Chapter 349 – The Difficulty of the Dan Formula
Chapter 349 – The Difficulty of the Dan Formula
In the Spirit Field.
The last remaining four Hidden Yuan Grasses had fully matured, and Lu Xuan picked them one by one.
[Harvested one Third Grade Hidden Yuan Grass, obtained Third Grade Foundation Establishment Dan.] *2
[Harvested one Third Grade Hidden Yuan Grass, obtaining the Third Grade Foundation Establishment Pill formula.] *2
[Harvest one plant of the third-grade Hidden Yuan Grass and obtain the third-grade treasure Nascent Soul Grass Bead.] *2
The rewards opened by the four clusters of light appeared one after another in Lu Xuan’s hands or in his mind.
At this point, the Hidden Yuan Grasses that the Dan Palace had commissioned him to plant had all matured.
None of the twenty Hidden Yuan Grasses had been broken, with a 100% survival rate, thirteen of which were of ordinary quality, six of which were of good quality, and to his surprise, he had also harvested a superior quality Hidden Yuan Grass.
Lu Xuan speculated that it might be the result of careful cultivation in the early and late stages of the plant’s growth.
In the twenty white light clusters, twelve Third Grade Foundation Establishment Dan, five Foundation Establishment Dan Formula Experience Packs, and three Third Grade Nascent Soul Grass Beads were opened out.
The five Foundation Establishment Dan formula experience packs made his level of refining Foundation Establishment Dan reach the proficient level, which was worth the experience of other ordinary alchemists who had been immersed in this for decades.
Of the three Nascent Soul Grass Beads, one was fed to the Grass Puppet, and the other two were put away to use the Spirit Beads to replenish the Grass Spirit Qi when the Green Wood Source Qi in his dantian was depleted.
“It will still take a short time for the Five Elements Fruit to mature, these twenty Hidden Origin Grasses can barely deliver to the Dan Palace.”
When teaching the outer disciples the experience of cultivating spiritual plants, an alchemist who was holding a class at the same time at that time became interested in his level of spiritual plants, thus entrusting him to cultivate the Hidden Yuan Grass and the Five Elements Fruit on behalf of the Dan Palace, with the spiritual seeds being provided by the Dan Palace.
Getting the Spirit Seeds for free, and gleaning a light cluster reward along the way, Lu Xuan naturally accepted with pleasure.
He took out a summoning talisman and contacted the Dan Palace’s Alchemist named Guan Ivana, making an appointment with the time and place in two or three.
After making sure, Lu Xuan estimated the time and rode the Wind Falcon to the Dan Palace.
“Senior Brother Lu, you’re here.”
A yellow-shirted woman with a mid Foundation Establishment cultivation level waited quietly at the entrance, and the moment she saw Lu Xuan, she instantly floated over and said in a soft tone.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, Senior Sister Guan still looks the same.”
Lu Xuan smiled and returned the salute.
The two entered the Dan Hall.
Led by Guan Ivana, Lu Xuan entered a simple and elegant room.
The room was burning with unknown thread incense with a rich aroma, and there was a huge weird Dan furnace right in the center.
“Senior Sister Guan, these are the twenty Hidden Yuan Grasses that you entrusted me to cultivate earlier, please take a look.”
After the two of them chatted for a while, Lu Xuan took out all the Hidden Yuan Grasses from his storage bag and floated them in front of Guan Ivana.
Guan Ivana’s Spiritual Sense swept through them briefly and was instantly enlightened.
“All twenty Hidden Yuan Grasses have matured, and by the looks of it, they seem to be of pretty good quality, Senior Brother Lu has worked hard during this period of time.”
She said softly, picking up one of the Hidden Yuan Grasses and inspecting it carefully.
“Good quality Hidden Yuan Grass, Senior Brother Lu deserves to be a Spirit Plant Master at the forefront of the sect.”
Guan Ivana spoke out in admiration.
“Huh? There’s also a top quality one!”
Her mouth opened slightly and she exclaimed in surprise.
She was able to go out and teach the outer disciples alchemy experience, so she naturally had an extremely high status in the alchemy path, and was also aware of the difficulty of obtaining a top-grade third-grade spirit plant.
Many alchemists in the Dan Palace had personally cultivated the spirit medicines for refining the Foundation Establishment Dan, but with their focus on cultivation and alchemy, they naturally wouldn’t put too much effort into cultivating the spirit plants anymore.
When it came time to harvest, there would often be inferior quality plants, and even a slight accident would cause the plants to wither and die.
It is difficult to achieve a 100% survival rate, and the inferior plants planted will also reduce the rate of pills when making pills.
