Chapter 124 The sacrificial ceremony begins at Qingyao Mountain...
After the sacrificial ceremony was held at Qingyao Mountain, Li Chang'an tried using the Mountain God's Seal once.
Literally, "dianfan chengling" means to transform ordinary things into spiritual ones.
Li Chang'an's first thought was to use ordinary vegetables for experiments, but no matter how much spiritual power he poured into the Mountain God's Seal, the ordinary vegetables on the terraced fields showed no signs of change.
The moment Green White Flower Spirit saw the Mountain God's Seal in Li Chang'an's hand, her eyes reddened again.
It sighed softly, then rallied and explained, "The Spirit-Stabilizing Branch grows outside the Mountain God's cave and has been with the Mountain God the longest. Within the Mountain God's territory lies a village, and the Mountain God often uses his ability to transform mortals into spirits to cultivate spiritual plants for the villagers according to their needs, making their lives better and better."
“We have been with the mountain god since we have consciousness. He would guide us every time He cultivated spiritual plants. However, it takes a lot of spiritual power to transform mortals into spirits and also to sense the rules of living beings. Our abilities are too weak. We know the principles but cannot put them into practice.”
After speaking, Green and White Flower Spirit turned to look at the chrysanthemum field.
Li Chang'an planted single-stem chrysanthemums, and the golden flowers were in full bloom. A gentle breeze blew, and the ribbon-like petals unfurled and swayed.
“Spirit plants absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and possess certain outstanding abilities. Therefore, throughout history, cultivators have been researching methods for artificially cultivating spirit plants. Planting them on spiritual soil greatly increases the chances of ordinary plants becoming spiritual plants. This is one such method.”
“The spiritual plants cultivated in this way have similar abilities to ordinary plants, but because they have spiritual energy, these abilities are amplified several times over.”
Li Chang'an fell into deep thought.
There is a lot of online discussion about the vegetables from Xianshan Farm. Netizens say that the spiritual vegetables and fruits have many benefits for the human body. Since they have not been sent to a specialized institution for testing, Li Chang'an will not actively promote them.
However, he noticed that the effects of spirit vegetables were indeed amplified compared to those of ordinary vegetables, and that only a small amount of spirit vegetables or fruits were needed to achieve significant results.
The green and white flower spirit continued, "Using the Mountain God's Spirit Seal to imbue mortals with spirit is another method, which can give the spirit plants you cultivate the abilities you desire."
This ability can be great or small, depending entirely on how the user of the mortal spirit thinks.
Six thousand years ago, in order to prevent the villagers from developing a habit of relying on Him and to avoid interfering too much with mortals, the mountain god of Qingyao Mountain cultivated only some spiritual plants with very little power, such as high-yield, healthy and delicious grains and vegetables, or spiritual flowers whose fragrance could make people feel healthy in body and mind.
The villagers knew the mountain god's good intentions, and every year they would give the mountain god some grain as an offering, so the people and the mountain god lived in great harmony.
The green and white flower spirit regained its composure and drifted towards the chrysanthemum field.
"God, please give it a try."
Li Chang'an nodded and walked to the center of the chrysanthemum field with the Mountain God's Seal in his hand.
"Please infuse spiritual power into the Mountain God's Seal. After deciding what abilities you want to give these spiritual plants, guide the spiritual power into the surrounding flowers. Since this is your first attempt, it is best to only imbue one type of flower with spiritual power."
Li Chang'an responded with "Okay," and after pondering for a moment, he poured spiritual power into the Mountain God's Seal.
The ginkgo leaf-shaped mountain god's seal glowed with golden light, floated up from his palm, and stopped in front of his brow, the golden light gradually becoming more dazzling.
Li Chang'an couldn't help but close his eyes. Thousands of chrysanthemums around him appeared clearly in his mind. He could even perceive the texture of each chrysanthemum petal and the arc of its swaying after the wind blew.
The spiritual energy, as if it had a physical form, seeped into each flower in strands, and then flowed to the roots of the flowers like water that nourishes all things.
