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Seeing that it was indeed a big business opportunity, the cultivator took out moss from his storage Law Artifact and showed it to Shan Heyuan.

These mosses were all contained in jade boxes, each only the size of a fingernail.

They are of different varieties and different grades. The lowest grade is only Qi Refining First Stage, and the highest grade is Peak Foundation Establishment, which are the kinds that are worth thousands of Spirit Stones.

Moss is a broad category, and each type of moss has its own name.

These mosses come from various continents, some growing in deserts and others in ice fields, and their growing conditions vary greatly.

In the cultivation world, Spirit Plant are usually accompanied by a small card in a jade box, which specifies the Spirit Plant's name, origin, usage, and care methods.

The shop also sells this little card with the moss.

Shan Heyuan looked at them carefully and found that the moss met the planting conditions he had, so he bought them all.

For growers, as long as they can grow the plants, they won't lose money buying the spirit seeds. At worst, they can sell the seeds or plants after planting to recoup their losses.

If the seeds can't be grown, they become consumables.

Shan Heyuan has an exceptional talent for planting; he can basically make anything he plants thrive. He didn't feel any guilt about buying all of these mosses.

The shop already had enough moss, Shan Heyuan didn't buy any more and took it all home.

He took out spiritual liquid, Fertilizer Pill, and other items from his storage ring and began to encourage the growth of the newly purchased moss.

The "Gentle Breeze" technique was almost always successful in inducing growth. Shan Heyuan consumed spiritual pills while inducing growth, and in just half a day, all the moss had grown.

There are seventy-three kinds of moss, and each one grows vigorously and lushly.

Shan Heyuan poured the prepared spiritual liquid on them, and they all absorbed it, although the absorption efficiency varied.

The higher the grade of moss, the more spiritual liquid it absorbs, and it can store it in its body for later use.

The moss had already sprouted. Shan Heyuan meditated and adjusted his state, leaving the mother plant behind, before trying to send the moss into his Dantian one by one.

He couldn't directly send soil, spiritual spring water, etc. into his Dantian; he could only send living Spirit Plant.

Not every cultivator is like this; perhaps it is because he has Chaos Spirit Root and is also a cultivator who has undergone this peculiar change.

No one else can insert Spirit Plant into their Dantian and use Spirit Plant for cultivation.

Shan Heyuan placed the moss in one by one.

These mosses are all Spirit Plant; they can be stuffed into anything.

However, different types of moss have completely different effects when placed in the Dantian.

After most of the moss was stuffed inside, it could only coexist peacefully with the Illusionless Tree. Once the water in the moss was expelled, it could not stay in the Dantian for long and was quickly absorbed by Shan Heyuan and then expelled as □□.

Things were indeed not that simple. Shan Heyuan knew this, so he wasn't too discouraged.

He put the moss in and then took it out.

The environment inside the Dantian is very different from the outside environment. Once it's taken out, it can't be put back in; if it is, the person will die immediately.

Each type of moss can only be tested Shan Heyuan. If you want to conduct another experiment, you have to cultivate a new plant and then put it in the experiment again.

Seventy-three types of moss were tested one by one, which took Shan Heyuan eleven hours.

He didn't sleep at all that night.

Fortunately, after trying for so long, we have made some progress. Five types of moss were sent into the Dantian and were barely able to become the substrate for planting the Illusionless Tree, allowing it to take root on them.

The results weren't very good.

Shan Heyuan estimated that this ordeal would at most keep the Illusionless Tree in his Dantian for another three to five days.

This benefit was far less than Shan Heyuan had expected. If it were this effective, he wouldn't have needed to go through all that trouble.

It still needs to be revised.

Shan Heyuan was exhausted after a day and a night of experimentation.

As dawn broke, although he didn't want to go to the Sword Reverence Academy, he had already asked for leave yesterday, and he couldn't leave his students in classes C and D at home to conduct experiments today. So he took a shower, changed his clothes, and forced himself to go to work.

