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It stretched the heavens and the earth apart. As it grew, the sky grew higher and the earth grew heavier, gradually becoming what it is today.

Shan Heyuan sometimes felt that his idea was completely unreasonable, but that was indeed what he thought in his heart.

It could also be because the Illusionless Tree possesses a very mysterious aura.

It might be related to the fragments of the Heavenly Dao within the Tribulation Lightning.

After the appearance of this prominent Illusionless Tree in his Dantian Small World, Shan Heyuan discovered that he had already collected three of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

These three are Pu Core Fire, Spirit Spring Water, and the Illusionless Tree.

The three elements brought about quite a few changes to the Dantian Small World.

When he entered his Dantian Small World, he could clearly feel that the elements within it were unbalanced, with water, fire, and wood Spiritual Power being much more abundant.

Perhaps after some time he collects spiritual objects of two other elements, Dantian Small World will undergo further changes, but they are currently unable to spare the time and will have to wait a considerable period of time to collect them.

One day, Shen Duheng took a seed out from outside and gave it to Shan Heyuan, asking him to help plant it.

Shan Heyuan stared at the dark, murky seed, examining it repeatedly, but couldn't immediately recognize it. "What kind of Spirit Plant's seed is this?"

Shen Duheng: "Thousand Powder Grass, I need to use it to refine a elixir to quickly improve my cultivation."

"Why do you suddenly want to improve your cultivation? Is it because of our current situation?" Shan Heyuan with some concern. "We've been hiding here quite well, staying a little longer won't hurt. There's no need to take any risks."

"It's not entirely because of our situation. I've already cultivated to the Middle Spirit Transformation Stage. I'm currently stuck at the Nascent Soul Realm simply because I lack Spiritual Power. I've already grasped the Heavenly Dao and learned the sword techniques I need. As long as I have enough Spiritual Power, I can quickly return to the Middle Spirit Transformation Stage. I can't wait any longer."

Seeing his resolute expression, Shan Heyuan knew there was no way to stop him from doing something that involved personal cultivation, so he had no choice but to agree, "Wait while I find some information to see how to plant it?"

Thousand Powder Grass is a well-known spiritual herb that can be used to refine the Sky-Soaring Pill.

Shan Heyuan had never grown this kind of spiritual herb before, but as a teacher at the Sword Reverence Academy, he had heard of its reputation and had seen it in ancient books.

The ancient texts only say that this spiritual herb needs to be planted in a place with the energy of metal and stone, but it cannot be planted directly with metal.

Shan Heyuan felt that this planting method was quite difficult to understand.

He tried to encourage the Thousand Powder Grass to sprout, and even brought out a top-grade metal -Top-Grade Spirit Stone to plant this spirit herb.

It's completely useless.

His undefeated record with Spirit Plant seemed to have been suddenly broken.

He tried many methods, but none of them worked.

After a while, he had no choice but to stop working in isolation and start looking up information elsewhere.

There is an academy in Youcheng City called Youcheng Academy.

The college has the city's largest library.

Shan Heyuan simply went there to look for information. Based on his experience, these more specialized books could usually only be found in specialized libraries.

He was a good planter in real life, but now he was using a fake identity and no longer had the planter's jade token. However, his abilities were still there, and after going there a few times, he made some good planter friends.

When everyone heard that he wanted to grow a rather special kind of medicinal herb, they all tried to help him find a way.

The growers provided him with many helpful suggestions from a professional perspective.

However, whether it was a problem with his operation or because this spiritual herb was simply too difficult to cultivate, he still couldn't get it to sprout after planting it for quite some time.

This frustrated him; after working as a planter for so long, this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

No matter how he tried, the seeds of the Thousand Powder Grass remained motionless, showing neither signs of germination nor death—as if they were dead seeds.

Shan Heyuan complained to Shen Duheng, "Do you think it might be a problem with my Spirit Root? I discussed it with others, and they said it might be because my Metal Spirit Root isn't strong enough, so I can't grow this kind of spiritual herb."

