Chapter 122 - 120: A Different Spirit Medicine

Chapter 122: Chapter 120: A Different Spirit Medicine

"This should be enough."

Li Changsheng looked at the more than doubled sharpness glinting from the hoe, nodded in satisfaction, and directed Xiaohua back into the Spirit Field.

SHHHRRRIP...

Although the hoe still met resistance as it entered the Spirit Field, it was clearly much less, and Xiaohua’s steps quickened as well.

Time passed bit by bit.

By afternoon, a one-mu Spirit Field, shrouded in a glowing white Spiritual Mist, had taken shape.

Li Changsheng tidied up briefly, glanced at the dark, deep pool, and led Xiaohua toward his small courtyard.

Back in the courtyard, just as he was about to enter the kitchen, he heard a shout from outside.

"Steward Li... Steward Li..."

Hmm?

Li Changsheng turned his head to see Dong Xing and two others arriving together.

Before he could even ask, the three of them poured out the whole story in a rush.

A moment later, Li Changsheng frowned and asked, "Which steward is on duty now? Have you spoken to him?"

Dong Xing and the other two looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Come in and wait!"

Li Changsheng waved his hand dismissively and strode into the kitchen.

An hour passed while they waited.

After feeding his Spirit Beast, Li Changsheng beckoned to the three anxious men, then strode out of the courtyard and headed toward the side of the mountain peak.

Before long, a thin, gaunt-faced old man came into view, sitting on a protruding boulder.

Noticing their approach, he stood up and looked at Li Changsheng’s group of four in confusion. "Steward Li, what’s all this?"

"Steward Ye."

Dong Xing and the other two bowed in greeting.

Li Changsheng cupped his hands in a brief salute and began to relay what Dong Xing’s group had told him.

The gist of it was that their Spirit Fields were infested with serpent beasts.

The three of them had each finished planting a mu of Tier Two Spirit Medicine, infusing it with life force to stabilize its vitality, and then went to till other Spirit Fields.

But when they returned to check on their work, they found the Spirit Fields teeming with a dense mass of serpent beasts, including quite a few spirit serpents.

This terrified them, and they had rushed to Li Changsheng’s home in a panic.

After he finished his explanation, Steward Ye asked Dong Xing and the others a few more questions. He pondered for a moment before saying, "I understand the situation. Don’t rush to plant in the Spirit Fields for now. I’ll go discuss this with the other three stewards."

He then gave Li Changsheng a slight nod, controlled a pipe-like Magical Artifact, and flew away.

"Let’s go..."

Li Changsheng waved his hand and led the three men away.

Back in the courtyard, they chatted for a while before Dong Xing and the other two departed in a hurry.

Although they couldn’t plant Spirit Medicine for the time being, they could still till the Spirit Fields.

When Lan Cai Shen left, he had promised them that the more Spirit Medicine they planted, the greater their rewards would be when it matured.

Spirit Stones, Magical Artifacts, Cultivation Techniques, and more... all were on offer.

With such benefits on the line, they couldn’t help but be tempted to put their heart and soul into planting.

Li Changsheng watched the three leave, went back to the kitchen for a quick meal, then rode Xiaohua straight to his Spirit Field.

Today, he was going to try planting Tier Two Spirit Medicine.

As for the serpent beasts? He wished more of them would show up.

When that happened, the swarm of insects and the Five Poisonous Insect Beast he controlled would surely advance rapidly.

If the Spirit Fields Dong Xing’s group had cleared weren’t at the foot of the mountain, he would have just sent his insects to clean them up directly.

Soon, the man and the pig arrived at the edge of the Tier Two Spirit Field.

Li Changsheng dismounted, took out a jade slip inscribed with instructions for cultivating Spirit Medicine, pressed it to his forehead to review it one more time, and only put it away after confirming everything was correct.

With a flip of his hand, he produced a jade box and slowly opened it.

Seeds resembling Mutton Fat Jade came into view.

According to the jade slip’s records, these were seeds of the Tier Two Middle-grade Spirit Medicine: Jade Ganoderma Fruit.