Jiang Zhi had just helped him get a day off yesterday, and now that he'd finally caught him, he was determined to ask him what was going on over there.

Before he could even ask, Shan Heyuan, with huge dark circles under his eyes and a ghostly expression, smiled at him.

Jiang Zhi was shocked to see how haggard he looked. "Isn't Senior Shen home?"

Shan Heyuan: "He's not here. How did you know?"

Jiang Zhi: "If he were home, he definitely wouldn't have let you get like this."

Shan Heyuan wiped his face. "I should have taken a spirit pill this morning; my complexion wouldn't be so bad."

Jiang Zhi: "Then why aren't you eating?"

"The elixir is expensive, I couldn't bear to part with it," Shan Heyuan sighed. "What do you want from me? Is something the matter?"

Jiang Zhi: "It's nothing, I'm just curious what you're doing on leave? Is there anything I can help you with?"

Shan Heyuan felt a warmth in his heart. "Actually, it's nothing. I just encountered a bottleneck in Spirit Plant. I thought I could break through it yesterday, but it's still the same."

Jiang Zhi: "Is your bottleneck related to Spirit Plant?"

Those who can become teachers at the Sword Reverence Academy are the smartest of the smart, Shan Heyuan wasn't surprised that he knew.

Shan Heyuan nodded honestly. "Yes, it was you guys who reminded me when you came to my house to help me change the spirit soil last time. I've looked for so much spirit soil but haven't found anything suitable. Yesterday I was thinking about whether I could use moss instead, but it seems that won't work."

Jiang Zhi: "You're just going to use moss as a substitute like that?"

Shan Heyuan perked up. "Yes, did I use it incorrectly?"

Jiang Zhi: "I don't know the situation on your end, or if you're using it correctly. However, generally, the spirit soil or other materials used as substitutes need to be refined before use; you can't use natural ones. Have you refined it?"

Shan Heyuan really doesn't have one.

He is the kind of grower who values natural materials and is skilled in refining materials in addition to those related to planting.

Upon hearing Jiang Zhi's reminder, a flash of inspiration struck him.

Perhaps, even moss needs to be refined?

How do you refine live moss? And how do you maintain its vitality after refining it?

He can't hold inanimate objects in his Dantian.

This matter involves areas where Shan Heyuan's knowledge is lacking.

He asked Jiang Zhi, but Jiang Zhi wasn't quite sure either, Li Jian couldn't offer any advice either.

Fortunately, he was also acquainted with Tong Liangji, so he went to ask Tong Liangji.

After hearing his question, Tong Liangji said, "I'm not very familiar with the proper refining of materials either. But if you want to maintain the vitality of the Spirit Plant after refining them, isn't that the process of planting them?"

Shan Heyuan: "Huh?"

Tong Liangji was very patient. "What is refining? It's applying techniques to materials to change them. Isn't planting just like that? You start with a seed, grow it into a plant, and then take the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, or the whole plant. Isn't that another kind of refining?"

Shan Heyuan suddenly realized, "What you said makes sense, senior."

Tong Liangji: "I'll just offer a suggestion. It's easier said than done. Many Spirit Plant, in the end, only have increased medicinal potency and Spiritual Power, but strictly speaking, there's no fundamental change. I don't know what kind of Spirit Plant you want to refine, but you can still follow this approach."

Shan Heyuan: "You're right, I'll go back and think about it."

Tong Liangji encouraged him, "Think about it slowly. Cultivation isn't something that can be achieved overnight. Perhaps one day a flash of inspiration will come to you and you'll suddenly understand."

Shan Heyuan also hoped that his mind would suddenly come to a realization.

He returned home with a heavy heart, and upon noticing the presence of another person, he immediately realized that Shen Duheng had returned. He called out from the yard towards the house, "Brother Shen, you're home?"

Shen Duheng pushed open the window. "You're back. Haven't you been home for several days?"

Shan Heyuan laughed, "No, where else could I go if I didn't go home?"