Chapter 144: Gold from fire
“This is the trial for promotion to the second-level high-grade spiritual planter, the first-class vegetation illusion.”
“Requirement: Within ten years in the fantasy world, plant the legendary third-level spiritual plant – Golden Lotus Bathed in Fire.”
“There are only eight spiritual seeds provided by the illusion. When these eight spiritual seeds are used up, if the spiritual planter still cannot plant a golden lotus, it means that the trial challenge has failed.”
“No wonder the difficulty is as high as level A, and no one has ever successfully challenged it. It requires a second-level spiritual planter to successfully cultivate a third-level spiritual plant.”
Then this is not ordinary difficult.
Qin Ming stepped towards the outside world.
In front of him, there was a stone pier with a withered yellow lotus pod quietly placed on it. Inside the lotus pod, there were eight golden lotus seeds filled with amazing spiritual charm, and a Taoist charm lingered on it.
“This is the spiritual seed of the Golden Lotus Bathed in Fire!”
Qin Ming picked up the lotus branch, felt and observed it carefully. Everything in the illusion of vegetation was close to reality.
Fortunately, he had studied the inheritance of the third-level spiritual planter.
Information about the ‘Golden Lotus Bathed in Fire’ also automatically appeared in Qin Ming’s mind.
Golden lotus bathing in fire is a third-order low-grade spiritual plant. It is rare and rare. It is one of the two main ingredients for refining the golden elixir.
Of course, the real main material must be more than five hundred years old, and the ten years of the illusion trial are only the initial success in cultivating spiritual plants.
Such a rare treasure of heaven and earth is almost rare to see in the entire world of immortal cultivation in the Wei Kingdom.
This golden lotus has extremely high requirements for the growth conditions of spiritual veins. It not only requires a third-level spiritual vein environment, but also needs the nourishment of the spiritual fire essence between heaven and earth. It only grows in the extremely high-temperature molten core.
Ordinary spiritual plants, let alone growing in such an environment, will turn into fly ash just by getting close to them.
Qin Ming put away the spiritual seeds in his hands and flew towards the Flame Mountains not far away.
He first needs to find a suitable molten land before he can start his planting plan.
After searching in the illusion for more than half a month, Qin Ming finally found a molten cave halfway up a mountain range. There was a small pool of magma rolling inside, and there were dots of fire essence floating in the air around it.
As soon as Qin Ming entered it, he instantly felt the heat that was even more terrifying than outside.
Fortunately, his physical body is extremely strong, and his glazed armor also has spell-proofing properties, which can isolate him from the intense heat of the flames.
Ordinary spiritual planters, let alone those who have entered the area to plant, are simply unable to withstand the high temperature.
Next, Qin Ming followed the cultivation method passed down by the spiritual planter and first took out a piece of black spiritual soil, which was also the spiritual soil he obtained from the nearby Yanxin Mountain.
Called ‘Zhonghuang Lingsang’, this spiritual soil is very strange and difficult for ordinary monks to distinguish. Its greatest function is to reconcile yin and yang.
Golden Lotus’s spiritual seed was still very fragile at the beginning, and would be burned directly if it was put directly into the lava.
Therefore, during the initial cultivation, medium-yellow spiritual soil needs to be used to protect the spiritual seeds and ensure their growth.
After everything was ready, Qin Ming wrapped a spiritual seed of Golden Lotus with spiritual soil and started his first cultivation attempt.
He used his spiritual thoughts to control the spiritual soil and put it into the Molten Core.
boom! A burst of red flames shot up, and a cloud of gray smoke erupted from the spiritual soil. The corners of Qin Ming’s mouth twitched, and his face looked a little ugly.
After preparing for so long, I didn’t expect that I would fail just after I started.
He quickly withdrew the spiritual soil and took a look at the spiritual soil. He saw that the golden lotus spiritual seeds inside had been burned to ashes.
