirit stones…”

Lin Jing wasn’t sure how quickly that would be, but he comforted himself saying that.

“Chirp?”

Hearing this, the Pine Leaf Mouse quickly wiped its tears and regained hope for the future.

Seeing this, Lin Jing felt deeply moved.

“This child is so optimistic, just like me!”

……

Lin Jing was not familiar with farming, but the Pine Leaf Mouse was an expert.

He handed all the seeds to the Pine Leaf Mouse, which then began to search for open ground.

As the Pine Leaf Mouse buried the seeds and used its large tail to press down on the soil, infusing green spiritual energy to hasten the growth of the seeds, Lin Jing had already picked up three history books he brought from the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion.

**“A Brief History of the Tianyuan Continent”**

**“History of Ancient Countries”**

**“History of the Beast Taming Sect”**

He opened “A Brief History of the Tianyuan Continent.”

“In ancient times, the Tianyuan Continent was one of the lower realms ruled by the celestial force ‘Celestial Palace.’”

“Hundred thousand years ago, due to an unknown turmoil in the celestial realm, the Celestial Palace was drawn into the war, and the ascension passage of the Tianyuan Continent vanished. Since then, the Tianyuan Continent has been unable to connect with the celestial realm, and no cultivator could ascend.”

“At that time, the Celestial Palace’s force on the Tianyuan Continent, ‘Tianyuan Celestial Palace,’ dominated the continent, and all clans were subservient to its rule.”

“Fifty thousand years ago, as the celestial realm could not be contacted for a long time, the Celestial Palace on the Tianyuan Continent gradually weakened with the flow of time. To maintain its ruling position, the Celestial Palace attempted to forcefully breach the realm, overexhausting the resources of the Tianyuan Continent, leading to immense suffering among the beings.”

“At that time, four major sects united to overthrow the absolute rule of the Celestial Palace over the Tianyuan Continent, thus ending the era of the Celestial Palace.”

“Later, the four major sects formed the ‘Celestial Alliance,’ taking over the rule of the Celestial Palace, becoming the new overlord of the Tianyuan Continent, ushering the continent into the era of the Celestial Alliance.”

“History is cyclical. Although the Tianyuan Continent’s cultivation world flourished under the rule of the Celestial Alliance, it ultimately could not escape the fate of the Celestial Palace.”

“Towards the end of the era of the Celestial Alliance, another exceptionally talented cultivator appeared. He not only successfully destroyed the Celestial Alliance but also established the ‘Tianyuan Ancient Kingdom’ and developed the ‘True Dragon Secret Technique,’ binding his cultivation and infinite territory together, allowing the people to prosper and the land to be rich, while he himself became even stronger.”

“He called himself the Ancient Emperor, and with the True Dragon Secret Technique, he nurtured the True Dragon of Fate, becoming the strongest on the Tianyuan Continent.”

“The Tianyuan Ancient Kingdom now occupies the most central, largest, and richest area of the Tianyuan Continent.”

“Apart from the Tianyuan Ancient Kingdom, surrounding regions such as Qingzhou, Wudi City, Shuiyue Xian Island, and the Snow Plains are not under the ancient kingdom’s jurisdiction, yet they have powerful cultivators stationed.”

“And the place I am in now is one of the nine domains of the ancient kingdom, the Great Wilderness Domain… where the spiritual energy is relatively thin, and the highest activity is from Nascent Soul cultivators.”

After reading through, Lin Jing found it truly to be a brief history. They didn’t even record which four sects made up the Celestial Alliance!

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