Chapter 247 Junior Brother Chu, a Kind Man (Subscription Request)

Qi Shiyun looked at her apprentice. She didn't expect that the first request her apprentice made was for the seeds of high-level spiritual medicine.

High-level spiritual medicines are expensive, and spiritual medicine seeds are worth less, but they are extremely rare.

Ordinary cultivators would not keep spiritual medicine seeds. High-level spiritual medicines often have a growth cycle of thousands of years, which is not something ordinary cultivators can endure.

Only the sect would keep these spiritual medicine seeds.

Danshan Sect has its own spiritual medicine garden to cultivate and grow spiritual medicines. Otherwise, it has to rely on purchasing medicinal materials for alchemy from outside, which even Danshan Sect cannot afford even with its wealth.

"The high-level spiritual medicine seeds are managed by the elders of the spiritual medicine garden. I don't have any here."

"Spiritual medicine garden?"

Chu Ning was a little surprised. He had been traveling around Danshan Sect for some days, but had never heard of a place called the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

"The Spiritual Medicine Garden is very important to our Danshan Sect. It is protected by a formation. If we don't know the entrance to the formation, we won't be able to find it even if we search all corners of Danshan Sect."

Qi Shiyun explained to her disciples, and then said: "Spiritual medicine planting is not an easy task. The sect has disciples who specialize in spiritual medicine planting. Other disciples generally don't know where the entrance to the spiritual medicine garden is."

Chu Ning suddenly realized, no wonder he didn't know about the spiritual medicine garden.

There is indeed a profession called planter among the hundred arts of cultivating immortals, but Chu Ning doesn't know much about it.

"Are you going to grow your own elixir?"

Qi Shiyun saw her disciple nodding and persuaded him, "The complexity of spiritual medicine cultivation is secondary. The most important thing is the consumption of time. Alchemy is extremely profound. There is no need to study spiritual medicine cultivation."

Qi Shiyun was afraid that her disciple was getting too stubborn. Perhaps in the Lower Realm, her disciple did not have the resources to make pills, and even had to grow the spiritual herbs himself.

But this is not necessary in the Dan Domain. Each sect has a spiritual medicine garden, and if disciples lack medicinal materials for refining pills, they can just exchange them for enough points.

Those planting masters... in a sense, they are all a bunch of pitiful people.

Every sect needs a master of planting, but few cultivators are willing to guard elixirs every day. For this reason, the sect's masters of planting are all trained by the sect from the very beginning.

This type of disciples have average talents and one characteristic, which is that they choose to sell themselves to the sect. Some of them have families in distress, so they sell themselves to the sect as planters in order to get rescued by the sect.

Some were being hunted and sought refuge from the sect.

To a certain extent, these disciples are not considered disciples of Danshan Sect. They just have a contract with the sect and need to stay in the spiritual medicine garden for a certain number of years.

Sometimes when the spiritual medicine garden is short of disciples to manage the spiritual medicines, tasks will be issued to recruit disciples to take care of the spiritual medicines. Some disciples will stay in the spiritual medicine garden for dozens or even hundreds of years in order to contribute to the club.

But Chu Ning is his disciple, so he doesn’t need to go to the Spiritual Medicine Garden to earn contribution points.

Seeing his master's expression, Chu Ning knew that he had said the wrong thing. He shouldn't have asked for high-level spiritual medicine seeds, but should have asked about the sect's spiritual medicine garden.

"Master, I just want to know what some high-level spiritual medicine seeds look like. If I'm lucky enough to come across a secret realm someday, and there happen to be some high-level spiritual medicine seeds in it, I won't miss them."

Chu Ning found a reason to explain himself. Qi Shiyun smiled and said, "This is easy. You can go to the Spiritual Medicine Garden to have a look. It just so happens that six hundred years ago, I got three seeds of Suxin Bamboo and gave them to the Spiritual Medicine Garden. It is estimated that the Spiritual Medicine Garden should have cultivated them almost completely. You can go and have a look on my behalf."

"Master, do you mean that the spiritual medicine garden can be planted on behalf of others?"

"The spiritual medicine seeds obtained by my Danshan Sect disciples can choose to hand them over to the sect in exchange for contribution points, or they can choose to give them to the spiritual medicine garden for planting. If one seed requires points, if there are multiple seeds, only half of the seeds need to be handed over to the spiritual medicine garden."

