If we only calculate the ripening time, ripening one Golden Leaf Flower should take about an hour in the outside world.
An hour is ten years. Ripening a hundred-year Spirit Medicine only takes one day?
Lu Chang'an gasped.
This speed was terrifying.
One must know that hundred-year-old Spirit Medicine was already quite rare, and their value generally exceeded a hundred Spirit Stones!
"But a hundred-year-level Spirit Medicine is something I can neither think nor dare to think about right now."
Lu Chang'an still had a good sense of self-awareness.
Firstly, he didn't have any Spirit Medicine seeds that could continuously grow for a hundred years.
Secondly, hundred-year-level Spirit Medicine, once it appeared on the market, was basically watched by great Cultivators in the Late Qi Refining stage.
If someone were to trace the source and find Lu Chang'an, who sold the Spirit Medicine, Lu Chang'an would have difficulty explaining its origin.
"I currently have over seventy Spirit Stones, still twenty-plus Spirit Stones short of buying a Qi Gathering Pill. For now, I'll ripen twenty Golden Leaf Flowers."
Lu Chang'an quickly made a decision.
Golden Leaf Flowers were very common, and twenty Golden Leaf Flowers were only worth 40 Spirit Stones. Handling them carried a risk, but it wasn't significant.
Lu Chang'an wouldn't be foolish enough to give up because of this small risk.
Lu Chang'an pushed open his door, walked out of his small courtyard, and strolled outside under the moonlight for a while.
There were no other Cultivators from the Lu Family around.
Let's do it!
Returning to the small courtyard, he closed the doors and windows, reactivated the Restriction, and Lu Chang'an entered the Spirit Pearl Space.
Lu Chang'an put the previous Golden Leaf Flower into his Storage Pouch, then took out five Golden Leaf Flower seeds and scattered them into the black Spirit Field, with a large distance between each seed.
When he had ripened the Golden Leaf Flower before, only the Spirit Soil around the roots of the Golden Leaf Flower would fade. Lu Chang'an noted down the approximate faded area and calculated that the Spirit Field could support growing a maximum of five Golden Leaf Flowers simultaneously.
"Simultaneous planting shouldn't affect the ripening effect, right?"
Lu Chang'an covered the seeds with soil while quietly observing the black Spirit Field.
Puff! Puff! Puff!!
The sound of seeds sprouting continuously emerged, followed by the rapid growth of tender shoots breaking through the soil at a visible speed.
At the same time, the black Spirit Field was also fading at a visible speed.
Back in the outside world, Lu Chang'an shook his head, shaking off the dizziness from traversing between the two realms.
"Although the black Spirit Field in the Spirit Pearl Space is miraculous, its area is a bit small."
Lu Chang'an pondered.
For so many years, the Spirit Pearl had remained unchanged, yet today a strange space appeared within it.
The reason for this was likely that the Spirit Pearl had not been adequately fed with Spiritual Qi before.
Based on this fact, could the size of the Spirit Pearl Space be related to the amount of Spiritual Qi absorbed by the Spirit Pearl?
Lu Chang'an's mind was filled with thoughts. He planned to spend some time feeding the Spirit Pearl after he broke through to Qi Refining Stage 4, to see if the black Spirit Field would expand.
Lu Chang'an lay on the bed, wide-eyed, waiting and waiting. After about an hour, he immediately entered the Spirit Pearl Space.
The five Golden Leaf Flowers were lush and green, almost completely covering the black Spirit Field. Each one was blooming vibrantly, and the rich floral scent was so strong it made Lu Chang'an feel a bit uncomfortable.
Lu Chang'an stood by the edge of the black Spirit Field and then pulled out all five mature Golden Leaf Flowers. Just like before, after the Golden Leaf Flowers were pulled out, the black soil on their roots automatically fell back into the Spirit Field and could not be taken away.
"This is ten Spirit Stones, obtained with no effort at all!"
Lu Chang'an looked at the Golden Leaf Flowers in his Storage Pouch, leaving the Spirit Pearl Space to transfer spiritual power to the Spirit Pearl.
An hour later, Lu Chang'an entered the Spirit Pearl Space, but the black Spirit Field had not fully recovered.
