The Eternal Farmer: I Trade My Harvest for Immortality

Chapter 258: The Forbidden Record of Spirit Plants

As the newly appointed Spirit Nurturing Envoy, Jiang Chen held the authority to freely enter this restricted area.

He came mainly to take a look at the materials only accessible to the management, as it was on his way.

It was only noon, so he was in no hurry to return home.

“Good afternoon, Spirit Envoy Xu!”

As soon as Jiang Chen appeared, the surrounding spirit farmers actively greeted him.

Although they were all unfamiliar faces, Jiang Chen remembered Elder Hua’s teachings, so he was polite to everyone: “Hello!”

At that moment, a young-looking spirit farmer asked, “Spirit Envoy Xu, the Spirit Rice I planted has been looking unwell lately, always sickly. What’s wrong with it?”

The young spirit farmer hurriedly took out a stalk from his small storage bag: “Please take a look.”

Jiang Chen glanced at it and didn’t even need to use his Spirit Sense; he immediately saw the reason for its sickly state. He said, “It’s withered and lacks luster. How long has it been since you loosened the soil?”

The young spirit farmer awkwardly replied, “Since it’s Black Soil, I haven’t loosened it for half a year.”

Jiang Chen shook his head: “You must loosen the soil, and also use slash-and-burn cultivation and apply fertilizer. Just adding water isn’t enough; otherwise, the quality of the Spirit Rice won’t improve.”

The young spirit farmer said excitedly, “Thank you for the guidance, Spirit Envoy Xu!”

“Spirit Envoy Xu, what do you think of this medicinal herb?”

“Spirit Envoy Xu, I want to change the spirit plants recently. Can you give some advice?”

Seeing that Jiang Chen could really solve problems, more spirit farmers immediately surrounded him.

They asked about this and that.

Some even wanted to drag Jiang Chen to their spirit farms.

If someone lacked patience, they would have long grown impatient and might even have lost their temper on the spot.

Jiang Chen, however, was the opposite. He solved what he could on the spot and scheduled times for what he couldn’t.

In short, this attitude left no Chamber for criticism.

In the corner, Zhao Feng watched with a gloomy face: “He still isn’t angry?”

Many of these people were plants he had arranged.

Because of this, they kept asking endless questions.

The goal was to provoke Jiang Chen.

Once he lost his temper or turned hostile,

then Zhao Feng would have grounds to file a complaint.

Even if Jiang Chen had Elder Hua’s support or even won the favor of the Sect Master, he wouldn’t be able to stay in the position of Spirit Nurturing Envoy for a moment longer.

But to Zhao Feng’s great surprise, Jiang Chen’s temper was so good.

Not only did he show no signs of impatience,

he was even willing to go to others’ spirit farms to help with the harvest.

Zhao Feng cursed inwardly: “Is this something a Spirit Nurturing Envoy should do?”

The previous Spirit Nurturing Envoy, though their attitude was acceptable, wasn’t someone you could casually ask for advice.

After half an hour, there were still no issues.

This tactic to deal with Jiang Chen had clearly failed.

Not only did it not worsen everyone’s first impression of him,

it instead served as publicity.

His reputation was instantly established.

Now, whenever the newly appointed Spirit Nurturing Envoy was mentioned, everyone gave a thumbs-up.

After dealing with all the spirit farmers, Jiang Chen headed deeper into the palace.

Suddenly, he sensed a gaze from another direction.

He instinctively looked over and saw Elder Hua smiling at him.

Clearly, Elder Hua had witnessed everything and was very satisfied.

Jiang Chen cupped his hands in salute to Elder Hua, then arrived at a door.

There was no handle, as if it couldn’t be opened.

When Jiang Chen infused a trace of his Wood Spirit Qi into the Spirit Nurturing Envoy token, it automatically opened, revealing an interior space.

Jiang Chen stepped inside and found it quite spacious.

Apart from a bed for sleeping, it was filled with densely packed jade plates.

The jade plates were covered with jade slips used to store information, and there were a great many of them.

Jiang Chen walked to the nearest jade plate and picked up the first jade slip placed on top.

He scanned it with his Spirit Sense, and a stream of information flooded his mind.

Natural Disasters:

Heaven-Scorching Sun

After the Start of Summer, between Slight Heat and Great Heat, there is a certain probability of continuous scorching sun, which causes the temperature of the spirit farm to soar and the spirit plants’ moisture to evaporate rapidly, leading to withering.

Last occurrence: 37 years ago.

Solution: Use the Profound Ice Formation to lower the spirit farm temperature, gather water vapor with the Water Gathering Banner to nourish the spirit plants, and have Water Spirit Root disciples continuously perform the Minor and Major Cloud Rain Techniques for three days to recover.

Abyssal Frost Snow

After the Winter Solstice, between Slight Cold and Great Cold, a sudden heavy snowfall occurs, with snow falling heavier and temperatures dropping lower. The spirit farm is covered in ice and snow, and the roots of the spirit plants freeze and rot.

Last occurrence: 15 years ago.

Solution: Install the Warm Sun Formation, ignite Red Yang Fires to disperse the cold, and use Snowmelt Talismans to melt the snow until after Great Cold before stopping.

Spiritual Turbulence Storm

Mostly occurs during the Start of Spring. With the outbreak of the Spirit Qi tide, there is a certain probability of Spirit Qi chaos, which can tear apart spirit plants, damage spirit farm formations, and pollute the Spirit Qi.

Last occurrence: 88 years ago.

Solution: Find a formation master to install the Solid Earth Grand Formation, release a defensive barrier, and have Earth Spirit Root disciples dredge the earth’s energy. It will stabilize in as little as three days or as many as seven.

Jiang Chen’s pupils contracted: “So, on solar term days, there’s a certain probability of natural disasters occurring. But why is this information only accessible to the Spirit Nurturing Envoy?

Logically, it should be told to the spirit farmers in advance!”

If he hadn’t become the Spirit Nurturing Envoy, he wouldn’t have known either.

As he wondered, the content of the Four Seasons Scripture automatically surfaced.

Spring Wood stirs, Spirit Veins open.

Summer sun shines, Wood Spirit grows wildly.

Autumn wind brings coolness, Spirit Fruits condense.

Winter snow covers roots, Spirit sleeps awaiting spring.

Jiang Chen suddenly understood: “It seems the so-called supervision of spirit plants by the Spirit Nurturing Envoy is more about monitoring the conditions of all solar terms throughout the four seasons.

If there’s the slightest change, the spirit plants are definitely the first to detect it.”

For a moment, he became interested in all the jade slips in the Chamber.

He started checking them one by one, imprinting the contents in his mind.

Geological disasters: Spirit Vein tremors, Earth Fire eruptions…

Insect disasters: Spirit-Devouring insect swarms, Spirit-Sucking leech colonies…

Medicinal spirit plants: Thousand-Year Earth Ginseng, Nine-Leaved Chonglou…

Rare spirit plants: Netherworld Ghost Orchid, Burning Sky Red Lotus…

The content was far richer than all the books he had seen before.

This greatly enriched Jiang Chen’s knowledge base.

He even felt mentally exhausted for the first time while reading.

Perhaps he had absorbed too much knowledge this time, making him dizzy.

Only then did he finally understand why there was an out-of-place bed here; it seemed previous Spirit Nurturing Envoys had experienced similar situations.

Without the bed, they would have had to lie on the ground.

Lying on the soft bed, Jiang Chen still held a jade slip in his hand. The content recorded inside made him want to take another look, no matter how tired he was.

The Forbidden Record of Spirit Plants!