Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 134 Torch Stump
Yuntian Fairy City, South City.

"Elder Lu, it seems that you have made a decision?" In a private room of a restaurant, Xu Guangquan looked at the old man in front of him with a faint smile on his face.

"Where's what I want?"

Lu Rong extended his hand expressionlessly.

Hearing this, Xu Guangquan directly handed the bottle of longevity pills to Lu Quan. After confirming that there was no problem with the pills, Lu Rong directly signed his name on the contract in front of him.

After signing, Lu Rong stood up and left.

The moment he left the private room, Lu Rong heard laughter coming from inside, "Haha, Xu Guangquan, if you want my Lu family's spiritual field, it depends on whether you have the ability to eat it." Lu Rong sneered, and his figure disappeared in the restaurant.

After all, Lu Rong was an old fellow who had lived for so many years. Although he was afraid of death, he was not a stupid person. He knew very well that the other party's intention to marry Fang Jiaoyan was not the real purpose, but the second-grade top-grade spiritual field of their Lu family.

Before, Lu Rong was afraid that the foundation of his family would be taken away, so he didn’t dare to sign, but now Fang Jiaoyan’s strength left him with no choice. In addition, the family’s second-level top-grade spiritual field seemed to have been rented by a spiritual plant master.

Lu Rong really wanted to know how Xu Guangquan would take the Lu family's spiritual field from the spiritual plant master. No matter which of the hundreds of arts of cultivation, anyone who could become a master was not someone to be trifled with.

Although the Xu family is stronger than the Lu family, they are not strong enough to offend a spiritual plant master.

Knowing that his spiritual field was rented by a spiritual plant master, Lu Rong signed a contract with Xu Guangquan. Xu Guangquan would help him deal with it. He became a hindrance to the clan leader. Finally, he learned that the spiritual field was occupied by a spiritual plant master. I wonder what his expression would be like then.

Can I still laugh as happily as I did just now?

As for whether the Xu family would eventually cancel the action after learning that the Lu family's spiritual field was rented by a spiritual plant master, Lu Rong was not worried at all. He had signed the contract and got the longevity pill. It had nothing to do with him if the other party did not take action. Getting a longevity pill for free was already a big profit for Lu Rong.

Therefore, if the Xu family does not want to lose a longevity pill in vain, they must take action, and taking action may offend the master of spiritual plants.

"Lu Rong, that old bastard, actually dared to lie to me!" Just as Lu Rong expected, after Xu Guangquan returned, he was preparing to mobilize people to attack the Lu family, and then he learned this very bad news.

The Lu family's spiritual field was suspected to have been rented to a spiritual plant master. Not long ago, when Fang Jiaoyan was supplying goods to the Immortal City, she took out a second-grade mid-quality sword bamboo.

Many people knew about this, and it was not a secret. However, the Xu family was not a supplier of Xiancheng, so they learned the news much later.

"Clan leader, are we still going to the Lu family?" asked a senior member of the Xu family.

"Go, why not? He's just a spiritual plant master." Xu Guangquan gritted his teeth. The longevity pill couldn't be lost in vain. Besides, the second-grade top-grade spiritual field of the Lu family was very important to his Xu family.

If the opponent is a master of elixirs, weapons, formations, or talismans, Xu Guangquan will choose to give up without hesitation, because he cannot afford to offend the masters of these professions. Take the talisman master for example, do you think the opponent has some powerful talismans in his hands? If you offend a talisman master, believe it or not, the opponent can just throw a powerful talisman at you and destroy them all.

The same is true for the formation master. A powerful formation is also not something Xu Guangquan can handle. As for the alchemist and the weapon refiner, the same is true.

But this time they are not going to face these powerful professional masters, but just a spiritual plant master. Once his Xu family takes over the Lu family's 2nd-grade top-grade spiritual field, the Xu family's strength will definitely make a big leap. So what if they offend the spiritual plant master then?

Of course, although the master of spiritual plants is not as good as the masters of elixirs, weapons, formations, and talismans, he should not be underestimated. Therefore, Xu Guangquan plans to ask for external assistance just in case.

While the Xu family was sharpening their knives, Gu Mo had a new harvest. After these days of development, the icon of the new plant on the vending machine finally appeared completely.

Name: Torchwood stump.

Grade: 1th grade, lower grade.

Effect: Condensed flames.

Planting conditions: Level 1 spiritual field.

Looking at the extremely brief introduction on the icon, Gu Mo shook his head. If he wanted to understand the specific effect of this torch stump, he could only try it himself.

