Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Could this be... building a foundation...
Shuchunyuan
Bai Lu also woke up. He yawned and stayed in bed for five minutes as usual.
Well, I've been getting up early lately, and the puppets haven't come to wake me up yet. Today, I can go to the alchemy room as usual. If the gibberellin is used up, I have to go to the Herb Garden to get some more.
——That’s right, Bai Lu wanted to kill the sick plants in Baicao Xuanpu because she wanted to extract gibberellin from the gibberellins on them.
This thing is amazing. Gibberellic acid can promote rapid growth of plants and ripen fruits, but if there is too much of it, the plants will grow wildly and become sick.
It was very simple high school biology knowledge. As a wizard in modern society who had been sent to cram schools by Chinese parents, Bai Lu was no stranger to both biology and chemistry.
Besides, these subjects already bear traces of alchemy. Biology and chemistry are inseparable, and many pioneers of chemistry were actually alchemists.
Bai Lu has been studying why the plum trees don't bloom these days, and confirmed that it's just as she guessed, there's no fantasy event - the seniors who were repairing the alchemy cauldron next door said that the earth fire has been blazing in recent years, and the heat has spread to Dianmei Peak. The climate is not right, so of course the trees won't bloom, as plum blossoms prefer cold weather.
There are simply not many people who go up to Dianmei Peak, and people in the world of immortal cultivation like to think in abstract ways.
In this case, gibberellin is a very good tool to promote the blooming of plum blossoms, breaking their dormancy and allowing them to bloom without being exposed to low temperatures.
So, Bai Lu exchanged what she needed from Baicao Xuanpu and tinkered with it for a few days during her spare time.
He didn't have a sophisticated laboratory, but he had a complete alchemy room and puppet assistants, and had a solid foundation in alchemy.
Although the most powerful alchemical potions are in the mineral world, plant alchemy is also unique, and it is very interesting to prepare plants.
After several experiments at Dan Pastry House, which even nearly exploded, Bai Lu finally extracted gibberellin. Needless to say, the difficulty involved was enormous, and he has been trying it out for a while.
The five-minute bed-stay time was up and Bai Lu got up quickly. Getting up in order to treat Jianmei was already very decisive of him.
As soon as I went out today, Bai Lu felt something was wrong. I sniffed and, um, there seemed to be a faint fragrance?
Bai Lu thought of something and ran out of Shuchun Garden.
I saw ruby-like petals dotted on the strong branches of the plum forest in front of me. The flowers trembled in the wind and the cool fragrance lingered. From afar, I saw a piece of bright red.
On the seventh day of "casting the spell", the sword plum blossomed!
Bai Lu didn't even tie her hair up and ran happily into the forest.
Under the largest old plum tree, which was often used as a lecture spot, Huo Xuexiang had been standing there without knowing when, with the sleeves of his robe and the white satin covering his eyes fluttering in the wind.
"Is this a gift from you?" Huo Xuexiang's words were also carried to him by the breeze along with the flower petals. He suddenly realized that this was what the rumor about Bai Lu giving flowers to others meant.
No wonder Bai Lu had been secretly mentioning Jianmei to him these days. It turned out that she was trying to confirm whether he really liked these plum blossoms...
He often looks like he is hiding something and wants to say something.
It was another experience that Huo Xuexiang had never had before.
If collecting Bailu in the beginning was like completing a sect mission, then Bailu later brought him a lot more... let's just say it's fun.
Until this moment, Huo Xuexiang's heart suddenly softened like a plum blossom in bloom.
"……Thanks."
"You're welcome! Master, this plum tree is actually not blooming because of the Danfang fire in the neighboring peak, so I fed it some medicine, and you see, the disease was cured immediately, and it is absolutely natural, which is what they need! It is abnormal that it does not bloom, but it is not because of anything else, but because of the neighboring peak!" Bai Lu said a lot, and suddenly stopped, and became worried again, "Master, do you like it?"
It can't be a polite thank you. Bai Lu judges others by himself. He always talks nonsense.
Huo Xuexiang lowered his head, the silk ribbon covering his eyes fluttering in the wind, and said nothing.
Bai Lu walked closer to the instructor, tilted her head to look at him from below, and asked, "Master, you haven't said anything yet, do you like it or not?"
Huo Xue smiled at him, brushed her hand across his brow, stroked his eyelashes, and gently picked up a petal.
