Chapter 44: The Untold Secret
Chapter 44: The Unspeakable Secret
“Second grade spirit plant?”
Hearing what the thin old man said, Lu Xuan couldn’t help but sit up straight with a serious expression.
“That’s right, the Second Grade Clear Miraculous Spirit Tea Seedling, the tea leaves picked after maturity have the effect of clearing the heart and being wise, and to a certain extent, it can resist many types of evil spirits infesting contamination, and it is extremely popular with high level cultivators in the middle stage of qi cultivation.”
“I have six seedlings in my hand, three of them had to be given to other Spiritual Planters in the Hall, and the remaining three, if you are willing, can be given to you at a low price.”
“Of course I’m willing.”
Lu Xuan hurriedly agreed.
“Many thanks, Elder He, for leaving such a chance to me.”
He got up and bowed his thanks to the thin old man.
“This is all earned by yourself, if it wasn’t for the fact that you were able to steadily grow high quality spirit plants, I wouldn’t have given them to you.”
Steward He looked at Lu Xuan, and a trace of satisfaction showed in his eyes.
“There’s still a little problem to confirm before handing them over to you?”
“The spiritual field you have is still keeping up with the concentration of spiritual qi and the area, right? The Clear Miracle Spirit Tea is rather overbearing, no other spirit plants are allowed to appear around it, and the demand for spiritual qi is relatively high.”
“No problem.”
Lu Xuan replied firmly.
There was still a small spare area left in the spiritual field in the courtyard, planting three Second Grade Spiritual Plants shouldn’t be much of a problem, the spiritual qi was also much thicker and purer than the spiritual field at the very beginning, and there was a Spiritual Spring to irrigate it.
More importantly, one can always grasp the state of the spirit plant, and be able to make subtle adjustments according to its needs and fulfill them to the fullest.
With all these factors accumulating, growing three Second Grade Spirit Plants was naturally no big deal.
“It’s good that there aren’t any, just wait here for a moment, I’ll be right back.”
Hundred Herb Hall’s inner courtyard.
Inside a spacious and bright house, three Spiritual Planters were sitting on wooden chairs, moving around from time to time, it was evident that their moods were not too calm.
“Why is this Steward He so stubborn? The three Clear Myriad Spirit Tea seedlings, just keep holding on to them.”
“Fellow Daoist Zhou, calm down, there aren’t many in the Hundred Herb Hall that are more suitable for growing the Clear Myriad Spirit Tea than us.”
“That’s right, we have been working with the Hundred Herb Hall for many years, and we are all experienced in cultivating spirit plants, so if we don’t give it to us, who else can we give it to? That Steward He is just waiting for the price and wants to get some benefits.”
The three consoled each other and took a sip of the already cooled spirit tea in their teacups, forcing their composure.
Not long after, Steward He entered the house.
“Elder He!” *3
The three of them rose in unison and greeted warmly.
“The three Fellow Daoists might as well go back, I told you guys a long time ago that there’s already a suitable candidate for the Cleansing Miraculous Spirit Tea, so why do you guys have to make things difficult for me?”
When the three heard this, their faces stared.
After a long time, a middle-aged cultivator with dark skin inquired to Steward He.
“I don’t know which Spirit Plant Master Steward He plans to give the Clear Myriad Spirit Tea to? Could it be Old Shen from the Western District? Although he is experienced, he is already old and weak, so I’m afraid it will be difficult for him to successfully grow the Spirit Tea out.”
“No, it’s a teenager, less than twenty years old, rich and strong.”
“Pfft!”
A nearby cultivator couldn’t help but spray the herbal tea in his mouth that he hadn’t swallowed yet.
“Elder He, could it be that you’re senile? Handing over such an important second-grade spirit plant to a teenager who is less than twenty years old?”
“Wouldn’t there be no return, losing three second grade spirit plant seedlings for nothing?”
The thin old man sniffed and laughed coldly.
