In the depths of the Purple-Black Spiritual Field, the young man bent down to till the soil, a dull sound reminiscent of metal clashing echoed continuously.
With a flick of his sleeve, an inconspicuous Purple Granule mixed in the Purple-Black soil suddenly sank into Fang Chen's embrace. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, even with Fang Chen's robust Qi Energy, a hint of fatigue could not help but appear on his handsome face.
This spiritual soil was extremely hard, surpassing ordinary steel, and the effort required to cultivate it increased dramatically. After nearly half a day of continuous work, Fang Chen felt somewhat exhausted, and if an ordinary Body Refinement Realm Martial Artist were to attempt this task, they would likely be drained in no time.
"Ninety-eight granules."
Setting down the hoe, Fang Chen casually sat on a nearby patch of ground, counting his harvest from the half-day's labor. His face did not show the satisfied smile one might expect; instead, he frowned slightly.
"Still too few." He murmured, expressing his dissatisfaction with the yield.
If he had not previously possessed over twenty thousand points and had no concept of points, he might not have felt this way about receiving ninety-eight Purple Granules, which equated to merely nine hundred eighty points. Although this harvest far exceeded that of others working in this Spiritual Field who were painstakingly accumulating Purple Granules, Fang Chen was not satisfied!
"Too slow, it's coming too slowly!" Fang Chen muttered to himself, and in his dark eyes, two flickering flames of black and white seemed to dance. He flipped his palm over, and a black-red light surged upward from his hand. Within that black-red glow, a bead the size of a dragon eye could be seen spinning.
"Go!" Fang Chen commanded lightly, waving his hand as the Underworld Evil Eye heavily smashed into the Spiritual Field at his feet.
Boom!
A dull impact sound suddenly resonated, followed by a series of teeth-grinding compression noises. Amidst the flickering black-red light, the Underworld Evil Eye began to forcefully push deeper into the Spiritual Field.
"That's enough." A moment later, a fierce glint flashed in Fang Chen's eyes. He moved swiftly backward several dozen feet and then lightly parted his lips to utter a single word: "Explode!"
As soon as the word fell, rumble!
The ground beneath Fang Chen shook violently as if something were about to burst forth from below. Suddenly, a mass of pitch-black light began to rise from beneath the surface of the Purple-Black Spiritual Field. The light swirled upward like smoke, carrying an oppressive aura that sent chills down one's spine. Simultaneously, even at a distance of several dozen feet away from him, the exposed Purple-Black soil particles around Fang Chen began to jump and tremble like gravel on a stone slab.
This oppressive sensation persisted for three or four breaths.
Then—boom!
A thunderous sound erupted from the Underworld Evil Eye as it surged into the Spiritual Field, sending a wave of Frenzy rippling outward like a shockwave. Within this wave, a dark light, infused with a Frenzy aura, rose into the air like swirling black clouds. Along with it, large amounts of Purple-Black spiritual soil were forcefully lifted into the sky.
Soon after, a rain of Purple-Black spiritual soil began to fall from the sky.
At that moment, a glint of fierce brilliance flashed in Fang Chen's eyes. He then began to move his fingers in the air as if playing a piano.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Streams of Qi Energy shot out from his fingertips, diving into the slowly descending rain of Purple-Black spiritual soil.
The sound of sizzling echoed continuously at that moment. Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that each stream of Qi Energy shot out from Fang Chen's fingertips gradually adhered to one or two Purple Granules containing Purple Sun Power. Some streams even managed to stick five or six Purple Granules together.
After these Qi Energy absorbed all the falling Purple Granules, they circled around before returning to him.
With a gentle wave of his sleeve, the returning Qi Energy dissipated beside him, and soon he was surrounded by a circle of purple particles. He waved his hand in front of him, collecting all these Purple Granules. A smile finally appeared on Fang Chen's previously furrowed brow.
"Sixty-seven." With a sweep of his Divine Consciousness, the smile on Fang Chen's face became even more radiant.
Using the most ordinary method for farming, he had only harvested ninety-eight Purple Granules in half a day. Now, in just a few minutes, he had collected sixty-seven. The efficiency had increased not just twofold but by hundreds of times.
"However, at this rate, it seems that I can completely search through this deep area of the Spiritual Field in just half a day." Fang Chen glanced lightly around.
