Cultivating Seeds

Cultivating Seeds

After returning to his thatched hut, Li Xuan spread all the seeds across the bed and began identifying them one by one.

Through Appraisal of Herbs, Li Xuan obtained all the information about these medicinal herbs.

There were one hundred seeds in total: forty common seeds, forty rare seeds, and eighteen uncommon seeds.

Among them were two Heavenly Treasures seeds!

Besides the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid, there was also a Void Grass seed.

[Plant: Void Grass]

[Quality: Heavenly Treasures]

[Cultivation: 0 years]

[Description: An ordinary Heavenly Treasure, a rare Heavenly Treasure with spatial attributes. Every hundred years, it produces one Void Pearl, each of which contains three cubic meters of space. Every thousand years, it produces one Void Crystal, each of which contains one hundred cubic meters of space. It cannot be used as medicine or consumed.]

"With Void Grass, who needs a Soul Tool? A hundred cubic meters of space—I only need ten days to get one! This is great!" After checking Void Grass's attributes, Li Xuan was so excited he nearly jumped up.

With Void Crystals, Li Xuan would have somewhere to store the precious medicinal herbs and Heavenly Treasures he cultivated.

After all, in the Flower Sea, Flower Slaves had practically no privacy. If he cultivated a large amount of medicinal herbs and Heavenly Treasures, Li Xuan would definitely be discovered.

The appearance of Void Crystals completely solved Li Xuan's worries.

Next, Li Xuan used his knowledge as an Herb Farmer to raise the seedlings using the most suitable methods for each seed.

Since these seeds had all been traded for, every kind required a different method of cultivation.

Li Xuan spent an entire day before finally settling all the seeds.

By then, his room was filled with all kinds of small jars and containers, all of them used for raising seedlings.

Only after finishing all that did Li Xuan sit on the bed and rest.

Though these seeds were precious, they were not particularly difficult for Li Xuan, who had the Herb Farmer secondary profession. The biggest problem with raising them was simply that there were too many varieties, making it terribly time-consuming.

Li Xuan took the two most precious Heavenly Treasures seeds from his clothes.

One seed was purple and the other black: the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid and Void Grass. Both were Heavenly Treasures.

After carefully confirming the seeds' information, Li Xuan brought the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid seed to the backyard and cautiously planted it at the base of the courtyard wall.

Li Xuan found a dark corner in the backyard and carefully planted the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid seed there.

The Dark Domain Ghost Orchid preferred darkness and moisture, and it liked absorbing wandering souls, so the corner of the wall was a very suitable place for it.

Moreover, once the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid grew, it would form a strange domain that absorbed the wandering souls around it, accelerating its growth.

Li Xuan had no desire to be haunted in the middle of the night, so he planted the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid seed beneath the courtyard wall farthest from his thatched hut.

After settling the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid, Li Xuan went to the front yard, casually found a flowerpot, filled it with soil and water, and planted the Void Grass directly inside.

Unlike the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid, Void Grass did not have high environmental requirements, but its life force was exceptionally fragile. One small mistake could kill it outright.

However, Li Xuan had the Green Spirit Liquid from the Little Green Bottle. Once Void Grass absorbed the Green Spirit Liquid, it would no longer need to absorb the surrounding Soul Power to grow rapidly. Once it reached a certain stage, its vitality would become extremely tenacious.

After planting both Heavenly Treasures, Li Xuan found a Clay Pot in the front yard and poured some water into it.

With a ripple of Soul Power, the Little Green Bottle appeared in Li Xuan's hand. He removed the stopper and dripped the green medicinal liquid inside into the basin of water.

The previously clear water instantly turned green.

Li Xuan currently had many plants to cultivate, so each drop of medicinal liquid had to be diluted before it could be used on them.

He also wanted to see how much the effect of the diluted Green Spirit Liquid would weaken.

Li Xuan first poured half of it onto the Void Grass.

After absorbing the green medicinal liquid, the Void Grass broke through the soil at a visible speed. At the same time, its stem rapidly straightened and its leaves unfurled.

In the blink of an eye, the Void Grass had changed from a seed into a black blade of grass more than ten centimeters tall.

The Void Grass was black as ink from top to bottom, with specks of golden light scattered across its surface, making it appear noble and mysterious.

The grass had five leaves in total. Beneath the lowest leaf hung an ink-black bead the size of a soybean, round and smooth in appearance.

Next, Li Xuan casually cast Appraisal of Herbs.

[Plant: Void Grass]

[Quality: Heavenly Treasures]

[Cultivation: 50 years]

[Description: An ordinary Heavenly Treasure, a rare Heavenly Treasure with spatial attributes. Every hundred years, it produces one Void Pearl, each of which contains three cubic meters of space. Every thousand years, it produces one Void Crystal, each of which contains one hundred cubic meters of space. It cannot be used as medicine or consumed.]

"It seems diluting the Green Spirit Liquid doesn't affect its effectiveness. This means I can cultivate multiple plants at once." Li Xuan smiled and pumped his fist.

He placed the flowerpot containing the Void Grass inside his thatched hut, then went to the backyard and found where he had planted the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid. He poured in another half basin of diluted Green Spirit Liquid.

The moment the spirit liquid seeped into the soil, a dark purple sprout slowly emerged from the earth. It gradually extended, becoming a half-meter-long vine within minutes and clinging tightly to the wall.

However, the entire vine was dark purple. Whether its leaves or its stems, everything about it gave people an uncomfortable feeling.

Li Xuan took two steps back before leaving the backyard. If the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid had not been able to produce flowers that strengthened the soul, he would never have wanted to cultivate such a thing.

Just as he returned to the front yard, Li Xuan spotted Zhao Dachui in the distance. Zhao Dachui was carrying a large water vat into Li Xuan's courtyard.

Zhao Dachui was the person who had traded lotus seeds with him earlier that day.

"Xuan, this is the water vat for cultivating your lotuses. If you need anything, tell Uncle Zhao and I'll find it for you. I really have to thank you for today. But can you really manage growing lotuses for the first time? If you're not confident, I can trade my lotus seeds back." Zhao Dachui set the water vat down in Li Xuan's courtyard, hesitated for a moment, then said those words.

"Uncle Zhao, don't worry. In the future, you can send any difficult seeds here, and I'll help you raise the seedlings." Li Xuan smiled at Zhao Dachui.

"Enough, kid. Just focus on growing these things first. I'm heading back." With that, Zhao Dachui turned and left Li Xuan's courtyard.

Li Xuan watched Zhao Dachui's retreating figure and smiled as he shook his head. Then he began fetching water and filling the two vats.

One vat would be used for planting lotuses, while the other would store drinking water. It was a perfect use of both.

Li Xuan fetched more water with the Clay Pot, filled the vats, then used the water to rinse the basin that had just held the diluted Green Spirit Liquid. He sprinkled that water over the seedling containers to increase their germination rate.

Finally, he tossed the Clay Pot into one of the water vats and placed the two lotus seeds inside as well, hoping to squeeze out the last bit of value from the Green Spirit Liquid.

After doing all that, Li Xuan finally returned to his thatched hut and lay comfortably on the wooden bed.