Cultivation begins with harvest.

He personally examined each and every artifact.

First, he tried to eliminate the fakes as much as possible based on what he had learned, and then used his special abilities. However, Chen Guang was embarrassed to find that although he had read a lot of books, he was far from being erudite. He was good enough at spiritual plants and formations, but he was not good enough at spiritual artifacts. Many fakes seemed to be real, but they also seemed to be fake.

This caused Chen Guang to abandon his plan to use his knowledge to identify the fakes, and instead use his abilities to examine the origins of the items in front of him.

One more fake...

Counterfeit plus two...

……

Counterfeit plus seventeen.

Seeing that everything he saw was a fake, Chen Guang finally couldn't hold back any longer. Even a low-grade spiritual weapon cost nearly a thousand coins, so finding just one was a huge profit. He glanced at the long table and saw that there were probably more than two hundred spiritual weapons on it. It would be too difficult to find a genuine one among them.

Chen Guang decided to try out the spiritual plant seeds he was good at first before making a decision, whether to gamble big or small.

The price of a single spiritual plant seed is incomparable.

Chen Guang picked up these spirit seeds without needing the reward orb to exert its power. The meridians in Chen Guang's palms had a slight feeling for these spirit seeds, though it was very vague, which allowed Chen Guang to eliminate some of them. If the spirit seeds were placed in the palm of his hand, and the green seal formed by the condensed spirit seeds was slightly activated, a large number of them could be filtered out.

Only spiritual plant seeds can elicit a reaction from Qingzhuan. Young Master Zifeng's technique is superb; ordinary spiritual plant masters would still be misled if they didn't reach this level.

Even an amateur is still afraid of an expert; even if Yanling were well-versed in all schools of thought, he couldn't achieve perfection.

Chen Guang finally felt that his learning had not been in vain, and he felt a sense of satisfaction that his efforts had not been in vain. If he were still fooled under such circumstances, he could only say that he was not skilled enough.

This applies to cultivators like Chen Guang who can barely be considered plant masters, as they still have the ability to distinguish them. However, for spirit farmers who haven't even entered the ranks of plant masters, they can only rely on sight, smell, touch, and hearing to distinguish them. At least these methods are not very effective against these fakes.

Of the at least twenty-one genuine high-quality spirit seeds, Chen Guang found thirteen.

As for inferior quality spirit seeds, quite a few were found. Passing off inferior goods as superior ones is also one of Yanling's skills. The twenty-one genuine items that Young Master Zifeng mentioned only included spirit plant seeds of first-grade top quality and above. A single ordinary first-grade seed is mostly not worth ten grains of yuan, so naturally the person who chose it lost out.

It's already quite good that they were able to discover thirteen types; Chen Guang didn't expect to discover them all.

Perhaps some of them have already been bought by others. After all, Chen Guang rummaged through the area and found that many spiritual farmers had already chosen their three-piece sets. Some of them didn't even let Young Master Zifeng identify them before keeping them themselves. Or perhaps they are hidden very well. The quantity of seeds here is still astonishing, enough to fill several large wooden boxes.

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Chen Guang identified the spirit seeds that still had doubts and used the power of the reward orb.

Cao Fang, who had been watching for a while, finally got a little bored: "Chen Guang, you've been watching for so long, shouldn't you have made your choice by now?"

Chen Guang smiled at him, silently deciding what to choose.

He didn't even look at the materials much, so naturally he couldn't choose any. He looked at the spirit artifacts for a while, but could only rely on the power of the reward light orb, so he gave up on the spirit artifacts and focused on the spirit seeds. In the end, he actually selected three.

After paying thirty yuan, I handed it over to Young Master Zifeng. I was quite certain that all three of my choices had been worthwhile, but public disclosure was still necessary.

Young Master Zifeng first picked up a tangled, dry, and somewhat dull round thread-like seed and said, "This seed looks like it is intertwined with threads and has some spiritual energy. Its leaves are tough and will become thinner and sharper when you exert force. It seems to be a [Hundred-Thread Thread]. In fact, its life force has been cut off. It is just a material that I chose to cover up and mislead people. It is a kind of spiritual plant, but it is not a seed."

Young Master Zifeng glanced smugly at Chen Guang, but seeing that Chen Guang still had an expressionless face, he didn't pay much attention and continued to comment on the remaining two seeds.

The first seed was a fake.

The second seed is Tiger Blood Grass disguised as Tiger Stripe Grass. The former can effectively heal the injuries of tiger-like ferocious beasts, while the latter is a good medicine for body tempering.

It wasn't until the third seed that Young Master Zifeng showed some admiration: "This spiritual seed looks like a flawed [Yellow Blood Lotus] seed, but in reality—"

Young Master Zifeng drew out his voice, which surprised and dismayed the onlookers.