However, the price of these 200 portions of Sun Essence refreshed the price ceiling of Cherry Bomb, making it the most expensive plant in Gu Mo's hands.

Fortunately, Gu Mo had a lot of level 1 solar essence on hand. He put 200 portions of solar essence into the vending machine, and soon a seed rolled out.

Although the icon shows a burning tree stump, the vending machine actually gives out a seed. Gu Mo doubts whether it is possible to directly grow a tree stump using this seed?
With doubts, Gu Mo left the black fog space, found a place in the spiritual field, and planted the seeds in his hand. Soon the seeds took root and sprouted quickly. It did not grow into a stump directly as Gu Mo imagined, but a real big tree grew from the seeds.

But when the tree grew to a certain diameter, flames suddenly engulfed the trunk. Before Gu Mo could react, the originally lush tree was reduced to a stump, and the flames were still burning on the stump.

"So this is how torch stumps come about." Gu Mo, stunned by the scene before him, murmured.

After being amazed, Gu Mo turned his attention to the flame burning on the stump, which was the core of the torch stump.

"Is this... spiritual fire?" Gu Mo carefully investigated and quickly determined the origin of the fire.

In the world of immortal cultivation, flames are divided into several types. In addition to the most common ordinary fire, there are relatively common special flames such as spiritual fire, earth fire, and elixir fire. There is also extremely rare and powerful strange fire. However, strange fire is already at the level of natural treasures and is something that can only be encountered by chance.

And each type of flame has its own unique effect.

For example, the underground fire originates from underground and has a fiery and heavy property, which is more suitable for refining. The elixir fire is the fire ignited by the golden elixir cultivators using the golden elixir power as fuel. Because it is the fire of the cultivators, it is easy to control and is more suitable for refining elixir.

As for spiritual fire, it is a flame formed by the burning of spiritual power and is the most commonly used flame in the world of immortal cultivation. Earth fire requires a specific location to be collected, and elixir fire requires a golden elixir cultivator to ignite.

However, spiritual fire can be ignited simply by burning spiritual materials that contain spiritual power. In the absence of earth fire and elixir fire, spiritual fire is the best substitute for alchemists and weapon refiners.

However, Gu Mo's torch tree stump does not seem to require the addition of spiritual materials. The roots of the stump will automatically absorb underground spiritual power to supply the flames in the stump.

This is equivalent to giving Gu Mo a free furnace. If it is used for alchemy and refining, it can definitely save a lot of firewood money. Of course, Gu Mo knows that the real use of this torch stump should be to cooperate with the pea shooter. I just don't know how much improvement the pea shooter can get when combined with the torch stump.

In order to verify it, Gu Mo went to the vending machine in the Black Mist Space to buy a Peashooter seed, planted it next to the torch tree stump, and then planted a first-grade low-quality nut as a target.

After preparing the test props, Gu Mo immediately ordered the pea shooter to attack. Immediately, an emerald green energy pea was shot out, and the energy pea passed through the burning flame of the torch stump. The next moment, the emerald green energy pea was instantly ignited and turned into a blazing fireball.

"boom!"

The fireball hit the rough shell of the nut accurately, creating a big hole.

“The improvement is so huge!”

This result made Gu Mo's eyes light up. The combination of the inferior level 1 Torch Stump and the Pea Shooter could actually directly blow up two-thirds of Nut's thick defense. The power was definitely close to that of a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining.

If a low-grade tier 1 item has such power, then if a top-grade tier 2 Torch Stump and a top-grade tier 2 Pea Shooter are paired together, can they threaten fake elixir or even golden elixir cultivators?

In the absence of a tier-3 spiritual field, relying on the combination of two tier-2 top-grade plants, he was able to threaten fake elixir and even golden elixir cultivators. This was definitely a leap in strength for Gu Mo.

Although cherry bombs and potato mines can also pose a threat to fake elixir or even golden elixir monks at the level 2 ultimate stage, cherry bombs and potato mines are disposable plants and the cost of each use is very high.

But the situation is different for the Pea Shooter. As long as there is enough spiritual power in the spiritual field, the Pea Shooter can continue to output.

With the blessing of the torch stump, each energy pea shot by the Pea Shooter can have the same lethality as the cherry bomb and potato mine.

It is no exaggeration to say that the appearance of Torch Stump is an epic improvement for Pea Shooter.

In addition, Gu Mo conducted many experiments on torch tree stumps and studied many characteristics of torch tree stumps.

For example, putting solar essence into a torch stump can increase the flame power of the torch stump for a short period of time, which can be considered a small burst of ability.

The Torch Stump in a small burst state combined with the Pea Shooter can directly penetrate the nut defense of the same level, but this small burst consumes a lot of solar essence.

