"Plop!"
The koi was tossed into the rice paddy. It hesitated for a mont before happily swimming around. Compared to the cramped water tank, the vast expanse of the paddy was clearly much more to its liking.
Watching the koi dart joyfully through the water, Gu Mo took out a portion of Sun Essence. Instantly, the koi swam over eagerly, its mouth open, waiting to be fed.
"I've raised you for so long—it's ti for you to contribute." Gu Mo stuffed the Sun Essence into the fish's mouth, then said, "From now on, your job is to patrol this area. If you find any insects in the water, take care of them. Got it?"
"Blub!"
The koi smacked its lips as if to confirm its understanding.
Seeing how intelligent the koi had beco, Gu Mo felt gratified. After being fed Sun Essence for so long, not only were its scales gradually turning golden, but its intelligence had also significantly improved—it could now understand many of his commands.
The higher the grade of the spiritual plants in the field, the more they attracted spirit insects and spirit beasts. The pea shooters could handle small spirit beasts, but dealing with spirit insects was more challenging, especially since this season's crop was rice.
If spirit insects lurked in the water, the pea shooters would struggle to deal with them. However, with the koi on patrol, any hidden pests could be eliminated, ensuring the Water Spirit Rice remained unhard.
Watching the koi diligently patrol the paddy, Gu Mo felt at ease and returned to his hut to begin his daily cultivation.
One Month Later
Yuan Niya arrived as promised. After receiving an enhanced Cleanse Technique, she left trembling, barely able to walk. Fortunately, she ca under the cover of night, and no one was around. Otherwise, if anyone saw a female cultivator leaving Gu Mo's hut in such a state, wild rumors would surely spread.
After Yuan Niya left, Gu Mo adjusted the power of his illusion array. Before her arrival, he had already used the array to shroud the entire spiritual field, leaving only a single pathway leading to his hut.
Yuan Niya didn't question it—she was far more intrigued by Gu Mo's secrets than by the mysteries of the spirit field. For instance, the sheer amount of spiritual energy he possessed was far beyond what a Qi Refinent First Level cultivator should have. Even considering his mastery of the Perfected Cleanse Technique, which gave him a stronger foundation than most, the gap was still too large to explain.
The truth was simple: Gu Mo wasn't a re Qi Refinent First Level cultivator—he was already at Qi Refinent Second Level (Peak), just one step away from breaking through to the third level.
Since mastering the Proficient Concealnt Technique, he no longer restrained his cultivation speed. He cultivated at full intensity every day, refining ten portions of Sun Essence daily. Each portion equaled three days of arduous cultivation—aning he effectively trained for thirty days in a single day.
Over the past month, he had accumulated the equivalent of two and a half years of dedicated cultivation, pushing his realm to Qi Refinent Second Level (Peak). He was just one step away from fully opening his third minor circulation and stepping into Qi Refinent Third Level.
But at this point, Gu Mo chose to stop.
His cultivation was progressing too fast, and the Cleanse Technique's effects on refining his body couldn't keep up. To compensate, he began using an enhanced Cleanse Technique daily, ensuring that his Marrow Purification and Constitution Refinent kept pace with his cultivation.
However, casting this advanced Cleanse Technique consud a great deal of spiritual energy. As a result, he had to reduce his use of the Cloud Rain Technique, causing the water level in the spiritual fields to drop slightly.
Still, this wasn't a major issue. Over the past month, his repeated use of Cloud Rain Technique brought him close to breaking through to Proficient Realm.
The Next Day
Gu Mo stood before the spiritual field and began forming hand seals for Cloud Rain Technique. Suddenly, he had a mont of divine inspiration—his movents beca more fluid and graceful.
Dark clouds gathered over the field, denser and larger than ever before. Soon, a steady downpour of spiritual rain fell. Compared to the previous light drizzle, this was a full-fledged moderate rainfall, with several tis the volu.
"Finally, a breakthrough!"
Gu Mo exhaled deeply. Just now, his Cloud Rain Technique had reached Proficient Realm—his first spell to reach this level.
Very few people in the Spiritual Farming Division managed to cultivate a farming spell to Proficient Realm, and those who did were usually outer sect disciples. Among servant disciples, only a handful of elderly spirit farrs had achieved this.
With this breakthrough, Gu Mo's workload was significantly reduced. What previously required multiple castings of Cloud Rain Technique could now be accomplished with just one or two casts.
This freed up more spiritual energy, allowing him to focus on casting the Perfected Cleanse Technique. His Marrow Purification and Constitution Refinent finally caught up with his cultivation speed.
Half a Month Later
Gu Mo successfully opened his third minor circulation, officially stepping into Qi Refinent Third Level.
Just like before, his body and spiritual energy remained three tis stronger than cultivators of the sa level.
For a cultivator with inferior spiritual roots, Qi Refinent Third Level was usually the end of the road, unless they encountered a great opportunity.
Although Gu Mo's potential wouldn't be limited to Qi Refinent Third Level, his inferior spiritual roots were still a fundantal weakness.
As he attempted to rge his three minor circulations into a major circulation to reach Qi Refinent Fourth Level, he felt the first signs of a bottleneck—a direct consequence of his flawed spiritual roots.
However, this wasn't a major problem.
While spiritual root quality was an important factor in breakthroughs, comprehension was just as crucial. Unlike others, Gu Mo had knowledge from another world, which acted as a cheat. By using mathematical models to analyze the complex ridian circulation, he significantly reduced the difficulty of rging his three minor circulations.
Furthermore, the Qi Condensation Technique manual contained valuable insights on rging minor circulations into a major one. While these insights couldn't be followed blindly, they still provided useful guidance, making the breakthrough even easier.
Additionally, cultivation in the Qi Refinent Stage was largely resource-dependent. As long as one had enough resources, even a cultivator with poor spiritual roots and diocre comprehension could brute-force their way forward.
Gu Mo had Sun Essence. Even if he did nothing else, simply consuming enough Sun Essence would eventually push him past the bottleneck.
Of course, brute-forcing a breakthrough was the least ideal thod. The rging of minor circulations was a delicate process. If done crudely, the resulting major circulation would be flawed, limiting future potential. Gu Mo would only use this thod as a last resort.
For now, he stopped actively cultivating and focused entirely on rging his minor circulations. Using his past-life knowledge and the cultivation manual's insights, his progress was remarkably smooth.
But the biggest surprise was yet to co.
Since Gu Mo wasn't consuming Sun Essence for cultivation, his daily accumulated portions were instead used to expand the Black Mist Space.
And soon, an unexpected discovery awaited him.
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