Chu Ning nodded, this distribution model was very reasonable.

A sect is similar to a business. Any business that has existed for hundreds of years will have a complete and reasonable operating model, not to mention sects that have existed for even longer.

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Three days later.

Chu Ning appeared in front of a valley.

"Who?"

A sound came from the valley.

"I am Chu Ning, a disciple of the Sixth Peak, and I am here to check on the spiritual medicine planting situation on behalf of my master."

"Take out the token!"

In the valley, a middle-aged man in the late Nascent Soul stage walked out, looked at Chu Ning for a few times, and asked, "Who is your master?"

"My mentor is Elder Qi from the Sixth Peak."

"Are you Elder Qi's disciple, the newcomer Chu Ning?"

Seeing the surprise in the other person's eyes, Chu Ning immediately knew that the senior brother was not exaggerating, and that all the disciples in the sect knew about his joining the sect.

"That's me."

"Brother Chu, wait a moment."

The middle-aged man's attitude became much better. He took Chu Ning's identity token and walked into the valley. He came out after a while with a smile on his face.

"The Spiritual Medicine Garden is an important place in the sect. The entry and exit are extremely strict. I hope Junior Brother Chu can understand."

"Junior brother, I understand. I don't know how to address you, senior brother."

After taking back the identity token handed over by the other party, Chu Ning followed the other party towards the valley and asked curiously.

"My last name is Fang"

"It turned out to be Senior Brother Fang."

Chu Ning was very sweet-talker, and this Senior Brother Fang was obviously interested in making friends with Chu Ning. In response to Chu Ning's curiosity about the spiritual medicine garden, he revealed a lot of information about the spiritual medicine garden.

The moment the two entered the valley, Chu Ning felt obvious fluctuations of the formation, and there were more than one fluctuation.

The fluctuations of the formation dissipated, and Chu Ning looked around. There were exotic flowers and plants all around him, and the fragrance of elixirs filled the air, which made people feel refreshed.

If these exotic flowers and herbs were placed in Chengshan Region, they would probably cause many alchemists to scramble for them, but here they can be found everywhere.

In the distance, there are towering ancient trees with lush branches and leaves like umbrellas, and there are also single trees that stand straight up into the sky.

On the left and right sides, there are acres of cultivated spiritual fields, on which different spiritual medicines are planted. There are also many growers busy working on these spiritual fields. From a distance, it looks like a scene of a good harvest.

Coming here, Chu Ning felt as if he had returned to the countryside and felt relaxed and at ease.

This is the power of nature.

Or maybe he still has the farming genes of the Chinese people in his previous life, so he feels very happy when he sees these spiritual fields.

I’m a Chinese.

I just like to grow something.

Even in skyscrapers full of concrete and steel, they should be planted on the rooftop, on the balcony or even in pots.

“Junior Brother Chu, these are just ordinary spiritual herbs. The spiritual herbs grown by Elder Qi are in the Precious Medicine Courtyard.”

Fang Ping saw Chu Ning's expression and smiled slightly. Every disciple who came to the Spiritual Medicine Garden for the first time would be shocked by the spiritual medicines here.

"The precious medicine garden that Senior Brother Fang is referring to are these courtyards, right?" Chu Ning has already seen that there are multiple courtyards in this spiritual medicine garden.

"Well, these precious medicine gardens are planted with precious spiritual medicines. I will take you, Junior Brother Chu, to the courtyard where Elder Qi's three Suxin bamboos are located."

"Thank you, Brother."

Soon, Chu Ning followed Fang Ping to a courtyard. Fang Ping took out a token from his storage bag and placed it on the gate, which then opened automatically.

There is a formation.

Chu Ning looked at the courtyard wall that was no more than three meters high. He knew in his heart that even though he was a Nascent Soul cultivator, without Senior Brother Fang leading the way, he would not even be able to climb over the wall.

After entering the courtyard, Chu Ning saw three white bamboos planted in the corner on the left side of the front yard.

The white bamboo has one node every hundred years and is mature when it has seven nodes. It can be used to make tools and as medicine.

The three white bamboos in the corner have six distinct sections on their trunks and emerald green leaves, which show that they have been carefully cared for.

