After returning to his cave abode, Wang Daoyuan sent his divine sense into the Spirit Pearl Space and harvested all the Spirit Gathering Pill ingredients from one acre that had already matured.
The last time he had asked Seventh Uncle to refine Spirit Gathering Pills, he had received more than seven hundred. After handing over five hundred, he still had over two hundred left. That many Spirit Gathering Pills were enough to support his cultivation for one or two years.
Several hundred portions of materials were still stored in the space. He would not need so many even to cultivate to the Qi Refining Peak, so there was little point in planting more Spirit Gathering Pill ingredients.
Wang Daoyuan planted the newly purchased Golden Silk Spirit Jujube, Blazing Sun Wood, and several kinds of medicinal herb seeds that had come free with the lotus seeds in the empty ground.
As for the five lotus seeds, he did not dare toss them directly into the fishpond. Those Clear River Carp were all bottomless pits—if they could catch it, they would eat it. Tossing the lotus seeds in would only turn them into the Clear River Carps' rations.
He could only dig out a water pit one zhang square in the newly cleared empty ground and plant the lotus seeds within it.
He was not worried about whether they were Ink Jade Nether Lotus. So long as they could sprout, even if they were merely Blackwater Lotus, the lotus roots they produced could be sold to the family restaurant, giving it another ingredient.
After putting everything in order, Wang Daoyuan changed into a black robe and a veiled bamboo hat, cast the Invisibility Technique, and left the Pill Talisman Pavilion. He revealed himself in a secluded spot.
He then returned to the