Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 54: Spiritual Plant Parasite Technique (Please recommend!)

“I didn’t expect it to be so smooth…”

Looking at the token in his hand representing the resident alchemist, Li Ye's face still showed a bit of strangeness.

Didn’t Elder Ji say that he didn’t like social interactions and rarely did such caring things with other foundation-building elders?
Otherwise, he would not have selected people from a group of spiritual plant disciples to take care of the spiritual fields for him.

But judging from Elder Yu's tone, he also seemed to have a relationship with Elder Ji...

It seems that Elder Ji only considered making things convenient for him after he found out where he would be transferred.

"Elder Ji is truly a man of character... Even though he says he doesn't like my qualifications and doesn't want to accept me as a disciple, the care he gives me is no less than that of a registered disciple!"

Li Ye sighed and kept this kindness in his heart.

Before going to his residence, he went to the General Affairs Office and exchanged the two tokens he had for sect contributions.

One in the late stage and the other in the middle stage were respectively rewarded with 100 and 60 contributions after providing supporting evidence, which shocked the disciple on duty.

It’s even higher than the contribution Li Ye earned from farming in the first six months!

Including the 500 contributions he earned from Elder Ji's farm before he left, he now has a total of 660 sect contributions!

Even exchanging it for a complete set of exercises from Qi training to foundation building is enough!

However, he looked at the items that could be exchanged here. Apart from a small number of skills and secret techniques, there were all kinds of miscellaneous items, most of which seemed to come directly from the market of the town with a wide variety of items.

Li Ye was dazzled by the sight.

What interested him most were talismans, elixir recipes, and seeds and seedlings of various spiritual plants.

In Zimo Forest, an environment with abundant soil fertility and strong wood spiritual energy, all kinds of spiritual plants are planted and cultivated. There is no shortage of corresponding seeds and seedlings circulating in the market, and the variety is extremely rich.

You can collect them temporarily, and when you find a place to settle down in the future, you can try to sow them one by one.

"Although the sect has the complete Qing Yuan Gong, or even better techniques, it's beyond my reach... And the techniques I have access to aren't much better than this incomplete Qing Yuan Gong. They simply lack the accompanying spells. Now that I have all the necessary skills, there's no need to rush into switching..."

"And the collection here is inferior to that of the sect, so there is no need to look any further!"

Having neither seen any method of spiritual cultivation nor any suitable wood-based skills, Li Ye immediately gave up hope.
"Looks like I can only take this opportunity to collect some spiritual plant seeds and seedlings... Hmm? This secret technique is quite interesting!"

"Spiritual Plant Parasite Technique...it can incorporate spiritual plant seeds into flesh and blood to provide nutrients. If necessary, it can be brought back to life, making it as powerful as an arm, assisting in both defense and offense...I wonder if it can trigger a panel bonus?"

This method is really useless just looking at the description. It is hard to say how powerful it is. The fact that it absorbs blood and flesh as nutrients alone is enough to discourage many practitioners.

However, it does have a special research value for Li Ye, and now his blood and qi are strong enough to bear it.

He then flipped through the pages and didn't see any other spells that were useful to him.

He chose the spiritual plant parasitism technique, some relatively rare spiritual plant seeds and a method called drawing the Breath-Suppressing Talisman, and directly spent 300 contribution points.

As for the pill recipe... he believed that if it was needed for the refining task, he would always be provided with it.

First see how much you can get for free before considering exchanging it yourself!

Only then did he leisurely follow the instructions and find his residence.

Judging from the conditions, except for the slightly worse spiritual energy, the other arrangements are much better.

Putting all the things behind him for the moment, Li Ye opened the sealed restriction and fell into a deep sleep.

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"It seems that among the disciples of the Purple Profound Sect who came to provide assistance this time, there is an alchemist. He has now been appointed as the resident alchemist by the elders..."

"Ever since Master Gong from the market saw the situation was bad and simply ran away, we are now left with Master Luo who can refine and supply elixirs. Unfortunately, the elixirs he refines always suffer excessive losses and the returns are limited. He is far inferior to Master Gong..."

