Chapter 164 – Reiki Plant Variety Improvement
Chapter 164 – Spirit Plant Variety Improvement
Yao Qing had also benefited greatly from these two missions, although the explicit gains weren’t much, he had gained more trust from the Foundation Establishment cultivators behind him.
Thus, she also had a lot of confidence in Lu Xuan and rushed over to perceive him at the first opportunity.
“Senior Sister Yao, what exactly is the matter?”
Lu Xuan asked suspiciously.
“Does Senior Brother Lu understand Spiritual Plant Variety Improvement?”
Lu Xuan shook his head, he came from a wild background, although after entering the sect, he had properly supplemented his general knowledge related to Spiritual Plants and Spiritual Beasts, he still had not accumulated enough.
For example, he had only mastered the Spirit Glow Grass and the Blood Jade Ginseng, and as for the Spirit Plant Variety Improvement, he hadn’t even touched it.
However, after cultivating and taking over so many spiritual plants, he slowly touched this level.
In the Lin Yang Square Market, due to the invasion of evil spirits, a large number of spiritual plants within the Hundred Herb Hall had produced mutations, although they were resolved by Lu Xuan’s hand.
But in hindsight, if any of the mutated spirit plants had survived, would they have become a new spirit plant?
There was also that elder sister in the sect who loved spirit fruits, due to the influence of the growing environment, the Flame Fruit planted only needed Yin Fire to nourish it, and if it went on for a long time, the effect of the spirit fruits produced should be different from the normal Flame Fruit.
In addition that hybrid ink scale auger, since demonic beasts can be hybridized to give birth to hybrid ink scale augers, does that mean that spiritual plants are easier to do?
Yao Qing saw him in this state and hurriedly explained.
“Master He recently cultivated a batch of variant spirit seeds and has already planted them, she is busy with things and has limited energy, now she needs an experienced spirit plant master to cultivate the variant spirit plants on a daily basis.
Observe the growth of the Spirit Plants, and if any abnormalities appear, report them to Master Uncle in a timely manner.”
Lu Xuan nodded and inquired to Yao Qing.
“Senior Sister Yao, am I the only one cultivating spirit plants, or are there another other fellow disciples?”
“If Senior Sister Lu agrees, you’ll be the only one, after all, the number of variant spirit plants isn’t that many, and a single spirit plant cultivator will suffice.”
“Then how about my freedom?”
Yao Qing pondered for a moment and returned.
“As long as Senior Brother Lu can cultivate those mutant spirit plants well, whatever he does at other times, Senior Uncle won’t care.”
“That’s good, I’m too lazy and accustomed to being subjected to too many constraints, please forgive me, Senior Sister.”
Lu Xuan nodded, no matter what the task was, he needed time to be able to return to his cave and cultivate and tend to the Spirit Plants, after all, that was the foundation of his current establishment.
In addition, he didn’t like being disciplined, the reason why he was able to show his level of exquisite spirit plants was because he was able to understand the detailed condition of the spirit plants after completing the procedure of ‘planting’, and it wouldn’t be good for him to exert himself if there were onlookers monitoring it all the time.
He asked Yao Qing about a few more minor details of the task, and only after making sure there were no problems did he readily agree.
After simply cleaning up the cave, the two of them each rode a spirit crane, and moments later, stopped in a beautiful mountain peak.
“Senior Lu, why don’t you need to pay spirit stones when you ride a spirit crane?”
As the two of them traveled between various exotic spirit trees, Yao Qing couldn’t help but ask out loud.
“Because I have a small friendship with the clan’s Spirit Crane colony, I don’t even want to give them Spirit Stones when I hard stuff them, and after giving them a few times, I just forget about it.”
Lu Xuan replied back, looking around, there were tall spirit trees growing everywhere.
“This is the mountain peak where Master He usually resides, Master He is good at making talismans, therefore, there are many spirit trees planted that can be used as talisman making materials.”
