My Master Knows It All

1220: 305 1220: 305 Cao Zhen discovered that adjacent to the First Grade Immortal Fields, there were about two acres of Immortal Fields that looked much more barren than the others.

Normally, these Immortal Fields should be more fertile than those in other areas.

After all, these two acres of First Grade Immortal Fields were right next to the Second Grade Immortal Fields.

Second Grade Immortal Fields are naturally more fertile, and the nutrients from the Second Grade fields couldn’t possibly be confined to those fields only; some would inevitably spill over.

Therefore, the First Grade fields next to them should be even more fertile, not more barren as they appeared now.

Cao Zhen curiously approached these two areas of Immortal Fields and crouched down to examine them.

People around him also looked at Cao Zhen with curiosity, and Immortal Bi Yue couldn’t help but remind him, “Why are you looking at these fields?

Though I am not well-versed in the art of Agriculture, I can tell these fields are barren; they seem almost abandoned.”

“Mhm,” Cao Zhen responded softly, stretching out his hand to flip over a clump of soil from the fields and examining it closely.

The nutrients in this soil were unexpectedly abundant, but rather excessively so.

The level of nutrients was almost comparable to that of the Second Grade fields, yet the soil itself could not support so much nutrients.

In simpler terms, the nutrients were overly abundant, an excessive supplementation that these fields couldn’t handle.

After some analysis, Cao Zhen formed a hypothesis in his mind.

Looking up, he asked the Sect Hierarch of Array Sound Sect, “Sect Hierarch, what’s the situation with these two acres of First Grade fields?

They seem as if they are about to be scorched to death.”

Array Sound understood what Cao Zhen meant by scorched to death—it referred to the soil nutrients being so excessive that they might ‘burn’ the soil and Immortal Herbs growing on it.

He sighed in his heart and said helplessly, “Actually, we once tried to convert these two acres into Second Grade fields.

However, we acted too hastily, and now they’ve ended up like this.”

Immortal Fields can be upgraded; First Grade fields can become Second Grade, and Second Grade can be promoted to Third, but it is quite troublesome and extremely difficult, with a high chance of failure.

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhen deliberately shook his head and sighed, “It wasn’t due to you acting hastily, but rather a misjudgment regarding these two acres.

You were misled.

You thought that after supplementing these two acres of First Grade fields with nutrients, they would reach the standards of Second Grade fields?

You were wrong.

These two acres of First Grade fields inherently had problematic soil, unable to bear so many nutrients.

Those nutrients were not absorbed.

And then, you forcefully tried to upgrade their grade, inevitably leading to failure.”

Upon hearing this, Array Sound’s face suddenly showed a look of surprise and exclaimed, “Cao Dao Companion, you too understand the arts of Agriculture.

Later on, an Elder’s friend from our Five Sounds Sect also visited and inspected these fields, and his words were similar to yours.

Moreover, afterwards, that expert also helped us in remedying these fields.

However, that expert also mentioned that these two acres of First Grade fields were severely damaged, beyond recovery, and they could only last another two hundred years at most.

These fields will soon be abandoned.

Now, a hundred years have passed, and in another couple of hundred years, these two acres of First Grade fields will likely become barren.”

Meanwhile, Immortal Bi Yue, who was listening to Array Sound, also showed a look of astonishment.

When she was recuperating with Ling Xi, Ling Xi had shared many stories about Cao Zhen with her.

The relationship between Cao Zhen and Li Ke was also something she had learned from Ling Xi’s mouth.

Besides, she had heard from Ling Xi multiple times that her master, Cao Zhen, was proficient in many things.

At that time, she had curiously asked if there was anything Cao Zhen wasn’t good at.

Ling Xi’s answer was no, and Ling Xi even saw a light in her eyes when saying that.

According to Ling Xi, Cao Zhen was an expert in all areas: music, chess, writing, painting, poetry, Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Formation Talismans, all mastered.

Now, she finally understood Ling Xi’s words.

At least, in the arts of Agriculture, Cao Zhen was obviously very knowledgeable; otherwise, he couldn’t have made such comments.

However, she didn’t understand why Cao Zhen would bother with two plots of fields destined to be abandoned.

Cao Zhen straightened up, pointing towards the two barren acres of First Grade fields and continued speaking to Array Sound, “Sect Hierarch, since these two acres of First Grade fields are destined to be abandoned, then why not just give them to me?”

In that moment, Array Sound, as well as Huan Ying and Miao Yin, were all taken aback.

Array Sound directly refused, saying, “Cao Dao Companion, we had already agreed that you would select one acre of First Grade fields.

It’s not good to change that now, is it?”

Indeed, these two acres were eventually going to become barren fields; they wouldn’t even turn into Spirit Fields.

But the thing is, that would be a hundred years later, and for these hundred years, they could still cultivate some Immortal Herbs with shorter maturity periods on these fields.

That would still be a harvest.

To simply give them away to Cao Zhen—that was not acceptable.

However, Cao Zhen did not give up and continued, “Sect Hierarch, for a hundred years, you won’t be able to grow much Immortal Herbs on them anyway, and you mentioned wanting to be friends.

How about this, you’re about to face your Sect Tribulation, right?

Give these fields to me, and I will help you through the Tribulation.”