During the test, this stone was also Time, but it only flashed once.
Now, due to the infusion of He Pingsheng's magical power, this stone does not just flash once, but remains Time.
After the energy supply was good, He Pingsheng observed for a long Time before returning to the house to begin learning some techniques for collecting pollen and grinding pollen.
It's not easy!
Of course, it's not very difficult either.
Because one infusion of spiritual power could last for seven days, He Pingsheng had enough Time to Cultivate.
He found an unmanned Time, then took out a top-grade Qi Gathering Pill.
The fragrance quickly spread out.
But it's not a big problem.
Firstly, although the fragrance was strong, there were very few people in the valley and they were far away.
Beyond twenty feet, it was difficult to smell the fragrance of this top-grade Medicinal Pill.
Secondly, this place was originally where Spiritual Plants were cultivated, with various Spiritual Plants and flowers blooming competitively, and the valley itself was filled with the fragrance of various Spirit Medicines.
After this layer of fragrance masked it, the scent of the top-grade Medicinal Pill in He Pingsheng's hand was diluted by fifty percent.
He picked up the dark little axe and divided this Medicinal Pill into four portions.
Because He Pingsheng had calculated that pollen needed to be collected approximately every three days.
So, every three days, Cultivation had to be interrupted.
Exactly one-quarter of a Medicinal Pill was enough for three days of Cultivation.
With everything ready, He Pingsheng put away the other three Medicinal Pill fragments, only taking out one piece and putting it into his mouth to begin Cultivating.
As his Cultivation improved, his speed of refining this Medicinal Pill also became faster and faster.
Before, it would take him more than ten days to completely digest this one-quarter Medicinal Pill, but now he could refine it in less than three days.
One day!
Two days!
Three days!
After three days, He Pingsheng completely digested the energy from this piece of Medicinal Pill.
Then, he picked up the bottle and tools and went to the lieyang flower spiritual field.
It was Time to collect pollen.
He Pingsheng came to the lieyang flower field with his tools and saw that the color of the stone had changed.
From Time, it had turned yellow.
That is to say, the fire spiritual power inside it was still enough for the lieyang flower for another three or four days.
In this spiritual field, the number of lieyang flowers was not very large, only three hundred plants.
He Pingsheng spent about an hour collecting them and got a little over one bottle of pollen in total.
All these pollens were red.
Obviously, this stuff was just Low Grade.
Collecting pollen was not the completion of the work; it also needed to be ground.
Next, the pollen needed to be ground into finer powder, as this substance was to be mixed into talisman ink, and it needed to ensure smooth writing.
After grinding, it was placed in a jade bottle and sealed.
Originally, He Pingsheng wanted to try if his basin could enhance it, but in the end, he gave up.
Because the risk of exposure was a bit high.
Thus, pollen was collected every three days, and after about ten collections, the ten bottles of ground pollen were uniformly sent to Kumu Zhenren's Immortal Cave entrance.
He Pingsheng worked carefully and made no mistakes.
He was methodical, neither gaining merit nor making errors.
In a flash, two months passed.
His last two top-grade Qi Gathering Pills were also consumed.
His Cultivation resources were completely cut off, but of course, he was still far from the fifth level of the Qi Refinement Stage.
On this day, Kumu Zhenren walked out of his Immortal Cave and called both He Pingsheng and Wang Dun to him.
"He Pingsheng has done well these two months!" Kumu Zhenren looked at He Pingsheng, gave a praising evaluation, then reached out and took out two Spirit Stones, throwing them to He Pingsheng through the air: "This is my reward for you!"
He Pingsheng was immediately overjoyed: "Thank you, Senior!"
Wang Dun, beside him, looked envious.
"Hmm..." Kumu Zhenren nodded again and said, "By my calculations, the lieyang flower's flowering period has one last month, but I have something to attend to this Time and need to leave the Sect for a period. During this Time, you must take good care of the lieyang flower for me!"
"After one month, the flowers will wither, and you don't need to bother with them!"
"Yes!" He Pingsheng cupped his hands.
Kumu Zhenren continued, "However, this item is not easy to preserve; over Time, its fire attribute will dissipate. If too much fire spiritual power is lost, this item will be unusable for drawing Fire Talismans!"
"But I don't know when I will return!"
"How about this... Wang Dun, when the Time comes, you take He Pingsheng to Matou Mountain, bring the pollen collected in this last month to the market there, find a shop called Fenghe Estate, and hand this item over to Shopkeeper Shi!"
"Yes..." Wang Dun and He Pingsheng cupped their hands.
Kumu Zhenren then took out a paper crane and gave it to Wang Dun.
Afterward, Kumu Zhenren left Lingyao Valley.
In the vast valley, only He Pingsheng and Wang Dun remained.
Next!
He Pingsheng continued to work as usual.
Outputting spiritual power, collecting pollen, grinding pollen.
During this period, Wang Dun would occasionally come to supervise, as if he was afraid He Pingsheng would steal something.
He Pingsheng felt amused in his heart.
Indeed, just as Kumu Zhenren said, after the last month, all three hundred-plus lieyang flowers withered overnight.
The pollen He Pingsheng obtained in this last month amounted to a little over eleven bottles.
He worked for these three months.
In the first month, he got a little over ten bottles of pollen.
The second month was also a little over ten bottles.
But for some reason this month, it directly increased by one bottle, reaching over eleven bottles.
This couldn't help but make him fantasize.
After all, during the flowering period, there was no precise standard for how much pollen was collected each day; he only had a rough range.
A little more, a little less, nobody would know.
Should he embezzle some?
He Pingsheng could guarantee that even if he embezzled some, neither Kumu Zhenren nor Wang Dun would be able to discover it.
"Hoo..."
Facing these eleven bottles of pollen, He Pingsheng did not hesitate. He directly took one of the bottles and poured it into his own jade bottle!
"I'm sorry, Senior Kumu!
"This Junior truly lacks Cultivation resources!
"Today, I'll borrow a bottle of pollen from you first!
"When there's a chance in the future, this Junior will definitely repay today's Karma!
"One must be flexible in life, not be a blockhead, right?"
While He Pingsheng was thinking these thoughts, he took a bottle of pollen without changing his expression. After packing the remaining pollen, he went to find Wang Dun.
"Senior Brother Wang!" He Pingsheng said, "All the lieyang flowers have withered, and the remaining pollen has been collected and ground!"
"It's all here, please take a look!"
Wang Dun opened the cloth bag He Pingsheng brought, looked at the eleven bottles, and said, "Junior Brother He, didn't you think about keeping some for yourself?"
He Pingsheng immediately looked serious and said, "Senior Kumu has been good to me; I would never do such a thing!"
"Hehehe..." Wang Dun chuckled, "How about this, we hide half a bottle; Senior Kumu might not even know. Then we can say the wilting date of the flowering period was two days earlier, and who would know?"
"The Spirit Stones obtained from selling this half bottle of pollen, we brothers can split it fifty-fifty, how about that?"