Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 79 Black Wood Taoist
When Li Ye saw this seed, his heart moved slightly, but he said calmly,
"You said this thing is the seed of that ancient tree, and that it has the potential to be a spiritual root of heaven and earth... But how can I know if it's real? What if you're making up a story to deceive me?"

Hearing this, Tang Qingquan did not get angry, but just smiled and said,
"I've already considered your concerns. You're also looking for a method to identify spiritual plants. We have a secret method that can identify the characteristics of unfamiliar spiritual plants. If you want to know if they're the seeds of heavenly and earthly spiritual roots, wouldn't you know for yourself if you try it yourself?"

As he said this, he quoted the price of this secret technique.

"You guys have a good idea..."

Li Ye feigned dissatisfaction and muttered, "Then learn this secret technique first and let me see it for myself first!"

"Hahaha! Fellow Daoist is truly generous!"

Tang Qingquan smiled, immediately swore an oath and presented a jade slip.

Li Ye put his hand close to his forehead and scanned the contents, and couldn't help but marvel at them.

This method seems simple and easy to use, but every word is precious and has a unique subtlety... I don't know where it came from!

He sat upright and thought for a moment, then soon opened his eyes, clasped his hands together, and sent a ray of light onto the seed.

The white spiritual light suddenly turned emerald green, and several lines were separated to form a faint tree shape, which was the same as the strange phenomenon of a spiritual root in heaven and earth described in the secret method!

"It's actually true..." Li Ye's tone was filled with surprise. "Never mind! Name your price!"

"Since fellow Daoist wants it, I will deliver it along with all the other items..."

Tang Qingquan quoted a price.

Li Ye's face immediately turned red with anger. "How dare you ask for such a high price!"

"That is the seed of the spiritual root of heaven and earth. It is extremely precious and will not be cheap..." Tang Qingquan looked helpless.

Li Ye shook his head repeatedly, "Manager Tang, please don't go too far. After all, it's still unknown whether this thing can be grown and survive outside of that secret environment. How can you sell it as a true spiritual root of heaven and earth!"

Hearing this, Tang Qingquan's originally smiling face froze slightly, but he immediately waved his hand and said,
"My Treasure Pavilion has always been honest and fair, and never raises the price without reason. But since Fellow Daoist Ye said so, I will give in a little..."

After some bargaining, the two of them finally managed to bring the price down to a reasonable number.

Li Ye took out a handful of mid-grade spirit stones, counted the amount and found it was not enough. After hesitating for a moment, he took out some low-level elixirs, talismans, spirit herbs and other miscellaneous items to make up the difference. Only then did he feel that the money was enough.

He acted out the difficulty of barely getting it even after spending all his money to perfection!

"Goodbye, Fellow Daoist Ye. Welcome back next time..."

Tang Qingquan happily sent Li Ye out of the store, and when he turned around, the smile on his face widened.

"Another one..."

He walked upstairs leisurely, with a somewhat cocky smile on his face.

"This person even considered the possibility that the seeds would be unsuitable for the outside environment and difficult to grow and survive once they left that secret realm, yet he still couldn't resist taking the gamble. I thought this deal was going to fall through..."

"It's a pity that the last one has already been sold. Otherwise, if there were a few more guys like this, I would have passed the shopkeeper assessment this year much earlier!"

Since they dare to sell this kind of seeds directly in their store, it must be that the family has already conducted tests and spent several months trying every possible way but still failed to make them survive.

Finally, it was discovered that this thing did not seem to be from this world. It could not be grown and survived in the outside world outside the secret realm. It was just a showpiece!
Except for one seed that was still planted in the ground for various attempts to preserve the seeds, and one seed that was kept as a collection, the Tang family decisively threw all the other collected seeds to various stores to cheat people!

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"Even a seed of a heavenly and earthly spiritual root like this can be sold. This thing must have some issues that I'm not aware of yet..."

Returning to the restaurant room and opening all the temporary restrictions, Li Ye took out the purchased ancient tree seeds and placed them together with the original one, frowning and thinking.

He had just verified it using a secret method, and the seed had the same strange phenomenon, so there was nothing wrong. "Could it be that this thing is simply too difficult to grow?"

He couldn't help but think of a possibility.

Otherwise, given the tone of the family that helps build the foundation, they will never let it go to benefit others!

"Never mind... I have two seeds now, and their origins are clear. I can experiment with them first!"

Li Ye put away one of the tree seeds, and cast several spells into the remaining one.

After the effect of the spell had sunk in, he took out the black wooden sword and used his magic power to cut a hole in his right arm, then buried the processed seed directly in it.

Snapped!
He slapped a top-grade rejuvenation talisman and used his internal energy to close the membrane and muscles. After a while, the injury on his arm was healed, leaving only a lump.

This is the art of spiritual plant parasitism!

Previously, after Li Ye collected many spiritual plant seeds, due to the effect shown by Zimo San in the previous war, he finally chose a fungus called Hunsan Mushroom and used this secret method to implant the spores under the membrane, completely assimilated it for his own use, and kept it alive in a dormant state!

That’s right... at least in the world of immortals, mushrooms are considered spiritual plants!
Originally, Li Ye just wanted to take advantage of its own characteristics, integrate Zimo Powder into its spores and spread it, so as to poison others silently.

The magical thing is that just after those spores came to life, Li Ye actually received a panel prompt!

[You used your exquisite skills to cultivate and sustain the first-level spiritual plant [Dizzy Mushroom], successfully stimulating its vitality. However, due to its special dormant state, it cannot provide feedback...]
For such a small spiritual plant, it is actually not important whether there is experience value feedback or not.

The key point is the success of this attempt, which shows that the spiritual plants planted by the spiritual plant parasitism technique can get planting item bonuses!

In the future, Li Ye will be able to formulate different spiritual plants that are perfectly suited for him, distribute them in different parts of the body, and provide various auxiliary effects.

And now he can use himself as a testing ground to try out whether the seeds can survive!

Li Ye could faintly feel the ancient tree seed implanted in his arm beginning to absorb his own blood and energy under the effect of the preset spell, and a smile appeared on his face.

"If it works... with the ancient tree's ability to suppress the passage to the lower world, perhaps it will give me a big surprise!"

It was unknown how long it would take for this kind of spiritual root of heaven and earth to accumulate enough vitality. After Li Ye finished everything, he stopped paying attention to it and took out a jade slip instead.

"The Bone-Changing Form-Transforming Technique... once mastered, it can transform bones, skin, and flesh to the point where even Foundation Establishment Divine Sense cannot discern the true form. Let me see if this miraculous effect truly works!"

He muttered something and began to comprehend it carefully.

As time passed, Li Ye suddenly put down the jade slip.

The blood and energy in his body were circulating, and his body was making all kinds of strange movements with crackling sounds. His bones began to change little by little, and his body shape was shrinking and expanding, which was quite strange.

But after continuing to try, his body shape became stable soon.

I came to the mirror and looked at the face inside... then the facial features began to change subtly due to the slight adjustments of the bones and skin membrane.

Not long after.

A man who was slightly shorter and thinner than before, with a hooked nose and a somewhat gloomy and murderous look, appeared in the room.

This appearance is completely different from the previous Li Ye!

Li Ye gently stroked the unfamiliar face, looked at the gloomy person in the mirror and smiled.

"If your physical cultivation is high enough, the difficulty of practicing this technique will be greatly reduced..."

"Hahaha! From now on, I'll be called Taoist Blackwood!"

(End of this chapter)