Guessing, Too Cheap

"There must be something I'm overlooking!" Zhang Wan gritted his teeth, deep in thought.

He now realized that Li Sanjian's conversation earlier seemed to be hinting at something.

"So, what are the hidden dangers of the Extreme Spirit Planter inheritance?"

He pondered for a long time, until the moon was high in the sky, before he finally grasped a thread of understanding.

"Vitality Catalysis Technique, Extreme Growth Technique!"

"These two techniques can shorten the time needed to cultivate spirit plants. Although the spirit plants cultivated this way will exhaust their potential and their quality won't be as high as those cultivated by other schools."

"But for a Sect, their value is self-evident."

"To obtain the most spirit plants in the shortest amount of time!"

"The only sacrifices are the spirit plants' potential, spirit fertilizer, and soil fertility. It's quite a worthwhile deal!"

And Zhang Wan had now realized that the problem lay right here!

He had completely mastered the incomplete version of the Extreme Spirit Planter inheritance he possessed, understanding and comprehending it fully!

Therefore, even without the subsequent inheritance, he had a vague feeling.

The Extreme Spirit Planter inheritance should contain a method to shorten the growth time of high-grade spirit plants!

That is, even though he was only at the Third Level Postnatal realm and only mastered the techniques for cultivating low-grade Postnatal spirit plants, the complete version should have a way for him to shorten the growth time of high-grade spirit plants even in his current state.

Specifically, a method that would allow him to use the techniques for cultivating low-grade Postnatal spirit plants to shorten the growth time of mid-grade Postnatal spirit plants.

Zhang Wan had already had this feeling, and therefore had always looked forward to the complete inheritance.

But now, thinking about it, that might also be the reason why the Extreme Spirit Planter inheritance was not favored by Spirit Planters, or why Extreme Spirit Planters were so rare!

"That method must have huge hidden dangers!" Zhang Wan guessed, the price for using such a method might be the life of the Extreme Spirit Planter themselves!

Under normal circumstances, an Extreme Spirit Planter who could help a Sect obtain a large number of spirit plants in a short period would undoubtedly have immense value and a high status within the Sect.

But if someone could forcibly compel an Extreme Spirit Planter to expend their own life to shorten the growth time of high-grade spirit plants, that would be another matter entirely!

For example, if a Spirit Planter who mastered the complete Postnatal Extreme Spirit Planter inheritance happened to encounter a Sect elder who needed a Prenatal spirit plant, what could he do?

That's right, a Spirit Planter who mastered the Extreme Spirit Planter inheritance was very valuable, but if they encountered a situation where a Prenatal spirit plant was needed for a breakthrough to the Prenatal realm, or even a Prenatal martial artist needed a certain Prenatal spirit plant to prolong their life, that Spirit Planter would most likely be forced to exhaust their own life force to cultivate that spirit plant!

Although this was just Zhang Wan's guess, as he hadn't obtained the complete Extreme Spirit Planter inheritance yet.

But relying on the part he had fully comprehended and mastered, coupled with Li Sanjian's subtle hints, he had a strong premonition that the Extreme Spirit Planter inheritance was likely just as he imagined!

As for why the Sect hadn't said anything about this, not even mentioning a word in the inheritance passed down to the disciples, Zhang Wan also had a guess.

The Sect was probably doing it on purpose!

They wanted unsuspecting disciples to learn and master the Extreme Spirit Planter inheritance, cultivating a large number of spirit plants for them during normal times, and at critical moments, using their lives to cultivate high-grade spirit plants for them!

Zhang Wan didn't mind assuming the worst intentions of the Sect.

Especially after the incident in Fengliu Commandery.

Although he still couldn't figure out what had happened in secret in Fengliu Commandery.

But the deaths during the chaotic period in Fengliu Commandery were real!

From that, he had already glimpsed a sliver of the Sect's darkness, and he wouldn't hold any wishful thinking in this regard!