Even if he wants to use the [Rebirth Spirit Seed] entry to resurrect, it is obviously impossible. “What went wrong?”
“Is the step wrong?”
……
The second cultivation begins.
This time, Qin Ming did not rush to put the spiritual soil directly into the lava. Instead, he used his spiritual thoughts to capture the essence of fire floating in the air, and then injected it into the spiritual soil.
Then, he used another [Powerful Adaptation] entry and released it on this spiritual seed.
He closed his eyes and felt that a red-gold spiritual bud in his spiritual seed was greedily absorbing the fire spiritual energy.
Gradually, it began to grow.
Qin Ming’s eyes lit up and his whole body was shaken.
“It’s working!”
One year later.
The Golden Lotus Spirit Seed swallowed up a large amount of fire essence, exuding a red golden halo, and has completely adapted to the high temperature environment around it.
Afterwards, Qin Ming placed the Golden Lotus Spirit Seed wrapped in spiritual soil into the Molten Core again.
This time, the spiritual seed was not burned, but gradually began to absorb the nearby fire essence on its own.
The spiritual buds inside also began to sprout slowly. Seeing this, Qin Ming quickly used the “Ancient Wood Immortality Technique”, and the green longevity mana flowed towards the inside of the spiritual seed.
The golden lotus spiritual seeds absorbed the essence of the plants and trees that Qin Ming came over and began to take root in the spiritual soil.
Qin Ming followed this method and cultivated all the remaining spiritual seeds.
Then it was planted on Molten Core.
Time passed slowly in the illusion.
In the blink of an eye, another five years have passed.
With such a good spiritual plant practice simulation planting opportunity, Qin Ming did not use the [ripening] entry to forcefully ripen the golden lotus.
Instead, he continued to explore, study and learn in the process, which added a lot of experience and insights to his future spiritual cultivation.
In the sixth year, in the lava in front of Qin Ming, the golden lotus wrapped in the yellow spiritual soil began to bear buds.
The Golden Lotus from the lotus leaves to the branches shows a fiery red gold color, and the entire spiritual plant presents a sense of transparency.
After such a long time, Qin Ming successfully cultivated five spiritual seeds.
Countless fire essences appeared in a whirlpool state and poured into the spiritual soil. The golden lotus buds began to loosen and were about to bloom.
Qin Ming also started to look nervous.
Just then.
boom! The five golden lotus spiritual plants suddenly began to spontaneously ignite and turned into a pile of black ashes.
Qin Ming had a look of astonishment on his face.
Then he remembered something again and murmured: “Rebirth from the ashes!”
The words just fell.
Among the black ashes, five red-gold light spots emerged, and the surrounding red mist-like fire aura was like tassels, sinking into it.
The light spot continued to grow larger, and began to take root again at an extremely fast speed. It was like the red-gold spiritual lotus had faded away, and it took root deeply into the lava underneath and began to grow vigorously.
At this point, Qin Ming knew that he had successfully cultivated the Golden Lotus Bathed in Fire.
The rest is waiting for maturity, which is only a matter of time.
He also felt that it was almost done, and immediately used a [ripening] entry. In the next moment, five spiritual lotus plants began to grow wildly, and five red-gold lotus blossoms bloomed.
A colorful ray of light lingered in the entire molten cave space, and the breathtaking spiritual energy spread in an instant.
“Second-grade high-grade A-level vegetation illusion, passed the assessment!”
A reminder sounded in Qin Ming’s mind.
Then he looked happy and was about to receive Wan Mu’s mother energy as usual.
But.
Within the illusion of vegetation, strange changes began to occur!
……
at the same time.
In Canghai Immortal City, the wooden formation left over from ancient times where the Spirit Planter Guild was located began to shake.
The wooden monument that represented Qin Ming’s entry emitted a brilliant brilliance that broke through the sky and formed a peculiar shape of a lotus spiritual plant in the sky.
(End of chapter)