Chapter 303 Amethyst Bee

Ji An casually released a healing spell, and green light enveloped the rock rat.

The beast's gray fur turned green, and grass sprouted from its body. Small white, pink, and blue flowers bloomed among the grass, and a faint fragrance wafted through the stone house.

Then, the flowers withered and the grass died, and the strange phenomenon vanished like a dream, leaving only a faint fragrance lingering in the air.

"The second level of the manifestation of Dharma intent, junior brother, you have impressive skills!"

"I never imagined you'd mastered the Rejuvenation Technique to such a level; it's like carrying half a Profound Origin Rejuvenation Pill with you at all times."

Chu Huaige praised, "The burgeoning Dharma energy just now felt like being in the spring when all things are sprouting."

Ji An grinned, thinking to himself, "How can you flatter me so much? You're lying through your teeth."

If the effects of the spell are comparable to the Profound Origin Rejuvenation Pill, are all those hundreds-of-years-old medicinal materials used in refining the pill just herbs?

"Senior brother, you flatter me too much. If I can become a Nascent Soul cultivator, perhaps I can reach the level you mentioned."

He felt a little embarrassed by the other party's exaggerated praise.

He handed over the Earth Rat and said:

What's the next step?

Chu Huaige stuffed the healed demon beast into his spirit beast pouch and laughed:

"Of course, I'll be teleported to Ningcui Cliff. Things here are settled, and I should leave now."

Thank you so much for your hospitality these past two days, junior brother. I'll definitely stop by again whenever I happen to be in your area.

He skillfully replaced the spirit stones that had lost most of their spiritual energy and stepped into the center of the magic circle:

"Junior brother, let's go take a look over there."

“Alright,” Ji An took out the gift box, “There are a few spiritual fruits produced in Crimson Flame Peak inside, for you to try, Senior Brother.”

"Then I'll shamelessly accept it."

Chu Huaige put the gift box into his storage bag and said:

"The teleportation is very smooth. If you feel any turbulence when you activate the teleportation array, please stop using it immediately and let me know."

One more thing, I will report the mission completion status to the Diligent Work Hall, and they will send someone to check on it then. Junior Brother, you don't have any plans to go out these next few days, do you?

Ji An stepped into the magic circle. "No, I will stay at Crimson Flame Peak."

As he spoke, he activated the magic array. A flash of white light appeared before his eyes, and when he came to his senses, he was already standing in front of his master.

Chu Huaige took his leave and, after seeing him off, Ge Ying smiled and said:

"Come on, show me around, and I'll show you the medicinal garden in Ningcui Cliff."

With the teleportation array completed, she had nothing left to worry about.

In a few years, she will hand over the entire place to her disciples to manage, and she can then enjoy the last moments of her life in peace.

"Okay, how many sect medicine gardens are there at Ningcui Cliff?"

Ji An asked, although he had stayed at Ningcui Cliff for several years, he lived a simple life between two points and had hardly ever gone out for leisure.

The herb gardens are located at nodes of spiritual veins and are scattered throughout the vast mountains.

Because only the spiritual fields near the spiritual vein nodes have the highest quality, and even if no one takes care of them, they can maintain the normal growth of spiritual herbs.

The reason why the sect did not establish a medicine garden on Crimson Flame Peak is not only because the intense golden fire spiritual energy is not suitable, but also because the spiritual vein node is located inside the mountain, and the range of the node's radiation is not large, so its development value is low.

Of course, there aren't that many high-level spirit farmers in charge.

"There are four in total. The core node of Ningcui Cliff is a mid-grade second-tier node, and the sect's main spiritual vein has reached a high-grade second-tier node after its upgrade."

In a few years, the planted medicinal herbs will mature one after another, and at that time all four herb gardens will be planted with medicinal herbs used by the Chaoyuanji cultivators.

The herb garden in the cave is the core area; you've been there before. Now I'll take you to see the other three herb gardens.

Ji An hurriedly took out the flying shuttle and, under his master's guidance, arrived at the waterfall halfway up the mountain.

Ge Ying unleashed her magic and flew up, saying, "The other node is here; there's no place for the flying shuttle to stop."

Ji An put away the flying shuttle and asked in surprise:

"Is the herb garden behind the waterfall? Do we need to go through the waterfall?"

This is definitely a waterfall cave.

Ge Ying nodded slightly, her hands forming hand seals as she activated the magical restrictions.

The waterfall splits into two, revealing a cave opening more than four feet wide and ten feet high, with the surrounding rock walls covered in moss.

"A high-level water-repelling bead is embedded at the entrance. When the mimicry array is activated, the waterfall will split."

The two entered the passage, and Ge Ying continued her introduction:

"This place was originally planted with aquatic spiritual plants such as the Azure Lotus, but it will be replaced with medicinal herbs such as the Gui Water Lingzhi in the future."

Ji An raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled:

"I originally thought that the sect would not grow water-based spiritual herbs, but now I think they should grow quite a few of these kinds of spiritual herbs."

Cultivators in the Chaoyuan stage have a need for elixirs of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Based on this, it can be inferred that the spiritual herbs in the sect's medicine garden should contain all five elements.

The passage was not long, only three or four zhang (approximately 10-12 meters), and its ceiling was inlaid with a large number of fingernail-sized luminous pearls, resembling stars under the night sky.

The further you go in, the narrower the passage becomes. After passing through, it suddenly opens up into a karst cave located on the mountainside, with a large pool below.

Water droplets occasionally fell, producing a pleasant and ethereal sound.

A green lotus seedpod, emitting a faint spiritual light, grows in his hand, interspersed with clusters of blue spiritual herbs.

