Chapter 246 Making a Harvest Plan

[Xuanji grass planting, 500 contribution points per acre. 】

Chu Ning was attracted by this task.

Thanks to his extensive reading in the Xinhuo Palace over the years, he knew many precious spiritual herbs that were not available in the Chengshan Region.

Xuanji grass is one of them.

Xuanji grass is the main ingredient in refining the fifth-grade elixir Xuanji Dan. It takes two hundred years from seed planting to maturity.

According to the sect's task requirements, the sect will provide the seeds of Xuanji grass, and the disciple who accepts the task is responsible for finding a place to plant them, and then hand them over to the sect for harvesting when they are mature.

"This is a way to make a fortune."

There was light in Chu Ning's eyes. These herbs were planted to absorb the energy of the earth's veins. As he had Nian Tangshan, he didn't need to spend time taking care of it. He only needed to plant the herbs and control Nian Tangshan to provide these herbs with the energy of the earth's veins. That's it.

Thinking of this, Chu Ning went to the Contribution Hall to ask the deacon for ten kinds of spiritual grass seeds.

The seeds of spiritual grass are also valuable, but Danshan Sect will provide them to disciples for free first, and then deduct the value of the seeds after the planting is successful.

Of course, if the planting fails, then the sect will have to compensate for the loss of seeds.

After receiving thousands of seeds of ten kinds of spiritual grass, Chu Ning returned to Nian Tang Mountain again, opened up spiritual fields on the mountainside of Nian Tang Mountain, and then sowed these seeds.

"In this way, I have more excuses for setting some formation restrictions on Nian Tangshan. It can be said that it is to protect the elixir."

Killing two birds with one stone is another reason why Chu Ning chose to plant elixirs.

As the spiritual grass is planted, Chu Ning will continue to stay in Tangshan.

A few days later, Chu Ning raised his eyes, and his figure appeared on this spiritual field.

Most of the hundred acres of spiritual fields now have seedlings sprouting from the soil.

"What's going on?"

Chu Ning looked at these elixir seedlings with doubts in his eyes. According to the records in these elixir cultivation books, it would take at least three months for the seedlings to emerge from the ground, and now only three days have passed.

Are the seeds fake?

Chu Ning denied this idea. The seeds of Danshan Sect could not be fake.

It's not a seed problem, but it has something to do with Nian Tangshan. Is the earth's energy more abundant?

Chu Ning's eyes were shining. If it was because of Tangshan, does that mean that planting the elixir in Tangshan can shorten the growth time of the elixir?

Thinking of this possibility, Chu Ning felt a little excited. Just imagine, the elixir that originally took a thousand years to mature now only takes five hundred years in Tangshan...

"It's not certain yet. We still need to observe the future growth of these elixirs. However, these elixirs will take hundreds of years to mature. We need to change a batch of low-level elixirs for testing."

Chu Ning glanced at his storage bag. His storage bag contained medicinal materials and other ingredients, but there were really no seeds.

Since there were no low-level medicinal seeds on him, Chu Ning went to the sect's elixir pavilion, but the lowest level was the elixir seeds needed for fourth-grade elixirs.

The elixirs of the fourth grade elixirs are all mature for more than a hundred years.

"This is what you call a bunch of millionaires getting together and not having a coin out of their pocket."

Chu Ning finally chose to search at the various peaks of Danshan Sect. The elixirs grew in the mountains, and there would always be some low-level elixirs in the huge mountains of Danshan Sect.

It took three days to find three second-level blue grass for Chu Ning. It matures once every three years. This spiritual grass is mainly used as the main medicine for the low-level soul-strengthening pill.

For monks, it is not too precious, one piece of spiritual stone weighs one kilogram, but for ordinary people, decoction and taking it can nourish the kidneys, which is comparable to a miracle medicine.

Chu Ning transplanted these three bluegrass plants to Niantang Mountain, but after half a month of observation, he found that the growth of the bluegrass did not change much.

"Did I make a mistake in my judgment, or is it because the elixir only works on seeds planted?"

Chu Ning now has two ways to find low-level elixir seeds. One is to go out to Danshan Sect and look for them in small places outside, or the other is to plant and breed them himself, but it will take longer.

For Chu Ning, he chose the latter without hesitation. It was nothing to waste an extra year or two, so why take the risk and leave Danshan Sect.

He has already thought about it. He will not go out of the mountain if he can until he reaches the stage of becoming a god.

In the Dan Realm, Yuanying monks are quite the foundation-building monks in the Hundred Cities area. It is safer to stay in Danshan Sect.

