Spirit Plant Farmer

(I attended a wedding yesterday and drank a bit too much, so I missed writing a chapter yesterday. I'm making up for it today. Readers who are following the story, please go back and read the previous chapter, the second half.)

Shen Jingchuan wasn't sure if the quality of the spirit field was high or low, but after a moment's thought, he felt reassured. How bad could the quality of the spirit field in his Heaven and Earth Ring be? He would continue to add Spirit Stones to it, allowing the Ring to slowly recover, and the quality of the spirit field would only increase.

"Okay." He immediately decided, "I'll try growing these two first. If they turn out well, I'll sell them to you later."

"Okay, sure!" the waiter replied readily.

How much do these seeds cost?

"These two kinds of seeds are precious. My shop sells them by the seed; one Spirit Stone for ten seeds."

Shen Jingchuan glanced at him.

"Let me be clear from the start, I don't know anything about this business, don't try to fool me. I'll go out and find out later, and if you sold it for too high a price, I'll come back and return it."

"Young master, you can rest assured."

The waiter patted his chest:

"I'm counting on you to sell all the spirit medicine you grow to my shop in the future, how could I possibly cheat you out of this little bit of seed money? How about this, one Spirit Stone for ten seeds, and I'll give you an extra one, is that acceptable?"

Shen Jingchuan thought for a moment.

"Okay, give me a hundred of each."

"Okay!"

The shopkeeper immediately counted out the seeds, one hundred of each kind, two hundred in total, and then added twenty more at a rate of one Spirit Stone per seed, making a total of two hundred and twenty seeds. He then wrapped them up and handed them over.

Shen Jingchuan paid twenty Spirit Stones, carefully kept the copied planting method, and then left the shop.

As soon as she stepped out of the shop, Xiao Mingshu looked over curiously.

"Why did you decide to buy these things?" She sized him up. "What, you want to become a Spirit Plant grower and cultivate spirit herbs yourself?"

Shen Jingchuan had already come up with this excuse while he was in the shop, and his expression remained unchanged upon hearing it.

"It's an uncle from my clan who recently acquired a piece of spiritual land. He's worried about what to plant and doesn't know what to grow. He helped me a lot in the past, so I thought I'd send him some seeds as a gift."

Xiao Mingshu suddenly realized, said "Oh," and didn't ask any more questions.

The three walked a little further and came to a shop selling robes and ceremonial garments. The window was filled with all kinds of fabrics. Xiao Mingshu and Huan'er's eyes lit up and they stepped inside.

Shen Jingchuan stopped at the door.

"I won't go in. I'll just wander around up ahead. Take your time looking around, and come find me when you're done. I won't go far."

Xiao Mingshu nodded.

"Okay, but don't run around."

After saying that, the two went into the shop. Shen Jingchuan stood on the side of the street and thought for a moment. He did have something he needed to buy: a beast-taming bag to hold his spirit beasts.

Without this, it would be difficult to explain releasing Big Black and the others from the space in front of others, and it just so happens that Xiao Mingshu isn't here right now.

He looked up and saw a fairly large shop selling Law Artifacts a hundred meters ahead, so he casually walked in.

The shop was filled with a dazzling array of Law Artifacts, their gleaming lights shimmering on the shelves. A shop assistant, seeing a customer enter, hurriedly came forward with a beaming smile.

"What would you like to see, senior? Our shop has everything: flying swords, Law Artifacts, protective items, and storage devices."

Do you sell beast-taming bags here?

"Selling, senior, you've come to the right place." The shopkeeper led him to a side shelf. "May I ask how many spirit beasts you keep, and how big they are?"

"Three of them, all mounts, quite large, they're horses."

The waiter nodded, took a brown leather bag from the shelf, and pointed to a few smaller ones next to it.

"To be honest, senior, if you need to carry three mounts that big, I have two solutions for you. One is to take three low-grade beast-taming bags and put one in each mount; that will also work."

"Either go for the best one right away, like this mid-grade one. It has enough space inside, and the Spiritual Qi can circulate freely. You can even put all three of them in it at once, and they won't be harmed even after some time."

Shen Jingchuan picked up the mid-grade beast-taming bag and weighed it in his hand.

"And what about the top-grade ones? What are the characteristics of top-grade ones?"

Upon hearing this, the waiter waved his hands repeatedly.

"Oh, senior, we don't have any top-grade ones in our little shop. To be honest, you won't find a single top-grade beast-taming bag in the entire Spirit Creek Market, let alone our shop."

He leaned closer, lowered his voice, as if to say something unusual.

"I heard it from the shopkeeper. That top-grade beast-taming bag is like a world inside itself, brimming with Spiritual Qi. Spirit beasts inside won't go hungry or have their essence harmed; they can even cultivate themselves. It can hold even the largest and fiercest beasts, and you can put them in and out at will."

"Those kinds of treasures are mostly only possessed by large sects and Aristocratic Clan specializing in beast taming. They're worth at least two or three thousand Spirit Stones, and you still need to be fortuitous opportunity to get them. Even if you have the money, there's nowhere to buy them."

After hearing this, Shen Jingchuan understood, but shook his head.

Thinking to himself, Big Black, Little Black, and Treading Snow are all currently being raised in the space of the Heaven and Earth Ring, where there are spiritual fields and Spiritual Qi, and they are very comfortable. There is no need to put them in the Beast Taming Bag at all.

He bought this thing merely as a cover; he would use the beast-taming bag as a cover when collecting and releasing horses in front of outsiders, so it wouldn't be conspicuous.

The lower grade is enough. I can use the Heaven and Earth Ring to upgrade it to the middle grade later. As long as it looks reasonable to outsiders, that's fine.

"Well, I don't need the top-grade one, I was just asking. Could you get me a low-grade one?" He paused. "How much is one?"

The waiter almost couldn't keep his smile going. You've asked about both mid-grade and high-grade, and in the end, you only want a low-grade one? He rolled his eyes inwardly, but a customer is a customer, so he had to keep a smile on his face.

"Low-grade beast-taming pouches, twenty Spirit Stones each." He replied listlessly, casually taking out the smallest leather pouch. "Senior, do you want three?"

"No need," Shen Jingchuan waved his hand. "I usually only take one with me when I go out, so one is fine with me."

The waiter mentally scoffed again. He was dressed smartly and acted like a rich guy, but he turned out to be a pauper. He had three mounts, but he could only afford one bag. I bet the horses he kept weren't any good.

Seeing his reluctant expression, Shen Jingchuan was too lazy to waste words haggling with him. Besides, Xiao Mingshu and the others would probably be here soon. He immediately counted out twenty Spirit Stones, put them on the counter, took the low-grade beast-taming bag, and turned to leave the store.