"Vegetation aged ten years, once tainted, becomes [Mortal Tainted Bloodline]; vegetation aged fifty years, once tainted, becomes [Turbid Baleful Bloodline]; those aged a hundred years become [Mystic Spirit Bloodline]..."
"These are not arbitrary classifications. Long ago, a great cultivator skilled in fifth-tier spirit plant arts and fourth-tier alchemy roamed the mountains and wilderness. Over a thousand years, they captured nearly a hundred mountain and marsh spirits, and after studying them, arrived at these factual divisions. Aside from a few exceptional cases, they are basically never wrong."
The young woman clasped her hands behind her back and spoke as she paced.
"This cultivation world truly is strange and fascinating."
Lin Changheng felt as though his horizons had been broadened. He had gained more useful knowledge, and inwardly rejoiced.
The young woman of the Liu Family covered her mouth and laughed lightly. "What a coincidence—we happen to have two [Lantern Grass Spirits] in our clan. They were transformed together after being tainted by the spiritual workings of heaven and earth, which is quite a curious occurrence. Their regenerative ability is extremely strong, and they can provide large quantities of essence blood."
Leeks?
The word popped straight into Lin Changheng's mind. Harvested crop after crop?
Yet the woman was perfectly candid, seemingly deliberately extending goodwill toward Lin Changheng. She clearly told him that, so long as there was sufficient nourishment, each one could yield a portion of essence blood every three days.
Any more than that would damage their foundation—it would be like killing the hen for its eggs.
Lin Changheng nodded and immediately worked out the answer. The two [Lantern Grass Spirits] could produce more than two hundred and forty portions of essence blood a year in total.
That was quite a lot.
So he said, "This junior has needs in exploring