Dao Seed Immortal Lord

The square fell silent instantly; all sound ceased abruptly.

Everyone looked up and saw Yuan Hong, the steward, standing with his hands behind his back in the void above the Spirit Plant Hall, followed by seven or eight elderly men with profound auras. They were all the most senior and accomplished high-level spirit plant masters in Haiqing Garden.

The might of the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator was like a giant mountain, pressing down on everyone and making them hold their breath.

"Disciple greets Deacon Yuan!"

Hundreds of plant masters and their apprentices bowed in unison, their voices resounding through the sky.

Yuan Hong nodded slightly, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching everyone's ears: "Today's Lingzhi Hall disciple competition has the following rules."

"The first round is a competition of crafting with spiritual plants."

"All participants are divided into ten groups, and each group will be assigned a spiritual field by drawing lots. Each spiritual field contains the same type of spiritual herb. Within a specified time, you will need to use the techniques of a spiritual plant master to diagnose, cultivate, and regulate the spiritual herbs to bring them to their optimal state."

"The five judges will give you scores of A, B, C, and D based on your spellcasting proficiency, judgment of the elixir's state, and the final quality of the elixir. Grade A is 10 points, Grade B is 7 points, Grade C is 4 points, and Grade D is 1 point."

"The first round of scores accounts for about 50% of the total score."

"Round Two: Practical Combat Tactics."

"After the first round, the top sixty players with the highest total scores will advance to the second round, where they will compete in pairs, with the winners advancing until the top ten are determined."

"The second round score also accounts for 50% of the total score."

"The final ranking will be based on the sum of the scores from both rounds."

Yuan Hong scanned the entire room and said calmly, "Have you all understood the rules?"

"Understood!" everyone responded in unison.

"Since you understand, then let's talk about the rewards for the competition." Yuan Hong explained the rewards for the two competitions. In addition to the inheritance of spirit plant masters and the spirit stone rewards, he also mentioned that those who performed well might be accepted as disciples by the managers of the Spirit Plant Hall and even by himself.

The news caused an uproar, with all the spiritual plant apprentices extremely excited.

"Taking on apprentices!?"

"If I perform well, is it possible to become an apprentice under the steward or even Deacon Yuan? I wonder if I have a chance."

"We have to fight tooth and nail in this competition; we absolutely must fight for this chance at immortality!"

Not to mention these spirit plant apprentices, even some first-tier low-grade spirit plant masters were excited and eager to try their hand at it, their emotions stirred and aroused by the news.

Seeing this, Li Bai's expression turned slightly serious. He looked at the excited crowd around him as if he had seen a pack of hungry wolves. Now, it would be much more difficult for him to win first place.

"The competition shall now begin."

With Yuan Hong's command, the competition officially began.

More than two hundred first-tier low-grade spirit plant masters were divided into ten groups, with more than twenty people in each group.

Li Bai was assigned to the third group, and the spiritual field he was assigned by lottery was a medicinal field planted with Biluo grass.

The Azure Grass is a low-grade first-level spiritual herb. Its leaves are slender like willow leaves, light blue in color, and have fine serrations along the edges. It is mainly used to refine healing pills. It is not demanding in terms of its growing environment, but to cultivate it to its best condition, a spiritual plant master needs to have precise control over water, soil, and spiritual energy.

Li Bai arrived at his sacred field and carefully observed it.

In the half-acre medicinal herb field, the three hundred plants of *Lysimachia christinae* grew unevenly. Some had lush green leaves and were full of vitality, while others had yellow tips and were obviously dehydrated. One leaf even had insect damage marks, clearly indicating that it had been infested by pests.

With all sorts of symptoms mixed together, treatment requires a case-by-case approach, which is extremely difficult.

Fortunately.

Li Bai had already mastered the art of nurturing spirits and other techniques to the highest level. With a flick of his fingers, he could easily perceive the state of each Azure Grass: "First, remove the insects, then water it, then nurture its spirit..."

