We agreed to farm, but you're planting a divine tree in the eternal night?

With a whoosh, Jiang Qiu effortlessly dispersed the barely perceptible wisp of azure spiritual energy. Her face remained expressionless, but her heart pounded. "I can refine wood-attribute spiritual energy at a one-to-one ratio, with no loss. Absorbing 14 strands of wood-attribute spiritual energy a week can all be used for [Hair Growth]!"

I don't yet know how much effect my "hair growth" will produce in one session, but I am certain that this property can promote the growth of spiritual plants and greatly shorten their growth cycle.

This greatly increases the feasibility of cultivating several generations of [Muyuanhua] before the assessment, and it is hoped that a high-yielding mother plant can be cultivated.

However, you must not reveal your abilities!

After calming her thoughts, Jiang Qiu slowed her breathing. Like most ordinary interns who were scratching their heads in frustration, she had been sweating for a while, but still hadn't managed to extract a single trace of spiritual energy.

During this process, Wu Shan glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally. Seeing that his comprehension was so mediocre, he stopped paying attention to him. "The old injury has relapsed, which has affected my judgment. Just now, I actually had the illusion that he was able to extract a trace of extremely pure spiritual energy on his first try."

Among all the interns, Jiang Qiu's spiritual plants are in the second tier below Wang Baisheng's, and among those in the second tier, they are growing exceptionally well, making them worthy of a closer look.

However, this is not necessarily an advantage. Sometimes, good growth is due to the deterioration of the nutrient soil, which leads to crop disease and a serious imbalance in the production of spiritual energy. The crop grows rapidly on its own but ultimately does not produce fruit.

Since it cannot produce fruit, the internship assessment is destined to fail. Logically, the spirit seed should be taken back, but the diseased seed is worthless and there is no need to take it back. Let it fester for three months.

Even if this weren't the case, such efficiency in refining spiritual energy was worlds apart from that of other interns with some family background. At best, it was just enough to pass the assessment, not worth mentioning.

Good seedlings like Yum! are ultimately few and far between.

With this thought in mind, Wu Shan focused his attention on Wang Baisheng, who was completely absorbed and confident.

With a whoosh, another wisp of cyan spiritual energy condensed at her fingertips, mingling with the previous wisps that lingered around the branches and leaves. The trunk of the [Wood Edge Flower] trembled, shaking out cyan fruits that resembled tomato skins as white as jade, arranged in a pleasing, varied pattern.

The commotion instantly drew everyone's attention, their pupils contracting as if lime had exploded in water. "The hair regrowth was completed so quickly?"

"How much spiritual energy does it need to absorb to refine this? My [Wooden Flower] only sprouted last night, and it has only absorbed a trace of spiritual energy in the past week. I tried to refine it just now, but I couldn't find the feeling and it dissipated into the world. Sigh."

"Their superior-grade level 1 pot is filled with supplemented level 1 nutrient soil, and they use all kinds of spiritual fertilizers to promote growth every day. How can we compare to their efficiency in generating spiritual energy? Their talent for refining is also frightening. They are definitely potential spiritual plant masters..."

"Wait a minute, why do some of these fruits look different from the ones grown in the greenhouse? They look about the size of apples!"

"How can they be the same? Most of the fruits produced in the greenhouse are low-grade, only the size of cherry tomatoes. The few that the class monitor has are a whole size bigger, obviously mid-grade fruits. They can significantly improve the product's effect when used for alchemy or array formation. Each one is worth several hundred yuan. When you put them in the underground market at the fair, there are plenty of people scrambling to buy them. Tsk tsk tsk, and there's more than one of them."

"Huh? It produced mid-grade fruit in just one week..."

Discussions continued, and Wu Shan, with his hands behind his back, nodded secretly, a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

Wang Baisheng raised a round, mid-grade fruit with his fingertip, frowned slightly, and murmured, "17 low-grade fruits, only 3 mid-grade fruits. The yield is acceptable, but the ratio is worse than expected."

"Brother Wang, your output this week alone could rank in the top three of previous assessments, securing you a spot in the trainee spirit plant master program. You're still lacking!" Qian Cheng, the skinny intern next to him, exclaimed in surprise.

"If you just want to get the cultivation resources in the garden, that's enough. But if I can't produce high-grade fruits during the assessment, then I'm no different from a mediocre apprentice spirit plant master just waiting for seniority." Wang Baisheng casually picked seventeen low-grade fruits and tossed them to Qian Cheng. "They're useless, you can have them."