A familiar fluctuation of spiritual energy emanated from the other seventeen flower spirits, who suddenly stopped crying and looked towards the chrysanthemum field.
Every chrysanthemum was enveloped in golden light, and within that light, their shapes constantly changed. Petals fell, floating above the entire flower field, then transformed into grains of golden light that drifted away and dissipated.
The flower spirits couldn't help but fly to the green and white flower spirit's side, and together they silently stared at Li Chang'an.
After a long while, the golden light faded, and Li Chang'an slowly opened his eyes.
It took him about a third of his spiritual power to turn an acre of chrysanthemums into spiritual plants.
He quickly looked at the chrysanthemums beside him, eager to see the results of his first use of the "Ordinary Spirit Transformation" technique.
The view was still golden, but it was different. The petals, which were originally soft like ribbons, were now shaped like small swords, sharp and hard. There were also fewer petals than before, only nine, with the stamen still in the very center.
Li Chang'an took out the basic manual and with a slight thought, the golden particles only formed the words "artificial cultivation of low-level spiritual plants" in front of him.
Just like when introducing spirit vegetables and spirit fruit trees, it only confirms that they have become spirit plants, but will not give them names or effects.
The green and white flower spirit flew to Li Chang'an and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the flowers in this flower field have successfully become spiritual plants. They belong to the metal element and can penetrate hard stone."
The other flower spirits also flew over, one after another speaking:
"Incorporating flowers into buildings can make them stronger!"
"It can withstand earthquakes of a certain intensity!"
"Great stuff! Great stuff! The villagers won't be afraid of the earth dragon turning over anymore!"
After the other flower spirits stopped, the green and white flower spirit added, "However, the abilities of spirit plants and the duration they can last are closely related to spiritual energy. Now that the spiritual energy in the Cangxuan Realm is thin, the abilities of these flowers probably won't last long."
Unexpectedly, the flower spirit was able to sense the effects of these spiritual plants, which eliminated the need for testing.
Li Chang'an put away the basic manual and thanked the flower spirits.
"When I was injecting spiritual energy just now, I was thinking of making these chrysanthemum petals harder," Li Chang'an said. "I didn't expect them to turn out like this in the end."
They can even chisel through stone, making buildings more sturdy.
Looking at the golden chrysanthemum field in front of him, Li Chang'an stroked his chin and thought for a moment, deciding to sell these several thousand spirit-grade chrysanthemums to construction sites.
In the afternoon, Li Chang'an informed Yuheng about the existence of this acre of spiritual chrysanthemums.
As the head of the Cultivation Alliance, Yuheng had a lot of contact with the authorities, knew which construction sites were reliable, and knew where these spiritual chrysanthemums should be sold.
Looking at the acre of spirit-grade chrysanthemums in front of him, Yuheng sighed and said, "There is a hydroelectric power station under construction in the southwest of Xia Kingdom, and some other countries have projects to build bridges... They should all be able to use these spirit-grade chrysanthemums."
Li Chang'an said, "Then I'll trouble you, Star Lord, to help me sell them."
Yuheng readily agreed, and that evening, after returning home, he and Tianquan contacted the officials of various countries to ask if they needed spirit-grade chrysanthemums.
Many officials responded to the two, expressing their strong need for such spiritual objects.
Some areas are prone to earthquakes, and such magical objects are needed to make buildings more earthquake-resistant.
Some coastal areas face several typhoons a year, and occasionally some super typhoons can cause significant damage to residents and the government...
In conclusion, the demand for premium chrysanthemums is far greater than imagined.
Yuheng and Tianquan carefully selected some items and went to Xuanling Immortal Mountain to pick them up the next day.
"...I'm afraid that in addition to these four thousand plants, we will need quite a few more high-quality chrysanthemums."
"However, I have discussed it with Tianquan. The reinforcement of buildings in some areas can be entrusted to the Cultivation Alliance, so that the cultivators can handle it."
