Chapter 56 (continued)

His cultivation skills are quite good; even without careful management, these Spirit Plant grow very well.

As soon as you open the living room door, you can see the lush and verdant Spirit Plant in the yard, radiating Spiritual Qi.

Autumn leaves drifted in, swirling above the Spirit Plant.

Bees and butterflies fluttered around the Spirit Plant, making a buzzing sound that brought everything to life.

Upon seeing the Spirit Plant, Shan Heyuan's mood calmed down.

He watered the Spirit Plant with a watering can and then dragged out fertilizer from under the eaves to fertilize them one by one.

As a planter, he no longer needs to pull weeds. The Nine-Section Thunder Grass planted next to him has been trained by him to be a qualified weed puller, and will indiscriminately pull out all weeds.

Now, apart from the planted medicinal herbs, not a single weed can be seen in the entire yard.

To thank the Nine-Section Thunder Grass -Nine-Section Thunder Grass for its hard work, Shan Heyuan specially buried two extra spoonfuls of fertilizer for it when passing by.

I hope it grows up soon and will be of greater help in planting.

The Nine-Section Thunder Grass was quite intelligent; after being buried as fertilizer, it stretched out a branch and rubbed against Shan Heyuan, behaving very affectionately.

Faced with such an adorable creature, Shan Heyuan couldn't resist bending down to pet it.

As night fell, the temperature dropped quite sharply, but the atmosphere at home remained warm and cozy.

After arranging the Spirit Plant, Shan Heyuan washed his hands with water, hung the Spirit Artifact lamp under the eaves, sat on the recliner that Shen Duheng often sat in, took out a Jade Slip, and slowly read it while half-lying on the recliner.

This was the scene that Shen Duheng saw when he returned.

The lamp that waited for him was never lit, and no one ever waited for him under it.

This unfamiliar scene and emotion made Shen Duheng pause in his steps, unusually not going into the house immediately.

Shan Heyuan had already heard the commotion and immediately turned to look at him. "Brother Shen! Are you alright?"

Shen Duheng: "Hmm."

Shan Heyuan, slipping on her shoes, ran out to greet him and asked softly, "Are you hurt?"

"No, everything is fine." Shen Duheng turned around and closed the courtyard gate, seemingly using this action to conceal his true feelings, his movements a fraction slower than usual.

Shan Heyuan have the mind to focus on the Cultivation Method, and he nervously looked up and asked, "Did you get the Cultivation Method?"

Shen Duheng took out a Jade Slip and tossed it to him. "Go see for yourself."

Shan Heyuan cheered and held up the book to read it on the spot.

This is just a Cultivation Method.

The Jade Slip contained very little content, only about five thousand characters in total.

He skimmed through it and finished reading very quickly.

"Interesting." A blush of excitement appeared on Shan Heyuan's face. "There are several runes inside that I've encountered before. They seem to be variations of Spirit Gathering Formation, and their function should also be to gather Spiritual Power to further enhance the quality of the spirit spring."

"They're all Cultivation Method in that direction."

"Yes! It's much more complicated, and the runes are more intricate. I don't know if I can make it." Shan Heyuan looked at the Jade Slip again, then put it into his storage ring and followed behind Shen Duheng. "I'll practice carving Jade Slip slips for the next couple of days, and once I've mastered it, I'll move it into my Dantian."

Shen Duheng instructed, "Don't let outsiders see this."

"I know, am I that kind of unreliable person?" Shan Heyuan happily followed Shen Duheng upstairs. "Brother Shen, what's for dinner?"

"Anything is fine with me, I'm going to take a shower."

So Shan Heyuan followed him like a shadow to his room, saw him inside, and then went downstairs to cook.

After dinner, Shan Heyuan sat at his workbench and began to carve jade talismans.

The requirements for artificial spirit springs are indeed very high. He is only at the level of a wooden door master in terms of runes, so it would be difficult for him to complete a jade talisman with such high requirements.

He carved several pieces in a row, but each time he hadn't even carved a third of them when the Spiritual Power became chaotic, causing the runes on the jade talisman to clash with each other, the Spiritual Power to collide wildly, and then a small explosion would occur.

