Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Lu Yang closely followed the Ginseng Child, using a curious gaze to observe the lush herbs that surrounded them.

Sunlight slipped through the gaps in the leaves, casting speckled light onto Lu Yang’s body.

Due to his reduced size, in Lu Yang’s eyes, the herbs appeared as trees blocking the sunlight, towering over him.

Soon, Lu Yang and the Ginseng Child came across a rapid stream. It contained a natural, nourishing spirituality that was used to irrigate the herbs. The herbs in turn, purified a part of it, and it flowed back into the stream, thereby creating mutual benefits.

“This is the river protected by the River Spirit,” the Ginseng Child explained.

Surrounding the Seek Dao Sect was a stream that sometimes flowed rapidly and sometimes slowly. Its source was an infinite, timeless spring.

This spring had a long history, even before the establishment of the Seek Dao Sect. It had been blessed by Heaven and Earth and acquired a hint of spiritual light.

For inanimate objects, the greatest fortune is to acquire spirituality, and this hint of spiritual light was of utmost importance.

If one could turn the spiritual light into one’s own, they would become darlings of Heaven and Earth.

If the spiritual light was scattered into the universe, it could take countless Suiyue (years) of tribulation before a hint of spiritual light could be produced again.

Inanimate objects were subject to change with the environment, and could potentially break apart and dissolve in the battles of cultivators, extinguishing any hope of acquiring spirituality.

The chances of spiritual light dissipating were far greater than that of it becoming one’s own.

Luckily, predecessors of the Seek Dao Sect discovered this phenomenon while passing this area. They used a magic skill to lock this hint of spiritual light within the spring, for it to conceive true spirituality.

The Spirit of the Spring, grateful for the favor shown by the predecessors of the Seek Dao Sect, voluntarily chose to protect the Sect.

This stream wove in and out of various parts of the Sect, protecting its peripheries, and serving as a source of life within.

The Spirit of the Spring was also referred to as the River Spirit.

From the perspective of an ordinary person, the stream in front of Lu Yang and the Ginseng Child was barely two yards wide with a gentle flow. Calling it a stream was an overstatement.

After shrinking, the stream seemed extraordinarily thrilling.

A piece of wood was laid over the stream as a bridge. From the looks of it, it seemed like the bridge was built in advance by the cultivators when they passed by.

As Lu Yang crossed the stream, he had the strange feeling that the speed of the stream seemed to be increasing, as if… it was excited to see him?

Lu Yang wasn’t quite sure.

He also saw a magnificent wall not far away, built with gray bricks, each brick larger than his own body.

Upon closer inspection, he realized it was a wall of the medicinal garden.

The Ginseng Child dug a few times at the base of the wall, revealing several transparent stones. It seemed as if something was drawn out of them, leaving behind empty, transparent glass pieces.

The Ginseng Child extended its roots, flexibly linking these transparent pieces together, much like a tentacle.

“What is this…” Lu Yang furrowed his brows, feeling that these pieces seemed familiar.

“I remember these things are referred to as Spirit Stones by your race.”

Lu Yang had an epiphany. No wonder they looked familiar, these were Spirit Stones with their spiritual essence dried up. It was just that he had never seen ones of such good quality before.

“Do you like these things? Little Ba often buries these stones near the wall base, and when empty, he instructs me to collect them and he takes them away all at once.”

Lu Yang understood, planting herbs required massive amounts of spiritual energy. The medicinal garden’s spiritual energy was not infinite, so the Seek Dao Sect buried Spirit Stones in the garden to provide refined spiritual energy.

No wonder he felt the spiritual energy was so dense the moment he stepped into the medicinal garden. It turns out it was “grown” using Spirit Stones.

The Spirit Stones used in the medicinal garden must be of a high grade, perhaps even the extremely rare Top-grade Spirit Stones.

The Ginseng Child tied the Spirit Stones together with its roots and led the way. Lu Yang followed step by step.

The Ginseng Child was chatting with Lu Yang while walking.

“Beneath our feet, there’s a large formation, called the Eternal Verdant Formation that covers the medicinal garden. It helps our herbs to grow healthily, and these transparent stones are a part of the Array Method.”

