Chapter 246: Making a Harvest Plan

[Planting Xuanji grass, 500 contribution points per acre. ]

Chu Ning was attracted by this task.

Thanks to his years of reading a lot of books in Xinhuo Palace, he knew a lot about precious spiritual herbs that were not available in Chengshan Territory.

Xuanji grass is one of them.

Xuanji grass is the main ingredient for refining the fifth-grade elixir Xuanji Pill. It takes about two hundred years from seed planting to maturity.

According to the sect's mission requirements, the sect will provide Xuanji grass seeds. The disciples who accept the mission will be responsible for finding a place to plant them, and then hand them over to the sect for harvesting after they are mature.

“This is a way to get rich.”

There was a light in Chu Ning's eyes. These herbs were planted to absorb the energy of the earth's veins. Since he had Nian Tangshan, he didn't need to spend time taking care of them. All he had to do was plant the herbs and control Nian Tangshan to provide them with the energy of the earth's veins.

Thinking of this, Chu Ning went to the Contribution Hall to ask the deacon for seeds of ten kinds of spiritual herbs.

The seeds of spiritual herbs are also valuable, but Danshan Sect will first provide them to disciples for free, and then deduct the value of the seeds after they are successfully planted.

Of course, if the planting fails, then we will have to compensate the sect for the loss of seeds.

After receiving thousands of seeds of ten kinds of spiritual herbs, Chu Ning returned to Nian Tang Mountain again. He opened up spiritual fields on the hillside of Nian Tang Mountain and then sowed the seeds.

"In this way, I can have a better excuse for setting up some formations and restrictions for Nian Tangshan. It can be said that it is for the protection of spiritual medicine."

Killing two birds with one stone is another reason why Chu Ning chose to grow spiritual herbs.

After planting the spiritual herbs, Chu Ning continued to stay in Nian Tangshan.

A few days later, Chu Ning raised his eyebrow and his figure appeared on this spiritual field.

In the hundred acres of spiritual fields, most of them have seedlings emerging from the soil.

"What's going on?"

Chu Ning looked at these spiritual medicine seedlings with confusion in his eyes. According to the records in the books on spiritual medicine planting, it would take at least three months for the seedlings to break through the soil, and only three days had passed.

Are the seeds fake?

Chu Ning denied this idea, believing that the seeds of Danshan Sect could not be fake.

If it's not a seed problem, then it has something to do with Nian Tangshan. Is it because the ground energy is more abundant? Chu Ning's eyes sparkled. If it's because of Nian Tangshan, does that mean that planting spiritual herbs in Nian Tangshan can shorten the growth time of spiritual herbs?

Thinking of this possibility, Chu Ning was a little excited. Just imagine that the spiritual medicine that originally took a thousand years to mature only needed five hundred years in Nian Tangshan...

"We cannot be sure yet. We still need to observe the growth of these spiritual herbs. However, these spiritual herbs will take hundreds of years to mature. We need to switch to a batch of lower-grade spiritual herbs for testing."

Chu Ning glanced at his storage bag. His storage bag contained medicinal herbs and other things, but there were really no seeds.

Chu Ning didn't have any low-level medicinal seeds on him, so he went to the sect's spiritual medicine pavilion, but the lowest they had were spiritual medicinal seeds needed for fourth-grade elixirs.

The spiritual medicines used in fourth-grade elixirs take more than a hundred years to mature.

"That's what they call a bunch of millionaires getting together and not having a penny in their pockets."

Chu Ning finally chose to search in the various peaks of Danshan Sect. Spiritual medicines originally grow in mountains, and in the huge mountains of Danshan Sect, there must be some low-level spiritual medicines.

It took three days to find three second-level blue grasses for Chu Ning. They mature once every three years. This spiritual herb is mainly used as the main ingredient for the low-level elixir Soul-Strengthening Pill.

It is not too precious for cultivators, one spirit stone costs one pound, but for ordinary people, drinking it in water can nourish the kidneys, which is comparable to a miracle medicine.

Chu Ning transplanted the three blue grasses to Nian Tang Mountain, but after half a month of observation, he found that there was not much change in the growth of the blue grass.

"Did I misjudge, or is it because the elixir is only effective for seeds planted?"

To find low-level spiritual medicine seeds, Chu Ning now has two ways. One is to leave Danshan Sect and look for them in small places outside. The other is to plant and breed them by himself, but it will take a longer time.

For Chu Ning, he chose the latter without hesitation. Wasting one or two more years was nothing, so why take the risk of leaving Danshan Sect?