...Bai Lu closed her eyes unconsciously as her fingers moved.
The cool fragrance of the plum blossoms was still lingering in his mouth and nose. He concentrated on feeling it and it seemed as if he could see the plum branches sticking out. Even the petals falling to the ground seemed to make a sound. Everything was so harmonious.
Huo Xuexiang seemed to be reciting the mental method he taught him, or perhaps he was not reciting it, but it was just an echo in Bai Lu's mind.
It used to make her dizzy, but now, standing in the plum grove that she had spent days cultivating, the fragrance of plum blossoms filled her face. In that instant, Bai Lu seemed to have realized something that was indescribable.
This is the great sound, returning to simplicity and nature.
In fact, during the process of his involvement, he has been able to understand the state of mind required for cultivating immortals. This is something silent but authentic, just waiting to pierce through the veil in the end.
It was as if he suddenly knew from the temperature of his fingers what Huo Xuexiang had not yet said: he liked this gift very much.
Jianmei has nothing to do with immortal fate, Huo Xuexiang just doesn't want to interfere. But now, Bai Lu has demonstrated another possibility with human power, which also makes Huo Xuexiang cherish it even more.
When the water arrives, the channel will be formed. The spiritual energy gathers, the heart promotes the creation of a state of mind, and the purple air reflects the vermilion and rushes straight into the sky, illuminating thousands of mountains!
Bai Lu slowly opened her eyes. Could this be... the foundation building stage?
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"Dianmei Peak's sword plum blossoms have bloomed!!"
Who is making noise...
What? !
Liang Mangu woke up instantly, jumped out of bed, rolled and crawled out of bed with his clothes on, and ran to the place with the widest view. Sure enough, he saw that the Dianmei Peak in the distance, which had never been red since he entered the door until now, had turned red.
In the midst of the red color, there was also a purple aura rising into the sky; the colors intertwined and were almost indistinguishable.
Liang Mangu looked and it seemed even brighter than the dim sunlight. It was obvious that someone was entering the foundation-building stage in the plum forest. He knew who it was.
At this moment, many senior brothers and sisters were standing here, and even the master's sword spirit was peeking here to watch.
Liang Mangu didn't know which one to be surprised about for a moment!
Minglu was clearly the last disciple to build his foundation among his peers, but how did he force the flower to bloom? The strange scene before his eyes combined with the feeling that the flower bloomed because of his foundation building.
"I entered the sect earlier than you, and I've never seen a sword plum blossom." A fellow student next to him was amazed. To many people, this sword plum looked like the incarnation of the Sword Master. "I just saw it, and I almost thought it was the unusual sign of the Sword Master breaking through the realm."
Until later, there was the obvious scene of foundation building.
The branches of the plum tree are majestic and the blossoms are of unique colors, the latter of which has almost become a legend.
Unlike Liang Mangu, others have not even connected the recent legend of Bailu "pursuing" people with the flowers in front of them.
"Don't say that. Now that the sword plum blossoms are blooming again, could it be that Master Huo has another chance to ascend to heaven?!"
"What are you arguing about?" Liang Mangu's master Xu Zuichan had heard the noise early in the morning and was very unhappy. He took on the posture of a deputy peak master and said, "How can a cultivator make such a fuss? You are like a street ruffian. Biyu, you don't know how to restrain yourself..."
The old man hadn't finished blaming the sword spirit when he saw the plum blossoms blooming in the distance. He was stunned for two seconds and let out a strange cry: "Why are the sword plums blooming again? What happened? Brother, brother, wow--"
His limbs danced wildly as he flew off to look for the sect leader, but he disappeared in a flash.
Disciples: “…”
"I want to hear what's going on, too... How about we secretly follow him to Cangyuntai?"
"Will you get beaten if you get caught?"
"That's for sure, shall we go?"
“…Go ahead.”
"Don't." Liang Mangu raised his arms and shouted, "I have connections, ignore Master, just follow me!"
It’s true, Liang Mangu and Bai Lu are good friends from the same class. Everyone knows this, and their classmates are very united.
When everyone saw this, they surrounded Liang Mangu and walked in the opposite direction of their master.
"Follow me! Let's watch the fun!"
The sword spirit Jade looked left and right, and followed Liang Mangu...
