Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 177 Molten Stump
Seeing Liu Shulan nod, Gu Mo took out another 3rd-grade top-quality torch tree stump and handed it to the other party, and told her the details of the use of the torch tree stump. The 3rd-grade top-quality torch tree stump, planted in Liu Shulan's alchemy room containing 4th-grade spiritual energy, can fully reach the power of 4th grade with the help of the short-term burst of the torch tree stump.

It’s a pity that the spiritual land in Shennong Valley cannot be traded, otherwise, Gu Mo would rather not have the alchemy furnace and the strange fire, but a piece of level 4 spiritual land.

As for directly using a certain Yuanying Zhenjun's 4th-level spiritual land, this sect has no restrictions. There are cases where many Yuanying Zhenjun's direct disciples used their master's 4th-level cave dwelling to break through certain levels and bottlenecks.

But Gu Mo has many secrets, so it is naturally impossible for him to get Yuanying Zhenjun's 4th-level spiritual land. Therefore, if Gu Mo wants the spiritual land, he can only slowly accumulate sect contributions to exchange for it.

Gu Mo was also full of confidence in this regard. This time he obtained an alchemy furnace of the highest grade of magic weapon, plus a new kind of strange fire, which would definitely be a huge improvement for Gu Mo's alchemy skills.

Gu Mo even considered finding other high-level alchemists and weapon refiners who possessed strange fire and selling the torch tree stump to them.

But after thinking about it, Gu Mo temporarily gave up the idea. Gu Mo dared to make a deal with Liu Shulan because Liu Shulan was the elder of the sect and was considered one of their own.

Even if Liu Shulan was curious about Gu Mo's torch tree stump, the sect's rules and the support of Gu Mo's master were enough to prevent her from having any thoughts. But if it were other high-level cultivators, seeing such a good treasure in Gu Mo's hand, they might just grab it.

"Please pick one of the alchemy furnaces here." Liu Shulan played with the tree stump reluctantly. Although the stump was not very good-looking, she loved it very much. After all, no alchemist would dislike a treasure that could improve his or her attainments in alchemy.

"Elder Liu, this is the one I'll choose." Gu Mo pointed at the alchemy furnace he had just used to make the elixir. He found this furnace very easy to use. Although it didn't have any special effects, it had a solid foundation.

In addition to an alchemy furnace of the highest grade magical weapon level, the molten tree stump that carries the molten fire from the earth's core will also belong to Gu Mo.

At this point, the deal between the two parties was officially reached.

Afterwards, Gu Mo handed the disciple token of Shennong Valley to Liu Shulan and asked her to authenticate it. Only after authentication could Gu Mo take on the alchemy task.

"Gu Mo? Are you Gu Mo?"

Liu Shulan took the identity token handed over by Gu Mo, and there was some surprise in her eyes. As an elder of Shennong Valley, Liu Shulan was naturally present at the previous high-level meeting.

Liu Shulan naturally knew that Hou Chunyu had applied for the true teaching treatment for Gu Mo, and she also learned about Gu Mo's origins through Hou Chunyu's jade slip.

The above introduced that Gu Mo's talent and comprehension were not inferior to those of a true disciple, and that he also had an equally outstanding talent as a spiritual plant master. However, because she had not seen it with her own eyes, Liu Shulan thought that Senior Brother Hou must have exaggerated a little. Of course, this was nothing.

Hou Chunyu wanted to apply for the true disciple treatment for Gu Mo, so naturally he had to speak as positively as possible. Moreover, Hou Chunyu would not exaggerate too much, otherwise, if the matter was exposed, he would lose face.

But at this moment, Liu Shulan felt that Senior Brother Hou was not exaggerating, but was rather restrained. Being able to cultivate special spiritual plants like the torch tree stump that could absorb strange fire, you could call this a spiritual plant master with outstanding talent, and it's not an exaggeration to call him a monster.

And Senior Brother Hou didn't even mention Gu Mo's equally extraordinary talent in alchemy. Is it that the identity of an alchemist is not worthy of being revealed?

"It's the disciple!"

Seeing Elder Liu's reaction, Gu Mo was also stunned. This was the first time he met Elder Liu. How did the other party know him?

"Yes, your lineage is not good at alchemy. If you have any confusion about alchemy, you can come to me." Liu Shulan said after engraving the certification of the third-level alchemist on Gu Mo's identity token.

After knowing Gu Mo's identity, Liu Shulan also understood that the appearance of Gu Mo did not mean that other branches of Shennong Valley wanted to enter the alchemy field. He might just be an isolated case.

Senior Brother Hou's lineage is best at planting. Of course, there are many branches that specialize in spiritual plant planting, but Senior Brother Hou's lineage has always been among the top few.

Based on Liu Shulan's understanding of Senior Brother Hou, he would not be distracted by the alchemist.

"Thank you, elder!"

