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Chapter 144 Golden Lotus Planted in the Fire

"This is the promotion to the second-level upper-grade spiritual plant master, the first-class plant illusion trial."

"Requirement: Within ten years in the illusion, grow the legendary third-level spiritual plant - Fire Bath Golden Lotus."

"The illusion only provides eight spiritual seeds. If the spiritual planter still cannot grow the golden lotus after these eight spiritual seeds are used up, it means that the trial challenge has failed."

“No wonder even though the difficulty is Class A, no one has ever succeeded in challenging it. It actually requires a Class II spiritual plant master to successfully plant and cultivate a Class III spiritual plant.”

This is not just difficult.

Qin Ming stepped into the outside world.

In front of him, there was a stone pier with a withered yellow lotus pod quietly placed on it. Inside the lotus pod, there were eight golden lotus seeds full of amazing spiritual charm, and a Taoist aura lingering around it.

"This is the spiritual seed of the Fire-Bathed Golden Lotus!"

Qin Ming picked up the lotus pod and felt and observed it carefully. Everything in the illusion of plants and trees was close to reality.

Fortunately, he had studied the inheritance of the third-level spiritual plant master.

The relevant information about the 'Golden Lotus Bathed in Fire' also automatically appeared in Qin Ming's mind.

The Fire Lotus is a third-rank lower-grade spiritual plant. It is extremely rare and is one of the two main ingredients in refining the golden elixir.

Of course, the real main material must be more than 500 years old. The ten years of illusion trial were just enough to successfully cultivate the spiritual plant.

Such a rare treasure is rarely seen in the entire Wei Kingdom's cultivation world.

This golden lotus has extremely high requirements for the growth conditions of spiritual veins. It not only needs a third-level spiritual vein environment, but also needs the nourishment of the spiritual fire essence between heaven and earth. It can only grow in the extremely high temperature molten fire heart.

Ordinary spiritual plants, let alone growing in such an environment, would turn into ashes just by getting close.

Qin Ming put away the spirit seed in his hand and flew over to the Flame Mountains not far away.

He first had to find a suitable molten land before he could start his planting plan.

After searching in the illusion for more than half a month, Qin Ming finally found a lava cave halfway up a mountain. There was a small pool of magma rolling inside, and there were tiny bits of fire essence floating in the air around it.

As soon as Qin Ming entered, he instantly felt the temperature which was even more terrifying than outside.

Fortunately, his body is extremely strong, and his Glazed Armor has the property of repelling magic, which can block out such intense flames.

Ordinary spiritual plant masters, let alone entering to plant, those with weaker cultivation base simply cannot withstand the scorching heat.

Next, Qin Ming followed the cultivation method passed down by the spiritual plant master and first took out a piece of black spiritual soil. This was also the spiritual soil he obtained from the nearby Flame Heart Mountain.

It is called 'Zhonghuang Lingtu'. This spiritual soil is very peculiar and difficult for ordinary cultivators to identify. Its greatest function is to harmonize yin and yang.

The golden lotus spirit seed was still very fragile at the beginning, and would be burned if placed directly into the lava.

Therefore, during the initial cultivation, it is necessary to use the medium yellow spiritual soil to protect the spiritual seeds and ensure their growth.

After everything was ready, Qin Ming wrapped a spiritual seed of the golden lotus with spiritual soil and began his first attempt at cultivation.

He used his divine consciousness to control the spiritual soil and placed it into the molten core.

boom!
A burst of red flames rose up, and a cloud of gray smoke burst out from the spiritual soil. The corners of Qin Ming's mouth twitched and his face looked a little ugly.

I prepared for so long, but I didn't expect to fail as soon as I started.

He quickly withdrew the spiritual soil, dug up the spiritual soil and saw that the golden lotus spiritual seeds inside had been burned to ashes.

Even if he wanted to use the [Regeneration Spirit Seed] entry to revive, it was obviously impossible.
"What went wrong?"

