Chen Mo's decision to collect the Golden-edged Snow Lotus was based on several considerations.
First, he could not use the Universe Bead for the time being, so every Golden-edged Snow Lotus he collected would have to be stored in his Universe Bag. However, he had never encountered or cultivated Golden-edged Snow Lotus before. Thus, he did not know whether storing them in the Universe Bag like this would cause the plants to die.
After all, the Golden-edged Snow Lotus's propagation methods should be similar to those of ordinary alpine snow lotuses: cutting propagation, rhizome propagation, and seed propagation.
For the first two methods, similar plants he had stored in the Universe Bag before had not lost their characteristics after being taken out some time later. But since he had never handled Golden-edged Snow Lotus, he did not know whether these snow lotuses would die without air.
After obtaining Golden-edged Snow Lotus, he naturally intended to cultivate and propagate it. Only then could he acquire a steady supply of Golden-edged Snow Lotus and the Calming Pills refined from it. That was what he needed—not only for his own use, to enhance his Spiritual Sense, expand his Sea of Consciousness, and strengthen his soul, but also for trading in the Cultivation World someday, or to ensure he could heal his soul if it was injured.
Therefore, rhizome and cutting propagation could only serve as preparations. If they failed, he would have to rely on seeds. The seeds on the Golden-edged Snow Lotus stored in the Universe Bag should not be a problem, as they were all viable.
As for the quantity, Chen Mo considered collecting around a hundred ordinary Golden-edged Snow Lotuses that were over a hundred years old. As for those over a thousand years old in the center of the