The spirit grasses were all spaced a certain distance apart. Within two zhang of each plant lay empty ground, with no other spirit grasses or herbs growing there, unlike the Ding-Class Spirit Herb Garden Liu Yu had seen before.
Liu Yu knew this was to ensure that each spirit grass could absorb enough spiritual energy and nutrients to grow normally.
The higher a spirit grass's tier, the more nutrients and spiritual energy it needed to grow. If planted too close together, the plants would compete for the limited spiritual energy and nutrients.
This would often cause one of them to gradually wither and die, or leave both plants undernourished and unable to continue growing.
More than a dozen houses and small buildings stood along the perimeter of the Medicine Garden. None rose above two stories, and they were built for practicality rather than splendor.
The buildings stood ten to twenty zhang apart, forming a defensive ring around the Spirit Herb Garden.
After entering the Medicine Garden, Yan Hongyu turned and gave two Inner Disciples an instruction. They then led away the ten Qi Refining Period disciples who had come as reinforcements.
"Junior Brother Liu, choose a place to stay first. Afterward, I'll introduce you to the other five fellow disciples."
Yan Hongyu spoke calmly.
"I'll follow your arrangements, Senior Sister."
Liu Yu kept up his role as a newly advanced Foundation Establishment cultivator. As a newcomer, he naturally had to follow the arrangements.
"The Qi Refining Period disciples each get a room, while Foundation Establishment Stewards like us each get an entire building."
"This row is vacant. Choose whichever one you like, Junior Brother Liu."
As they spoke, the two reached the northern side of the Spirit Herb Garden, and Yan Hongyu pointed to the four buildings there.
"That one,