Yao Qing saw that Lu Xuan was a bit curious and explained.
The two soon arrived in front of a small, elegant building.
The small building was surrounded by a layer of dark green bamboo, tight and tight.
Yao Qing took out his identity nameplate and waved it in front of the bamboo, which flashed with a spiritual light and a wooden door appeared in front of the two. Entering the small courtyard, Lu Xuan saw a gentle female cultivator sitting quietly in the courtyard, the female cultivator was dressed plainly and elegantly, behind her back various exotic flowers and plants flashed faintly.
Hearing the movement of the two people coming in, the strange images behind them instantly disappeared, the dark fragrance remained, and the gentle female cultivator opened her eyes, faintly looking at the two people.
“Uncle He, this is Master Lu Xuan Lu, who has notable attainments in the path of spiritual plants.”
Yao Qing bowed and saluted, introducing Lu Xuan to the gentle female cultivator.
“Good day, Senior Uncle He.”
Lu Xuan hurriedly saluted.
“Senior nephew Lu, I’ve heard Xiao Qing mention you more than once, this time, I was going to release a mission in the Concubine Hall, and she said that you could give it a try, so she asked you to come over and take a look at it first.”
The gentle female cultivator smiled and said.
“Thanks to the love of Uncle He and Senior Sister Yao, I, Lu, will definitely do my best to cultivate and take care of those Variant Spirit Plants for Uncle He.”
“Good, I trust you.” The smile on the gentle female cultivator’s face increased.
“Let’s go to the spirit field first.”
The gentle female cultivator was in the front, while Lu Xuan and Yao Qing were in the back, weaving in and out of the sky-scraping spirit trees.
“How much does Master Nephew Lu know about Spiritual Plant Variety Improvement?”
On the way, the Wen Wan female cultivator opened her mouth to ask.
“Not a lot, please also ask senior uncle to explain.”
“There are two main methods of improvement, one is to stimulate the inside of the seed through special means during the seed’s gestation or storage stage, inducing it to change, thus cultivating a new variety of spirit plant.”
“The other, is during the growth process of the spirit plant, by changing their spiritual environment, growth conditions, and so on, so that the spirit plant continuously adapts and slowly adjusts, and the plant produces new changes.”
“Both of these cultivation methods require the consumption of a large amount of spirit seeds or spirit plants, even if I’m at the mid Foundation Establishment realm now, there’s no way I can manage to experiment on a regular basis.”
“Moreover, the changes produced after the stimulation of the spirit seeds are all unknown, you’re not sure how the new spirit plant needs to be cultivated, what grade of spirit plant you’ll get after cultivation and maturity, what effects it will have, etc.”
“Often times, the spirit seed will have an all-or-nothing effect, or the effect of the cultivated spirit plant will be far lower than expected, much worse than the original spirit plant.”
“As for using all sorts of extreme means to stimulate the spirit plant to produce changes, it would easily lead to the spirit plant itself being greatly damaged, again requiring strong financial resources to support it.”
The gentle female cultivator patiently explained.
“Many thanks, Senior Uncle.”
Lu Xuan nodded, his insides churning.
“The first stimulating spirit seed doesn’t seem to be a problem for me, as long as the seed is planted, I’ll know its grade, efficacy, and cultivation method, and I can directly sift out those low grade or even ineffective spirit seeds without wasting my energy on them.”
“As for the second, that’s even less of a problem, extreme means to cause damage to the spirit plant, I can grasp the extent of the damage through the instant state of the spirit plant, even if the damage is severe, I can make a targeted treatment.”
“In that case, I’m quite suitable for spirit plant variety improvement.”
Lu Xuan nodded secretly.
“But the biggest problem is that there are no spirit stones!”
A skillful woman could not cook without rice, and with this small amount of his wealth, if he really invested it into Spirit Plant Variety Improvement, the waves would probably not even have a single one.
(End of chapter)