JSCMU-Chapter 172: Delicate Seed

Soaked in Yun Jin’s five-element spiritual power, this plot of spiritual field clearly suited the preference of the Profound Jade Ginseng seed. Yun Jin could even sense a hint of joy coming from the seed.

The first step could be considered a success.

According to legend.

Eighty percent of Profound Jade Ginseng seeds would wither at the moment they were planted.

After all, other botanists didn’t have things as convenient as Yun Jin. They had to find five cultivators of different elemental attributes and maintain a perfect balance of their spiritual power, altering the environment of the spiritual field bit by bit. During that process, even the slightest deviation and just a tiny bit of imbalance would cause the fragile ginseng seed to immediately shut down.

Yun Jin had no such troubles.

The plot of spiritual field she cultivated was absolutely balanced in five-element spiritual power.

However, this was only the first step.

The next step was germination.

The most common method was to use Minor Cloud and Rain Technique.

But the Profound Jade Ginseng seed was especially delicate. It had strict requirements for the quantity of rainwater, the duration of rain, and every single seed had different preferences.

Yun Jin tried to communicate further with the ginseng seed using her spiritual power.

With the help of Shen Yanye, her spiritual power had increased greatly. With careful sensing, she could vaguely perceive some faint responses.

Relying on this feeling, Yun Jin began using the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique.

Rainwater imbued with spiritual power fell, and the seed greedily absorbed it.

Yun Jin adjusted the rainfall and duration according to the seed’s preferences.

After about two hours, the Profound Jade Ginseng seed finally sprouted a small shoot.

The second step, germination, was also a success.

Next came the growth phase.

This process would last a long time. The most difficult part was that Profound Jade Ginseng would emit a particular fragrance, which strongly attracted insects.

By then, the swarm of insects that came flooding in would probably be even more overwhelming than what occurred during the last competition.

And that wasn’t all.

The Profound Jade Ginseng seed was also extremely timid. If it witnessed insects being slaughtered, it might be frightened to death.

If you didn’t let it see, it would start overthinking and torment itself to death.

It also had a strong dependency on its botanist. The one who planted it must be the one to care for it later. If it discovered its botanist tending to another spiritual plant, it would die from jealousy!

This made it so that even high-ranked botanists, who had the capability, couldn’t afford to spend all their time on just one spiritual plant. Lower-ranked botanists lacked the ability.

With such a delicate seed, no wonder it was hard to keep alive.

Even if it did survive, it rarely ever reached old age.

After all, caring for such a seedling’s emotions over such a long period of time was beyond what most people could do.

It’s only because Yun Jin formed her soul gold core and gained a huge boost in spiritual power that she could manage it at all.

Ye Cheng watched Yun Jin’s step-by-step operations, eyes glowing.

His master was simply too amazing.

Profound Jade Ginseng wasn’t something ordinary planting masters could grow.

Just by observing this session, his own botany techniques improved greatly!

Ye Cheng watched with increasing intensity, completely focused.

The Profound Jade Ginseng sprouted slowly for a while, and soon began to emit a peculiar fragrance.

“Ye Cheng!” Yun Jin called, “In a moment, all kinds of insects will come. Be careful not to act!”

With this Profound Jade Ginseng’s jealous personality, only the one planting it could serve it.

If Ye Cheng were to make a move, or accidentally make the scene a little too bloody, the ginseng would immediately shut down and wither right before her eyes.

Ye Cheng hurriedly agreed.

He stepped far aside, giving Yun Jin space to act.

Soon.

In the spiritual field, all sorts of insects came swarming over.

The small sprout of the Profound Jade Ginseng clearly became flustered. Its leaves flailed wildly, looking like they were about to fall off at any moment.

Yun Jin acted immediately.

After being upgraded to the third level, her Pest Elimination Finger had improved in all aspects.

Killing these insects was not a problem.

But when Yun Jin finished off one wave and turned around, she saw that the leaves of the Profound Jade Ginseng had already turned yellow.

Yun Jin hurriedly used Minor Cloud and Rain Technique, trying to save it.

But it was no use.

The little sprout soon lost all its spiritual vitality.

Yun Jin was left speechless.

She glanced at the system panel. She accumulated some attempts again and asked the system, “What was the reason the Profound Jade Ginseng withered?”

The system deducted one attempt, then dutifully gave the answer, “The sound was too loud. It got scared.”

Too loud!

Yun Jin nearly went crazy.

Using the Pest Elimination Finger inevitably produced some noise.

What could she do now?

Set up a soundproof barrier just for the Profound Jade Ginseng?

But wouldn’t being too silent, scare it to death too?

She would most likely have to find a balance.

Yun Jin looked at the two remaining seeds and took a deep breath.

Two more chances left.

She must succeed!

She planted another seed.

Everything proceeded smoothly through the earlier steps, and soon reached the same point as before.

When the dark wave of insects rushed over, Yun Jin immediately split off a portion of her spiritual power to soothe the Profound Jade Ginseng, and also tried her best to reduce the casting noise while ensuring accurate extermination.

With both approaches in play, this time the Profound Jade Ginseng steadily endured the first wave.

However, this seed seemed like Tang Monk meat. Insects just kept coming endlessly, and some were very good at hiding.

Yun Jin’s spiritual power scanned the spiritual field at all times, and at the first sign of trouble, she had to soothe the Profound Jade Ginseng. During this whole process, she truly could not afford even a moment’s lapse in attention.

And this high-intensity planting process had to last at least ten days.

If any error occurred halfway through, all previous efforts would be wasted!

This time, there could not be any mistakes!

Yun Jin focused all her attention, her spiritual power in a highly concentrated state. In her sea of consciousness, the soul gold core spun rapidly, constantly replenishing her with spiritual power.

One day.

Three days.

Five days.

Seven days.

The Profound Jade Ginseng continued growing steadily step by step.

If nothing unexpected happened, by the tenth day, it should be fine!

This ginseng must not go wrong.

Otherwise, even with a third seed, with time also needed for pill refinement, it might not be enough!

In the vast Endless Sea.

Yue Zhao was currently searching based on one of the clues.

This legendary Bishui Fruit required a huge amount of water. It took root on islands, and all the other spiritual plants on the island would be drained dry by it.

Therefore.

The Bishui Fruit loved water, but the place it grew in was likely an island that looked barren.

Yue Zhao had been searching here for several days.

The person’s directions were vague. He could only explore slowly as there was no way to locate it all at once.

Yue Zhao couldn’t help but feel anxious.

There’s still no word on Second Junior Sister’s side either.

If this Bishui Fruit were missing, then all their prior efforts would be for nothing.

Yue Zhao gritted his teeth, quickened his pace, and continued searching.

Just then.

He suddenly saw an island.

Yue Zhao’s eyes lit up sharply.

This island was located in the middle of the Endless Sea, yet there wasn’t a single green plant on it!

Bishui Fruit!

It had to be the Bishui Fruit!

Yue Zhao quickly descended onto the island.

“Hm, this island is quite interesting.” At that moment, a plainly dressed old man also landed at the same time.

Yue Zhao immediately tensed all over. This old man gave off no aura of a strong cultivator at all. If not for the wrong location, he looked just like an ordinary elder.

But how could an ordinary old man appear in the middle of the Endless Sea?

That only left one possibility.

This elder’s cultivation far surpassed his, to the point of returning to simplicity!

Just how terrifying must such cultivation be!