Lu Yang had heard of the Eternal Verdant Formation. It was a top-tier formation used in cultivating spiritual herbs. It was costly and used a massive amount of Spirit Stones per year.

“By the way, I heard Little Ba said that our Seek Dao Sect is quite poor. To nurture us, they are running out of resources. He mentioned something about a game involving the kicking of a ball, where a bunch of people fought brutally, all for the sake of getting a ball. Is this true?”

Lu Yang dared not reply. Uncle Ba might appear good-natured, but when it came to deceiving the Medicine Kings, his conscience was completely undisrupted.

“This is the Illusion Breaking Immortal Wood. It has the ability to break illusions and peep into reality. It is indeed the nemesis of illusions. If you fall under an illusion, tightly hold this wood and it can dispel the illusion.”

Following the direction of the Ginseng Child’s gaze, Lu Yang saw a cactus.

“That is the Bursting Sun Flower, one of the essential materials used in cultivating the Violent Sun Dharma Body. Apart from its role in cultivating the Dharma Body, adding it to any fire attribute elixir can enhance a hint of Violent Sun true intent, which is highly beneficial for cultivators with a fire attribute Spirit Root.”

“The highest grade of the Bursting Sun Flower is nine cycles. A nine-cycles Bursting Sun Flower can be useful even to those in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. All the flowers here have six, seven, or eight cycles.”

“Over there is the Enlightenment Forest. The leaves, when brewed in water, provide Enlightenment power. The wood is often used to craft fine magic artifacts. I heard that it is extremely sought after in the outside world, fetching sky-high prices. Every autumn, Little Ba picks a large number of Enlightenment leaves for you to consume.”

Lu Yang had read much about the Enlightenment Tree in books, often described with fancy words as a celestial seed and divine tree. The swift rise of the Human race in ancient times was said to be closely related to the Enlightenment Tree.

However, this was his first time seeing a real Enlightenment Tree.

To Lu Yang, who was now three inches tall, the Enlightenment Tree that was several dozen meters high resembled the legendary Firmament Tree said to reach the heavens. As he looked up at it, he felt a dizzying sensation as if the Dao was resounding in his ears.

“I heard Little Ba saying that low-level cultivators should avoid taking Enlightenment leaves. For a low-level cultivator, the Dao heart and the foundation are both somewhat deficient. Taking it prematurely, like encouraging the growth of a plant by pulling it upward, would not be beneficial for future cultivation and enlightenment.”

“This is akin to the principle why we herbs cannot receive too much fertilization in our childhood.”

“The older the tree, the better is the power of Enlightenment in its leaves. The oldest tree in the Enlightenment forest is even older than me. It’s a Medicine King too, and you’ll see him later.”

“This is Acacia Grass, one of the main ingredients in making the Acacia Moon Pill. Under the time of the hanging full moon, if two people in different locations simultaneously took the Acacia Moon Pill, their hearts and minds could connect, allowing a conversation that crossed time and space.”

“Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a pair of lovers. The man came from a large clan and was the son of a Clan Leader, while the girl was born into humble circumstances, from a slave lineage. The man met the girl while he was out hunting. They were love at first sight and pledged eternal love.”

“Unfortunately, as the son of a Clan Leader from a large clan, he did not have the privilege to choose his spouse, much less to marry a slave as his wife. Forced by the expectations of the clan, he was arranged to marry the daughter of another Clan Leader. The marriage was a match of equivalent social status, strengthening the relationship between the two large clans.”

“However, the man rebelled, and on his wedding day, he secretly left his clan to elope with the girl.”

“The old veterans of the clan discovered this and were furious. They sent experts to hunt them down. The girl was killed, and she died in the man’s arms. The man, struck with grief and outrage, committed suicide, and their blood fused with a wild grass plant. The grass, even its roots, turned red, and hence, it became Acacia Grass.”

Lu Yang, engrossed in the story, subconsciously asked, “How touching, did this really happen?”

“It’s fake, someone made it up to inflate the price of the Acacia Grass. I was just beside them when they fabricated the story.”