Spirit Plant Method

He planned to set aside some time every day to study medicinal herbs and pharmacology.

As for now, he planned to first refine a batch of Cold and Heat Resistant Ointment and become a First-grade Alchemist recognized by the system.

The difficulty of refining Cold and Heat Resistant Ointment was actually not low.

It was simply that the medicinal materials were easy to obtain.

As its name implied, as long as it was applied to the body, it could keep one unaffected by cold or heat for a week.

Of course, it would only work within normal temperatures.

Xiao Yang estimated that it could withstand weather from minus twenty degrees to forty degrees above zero.

If one went to places such as volcanoes or icy lakes, it would not be nearly as effective.

Even so, it was still quite good.

It should be very popular among wealthy people with relatively weak cultivation.

Moreover, this stuff did not cost much to make, and would not sell for very much either.

Xiao Yang took out the six medicinal materials for Cold and Heat Resistant Ointment and began refining them.

With his current First-grade Pill proficiency, although this was his first time refining Cold and Heat Resistant Ointment, the success rate should still be above fifty percent.

Very quickly, the six medicinal materials were fully refined.

He did not hesitate and immediately began Pill Fusion.

Fortunately, the batch of Cold and Heat Resistant Ointment was successfully refined on the first try.

Before Xiao Yang could take the ointment out of the Pill Furnace, the System Prompt Tone sounded in his mind.

[Mission: Become a First-grade Alchemist. Reward: Beginner Alchemy Talent +1, Spirit Plant Method. Completed. Claim rewards?]

He did not claim it right away. Instead, he first took the Cold and Heat Resistant Ointment from the Pill Furnace, divided it into two hundred portions, and placed them in wooden boxes.

Each portion could be used around five times.

After putting away the wooden boxes, Xiao Yang directly claimed the reward.

The next moment, an additional scroll appeared in his System Space.

He also discovered that his alchemy-related missions had gradually begun to change.

Originally, he had needed to refine ten First-grade Pills to gain one point of proficiency. Now, he only needed to refine nine.

The required amounts for missions involving refining medicinal materials and memorizing medicinal herbs and pharmacology had also been reduced by ten percent.

He knew that this was likely caused by his Beginner Alchemy Talent.

However, what he cared about most at this moment was the so-called Spirit Plant Method!

He eagerly took the newly acquired scroll from the System Space.

The scroll was emerald green.

He opened it, and an introduction to the Spirit Plant Method appeared inside.

The Spirit Plant Method was neither a cultivation technique nor an ordinary Dou Skill.

This Spirit Plant Method should be classified as a Secret Method.

The Spirit Plant Method was not meant for battle.

Yet after Xiao Yang finished learning its contents, his eyes were filled with excitement.

The Spirit Plant Method was simply a perfect match for an Alchemist!

Especially given that he also had a Medicinal Field.

The Spirit Plant Method had a simple purpose: cultivating medicinal materials and accelerating their growth.

Naturally, the more precious the medicinal material, the more difficult it was to accelerate its growth.

At the same time, the stronger one's strength, the easier it became to ripen a medicinal herb.

Looking at the introduction to the Spirit Plant Method, Xiao Yang eagerly pressed the scroll against his forehead.

This scroll only contained an introduction to the Spirit Plant Method. To learn it, he needed to use Soul Perception to receive the contents within the scroll.

Very soon, a great amount of information flooded into Xiao Yang's mind.

The Secret Method known as the Spirit Plant Method was rather troublesome to learn.

After receiving this information, he discovered something.

Although the Spirit Plant Method was highly suitable for Alchemists, ordinary Alchemists were basically unable to use it.

Because using the Spirit Plant Method required Wood Attribute Dou Qi.

Although Alchemists possessed a trace of Wood Attribute Dou Qi,

their Dou Qi was basically mainly Fire Attribute Dou Qi.

They had only a trace of Wood Attribute Dou Qi.

As a result, not only would they be unable to ripen medicinal materials, they might even burn them to ash.

If the Spirit Plant Method were spread, the status of Wood Attribute cultivators might also rise greatly.

However, it could not possibly be spread in a Short Time.

The Soul Power within this scroll had already disappeared.

It would not be easy for Xiao Yang to make another scroll.

After storing the scroll in his System Space, Xiao Yang began searching among the medicinal materials.

Very soon, he found a medicinal herb with seeds.

The medicinal materials he had now were basically all low-grade herbs, and their seeds were even more worthless.

Therefore, quite a few medicinal herbs had seeds on them.

He plucked a Coagulation Flower seed and placed it in his palm.

Next, he began creating a mission.

[Mission: Ripen ten Coagulation Flowers. Reward: Spirit Plant Method Proficiency +1]

Under normal circumstances, a Coagulation Flower needed at least three years to mature, with most requiring five years.

After setting up the mission, Xiao Yang began converting the Dou Qi within his body into Wood Attribute Dou Qi.

Next, he began circulating his Dou Qi according to the method recorded in the Spirit Plant Method.

Very soon, the Wood Attribute Dou Qi in his body began slowly gathering toward the Coagulation Flower seed in his hand.

The first step of the Spirit Plant Method was to make the medicinal herb seed germinate.

Certain medicinal herbs placed great importance on their environment and needed to be planted in their corresponding environments before being made to germinate.

However, low-grade medicinal herbs like Coagulation Flowers, which could be found everywhere, could be directly germinated by using Wood Attribute Dou Qi to perform the Spirit Plant Method.

Very soon, the Wood Attribute Dou Qi in Xiao Yang's body flowed through several specific Meridians and into the Coagulation Flower seed in his hand.

The Coagulation Flower seed itself could not contain much Dou Qi.

In just an instant, this Coagulation Flower seed was filled to the brim with Xiao Yang's Wood Attribute Dou Qi.

There were even wisps of green Wood Attribute Dou Qi overflowing from within the seed.

Xiao Yang stared intently at the seed in his hand.

Even though Wood Attribute Dou Qi was already overflowing from the Coagulation Flower seed, he still did not stop infusing it with Wood Attribute Dou Qi.

As time passed, ten percent of the Dou Qi in Xiao Yang's body had already been consumed.

Just then, a faint sound rang out.

"Pop!"

The sound was very soft, but Xiao Yang, whose Soul Perception was keen and who had been staring at the seed the entire time, caught that faint noise.

The next moment, a tiny green sprout broke through the seed's shell and began to grow.

It had succeeded!

Xiao Yang's face was filled with excitement.

He did not stop supplying Dou Qi.

Very soon, a large amount of Dou Qi poured into the newly germinated seed.

As Xiao Yang infused it with Dou Qi, the seedling began growing larger and larger.

Soon, its first leaf emerged.

At that moment, the seedling stopped growing.

Because Xiao Yang's Dou Qi had run out.

He hurriedly planted the Coagulation Flower in the Medicinal Field within the System Space.

Because of his previous missions, he was very familiar with these medicinal materials.

With one look at this Coagulation Flower, he knew that its medicinal age was around three months.

Moreover, it was growing very well.

A Coagulation Flower like this only needed a medicinal age of three years to mature.

Yet he could only ripen it by three months at a time.

In other words, he needed to use the Spirit Plant Method at least twelve times to mature a Coagulation Flower.

"Ah..."

Xiao Yang could not help sighing.

His cultivation was still too low, and he had too little Dou Qi.

If he were a Dou Master, he might be able to ripen it in one go, perhaps without even needing to plant it in the Medicinal Field.