When we arrived at the foot of Dianmei Peak, there were already some people gathered there, but we didn't dare to go in without permission. We just wanted to get a closer look.
Even Meng Caiqing and the eldest sister were there. They were patrolling the mountains and passed by here, so they interrupted their patrol. But for some reason, the eldest sister had a complicated expression on her face.
There was also a demon cultivator with two horns on his forehead, who was from an unknown peak. He was saying loudly, "I also know Brother Bai Lu, and I have traded things with him.
The disciples of Bai Lu's class looked at each other and confirmed, "No way...it was really Senior Brother Bai Lu who made the sword plum blossom bloom again? He really succeeded."
What? Such a rare word, Bailu, stimulating growth, Jianmei.
The brothers and sisters originally thought that it was a chance for their uncle to ascend to heaven. Now, after listening to their discussion and thinking about the rumors in the sect in recent days, they all connected the dots, just like Ning Yanhu.
"Junior Brother Bai Lu wants to stimulate the blooming of Jianmei...Junior Brother Bai Lu admires his master?"
“Is this why he insisted on becoming a disciple of Dianmeifeng?!
"Wait, the sword plum blossoms have really bloomed. They sensed that the Sword Master also has feelings for his disciple!"
"Eh, no wonder Sword Master is so kind to his disciples..."
"That Junior Brother Bai Lu is really amazing."
Once you figure it out, everything makes sense.
The rumor has evolved again.
At this time, Qiusuo, the wooden puppet of Dianmei Peak, appeared and said calmly, "Young Master, please come up the mountain to appreciate the plum blossoms."
Tai Lao's breathing stagnated for a moment, "I, I am also invited to Meifeng to watch the sword?"
On Dianmei Peak, appreciating plum blossoms is like appreciating swords. Even on a day when the sword plum blossoms are still in bloom, it is not something that ordinary people can see. Although Qiu Suo said that it was the young master who invited him, that was not bad. He had some friendship with Jian Zun!
Qiusuo nodded: "Young Master said, come on."
Tailao didn't care about himself alone, he was so happy that he danced with joy. Under normal circumstances, this was at least a treatment only the peak master could get!
Thanks to Bai Lu, Liang Mangu and his companions had already been to Dianmei Peak, but they had never seen Jianmei. At this moment, he took the lead and walked in front: "Hurry up, let's go up."
This huge crowd of people reached the top of Plum Blossom Peak. If you had watched it from afar in the past, or were lucky enough to see the plum branches up close, you would have felt excited.
Now, when you look at it from a closer angle, it’s all green and red, so sharp that it almost gives you the illusion that your hair and skin are being cut.
These plum blossoms that haven’t bloomed for many years seem to be bursting out with all their accumulated energy!
Disciples like Liang Mangu, who also had flying swords, even felt dizzy.
"Close your eyes." Ning Yanhu reminded him, and at the same time he could hardly suppress his excitement. "Master has always been very sorry that the sword plum blossoms no longer bloom. If not, it would have been a scenic spot comparable to the Yuling Sect's 'Immortal Cutting Jade Pass' in the past."
Many, many years ago, there was an old sect called Yuling Sect in the world of immortal cultivation. At the mountain gate, there was a sword cultivator who broke the mountain in half with one sword. This story became famous and became a place that many sword cultivators wanted to visit. It was similar to Dianmei Peak.
In fact, Ning Yanhu sometimes thought that if the sword plum did not bloom, would it be a great pity and leave it in infinite imagination?
But now that she has seen it, she still thinks it is better to reopen, it is simply great!
At this time, Bai Lu came down the mountain road happily, and said with a smile: "Hey, you are here."
For some reason, everyone fell silent when they saw him.
Bai Lu: “?”
This, this makes me wonder...
Do you think we should continue to call you Junior Brother, or...
Everyone was curious, but no one dared to speak.
Ning Yanhu thought for a moment and asked implicitly, "Bai Lu, was it really you who prompted the Jianmei to bloom? Why... did you want to give it to Jian Zun?"
"Yes, yes!" Now that he has succeeded, Bai Lu no longer needs to hide it. He has just celebrated with his mentor, and now there is another important matter.
"You've been standing here for so long, didn't you notice that I finally established my foundation? Why don't you celebrate for me?" Bai Lu felt a little aggrieved.