"Hoo! Although it's not confirmed, I should indeed switch to another Spirit Planter school to learn." Zhang Wan felt fortunate for his caution and prudence at this moment.

All along, he hadn't wanted to be too high-profile or conspicuous, always hiding his true Spirit Planter level.

Now, using the excuse of not being able to learn the Extreme Spirit Planter inheritance, he wanted to switch schools, and it wouldn't arouse suspicion.

If people had known his true skill in the past, he might have found it very difficult to switch schools at this moment.

Even if he succeeded, he would likely be forced to practice the Extreme Spirit Planter inheritance!

There were too many ways to force a weak person onto a certain path!

And Zhang Wan was now a weakling with little power to resist!

Although he had the Experience Point System, it wasn't as if he had no hope of fighting back, but with the EXP he currently possessed, he wasn't guaranteed victory.

Moreover, that might bring him even greater crises.

"Until I've accumulated enough EXP to quickly advance to the True Core realm, lying low and playing it safe is the best option!"

Zhang Wan murmured.

And the current situation wasn't bad for him.

As long as he switched schools, there would be no more problems.

However, Zhang Wan wasn't in a hurry to purchase inheritances from other schools.

He had only graduated from the academy two days ago.

Running to buy inheritances from other schools at this time would seem a bit too eager.

Waiting a few more days would be better.

"However, Senior Brother Li Sanjian, I really owe him a favor now." Zhang Wan noted this down, and if he had the chance in the future, he would repay this favor.

After sorting these thoughts out, Zhang Wan spent the next two days simply using the standard methods for cultivating spirit plants recorded in the Sect's inheritance.

He acted as if he hadn't mastered those two techniques at all.

Two days later, Zhang Wan headed to the Dust Bone Fourth Branch.

There was no need to go to the Inheritance Hall to purchase Spirit Planter inheritances.

The Sect possessed all Spirit Planter inheritances, and they were all available in the Spirit Planter Hall.

As a member of the Spirit Planter Hall, the spirit stones required to obtain a Spirit Planter inheritance from the Hall were even lower than purchasing it from the Inheritance Hall!

The Spirit Planter Hall held a vast array of Spirit Planter inheritances, with many different schools of thought.

However, Zhang Wan had already made a selection once when he was at the Inheritance Hall.

The Five Elements Spirit Planter, Symbiotic Spirit Planter, and Extreme Spirit Planter schools were the only ones suitable for him.

Now that the Extreme Spirit Planter school had issues, choosing from the remaining two inheritances was the best option.

Zhang Wan wanted both, but his finances didn't support it!

Upon graduation, Zhang Wan had thirteen low-grade spirit stones. After reporting to the Outer Gate Management Department upon arriving at the mountain gate, he received his cultivation resources for the next six months, bringing his total to nineteen low-grade spirit stones.

However, he had already spent three spirit stones on spirit plant seeds and spirit fertilizer for his courtyard, leaving him with only sixteen low-grade spirit stones.

Even if he wanted to, and even though obtaining inheritances from the Spirit Planter Hall was cheaper, he could only afford one.

Besides, he needed to keep some spirit stones for emergencies and couldn't spend them all.

Xu Mao, the disciple who received new disciples at the branch, was the one who had arranged a spirit land for Zhang Wan and now attended to him.

Upon hearing that Zhang Wan couldn't learn the Extreme Spirit Planter inheritance and wanted to switch to another school, Xu Mao promptly retrieved the inheritances Zhang Wan wanted and let him choose.

"The internal purchase price is significantly lower, and there's a lot of overlap in the common spirit plant knowledge."

"Therefore, the price will be reduced even further."

Xu Mao explained. In the end, Zhang Wan only spent nine low-grade spirit stones to acquire the incomplete Five Elements Spirit Planter inheritance.

The price was so low it made Zhang Wan disbelieve.

It was too cheap!