Ge Ying gestured with her hand and smiled:

"This is the smallest medicinal herb garden, and it also produces thousand-year-old stalactites, only a dozen or so drops a year."

All I need to do here is use the Spring Breeze and Rain Technique. I'll use it once a day; you can assess the situation after you take over.

The disciple is already a cultivator at the Chaoyuan stage, and is better able to control the rhythm of casting spells than she is.

Ji An nodded slightly. With his perfected Cloud Dragon Rain Technique, once every two days would be enough.

"Let's go check out the other two."

The two gardens are planted with wood and fire elemental plants.

The earth and metal elemental spiritual plants in the sect are cultivated by Junior Brother Lin Mao, who has a remarkable aptitude for earth elemental magic.

The two flew around Ningcui Cliff once, and after visiting the herb garden, returned to their cave at the top of the mountain.

Ge Ying opened the magic barrier and entered the medicine garden of the core spiritual vein node. "To enter these medicine gardens, you need to carry an array token and know the control incantation."

The main array tablet is kept by the Diligent Work Hall; I possess the secondary tablet. Once you officially take over Ningcui Cliff, we will need to conduct a handover.

"clear."

The two of them used their magic to fly over the field of spiritual herbs and stopped in front of the stone wall covered with green vines at the innermost part of the field.

Ge Ying opened the magical barrier, revealing a cave entrance filled with stone steps, and asked:

"Do you remember the precautions I mentioned before?"

“Of course I remember,” Ji An nodded. “We can’t fly using air; we can only walk up on solid ground.”

"Yes, you have to step on every single step."

The passage was rather narrow, and the two walked up one after the other, passing through the light curtain to reach the platform.

Ji An saw several great tits hopping in the air above his head, wondering if any of them were among the ones he had seen before.

The two spirit peach trees still stood tall. On the thickest tree, there were only a few bright red peaches hanging sparsely, but almost all the leaves on the tree had fallen off.

"These top-grade spiritual herbs will mature next year. There are eight fruits in total, and they will be ready for harvest next year."

Normally, it can bear twelve fruits.

Ge Ying felt quite sad, and she said softly:

“I have been looking after this spirit peach tree for 120 years. Its life is coming to an end, and so am mine.”

The atmosphere was somewhat heavy. Ji An opened his mouth, but ultimately didn't say anything.

At this moment, all words of comfort seemed pale and powerless, and Master's life had reached its final stage.

A purple bee, as thick as a finger, buzzed by, its presence irrelevant to the monk's grief.

Ge Ying's mood improved somewhat, and she pointed to the lush and verdant spirit peach tree, finally revealing a slight smile:

"This spirit peach has been cultivated to a superior level, which is the happiest thing for me."

In my private herb garden, there is also a mid-grade second-tier spirit peach, which I will leave to the sect after my passing.”

She talked on and on, sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and Ji An listened quietly, occasionally chiming in with a few words.

After a long while, Ge Ying gently shook her head, "When people get old, they start to talk more without realizing it."

Ji An smiled gently, "Master, please feel free to talk more, I love to hear it."

"Hehe, when did you learn to talk like that?"

Ge Ying chuckled, pointed to the bees flying around, and said:

"Crimson Flame Peak also has a peach orchard now, but the White Jade Bees prefer to collect nectar from the flowers of the Wood Spirit Plants."

I've successfully bred a Queen Amethyst Bee. Take the Queen Amethyst Bee and its eggs back with you; otherwise, it'll be a waste if the Fire-elemental Spirit Plant blooms later.

She walked to the beehive, took out a pale purple pupa, and said:

"Insert a blood pact."

"Thank you, Master. You are so thoughtful. I have been too busy these past few years and have neglected this."

Ji An bowed in thanks, then used the Golden Light Technique to prick his finger, forcing out blood to cast the Blood Pact.

The blood formed a complex pattern in the air, swirling down and enveloping the surging blood.

The blood pact seeped into it, and after a dozen breaths, a white queen bee with a slight purple tinge crawled out.

Ji An caught forty or fifty amethyst bees and took away several hundred bee eggs and some honey.

The teleportation array flashed, and Ji An appeared in the stone house.

"It's so convenient and quick!"

He sighed, strode out, and placed the beehive in the orchard.

Summon a few disciples and train the queen bee to remember their scents, otherwise she might be attacked by the amethyst bees when harvesting spirit fruits.

After finishing all that, Ji An quickly ate dinner and began casting spells on the spiritual plants.

Dragon roars echoed through the spirit field, and light filled the sky.

When Ji An arrived at the Spirit Plant Garden, he saw that the Blood Soul Profound Origin Tree had grown two inches taller than yesterday. A knowing smile appeared on his lips. The effect of the cultivation spell during the Origin Stage was very satisfactory.

He took out a Bodhi tree seed from his storage bag and activated the Azure Dragon Awakening Technique.

A miniature blue dragon hovered above his palm, emitting a dragon's roar.

The emerald light spots and colorful flowers formed by the wood element enveloped the seed, nourishing its vitality.

The spell's effect was powerful, quickly replenishing the seed's life force to its maximum, preventing the spell's intent from penetrating the seed any further.

Ji An probed into his consciousness and sensed that the seed was already in the process of germination and would soon take root and sprout.

He planted a Bodhi tree seed and then released the Yellow Dragon Enhancing Energy Technique and the Cloud Dragon Spreading Rain Technique in sequence.

As the nourishing and moisturizing aura spread, accompanied by the pattering of spiritual rain, green saplings sprouted from the soil.

Ji An nodded in satisfaction. With the addition of three rare spiritual plants, Crimson Flame Peak had become even more prosperous.

(End of this chapter)