Dao Seed Immortal Lord

Early in the morning, before the mist had completely dissipated from Haiqing Garden, Li Bai followed Chen Hexian to the newly assigned field of turtle-breathing herbs.

Unlike the evil-repelling grass, the turtle-breathing grass has much more demanding requirements for its growing environment.

This medicinal herb is grayish-green all over, with leaves shaped like tortoise shells and slightly curled edges. The whole plant is no bigger than the palm of your hand, creeping on the surface of the spiritual soil. From a distance, it looks like small tortoise shells embedded in the soil.

"Turtle-breathing grass prefers shade and rain, but dislikes strong light and dry heat."

Chen Hexian squatted down and gently parted a leaf of the Tortoise Breath Grass to reveal the moist spiritual soil beneath: "Therefore, a shading array must be set up above the area where Tortoise Breath Grass is planted to control the light intensity to below 30%."

"It needs to be watered with spiritual rain at least four times a day to keep the soil moisture above 70%."

Li Bai listened attentively, nodding occasionally.

Chen Hexian explained things in detail, and he studied diligently.

"Furthermore, the way that Tortoise Breath Grass absorbs spiritual energy is different from other spiritual herbs."

Chen Hexian took out a jade slip and handed it to Li Bai: "This contains detailed cultivation methods for the Turtle Breath Grass, including the preparation of spiritual soil, the concentration of spiritual liquid, pest control, and so on. Take a look first, and then I will guide you through the actual operation."

Li Bai took the jade slip and probed it with his divine sense, a large amount of information flooding into his mind.

The growth cycle of Tortoise Breath Grass is about two years, which is slightly shorter than that of Evil-Repelling Grass, but its requirements for feed are higher.

It has three fears: drought, flood, and insects.

The drought caused the leaves to curl and wither.

It was flooded, and the roots rotted and turned black.

Pests are its natural enemies. There is a small insect called the tortoise beetle that specifically eats the leaves of the tortoise-breathing grass. Once it spreads, the entire medicinal field may be destroyed.

"No wonder my senior brother said before that the Tortoise Breath Grass is difficult to grow," Li Bai said with a sigh as he put away the jade slip.

Chen Hexian stood up and patted the dirt off his hands: "That's how spiritual plant cultivation is. Every kind of spiritual herb has its own temperament. Once you understand it, taking care of it becomes much easier."

"Let's go, I'll show you how the sunshade formation is set up."

In the days that followed, Li Bai's life became even more fulfilling.

During the day, he followed Chen Hexian to work in the herb field.

From setting up and maintaining the shading array to controlling the frequency and amount of water for the Spirit Rain spell, and then to preventing and controlling tortoise beetles and monitoring the moisture of the spirit soil, he did every task himself, learning through practice.

Chen Hexian was quite satisfied with his progress.

Unlike those apprentice spirit plant masters who start from the basics, Li Bai has already mastered the core inheritance of a first-tier low-grade spirit plant master and has some knowledge of the basics of cultivating various spirit plants. Therefore, when learning the cultivation methods of new spirit herbs, he picks them up very quickly and often understands them immediately.

"You have a very keen sense for spiritual plants."

One evening, Chen Hexian watched as Li Bai used the Spirit Nourishing Technique to examine the growth of a Tortoise Breath Grass, and nodded slightly: "To be able to cultivate the Spirit Nourishing Technique to this level is rare among first-grade low-level spirit plant masters of your age."

Li Bai humbly replied, "It's all thanks to my senior brother's guidance; otherwise, I wouldn't have grasped the key points of cultivating this spiritual herb so quickly."

Chen Hexian waved his hand, said nothing more, and turned to inspect the other medicinal fields.

Li Bai remained in the field of turtle-breathing herbs, continuing to use his spiritual rain technique to irrigate them.

A light drizzle fell from the sky, sprinkling evenly on the gray-green leaves. Water droplets rolled on the leaf surface, refracting a crystal-clear luster.