Two years later, Chu Ning looked at a blue grass in his hand with a thoughtful look on his face.

This blue grass was planted by him on Nian Tang Mountain with the seeds of blue grass a year ago, and it matured in just one year.

The three-year maturity period was shortened to one year, which proved that his judgment was correct. Reading Tangshan did have the miraculous effect of making the elixir mature in advance.

But this shortening of the time does not shorten the maturity period by two-thirds. In the past two years, he has also planted some other low-level herb seeds, but the maturity period of herbs that are higher than blue grass has not been shortened by two-thirds.

In other words, for different levels of spiritual grass, the shortened maturity period is different.

The specific shortening formula requires dozens of elixirs to mature before a conclusion can be drawn.

At the same time, Chu Ning was also sure of one thing. The shortened maturity period of these elixirs was not only caused by the energy of the earth veins.

No matter how strong the energy of the earth veins is, the absorption of the spiritual grass is limited. Just like a low-level monk, even if he is thrown into an environment where the spiritual energy is as rich as the spiritual stone, it is impossible for the Qi Condensing monk to become a monk within ten years. Foundation building, because its own absorption efficiency cannot keep up.

"The inheritance of the Shan Sect is still too mysterious. It needs to be deciphered step by step. The founder of the Shan Sect is not a riddler."

Chu Ning complained in her heart, but in any case, planting elixir in Niantangshan can shorten the growth cycle without weakening the efficacy of the medicine. This is a big gain.

Especially combined with his long life...

Chu Ning suddenly had a plan in mind. If he could collect the seeds of those extremely precious high-level elixirs and plant them on Nian Tang Mountain, after thousands or even thousands of years, he would have a large number of extremely precious medicinal materials.

What is the most lacking thing for alchemists?

Talent?

Pooh!

The most lacking thing is medicinal materials.

If there are enough medicinal materials, if one time is not enough, then do it twice. If two times are not enough, then refine it three times...

It will always be successful if you have enough medicinal materials.

Danshan Sect is a traditional sect, and this is the philosophy of the entire sect, and Chu Ning also feels that this theory is correct.

Therefore, if you have the opportunity, collect the seeds of those precious medicinal materials.

For this project, Chu Ning decided to name it "Harvest".

But there is also a problem in the implementation of this plan, that is, Nian Tangshan must be kept extremely safe. Otherwise, if so many precious medicinal materials are planted, if some strong man takes a fancy to them and robs them, there will be no place to cry.

Improving your formation skills is the prerequisite for executing the "Harvest" plan.

After finishing his thoughts, Chu Ning activated the formation of Nian Tangshan and rushed towards the Sixth Peak.

His identity token shines brightly. According to the master, the identity token has another function, that is, it can be used to send notifications.

The light shining on his identity token meant that someone was calling him, and besides his master, Chu Ning could not think of anyone else.

Returning to the Sixth Peak, Chu Ning met the beautiful master in the palace where his master lived.

Qi Shiyun, wearing a purple dress, with noble temperament and exquisite appearance, stood in the hall. When she saw Chu Ning walking in, she asked curiously: "Where have you been?"

"Master, I accepted a mission to plant elixirs. I found a mountain peak and planted elixirs there."

"Growing elixirs?"

Qi Shiyun didn't expect that her disciple would do this, but then she thought of her disciple's cultivation experience, and there was a gleam of pity in her eyes.

After taking Chu Ning into his sect, the sect investigated Chu Ning's origins, mainly asking from the Xinhuo Palace, and the Xinhuo Palace gave a reply not long ago.

The content of the jade slip replied by Xinhuo Palace made her and several other elders of the Sixth Peak moved when they saw it, especially the jade slip that contained the original conversation between Chu Ning and Sun Chengyang.

"Elder Sun, it took me three hundred years to reach the Xinhuo Palace. The hardships I endured and the suffering I endured seem like a dream when I think about it..."

Qi Shiyun recalled what Chu Ning said to Sun Chengyang in the jade slip, and then looked at her disciple, knowing that her disciple was afraid.

For others, planting elixirs is a boring job, but for one's own disciples, it will be an excellent job.

She was born in the Alchemy Realm. After becoming a monk in the Transformation of Gods, she had been to several lower realms and knew how fierce the competition among monks in the lower realms was.

My disciples endured a lot of hardships before they reached Danshan Sect and became my disciples.

"If you want to contribute points in the future, tell me, forget it, I will allocate some to you first."

