Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 119 Enlightenment Spiritual Plants
The pill entered his mouth and transformed into a stream of jade-like liquid, flowing down Fang Jingxuan's throat and into his stomach.

Suddenly, a profound sense of enlightenment welled up in his mind. Under the influence of this state, things that he couldn't understand before could now be easily resolved with just a little thought.

Knowing that the opportunity was rare and that the Breakthrough Pill could only last for half an hour, Fang Jingxuan dared not slack off and quickly devoted himself to meditation and cultivation.

At this moment, his "Three-Turn Wheel Meridian Technique" was running at lightning speed, and his magical power was circulating repeatedly within his body. Details that he had not paid attention to when he was practicing before were automatically corrected in this state of enlightenment.

Fang Jingxuan felt that he now had a clearer perception of the three spiritual energies: metal, water, and wood.

Half an hour later, Fang Jingxuan reluctantly came back to his senses from meditation and looked at the attribute panel with great anticipation, but the next moment, his eyes dimmed.

This attempt to break through the bottleneck ultimately failed; the cultivation progress on the attribute panel remains stuck at the sixth level of perfection.

A few breaths later, Fang Jingxuan finally snapped out of his daze. The Breakthrough Pill was very effective, but his accumulated foundation was too low to successfully break through the barrier.

Thinking that only half an hour had passed and two thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones were gone, Fang Jingxuan felt his heart bleed.

If we could do it again, maybe it would work.

At this moment, Fang Jingxuan was somewhat out of control, like a gambler who had lost and wanted to win back his losses.

But his reason told him that it had to end here today.

Gritting his teeth, Fang Jingxuan walked out of the secret room. He didn't want to see anything else right now and simply asked the black market cultivator to escort him out.

Fang Jingxuan was left on a secluded riverbank. He looked at the river in front of him and tried to calm himself down.

But after a moment, Fang Jingxuan couldn't hold back any longer. He took out the Zhenyue Mace and smashed it against the rocks beside him, venting his anger.

This is all my money! Two thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones. How many do I need to save up? How many more Tribulation cultivators do I need to kill to have enough?

In the still of the night, bursts of explosions echoed from the riverbank, startling the fish in the water, which then fled the area.

After a long while, Fang Jingxuan lay on the large rock and looked up at the night sky.

After venting his anger, Fang Jingxuan finally calmed down and realized that he had made a fatal mistake.

That means you're too impatient.

Even though he had only been stuck for a little over a month, he was so eager to use the Breakthrough Pill to break through. Perhaps it was this mentality that led him to achieve the opposite of his goal.

The right time to use the Breakthrough Pill depends on the right timing, location, and people. In the black market secret room just now, none of these three conditions were met.

But in my eagerness to break through, I ignored all of this, and looking back now, I realize how foolish I was.

Once Fang Jingxuan calmed down, he quickly realized that he had been too hasty. The smooth sailing of the past few years had inevitably made him a little arrogant.

After figuring these things out, Fang Jingxuan felt much calmer. He lay on the bluestone, quietly watching the stars in the sky, and fell into a very peaceful state.

After a night, as dawn broke, Fang Jingxuan released Tuoyuan, and the two of them headed towards the Red Leaf Pavilion.

Two days later, Fang Jingxuan arrived at Mo Guinong's forest garden. Several years had passed, and Mo Jianxin had grown up quite a bit; he was now a young man.

He's just a bit quiet, probably because he doesn't interact much with outsiders and doesn't like to talk much.

After Mo Jianxin finished serving the spiritual tea and left, Fang Jingxuan began to discuss serious matters with Mo Guinong.

"Old Mo, can you recommend some spiritual plants that can help people cultivate their character, enhance their intelligence, and gain enlightenment? You're the most professional in this area, so I'd like to hear your opinion."

Fang Jingxuan had become quite familiar with the old man Mo Guinong by this time. Over the past few years, Mo Guinong had made a lot of money off him.

Fang Jingxuan had Mo Guinong prepare all the spiritual materials needed for the first few levels of the "Green Wood Nourishing Technique," and now, he realized that he was Mo Guinong's biggest customer.

After hearing Fang Jingxuan's request, Mo Guinong stroked his white beard, pondered for a few moments, and then said:
"A spiritual plant for self-cultivation, enhancing wisdom and enlightenment?"

"Let me think. Among the low-grade first-tier spiritual plants, there's the Heart-Clearing Grass. You can grow a lot of this grass, and looking at it often can help soothe your mind and body. However, it's quite troublesome to care for, so it's probably not suitable for your lazy personality."

Mo Guinong smiled as he said this, while Fang Jingxuan's face darkened.

"There are several mid-grade first-tier spiritual plants, but I think you definitely want the best, so let's skip those and talk about high-grade first-tier spiritual plants."

The Enlightenment Bamboo grows only one section per year and takes a hundred years to mature. As a spiritual plant of the bamboo family, its growth rate is quite slow. However, meditating under this bamboo often gives one a certain chance of entering a state of enlightenment.

The Pure Heart Lotus has translucent petals like ice jade, and its heart glows with a pale golden light. At night, it emits a faint blue fluorescence. Consuming its petals can calm distracting thoughts and cleanse the mind of inner demons. Sitting cross-legged on its lotus seedpod can enhance emotional perception and dispel resentment.

In addition, there are *Stellaria media*, *Ganoderma lucidum*, and *Ficus microcarpa*, but none of these are suitable for your location, so I won't go into detail.

Mo Guinong spoke at length, then instructed Fang Jingxuan to carefully consider the matter.

As Mo Guinong said, he would not consider low-grade or mid-grade first-tier spiritual plants; only high-grade first-tier spiritual plants could meet his selection criteria.

Based on his living environment, Mo Guinong specifically recommended two kinds of spiritual plants: Enlightenment Bamboo can be planted in the front yard, and Purification Lotus can be arranged in the ponds on both sides.

However, since the spiritual energy in his area is not very abundant, he needs to plant these spiritual plants and replenish their spiritual energy from time to time. This requires setting up a spirit-gathering array, which consumes more spirit stones.

Therefore, although Fang Jingxuan wanted to plant them all, he decided to choose only one for the sake of spirit stones.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Jingxuan felt that the Enlightenment Bamboo was more suitable for him, while the Purification Lotus was more suitable for daily cultivation. However, he needed to break through his bottleneck at the moment, and the enlightenment state of the Enlightenment Bamboo was what he needed.

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan was about to discuss purchasing the Enlightenment Bamboo, but at this moment Mo Guinong smiled mysteriously and mentioned another spiritual plant.

"Before you make your decision, I want to tell you about another one. You only asked me to introduce a first-grade high-quality spiritual plant, but now I'm going to talk about a second-grade mid-quality spiritual plant, the Enlightenment Vine!"

This vine is extraordinary; its shape meanders like the trajectory of a galaxy, and its leaves resemble yin and yang fish, opening and closing with the alternation of day and night.

Cultivating under this vine can accelerate enlightenment and break through bottlenecks. It is said that there is such a celestial vine growing in the cave of the Pill Cauldron Ancestor, which is why his cultivation speed is so fast.

"Hey, I happen to have a piece of withered vine here, would you like to buy it and try it out?"

(End of this chapter)