"Now there's finally a new alchemist here. I wonder how good his skills are?"

"To be personally appointed by the elders, how bad can it be? It can't be worse than Master Luo Dan... cough! Master Luo Dan?!"

The two monks who were chatting animatedly in the restaurant suddenly stopped talking, and the scattered chatter in the restaurant also quieted down.

The people around them looked at them, all casting glances of anticipation. The two monks looked up at the young man in front of them, who was neatly dressed, had well-groomed hair and beard, and always had a faint herbal scent on him. Their hands trembled and they hurriedly dropped their wine glasses and stood up to apologize.
"Master Luo Dan, please forgive us for speaking without restraint!"

I couldn't help but feel regretful and wanted to slap myself twice.

Just when I was talking about this, I was bumped into by the real owner...

How could it be such a coincidence?!

No matter how poor this person's skills are, he is one of the only two alchemists in the market today!
No matter how skilled the Zixuan Sect's alchemist is, he will always satisfy the needs of the sect's disciples first, and then accept commissions from independent cultivators depending on the situation.

In this situation, at least Master Luo Dan never refuses anyone who comes to him. He has many people trying to please him, so naturally he cannot be offended easily!

The meticulous Rodin glanced at them expressionlessly and said in a cold voice,

"My alchemy skills still need to be improved. If the new alchemist is quite capable, I wouldn't mind discussing it with him so that we can improve together..."

"It's just that I really don't like the way you two gossip about me behind my back. I won't accept any commissions from you guys in the future."

Having said that, he turned and walked away, getting into the carriage waiting by the roadside.

It was not until he was alone that the man's expression suddenly turned gloomy.

He had thought that after Alchemist Gong had left, the remaining shops that were still open would be selling pills in limited supply and at high prices. If he took such a big risk and stayed here, he would be able to monopolize the alchemy resources of the entire market and hone his skills with other people's materials.

Unless the market town was destroyed, with the abundance of spiritual medicines produced in this area, he would not be able to complete so many commissions even if he made pills all day long.

This leaves room for picking and choosing commissions and being flattered and offered concessions.

But not long after that, Zixuan Sect actually sent an alchemist directly!

Let’s not talk about how the independent cultivators choose.

With the arrival of this person, those commissions from the Zixuan Sect disciples that he could occasionally receive will probably be gone from him!
And these people are the most important ones in the commission!
Taking away someone's wealth is like killing their parents, and this matter is even more related to his improvement in the art of alchemy.

Almost as soon as he heard the news, he felt some hatred towards Li Ye, whom he had never met before.

Master Luo Dan's eyes flickered. "Do I really have to choose a family to join? Or why not just..."

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"I didn't expect that I could see such a good show just by randomly choosing a restaurant..."

"Junior brother, you've only just arrived and you've already encountered such an opponent. Are you confident you can subdue him?"

On the second floor of the restaurant, Qu Zijian withdrew his gaze from the two monks with ugly faces in the lobby downstairs and smiled at Li Ye opposite him.

"But Junior Brother is truly a hidden talent. Not only is his combat prowess astonishing, he also possesses such a hidden skill in alchemy!"

"Now that you're the resident alchemist, you don't even need to go to the battlefield. I'm truly impressed!"

"I don't deserve such praise from you, Senior Brother!"

Li Ye smiled faintly,

"I don't like fighting. My job is to refine enough elixirs for you brothers to meet the needs of the war..."

"Why bother trying to subdue this person?"

"If my arrival can help him show off his true abilities and refine some good pills, it might be a good thing for the battle here!"

"What if he gets a little fame?"

Hearing this, Qu Zijian looked strange for a moment, but then he laughed and picked up his wine glass.

"Junior brother is truly extraordinary. If I need anything, I will definitely come to you one day to ask for the elixir!"

Li Ye touched the wine glass in his hand lightly with it.
"I don't dare to ask for my ears, but I have my own wish!"

(End of this chapter)