Shen Duheng: "I'm not quite sure about that. Do you want to improve the quality of your Metal Spirit Root?"

Shan Heyuan: "I've thought about it. I think it's worth a try, but I've searched for a long time and it seems there's no good way to improve Metal Spirit Root."

He could find corresponding spiritual objects for the three elements of water, fire, and wood in his Dantian Small World, but it seemed there was really no way to find one for the metal element. He had tried to pile up metal Spirit Stone before, but he couldn't find one.

Shen Duheng pondered for a moment, then asked, "What about spirit swords? Is that alright? As far as I know, many people have used spirit swords of corresponding attributes to enhance their corresponding Spirit Root."

"That won't work either. I now have my own natal spirit sword, which is a wood-attribute spirit sword."

Shan Heyuan looked at the crimson spirit sword in his hand with some melancholy. "This Little Sword suits me quite well. I can't just abandon it to find a new spirit sword in order to improve my Spirit Root."

Shen Duheng: "If all else fails, we'll have to find someone else to plant it."

"It doesn't seem like having someone else plant it won't work either. I asked other growers, and they all said they couldn't grow a plant with the same level of spiritual energy as the Thousand Powder Grass."

Shan Heyuan explained, "The main reason is that Spirit Plant of this level require elemental power. We planters generally have five Spirit Root, so we don't seem to have any special methods in this regard."

Shen Duheng was aware of this predicament; otherwise, he wouldn't have waited until now to bring out the Thousand Powder Grass and ask Shan Heyuan to plant it.

The two discussed it at home for a while, but ultimately couldn't reach any conclusion.

Shan Heyuan also tried to refine various metallic spiritual liquids and metallic Fertilizer Pill, but he was unsuccessful.

The main Spirit Plant and metal elements seem to be naturally incompatible.

Even if he created a corresponding product, the Thousand Powder Grass couldn't absorb it, so it was ultimately useless.

Shan Heyuan was so worried at home that he was losing his hair.

Aside from that, his life is pretty good.

Life was peaceful and fulfilling, and the cultivation process was going smoothly, with the Spirit Plant in the Dantian Small World growing particularly well.

If they weren't currently on the run and had to live in anonymity, he could have shocked many planters by taking out what was in his Dantian Small World.

Although only a little over two months have passed, if he were to travel back two months to fight Shi Mian in the arena, he believes that with his current strength, he could defeat Shi Mian directly without any special methods.

His understanding of planting has improved so much now.

This is on a completely different level from my previous self.

Shan Heyuan's planter friends know about his recent troubles.

One day, a friend came to visit him and said, "Master Kucheng will be coming to our area for an event soon. I'm friends with one of his disciples. Do you need me to make an introduction so you can consult him? The master is quite skilled in planting."

Shan Heyuan knew this master; this master was a representative of those who came from humble backgrounds.

Master Kucheng's Spirit Root wasn't very good. Unlike Shan Heyuan, whose spiritual root appeared bad but was actually incredibly good, this master's Spirit Root was genuinely poor.

For a long time, this master couldn't even enter the Qi Refining stage.

In this world, people who cannot enter the Qi Refining Realm are essentially disabled; they can directly go to the corresponding sect to receive subsidies—it's that bad.

Despite lacking natural talent, Master Kucheng himself was very hardworking and down-to-earth.

Despite his low cultivation level, he directly engaged in the profession of Spirit Plant, diligently planting each and every one of them.

He was meticulous and patient, and was especially skilled at using various Fertilizer Pill, spiritual liquids, and magic arrays to assist in planting. He grew Spirit Plant well and gradually made a name for himself, becoming a master in the area.

Master Kucheng is said to be over five hundred years old, but he is currently only at the Core Formation stage.

It is said that this is the effect of using many Secret Method and elixirs, and his cultivation may stop here in this lifetime.

But it's hard to say.

He has a very powerful Rogue Cultivator partner who is now in the Middle Spirit Transformation Stage.