“Ahem, aside from wanting to share this good news with you, I do have something else to ask of you on this visit.”
Wan Bao stroked his beard and coughed lightly, a hint of embarrassment surfacing on his face. He hadn't expected his intentions to be seen through so easily by this young fellow before him.
Ye Hao nodded. “Senior Brother Wan, just speak plainly. If it is within my ability, I naturally won't refuse.”
“Since you've put it that way, Junior Brother Ye, I'll be direct.”
“I heard from Senior Brother Bai that the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique in your hands was also obtained by chance rather than passed down from the sect. Presumably, it can be taught to others. Thus, I would like to purchase the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique from you. I wonder if you are willing to part with it, Junior Brother?”
Wan Bao cupped his fists, then stated the true purpose of his visit.
If he could buy the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique in the other party's hands and combine it with the great perfection Spirit Rain Technique he had already mastered, it would be adding wings to a tiger.
In that case, both the quantity and quality of the white spirit rice produced by his three mu of spirit fields would increase dramatically. The harvest he gained would surely far exceed the spirit stones he currently paid to purchase the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique.
The sect's inheritances, even low-tier auxiliary techniques, had traceable lineages.
If passed on privately, incurring the sect's investigation would simply not be worth the cost. However, solitary copies obtained from the outside could be traded freely.
This was precisely why Wan Bao had come looking for Ye Hao.
“Senior Brother Wan, are you certain you want to buy it? You know that my Lesser Spirit Rain Technique is incomplete, containing only the cultivation methods for the first eight layers.”
To be honest, Ye Hao didn't actually mind selling the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique.
First, with his current cultivation speed, it wouldn't take many years for him to become an outer disciple. Second, not everyone possessed his comprehension to cultivate the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique to such a realm within such a short time.
Wan Bao cupped his fists again. “I was already aware of this beforehand. I still hope you are willing to part with it, Junior Brother.”
Hearing the other party's persistent desire to purchase the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique in his hands, Ye Hao remained silent for a long time before finally looking at Wan Bao and saying directly, “Ten low-grade spirit stones. I need to keep the original copy of the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique, but I can allow you to make a copy. In addition, you must swear a Heavenly Dao oath not to pass the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique on to anyone else.”
“Deal!”
“Here are ten low-grade spirit stones.”
After hesitating for a moment, Wan Bao finally made up his mind.
Immediately, he retrieved ten low-grade spirit stones from his storage bag and placed them on the tabletop, then swore a Heavenly Dao oath before Ye Hao.
“This is the original copy of the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique. Senior Brother, you may make your copy right here.”
Ye Hao hadn't expected that Senior Brother Wan before him wouldn't even bargain. The Lesser Spirit Rain Technique that he had bought for eight low-grade spirit stones was sold in the blink of an eye for ten low-grade spirit stones.
Not only did he get a powerful technique for free, but he also earned two extra low-grade spirit stones.
The reason he had Wan Bao swear a Heavenly Dao oath was that the man's purchase of the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique had sparked other ideas in him.
Since he could sell the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique once, he could sell it a second time.
And Wan Bao, bound by the Heavenly Dao oath, would be unable to intervene in this business. Thus, Ye Hao could continue selling the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique to even more people.
At ten low-grade spirit stones a time, the income was far faster than toiling away casting the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique for others.
Before long, Wan Bao had completely made a copy of the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique.
After returning the original copy to Ye Hao, Wan Bao looked at him and said with a smile, “Junior Brother Ye, you truly have a knack for doing business.”
Evidently, Ye Hao's requirement that he swear a Heavenly Dao oath beforehand when selling him the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique had surprised him.
With such a sharp mind, it was no wonder he could cultivate the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique to such a high realm.
“Senior Brother Wan flatters me,” Ye Hao replied with a smile.
Then, as if suddenly remembering something, Ye Hao looked at Wan Bao and spoke again, “Senior Brother, I noticed earlier that you have three spirit fields. I wonder how you managed that?”
“You should know as well that each of us handyman disciples is only allocated a single spirit field. If we want to obtain more spirit fields, we can only rent them from other handyman disciples,” Wan Bao explained with a smile.
“Rent? How does the renting work?” Ye Hao was still somewhat puzzled.
“One mu of spirit field can yield two crops of white spirit rice a year. The mission quota for each crop of white spirit rice is 350 jin of white spirit rice, which means one must hand over 700 jin of white spirit rice a year.”
“Among us handyman disciples, some voluntarily chose to become spirit farmers, while others were forced into being allocated as spirit farmers.”
“Therefore, their minds are not on the spirit fields, but focused on cultivation.”
“Yet since they have become spirit farmers, they naturally need to fulfill their mission quotas, but they have no time to attend to the fields. So the extra spirit fields on us are all rented from their hands.”
Wan Bao stroked his beard gently and explained patiently.
Ye Hao hurriedly looked at him to confirm, “Senior Brother, then if I want to rent a spirit field, how much would it cost?”
“It varies from person to person. As for the two spirit fields in my hands, the annual rent for each is 800 jin of white spirit rice, so two fields cost 1,600 jin of white spirit rice.”
“Renting other spirit fields is roughly around this price as well.”
“Therefore, one must at least ensure that the farmland one cultivates yields over 400 jin of white spirit rice per mu to have a chance of breaking even,” Wan Bao said with a smile.
“So that's how it is.”
“Thank you for informing me, Senior Brother.”
Hearing this, Ye Hao finally understood, and then looked at Wan Bao.
He had heard earlier from the man that his yield per mu could basically be kept around 500 jin.
In other words, from each mu of spirit field, he could earn 100 jin of white spirit rice per crop.
Two spirit fields, two crops a year, amounted to 400 jin of white spirit rice.
Now, Wan Bao had also purchased the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique from him. Combined with the great perfection Spirit Rain Technique he had long since mastered, the yield of white spirit rice for the next crop would probably skyrocket.
Even if it couldn't reach the peak of 800 jin, it could at least stabilize around 700 jin.
“Well then, Junior Brother Ye, do you have anything else to ask?”
“If not, I'll be heading back to study the Lesser Spirit Rain Technique,” Wan Bao looked at Ye Hao and teased with a smile.
“Senior Brother Wan, I have no other questions. Take care.”
“Junior Brother Ye, I'll take my leave then.”
...
After seeing Wan Bao off, Ye Hao began preparing for the renting matter.
Wan Bao had already given him a suggestion regarding this: go look for Boss Zhao.
After all, in the entire Area B, who knew better than Boss Zhao which cultivators needed to lease out their spirit fields?
“Renting?”
“Are you sure?”
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