Chapter 3755 — The Chief Steward of the Pill Hall
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"In cultivating spirit herb seeds, apart from providing an environment suited to their habits, two things determine whether they can be successfully raised. First, you must ensure an ample supply of spiritual energy—this is the most basic requirement for their survival. Second, you must infuse them with true qi at set times each day to hasten their ripening. This not only makes up for any deficiency in the spiritual energy supply, but also greatly shortens their growth cycle. Otherwise, even if you toiled for years, you might never see them put down roots and sprout."
"Generally speaking, if all goes smoothly, in fifteen to twenty days they will grow into seedlings and survive. As for exactly how to infuse spirit herb seeds with true qi, I will later have a senior brother from the Spirit Herb Field who specializes in this matter demonstrate and explain it to you."
Experts at the Heavenly Dao level were different from the Heaven-Tier experts of old. At the Heavenly Dao and above, one could project true qi outward—which was also why Wei Zhao could force true qi out through other acupoints. If he could do it, so could others; it merely depended on whether they were willing to pay the price.
Wei Zhao might recover in an instant, but others who wasted their physical strength and true qi might need several days to recover—and once they overdrew their physical strength and true qi, they might even drop a rank.
So when they heard that they would also have to infuse true qi, most of the newcomers felt a pang of distress…
"One thing you must take note of: once you use true qi to hasten a spirit herb seed's ripening, you must ensure an adequate supply of true qi every day from then until it takes root, sprouts, and is thoroughly established. Otherwise, because its growth mechanism has been artificially altered, it will wither and die very quickly, just as if it lacked spiritual energy."
"Of course, the survival rate of spirit herb seeds is not high, and withering is entirely normal. In fact, even the disciples of the Pill Hall cannot guarantee a hundred percent success. For you newcomers, successfully cultivating five spirit herb seedlings out of ten seeds would already count as a rather good result."
"Your score in this trial stage will be calculated according to the number of spirit herb seeds that survive. Within the three-month trial period, each successfully cultivated spirit herb seedling earns you three points, while failures incur no penalty. But do not think this means you should choose as many spirit herb seeds as possible. Because before that, for every spirit herb seed you take away now, one point will first be deducted."
"That is to say, if you take away all forty spirit herb seeds now, forty points will first be deducted. If within the next three months you fail to cultivate more than fourteen spirit herb seedlings, then in this trial stage you will not only gain no points—you will actually have points deducted from the total you worked so hard to earn in the previous two stages."
"However, if you have the skill to cultivate all forty spirit herb seedlings, then you will directly receive one hundred twenty points. Even after deducting the earlier forty points, you would still net eighty points. Tempting, is it not?"
"Unfortunately, that is impossible. Even the best spirit herb cultivator here in the Spirit Herb Field cannot get all forty spirit herb seeds to survive within three months. So I advise you to be realistic and act according to your means. Otherwise, having points deducted would be a loss that far outweighs the gain."
"Well then, you may now begin drawing lots to select your own seeds. Newcomers all, do your best."