At present, in the case of the lower grade 1, this consumption is still acceptable to Gu Mo. However, if the torch stump is upgraded to the upper grade 2, in order to trigger this small burst state, the amount of solar essence invested will be not a small amount.

But if this small burst is used well, it can turn the tide of the battle at a critical moment.

In addition to his research on torch stump combat, Gu Mo also tried to use the torch stump for cooking, alchemy, and refining.

It must be said that the taste of meat roasted with spiritual fire is absolutely amazing. Ordinary beast meat, after being roasted with spiritual fire, contains some spiritual power and becomes a spiritual meal. If spiritual beast meat is used, the effect will definitely be even better.

The results of Torch Tree Stump's attempts at alchemy and refining were also surprising. Of course, Gu Mo's attempts at alchemy and refining were not real alchemy and refining. After all, he was not an alchemist or refiner. He just used elixirs and ores to do some simple refining.

But the result was unexpectedly good. The flame of the torch tree stump was so stable. When ordinary cultivators used spiritual materials to ignite spiritual fire, the spiritual fire would be affected by various factors such as the quality of the spiritual materials and the environment, causing the flame to fluctuate.

In this case, the cultivator needs to make timely adjustments, otherwise, the quality of the elixirs and magic weapons being refined will easily decline, and in serious cases, it may even lead to failure.

But the torch tree stump does not have this problem. The flame on its stump is extremely stable, and Gu Mo can even control the intensity of the flame.

It is no exaggeration to say that using torch tree stumps to make elixirs and weapons can definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

"Does it mean I need to learn a skill of alchemy or refining as well?" Gu Mo was a little confused. He felt it would be a shame not to use a tool like the torch stump for alchemy or refining.

You should know that the Torch Stump can be upgraded. You may not feel anything at level 1, but once the level of the Torch Stump increases, the benefits will be greater.

The most obvious benefit is saving money. A level 1 spiritual fire requires level 1 spiritual materials to ignite. Level 1 spiritual materials are not expensive, but when it comes to level 2 or even level 3, the spiritual materials alone are a huge expense.

Of course, it is also possible not to use spiritual materials, for example, the golden elixir cultivator's elixir fire can directly ignite the golden elixir's elixir power, but the problem is that a third-level alchemist must not only consume elixir power to maintain the elixir fire, but also distract himself to control the alchemy process, which will undoubtedly greatly increase the difficulty.

But if there is a level 3 torch stump, this problem can be completely solved.

There is a torch tree stump that can save money and labor. If you don’t practice alchemy or refining techniques at the same time, it always feels like a waste.

After all, battles don't happen every day, so the torch stump can be fully utilized in normal times. With the advantages brought by the torch stump, Gu Mo can refine better pills and magical tools at a lower cost, and then this will be a skill that can make a lot of money.

In terms of making money quickly, no other profession can compare to alchemists and weapon refiners. And Gu Mo also has time to learn a new art of cultivating immortals.

However, Gu Mo does not have the inheritance of an alchemist or a weapon refiner now, so he can only let the fake Dan incarnation go to the Immortal City to see if he can buy a copy of the inheritance of an alchemist or a weapon refiner.

As for now, Gu Mo is preparing to upgrade the level of the torch tree stump. Now that he has the level 3 sunflower, the efficiency of upgrading plants has been greatly improved. It won’t take much time to upgrade the torch tree stump to the level 2 top-quality one.

Everything is calm on Gu Mo's side.

However, undercurrents were already surging in the Lu family's land at the foot of the mountain. With the support of the Xu family, Lu Rong launched a palace coup against Fang Jiaoyan, on the grounds that Fang Jiaoyan had rented the family's most important spiritual field to outsiders.

Many members of the Lu family found it incomprehensible to Lu Rong's reason for forcing the emperor to abdicate. The spiritual field was now rented to a spiritual plant master, which brought the Lu family several times the profit. Why should he be impeached for such a good thing?

Feeling those puzzled eyes, Lu Rong didn't care at all. This was just an excuse to take action. Even if the reason was far-fetched, so what? In the end it would all depend on fists. Of course, Lu Rong was no match for Fang Jiaoyan, but this time it was not him who took action, but someone from the Xu family.

At that time, Xu Guangquan forced Fang Jiaoyan to marry him, and the two sides announced an alliance. The Xu family supported him to become the patriarch, and Lu Rong opened the family spiritual field for both sides to share.

Of course, whether the Xu family can finally seize the spiritual field from the spiritual plant master is none of Lu Rong’s business.

(End of this chapter)