"Thank you, Brother Wang!" Qian Cheng opened his arms and hugged him, hunching over and grinning like a puppy. He thought that these low-grade fruits could fetch a lot of money when he went to the underground market next time, making a fortune.

He sincerely complimented, "With your talent and abilities, Brother Wang, you'll definitely cultivate top-grade fruits before the assessment, enough to alarm the headmaster!"

"The headmaster isn't so easily alarmed." Wang Baisheng couldn't help but laugh, but he also revealed a smug air. "Your [Wood Edge Flower] is growing quite well. With a low-grade ceramic level 1 pot to support it, and asking Director Wu how to optimize it, getting a cultivation quota shouldn't be difficult."

"Great! As long as we get a spot, any optimization is fine!"

Qian Cheng clenched his fists, his eyes shining. Although he was just an ordinary intern at the Ninth Plantation, he had been in the same class as the class monitor in high school and they were good friends. He also lived in the county town, not in the suburbs.

He didn't have a particularly prestigious background, and his parents were just ordinary people, but he stood out in the internship class at the Ninth Plantation.

He was one of the few people who were willing to spend money to buy a low-grade Grade 1 pot, second only to the class monitor who bought a high-grade Grade 1 pot and a female intern who was nominally registered in the garden.

This was also the result of his father's hope that he would make something of himself. Since there was no hope of going to university, he could only participate in a special program to come to the plantation. So he would do everything possible to get a training spot and become a spiritual plant master one day!

What's a basin that costs tens of thousands of yuan?

As long as I can get a spot.

Why not take out a loan or borrow a few hundred thousand!

In fact, the father had long planned to give Director Wu a "small gift," but since he had no connections, going directly to his door would seem abrupt. If the class monitor, Wang Baisheng, were willing to help, giving the gift would be a piece of cake.

I'm almost certain to be in the top 30 in the assessment.

.......

Time flew by. After Wu Shan finished teaching the essentials of using spiritual energy, someone asked him before he left, "Director, can we take the fruit from these spiritual seeds, sell it, and then exchange it for more spiritual seeds to participate in the assessment?"

Wu Shan said expressionlessly, "The fruits are your own. As for the results of the assessment, they can only be derived from the spiritual seeds distributed in the garden. It doesn't matter which generation, but they cannot be spiritual seeds purchased privately."

"Upon discovery, the candidate will be disqualified from the assessment!"

Many interns shuddered, secretly suppressing their distracting thoughts, and continued their internships under Wu Shan's arrangement, obediently tending to the potted plants in the greenhouse.

Night fell in the blink of an eye, the streetlights came on, and people left like the receding tide. Jiang Qiu also carried her basin home.

"Wang Baisheng has already begun the next round of cultivation of mid-grade spirit seeds. He stands out from the crowd, and there are also a few with low-grade level 1 pots. Judging from the development of the spirit plants alone, they are not inferior to my Cold Wood Spring Blossom. To widen the gap, we must quickly [grow] and produce results."

In the kitchen, the streetlight shone in through the window, its light reflecting off the emerald green leaves of the [Wood Edge Flower] and into Jiang Qiu's eyes. He held his breath and composed himself.

With a whoosh, a wisp of cyan spiritual energy was exhaled from her fingertip.

[Consumes 10 strands of level 1 wood elemental energy]

【"Hair Growth" Level 1 Wood-type Spiritual Plant "Wood Edge Flower"】

[Choose an optimization direction:]

[1. Expected ripening time 10 days ahead of schedule]

2. The fruit quality is medium grade.

[3. The yield of flowers and fruits on the wood edge has increased by 5.]

Jiang Qiu's eyes widened as her gaze immediately locked onto the second option. "This optimization direction has appeared again. If this option appears consistently, then every low-grade spirit seed I have can produce mid-grade fruits through [Growth] and sell them for a fortune in the underground market."

"In that case, let's choose one first, shorten the ripening time, and then accumulate spiritual energy for another week to [grow], so that my first batch of fruits can be produced. At that time, I can take some low-grade fruits to sell for money, buy some raw materials to make new level 1 nutrient soil, and expand the planting scale."

"One begets two, two begets three, three begets all things!"

He couldn't wait to choose one; the half-meter-tall plant in the pot spread its branches amidst the lingering green energy, growing taller and taller, full of vitality.

Meanwhile, clusters of green flower buds continuously sprout from the tips, larger at the bottom and smaller at the top, arranged in an orderly fashion, gradually showing signs of blooming...