Chapter 63 - Diseased Spiritual Plant
After the two came out of Yu's house, Lu Xuan parted ways with the monk surnamed Wu and went to Baicaotang.
In Baicaotang.
The rich aroma of medicine permeated every corner. As soon as you entered, you felt a refreshing feeling.
"Lu boy, you finally showed up. I've been looking for you for a long time."
Manager He grabbed Lu Xuan's arm and said hurriedly.
"I just sent a medicine boy to your house, but I couldn't find you. Fortunately, you came here by yourself now."
"Old He, is there anything wrong?"
Lu Xuan's expression was condensed. He knew that the old man would not send people to his house to look for him unless there was something urgent.
"Has there been any abnormality in your spiritual field recently?"
The thin old man looked around and asked softly when he saw that no one noticed this side.
"When I was taking care of the spiritual plants a few days ago, I found some gnawing spirit insects. They were quite different from what was recorded in the books. I wonder if there was a change."
Lu Xuan told the truth.
"That's it. Not only your spiritual field, but also other spiritual planters in Baicaotang and even the spiritual fields in the entire market have this situation."
"Some people speculate that there are too many evil spirits coming in from the market, which are too strong and have unknowingly polluted the spiritual veins of the market, making the spiritual energy turbid and causing the alien insects to mutate."
"In order to reduce losses, the alchemists in the hall decided to summon all the spiritual planters who cooperated with Baicaotang to discuss solutions."
The thin old man's words made Lu Xuan look solemn.
"Don't worry, this is a major event that concerns all spiritual planters and even all cultivators in the market. They will not be left alone. You just need to follow their actions."
Manager He saw that Lu Xuan's face was so heavy and comforted him.
"When will the small meeting be held?"
"It will take a while, you wait here first."
Lu Xuan nodded, and when his mood calmed down, he handed the 39 mature firefly grasses in his hand to the thin old man.
It was still the original price, three spirit stones and fifty broken spirits for good quality, twenty broken spirits for each plant of superior quality, and four spirit stones for one plant of perfect quality.
Fourteen plants of good quality, nineteen plants of superior quality, and six plants of perfect quality, a total of one hundred and forty-three spirit stones and thirty broken spirits were brought to Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan's wealth returned to more than three hundred.
He watched more and more spirit plant masters enter the inner room, so he followed them in.
In the spacious hall, there were a dozen spirit plant masters who had cooperative relations with Baicaotang. Lu Xuan didn't know most of them, and only a few of them had dealt with him.
Lu Xuan's entry attracted the attention of some monks because he was too young.
To become a good spirit plant master, you must have rich planting experience.
Among the monks present, whether they were spirit plant masters who specialized in cultivating spirit plants for Baicaotang or those who established relatively open cooperative relations, the youngest was over forty years old. Lu Xuan felt like a crane standing out among the crowd.
Some monks inside had heard of Lu Xuan's reputation and knew that although he mainly planted ungraded spirit firefly grass and first-grade blood jade ginseng for Baicaotang, the spirit plants he planted had a very high rate of superior quality, and there were even some perfect quality spirit plants.
Therefore, monks came one after another to make friends and get to know each other.
After a while, all the spiritual plant masters arrived, and a monk with a long beard and wearing a green shirt came over.
He swept his eyes over all the spiritual plant masters present, and paused slightly when passing by Lu Xuan.
"My name is He Zongguang, and I am an ordinary alchemist in Baicaotang. I believe you have heard of me."
"Whether you are working with the hall full-time or working freely, you are all outstanding spiritual plant masters. I called you here because I want to inform you of a major event that involves the interests of all spiritual plant masters."
Seeing that all the spiritual plant masters' attention was attracted by him, the long-bearded monk nodded and continued.
"Come in, you may have heard of it, or witnessed with your own eyes that the spiritual plants you planted have undergone unknown changes."
"With the increasing number of alienated monks, the evil spirits that sneaked into the market are becoming more and more arrogant, and the spiritual fields are slowly undergoing adverse changes."
"The alien insects that sneaked into the spiritual fields have become more aggressive and destructive, and some spiritual plants have inexplicable diseases, such as these two."
The long-bearded monk took out two abnormal spiritual plants from his robe.
One was a blood jade ginseng that Lu Xuan had planted before. On the ginseng body, the originally crystal clear position had patches of grayish-white areas, like countless fine gravel piled up.
The long-bearded monk gently touched a grayish-white area, and suddenly, the grayish-white area of the blood jade ginseng in his hand cracked silently, turning into fine sand and scattering on the ground.
Lu Xuan had never seen another spiritual plant before. The main body of the spiritual plant was a blood-colored leaf.
At this moment, there were pieces of black fluff growing on the leaf. Countless fluffs were crowded together and floating gently, like pieces of mold growing on them.
"These are the two spiritual plants that have developed lesions. The cause is unknown. The lesions have caused irreversible damage to the spiritual plants."
"Moreover, the lesions may also be contagious. If they are transmitted to each other, the spiritual plants in the large spiritual field will suffer a catastrophe."
The long-bearded monk said with a serious expression.
"In order to avoid affecting the spiritual plants you cultivate and thus affecting the alchemy of Baicaotang, I would like to make two suggestions here."
"First, be careful, strengthen your awareness of prevention, and at the same time strengthen your protective measures."
"You can set up a defensive formation to keep the alienated monster insects out of the spiritual field, or you can use corresponding magic to monitor the growth of the spiritual plants. It is best to observe them several times a day to try to avoid alienation and pollution of the spiritual plants."
"Second, work together to come up with a solution to the diseased spiritual plants."
"You all have unique ways of cultivating spiritual plants, so it must be easier to find ways to prevent or solve the disease. If it is feasible and effective, Baicaotang will definitely give you a generous reward." The
spiritual plant masters present either closed their eyes and meditated, or discussed with each other, and came up with several solutions, but they could only treat the symptoms and not the root cause, and could not solve the problem from the root.
Lu Xuan sat in a corner, his mind wandering, and a strange idea came to his mind.
"I wonder if I can see the current status of this diseased spiritual plant after I bring it back and plant it in my own spiritual field?"
The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed to him. He could plant spiritual seeds or seedlings in the spiritual field and cultivate them little by little to get white light balls, which could bring out various rewards.
Among them, there are several factors that affect the light ball rewards, including whether Lu Xuan cultivated the spiritual plant throughout its growth, the grade of the spiritual plant itself, and the quality after it matures.
If you can bring back a diseased spiritual plant and see its current status after it is successfully planted, that would be great.
By cultivating it to maturity, although you didn't put in much effort during the growth process, and the light ball reward may be nothing or only a basic reward, the recovered spiritual plant itself is of great value.
"I must get one or two diseased spiritual plants and do experiments in the spiritual field."
Lu Xuan thought secretly.
(End of this chapter)