It's only because he's already Core Formation Cultivator and has all sorts of defensive talismans at home that he's not in danger; otherwise, his house would have been blown up several times over.

It's okay if you encounter difficulties with the jade talisman for a while; there's still time to practice slowly.

Shan Heyuan has a very stable mindset.

He didn't consult anyone or try to find a talisman master; he just practiced like crazy every day as soon as he got home.

After several days, his fingers were so tired that they started to cramp, but the results were also remarkable. He could usually only make mistakes after carving about 70% of the jade talismans.

Shan Heyuan was confident that after practicing for a while longer, he would be able to carve the runes completely.

Shan Heyuan's wish was quite noble, but when he actually put it into practice in his Dantian Small World, he found that it wasn't like that at all.

Runes require extremely high precision.

A small difference can lead to a huge error.

He could create runes in the real world using his nimble fingers and Divine Sense, but transferring them to his Dantian Small World was a completely different story.

Divine Sense cannot replace the fingers in making flexible movements, nor can it complete runes.

He overestimated himself.

The consequence was that on the day he officially attempted to artificially create a spiritual spring in his Dantian Small World, he directly blew up eighteen top-grade water Spirit Stone.

The enormous explosion caused a tremor in the Dantian Small World, almost waking the sleeping Realm Spirit within the hut.

The overflowing Spiritual Qi also impacted all the Spirit Plant, and even the Pu Core Fire in the sky was affected, surging for a moment.

Fortunately, Shan Heyuan had a solid foundation. The moment he realized that his Dantian was out of control, he immediately circulated his mental cultivation technique and forcibly drove his Spiritual Power into his meridians, barely managing to smooth out the chaotic Dantian Small World.

Although it didn't cause any serious consequences, he still experienced a rush of Qi and Blood and qi, which damaged his meridians.

His face was pale that day.

When he went to the academy for class, his disciples and colleagues were all taken aback.

His disciples even specifically asked him to take care of his health and not to overwork himself.

The cultivation went awry, which was bad enough, but the destruction of those top-grade water Spirit Stone made Shan Heyuan grit his teeth in pain.

That's not all.

After returning home, Shen Duheng personally prepared a bitter and fishy-smelling medicine for him to drink.

The dark medicine pestle was placed in front of him. Shan Heyuan's face fell. He didn't know whether to push it away or accept it. "I don't need to take the medicine, right? I'll rest for a couple of days, and my meridians will be fine."

Shen Duheng: "Injury to the meridians is a serious matter, and this medicine also has the effect of strengthening Root Bone. Drink it."

Shan Heyuan raised his hand, tilted his head back, looked at it again and again, and finally took the bowl, gulping it down in one go.

After drinking the medicine, he drank three large bowls of water to suppress the strange taste in his mouth. He pinched the bridge of his nose and gritted his teeth, saying, "I'll definitely take better care of myself next time and never get hurt again."

Shen Duheng smiled.

After drinking the medicine, the two discussed the issue of an artificial spring.

Shan Heyuan said, "I've learned from my last mistake, so things should go more smoothly this time."

"Really?"

Shan Heyuan thought about it seriously, "Probably."

Unexpectedly, he tried again and bleed eighteen more top-grade water Spirit Stone, which nearly made his heart bleed.

What bothered him most was that the explosive Spiritual Power was too great for him to fully absorb, and he had to work hard to expel it in the end.

In other words, he blew up a total of thirty-six top-grade water Spirit Stone, but he didn't gain anything from it.

He only has 102 top-grade water Spirit Stone in his possession. If he does this a few more times, he'll probably squander them all.

Unable to hold on any longer, Shan Heyuan said to Shen Duheng, "How about we give up and I'll think of another way?"

"Don't run away." Shen Duheng disagreed with his point of view. "Cultivation has always been difficult. You want to create a spiritual spring and reap such great benefits? How can you expect to achieve it overnight?"

Shan Heyuan sighed, "Perhaps I'm simply not suited for this path? If I keep trying, I'll run out of all my top-grade water Spirit Stone."