He had already thought it through. Before he reached the Spirit Transformation Stage, he would not leave the mountain gate if possible.

In the Dan Domain, Nascent Soul cultivators are equivalent to Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Hundred Cities area, so it is safer for them to stay in Danshan Sect.

Two years later, Chu Ning looked at a piece of blue grass in his hand with a thoughtful look on his face.

He had planted this blue grass with blue grass seeds on Nian Tang Mountain a year ago, and it matured in just one year.

The three-year maturity period was shortened to one year, which proved that his judgment was correct. Nian Tangshan did have the magical effect of making the elixir mature earlier.

But this shortening of the time does not mean reducing it by two thirds. In the past two years, he has also planted some other low-level herb seeds, but the maturity period of herbs that are more advanced than the blue grass has not been shortened by two thirds.

That is to say, the shortened maturity period is different for spiritual herbs of different levels.

The specific shortening formula can only be drawn after dozens of elixirs have matured.

At the same time, Chu Ning also confirmed one thing, that the shortened maturity period of these spiritual medicines was not only due to the earth's energy.

No matter how rich the earth energy is, the spiritual herbs can only absorb so much. It's like a low-level cultivator. Even if he's placed in an environment where the spiritual energy is richer than that of spiritual stones, it's impossible for a Qi Condensation cultivator to build a foundation within ten years because his own absorption efficiency can't keep up.

"The Shan Sect's inheritance is still too mysterious. It needs to be deciphered step by step. The founder of the Shan Sect is not a riddle man, is he?"

Chu Ning complained in his heart, but no matter what, planting spiritual herbs in Nian Tangshan can shorten the growth cycle and the efficacy will not weaken, which is a great gain.

Especially considering his long life span...

Chu Ning suddenly had a plan in his mind. If he could collect the seeds of those extremely precious high-level spiritual medicines and plant them on Nian Tang Mountain, after a thousand or even tens of thousands of years, he would have a large number of extremely precious medicinal materials.

What does an alchemist lack the most? Talent? Pah! What he lacks the most is medicinal materials.

If there are enough medicinal materials, if one time is not enough, then refine it twice. If two times are not enough, then refine it three times...

You will always succeed if you have enough medicinal materials.

As a traditional sect, Danshan Sect's entire philosophy is just like this, and Chu Ning also thinks this theory is correct.

Therefore, if you have the chance, you should collect the seeds of those precious medicinal herbs.

For the project, Chu Ning decided to name it "Harvest".

But there is a problem in implementing this plan, that is, Nian Tangshan must be extremely safe. Otherwise, if so many precious medicinal herbs are planted and some powerful person takes a fancy to them and snatches them away, there will be no place to cry.

Improving the attainment of formations is a prerequisite for implementing the "Harvest" plan.

After finishing his thoughts, Chu Ning activated Nian Tangshan's formation and rushed towards the sixth peak.

His identity token flashed with light. According to the master, the identity token also has another function, which is to send notifications.

His identity token was shining, which meant that someone was calling him, and Chu Ning couldn't think of who else it was except his master.

After returning to the Sixth Peak, Chu Ning met his beautiful master in the temple where his master lived.

Qi Shiyun, who was wearing a purple dress, had a noble temperament and delicate appearance, standing in the hall. When she saw Chu Ning coming in, she asked curiously, "Where have you been?"

"Master, I accepted a task to plant spiritual herbs. I found a mountain and planted the spiritual herbs there."

"Growing spiritual medicine?"

Qi Shiyun didn't expect that her disciple would do this, but then she thought of her disciple's cultivation experience, and there was a trace of pity in her eyes.

After accepting Chu Ning as their disciple, the sect investigated Chu Ning's background, mainly asking the Xinhuo Palace, and the Xinhuo Palace gave a reply not long ago.

The contents of the jade slip sent back by Xinhuo Palace moved her and several other elders from the Sixth Peak, especially the conversation between Chu Ning and Sun Chengyang that was contained in the jade slip.

“Elder Sun, it took me three hundred years to get to the Xinhuo Palace. The suffering and pain I endured during this time seem like a dream when I think back on it now…”

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Qi Shiyun recalled what Chu Ning said to Sun Chengyang in the jade slip, and then looked at her disciple, knowing that her disciple was afraid of suffering.

For others, growing spiritual herbs is a boring job, but for his disciples, it would be an excellent job.

She was born in the Dan Domain, and after becoming a Divine Transformation cultivator, she also visited several Lower Domains and knew how fierce the competition among cultivators in the Lower Domains was.

