Cultivation begins with harvest.

The further along the text goes, the more profound and obscure its content becomes.

Some special, minute meridians that Chen Guang had not yet mastered were also mentioned. Without any reference, relying purely on understanding and imagination, the pace slowed down immediately.

To combine the inherited knowledge with one's own situation, one needs to understand and deduce before one can begin cultivation.

This amount of time may not be enough for Chen Guang to open up all these special and tiny meridians. He first understands them, and once he reaches the requirements, he moves on to the next level. The essence of plants and trees that naturally seep into the next level is absorbed and used to nourish the special and tiny meridians that he has already opened.

First, acquire enough knowledge, and then thoroughly digest it upon returning home. There's no rush to open those special, tiny meridians here. Instead, nourish the already opened meridians with the essence of herbs and trees, which indirectly enhances the ability of earth and wood to interact.

At the end of the sixth hour, Chen Guang finally took a step toward the 60th step. The 60th step was equivalent to receiving one-tenth of the Nine Husbands' inheritance.

The moment he stepped onto this step, an even more overwhelming and complex flood of information came rushing in, and it took Chen Guang the time it takes for an incense stick to burn just to process it all.

Spirit Plant Master Technique - Void Spirit Seed!

This is knowledge of a spirit plant master's skill, [Void Spirit Seed], which is a seed condensation technique for screening and selecting seeds. It can guarantee an extremely high germination rate of seeds. Even artificially cultivated spirit plant seeds are applicable to Void Spirit Seeds, but the process will consume more resources.

"I see……"

Chen Guang murmured softly, somewhat understanding why the germination rate of wild spiritual plant seeds is high, while the germination rate of artificially cultivated seeds is low.

The workings of heaven and earth are governed by the changing "qi". Cultivation is the process of seizing a portion of qi for one's own use. Heaven and earth are a vast ocean, and cultivators are like springs in a crack in a rock, influencing the small area of ​​heaven and earth in turn. The stronger the cultivator, the more this small spring in the crack slowly becomes a babbling brook, or even a mighty river. Although one must follow the tides of heaven and earth, one still has a significant impact on heaven and earth.

As a result, wise practitioners will naturally influence the surrounding area. The seeds of spiritual plants are easily affected by this influence. It's not that they are unable to germinate, but rather that the seeds are inherently incomplete and imperfect. Only a very small number can be perfectly nurtured, resulting in a low germination rate.

Even in the wild, some spiritual plants are unique. It's not that they don't produce seeds for many years, but rather that they are protected by demonic beasts or spirit beasts. This influence is generated, and it's not something that can be avoided simply by avoiding the spiritual plant when it's gestating seeds. Once it's tainted by this influence, it will affect the spiritual plant for a long time, causing it to gestate some imperfect seeds that cannot germinate. On the contrary, spiritual plants have a highly efficient ability to clear away this influence.

A high-level cultivator can change the sky with a single thought.

Qi Refining cultivators are far inferior. Let alone a single thought, even in a fit of rage, they cannot directly affect the surrounding environment without using spells. However, the changes in the Qi within spiritual plants are scarce and fragile. Qi Refining cultivators only need to interact with spiritual plants over a long period of time for this influence to gradually take effect.

While a Qi Refining cultivator cannot affect high-level spiritual plants, a first-level spiritual plant can be easily affected.

It is almost an unsolvable conflict.

To achieve a high harvest, cultivators need to frequently intervene and care for the plants, which in turn affects the germination rate of the spiritual plant seeds.

A single spiritual plant can be raised freely in a way that is close to nature, but if there are too many, unless you wait for a complete crop failure, raising them freely is a waste of money.

The essence of the Void Spirit Seed is "one from many". Those incomplete seeds are not lacking in innate vital energy, but rather lacking it. Therefore, the vital energy of multiple seeds can be used to shape a near-perfect seed. Unlike the traditional seed condensation technique, which is one-to-one, the Void Spirit Seed has sufficient influence on all spiritual plant seeds.

The Void Spirit Seed is not invincible. The higher the level of the spirit plant, the more spirit plant seeds it consumes. Moreover, the threshold is very high, and not everyone can master it. It requires sufficient foundation as a spirit plant master.

For a first-tier ordinary seed, condensing three into one is considered acceptable for a Void Spirit Seed.

For a first-tier top-grade item, achieving one out of ten condensed essences is considered acceptable.

"Fang Lintang mentioned that he had a cooperative relationship with a certain spirit plant master surnamed Dai from the Earth Hall. That spirit plant master could condense five of the five top-grade first-tier spirit plants into one, which clearly shows his profound expertise in Void Spirit Seeds."

The 60th step, including the 58th step of the inheritance mark, is already 118 steps. It only contains the overall cultivation theory of the Void Spirit Seed and some superficial cultivation methods, but the content can be described as enormous.

Chen Guang took a deep breath and immersed himself in the knowledge again, trying hard to understand it. If he couldn't understand it, forcing himself to memorize it would easily blur his memory and prevent him from passing the barrier of the inheritance stage.

It wasn't until the seventh hour that Chen Guang took another step, reaching the 61st step and receiving the inheritance of this step. He could roughly estimate that to obtain a complete Void Spirit Seed, he would probably need to reach the 100th step. Currently, Chen Guang had not yet seen any content on condensing seeds for spirit plants without seeds or kernels; it might be further down the line. He could only calm down and slowly comprehend it before moving forward.

