Back then, when Lu Xuan cultivated Spirit Plants, he had insisted on doing everything with his own hands. Even for a single low-grade Spirit Plant, in order not to affect the Light Orb reward, he would cultivate it himself from beginning to end.
But after advancing to Nascent Soul, his thinking changed slightly.
"After Nascent Soul, planting Spirit Plants below Fifth Grade and harvesting the Light Orb rewards is already rather tasteless, like chicken ribs."
"And besides, there are more and more high-grade Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field. The time and energy spent cultivating them have risen accordingly. If I waste a large amount of time on those low-grade Spirit Plants too, it'll hardly be worth the candle."
Thinking this, his heart slowly began to lean in one direction.
"For example, the Third Grade Ice Fire Two Spirit Fruit doesn't have much room for improvement, but its consumption is relatively high. I can completely have disciples under me help cultivate it."
"And there's also Hidden Essence Grass, the main material for refining Foundation Establishment Pills. At the same time, I can harvest Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs from it, replenish Azure Wood Source Qi, and then store it inside the Divine Wood Azure Kettle."
"I can change my approach. Have disciples proficient in wood-element arts condense the Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs, then I can directly refine them myself."
The General Store had Bai Li Jian Qing, Wen Qian, and the others helping to manage it, and even Fengyuan Star Cave had two puppet Evil Cultivators helping his incarnation, Ling Gu, gather Demonic Beast and ghost materials.
As the Sword Sect was his main base, it was also necessary to have a few disciples to handle everyday trivial matters.
"Senior Brother Zhou, I agree to accept disciples."
"It's just that this