Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 48 Sunflower Upgrade Plan

Ten portions of solar essence should have been able to bring Gu Mo the improvement of 30 days of hard training, but this time Gu Mo only got the improvement of about 20 days of hard training, which is directly one third less. How could Gu Mo not care?

He took out a new portion of solar essence and absorbed it. This portion of solar essence provided Gu Mo with the improvement of two days of hard training. Gu Mo had already checked the previous portion of solar essence and found no problems.

Since there is no problem with the sun's essence, the problem is Gu Mo. The biggest difference between Gu Mo and before is that he is now in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

In other words, the essence of the sun can bring an improvement of 3 days of hard training to Gu Mo in the early stage of Qi Refining, but after Gu Mo enters the middle stage of Qi Refining, the effect of the essence of the sun becomes a 2-day hard training.

One portion of sun essence is equivalent to two days of hard training, which is actually not unacceptable, but Gu Mo has to consider whether the effect of this sun essence will become one day of hard training when he enters the later stage of Qi Refining in the future.

So, when he enters the foundation-building stage, will the essence of the sun become ineffective?
Gu Mo didn't believe that this great opportunity could only last until he established his foundation, so there must be some solution.

Suddenly, Gu Mo thought of the attribute panel of sunflower.

Name: Sunflower.

Grade: 1th grade, lower grade.

Effect: Concentrates the essence of the sun.

Planting conditions: Level 1 spiritual field.

The grade of this sunflower clearly states "Level 1, Lower Grade". So, does that mean that the grade of this sunflower can be upgraded, or that there are higher grade sunflowers out there?

Sunflowers come from the black fog space, so this promise obviously needs to be found in the black fog space.

After stopping his practice, Gu Mo entered the black fog space. First, his eyes fell on the vending machine. There were already three plant selling icons on the vending machine, sunflower, pea shooter, and potato mine. The grades of these three were all level 1, low quality.

I don’t know if there are higher grade plants behind it.

Then, Gu Mo turned his gaze to the door on the other side. Behind the door was another space. Gu Mo didn't know what was inside. There might be props to upgrade the sunflower, or there might be nothing.

The vending machine and the space inside the door, the former is to find new and higher-grade sunflowers, while the latter is to find ways to upgrade sunflowers. The two different paths are full of uncertainty.

Now Gu Mo needs to choose one of the two options: either be sure that the probability of high-grade sunflowers appearing in the vending machine is high, or be sure that the probability of finding a way to upgrade sunflowers inside the door is high.

As for exploring both together, it is not realistic at present. Gu Mo now has only ten portions of solar essence a day. Half of them need to be reserved for cultivation, and the rest can be used to open up the black fog space.

Because now the sun's essence can still offset the effect of two days of hard training, and it is two days of hard training in the middle stage of Qi Refining. By leaving half of the sun's essence for cultivation, Gu Mo can still have a cultivation speed 2 times that of a high-grade spiritual root.

Since the effect of the sun essence on improving cultivation is still strong, Gu Mo naturally does not need to stop practicing completely in order to find high-grade sunflowers. He can practice half and explore the black fog space half.

As to whether to explore the vending machine or the space inside the door, Gu Mo thought for a moment and finally decided to explore the space inside the door.

In Gu Mo's opinion, the plants behind the vending machine should be other kinds of plants, and the probability of high-grade sunflowers appearing is not high. Instead, the space inside the door may have new surprises. After making a choice, Gu Mo will use half of the ten sunflowers he harvested every day for cultivation and the other half for exploring the space inside the door.

Time passed, and another month went by. Today, Yuan Niya appeared again. However, at this moment, Yuan Niya was already a cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining, and the aura on her body was more condensed than that of an ordinary cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining.

Gu Mo judged that Yuan Niya's physique and spiritual power should be twice that of the cultivators of the same level. The reason why it is not three times like Gu Mo is very simple. Gu Mo started using the cleansing technique to cut the marrow since the Qi Induction Stage, while Yuan Niya started after entering the Qi Refining Stage.

Naturally, Yuan Niya's final improvement was weaker than Gu Mo's. But this did not mean that Yuan Niya's combat power was only twice that of an ordinary second-level Qi Refining cultivator.

Cultivation techniques, magic tools, and spells are all part of what determines a cultivator's combat power. As an inner sect disciple, Yuan Niya is obviously not bad in these aspects. Therefore, Yuan Niya's final combat power is definitely several times that of an ordinary Qi Refining Level 2 cultivator.

"Come!"

Yuan Niya waved to Gu Mo. After experiencing the profound influence of the cleansing technique of Yijing marrow-cutting, Yuan Niya now became somewhat dependent on Gu Mo's perfect-level cleansing technique. After all, no cultivator could resist something that could increase their profound influence.

Although Yuan Niya paid the price of having her body secrets known by the other party, for this, these were not worth mentioning in order to become stronger. Besides, she also knew a lot of Gu Mo's secrets, so it was not a loss.

"what!"

As soon as Yuan Niya finished speaking, she let out a cry of pain. After becoming a mid-stage cultivator of the fourth level of Qi Refining, Gu Mo's power in the Cleansing Technique was strengthened again. In addition, Gu Mo deliberately strengthened the effect of the Cleansing Technique. The two combined naturally caught Yuan Niya off guard.

Gu Mo felt that coming once a month was a bit too frequent, because there were already menial disciples cultivating the nearby spiritual fields. Those menial disciples were naturally the ones who joined the Spiritual Planting Hall last time. Some of them with good comprehension successfully mastered a spiritual farming spell and rented a spiritual field of their own.

As the saying goes, too many people mean too many eyes. Even if Yuan Niya has a way to hide it from those menial disciples, it is still not safe. Therefore, Gu Mo decided to increase the dosage for Yuan Niya so that she doesn't need to come once a month.

"Hoo~~ho~~"

When the effect of the cleansing technique wore off, Yuan Niya gasped for breath. At this moment, she looked at Gu Mo in some doubt. She was already a cultivator of the second level of Qi Refining, so why couldn't she withstand the cleansing technique performed by Gu Mo, who was only at the first level of Qi Refining?
Before Yuan Niya came here, she wondered whether Gu Mo's cleaning technique would become less effective after her cultivation level improved, and whether she needed to come here more frequently. However, the result was just the opposite, and she even needed to reduce the frequency of her visits to Gu Mo.

This is definitely a good thing for Yuan Niya. Although this high-intensity cleansing technique will cause her great pain, she can endure it in order to become stronger.

"It's okay, you can go back."

Ignoring Yuan Niya's inquiring gaze, Gu Moke would not explain anything to Yuan Niya and started to drive people away directly.

"Humph!"

Yuan Niya snorted in dissatisfaction, and then left very obediently. She had no way to ask Gu Mo for help, so what could she do but give in.

"The one-year period is almost up, and it's time to go to the market." Gu Mo calculated the time and it was almost time to meet up with the others in the small team.

(End of this chapter)