"Before, ripening one Golden Leaf Flower and transferring spiritual power to the Spirit Pearl for an hour would restore the black Spirit Field…"
Lu Chang'an had some suspicions, but he was already a bit tired, so he went to sleep soundly.
Early the next morning, Lu Chang'an was preparing to continue transferring spiritual power to the Spirit Pearl, but he inexplicably entered the space to take a look.
The black Spirit Field had actually recovered!
"This…" Lu Chang'an stared blankly at the black Spirit Field.
"So the black Spirit Field recovers automatically, it doesn't need me to transfer spiritual power at all." Lu Chang'an suddenly realized.
At the same time, he also realized that his guess from last night was correct: if the black Spirit Field simultaneously ripened five Golden Leaf Flowers, it would take five times longer to recover automatically.
Knowing this, Lu Chang'an didn't care much.
On the path of cultivation, he lacked everything except time!
Three days later, Lu Chang'an had ripened twenty Golden Leaf Flowers. These Golden Leaf Flowers were almost filling Lu Chang'an's small Storage Pouch, and their heavy weight filled him with inexplicable emotion.
The speed of earning Spirit Stones was simply like having a cheat code!
These past few days, Lu Chang'an had already thought about how to deal with these twenty Golden Leaf Flowers.
He definitely couldn't sell them to the Family!
Outsiders didn't understand Lu Chang'an, but the Family knew Lu Chang'an inside and out.
In the Family's eyes, it was normally impossible for a Qi Refining Stage 3 Cultivator like Lu Chang'an to possess twenty mature Golden Leaf Flowers.
Once the Family noticed something unusual, Lu Chang'an would have difficulty explaining.
"I can only take them to Qinghe Town to sell, and then buy a Qi Gathering Pill there."
Qinghe Town was a market town near Great Green Mountain, jointly built by the Foundation Establishment Immortal Cultivation Family Beast Taming Zhou Family and the Artifact Refining Wang Family. It was also the only market town in Donglin County.
The Lu Family, where Lu Chang'an belonged, as an affiliated Family of the Beast Taming Zhou Family, also owned a shop in Qinghe Town, mainly selling some Low Grade and Medium Grade Talismans and Medicinal Pills.
"Qinghe Town is nearly a hundred miles from Great Green Mountain. Even with my Qi Refining Stage 3 cultivation, it will take over an hour to travel there. I'll have to set off early tomorrow morning."
Lu Chang'an went to sleep soundly, but his sleep was not entirely peaceful, as he had several dreams intermittently.
Lu Chang'an woke up at dawn, quickly washed up, cooked some Spirit Rice for breakfast, and set off down Great Green Mountain with all his possessions.
The last time Lu Chang'an went to Qinghe Town was eight years ago. At that time, he went with elders of the Family, so he naturally wouldn't be targeted.
But this time, he was alone and a new face, so it was possible for him to be targeted.
Although there had been no recent rumors of rogue Cultivators in Qinghe Town, the identity of a rogue Cultivator was something anyone could impersonate!
"I hope I don't need you this time." Lu Chang'an brought all his possessions, including a Low Grade Magical Artifact sword, a bottle of Medicinal Pills for healing, and two Low Grade Talismans for protection.
As the sun began to rise, Lu Chang'an had already seen Qinghe Town.
"The market town is still so lively."
Although it was still early, seven or eight Cultivators were already queuing to enter the market town.
Most of them were Loose Cultivators preparing to set up stalls in the market town, and their cultivation levels were mostly at the Early Qi Refining stage, with a minority at the Middle Stage Qi Refining, and not a single one at the Late Qi Refining stage.
"That guy doesn't look like a good person."
Lu Chang'an, standing at the very end of the line, vigilantly scanned his surroundings. He suddenly noticed a Qi Refining Stage 4 grey-robed, horse-faced Cultivator sitting cross-legged at the entrance of the market town, occasionally opening his eyes to look at the crowd entering.
"A new face at Qi Refining Stage 3." The horse-faced Cultivator's gaze swept over Lu Chang'an and immediately lingered.
"Opportunity has come, but a Qi Refining Stage 3 probably doesn't have much to gain." The man's eyes narrowed. He reached into his robe and sent a signal to his accomplice inside the market town via a communication Magical Artifact.