In previous aid missions to disaster-stricken areas, the cultivators had done something similar: using spiritual power to upgrade building materials, making buildings more resistant to high temperatures, wind, and rain, and allowing them to last much longer.
However, this consumes a lot of spiritual energy for cultivators, and is definitely not as easy as using spirit-grade chrysanthemums.
Li Chang'an nodded and immediately harvested four thousand spirit-grade chrysanthemums, handing them over to Yuheng.
Even after these high-quality chrysanthemums are harvested, they can remain unfaded for a long time and will be used directly after being sold, so there is no need to make thousands of flower pots for transplanting.
Li Chang'an added, "Given the current state of spiritual energy in the Cangxuan Realm, the power of the spirit-grade chrysanthemum can last for about five years."
Yesterday, he led the Flower Spirits out of the Mysterious Spirit Immortal Mountain, a conclusion reached by all the Flower Spirits.
"Alright." Yuheng nodded and left with the spirit-grade chrysanthemum.
After he left, Li Chang'an stood in the chrysanthemum field and, urged by the green and white flower spirits, took out a ball of light.
The green and white flower spirit explained, "This is the ball of light; it contains stone essence, which can help you till the land."
Li Chang'an poured spiritual power into the ball of light.
As the light faded, a "clattering" sound came, and a stone figure the size of a palm appeared in the spot.
It consists of two round stones. The lower stone, which forms the body, is larger than the upper stone. Many small pebbles float around it, forming two "arms".
It seemed to be stretching, as the two stones, the pebbles of the "arm," separated, making a "clattering" sound.
After stretching, the stone above the stone spirit tilted its head back.
Although it has no facial features, Li Chang'an inexplicably felt that it was an action of "seeing".
Several flower spirits flew to the stone spirit's side and chattered:
"Long time no see, Little Stone."
"You're awake. It's already six thousand years in the future."
"This is a deity, the master of the immortal mountain."
Do you remember us?
As the flower spirits spoke, the stone spirit's "head" spun 360 degrees, looking at whoever was speaking.
Once the flower spirits quieted down, Li Chang'an heard a deep voice:
"Long time no see. I know it's been six thousand years, but I still remember you all." Finally, it looked at Li Chang'an and said, "Greetings, Divine Lord."
It is a stone, and stones have an exceptionally good memory. It remembers everything that happened six thousand years ago and the instructions left by the mountain god very clearly. It knows that after waking up, it must obey the orders of the master of the immortal mountain.
Li Chang'an nodded. "Yes, hello."
After greeting everyone, Shi Jing shifted his body, seemingly looking down at the chrysanthemum field.
After harvesting, the Lingpin chrysanthemums still have roots, branches, and leaves in the soil.
The next second, the stone spirit moved and burrowed into the ground.
The superior spiritual soil swelled up, moving like waves. Where the waves passed, the roots and leaves of the spiritual chrysanthemums were pried out and then deeply buried in the ground.
A minute later, the stone spirit emerged from the ground and flew toward Li Chang'an.
The land has already been plowed.
Li Chang'an exclaimed "Wow!"
This efficiency is comparable to the Blade Spirit's casual wave of the wrist.
It's a great helper for farming, and it will be useful in many other ways afterward.
He said thank you to the stone spirit.
The demand for Lingpin chrysanthemums is high, so Li Chang'an plans to allocate more land for planting.
With the stone spirits and flower spirits around, he didn't need to put in much effort; he only needed to help the chrysanthemums grow into spirits.
While the flower spirits and stone spirits were planting flowers, Li Chang'an also unsealed the remaining light orbs.
Among the remaining orbs of light, one orb produced 99 firefly-like spirit beasts called Night Firefly Streams. These beasts were able to maintain stability among the spirit plants, allowing even spirit plants with conflicting attributes to coexist harmoniously in an area.