When you completely calm down and focus on your own understanding, you become less affected by external influences, and your efficiency even increases.

I don't know how much time has passed—

"bite"

"bite"

"bite"

……

Just as Chen Guang was engrossed in climbing the 71st step, the jade pendant suddenly emitted a series of clear, resonant sounds that only Chen Guang could hear. Chen Guang, who was deep in thought, suddenly snapped out of his reverie as he listened to the sounds growing clearer and clearer as they approached.

"It's already been almost twelve hours!"

Looking back at the steps, Chen Guang realized he was only on the 71st step. In the next five or six hours, he had only taken eleven more steps.

Once you understand the cultivation content of the obtained Void Spirit Seed and open up the corresponding special micro meridians, it will be easy to condense the seed of a first-order ordinary spirit plant. As for the first-order top-grade, because its grade is higher and the primordial energy contained within is stronger, you will suffer great losses if you try to figure it out on your own.

Chen Guang slowly gathered his thoughts, savored the contents of the inheritance, and only after confirming that he had memorized everything did he look at the records on the inheritance stone steps.

Within a century, only 16 cultivators have reached the 60th step on the first day.

Since its inception, there have been 104 people involved.

On the first day, Chen Guang reached the 71st step, becoming the third person in a century to do so. Two others were ahead of him, having reached the 73rd and 89th steps respectively.

Since the tradition began, Chen Guang has ranked 17th. The first person to inherit the tradition took an astonishing 131 steps, leaving a gap of more than 30 steps in front of the second place.

This data made Chen Guang overjoyed, but also somewhat dissatisfied. Although he had reached the level of inheritance, which relied on personal comprehension, Chen Guang had mastered the interaction between earth and wood early on because of the reward light orb. Some special micro-meridians in his palms had been opened up in hundreds of places, giving him a more intuitive reference than others. However, as the third person in the past hundred years, this achievement could be described as neither high nor low.

The jade pendant served as a reminder. When Chen Guang regained consciousness, there wasn't much time left before the full twelve hours had passed. He looked up to see who was still on the inheritance stone steps and saw only a few people in front of him, not too far away. Only one figure in blue was small and blurry, at least three hundred steps away from him, which made him feel horrified.

The Inheritance Steps are only open to Qi Refining cultivators. Although he didn't know why, the cultivators more than three hundred steps away were still Qi Refining cultivators, which made Chen Guang secretly admire them: if there were to be a role model among Qi Refining cultivators, it should be someone like this.

Having someone to follow in his footsteps is actually a good thing for Chen Guang.

The cultivators in the separate buildings are all spirit farmers, and since everyone works together, the difference in talent is not that obvious. At most, they can feel the difference in aptitude in terms of cultivation speed.

But the steps of inheritance are different; they depend entirely on an individual's comprehension.

This was a real shock, giving Chen Guang an extra fighting spirit to strive for progress.

When the time came, the jade pendant emitted a layer of hazy light, enveloping Chen Guang and instantly bringing him back to the starting point from the inheritance steps. The two Xiantang cultivators looked at Chen Guang with smiles.

"Not bad, very good."

"It's very good."

The two cultivators from the Sage Hall looked at Chen Guang with admiration in their eyes, took back the jade pendant from him, and smiled, "You can leave from the left."

"Remember, it's on the left."

Should we leave on the left?

If you want to leave the steps, shouldn't you go to the right?

However, the two monks from the Xiantang Sect did not seem to be faking it, nor did they want to say more, so they had no choice but to keep their doubts to themselves and walk to the left.

The glowing steps of the inheritance behind him receded into the distance. In the darkness, Chen Guang easily stepped into a stone path. Suddenly, it was as if he had passed through a thin membrane, and everything in front of him became bright. It was a small hall with a simple and elegant layout. Two cultivators were sitting opposite each other playing chess. One was a cultivator from the Earth Hall, and the other was a cultivator from the Sage Hall. They were both Foundation Establishment cultivators. The aura they deliberately released made Chen Guang take it seriously.

The two men were not surprised to see Chen Guang enter. Instead, they invited Chen Guang to sit down and brewed him a cup of tea.

The tea leaves dissolve immediately upon being added, leaving a clear, white liquid from which no tea color or leaves are visible; only the aroma of tea can be smelled.

"This is the Spirit Tea of ​​Xi Feng," one of the cultivators said, then pointed to the chessboard and asked, "What do you think my next move should be?"

Chen Guang looked at the steaming cup of tea in front of him in surprise.

The Xifeng Tea Tree is a second-tier top-grade spiritual tea tree!

Its tea leaves possess the wonder of aiding in deduction, making them a treasure for array masters. They are indispensable for various scenarios requiring deduction, and the value of a single leaf is even higher than that of the Dingzhen tea tree.

On a more immediate level, if one had a few leaves of Xifeng tea, the energy required to advance from the sixth to the seventh level of Qi Refining would be greatly reduced, making it much easier to improve the flow of the technique according to one's own characteristics.

The reason why spirit tea trees are so precious is that even the leaves of high-grade spirit tea trees can be enjoyed by low-grade cultivators without causing an excess of spiritual energy that could harm them; it would just be a waste of spiritual energy.

It produces only the amount of efficacy that can be tolerated, and there are no side effects or weakened effects from repeated use, which is why it is so rare.

This cup of spiritual tea made Chen Guang inexplicably nervous. He glanced at the chessboard and suddenly felt dizzy.

He doesn't understand!