Hermit in the Mountains

Around four or five o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Changsheng returned to the wooden house, cleared out a small patch of soft soil in the warehouse, used wooden planks to enclose a square flower bed, and then took a hoe and a basket to the field to dig up a basket of soft soil.

He planted the ginseng plants he dug up from the mountain in the warehouse, partly to maintain the ginseng's activity;

Secondly, it prevents your pets from stealing your food;

Another reason is to prevent birds from stealing the pulp and taking the seeds away;

Finally, he planned to try cultivating ginseng first. If successful, he would sell the ginseng he dug up, pay off the loan, save up his savings to buy the necessary plants, and start cultivating various medicinal herbs from scratch.

Gu Changsheng spent half an hour making ten wooden cups with small holes at the bottom, which were then fixed in the soil in a circular shape around the ginseng plant.

He filled each wooden cup halfway with soft soil, and then took red fruit pulp from the ginseng plant and put it into the cups one by one.

He sat on a small wooden stool, his right hand naturally outstretched like an upside-down bowl. With a thought, he cast the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Technique".

"Freeze—"

In an instant, pale blue wood spirit particles gathered in the palm of his right hand, and the character "凝" (condense) appeared. A pale blue spirit liquid the size of a mung bean floated above the wooden cup.

With his right hand transformed into a sword finger, he gently tapped the finger downwards, and the Wood Spirit Liquid slowly dripped onto the red fruit pulp, gradually seeping into the innermost yellowish-white seed.

Gu Changsheng observed the changes in the seed with his divine sense. He then gently placed his right index finger on the red fruit pulp and activated the Rooting Technique to sense the changes in the seed's vitality through his finger.

Ten seconds later, something amazing happened: a root thinner than a hair sprouted from the point where the fruit pulp met the soft soil and took root in a grain of soil.

A hint of joy flashed in Gu Changsheng's eyes. It was a success; the experiment yielded results even faster than he had imagined.

He covered the red fruit pulp with a five-centimeter layer of soft soil, completing the first sample. After that, he observed its growth cycle and changes every day.

He systematically completed the production of all the samples, with twenty ginseng seeds planted in ten small wooden cups.

The three wooden cups were planted using traditional methods, with the seeds buried in the soil and watered with ordinary water. They served as reference samples and were developed according to the normal growth cycle.

To avoid absorbing any spiritual energy, he moved the three ordinary samples to the opposite wall and planted them there.

Cultivate one sample each of Wood Spirit Liquid, Water Spirit Liquid, and Glory Power;

Seeds cultivated with "Rong Zhi Li" grow the best, taking root, breaking through the shell, and sprouting a one-centimeter green shoot;

Seeds cultured with Wood Spirit Liquid are of the next best quality; they take root and break through the shell, but have not yet sprouted green shoots.

The water essence only promotes root growth; nothing else changes.

Use either the Power of Glory mixed with Wood Spirit Liquid or Water Spirit Liquid to cultivate one sample of each.

The plants cultivated with "Glory Power" and Wood Spirit Liquid are in their final growth stage, with four-centimeter green shoots;

The plants cultivated with "Glory Power" and Water Spirit Liquid showed the second best growth, with sprouts reaching three centimeters in diameter.

The plants cultivated with Wood Spirit Liquid and Water Spirit Liquid grew worse than those blessed with "Glory Power," with only two centimeters of green shoots.

The perfect cultivation formula is 'Rongzhili' plus Wood Spirit Liquid and Water Spirit Liquid in a ratio of 1:2:3. In just one minute, the seeds will go through the process of rooting, breaking through the shell, germinating, and growing into ginseng seedlings that are ten centimeters tall.

He only accelerated the seed's energy accumulation phase; growth is the most time-consuming phase.

Before we knew it, the sky outside had darkened, and the sun in the west was close to the mountain peak.

The 60-year-old ginseng plant is ready to be sold, and he plans to travel to Chang'an City tomorrow.