At night, these fireflies danced in the grassland at the foot of Qingyao Mountain. Although they were few in number and only occasionally flashed from the grassland and flowers, one can imagine how beautiful the night on the grassland would be when they multiplied and increased in number.
The conditions for the fireflies to multiply are also very simple; all that is needed is a good environment and abundant spiritual energy.
As Li Chang'an's cultivation level increases, the spiritual energy in the immortal mountain will become increasingly dense, so Li Chang'an is not worried about the reproduction of the Night Fireflies.
Six foals of Cloud Chasing Horses appeared in a ball of light. These horses were tall and had predominantly black fur, but their backs and legs had some white cloud-shaped hairs.
This kind of horse can carry people in flight. Although its speed is not as fast as that of the Spirit Kite Bird, which can travel a thousand miles a day, it is still very fast. Jingjing said that six thousand years ago, this kind of horse was raised by cultivators to pull carts.
Other light clusters included the Splendid Ink Shell, the Jade Snail, the Brocade Butterfly, the Red Thorn Cluster, and the Crane in the Clouds.
The variegated black oyster is a type of clam with a jet-black exterior and a colorful interior. It needs to be cultivated in clean water and will use its spiritual power to condense into pure white, round pearls.
In a birch forest on Qingyao Mountain, there is a lake covering several acres. Apart from the aquatic plants at the bottom of the lake, there are only some black-scaled fish that are also found in Ningjing River.
Li Chang'an then placed the variegated black clam in the lake to raise it.
The water is spacious, and the colorful black clams have found a small area to occupy, living in harmony with the black-scaled fish without disturbing each other.
The Jade Snail is a jade-white snail that feeds on the leaves of spiritual plants and secretes a sticky substance that has the effect of removing scars.
The brocade butterfly is gorgeous in appearance and colorful, and feeds on nectar. When they fly, they drop phosphorescent powder, which the flower spirits collect and give to Li Chang'an.
Although the Brocade Butterfly is a low-level spirit beast, its phosphorus powder is a high-level material for refining weapons, medicines, and pills.
The Red Thorn Cluster resembles a hedgehog with red thorns. They like to eat spirit fruits, and there are only ten of them.
There are only eight cranes in the clouds, and they like to take walks along the Ningjing River.
Both the Red Thorn Gang and the Cloud Crane are low-level spirit beasts with no outstanding abilities, but the Red Thorn Gang members often help the spirits of Jiarong Mountain by watching over chickens and taking care of fruit trees.
Thus, the spirits sealed within the twelve orbs of light have all been unsealed and awakened.
Li Chang'an has fewer tasks on his mind.
He asked the flower spirits and transplanted the spirit-fixing branch to his yard.
The flower spirits are simple-minded and love lively gatherings. Apart from Li Chang'an, they most enjoy spending time with the fungus spirits and tea spirits, who are also spirit plants.
This was another regular day for live-streaming vegetable sales.
At 11:00 AM sharp, after netizens finished grabbing the food, they discovered that Li Chang'an had not yet announced the end of the live stream, and the environment behind Li Chang'an in the camera had also changed.
Previously, Li Chang'an used his home's courtyard, terraced fields, the Ningjing River, and bamboo forest as his live broadcast locations.
Now, he found himself in a flower field, the terrain flat, unlike terraced fields.
[A new map is out! So many flowers, so beautiful, I can almost smell their fragrance through the screen.]
[Haha, you're talking like the game just updated. Where am I?]
"A new immortal mountain," Li Chang'an said with a smile. "We'll broadcast a little longer today; there's a live voting session later."
He crouched down, turned the camera around, and took a clear picture of the orchid in front of him.
Wow! What beautiful orchids! If my grandma saw them, she'd be just as excited as I am when I'm fighting over vegetables.
[Have the flowers in the fairy mountain started selling out yet? I'm kind of looking forward to it, can I buy some today?]
"I can't buy any today," Li Chang'an said. "These flowers are still ordinary flowers, but I can give them some other abilities. I'd like to ask everyone what kind of spiritual plant you'd most like to have?"
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