Cultivation Starts from Farming

The broker led Xu Ping, surveying all the way.

As they walked, all the cave dwellings seemed almost identical, with nothing particularly appealing to him.

"Fellow Daoist, this is the last one, and its conditions are considered the best."

The broker smiled, leading Xu Ping to a magnificent courtyard. As he spoke, he took a specially crafted array plate from his pocket, gently swiped it, and activated the protective array set outside.

"Please look, Fellow Daoist. The courtyard has a mu of spiritual field with abundant spiritual qi, which can accelerate the growth of spirit plants, very suitable for planting spirit medicine and the like."

"Of course, the main feature is this spiritual spring in the field, which continuously seeps spiritual spring water, containing faint spiritual qi, making it very suitable for brewing spirit wine or soaking spirit tea."

The broker pointed to a spiritual spring and explained to Xu Ping.

The spiritual spring is about a zhang long and half a zhang wide, with a shallow layer of accumulated spring water.

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Xu Ping immediately became interested.

He's not interested in soaking spirit tea, but he's skilled in brewing. Perhaps, if his Hundred Flowers Brew were enhanced with some spiritual spring water, its quality could improve even more.

"Will this spiritual spring continue steadily? It won't just disappear once it's used up, right?"

He voiced his concern to the broker.

"You can rest assured, Fellow Daoist. It's said that the spiritual spring is closely connected to a branch of the spirit vein in the Immortal City, and it will continuously seep out, though the quantity isn't large."

"This can be written into the contract, and if it doesn't materialize, we will provide sufficient compensation to you."

The broker said with a smile.

"Alright."

Xu Ping nodded, then asked, "And is the training room sturdy? My cultivation tends to be somewhat loud."

"It's certainly sturdy. Please follow me, Fellow Daoist."

The broker led Xu Ping into a stone room and introduced it: "This room is constructed from a hard mineral, combined with array reinforcement, impervious to those without Foundation Establishment level strength."

The stone room wasn't very large, but nearly twenty square meters, more than enough for cultivation.

Xu Ping tapped lightly on the wall, and a crisp sound echoed through the empty room.

"Not bad!" He was quite satisfied with this cave dwelling and asked about the price: "What's the monthly rent for this cave dwelling?"

"Not expensive, ninety-two spirit stones a month," the broker replied with a beaming smile.

"Can the price be any lower? It seems a bit too expensive," Xu Ping tried to negotiate.

Ninety-two spirit stones a month are over a thousand spirit stones a year.

With a bit more, he could afford a high-grade magical artifact.

"Well... I can't decide the rent. However, if you wish to rent it, you can freely use the First Rank protective array in the courtyard for a period," the broker hesitated before speaking.

"No way, you intended to charge for the array too?" Xu Ping thought, speechless.

After some contemplation, he decided to rent it.

The house perfectly met his requirements in every aspect, so a bit expensive is justified!

"I'll take this one, renting for half a year," Xu Ping said.

"Alright, I'll handle everything for you, Fellow Daoist!" The broker was overjoyed.

A big customer indeed!

Renting for six months, completing this deal would earn him quite a bit of spirit stones!

...

After confirming the rental of the courtyard with the spiritual spring, both parties quickly concluded the handover.

Just as promised, he sorted out all the miscellaneous details for Xu Ping, saving him a lot of time and effort.

After paying half a year's rent and signing the contract, the broker left with a cheerful grin.

Xu Ping sat alone in the small courtyard, gazing at the spiritual field and the shallow spiritual spring, and couldn't help but sigh, "It's indeed nice, just a bit pricey."

Throughout the journey, he mostly spent spirit stones and hardly earned any.

Now, after paying the rent, he had only a few hundred spirit stones left.

This amount might not last more than a few months here.

Fortunately, he already had plans for making money.

First, brewing; his Hundred Flowers Brew was quite beneficial for body cultivators. With Qiu Xuan Immortal City's large population and many body cultivators, sales shouldn't be an issue.

Next is cultivating spirit medicine. Although his Spirit Rain Skill was only at a proficient level and couldn't handle high-grade spirit medicine, consistent practice would allow him to grow higher-grade spirit medicines quickly.

Lastly is drawing talismans, although he can only draw First Rank Middle Grade talismans, which isn't much of an advantage.

Qiu Xuan Immortal City is adjacent to the Yellow Dragon Mountain Range, with a constant flow of demon beast pelts providing the raw materials for talisman drawing.

This led to a large number of Talisman Masters in the city, especially in the mid and lower grades.

Low-level Talisman Masters had to engage in price and quality wars to make money!

Nevertheless, it's possible to earn a bit of money.

But that's for the future. After a busy day, it's best to have a good rest for now.

...

Two days later.

Xu Ping arrived early at the loose cultivator market in the inner city.

Since he needs to prepare to make money, understanding the market conditions is essential.

Walking around, he discovered that the most sellers are those dealing in talismans, and prices are very low.

"Drawing talismans doesn't make much money!" Xu Ping quickly concluded.

Even if there's earning, it's merely labor-intensive money.

As for sellers of spirit wine and spirit medicine, there were not as many.

But unlike the talismans, it wasn't as competitive.

After spending the day wandering, Xu Ping had a grasp of the market conditions at the loose cultivator market.

By evening, on his way home, his storage pouch was filled with materials for brewing, spirit medicine seeds, and materials for drawing talismans.

The spirit medicine seeds he bought were first-rank lower-grade spirit medicine, Bloodstopping Grass.

In Qiu Xuan Immortal City, many make a living hunting demons, so injuries are inevitable.

Thus, various healing elixirs are quite popular, and among them, the first-rank lower-grade healing elixir Hemostatic Powder, which is affordable and effective, is one of the most favored healing elixirs.

The main ingredient for refining Hemostatic Powder, the Bloodstopping Grass, is almost always in short supply.

With his proficient-level Spirit Rain Skill, he could cultivate Bloodstopping Grass.

Once his Spirit Rain Skill advances, he can cultivate other higher-grade spirit medicines.

Step by step, he planned to gradually improve his earnings.

Early the next day,

Xu Ping planted fifty Bloodstopping Grass spirit seeds, then performed the Spirit Rain Skill to nourish them, with delicate threads of spiritual rain seeping into the soil, being greedily absorbed by the jade-like Bloodstopping Grass seeds.

After planting the Bloodstopping Grass, Xu Ping busied himself with brewing.

After working hard for seven to eight days, he had brewed over twenty jars of the regular version, but with the addition of spirit spring water, of the Hundred Flowers Brew.

As for the new version of the Hundred Flowers Brew brewed with the Hundred Flowers Gu King, its cost-effectiveness was low, pricing too low and making no profit, too high and fearing no buyers.

It's best to test the waters first with the regular version of the Hundred Flowers Brew.

...

In a stable environment with abundant spiritual qi,

Xu Ping completely immersed himself in cultivation.

Every day, he would draw talismans, tend to the spirit medicine, and practice various skills.

Although he couldn't practice swordsmanship without restraint due to the training room, there was no issue in practicing other skills.

Time flies in cultivation.

Soon enough, twenty days had passed.