Cultivation begins with harvest.

Two earthenware jars with intricate engravings on their surfaces were delivered to Chen Guang.

Spiritual tools are an amazing invention in the cultivation world. By investing more first-tier materials and carefully carving intricate patterns, they can exert some unique effects. Although they are not as good as spiritual artifacts, they are convenient and simple, and can be mass-produced. The lives of cultivators are now inseparable from spiritual tools.

The only drawback is that they are not durable. As long as the spiritual tools are used, they will continuously deplete the power of the secret runes. Therefore, even if the spiritual tools are not used frequently, they will develop defects and become unusable in about three years. As a result, the Qingheng Sect has to reconfigure the spiritual tools such as hoes, sickles, rice bins, and cabinets for these spiritual farmers every year.

After a hard day of farming, you can get a good night's sleep when you get home.

"I didn't expect you to have connections with the Qi Hall, Junior Brother. I underestimated you." Wan Longjing delivered two spirit tool pottery jars to Chen Guang's door and said with emotion, "These were sent from the Qi Hall. Take a look, and accept them if there are no problems."

"I do have a friend like that."

Chen Guang didn't say much this time, but just smiled and responded to Wan Longjing.

Make use of the relationships you have, so that Wan Longjing realizes his value and that it will only benefit you, not harm you.

Wan Longjing clearly took it to heart, and after chatting with Chen Guang for a few words, he left.

Chen Guang carefully placed the two magical pottery jars, each as big as his head, in a shady spot in the room.

The entire body of a demon beast is imbued with spiritual energy due to the spiritual energy it possesses. However, once a demon beast dies, it is no longer able to control this spiritual energy. In as little as seven days or as little as three months, the corpse of a demon beast may transform from one containing spiritual energy into something unremarkable, just like any other decaying corpse.

Generally speaking, the abundance of spiritual energy in the remains of monsters, from highest to lowest, is as follows: bones, internal organs, organs, and flesh.

Because flesh and blood are the least dense and their spiritual energy dissipates the fastest, special and additional processing methods are needed to preserve them. For example, the spiritual artifact pottery jars we have now are of good quality, and each one costs about seventy catties of spiritual rice. In addition, the area within a thousand miles of Purple Spirit Peak is all spiritual fields, and beyond that, there are at least five hundred miles to find traces of demonic beasts. The transportation costs are too high, which is why Chen Guang cannot afford to use fresh demonic beast blood.

"Wei Donglai is really generous. If it were me, I would only be willing to use the cheapest earthenware jar containing twenty catties of spirit rice," Chen Guang said with a self-deprecating laugh. "It's true that having money makes things much easier."

Chen Guang carefully opened the seal on one of the pottery jars, and a strong but not particularly foul smell of blood instantly filled the room.

Chen Guang's eyes showed a strange look.

The pottery jar contained only two-thirds of the demon beast's blood, which was a pale red color and had a faint medicinal fragrance. With the help of his knowledge from the "Blood Pan Classic," Chen Guang also had some understanding of blood and discovered that it was actually the blood of a snake-type demon beast. He was overjoyed and quickly sealed the jar with clay.

The blood of snake-type demon beasts is the most spiritually potent among all demon beasts and is also the most marketable. These two large jars of snake-type demon beast blood are each worth about 500 catties of spiritual rice, and they have been processed, so they are well preserved.

"The blood of demon beasts has many uses. The most common use is to process ink for drawing talismans. However, it cannot be used directly. It requires a lot of materials and can only be used after processing for a period of time. I estimate that these two large jars will not be used up. Perhaps they can be resold in the future. However, it is best to wait until Wei Dong comes back in winter and tell him. After all, he sent this. It is so valuable that I may not be proper to dispose of it casually."

Chen Guang thought to himself.

Chen Guang does have a friendship with Wei Donglai, but he doesn't really know Wei Donglai well. The two have only known each other for two years and haven't met often, so they can't be considered close friends. Being more serious might be more beneficial to this relationship.

After collecting the two jars of demon blood, Chen Guang took some time to visit the Scripture Pavilion again. After learning about some key points of cultivating Blood Polygonum multiflorum, he returned that same day.

To Chen Guang's dismay, although his abilities allowed him to access a lot of information, it wasn't detailed enough. The sect also had its own unique methods of nurturing, so he had to seek help from the knowledge in the Scripture Pavilion. In any case, as long as one was a cultivator, one could read all the contents of the first floor for free, but one couldn't take them with them when leaving.