Everyone: “…”
Is building a foundation really that important at this time?
"You, tell me first how you stimulated the blooming of Jianmei?"
Could it really be that Sword Master was infected by his mood?... It's both outrageous and plausible. I'd better ask for confirmation.
"Don't be surprised, everyone. I just extracted something from rice that can make plants grow. I've been busy in the alchemy room for several days and finally succeeded." Bai Lu said with his arms folded. He wore a red robe to celebrate and suit the occasion. The hollow golden crown on his head was the one he wore when he became an apprentice. He looked even more gorgeous than usual.
"I said, the plum blossoms on Dianmei Peak definitely didn't stop blooming because Master was in a bad mood. He's not that petty! These plum blossoms were burned by the underground fire next door. It's time to treat them. My Master didn't treat them before because he let nature take its course."
His face was full of expression: You guys are thinking too much.
Ning Yanhu was silent for a moment and summarized the content, because she found that this seemed to be a more frightening fact: "You, made the elixir, and saved Meihua?"
"Ah? I guess so. It was made in the alchemy room." Bai Lu thought that this was almost the same. She used alchemy and modern knowledge. It turned out that knowledge is power.
Ning Yanhu was speechless, isn't that the art of alchemy?
Isn't this right? Why is he building his foundation... No, he just built his foundation this morning, so how did he practice before he built his foundation!
Unlike Bai Lu's classmates who were happy for him, anyone who had practiced for a while knew how amazing this was.
The Tailao beside him stared blankly, and said in a daze: "Really? The rice you wanted to make sick that day was to promote the growth of... sword plums?"
Bai Lu stared at him intently and said, "Brother Tailao, you haven't congratulated me on my successful foundation building yet."
Everyone urged him to build his foundation, but when he really built his foundation, they all stopped talking!
Two lines of tears flowed from Tailao's round eyes, "My life is worth it, growing rice like that..."
Bai Lu was puzzled: "Brother, if the rice you planted gets sick and has fungi, what are you worth?"
Tailao: “…”
"Bai Lu." Huo Xuexiang's voice came from deep in the merlin, "Don't forget to serve tea to your guests."
Bai Lu: "Oh, I didn't forget. I did it on purpose. They didn't bless me right away just now..."
Everyone: “…”
Now that they had vented enough anger, Bai Lu and Qiu Suo poured tea for everyone. "I said I wanted to invite everyone to come up and see my achievements, but Master said I have to entertain them myself. After all, I have established my foundation, so he gave me a day off."
"That, that is indeed worth celebrating." Ning Yanhu looked dazed, "I haven't congratulated my junior brother on entering the foundation-building stage yet, and living up to the reputation of Dianmei Peak."
At this moment, everyone else came to their senses and wished Bai Lu a successful foundation. If he did not make a name for himself, he would make a stunning debut.
"Thank you all for bringing some Meifeng to celebrate for me today." Finally, he was talking about something he liked to hear. Bai Lu asked Qiusuo to take out the cake he baked. "I baked this in the Dan Cake Shop early in the morning, waiting for people to come to celebrate. Let's eat it together."
Ning Yanhu: ...Is he talking about the alchemy room?
Bai Lu's classmates were not surprised at all, because they had regular dinners together. Not only had they eaten cakes baked in the Dan Cake Shop, they had also had hot pot together using the Dan Ding...
Bailu baked a plate of her own improved berry Mont Blanc cake. She squeezed cream into the shape of a mountain on the small cake, sprinkled red berry powder on the top, and decorated it with some berry crumbs. It looked just like today's Dianmei Peak.
After he localized it so much, maybe he should order some Meifeng cake.
The soft and delicate pastry has a sweet taste, and the raspberries have a bit of sourness, which balances the taste very well. Ning Yanhu, who has been fasting for a long time, felt a little dazed after eating it - of course, this trance may have started since he heard Bai Lu's alchemy.
Most of the people present ate the cake with anxiety.
Bai Lu's move was scary even in the Xuanshan Immortal Sect, where eccentrics abounded.
Let’s not speculate about the weird relationship between you two as master and disciple for now... As the Sword Master’s first disciple, you can only fly close to the ground with your sword, but with the help of the alchemy cauldron you can cross the border and make the sword plum bloom again. Is this reasonable?
At this moment, should we congratulate Master Huo or express our sympathy?
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