Practical Spells for Farming

But seeing the continuous drizzle falling from above, he held back.

By the field, Lin Xiao saw that his father and eldest brother had spotted him, and he ran toward them with a grin.

"Dad! Big brother! How is this? A new spell I came up with!"

Lin Dayou gave him a rare nod of approval, nodding repeatedly as he said,

"This is not bad. Keep this rain going without stopping, about two hours should do it."

The maximum rainfall of the Irrigation Spell was only a drizzle; it could not be increased. No matter how abundant your spiritual energy was, you could only expand its range or extend its duration.

Two hours was a piece of cake for Lin Xiao.

Lin Yun asked,

"Erlang, can I learn this spell?"

Liu Yunan, who was standing to the side, chimed in,

"I want to learn too!"

This way, he would not have to fetch water back and forth trip after trip. Not only was it a hassle, but even after working for most of the day, he could not water more than a few acres of land.

Hearing that they wanted to learn, Lin Xiao naturally nodded,

"Of course you can. I created this spell thinking it would be convenient for you to use. How long this Irrigation Spell lasts and how large an area it covers depends entirely on your cultivation. For someone at the first level of Qi Condensation like my dad, using all his spiritual energy could probably irrigate five acres of land for about fifteen minutes."

Hearing this, Lin Dayou was quite surprised,

"I can learn it too? And I can water five acres for fifteen minutes just like this? Oh my!"

He rubbed his hands together in excitement, then turned to Lin Yun and said,

"Hurry down the mountain and tell your cousin, have him learn this spell right away too. That way, watering your grandpa's fields every day will be much easier."

Speaking of this, the first people Lin Dayou thought of were his own father and eldest brother.

Now that Lin Lei, the only half-grown boy in the old house, had gone up the mountain to cultivate, his eldest brother Lin Dashan had even more work to do every day.

And every day, after cultivating for half the day, Lin Lei would hurry down the mountain to help his family work in the fields.

Now that he was at the first level of Qi Condensation, Lin Lei was much stronger when working. Even his father, Lin Dashan, an old hand at farming, could hardly keep up with his speed.

Seeing his father so excited, Lin Xiao quickly explained,

"Dad, there is no rush. There is only one copy of the spell, and Aunt Yang has gone to help make a few more copies."

Lin Yun looked up at the sky, which was getting late, and said,

"Dad, there is no rush for this moment anyway. Let me plant all these seeds first."

Lin Dayou agreed with a smile, patting Lin Xiao on the shoulder and giving him a rare compliment,

"Good boy, you did a great job with this!"

Seeing the rare, joyful smile on his father's face, which was tanned dark red and shiny from years of labor, Lin Xiao felt very happy in his heart.

Lin Yun pursed his lips into a smile as he looked at his younger brother.

Liu Yunan also nodded repeatedly and gave him a thumbs up,

"Brother Xiao, you are the best! Too amazing!"

Lin Xiao chuckled, then took out those few array diagrams from his clothes.

"Dad! Look, I have another good thing here!"

"What other good thing?" Lin Dayou leaned in with confusion, looking at the paper in his hands in puzzlement,

"What is this? A drawing?"

Lin Xiao quickly explained,

"Dad, this is not a drawing, it is called an array diagram. Once activated, this array diagram will automatically absorb the surrounding spiritual energy and start operating to perform its function.

These few I am holding right now, hehe, you will definitely like their name."

Hearing him say this, Lin Dayou urged,

"You brat, stop keeping us in suspense, tell us quickly!"

This kid was good in every way, except for this smug little attitude that just begged for a smacking. If it were not for the Irrigation Spell, he almost would not have been able to resist slapping him.

As if sensing his father's murderous aura, Lin Xiao stopped keeping them in suspense and quickly said,

"It is the Insect-Killing Array!"

"Insect-Killing Array? Could it be that this thin piece of paper can kill insects?" Lin Dayou found it somewhat unbelievable.

Liu Yunan nudged Lin Xiao with his elbow and winked at him,

"Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao, quickly give us a demonstration, let us see how this thing kills insects."

Lin Xiao immediately walked into the field holding the paper,

"Just watch carefully!"

Saying that, he walked to the very center of the field, placed the array diagram on the ground, and then injected spiritual energy into the array diagram to activate it.

Everyone saw that after he injected spiritual energy into the paper, it emitted a soft light. Then, the paper suddenly disappeared, leaving only a glowing array pattern faintly flickering on the ground.

A few breaths later, the array pattern also disappeared from the ground.

A moment later, the sharp-eyed Liu Yunan saw a small insect that was just fluttering around in the field suddenly drop to the ground.

Lin Yun also looked down and saw several ants crawling on the soil suddenly lie motionless on the ground.

Lin Dayou also saw a green caterpillar tumble down from a leaf to the side.

"This, this!" Lin Dayou looked at all this in amazement. He looked in pleasant surprise at Lin Xiao, who was walking toward them,

"Erlang! This Insect-Killing Array is too effective!"

Lin Yun and Liu Yunan also chimed in with great amazement.

Lin Xiao stated modestly,

"It is just that for plants that need pollination, we have to avoid their pollination period when using this Insect-Killing Array."

"Of course, of course! Oh my!" Lin Dayou excitedly rubbed his rough, large hands,

"Oh my, with these spells, we have finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel in farming!"

As he spoke, he suddenly sighed with emotion,

"Thinking back to your great-grandfather's generation, farming was even harder. The more than ten acres of good land our family has now were all reclaimed bit by bit by your great-grandfather back then. He carefully tended them day and night, nourishing them for many years before they became what they are. If your great-grandfather and the others could see how easy farming is for us now, they would definitely be overjoyed..."

Recalling the situation of his family when he was young, Lin Dayou felt his eyes getting a bit moist. He immediately turned his head to look the other way, then patted his bottom, climbed up the ridge of the field, and threw the seeds in his arms to Lin Xiao, saying,

"I have to go share the good news with your grandpa, grandma, and uncle! You guys hurry up and plant all these seeds!"

As soon as his voice fell, he nimbly ran down the mountain.

The three boys, all with excellent eyesight, saw the slight redness in Lin Dayou's eyes.

Looking at the seeds in his arms, what could Lin Xiao do?

Of course, he had to go into the field and finish what his father had not completed.

Even if he was busy, he was not in a rush for this bit of time; the task his father assigned still had to be done.

So Lin Xiao continued farming with Lin Yun, and Liu Yunan also picked up the wooden bucket nearby to continue fetching water to irrigate the fields.

However, with Lin Xiao using his spiritual energy to assist, his farming speed was incredibly fast. Before long, he had planted all the seeds Lin Dayou left behind, and he took more than half of Lin Yun's remaining seeds to continue planting.

After the two finished planting the seeds, they picked up their hoes and started digging holes for saplings near the terraced fields.

Lin Xiao also found time to synthesize a pile of spiritual soil for planting the trees.