"He Pingsheng, please follow me!"
Wang Dun led He Pingsheng out of the cave where Kumu Zhenren resided.
After walking for about half an incense stick of Time, the two arrived back at the patch of fiery red lieyang flowers.
"Let me explain a bit!"
Wang Dun looked at He Pingsheng, then pointed to the flower sea nearby: "These lieyang flowers are Second Grade Immortal Plants!"
In the Cultivation World, Immortal Plants are graded.
They are divided into First Grade, Second Grade… all the way up to Ninth Grade.
Similarly, Medicinal Pills are also graded.
First Grade Immortal Plants can only be refined into First Grade Medicinal Pills, and Second Grade Immortal Plants can be refined into Second Grade Medicinal Pills.
And so on, by analogy.
These two are Second Grade Immortal Plants, fire spiritual power, they originally grow where ground fire emerges, and must draw fire spiritual power to grow.
Of course, this is not absolute.
Artificially cultivated lieyang flowers, without ground fire emerging, can also be supplied with fire spiritual power through a Formation.
The condition is that they need a stable source of fire spiritual power.
Fire Spirit Stones are possible, but the Spiritual Qi within Fire Spirit Stones is unrefined and quite impure. Although they can be used to supply this Formation and the lieyang flowers, they can easily cause large-scale death of the lieyang flowers.
The survival rate is very low.
Besides Fire Spirit Stones, the other way is to nourish them with a Cultivator's own fire spiritual power.
The fire spiritual power refined by a Cultivator is pure and stable, and can continuously supply fire spiritual power to these lieyang flowers.
This is why it was necessary to find a Cultivator who primarily cultivated the fire Spiritual Root.
"See this stone?" Wang Dun pointed to the stone that had just tested the density of He Pingsheng's fire spiritual power, and said: "This is the energy core of the entire Formation!"
"Let me tell you again, this stone has four colors: crimson, yellow, Time, and purple!"
"Later, you will channel all the Spiritual Qi in your body into it!"
"If it's crimson, then the Spiritual Qi will only last for one day, so you will need to supply it daily!"
"If it's yellow, you can leave it for three days; the power inside will last for three days!"
"If you get Time, one Time will last for seven days!"
"Do you understand?" Wang Dun's voice was a bit loud.
He Pingsheng nodded, repeating: "Understood, red for one day, yellow for three days, Time for seven days!"
"Good!" Wang Dun, seeing He Pingsheng was so quick to grasp, chuckled and said: "Alright… now, if you have anything you don't understand, you can ask me!"
He Pingsheng asked: "Then how many days does purple last?"
Wang Dun's face immediately darkened, and he said: "Don't even think about purple!"
It wasn't that Wang Dun was unwilling to say; it was simply that when Kumu Zhenren had instructed him, Wang Dun, he had only mentioned Time and not purple.
"Oh…" He Pingsheng nodded.
Wang Dun continued: "Besides supplying fire spiritual power to this Formation, your job also includes collecting the pollen of these 【lieyang flowers】!"
He Pingsheng was astonished: "Pollen?"
I'm not a little bee...
"That's right, pollen!" Wang Dun said firmly: "Of course, this pollen won't fall off by itself, and you don't need to collect it every day. You just need to collect it once every three to five days!"
"Junior Brother He, you don't understand, the most useful part of the entire lieyang flower is its pollen!"
"After the lieyang flower pollen is collected and ground into powder, it can be mixed with beast blood to make 【Talisman Ink】."
"Talisman Ink?" He Pingsheng heard a new term again: "What is that?"
He felt he was talking a bit too much today.
But if he didn't ask, he would be unwilling.
Wang Dun was quite friendly, answering every question He Pingsheng asked.
The so-called Talisman Ink is something used by Talisman drawing Cultivators.
The pollen of this lieyang flower is one of the main Materials for drawing the Second Grade Talisman 【Fire Talisman】, and its price is extremely expensive.
Of course, pollen is also divided into four Ranks: Low Grade, Medium Grade, High Grade, and Top Grade, which can be easily distinguished by color. Their corresponding colors are almost the same as the stone: red, yellow, Time, and purple.
"Come… look over here!"
Not far directly opposite this patch of lieyang flowers was a cliff, and on the cliff, a round cave entrance had been dug out, though by whom was unknown.
Wang Dun pointed to the cave entrance and said: "The Spirit Medicine Garden fears fire, so no palaces or houses are allowed to be built. Everyone, including Kumu Zhenren, lives in caves!"
"Don't worry, the living quarters in this cave are spacious, and there's also a fire-attribute Spirit Stone inside, which ensures it stays dry year-round and won't be damp!"
"This used to be where the previous Disciple who looked after the lieyang flowers lived, and now it belongs to you!"
"Follow me!"
He Pingsheng followed Wang Dun into the cave.
It was indeed very large inside.
There were three interconnected rooms, each with a stone door.
It was quite quiet and comfortable.
On the stone wall directly above the center of the main hall, there was a red Spirit Stone the size of a date, continuously flickering with a faint light.
Streams of warm Qi swept down from above.
Just as Wang Dun said, there was no dampness in the cave, and it was quite comfortable to live in.
"These are the tools for collecting pollen!" Wang Dun pointed to the jade bottles on the shelf in the room.
These jade bottles looked similar to the jade bottles used for Medicinal Pills.
"Under normal circumstances!" Wang Dun said: "You can collect ten bottles each month!"
"After collecting the pollen, you also need to grind it here… grind it into powder!"
"All the collected pollen must be handed over to Kumu Zhenren; no private hoarding is allowed, otherwise, if discovered, you'll be in for a severe beating!"
"Alright, that's all!" Wang Dun said: "You'll have to figure out your own meals, but if you're short on grain, I have plenty, and I can give you thirty catties of Spirit Rice each month!"
"Take care of yourself!"
With that, Wang Dun left directly.
He Pingsheng did not immediately start working, but first familiarized himself with the environment here.
This place was approximately at the innermost part of the entire valley, far from Wang Dun's location.
It wasn't too far from Kumu Zhenren, but if one walked slowly, it would still take half an incense stick of Time.
It was quite peaceful, with no one disturbing him.
After familiarizing himself with the surroundings, He Pingsheng then came to the side of the lieyang flower Spirit Field.
He reached out and placed his hand on the stone.
Rumble…
The fire-attribute Spiritual Qi in He Pingsheng's body surged out like a torrent, flowing into the stone.
The stone glowed brightly.
It first showed crimson, then yellow.
When He Pingsheng had infused about eighty percent of the Spiritual Qi in his body into it, the stone finally displayed Time.
Whew…
He Pingsheng took a deep breath and withdrew his magical power.
This was enough.
It was actually Time!
Of course, he didn't know if he had the ability to make the stone show purple, but even if he did, He Pingsheng didn't plan to try.
Because exposing this matter would not benefit him in any way.