First, use life force to stimulate their vitality. Once they sprout roots, supplement them with a base of Tier Two Low-grade Spirit Jade, allowing them to take firm root within the Spirit Jade. This completes the preliminary processing.

Afterward, the Spirit Jade shatters and a sprout emerges. Life force must be used to stabilize its root system as it takes hold in the Spirit Field. From then on, it only needs to be infused with life force once every month or so to accelerate its maturation.

It can mature in one year.

Li Changsheng filtered the information in his mind, then took out the storage pouch containing cultivation supplies and retrieved a piece of Spirit Jade the size of a fingernail.

The Spirit Jade was warm and smooth to the touch. A mist seemed to flow within it, containing a gentle energy.

Li Changsheng took out a Jade Ganoderma Fruit seed and, looking at it, murmured with a sigh, "If I couldn’t feel the life within this seed, I’d believe it if someone told me it was just a piece of jade."

He then placed the Jade Ganoderma Fruit seed against the Spirit Jade.

With a slight thought, the Three-leaf Mark on Li Changsheng’s forehead flickered with spiritual light. In an instant, a stream of light like liquid jade appeared in his palm.

Under his mental control, the life force surged into the jade-like seed in his palm.

In an instant, the Mutton Fat Jade-like seed was tinged with a touch of green.

Under Li Changsheng’s expectant gaze, after a few breaths, the entire Jade Ganoderma Fruit seed turned the color of jade green.

CRACK... With a crisp sound,

The bottom of the seed split open with fine cracks. Tiny, almost invisible white rootlets explored like insects, climbing onto the Spirit Jade.

It was a magical sight. The moment the rootlets touched the Spirit Jade, they merged with it as if they were water and milk, sinking directly inside.

And so, one Jade Ganoderma Fruit seed was preliminarily processed.

Li Changsheng took out a wooden bowl, placed the seed inside, and then took out another Spirit Jade and seed to repeat the process.

An hour passed quickly.

The wooden bowl was now nearly half-full of spirit seeds, almost two hundred of them.

’I’ll plant these for now and see how it goes...’

Li Changsheng put away the jade box and walked into the Spirit Field with the wooden bowl.

The soil of the Spirit Field was now soft. He simply dug with his hand to make a small hole, placed a spirit seed inside, and covered it with a thin layer of earth.

Li Changsheng didn’t immediately plant the next one. Instead, he placed his palm over the spot where the seed was buried. With a slight thought, a jade-green color appeared on his palm.

BUZZ...

Li Changsheng’s mind wavered for a moment, and a network map appeared in his mind’s eye. At its center was a fist-sized Spiritual Vortex, with pathways radiating out to cover an area of about one mu.

Beneath his palm was a dot of green fluorescence.

With a slight thought, Li Changsheng directed the life force from his palm into that small green light.

After several breaths, the crisp sound of something shattering echoed in his mind.

Then, the green fluorescent light spread out in all directions with dense tentacles, like an octopus.

Li Changsheng channeled more life force to protect the rootlets until they stopped spreading, merged with the network within the Spirit Field, and established a nourishing connection with the Spiritual Vortex.

Li Changsheng opened his eyes and frowned. "A single mu can only support about two hundred plants..." He then waved his hand gently, and the thin Spiritual Mist dissipated.

A Spirit Plant appeared. It was about an inch tall, looked like a Lingzhi, and was as white and lustrous as jade. At the center of its cap was a tiny, barely visible green speck of light. Wisps of Spiritual Mist, invisible to the naked eye, flowed into its body, making it look even more lustrous.

Li Changsheng rubbed his chin, his gaze fixed on the Jade Ganoderma Fruit seedling.

From the network in his mind, a wisp of life force silently vanished, and a pale green panel slowly materialized before his eyes.

[Target: Jade Ganoderma Fruit Seedling]

[Tier One Low-grade: 1%]

[Efficacy: Broaden meridians and nourish the spirit.]

[Status: Healthy.]

Li Changsheng murmured, "It actually works..."

He had only wanted to try it out, never expecting that a panel would actually appear for a Spirit Plant.

’Then why couldn’t it before?’

Li Changsheng frowned as he looked at the panel.

After watching for a moment, he suddenly realized something was off.