"Thank you for taking care of it, Senior Brother Fang."

"Brother Chu, please don't be polite to me. This pharmacy is not managed by me, but by another brother."

Fang Ping did not accept the credit. Junior Brother Chu did not know about the situation in the Spiritual Medicine Garden, but could Elder Qi not know? It takes seven hundred years for Suxin Bamboo to grow to maturity. Although he is in the late Nascent Soul stage, it is impossible for him to have been in the Spiritual Medicine Garden for more than six hundred years.

There is a spiritual medicine garden, and the disciples who are responsible for planting and taking care of it are each responsible for a period of time. During this period, as long as there are no problems with the growth of the spiritual herbs, it will be handed over to the next person.

"Junior Brother Wang!"

Fang Ping shouted, and a moment later a man in the middle Nascent Soul stage walked out from behind the corridor. He was stunned when he saw Chu Ning.

"Junior Brother Wang, let me introduce you. This is Junior Brother Chu, the disciple of Elder Qi."

Fang Ping introduced Chu Ning to the other party, but Chu Ning found that this Senior Brother Wang seemed to be in a bad mood.

"What happened to Junior Brother Wang?"

Chu Ning could see it, and Fang Ping could see it too, so he asked out of curiosity.

"Brother Fang, the Phoenix grass I'm managing is a little withered."

"The Phoenix Grass has withered?"

Fang Ping was shocked: "Take me to see it."

"good."

Chu Ning followed Fang Ping to the backyard. In a pond in the backyard, there were six orchid-shaped plants that emitted a faint yellow glow.

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"It's really withered. It's too late to save it."

Fang Ping looked at the withered leaves of the Tianhuang grass and his expression became a little ugly. The spiritual herbs that could be grown in the precious medicine garden were extremely precious. They were all the spiritual herbs needed for the sixth-grade elixir.

"I have worked for nothing for the past thirty years."

Wang Hai had a bitter face. The spiritual medicine plants were withering, and he, as the manager, would be punished. Points would be deducted according to the value of the spiritual medicine. If the points were not enough, he would face punishment from the sect.

The withering of six plants of Tianhuang grass meant that all the points he had earned through his hard work in the spiritual medicine garden over the past thirty years had to be lost.

"Senior Brother Fang, Senior Brother Wang, is there no way to save it? I think this elixir is not completely dead yet. Can't we transplant it to another place to save it?" Chu Ning raised his question.

"Junior Brother Chu is not a planter, so he doesn't know some of the principles of spiritual medicine planting. Transplanting spiritual medicine will reduce the chance of survival. This kind of spiritual medicine that is withered by itself will not be able to survive once transplanted."

“I see.”

Chu Ning didn't know how to plant, so he asked, "Then how do you usually deal with this withered spiritual medicine?"

“If they are close to maturity, they can only be harvested early and treated as inferior medicinal materials. If they are still in the growth period, they will have to be thrown away.” Fang Ping spread his hands and said helplessly.

"It's a bit of a waste to just scrap it like that."

Chu Ning held his chin and pondered for a moment before saying, "Brother Wang, do you have the authority to deal with this withered spiritual medicine?"

"Yes, but this Phoenix grass has only been planted for less than ten years. It is useless and the only way to deal with it is to let it rot in the mud."

Wang Hai's heart was bleeding, but Chu Ning's eyes lit up when he heard it. Many of the magical herbs he found in the mountains survived when they were transplanted to Nian Tangshan.

Then will this withered elixir work as well?

"Brother Wang, I have an unwelcome request."

"Brother Chu, please speak."

"Since these six plants of Tianhuang grass have withered, can I take them back for research? I am very interested in growing spiritual herbs." Chu Ning stated his purpose.

When he asked what to do with the withered spiritual herbs before, it was because he wanted to be able to take them away.

"this……"

"Brother Wang, I won't take it for nothing. This withered elixir should be compensated by points. I can compensate you."

After hearing what Senior Brother Wang said, "Thirty years of work have been in vain," Chu Ning estimated that the spiritual medicine would wither and the senior brothers who were responsible for planting it would have their contribution points deducted.

The master just gave me 50,000 contribution points. If I exchange them for these withered elixirs, I should be able to get a lot.

"This...is not good."