Sometimes, Prince Zifeng would deliberately use his expressions to deceive and mislead onlookers into thinking that the situation had changed, but in most cases, he was just showing off his skills as a courtesan.

These farmers didn't rush to leave after buying their goods. Instead, they watched from the sidelines, waiting to see if any lucky ones would be chosen. At this moment, they all looked at Chen Guang in a cooperative manner.

"In fact, this seed is indeed one of the spiritual objects I mentioned that I couldn't recognize either," Young Master Zifeng said slowly, and the chatter of the others immediately subsided. He then looked seriously at Chen Guang, "I wonder if you know the origin of this spiritual object, or how you saw the special nature of this seed? If possible, I hope you can enlighten me."

Feeling the scrutinizing gazes directed at him, Chen Guang understood that this was a little scheme by Young Master Zifeng.

Using words to provoke onlookers and create pressure is easy to see through, but its effectiveness is undeniable. However, the effect varies from person to person; some people become agitated and speak recklessly when subjected to such intense scrutiny.

But Chen Guang had understood it many times.

Having a pure and ethereal aura, I have to endure such a barrage of gazes whenever I appear at a gathering in the branch building.

"I just find it a bit strange, because based on what I've learned, I can tell that it doesn't seem like a spirit seed. I'm curious about what it is, and I thought my senior brother could answer my question," Chen Guang replied calmly.

Young Master Zifeng's gaze shifted slightly: "Fellow Daoist, do you mean you have achieved some skill in cultivating spiritual plants?"

"I can't say I've achieved anything significant; I've only learned a little bit and taken a few more steps," Chen Guang replied.

Some surprised and doubtful voices arose from the crowd, and some looked at Chen Guang in disbelief. They were all spirit farmers, and each time they advanced, they were rewarded with time to comprehend in Chunyuan Residence. They had all been to the inheritance staircase, but most of them gained nothing. More than 90% of the spirit farmers had already opened up the first special micro meridian.

How many steps should I take?

Chen Guang is at the second level of Qi Refining. He only needs three days to comprehend it, and he can already make several steps forward. His future achievements are already immeasurable.

Some people's initial mild hostility and disgust either intensified or dissipated, but they all shared the same thought: Oh, no wonder he had some success; he's actually quite capable.

It's human nature to rationalize the experiences of outstanding individuals, without even considering the proper order of events.

"I see," Young Master Zifeng nodded. "Then it's a pity. I really couldn't identify this spiritual object. I could only tell that it was incomplete. The remaining spiritual energy proves that it is at least a high-grade spiritual object among second-tier spiritual objects. However, it has revealed too much spiritual energy, and its remaining value is not even comparable to some first-tier materials. Since you have chosen it, it belongs to you. I hope you can gain something from it."

"Looks like I didn't come away empty-handed after all," Chen Guang said with a smile.

Chen Guang accepted the three different seeds.

"Impressive, Junior Brother Chen! I've long heard that you're just a little lacking in aptitude but have extraordinary comprehension. Today I've finally witnessed it firsthand." Some cultivators who had interacted with Chen Guang also came over to congratulate him.

Chen Guang agreed to each of them, and suddenly, his network of contacts in the branch building seemed to have expanded.

While chatting, Chen Guang showed off the incomplete spiritual items he had just acquired. The group of cultivators nodded and shook their heads, unable to figure out what they were, and soon returned to Chen Guang's hands after going around in circles.

After everyone in the building had made their selections, only one cultivator obtained a seed of a first-grade top-quality spiritual plant. Including Chen Guang, there were only two lucky individuals, which is within the normal range.

"So, will we meet again someday?"

Young Master Zifeng was quite satisfied. Making money was secondary; he wasn't short of money. What he was most pleased about was the result of not gaining much even when others knew it was a fake.

After putting away the various utensils, tables, and chairs, Young Master Zifeng released a peculiar gray bird with long tail feathers from his spirit beast pouch, bid farewell to the group, and flew away into the distance.

This young man now possessed the elegant demeanor befitting a cultivator.

"It seems you've received more benefits from Chunyuan Residence than I imagined," Cao Fang nudged Chen Guang with her shoulder. "Fellow Daoist, have you thought about how to thank me?"

Chen Guang had asked Cao Fang to find Liu Yige, so he must have known a little about it. However, Cao Fang didn't know that what Chen Guang wanted to trade was Xi Feng Ling Tea.

"Give this to you?" Chen Guang toyed with the broken, somewhat dirty half-fruit pit-like fragment of a spiritual object in his hand.

"Huh—"

"Haha, then come find me when you find it difficult to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining. I actually have some ideas." Chen Guang responded softly to Cao Fang and put away the incomplete spiritual object.

This is certainly not a spirit seed, but something called a "Star Mountain Token".

Incomplete.