His disciple went through a lot of hardships before he could reach Danshan Sect and become his disciple.

"If you need contribution points in the future, tell me. Forget it, I will allocate some to you first."

Qi Shiyun asked Chu Ning to take out the identity token, swiped it with her right hand, and then returned it to Chu Ning.

"Master gave you 50,000 contribution points, which should be enough for you to use in the Nascent Soul stage."

Chu Ning looked at his master and always felt that something seemed wrong since his master had been out. His attitude was much gentler than before.

"Master, besides earning contribution points, there is another reason why I grow spiritual herbs. That is, I really like growing spiritual herbs."

Chu Ning felt that his master had misunderstood him, so he explained.

"I understand."

Qi Shiyun nodded. For her disciples, being able to grow spiritual herbs steadily and gain contribution points was much better than fighting and killing, and getting a little benefit every time between life and death.

"If you like to grow spiritual herbs, then do so, but don't put too much thought into it. What you need to improve urgently right now is your alchemy skills. It's very likely that the sect will arrange for you to participate in the next newcomer alchemy competition."

Rookie competition?

Chu Ning had learned about this from Senior Brother Shu, and when that senior brother said that he was a genius disciple in the Contribution Hall, he had thought that the sect would arrange for him to participate, so he was not particularly shocked.

"Our sect only got D-level in the last competition, but that was because the sect didn't care. But now something has changed. In the next newcomer competition, we must get C-level or above."

Qi Shiyun did not hide anything from her disciple and directly told him the inside story of how the talented disciple that the sect originally valued was poached by the Seven Fire Sect.

"Master, what are the results of previous competitions like? How is the competition conducted?"

Chu Ning asked curiously. There were many talented alchemists in Danyu. Even if he had the help of the Secret Mirror, he might not be able to surpass those geniuses.

"The newcomer exam is divided into two stages. The first stage is a written test on elixir theory, and the second stage is actual alchemy. If you can refine a fifth-grade elixir and your first-round elixir theory score is not low, you will have no problem getting into the C-level."

"Written test and lab."

Chu Ning summed it up, just like the chemistry test in his previous life.

Fifth-grade elixir.

According to normal logic, fifth-grade elixirs can only be refined by fifth-grade alchemists, and generally fifth-grade alchemists are at least in the late Nascent Soul stage.

But in the newcomer competition, being able to refine fifth-grade elixirs does not guarantee that one will not be at the bottom, one must also have excellent written test scores. This is worthy of being the Alchemy Domain.

"There will be a total of six new members in our sect. You represent the Sixth Peak. During the one hundred years before the competition, all the medicinal materials in our peak will be open to you, as long as you can provide your alchemy skills."

Danshan Sect is a complex school, and the complex school emphasizes more training.

For other alchemists, if they heard that medicinal materials were available, they would probably be excited for a long time. But for Chu Ning, it was nothing. With the help of the Secret Mirror, as long as he could succeed in refining the medicine once, he would not fail again.

But this is a good opportunity to enrich himself.

Anyway, the sect doesn’t know how many times they have refined it.

"Master, but my current realm is only the early stage of Nascent Soul. If the realm is too low, it will also affect the improvement of alchemy."

"I have also considered this and have discussed with the other three elders. We will find a way to help you break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul within this hundred years."

A hundred years to go from the early to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul is already a huge improvement. Chu Ning estimated that if it were him, it would take at least three hundred years.

Chu Ning originally thought that it would be like what was described in some novels, that in the later part there would be a large map with many talented disciples from major forces who could use some rare treasures to quickly break through.

But now, according to his understanding, there is no such natural treasure in the entire world of cultivators. No matter how powerful the background of a cultivator is, he must practice step by step.

There is no such situation in a family where there is an elder who has reached the state of Divine Transformation while the younger generation reaches the state of Nascent Soul before the age of 100.

Any cultivator needs to consolidate his realm step by step.

"Thank you, Master, and thank you, elders."

Qi Shiyun smiled slightly: "You are my disciple, and it is my duty to fight for these for you."

I guess this disciple of mine has experienced too much of the fickleness of human nature in the lower realm, which is why he is so humble.

"Make the pills carefully. There are materials for ten fourth-grade pills in here. If you have any questions, you can come to me. I will not be in seclusion during this period of time."

Qi Shiyun gave Chu Ning a storage bag. Chu Ning took it with both hands. Seeing that his master was about to leave, he hurriedly said, "Master!"

"Is there something?" Qi Shiyun asked with her eyes narrowed.

"Disciple wants some seeds of high-level spiritual medicine."

(End of this chapter)