“Is it the wrong step?”

……

The second cultivation begins.

This time, Qin Ming did not rush to put the spiritual soil directly into the lava. Instead, he expanded his spiritual consciousness, captured the fire essence floating in the air, and then injected it into the spiritual soil.

Afterwards, he used another [Strong Adaptation] entry and released it on this spirit seed.

He closed his eyes and felt that a ray of red-gold spiritual bud in the spiritual seed was greedily absorbing the fire spiritual energy.

Gradually, it began to grow.

Qin Ming's eyes lit up and his whole body was shocked.

"It's working!" He then followed suit, continuing to capture the essence of fire and continuously cultivating this spiritual seed.

one year later.

The golden lotus spirit seed devoured a large amount of fire essence, emitting a red-gold halo, and had completely adapted to the surrounding high temperature environment.

Afterwards, Qin Ming threw the golden lotus spirit seed wrapped in spiritual soil into the Molten Core again.

This time, the spirit seed was not burned, but gradually began to absorb the nearby fire essence on its own.

The spiritual buds inside also began to slowly emerge. Seeing this, Qin Ming hurriedly activated the "Ancient Wood Longevity Technique", and the green longevity magic power flowed into the interior of the spiritual seed.

The golden lotus spirit seed absorbed the essence of plants and trees that Qin Ming brought over and began to take root in the spirit soil.

Qin Ming used this method to cultivate all the remaining spirit seeds.

It was then planted in Molten Core.

Time in the illusion passes slowly.

In the blink of an eye, another five years passed.

With such a good opportunity to practice and simulate the planting of spiritual plants, Qin Ming did not use the [Ripening] term to force the golden lotus to ripen.

Instead, during this process, he continued to explore, research, and learn, which helped him gain a lot of experience and insights in the future development of spiritual plants.

By the sixth year, in the lava in front of Qin Ming, the golden lotus wrapped in the middle yellow spiritual soil began to form buds.

The Fire-Bathed Golden Lotus appears to be a fiery red-gold color from its leaves to its branches, and the entire spiritual plant appears to be transparent.

After such a long time, Qin Ming successfully cultivated a total of five spirit seeds.

Countless fire essences, in a vortex state, poured into the spiritual soil. The golden lotus buds began to loosen and were about to bloom.

Qin Ming's expression also began to become nervous.

at this time.

boom!
The five golden lotus spiritual plants suddenly began to spontaneously combust and turned into a pile of black ashes.

Qin Ming showed a look of astonishment.

Then he remembered something and murmured, "Reborn from the ashes!"

The voice just fell.

Five red-gold spots of light emerged from the black ashes, and the surrounding red mist-like fire aura sank into them like tassels.

The light spots continued to grow larger and began to take root and sprout again at an extremely fast speed, as if all the makeup had been shed off. One by one, the red-gold spiritual lotuses took deep roots in the lava below and began to thrive.

At this point, Qin Ming knew that he had successfully cultivated the Golden Lotus of Fire.

All that’s left is to wait for maturity, which is only a matter of time.

He also felt that it was almost time, so he used the [Ripening] word. The next moment, the five spiritual lotuses began to grow wildly, and five scarlet-gold lotus flowers blossomed.

A colorful glow lingered in the entire molten cave, and the captivating spiritual energy spread out in an instant.

"Second-level upper-grade Grade A plant illusion, the assessment passed!"

A reminder sounded in Qin Ming's mind.

Then his face lit up with joy, and he was about to prepare to receive the mother energy of all trees as usual.

but.

Within the illusion of plants and trees, strange changes began to occur!

……

at the same time.

In Canghai Immortal City, where the Spiritual Plant Master Guild was located, the wooden formation left over from ancient times began to vibrate.

A brilliant light emanated from the wooden tablet representing Qin Ming's entry, breaking through the sky and forming the shape of a peculiar lotus spirit plant in the sky.

(End of this chapter)