In a flash, it was already Ye Mo's sixth month in Qingyun Immortal Academy.
The black iron ore he stored in the ancient paintings was completely used up, and most of it was refined into black iron spirit swords by Ah Li and sold to be used for daily training expenses.
Ye Mo gave the remaining few hundred kilograms of ore to Wang Hu and Yang You. The two of them wanted to learn to make weapons, so they could use this material and there was no need to buy any more. The materials for making black iron weapons can be refurbished repeatedly.
Refining.
Without the black iron ore, the source of income is cut off.
Ye Mo once considered buying black iron ore from the market in Immortal City, refining it into black iron spirit swords and selling them. But after trying it, he had to give up this idea.
The cost of purchasing black iron ore is very high.
Qingyun Immortal City is a huge main immortal city, not Donglai Immortal Village. The lowest-end spiritual weapon like the Black Iron Spirit Sword, if you set up a stall here, you wouldn't be able to sell a single one in ten days and a half.
At the very least, a Five Elements Spiritual Sword is required, and only monks in the Qi-training period will ask for it.
I want to refine the Five Elements Spirit Sword, but I don’t have the blueprint for refining it, and I don’t even have anywhere to buy it.
There are a large number of various drawings in Qingyun Xianyuan, but only the official city lord has the right to purchase them.
The number of times Ye Mo entered the ancient painting scrolls was also significantly reduced. He only occasionally went in to see the little fox Ah Li, the native chicken Ah Zhi, and the fire crow Xiao Huo.
"What has Master been busy with lately? He rarely comes to see Ali anymore?"
The little green fox is a little strange.
"I'm thinking of ways to earn spiritual stones. Now that I don't have any ore to refine weapons, I can only think of other ways."
Ye Mo said worriedly.
"Find a way to earn spiritual stones?! Ali can refine weapons and alchemy. However, alchemy requires elixir formulas and corresponding spiritual medicinal materials, so I can make them. However, alchemy is different from refining weapons. Once the elixir is refined,
If it breaks down, the elixir materials cannot be recycled. If you just start refining elixirs and are not skilled enough, you will definitely not be able to earn spiritual stones."
Ali immediately talked about another of its abilities.
"Alchemy? No, it's not just a question of proficiency, but the recipe for alchemy is simply unavailable. The formulas, diagrams, etc. are all monopolized in the hands of the Fairy City, large and small chambers of commerce, and are not spread to the outside world."
Ye Mo smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"In addition to refining weapons and elixirs, you can also grow spiritual grains, elixirs, and raise spiritual beasts in the spiritual fields. These do not require blueprints. Can the owner earn spiritual stones?"
Ali tilted her little head and came up with an idea.
"Farming? How much can be grown on that one acre of land? And farming is too slow, harvesting once a year. Even if one acre of spiritual grain can earn dozens of spiritual stones, it is not enough. The cost of my studies in the Immortal Academy
It is so big that there must be dozens or hundreds of acres of spiritual land to barely have enough.
Taming spirit beasts is even less valuable. The growth cycle of low-level spirit beasts usually lasts for decades. I guess I am old and the spirit beasts have not grown up yet. Except for the big families who have been cultivating immortals for generations, there will be no casual cultivators.
I will raise spiritual beasts."
Ye Mo still shook his head.
"Harvest once a year? No, it only takes three days to harvest Ling Gu! You can ask A Zhi. It has nothing to do every day, just wandering around in the Ling Tian, and the few Ling Gu trees planted on it. It eats it every day
If one of the spiritual grain trees is lost, if it is only harvested once a year, the other spiritual grain trees will have been eaten up by it."
Aliqi said.
"Every three days? How is this possible? Ali, are you serious?"
Ye Mo suddenly stood up in shock.
He had long seen a few lonely Linggu trees growing in the ancient painting Lingtian, and the proud pheasant bird often wandered around the Lingtian, but he never paid attention to it.
Unexpectedly, the few Ling Gu plants in the Ling Tian were harvested every three days.