Li Bai did not rush to cast the spell, but first planned out the steps in his mind, calculating the amount of water needed for each spiritual herb, the amount of wood spirit energy, and so on.

Then, he moved.

With his hands forming a hand seal, the Green Wood Spirit Seed within his body began to rotate slightly.

Great Spirit Sword Technique.

hum!

With a wave of his hand, Li Bai unleashed streams of sword energy from his fingertips, like emerald-green dragons soaring through the branches and leaves of the medicinal herbs in the field. His control over the sword energy had reached a level of unparalleled mastery, as if it were his own arm.

If an ordinary first-tier low-grade spirit plant master encountered such an unpredictable symptom in a medicinal field, simply eliminating the insects might take more than half an hour or even an hour, requiring them to approach and kill the insects one by one using spirit sword techniques.

Otherwise, the elixir might be damaged by carelessness.

However, when Li Bai waved his hand, he unleashed the Great Spirit Sword Technique, and the nine sword energies, as fine as hair, moved with the ease of an arm.

With a wave of his hand, he moved among the medicinal herbs, precisely passing over the pests without harming them in the slightest.

While manipulating the sword energy, Li Bai sensed this state, and even glanced at the Sword Heart Dao Seed deep in his mind, which was filled with a hazy sword light, and sighed to himself: "This state under the blessing of the Sword Heart Dao Seed is truly wonderful."

In just a few breaths, he wiped out all the pests in half an acre of medicinal herb field.

It's so easy!

After eliminating the insects, Li Bai formed hand seals and cast the spell again: "Spirit Rain Technique".

hum.

As the magic power circulated, the moisture in the world gathered here, and in an instant, a dark cloud gathered above the medicinal field, perfectly covering the half-acre medicinal field below without the slightest deviation.

However, just as Li Bai was gathering dark clouds and about to precisely control the rain to fall, his eyes suddenly turned cold.

To the left.

Nearby, a first-tier low-grade spiritual plant master was tending to his own test medicinal field while also observing the people around him.

When he saw Li Bai use his magic to eliminate the pests in the medicinal field in just a few breaths, his expression changed drastically.

Seeing Li Bai about to unleash a magical rain, his eyes narrowed slightly without the slightest hesitation.

"call!"

As he cast his spell, a fierce wind instantly arose between heaven and earth. When Li Bai controlled the spiritual rain to descend, a sinister smile appeared on his face. The wind that was originally only around him suddenly swept towards Li Bai's medicinal field.

It wasn't just him; several people around Li Bai's medicinal field seemed unwilling to be outdone the moment he made his move.

Whether it was a raging wind or a torrential downpour, it all seemed to be directed at Li Bai's medicinal herb field.

The goal is not to harm Li Bai himself, but to sabotage Li Bai's first test.

However, seeing their petty actions, Li Bai didn't get angry but laughed instead: "Do you think I'm an easy target?"

He still controlled the rain with one hand, precisely directing the rainfall to each and every medicinal herb.

With his other hand, he made a hand seal again to cast a spell: "Pseudo-Minor Wind and Thunder Technique".

"Boom!!!"

The moment Li Bai cast his spell, thunder roared and lightning flashed across the sky, shaking the entire area. Everyone was startled by the commotion and turned to look.

They only felt the thunder rumbling and deafening, but to the few guys around Li Bai who wanted to sabotage his assessment, it was as if a bolt of lightning had struck them directly.

The pseudo-Minor Wind and Thunder Technique at its perfect state possesses an extremely terrifying level of thunderous power and divine might.

In an instant, the thunderclap stunned everyone, leaving their minds blank and their bodies stiff. Their faces turned deathly pale, their eyes widened, their pupils dilated, and their hearts nearly stopped from pounding.

When everyone around was shocked by the commotion and turned their attention to them, the men were already limp on the ground, trembling uncontrollably. They were terrified, their eyes glazed over, and they didn't even have the strength to stand up.