Wang Hai wanted to agree immediately, but because Fang Ping was there, he was still a little reserved.

In his opinion, Junior Brother Chu was a sucker; these withered spiritual medicines were of no use to him.

"There's nothing wrong with it. I'll just study it."

"Alright then. Since these six Phoenix Grasses withered, I have to pay 200 contribution points to the Medicine Garden. Junior Brother, you can just give me 50 contribution points."

"OK."

Chu Ning agreed very readily. Fang Ping, who was standing by, did not interfere in the deal between Chu Ning and Wang Hai from beginning to end. Although he wanted to make friends with Junior Brother Chu, it was not easy for him to ruin the deal in front of Junior Brother Wang.

"Junior Brother Chu, I cannot give you these six stalks of Heavenly Phoenix Grass right now. I need the confirmation of the elders of the medicine garden before I can handle them."

"Junior brother understands."

Chu Ning nodded. This was the proper procedure. Otherwise, if any of these disciples had evil thoughts and treated the good spiritual herbs as withered spiritual herbs, the sect would suffer a huge loss.

"Junior Brother Chu, if you are curious about growing spiritual herbs, you can exchange them for some spiritual herb seeds. There is no need to collect these withered spiritual herbs."

After leaving the courtyard, Fang Ping started to persuade him. Chu Ning smiled and said, "Brother, you are right, but I want to give it a try. I don't have many points anyway."

"By the way, Senior Brother mentioned seeds. I wonder if I can exchange them for some high-level spiritual medicine seeds from the medicine garden."

"It's possible to exchange it for high-level spiritual medicine seeds, but the price is not cheap. Generally, one seed is 20% of the value of the spiritual medicine."

"Junior brother, if you want to exchange for any seeds, you can directly check the points required to exchange for the spiritual medicine in the identity token, and then do the conversion and you will know."

Chu Ning took out his identity jade token, put his spiritual consciousness into it, and found the column for exchanging spiritual medicines. When he saw the exchange point price for spiritual medicines above the sixth level, he was shocked.

It’s so damn expensive.

It seems that he can't redeem much with these 50,000 points.

The exchange price for sixth-grade elixirs is more than thousands of points, and for seventh-grade elixirs it is as high as tens of thousands.

I can't afford it.

After leaving the spiritual medicine garden, Chu Ning went straight to Nian Tang Mountain. When he reached the mountain, he planted the six stalks of Tianhuang grass on the spiritual field with anticipation in his eyes.

According to Senior Brother Fang, the Tianhuang Grass will completely wither in half a month at most. Whether Nian Tangshan can revive the withered elixir will be known in half a month.

Half a month later!

Looking at the branches and leaves of the Tianhuang grass growing upward again, Chu Ning's eyes lit up.

My judgment was correct. Nian Tangshan could not only shorten the growth cycle of spiritual medicine, but also revive withered spiritual medicine.

It seems that I can buy those withered spiritual herbs and grow them.

There is no way, high-level spiritual medicine seeds are too expensive.

He could only hope that there would be more withered precious spiritual medicines in the spiritual medicine garden so that he could buy them back at a low price.

Thinking this way, it seems a bit unfair to Brother Fang and the others.

What a sin.

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Three years later.

Chu Ning looked at the hundreds of thriving medicinal herbs and the green branches and leaves, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Over the past three years, he has used 10,000 points in exchange for sixty withered spiritual medicines, three of which are seventh-level spiritual medicines, and the rest are sixth-level.

It’s not that he was reluctant to take out more points for exchange, but there were only so many withered spiritual herbs in the entire spiritual herb garden.

If too many spiritual herbs wither, there will be no need for Senior Brother Fang and the others to stay in the spiritual herb garden. The points earned from growing the spiritual herbs will not be enough to compensate.

Although Chu Ning's silent blessing had an added bonus, Brother Fang and the others were very strong and withstood Chu Ning's blessing.

At the same time, Chu Ning also gained the title of a great philanthropist in the hearts of the disciples in the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

Fang Ping and others had never doubted Chu Ning's motive for collecting withered spiritual herbs, but it was a rule that withered spiritual herbs would be difficult to survive after being transplanted, at least that was how they knew it. They would never have thought that Chu Ning had transplanted and planted withered spiritual herbs and still had them survive.

(End of this chapter)