Chapter 65

There are countless thin roots growing under each red ginseng. In Gu Fan's hands, each thin root can be cultivated into a red ginseng plant.

When all the roots were transplanted into the soil, Gu Fan and his companions retreated to the entrance of the medicine field. Gu Fan made a hand gesture in his mind and performed the Rooting Technique and the Spiritual Rain Technique one after another.

The rooting technique was manifested underground. Fenghuo and the others could not see the effect of this technique. However, when the drizzle fell on the ground, a hint of green slowly stretched out from the dark brown soil, tender and fragile, yet tenacious and upward.

Casting spiritual rain once is equivalent to the natural growth of herbs for a month.

The red ginseng stock in Gu Fan's hands is enough for her to refine for two or three months. When the stock is used up, this batch of red ginseng can be used, and the quantity will be more sufficient.

"Fanfan, wood-type mutants can also increase the growth rate of plants. Can we ask them for help in the future?" Meng Lianying asked.

Gu Fan explained, "The Spiritual Rain Technique actually mobilizes both wood and water elements simultaneously. It's a technique developed by countless immortal cultivators. It can accelerate the maturation of herbs without affecting their medicinal properties. Simply utilizing wood-based abilities, or even combining both wood and water-based abilities, may not achieve the same effect as the Spiritual Rain Technique."

Qing Teng: "With so many medicinal fields, wouldn't it be hard for you to take care of them all by yourself?"

Gu Fan smiled and said, "Taking care of them is very simple. I'm at Fairy Peak, and casting it once every morning doesn't consume much spiritual energy. When I'm not around, they grow naturally under the right conditions, so it won't have any impact."

Xinghe: "It's almost six o'clock, let's go eat first."

Gu Fan and Lu Ya followed Xinghe and the other three to the new villa not far from the medicinal field.

The Chinese-style courtyard has antique decoration inside, and of course, the kitchen is still a modern kitchen.

Fenghuo and Qingteng went to prepare dinner together.

Gu Fan sat on the sofa and asked about the recent situation of Xinghe and the other three.

Xinghe said, "Young Master Lu will be guarding the gate for you up there. Besides keeping an eye on the construction workers on Fairy Peak, we'll go help rebuild the base when we have time. Now that all the construction on Fairy Peak is complete and you've come out of seclusion, the four of us are ready to take on mercenary missions again."

Gu Fan glanced at Lu Ya and said, "For the next year or so, I will focus on refining the bone-renewing pill. The list of names has been compiled, and my reputation as a medicine-refining expert has also been spread. I can't keep them waiting too long."

If she delays for too long, people will think she is a charlatan or a liar.

Xinghe smiled and said, "Just focus on refining the elixir. The four of us can take care of ourselves and won't take on any missions that are beyond our capabilities."

After building his foundation, Gu Fan's overall strength far surpassed theirs. They were no longer suitable to do missions together. After all, for tasks that were within Gu Fan's ability, the four of them could not help. For tasks that were within the team's ability, it would be a waste of Gu Fan's talent to go.

Xinghe believed that once Gu Fan had refined this batch of pills, she would have her own path.

Today's dinner is both a celebration for Gu Fan's release from confinement and a farewell dinner for Xinghe and the other three before they depart.

As long as the clearance plan is not completed, how can human beings have real leisure time?

It was past ten o'clock in the evening when Gu Fancai and Lu Ya walked out of the villa.

There is a bright moon in the night sky, but most of its light is blocked by the swaying shadows of the trees.

Gu Fan had been in seclusion for so long, and was not in a hurry to go back, so he chose to walk.

Lu Ya accompanied her.

Gu Fan asked him, "I've been concentrating on refining pills for over a year. Do you have any plans?"

The life of a cultivator is actually quite monotonous and boring. It's either cultivation or experience, always striving for the goal of reaching a higher level. It's true that Gu Fan likes Lu Ya and is willing to be his lifelong companion, but that doesn't mean she will be like an ordinary Earth girl, staying with Lu Ya from now on, accompanying him whenever he entertains, sleeping when he sleeps, and even neglecting her cultivation.

Lu Ya naturally doesn't need such a Gu Fan, he also has his own responsibilities.

"There are many things to deal with during the base reconstruction. I won't leave the base for six months. After that, I'll go on some missions on my own. I'll come back when you're almost done with your work."

Gu Fan was curious: "What mission are you going to do? Gather supplies?"

Lu Ya: "It's not a specific mission. The Jiangnan base will focus on defending the city in the next few years and recuperating. The base has three S-level experts guarding it. The beast tide won't appear again in the short term. There's nothing for me to do here. Why not go and explore the several cities in the southwest by myself? It will also be a reference for the future implementation of the clearance plan."

Gu Fan understood. In short, Lu Ya just couldn't sit still. If there was an army, he would lead the army to clear out the monsters. If there was no army, he would kill the monsters himself. In any case, it was better than staying in the base and wasting time.

As they were talking, the two of them unknowingly walked to the bottom of Gu Fan's cave.

Gu Fan summoned his flying sword.

Lu Ya stepped over and naturally put his arms around her waist.

During the time they flew up to the cave, Lu Ya simply held her in his circle. When they reached the cave entrance and landed, Lu Ya took advantage of the situation and pressed Gu Fan against the nearby mountain wall. In the shadow where the moonlight could not reach, he leaned over and approached her.

He likes her, and they are both busy. Since his feelings are clear, why should he restrain himself or waste time that could be spent together?

Maybe one day she will go into seclusion forever, and maybe we won’t see each other again for another thirty or fifty years.

"If I do this, will you blame me for disturbing your practice?"