He harvested all the fruit pulp and stored the seeds in glass bottles.

After dinner, I sat alone in the living room by the fire and called Yang Dashan to arrange a chartered car to Chang'an City the next day.

He agreed on a departure time with the other party, turned on his phone, and took out paper and pen to look up information.

He found Xu Xiaoda's business card, looked up the other party's information based on the card, and lost interest when he discovered that the other party was a reseller of medicinal herbs. He then flicked the business card into the stove with his right hand, and the card flew into the red-hot coals and was burned to ashes in the blink of an eye.

Gu Changsheng directly researched the century-old pharmacies in Chang'an City, comparing their establishment time and reputation, and finally selected the oldest and best-reputed pharmacy.

He needs to go to the site tomorrow to see for himself the actual situation. He's not just going to sell a ginseng; he's also going to conduct an investigation.

If someone catches his eye, they will become his business partner in the future.

Having found the pharmacy, he didn't stop there. He continued making plans, listing out everything he needed to buy, intending to purchase it all at once the next day.

He disliked the oppressive feeling of the city's energy field being too chaotic.

Although his Yin spirit has now transformed into the spirit of the "Decay and Flourishing Dao Seed," his perception remains, and he is still sensitive.

He can control the projection of his perception and is protected by the 'Decline and Flourishing Dao Seed', but he still doesn't like to stay in chaotic energy fields for long, as he feels unsafe.

Gu Changsheng looked up information on Golden Thunder Bamboo and Golden Jade Bamboo, and also checked out Sweet Bamboo seedlings. One is practical and the other is edible, so this combination is excellent.

As for whether the Qinling climate is suitable for planting, he is a cultivator. So what if it's out of season or out of climate? He uses spiritual liquid to cultivate it, and he doesn't believe he can't cultivate mutated plants that are suitable for the Qinling climate.

He shelved his incense-making plan and switched to making pills, also as preparation for future alchemy.

Moreover, making pills is simpler than making incense, and another reason is that it better suits his temperament as a practitioner.

Gu Changsheng's imagination ran wild; he directly asked about the cultivation method of the "Bean Bun" spiritual herb, regardless of whether it would work or not, he would only know after trying it.

He also gave the result he wanted: to generate a spiritual medicine that could be cultivated and evolved from ordinary medicinal herbs in reality, and could satisfy the needs of skin tempering, flesh refining, and bone forging.

If this path can be successfully followed, then we can cultivate whatever medicinal herbs we need in the future.

He was more concerned with whether the pills he refined would help his cultivation; he was not satisfied with his current cultivation speed.

The realm of physical transformation is about accumulating cultivation resources; the more resources you have, the faster your physical body will transform.

The ability to automatically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is persistent but slow, while actively assisting in cultivation is mentally taxing and cannot be sustained.

To improve cultivation efficiency, one must seek external methods; elixirs, magical artifacts, and formations are the best options.

The "methods" he wanted to collect included ancient alchemists' notes on alchemy, techniques for crafting weapons, and conjectures about formations, since some of them were unique copies that could not be found online.

Moreover, the knowledge on the internet is too mixed and heavily edited. Even if it is only used for reference, complete or rare books are more valuable.

In the glow of the stove and the white light of the small lamp beside him, Gu Changsheng took out the plan he had written on a piece of paper and checked it over.

Selling ginseng, buying three types of bamboo seedlings, various herbal seeds, collecting ancient books on alchemy, weapon crafting, and formations, and purchasing jade and porcelain to store elixirs, seeds, and spiritual liquids...

While one can refer to ancient texts about the "law," much of it requires personal understanding and enlightenment.

A companion is optional; for now, let nature be our guide.

The company sells ginseng, which is then used to make pills to ensure continued financial accumulation.

Given the current state of Earth, there probably isn't any blessed land. He can slowly build one himself. With the spirit-gathering spell already in place, how far away is the spirit-gathering array?

He had to build everything from scratch, which was a kind of spiritual practice.