Hearing this, Gu Mo was delighted. Just like his spiritual practice, Gu Mo also had no master to guide him in alchemy. He relied entirely on his own understanding of the Qinglu Sect's 4th-level alchemist inheritance that he got from He Shaogang's storage bracelet. Later, with the help of a large amount of spiritual medicines in the sea and torch tree stumps, he was able to become a 3rd-level alchemist.

Now that he can get guidance from a 4th-level alchemist, Gu Mo will definitely avoid many detours. It can be said that after joining Shennong Valley, Gu Mo has found someone to consult for advice on his cultivation, spiritual plant cultivation, and alchemy.

However, now is obviously not the time to ask for advice, so Gu Mo put away his identity token and said goodbye to Liu Shulan.

"Go!"

Liu Shulan nodded. At this moment, she was also eager to transfer the molten fire from the earth's core to the torch stump in her hand. She knew that this molten fire from the earth's core was consuming her spiritual materials every moment.

As for this magical tree stump, Liu Shulan also plans to study it carefully. Gu Mo is a level 3 spiritual plant master, and so is she. Moreover, she is also a Yuanying Zhenjun. Liu Shulan is confident that she can find out the secret of this tree stump.

Especially the ability to carry strange fire, which made Liu Shulan very concerned. If she could get the secret, would it allow her to take her control over the strange fire to a higher level?

"Junior Brother Gu, I have some connections in Shennong Valley. If you can help me with anything, please come to me." Qian Tao bowed to Gu Mo.

As a witness who had personally witnessed the magic of the torch tree stump, Qian Tao did not ask Gu Mo to buy the torch tree stump at this moment. After all, his master had paid a top-grade magic furnace and a strange fire in order to obtain Gu Mo's torch tree stump.

Qian Tao didn't have that much wealth, and if he spoke up he would only bring humiliation upon himself. However, Qian Tao knew the location of a secret realm, and he planned to find a chance to explore it to see if he could get some treasures from the secret realm, and then come back to trade with Gu Mo.

Of course, as an alchemist, Qian Tao’s combat power is not outstanding, but as Qian Tao said, as a third-level alchemist, he has a wide network of contacts.

Qian Tao has a lot of connections not only in Shennong Valley, but also outside. When the time comes, he will form a team to explore the secret realm together.

"Thank you so much, senior brother!" Gu Mo bowed to express his gratitude.

Gu Mo naturally knew what Senior Brother Qian was thinking, but since the other party wanted the torch tree stump, Gu Mo couldn't give it to him for free. He gave it to Liu Shulan because she had a treasure that Gu Mo urgently needed.

If Qian Tao couldn't produce a treasure that interested him, Gu Mo would not trade the torch tree stump at will.

After saying goodbye to Qian Tao, Gu Mo went directly to the Mission Hall and started accepting alchemy missions.

Leaf courtyard.

Ordinary torch tree stumps, ice flame tree stumps, and molten fire tree stumps were arranged in a triangular shape, with a top-grade magic furnace standing in the middle. This was the tool that Gu Mo would use to make the elixir. Using two kinds of exotic fire to make the elixir was something that even those 4th-level alchemists did not have.

But Gu Mo did it. He threw the elixirs that came with the mission into the alchemy furnace one by one, and began to carry out preliminary refining.

The pill that Gu Mo needs to refine this time is a level 1 Tuomai Pill, which has the effect of opening up the meridians for Qi Refining cultivators and increasing their cultivation foundation.

Even though this is only a tier 1 pill, it is extremely difficult to refine, and the task that Gu Mo accepted requires a top-grade Tuomai Pill. The higher the grade of Tuomai Pill, the stronger the effect. Those true geniuses will only use top-grade Tuomai Pills, and they will never be stingy with money for this. Therefore, the reward for refining a top-grade Tuomai Pill is above average among tier 3 pill refining tasks.

However, it is very difficult to refine top-grade elixirs.

Just like the practice of magic, great success is the limit for most practitioners, high-quality elixirs are the limit for most alchemists, and as for the best quality, it requires all aspects to reach the extreme to be born.

Therefore, this task has been pending for a long time, and no alchemist has ever taken it up. If a level 3 alchemist were to make the alchemy, it could guarantee 100% of the results would be top quality, but the best quality could still not be guaranteed.

If you just need one or two top-grade Tuomai Pills, there are 3rd-level alchemists willing to give it a try. The materials required for 1st-level pills are not expensive. If you try a few more times, you may be lucky enough to get one or two top-grade pills.

However, the number of top-grade Tuomai Pills required for the mission is 9, which is also the limit for a Qi Refining cultivator to take. Since only 9 pills can be taken, the higher the grade of the Tuomai Pill, the better.

9 top-grade Tuomai Pills, this number directly made those level 3 alchemists who wanted to try give up.

But after seeing this task, Gu Mo accepted it without hesitation. With two kinds of strange fire and Torch Stump's precise fire control ability, Gu Mo was confident that he could give it a try.