No one knew better than Lu Ya that on those nights when others were sleeping, Gu Fan was either refining pills or practicing, almost never stopping.

Maybe she is not very talented, maybe she is timid and cautious, but her heart has always been firm.

How could Gu Fan be surprised? She had lived alone for over a hundred years, and this was the first time someone had shown interest in her, and it touched her heart.

This is her destiny. She has so much time to practice that she doesn't mind and even enjoys wasting it.

Lu Ya would rather she could have the best of both.

"I remember you said that mortals also have Yuan Yang, which can be used by cultivators to improve their cultivation."

Gu Fan's consciousness, which had been confused by him, was suddenly cleared up by those two words.

She scolded him in a low voice: "That's witchcraft."

She just didn't have much of an ambition, but she also considered herself decent, so she wouldn't do that, especially to her fellow Taoist.

Although Lu Ya didn't understand what cultivation was all about, he had his own guesses: "Indulgence in sexual activity is harmful to the body, but normal sexual intercourse between husband and wife will only contribute to good health. The same should apply to ginseng cultivation."

Gu Fan suddenly thought of the dual cultivation technique between normal Taoist couples.

There are many Taoist companions in the world of cultivation, but they are not very stable. Some Taoist companions may change their hearts and find another one, while others may find another one because one of them dies. In short, the practice of dual cultivation with Taoist companions is as common as dust removal for cultivators, and basically every sect will provide this kind of spell to their disciples for free.

Gu Fan also tried to find out out of curiosity.

It's actually quite simple. The union of man and woman is the union of yin and yang, and crucial moments naturally involve the release of primordial yang and yin, just as common as breathing. Dual cultivation involves a couple absorbing each other's released energy to enhance their own cultivation, while cai bu (collection and replenishment) involves unilateral absorption.

There are two situations in Cai Bu. If a person only collects and replenishes the part that normally leaks out of the other party, it is just the recycling of vital energy and does not cause any harm to the other party. If the person who collects and replenishes is greedy, not only collects and replenishes the part that normally leaks out, but also collects and replenishes the other person's foundation, it will hurt the other person's vital energy and even cause death from vital energy depletion.

The strength of a psychic depends on the level of the crystal core and combat skills. A psychic can control elements but cannot absorb and utilize them.

Therefore, if Gu Fan and Lu Ya sleep together, Lu Ya can only enjoy the happiness of a worldly couple, but Gu Fan can make use of the vital energy that he reveals.

It’s a waste if you don’t use it, so why waste it?

Gu Fan told Lu Ya the principle behind it.

Lu Ya smiled and said, "Then don't waste it."

It is clearly a very impure thing, but he actually talks about it as if it were material exploitation.

Gu Fan drooped his eyelashes, feeling warmed by his words. His voice softened as well. "I've never practiced dual cultivation before, but it's said that for a couple, the benefits of dual cultivation are most noticeable only during their first practice. Unless the intervals between practices are too long, the benefits gained from frequent dual cultivation are about the same as those gained through ordinary practice. Of course, if the couple's realms are vastly different, the one with the lower cultivation level will benefit more significantly."

"This is my first time, and I don't know if the essence of an S-class psychic will be of any use to you."

He didn't know, and Gu Fan didn't know either. After all, they were not in the same cultivation system.

"Try it." Lu Ya whispered in her ear, "The opportunity has come. Just focus on nourishing your body and don't worry about me."

Gu Fan closed his eyes as he was carried to the bunk bed in the training room.

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In the cave halfway up the mountain, moonlight sprinkled down continuously, and the evening breeze blew continuously through the cave entrance, causing the leaves of the pot of red flowers to sway. Occasionally, the swing was so strong that people worried that the slender stem would be broken, but it was always a close call.

The practice room was inside, with no windows and no wind, yet the low-hanging curtains moved without wind.

A love affair suddenly appeared in the middle of the immortal journey. Although Gu Fan was moved, she had known Lu Ya for so long and had never forgotten that she was a cultivator, nor had she slacked off in her cultivation. Only on this night, she forgot where she came from and what kind of skills she was practicing. There was only Lu Ya in her eyes, and in her mind were only the waves he had caused.

When the storm subsided and Gu Fanmang was sighing that she could finally take a rest, a surge of powerful energy suddenly rushed towards her.

Her consciousness regained a bit of clarity, and before Gu Fan was fully awake, her instinct had already prompted her to practice the technique of collecting and replenishing energy.

Any living thing is the result of the nurturing of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Although human vitality cannot be driven by it, it is a hundred times more refined than the external spiritual energy. After all, vitality supports a person's life for decades or even hundreds of years.

The vast vital energy continuously poured into Gu Fan's dantian. The dantian, which was already filled with spiritual liquid, would not expand anymore. So the vital energy was tempered along Gu Fan's bones, blood, tendons and veins, and finally gathered into the dantian, making the brilliant spiritual liquid more condensed.

Gu Fan clearly saw that his realm had rapidly improved.

However, the majestic vital energy showed no signs of stopping.

Is this how an S-level psychic replenishes his vital energy?

Gu Fan looked inward with her spiritual sense and could see the Yuan Yang that was being attracted to her like a storm. She then determined that this was indeed leaked from Lu Ya and had not connected to his root.

To be on the safe side, Gu Fan pushed Lu Ya away.

She couldn't speak, couldn't open her eyes, she just made such an infinitely gentle gesture out of concern, so gentle that if Lu Ya didn't want to leave, she would have no choice.

Fortunately, he followed her wishes.

Lu Ya is gone, but the Yuanyang storm is still there.

Gu Fan no longer had any worries and concentrated on refining the technique. As for the rest, he would deal with it after she woke up.