"Of course it's true! The spiritual valley grows quickly, and three days is enough. However, that acre of spiritual land has been occupied by a pheasant. It eats alone and won't let me and Xiaohuo go there."
Ah Li was obviously dissatisfied with Ah Zhi's behavior of occupying the spiritual field.
"In the outside world, there is a harvest once a year, but here it is a harvest every three days. Calculated in this way, the growth rate of the spiritual fields and spiritual valleys in this ancient painting is a hundred times that of the outside!"
Ye Mo didn't care about the little green fox's complaint, he was completely shocked.
This ancient painting scroll magic weapon was more powerful than he imagined. That spiritual field that he had always ignored actually had such a magical ability.
Ye Mo looked forward to it with great anticipation. The growth rate was a hundred times faster. This was amazing.
If this is the case, it may be able to solve his problem of not having enough spiritual stones.
"The pheasant refuses to obey my control. The master must go and tell it in person!"
Ali jumped onto Ye Mo's shoulder and said.
Ye Mo nodded, came out of the Refining Pavilion, and arrived at the spiritual field in front of the thatched house.
"Master, do you want to plant spiritual grain?"
Ah Zhi couldn't help but raise his head when he saw Ye Mo coming to the spiritual field.
"I want to plant some spiritual herbs, elixirs and the like. Ali said, this spiritual field is your territory. Can you tell me how to plant it?"
Ye Mo nodded and said.
"The master only needs to provide seeds, and Ah Zhi is responsible for cultivating them. However, if you want the seeds to grow, you must have enough spiritual stones.
It takes three days for the spiritual grain to mature. I have never grown other spiritual things, and the time for each type is different. However, as long as the spiritual energy is richer, it will grow quickly."
Ah Zhi raised his head and seemed to be looking at the roof of the refinery workshop.
"Provide spirit stones? But Ah Li said that you eat a spirit grain tree every day, but I haven't seen you use spirit stones."
Ye Mo's expression changed. He wanted to use this spiritual field to earn spiritual stones, not to spend them.
"The ancient paintings will absorb a small amount of spiritual energy from the outside world. I have just planted three spiritual grains, which consume very little spiritual energy, so naturally there is no need for spiritual stones. The owner wants to plant spiritual grains on a large scale, and the spiritual energy stored in this ancient painting is definitely not enough.
To use it, it must be supplemented in large quantities.”
Ah Zhi rolled his eyes at Ye Mo.
Ye Mo's mind couldn't help but start racing.
Spiritual stones provide spiritual energy for the growth of spiritual objects, and spiritual fields accelerate the growth of spiritual objects. If the spiritual stones earned from selling the spiritual medicine are more than the spiritual stones consumed, then it is still a profit.
"I'll go to the fairy city and buy some spiritual herbal seeds and try it out to see if it works."
Ye Mo thought for a while and said immediately.
The value of spiritual grain is not high, and one acre of spiritual grain only costs dozens of spiritual stones. Anyway, if you want to farm, you might as well plant higher-value spiritual herbs, which will make higher profits.
He hurriedly left Qingyun Xianyuan.
After wandering around the streets for a while, I entered a medicinal shop in Fairy City.
But after a while, Ye Mo's face turned ugly.
These medicine stores actually do not sell the seeds or seedlings of elixirs. They only sell finished and dried elixirs.
Ye Mo asked the store clerk and found out that the elixir seeds were controlled by major plantations and could not be bought in the elixir shop.
Moreover, there is no space for spiritual stones in Qingyun Immortal City. The monks in the city have no space, so they will not waste their time and energy to grow spiritual medicines. Naturally, herbal medicine shops will not purchase them.
Ye Mo didn't give up and walked ten streets and entered more than a dozen spiritual medicine shops. The answers he got were almost exactly the same. There were no spiritual medicine seeds for sale.
Only then did he give up and stood dejectedly on the bustling streets of Fairy City.
"Do I have to go to a deserted island in the East China Sea to collect herbs in person to get seedlings or seeds of wild herbs?!"
Ye Mo was extremely helpless and then shook his head.
