Hundred-Year Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum

Chapter 12: Hundred-Year Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum

Li Xuan had now gotten all the seeds distributed this time into his own hands.

This could also be considered part of Li Xuan's foundation.

However, planting medicinal herbs was only a side business that would prove useful in the future. Right now, Li Xuan's most important task was to find a suitable soul ring and break through his Soul Power Level.

After all, Li Xuan had possessed Innate Full Soul Power for quite some time. It was time for a breakthrough.

"After my Martial Soul underwent its second awakening, it mutated. I still haven't properly studied what soul ring I should choose. Strength... I still need to increase my strength." Sitting on his bed, Li Xuan began considering his choice of soul ring.

Li Xuan first summoned his Martial Soul. He stretched out his right hand, palm upward, then slowly poured the Soul Power within his body into the Soul Seal in his palm.

As Soul Power flowed in, the Soul Seal gradually emitted a cyan glow. Vaguely, cyan flames seemed to rise from Li Xuan's palm.

Then, a transparent cyan lotus seed slowly rose from the flames.

The lotus seed gradually collided within the flames before suddenly bursting apart, condensing into a cyan lotus that gave off a faint glow.

The lotus was a deep cyan throughout and emitted a soft cyan radiance. It had nine petals, each one soft and delicate.

"What a beautiful lotus. And it's a Martial Soul with both fire and wood attributes. That's so alchemist-like." Li Xuan blinked and spoke to the system.

This was also Li Xuan's first time seeing his Nine Hearts Nine Flames Lotus Martial Soul. After his second Martial Soul awakening, he had focused all his attention on the Little Green Bottle and had not cared at all what his lotus Martial Soul had evolved into.

Only now that Li Xuan wanted to raise his Soul Power Level did he remember his lotus Martial Soul.

If the lotus Martial Soul could come alive, it would probably curse him as a scumbag. When he needed it, it was his little darling; when he did not, it was an old hag.

Still, the Nine Hearts Nine Flames Lotus was of very high quality, and it possessed both fire and wood attributes. Li Xuan thought that he should focus on the fire attribute in the future, but he could not completely waste his talent for wood either.

Although Li Xuan was currently in the Flower Sea, making it virtually impossible to hunt a soul beast, he could use the Little Green Bottle to cultivate a four-hundred-year-old plant soul beast as his soul ring.

And a spirit plant with a fire attribute was Li Xuan's best choice.

"First, an immortal grade." Li Xuan muttered as he took the only Immortal Grade Spirit Plant seed from his clothes.

Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum!

As an Immortal Grade Spirit Plant with a fire attribute, if it could produce a soul ring, it would be the most suitable soul ring he could possibly find.

Of course, this was not Li Xuan's only plan. Besides the Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum, he had two other Heavenly Treasures with fire attributes and ten rare-quality plants. All of them were backup options.

Li Xuan recalled the plot from the original work. Immortal Grade Spirit Plants would not turn into soul rings!

So Li Xuan worried that if he really killed an Immortal Grade Spirit Plant and it failed to leave behind a soul ring, he would suffer a devastating loss!

Thinking of that, Li Xuan began to hesitate.

He hesitated over whether he should gamble on the Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum being able to produce a soul ring.

If the Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum truly could produce a soul ring, Li Xuan would gain an immensely powerful first soul ring!

Risk and reward...

"Immortal grades may be rare, but they aren't extinct. I should be able to obtain more Immortal Grade Spirit Plants in the future. The Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum... is worth one gamble!" After hesitating for a while, Li Xuan finally made up his mind!

He acted as soon as he decided.

Li Xuan went out into the courtyard, found a flowerpot in the corner, filled it with soil, watered it, and carried it back into the house.

Li Xuan buried the Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum seed in the soil, then summoned the Little Green Bottle and carefully dripped the Green Spirit Liquid inside it onto the seed.

The Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum buried in the soil rapidly absorbed the Green Spirit Liquid.

After a brief pause, an intense golden-red light suddenly erupted from the flowerpot.

The powerful glare made Li Xuan instinctively raise a hand to shield his eyes.

The flash vanished in an instant. Then, two pure golden sprouts emerged from the soil and rapidly began to grow.

A golden chrysanthemum seedling, thirty centimeters tall, appeared in the flowerpot. Its branches and leaves were upright and resilient, noble and elegant, breathtakingly beautiful.

Worthy of being an Immortal Grade Spirit Plant!

Then, the Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum began growing rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it reached around thirty centimeters in height, with more than a dozen leaves. It was golden throughout and radiated golden light.

Another Soul Power vortex formed around it. This time, it was so enormous that Li Xuan's thatched hut swayed violently in the wind, as though it might collapse at any moment.

The Soul Power vortex lasted for more than ten minutes before finally stopping.

A layer of reddish-golden flames had also appeared over the Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum's surface, making it seem even more noble.

Li Xuan stared intently at those golden-red flames, and his gaze gradually became unfocused.

The next second, Li Xuan felt utterly relaxed, as though he were soaking in a Hot Spring. The pleasure was so intense that he almost moaned.

Li Xuan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his arm!

It turned out that the Soul Seal of the Nine Hearts Nine Flames Lotus had suddenly released cyan flames, burning Li Xuan's palm.

When Li Xuan came back to his senses, he suddenly realized that a great deal of time had passed.

"This Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame can actually beguile people's hearts. It seems these flames have a tremendous effect on the soul. Luckily, the Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum only has a hundred years of cultivation. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to break free from the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame's control so easily." Li Xuan said with lingering fear.

But now that Li Xuan had fallen for it once, the Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum would not be able to affect him next time.

After resting for a while, Li Xuan checked the Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum's attributes.

[Plant: Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum]

[Quality: Immortal Grade]

[Cultivation: 100 years]

[Description: One of the top Immortal Grade Spirit Plants. It is innately gifted with Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame, which can burn souls and scorch consciousness. It cannot be used in medicine or consumed. It needs to grow near a volcano and absorb the power of flames.]

"With a hundred years of cultivation, the Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum will reach four hundred years in three days. Then I can use it to absorb my first soul ring." Li Xuan nodded and placed the flowerpot containing the Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum beneath the corner of the wall facing the window.

After settling the Heart-Burning Golden Chrysanthemum, Li Xuan relaxed and opened the System Mall.

[System Mall]

[One meat, two vegetables boxed meal *1... 1 point]

[Wahehe mineral water *1... 1 point]

[Three-Eyed Golden Lion External Soul Bone *1... 100000 points]

[Barrier-Breaking Pill (special price)... 1000 points (original price: 2000000 points)]

"Holy crap! System, you're getting a little carried away. I can't afford a single thing here." Li Xuan grumbled irritably.

He only had ten points left from the opportunity. After buying water and a boxed meal, he would not be able to buy anything else.

With a helpless sigh, Li Xuan bought the boxed meal and water, then ate beneath the moonlight.

But honestly, Li Xuan really was hungry. Before long, he had devoured the entire large boxed meal.

After settling accounts with the system again, he still received ten points for today's settlement.

Not long after lying down on the bed, Li Xuan drifted off to sleep.

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(End of chapter)