If you give the clan’s spirit plant to cultivate for you, the survival rate of the spirit plant will increase a lot, but after all, it is a third-grade spirit plant, it is difficult to cultivate, and the quality of the plant after it matures is mostly ordinary, with the occasional good quality or inferior quality.
At least Guan Ivana hasn’t witnessed any of the top quality ones.
The higher the quality of the spirit plant, the higher the rate of success when refining pills, and the better the quality of the pills.
Lu Xuan’s twenty Hidden Yuan Grasses were not only all mature, but none of them were inferior, and there were even several plants that were good and above good.
How could Guan Ivana not be satisfied with this!
The smile on her face grew even bigger, and her gaze towards Lu Xuan had a few more points of softness in it. “According to the previous agreement, if you successfully cultivate a plant of Hidden Yuan Grass, give ten sword seals to Senior Brother Lu as a reward.”
“There is another reward for high quality, twenty sword seals per plant for good quality, and another ten sword seals for superior quality.”
“Twenty plants of Hidden Yuan Grass, a total of two hundred and eighty sword seals, Senior Brother Lu, you check the number of sword seals.”
As Guan Ivana said, a small pile of sword seals floated in front of Lu Xuan.
“There is no problem with the number.”
Lu Xuan’s Spiritual Sense swept through and confirmed.
Guan Ivana looked at Lu Xuan with a smile as he collected the sword seal.
Although the reward paid for the twenty Hidden Yuan Grasses was going to be more than before, she couldn’t wait for it to be so.
After all, more sword seals meant better quality Hidden Yuan Grass, which was extremely precious to alchemists.
Lu Xuan received the sword seals and was equally satisfied.
Two hundred and eighty Sword Marks, the value was already equivalent to a Fourth Grade Spirit Seed, it wasn’t worth the hard work he had put into cultivating it over this period of time.
Not to mention, the numerous Foundation Establishment Pills, Dan Formula Experience Packs, and Nascent Soul Grass Beads that were opened in the light cluster.
The Dan Palace won, Lu Xuan won big.
“May I ask Senior Brother Lu, if he is willing to continue this partnership with the Dan Palace?”
Guan Ivana asked tentatively as she put away the Hidden Yuan Grass.
“Of course I am willing!”
Lu Xuan didn’t hesitate in the slightest.
“I’m a person with nothing else, but I like to deal with flowers and plants, beasts and birds, insects and fish.”
“If Senior Sister asked me to explore a certain secret realm and hunt some kind of demonic beasts and evil spirits I might still have a hard time, but if I were to cultivate spiritual plants, that would be a no-brainer.”
Lu Xuan continued to solidify his persona as an ordinary Spirit Plant Master.
“Good, given the good cultivation results of Senior Brother you this time, I will apply to the Elders of the Dan Palace for more varieties of Spiritual Plants to be given to you, Senior Brother.”
“It’s just that the Spirit Plant Spirit Seeds still need to be prepared and coordinated by the Si Nong Hall, and in a few days, the Spirit Seeds will be delivered to Senior Brother’s residence.”
“Then, thank you, Senior Sister Guan.”
Lu Xuan said with sincere gratitude.
“Right, Senior Sister, the newly provided Spirit Seed or the materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill?”
“That’s right, with the high demand for Foundation Establishment Pills and the difficulty in refining them, there’s more demand for the corresponding high-grade spirit plants.”
“Will the leakage of refining related spirit plants lead to the Foundation Establishment Pill formula being researched by other cultivators?”
“It’s not that simple.”
A hint of a proud look surfaced on Guan Ivana’s face.
“There are quite a few cultivators, clans, and small sects in the world that know the materials needed to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, but none of them are able to do so.”
“The first threshold is the inability to quantitatively cultivate the corresponding spirit medicines, after all, there are quite a few third-grade spirit plants in the refining materials, so it’s not something that can just be cultivated.”
“Further on, there are various thresholds, the most important of which is the inability to know the specific Dan formula.”
“It would also be impossible to know how to handle the spirit medicine, the portion of spirit medicine to put in, the main and auxiliary of the spirit medicine, the control of the dan fire, the timing of taking the dan, and so on.”
“The Dan formula is what makes it most difficult for other cultivators to refine a Foundation Establishment Dan.”
Guan Ivana said with a solemn expression.
Lu Xuan nodded in agreement, secretly slandering in his heart.
“Is it hard to get the Dan formula? Isn’t it just a matter of planting various Spirit Plants and opening the light cluster to obtain it?”
(End of chapter)