Luo Chong and his companions occupied the entire deep area of the Spiritual Field, which was indeed quite large. If they were to cultivate it or if someone like the previous Fang Chen were to do so, even two days would not be enough to fully cultivate it. But now, with Fang Chen's almost violent method of searching for Purple Granules, he would only need half a day to turn over everything else. By then, he would still have an entire day left over.
How should he arrange this day?
Should he just waste it? Fang Chen shook his head; what he lacked most now was time, and he would never engage in such extravagant behavior. However, if he finished cultivating this deep area of the Spiritual Field, and still wanted to obtain more Purple Granules, he could only...
Looking behind him at the areas outside this region, Fang Chen shook his head again in denial. Having already occupied such a large area in the depths of the Spiritual Field, if he were to go out and seize another part from others afterward, that would be extremely excessive and could easily provoke public outrage.
Moreover, not only that, but the area surrounding the Spiritual Field contains significantly fewer Purple Granules compared to the depths of the current area. This is a rather thankless task for Fang Chen.
"Let's gather all the Purple Granules in this place first," Fang Chen said with a frown.
As soon as he finished speaking, he flipped his palm, and the black-red Underworld Evil Eye, just like before, drilled into a patch of unplowed spiritual soil.
Moments later, a thunderous roar echoed once again as the purple-black spiritual soil mixed with Purple Granules was violently blasted into the air, then fell like rain.
"What a huge commotion! What is that guy doing?"
"Such a frenzy of Qi Energy fluctuations."
"Terrifying! He actually blew the spiritual soil into the air!"
"He's insane; even plowing can create such a ruckus..."
On the Spiritual Field, everyone who was diligently working heard the occasional earth-shattering sounds from deeper within the area and felt subtle tremors beneath their feet. Many people's expressions changed as they glanced toward Fang Chen's location. Whether it was the first batch of youths who had arrived or those who had previously witnessed Fang Chen's actions, they all wore expressions of awe.
In an area closest to Fang Chen, Luo Chong and his companions looked longingly at what was once their territory, their eyes twitching slightly.
"Freak!" Luo Chong muttered under his breath and began to plow the land gloomily.
Meanwhile, deep within the Spiritual Field, the earth-shaking sounds that had been reverberating occasionally finally ceased as the sun set and night began to fall.
"It's over." Sitting casually on a patch of empty ground, Fang Chen panted lightly, beads of sweat glistening on his forehead.
Using the overwhelming Dark Power from the Underworld Evil Eye to forcefully blast open the purple-black spiritual soil was indeed a crude yet efficient method. However, given the exceptional hardness of this soil, Fang Chen had consumed an enormous amount of Qi Energy in the process. After half a day of this effort, he felt quite exhausted.
Nevertheless, he was extremely satisfied with his harvest. A total of 1,623 Purple Granules—this massive quantity would undoubtedly make everyone laboring in this entire Spiritual Field envious if they knew. After all, their combined harvests for today wouldn't even come close to what Fang Chen had obtained. Not everyone possessed Fang Chen's strength to violently break through the iron-hard Spiritual Field in search of the hidden purple granules.
The night quickly darkened, and the people working hard in the Spiritual Field began to leave in small groups. However, before departing, almost everyone's gaze would glance towards the location of Fang Chen.
The Purple-Black Spiritual Field was not only as hard as iron, but after sunset, its hardness would increase dramatically. By that time, even warriors of the Alchemy Realm would find it extremely difficult to break through the spiritual soil, let alone those who were still at the Body Refinement Realm. Therefore, nighttime was not suitable for farming or searching for Purple Granules.
After a moment, most of the people had left. In the depths of the Spiritual Field, Fang Chen, sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his tightly shut eyes.
Crack.
In his hand, two spirit stones that had exhausted all their Spiritual Energy turned to powder and dissipated. Fang Chen swept away the fatigue from his face, and as he exhaled Qi Energy, all the dust on him shook off.
"It's time to go back," he murmured softly. He then stood up and glanced around before heading towards his dwelling.
As he walked along the path, Fang Chen furrowed his brows slightly, contemplating what to do tomorrow.
He had already searched every corner of the deeper areas of the Spiritual Field and found no remaining Purple Granules. Before the Entry Examination, with his cultivation unable to break through, he had reached the peak of this realm and could not advance further. Cultivating blindly was utterly futile for him.
"Hmm?" Lost in thought, Fang Chen suddenly raised his head and looked at his room not far away, raising an eyebrow.
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