That night, Chen Guang used his smaller spiritual artifact, a water bottle, to collect some demon beast blood and went to the spiritual field where the Blood He Shou Wu was located.

What started as a single seed has now grown into eight plants. However, Chen Guang took a section of the tuber, leaving only seven plants.

One vine and one stem—that's the Blood Polygonum multiflorum.

"I really have mistreated them." Chen Guang looked at the incredibly slender He Shou Wu and felt a little hot on the face.

Normal He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum) has a useful component from its tuber to its vine to its fruit. However, the He Shou Wu I grew myself only had a decent tuber. It didn't produce any fruit, and the vines were weak and couldn't take shape. No wonder it was judged as "inferior".

"Now you can finally have a good meal." Chen Guang smiled, opened the cap of the water bottle in his hand, wrapped the monster's blood in his magic power, and carefully dripped it onto the base of the bottle.

The blood of the demon beast dripped down, but instead clung tightly to the root, forming a round teardrop shape, and was then absorbed by the Blood-He Shou Wu at an extremely slow speed.

Chen Guang was not surprised to see this situation, as it had already been explained in the book.

He immediately made a hand seal and activated the Hundred Trees Dew Condensation Spell. The Hundred Trees Dew Condensation Spell can not only draw on the life force of other plants to nourish designated plants, but also accelerate the absorption of certain special liquids by spiritual plants. When mastered, it can also be used to assist in healing.

The demonic blood at the root of the Blood Polygonum multiflorum instantly turned red on the outside and blue on the inside, revealing a rounded appearance, and was quickly absorbed by the Blood Polygonum multiflorum.

Seeing nothing amiss, Chen Guang ignored it, knowing that absorption and digestion take time. He prepared it according to the prescribed method, then watered the other six Blood Polygonum multiflorums with the blood of the demon beast before finally taking a satisfied look and returning to his courtyard.

It only consumed half a bottle of demon beast blood, and the next watering will not be done for another five days.

The next day, after finishing his cultivation, Chen Guang arrived at the spirit field early. He first glanced at the Blood He Shou Wu, which looked the same as usual, but he noticed something different today. The leaves had grown slightly larger, and the veins of the leaves had completely turned a blood-red color. Clearly, the demon beast blood had taken effect.

Blood-He Shou Wu is incredibly resilient and highly adaptable to its environment, but it cannot survive without the blood of demonic beasts. Chen Guang has already witnessed the consequences of "anemia."

"At this rate, the blood-shou-wu should bear fruit this year, and I'll be able to get some seeds..."

Chen Guang's greatest wish was to obtain the seeds and cultivate them in a continuous cycle.

However, this is difficult. Spirit plants are different from ordinary plants. Without special treatment to preserve the seeds of spirit plants, the survival rate is pitiful. Especially for spirit plants propagated in artificial environments, they rely more on the treatment of the [Spirit Plant Master]. Chen Guang has also intercepted the seeds of the fruits and seeds of spirit herbs and spirit rice he had planted in the past, and the germination rate was appalling.

The reason why eight plants of Blood Polygonum multiflorum can survive is twofold. One reason is that it is a first-generation seed in the wild, with a high germination and survival rate. Secondly, it is only a first-tier spiritual plant, so the overall germination and survival rate will not be too low.

The rarer the spiritual plant seed, the more it needs the care of a spiritual plant master to grow efficiently.

The downside is that the more specially treated the seeds are used to cultivate spiritual plants, the more difficult it is for the seeds to germinate. This may be a kind of balance in the mysterious way of heaven.

Being a spirit plant master isn't something you can do just by knowing a few spells; it's an extremely precious lineage that allows you to do many remarkable things. It's not like someone like Chen Guang, who cultivates two acres of spirit fields, is a spirit plant master. He's merely a spirit farmer and doesn't deserve the title of "master."

How can the number of seedless golden fruits be increased and how can they be propagated? That's something only a plant master can do.

This same problem faced Chen Guang. The Linquan Pumpkin also had fruit but no seeds. Inside the pumpkin was Linquan, a first-grade top-quality spiritual water, but there were no seeds. To obtain stable seeds of the Linquan Pumpkin, only a spiritual plant master could do it.

I don't know how my seed came about, or if it was a seed from the wild.

As for the inheritance of the Spirit Plant Master, the Qingheng Sect may have it, but Chen Guang can forget about it until he becomes a disciple of the deacon.

"My second goal is to become a disciple of a steward," Chen Guang silently resolved in his heart.