“You three, you’ve been working with the Hundred Herb Hall for a short period of time, can you tell me how many years you’ve been planting spirit plants?”
“Twenty years.”
“I want two years less, eighteen years.”
“The district is not talented, it has been twenty-five years.”
The last cultivator said with a smile on his face and self-respect. “Then how many high-quality mature spirit grasses can be obtained when planting the Spirit Glow Grass, which is the most in demand in the Hundred Herb Hall?”
“I’ve roughly counted it before, with the Spirit Glow Grass planted out, there are about thirty percent of ordinary quality, about fifty percent of good quality, and the remaining for twenty percent of superior quality.”
The other two spoke out results that were similar to his.
“What about perfect quality?”
Steward He asked leisurely.
“How can a perfect quality one be that simple, the requirements for the Spiritual Planter as well as the Spiritual Field’s aura are too high, it’s a completely unattainable thing for the casual Spiritual Planter.”
“Is that so?”
The thin old man skimmed his lips.
“But that teenager, who has been in contact with cultivating spiritual plants for less than three years, recently brought over less than forty Spirit Glow Grasses, the lowest of which were of good quality, and there were even eight perfect quality ones.”
“How can that be?!”
The dark middle-aged cultivator blurted out, his tone shocked.
“How is it impossible? All the Spirit Glow Herbs were personally inspected by me, do you mean my eyesight is faulty?”
Steward He frowned slightly, his words sharp.
The dark middle-aged cultivator’s lips mumbled a few times, and in the end, he didn’t utter a rebuttal.
What Steward He said under his breath was too unbelievable for him, he himself was a Spirit Plant Master who had been planting for more than twenty years, and knew how rare it was to plant a perfect quality Spirit Plant.
And that teenager, with a mere thirty-odd Spirit Glow Grasses, even eight perfect quality plants had appeared, which made him how to accept it for a moment.
However, Steward He’s words were so solid and full of energy that he had to believe it.
The three of them looked at each other, all of them could see each other’s doubts and helplessness.
“I wonder if Steward He can introduce that Spiritual Planter Junior to us.”
One of them lowered his head and asked.
“He’s in the Hundred Herb Hall right now, if you guys have any doubts, you can go and see for yourselves.”
Seeing the attitude of the three, Steward He knew that they already believed most of them, so he had the idea of introducing Lu Xuan to the three to get to know them a bit, so that he could make friends with a few more fellow Spiritual Planters.
Hearing this, the three of them scrambled into the hall, noticing at a glance the old and handsome-looking young man at the edge of the wooden cabinet.
“May I ask if Your Excellency is Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan?”
The dark middle-aged cultivator came to the teenager’s side, bowing and asking.
“That’s right, it is precisely me.”
Lu Xuan said as he returned the bow.
“Truly a dragon and phoenix among men, to be able to grow a perfect quality Spirit Glow Grass that makes sense.”
The middle-aged cultivator swept through the wooden cabinet, and at a glance, the last trace of hesitation in his heart vanished when he saw more than twenty Spirit Glow Grasses of excellent quality.
“Overpraise, overpraise, it was just a fluke, I still have to ask you all for advice on how to grow spirit plants.”
The sedan chair was carried by everyone, Lu Xuan politely replied back.
The three of them looked at each other, a bitter smile surfacing at the corners of their mouths.
“Fellow Daoist Lu don’t make fun of us, you’re a Spirit Plant Master who grows perfect quality, where else do you need to ask us for advice.”
One of them hesitated and asked in a small voice.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, at the risk of asking, how exactly did you grow the Perfect Quality Spirit Glow Grass?”
“How do you grow perfect quality Spirit Glow Grass?”
Lu Xuan’s face showed a difficult expression as he gently rubbed his right thumb with his index finger, which eventually turned into a sigh.
“This is an unspoken secret, it’s really not very convenient to inform others.”
(End of chapter)