Each drop of rain contains a faint spiritual energy, seeping into the spiritual soil and nourishing the creeping tortoise-breathing grass.

The spell of Spirit Rain had long been perfected, but Li Bai could still gain insights from each casting and still performed it meticulously.

There are no shortcuts to mastering magic; only through daily practice and refinement can one day he be able to comprehend even better Spirit Rain Techniques without relying on higher inheritances.

After finishing work in the evening, Li Bai returned to his wooden hut and, as usual, entered the Tai Xuan Immortal Cave.

Within the grotto-heaven, on a spiritual field of over thirty square meters, the low-grade spiritual rice had already turned golden, the heavy ears of rice drooping their heads, emitting an enticing fragrance.

The hundreds of wood-gum mushrooms were growing well, with the caps gradually turning from light brown to dark brown, and the woody texture on the surface becoming clearer and clearer, indicating that they were not far from maturity.

The Qi-refining grass has also grown taller. Among the eleven plants, the oldest one is nearly ten years old. The spiritual patterns on its leaves are intricate and dense, and the spiritual energy it emits is much stronger than it was half a year ago.

And that miraculous plant has grown a third leaf from the original two tender leaves.

The three leaves are oval in shape with fine silver serrations along the edges. The surface of the leaves is smooth as a mirror, with faint silver veins flowing between the veins, emitting a soft fluorescent glow.

Each time Li Bai watered it with his elixir, the three leaves would tremble slightly, as if expressing some kind of joy.

"It grows so slowly." Li Bai squatted down next to it, gently parted the leaves with his fingers, looked at the plant that was only four inches tall, and shook his head helplessly.

More than a year has passed since it sprouted, and this spiritual plant has only grown to less than four inches tall.

At this rate, it's impossible to know when it will mature.

However, Li Bai was not in a hurry.

Although it grows slowly, the aura of the wood spirit emanating from this spiritual plant is becoming increasingly rich. Every time it grows a little taller, the concentration of spiritual energy in the cave increases slightly.

Even the spiritual herbs near this miraculous plant grew much faster, and their life essence seemed to be stronger than that of other spiritual herbs.

At this rate, when it truly matures, the changes it will bring to the Tai Xuan Immortal Mirror will likely be even more astonishing than when it first sprouted.

Li Bai watered the mystical plant with a drop of spiritual liquid, then used the Wood Spirit Technique and the Spirit Nourishing Technique to nourish it before getting up to attend to other matters.

He harvested the mature low-grade spiritual rice and had the Tai Xuan Immortal Mirror consume and refine it.

Amidst flashes of white light, batches of golden spiritual rice were swallowed up, condensing deep within the mind into pale white photosynthetic Dao seeds.

[Photosynthetic Seed +1.]

[Photosynthetic Seed +1.]

……

After continuously consuming and refining this patch of spiritual rice, three more first-grade low-level photosynthetic Dao seeds condensed and took shape.

Li Bai now possesses two first-tier mid-grade Photosynthesis Dao Seeds and nine first-tier low-grade Photosynthesis Dao Seeds.

We are still one low-grade Dao Seed away from synthesizing the next mid-grade first-order Dao Seed.

"Let's save it up slowly."

Li Bai sowed the new spirit rice seeds into the spirit field and began tending to the wood spirit mushrooms and spirit-refining grass.

As the days went by, Li Bai's cultivation steadily improved.

His progress in "Azure Wood Spiritual Essence Technique" was increasing by about 0.15% every day. Although he was still quite far from reaching the third level of Qi Refining Realm, he was not in a hurry.

The key to cultivation lies in perseverance.

Make a little progress every day, and little by little, you'll eventually achieve a breakthrough.

He also continued to practice the Great Spring and Autumn Sword Technique.

With the aid of the Sword Heart Seed, his understanding of the sword path far surpasses that of ordinary people.

During daily practice, the profound mysteries of those sword techniques unfolded in my mind like a scroll, with each move, each sword strike, and each intent becoming clear and distinct.

Spring sword has steadily progressed from being proficient to being an expert.