He turned to look at Xiaohua, his gaze fixed, then looked back at the Jade Ganoderma Fruit seedling in front of him.

A pale gold panel and a pale green one flickered back and forth in his vision.

’Pale gold, pale green...’

’Spiritual Power, life force...’

After several repetitions, Li Changsheng was certain. The reason a panel could appear for a Spirit Plant was because of the life force.

Once he understood, Li Changsheng stared at the [Tier One Low-grade: 1%] line on the Jade Ganoderma Fruit seedling’s panel. The next moment, a piece of information suddenly appeared in his mind.

[Hidden Grade Ascension: Infuse with a large amount of life force to accelerate maturation. Alternatively, create a mixture of Nourishing Vein Grass and Spirit Jade powder, bind it with life force, and cellar it for three days in a place with dense Spiritual Qi. The higher the quality, the more it will accelerate growth (by up to "one month").]

Seeing this information, a look of delighted surprise appeared on Li Changsheng’s face.

He had plenty of Spirit Jade in his storage pouch.

Nourishing Vein Grass wasn’t a rare Spirit Medicine either. It was a Tier One Middle-grade Spirit Medicine, the main ingredient for the Middle-grade Elixir, the Vessel Nourishing Pill. It had the effect of gently nourishing meridians and was often used for children who had not yet absorbed spiritual qi into their bodies.

’This Spiritual Land has just been established, I’ll need to wait a bit longer...’

’Besides, these aren’t my own Spirit Plants. I can’t be paying for Nourishing Vein Grass out of my own pocket...’

Li Changsheng calmed down, thought for a moment, then moved to start planting the spirit seeds one by one.

He worked until night fell and the bright moonlight washed over the land.

Within the Spirit Field, concealed by the thin Spiritual Mist, dozens of lustrous, jade-like Jade Ganoderma Fruit seedlings shimmered in and out of view, looking like immortal sprouts.

Li Changsheng let out a breath.

He stood up, stretched his back, and looked at the Jade Ganoderma Fruit seedlings in the field. With a slight thought, the Five Poisonous Insect Beast appeared beside him and slowly crawled into the Spirit Field, disappearing under the cover of the Spiritual Mist.

After watching the Spirit Field for a while, Li Changsheng mounted Xiaohua and, listening to its occasional grunts, hurried back toward the courtyard.

Back in the courtyard, Li Changsheng didn’t rush into the kitchen. He walked over to the Stinky Sock Tree in the corner and fixed his gaze on it.

[Target: Stinky Sock Tree]

[Ungraded: 0%]

[Efficacy: Neutralizes the odor of the Neutralizing Stinky Fern.]

[Status: Healthy.]

Li Changsheng stared at the [Ungraded: 0%] line, but after a moment, there was no reaction.

’It’s not working...?’

Li Changsheng shook his head, broke off one of its branches, and walked into the kitchen.

Two hours passed quickly.

After feeding the Spirit Beasts, Li Changsheng had a quick bite to eat, then eagerly walked to the vegetable garden at the edge of the peak.

He checked them one by one, but still, not a single plant could be enhanced.

Li Changsheng was a little disappointed. If he could enhance them, he would be able to eat Spirit Fruits and Spirit Vegetables, and could even cultivate the Spirit Flowers that Xiaobai needed for its innate magic.

Unfortunately, his Golden Finger had no reaction to ordinary items.

「Back on the third floor of the wooden house.」

Li Changsheng walked up to the wooden vat and fixed his gaze on it.

[Target: Snake Saliva Spirit Tree]

[Tier One High-grade: 7%]

[Efficacy: Gathering Spirit, Aphrodisiac, Serpent Control.]

[Status: Healthy.]

Li Changsheng stared at its grade column, and a piece of information flooded his mind.

[Hidden Grade Ascension: Water daily with the filth of ten thousand mating serpents.]

[Spirit Nurturing, Demon Transformation: Water daily with the Ten Thousand Serpent Flesh and Blood and venom.]

"Spirit Nurturing, Demon Transformation?"

Li Changsheng was dumbfounded. In a tone of disbelief, he said, "A plant turning into a demon?"