Chapter 249: Farming Courtyard

After receiving the task, Qingyang and Lu Dingshan left the main hall of the errand courtyard together. Lu Dingshan went directly to the place where the spiritual materials were cut to report, while Qingyang returned to his residence first.

This mission was more troublesome. It would take three years to go there, and he had to guard the spiritual field day and night. He would not return to this small courtyard for a short time, and he had to pack up and take the things he often used with him.

Half an hour later, everything was packed up. Qingyang closed the formation of the courtyard, and walked towards the back mountain with several packages on his shoulders. The space of the Drunken Immortal Gourd was huge, and the storage talisman on his body could also be placed, but he was only a disciple of the Kaimai Realm, so it was better to keep a low profile.

The Farming Courtyard was also one of the more than ten departments of the Qingfeng Hall. It was responsible for managing the cultivation and management of the sect's public spiritual fields and spiritual forests. It mainly planted some commonly used spiritual herbs, spiritual materials, spiritual grains, etc. for the use of the Alchemy Courtyard, the Refining Courtyard and the sect's senior leaders. However, the Farming Academy is short of manpower. Those in charge, managers, and stewards are mainly responsible for major matters such as planting, harvesting, storage, and distribution. Small matters such as guarding the spiritual fields can only be done by disciples from the Miscellaneous Affairs Academy.

The Farming Academy is located in the back mountain of Qingfeng Palace. It is relatively remote and rarely visited by people. It is more suitable for farming. The area within hundreds of miles of the back mountain is the territory of the Farming Academy. In the valleys, mountainsides, and some places on the top of the mountain where there is sufficient spiritual energy, pieces of spiritual fields and spiritual forests have been opened up.

It took Qingyang several hours to arrive at the back mountain. At the foot of the back mountain, there is a huge courtyard. This is the location of the Farming Academy. The people of the Farming Academy usually stay here. When they are in a good mood, they will go up the mountain to supervise whether the people who are guarding the spiritual fields are lazy.

Qingyang first visited Senior Brother Cai. When Senior Brother Cai saw Qingyang, he couldn't help but wonder, how did Huang Yichang arrange it? He asked a disciple of the seventh level of Kaimai Realm to do such an important task. Isn't he afraid of something going wrong?

But since everyone was here, he couldn't turn them back. That would not only offend the disciple in front of him, but also make Huang Yichang look bad. It was okay to offend a errand disciple in the Kaimai realm, but he and Huang Yichang were both in the late stage of Qi training, so it was not worth it to hurt their relationship over such a small matter.

Senior Brother Cai took Qingyang and walked up the mountain, saying, "I don't care how you received this task. Since you are here, you must do it well. The spiritual grain in this spiritual field is at a critical moment of growth. You must take good care of it with due diligence and not neglect it for a moment. If something goes wrong, don't blame us for being merciless in the farming courtyard."

"I understand." Qingyang said lightly behind him.

Qingyang could understand what Senior Brother Cai said. It was normal for others to distrust him because his cultivation was low. He said it in advance to avoid any arguments.

It seems that he is a relatively stable person. Qingyang's attitude reassures Brother Cai. He continues, "This task is different from others. So in addition to the annual reward of six spiritual stones, there will be rewards for good performance and punishments for poor performance. Under normal circumstances, this one hundred acres of spiritual fields can produce 250 stones of spiritual grain. Our farming academy can allow a loss of five stones, which means that the future harvest cannot be less than 245 stones. If it is less, you will not only have to compensate for part of the loss, but the sect will also impose severe penalties on you. You are a small errand disciple. Once you are punished, your life may be over."

"What if it is more?" Qingyang asked casually.

Seeing Qingyang's innocent look, Senior Brother Cai laughed a few times and said, "How can it be that easy? After three years, it would be a blessing if we don't have to pay for the losses. How could there be more? I have been in the Farming Academy for more than ten years and have encountered three spiritual grain harvests. The final quantity is basically the same as expected. There was even one time when the loss was too much. The disciple was deducted three spiritual stones as compensation to compensate for the sect's losses. Fortunately, the loss did not exceed the range, so he was not punished."

Three spiritual grain harvests, two were similar to the expected amount, and one loss exceeded expectations. It can be seen how difficult this task is. If you are a little careless, you may be punished. No wonder the reward is so high. But Qingyang is not afraid of these. Five stone spiritual grains weigh hundreds of kilograms. He has the help of alcoholic bees, so it is impossible for him to lose five stone spiritual grains.

At this time, Brother Cai said again: "There are rewards for punishments. If you do well, our Farming Academy will not be stingy and will definitely reward you. The price of one stone of spiritual grain is about fifteen spiritual stones. The extra can be rewarded to you by 20%, that is, three spiritual stones per stone. If you don't lose any of the five stones, it will be fifteen spiritual stones, plus the reward of eighteen spiritual stones in three years. This harvest is higher than the harvest of some inner and outer courtyard tasks. Of course, this is impossible. Qingfeng Hall has been established for many years, and no one has done it."

The spiritual field is not protected by formations, and it is bound to be stolen by birds, beasts, insects and sparrows. Even if you don't blink an eye during the day, it is impossible to protect the area of ​​more than one hundred acres perfectly. Five stones of spiritual grain seem to be a lot, but every time they are stolen by birds, beasts, insects and sparrows, it is difficult not to exceed this number. Qingfeng Hall has been established for so many years, and the least loss is two stones.

Qingyang didn't care about this and said: "Brother Cai, don't worry, the disciple will definitely do his best."

"Haha, I hope so." Brother Cai laughed dryly.

The two walked up the mountain for several hours before finally arriving at a spiritual field halfway up the mountain. The entire spiritual field was laid out in a regular pattern, with two roads running vertically and horizontally in the middle, dividing the more than 100 acres of spiritual field into four evenly divided areas, with a small thatched cottage built in the middle.

Outside the spiritual field is boundless weeds and wild forests. There is only one spiritual field around, and the nearest one to other spiritual fields and spiritual forests is dozens of miles away. Even if a person stays here and encounters any danger, he will not be able to find anyone to help for a while. However, this is after all inside the Qingfeng Temple sect, and there are no monsters of the highest level, so there should not be too much danger.

The appearance of the spiritual valley is completely different from ordinary grains in the secular world. Its plants are more robust, and the flowers are relatively large. In the future, the spiritual valleys grown will also be much larger, but the number of flowers is much less, so the overall yield of one acre of land is about the same as the yield of grains in the secular world.

Now the spiritual valley is at the critical point before flowering and tasseling. Some impatient ones have already bloomed. You can smell a faint fragrance of the spiritual valley flowers from a distance, which is refreshing.

The flowers in the spiritual valley have no nectar, only pollen can be collected, but for the alcoholic bees, there are so many spiritual pollen to eat, which is already a rare and good place. There are mountains and forests around, if you really need nectar, you can go to other places to eat.