Because Gu Mo knew very well how big the market was for the top-grade Tuomai Pill. This first-grade pill was useless to cultivators above the foundation-building stage, but it could bring huge improvements to Qi-refining cultivators who had just started practicing.

As long as the top-grade Tuomai Pill appears, those big sects and big forces will definitely spend a huge price to buy it and give it to their outstanding disciples to use, laying a solid foundation for them.

The most essential parts of each medicinal ingredient were refined by the extremely cold ice flames and the heavy molten fire of the earth's core. Afterwards, Gu Mo continuously used alchemy techniques to fuse the essence of these medicinal ingredients.

About a quarter of an hour later, a strong fragrance of elixir emanated. Seeing this, Gu Mo smiled because he succeeded.

Although only one pill was produced in this furnace, and under normal circumstances the amount of spiritual medicine consumed by Gu Mo is enough to make dozens of pills, but in order to pursue the best quality, Gu Mo compressed all the medicinal power to ensure that it would produce a top-quality Tuomai Pill.

The value of this top-grade Tuomai Pill is far more than dozens or hundreds. No, this top-grade Tuomai Pill is simply incomparable to ordinary Tuomai Pills.

After performing the pill collecting technique, a round pill appeared with a pattern on it, which was the sign of a top-grade pill.

Next, Gu Mo continued to refine the elixir. As a level 3 alchemist, he was refining a level 1 elixir. Even if it was a level 1 top-grade elixir, with the help of the strange fire and the torch stump, Gu Mo seemed very relaxed.

Of course, Gu Mo failed several times during this period, but his success rate remained at 80%. This 80% success rate is the success rate of top-grade elixirs, not ordinary elixirs.

After putting nine top-grade Tuomai Pills into a specially made jade bottle, Gu Mo completed the alchemy commission.

The total time taken was less than a day.

It is very normal to spend several months refining a tier 3 pill, from preparation to completion. If you fail once during this period, the time will double.

Gu Mo chose this first-grade, top-grade Tuomai Pill not only because he had the two kinds of strange fire in his hands and was confident, but also because it took a short time to refine a first-grade pill.

If you want to quickly earn contributions to the sect, you have to complete the task as quickly as possible. With the refined elixir, Gu Mo went to the mission hall to hand in the task.

A branch of an ancient tree.

"Master, I have broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining!" A young girl excitedly reported her latest cultivation achievements to her master.

"Not bad!"

Upon hearing this, the girl's master's face immediately showed surprise, but despite his surprise, this cultivator in the late Jindan stage was a little anxious.

His apprentice's cultivation speed was too fast, but there was no news yet on the top-grade Tuomai Pill he had entrusted to him. Tuomai Pill was only effective when taken during the Qi Refining Stage. Moreover, the late Jindan cultivator had great ambitions for his apprentice who had such outstanding talent.

He wanted to use the top-grade Tuomai Pill to lay a solid foundation for his apprentice. Only in this way could he compete for the qualification to inherit the sect's true teachings.

It's just that he issued the commissioned task when his disciple had just entered the Qi Refining Stage. Now that his disciple has reached the late stage of Qi Refining, there is still no news about the top-grade Tuomai Pill. How can he not be anxious?

Of course, in addition to the top-grade Tuomai Pill, there are actually other ways to increase your foundation, such as the perfect level cleaning technique. However, it is also extremely difficult to practice the cleaning technique to the perfect level.

It seems that his disciple has no talent in this area. Of course, some rare treasures have the effect of increasing one's foundation, but such rare treasures are difficult for him to obtain even when he is in the late Jindan stage.

After much thought, the top-grade Tuomai Pill is the best choice.

"If all else fails, I will go and beg Master to ask him to ask Elder Liu to help!"

The late Jindan cultivator had to consider the worst case scenario. At that time, he could only seek help from his master and ask Elder Liu from the alchemy lineage for help.

Of course, this is the last resort. After all, this will make his master owe favors to Elder Liu and Yuanying Zhenjun, which are very valuable.

No Yuanying Zhenjun would be willing to owe favors to others unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Master, master!"

Just as the late Jindan cultivator was thinking, a young man ran in quickly.

"What are you rushing for?!"

The late Jindan cultivator was a little unhappy that his thoughts were interrupted. This disciple was not serious about his cultivation and just liked to wander around.

Seeing his master getting angry, the young man couldn't help but shrink his neck, but when he thought of the news he had received, he immediately became excited, "Master, the commission you asked me to post before has been completed."

As soon as the young man finished speaking, the late Jindan cultivator disappeared.

"Tsk, you say I'm in a panic, but you're the same..." Seeing this, the young man muttered.

"What are you mumbling about? Follow me, Master!"

At this time, a hand grabbed the young man, which scared him. However, without waiting for the young man to explain, the two men ran away directly.

(End of this chapter)