Qingyun Immortal Academy's teaching arrangement was very tight, so he had no time to go out and look for it.
Ye Mo looked up and around in confusion, and suddenly a shop sign on the street attracted him.
""Li's Spiritual Valley Store"! Selling edible spiritual grains and raising various spiritual beasts."
"Spiritual Valley! It seems that we still have to buy spiritual cereals to plant."
Ye Mo thought for a moment and smiled bitterly.
He entered Li's Linggu store.
The types and grades of spiritual grains are different, and the prices are also different. The cheapest first-level spiritual grains cost one spiritual stone per pound, and the more expensive third-level spiritual grains even cost three spiritual stones per pound.
Ye Mo naturally buys at a higher price, so the profit is generally higher.
All his property now amounts to less than a few dozen spiritual stones. He spent three spiritual stones to buy a pound of third-level spiritual grain.
Ye Mo took Linggu and hurried back to his residence in Qingyun Immortal Courtyard. After closing the bedroom, he unfolded the ancient painting and after a burst of light, he entered the fairy village in the painting.
"Linggu has been brought back. Ah Zhi, now it's up to you!"
Ye Mo put a pound of spirit grain in front of Ah Zhi.
"This is a third-level spiritual grain? It's much better than the spiritual grain I grew."
The pheasant pecked one and swallowed it, and suddenly became excited.
It rolled up its wings and threw handfuls of spiritual grain into the one-acre spiritual field in front of the thatched house.
In addition, Ye Mo's only dozens of spiritual stones were also put into the spiritual field and crushed by its sharp claws.
Dozens of spiritual stones emit a large amount of spiritual energy.
The small piece of spiritual grain in the field sprouts, takes root, sprouts young leaves, and continues to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In just a short while, the spiritual valley that had just been sown was more than an inch tall and was still growing.
Ye Mo watched the spiritual valley grow and was dumbfounded.
"This is definitely a hundred times the growth rate! What kind of magic weapon is this ancient scroll? I checked in the library of the Immortal Academy and found that there has never been a magic weapon of this kind in the world of immortality."
Ye Mo felt incredible.
Although the spirit stones are also being consumed at a speed visible to the naked eye, the effort is worth it compared to the benefits that will be gained.
Ten days later, the acre of golden spiritual valley in the ancient painting was completely mature, exuding the alluring aroma of spiritual rice.
Calculated, the normal growth period of this third-level spiritual valley should be three years.
A pheasant waved its wings, and a large number of mature spiritual grains flew out from the field and landed in the hemp bag Ye Mo had prepared in advance.
"One acre of land has produced thirty kilograms of fourth-level spiritual grain! If you sell it at the price of three spiritual stones per kilogram, you can get ninety spiritual stones. The cost is only three spiritual stones to buy seeds, plus thirty spiritual stones for supply.
A large amount of spiritual energy. The net profit is about sixty spiritual stones!"
Ye Mo picked up the sack and immediately estimated the weight of the harvested third-level spiritual grain.
Calculated in this way, by harvesting spiritual grain three times a month from this acre of spiritual land, he can earn a net profit of 180 spiritual stones a month.
For those students from the Immortal Cultivation Family City Master in the Immortal Academy, one hundred and eighty spiritual stones are not enough. A meal at the famous Immortal Tower Restaurant in Qingyun Immortal City costs dozens or hundreds of spiritual stones.
But for ordinary casual cultivators like Ye Mo, these are urgently needed spiritual stones. The problem of urgent shortage of spiritual stones has finally been greatly alleviated. At least the first-level vitality pills he uses to cultivate his soul can be guaranteed.
With this stable source of spirit stones, Ye Mo was completely at ease, practicing and studying in Qingyun Immortal Academy. There were even some extra spirit stones for Mo Ling, Wang Hu, Yang You, and Tunu Wu.
Wei, Chang Fei, and Lin Zhi followed his assistant students to practice.
Before you know it, a year has flown by.
Qingyun Immortal Academy only teaches students for one year. At the end of the year, there is the most severe graduation assessment for city lord students, with an elimination rate of 90%.