Qi Shiyun asked Chu Ning to take out her identity token, scratch it with her right hand, and then return it to Chu Ning.

"My teacher gave you 50,000 contribution points, which should be enough for you to reach the Nascent Soul stage."

Chu Ning looked at his master and felt that something was wrong after he went out for a trip, and his attitude was much gentler than before.

"Master, in addition to contributing points by growing elixirs, there is another reason why I like growing elixirs."

Chu Ning felt that his master had misunderstood him, so he gave him an explanation.

"I know."

Qi Shiyun nodded. For his disciples, it was much better to be able to grow elixirs smoothly and gain contribution points than to fight and kill and get a little profit every time between life and death.

"If you like planting elixirs, just plant them, but don't put too much thought into it. What you urgently need to improve now is your alchemy skills. It is very likely that the sect will arrange for you to participate in the next newcomers' alchemy competition."

Rookie contest?

Chu Ning learned about it from Senior Brother Shu, and when the Senior Brother said that he was a genius disciple in the Contribution Hall, he had thought that the sect would arrange for him to participate, so he was not particularly shocked.

"Our sect only got level D in the competition last time, but that was because the sect didn't care. But something has changed now. In the next competition for newcomers, we must get level C or above."

Qi Shiyun had nothing to hide from her disciple, and directly told the inside story about the genius disciple that the sect originally valued, who was poached by the Seven Fire Sect.

"Master, what are the results of this competition in previous years? What kind of comparison is it?"

Chu Ning asked curiously. There were many talented alchemists in the Dan Realm. Even if he had the help of the Mystical Mirror, he might not be able to compete with those geniuses.

"The newcomer competition is divided into two stages. The first stage is a written test, which tests the theory of elixirs. The second stage is actual alchemy refining. If you can refine a fifth-grade elixir, and the theoretical score of the first round of elixirs is not If it’s lower, Grade C is still fine.”

"Written exams and labs."

Chu Ning summarized it, it was just like the chemistry exam in the previous life.

Fifth grade elixir.

According to normal logic, fifth-grade elixirs must be refined by fifth-grade alchemists, and generally fifth-grade alchemists are at least in the late Nascent Soul stage.

But in the newcomer competition, being able to refine fifth-grade elixirs does not guarantee that you will not be at the bottom. You also need to have excellent scores in the written test. You are worthy of being in the elixir field.

"There will be a total of six newcomers in our sect. You represent the sixth peak. During the more than a hundred years before the competition, all the medicinal materials in this peak will be available to you, as long as they can provide you with your alchemy level."

Danshan Sect is a Fan sect, and what the Fan sect emphasizes is multi-refinement.

For other alchemists, if they heard that the supply of medicinal materials could be opened, they would probably be excited for a long time, but for Chu Ning, it was nothing. With the help of the secret mirror, as long as he could successfully refine it once, he would not fail in the future. .

But this is a good opportunity to line your own pockets.

Anyway, the sect doesn’t know how many times it has been refined.

"Master, my current state is only at the early stage of Yuanying. If my state is too low, it will also affect the improvement of alchemy skills."

"My master has also taken this into consideration, and after discussing with the other three elders, we will find a way to help you break through to the middle stage of Nascent Soul within this hundred years."

One hundred years is already a huge improvement from the early stage to the middle stage of Nascent Soul. Chu Ning estimated that it would have taken at least three hundred years for him.

Chu Ning originally thought that like what was described in some novels, there would be a big map at the back, and many talented disciples from big forces could take some heavenly materials and earthly treasures to break through quickly.

But now according to his understanding, there is no such treasure in the entire monk world. No matter how big the background is, monks must practice step by step.

There is no such thing as a situation where there are elders in the family who have transformed into gods, and the younger ones have become Yuanying before they are a hundred years old.

Any monk needs to consolidate his realm step by step.

"Thank you, master. Thank you, elders."

Qi Shiyun smiled slightly: "You are my disciple, and it is my duty for my teacher to fight for you."

My disciple must have experienced too much human kindness in the lower realm to be so humble.

"Refining the elixir well, there are ten kinds of materials for fourth-grade elixirs in it. If you have any doubts and don't understand anything, you can come to me. I will not be in retreat during this period."

Qi Shiyun gave Chu Ning a storage bag. Chu Ning took it with both hands. Seeing that his master was about to leave, he quickly said: "Master!"

"Is there something wrong?" Qi Shiyun asked with her eyes focused.

"Disciple wants some seeds of high-level elixir."