Chapter 67

Of course, this issue only lingered in Hu Donghan's mind for a moment before he dismissed it. These Foundation Establishment Pills were all considered "value-retaining" items. Since they wouldn't depreciate in his hands, what was there to worry about? Even if he couldn't handle them, he could directly sell them to the sect and still get a good deal from it!

Now, the most important thing for Hu Donghan was to improve his cultivation. Of course, after taking the high-grade Qi Nourishing Pills and experiencing their superior effects, Hu Donghan found the mid-grade Qi Nourishing Pills somewhat lacking. He started taking the high-grade Qi Nourishing Pills to enhance his cultivation.

Taking one high-grade Qi Nourishing Pill every three days, the cultivation effect was naturally beyond words. By the time he had finished all the high-grade Qi Nourishing Pills, Hu Donghan's cultivation had smoothly reached the Third Level of Qi Cultivation. This time, entering the Third Level of Qi Cultivation, perhaps due to the grade of the pills he took, he hardly felt any bottleneck, making this his smoothest breakthrough yet.

However, this time, the Spirit Ghost's cultivation speed did not match Hu Donghan's. Even though Hu Donghan also let the Spirit Ghost take mid-grade Qi Nourishing Pills, the Spirit Ghost, being a ghostly entity, could only absorb the Qi Nourishing Pills to a limited extent. Nevertheless, even so, the Spirit Ghost had already reached the peak of the Second Level of Qi Cultivation, just one step away from the Third Level.

After a few more days of focused cultivation, stabilizing his Third Level of Qi Cultivation, Hu Donghan realized he had already stayed in the Spirit Medicine Mountain for two months and ten days.

This also meant that the Lu Jiecao was finally ripe.

The Spirit Ghost had been paying attention to the Lu Jiecao all along. When the growth of these Lu Jiecao was just one pattern away from completion, it informed Hu Donghan.

At the final moment, Hu Donghan also wanted to see the scene of over seven hundred Lu Jiecao maturing together. He came out of the wooden house, stood in front of the medicinal field, and observed the situation inside.

Of course, in reality, Hu Donghan was not the only one paying attention to this medicinal field. In the air above this medicinal field, the alchemists from the third floor of the Earth Fire Cave were all present, holding their breaths tightly, watching the situation below—after all, whether this batch of Lu Jiecao could be successfully cultivated was extremely important to them and the entire Earth Fire Hall!

If they could successfully cultivate it, it would mean a significant increase in the success rate of the Sixfold Golden Pill! At that time, the Yin Soul Sect's strength would inevitably increase!

Time passed minute by minute.

Finally, one of the Lu Jiecao seemed to have absorbed enough spiritual energy, suddenly growing an additional section, and a strange pattern appeared on it. Then, the unique medicinal fragrance of this Lu Jiecao spread to the surroundings—this was the phenomenon of a high-quality Lu Jiecao successfully growing!

The alchemists who were strongly watching from the air were naturally all overjoyed at this sight.

However, just as these alchemists were happily celebrating, a situation suddenly arose in the medicinal field below.

It was seen that the medicinal fragrance of that one Lu Jiecao, as it spread to the surroundings, actually enveloped some of the other Lu Jiecao that had not yet matured. Subsequently, those unripe Lu Jiecao, as if being drained of their essence, withered directly!

"Huh? What... What's going on?" Hu Donghan was stunned, slightly dazed, and directly asked the Spirit Ghost through the Soul Board.

"Ugh... Ugh..." The Spirit Ghost vaguely transmitted information to Hu Donghan in his mind, saying it was also not clear.

"Damn! What's happening?" Hu Donghan frowned.

At this moment, the strange medicinal fragrance of that Lu Jiecao finally stopped spreading. However, even so, a portion of the other Lu Jiecao had already withered.

As for the alchemists watching from the air, they were naturally all dumbfounded when they saw this situation. Some of the more anxious alchemists even wanted to fly down from the air to stop this from happening. However, they were ultimately stopped by the Grandmaster Duan Tian.

Then, each time a Lu Jiecao in the medicinal field matured, it would cause a portion of the surrounding Lu Jiecao to wither. In the end, in this more than one mu of medicinal field, only ten Lu Jiecao truly matured! Moreover, the most astonishing thing was that after these ten Lu Jiecao successfully grew, the places where the Lu Jiecao had originally grown turned directly into a sandy area!

Grandmaster Duan Tian, seeing that the last batch of matured Lu Jiecao had no abnormalities, sighed lightly and said, "As expected! The growth of Lu Jiecao originally only occurs in certain unique places, where such high-quality items might appear. Cultivators forcibly cultivating them, after all, lack the natural beauty and the creation of heaven and earth. Even if they succeed, it can only be a few!"

"However, being able to obtain ten Lu Jiecao this time is already quite good. It's just a pity... for this medicinal field."

The other alchemists, after being slightly stunned, finally came to their senses.

They were not fools, and after a moment's thought, they basically understood.

When spiritual medicines mature, there will naturally be unusual phenomena. Of course, for ordinary spiritual medicines, at most, the surrounding air will become fresher. However, for some special spiritual medicines, they might even directly deprive the surrounding spiritual energy!

Like here, where the medicinal field turned directly into a sandy area, it belonged to such a situation.

"Alas... I originally thought that this time, our Earth Fire Hall would harvest over seven hundred Lu Jiecao! Who would have thought that there would be only a mere ten..." An old man with white hair sighed, feeling very regretful—this person was also a senior alchemist of the Earth Fire Hall, who had once introduced himself warmly to Hu Donghan, named Du Hong.

Elder Bu Yun then said, "Having ten is already quite good! You should know that such quality Lu Jiecao is very rare in the entire Tian Nan Domain. Moreover, this young man is not limited to cultivating just once. We can have him continue cultivating in the future."

Grandmaster Duan Tian said, "That's right! Seeing you all hanging your heads, what's the big deal? As long as this young man is part of the Yin Soul Sect, we will naturally not lack Lu Jiecao in the future! This young man needs about two and a half months to cultivate a batch of Lu Jiecao. That means we should be able to get fifty Lu Jiecao each year, which is enough for our needs!"

"However, cultivating Lu Jiecao is indeed too wasteful of the medicinal fields! Although the Spirit Medicine Mountain has many places, it cannot withstand such waste. I remember there was a deserted medicinal mountain on the main peak. We might as well let this young man go there to experiment..."

The alchemists, upon hearing this, all nodded.

Then, Grandmaster Duan Tian led the way, flying off first. The others followed behind.

As for Hu Donghan, he was now in a headache near the medicinal field—originally, he thought he would harvest over seven hundred Lu Jiecao this time, but how could it be that only ten were left?

This difference was a bit too great, wasn't it?

PS: Alas... To stay on the new book list a bit longer, I'll temporarily change to three updates a day. After the new book period, I'll immediately switch to ten thousand words. I have no choice, please understand...