JSCMU-Chapter 82: The Five Elements Nurture Each Other

Yue Zhao was silent for a moment before speaking slowly, “I think your modifications are very creative. Next time, if you have changes like this, you could discuss them with Master, or Second Junior Sister and Third Junior Brother.”

Just don’t look for him.

How many more times could his poor heart take this kind of shock?

“But Eldest Senior Brother, you said I’m very creative,” Yun Jin replied, eyes curved in a smile. “I like people who praise me, so next time, I’ll still look for you first.”

Yue Zhao: “???”

Can you please listen to me? Thank you.

Yue Zhao took a deep breath. “These techniques… Even if you learned them all, it still wouldn’t be enough. Little Junior Sister, do you understand the habits of each herb? Some like sunlight, some don’t; some need watering every hour, and some will dissolve if they touch water… These are all things you have to learn systematically.

I heard some people are born with an affinity for plants. They can communicate with plants directly to understand their needs. This is just like the affinity for spirit beasts, a talent cultivators could only dream of.

Little Junior Sister, you… should…”

Yue Zhao stopped himself mid-sentence.

After hesitating for a long moment, he finally said, “You shouldn’t… have that kind of talent, right?”

Then.

He saw Yun Jin give him an incredibly bright smile.

Yue Zhao’s heart gave a jolt.

Why did he suddenly have a bad feeling again?

“I don’t really understand plant habits and stuff,” Yun Jin said a little sheepishly. “But I’m such a cute, kind person, my natural charm is through the roof. These spirit plants should be willing to change their habits just for me, right?”

Yue Zhao clamped his mouth shut.

Logic told him to refute her.

But remembering the cool, refreshing rain she summoned earlier, he decided to observe a bit longer.

Carefully, Yue Zhao said, “Then you can… try it?”

“Alright.”

Yun Jin agreed. She first used the Soil Control Technique to loosen the soil, then dumped out a bunch of seeds and tossed them straight into the air.

The seeds scattered down across the ground.

“Eldest Senior Brother, do you think this will work?” Yun Jin asked.

Yue Zhao’s expression changed several times before he slowly said, “Just… do as you see fit…”

He is a transmigrator.

He must not become Little Junior Sister’s tool for bragging.

Yun Jin felt a bit regretful.

This Eldest Senior Brother is getting too cautious, his Emotion Points are becoming harder to farm.

She sighed, then casted the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique.

The rain fell and the seeds didn’t change at all.

No!

Change!

At all!

Yue Zhao’s eyes went wide.

Is this Heaven’s justice?

Little Junior Sister’s nonsense is finally not working?

Yue Zhao finally found the courage to say, “Little Junior Sister, you planted spiritual herbs of different attributes together, they’ll affect each other. Some spiritual herbs can have positive effects when planted together, but dumping them all together like this definitely won’t work.”

Yun Jin nodded in agreement. “Eldest Senior Brother, maybe the seeds are just in a bad mood and don’t want to come out. Why don’t I tell them some jokes and see if that works?”

Yue Zhao: “…”

He endured and endured before finally speaking the universal phrase, “Why don’t… you try it?”

Yun Jin blinked. “I don’t know how to tell jokes. Eldest Senior Brother, you’re better at this. Write me a few jokes and I’ll read them.”

Yue Zhao felt that Yun Jin was already telling a joke right now.

But, who asked him to be the eldest senior brother! Yue Zhao casually recorded a few jokes from his past life onto a jade slip and handed it to Yun Jin.

Yun Jin checked the jade slip and sat down among the spirit plants.

“Planting Simplification: Telling jokes to plants every day can keep them in a happy mood and promote growth. (Can greatly reduce environmental restrictions for planting. Only effective for Huang-grade spirit plants.)”

Yun Jin began.

“A famous botanist and his disciple were out searching for spirit plants. Suddenly, the disciple asked, ‘Master, what should we do if we encounter a plant we don’t recognize?’

The botanist replied, ‘To avoid that situation, I usually walk in front and stomp all the unfamiliar plants to death.’”

After telling it, no one knew how the seeds reacted.

But Yun Jin was already laughing heartily. “Eldest Senior Brother, you’re so talented!”

Yue Zhao lowered his head.

For some reason, he suddenly felt extremely embarrassed.

Suddenly, he hates the fact that his memory became photographic after coming to the cultivation world. Even things he had only glanced at in his past life, could be recalled perfectly.

And today! Somehow he became an accomplice to Yun Jin’s nonsense.

Yun Jin continued to animatedly recite the jokes, while Yue Zhao could only stare at his toes, hoping this would be over soon.

Telling jokes to spirit plants in hope of cheering them up to grow… this was just…

As Yue Zhao was mentally complaining, he looked up, and froze.

Yun Jin was sitting in the middle telling jokes.

And around her, tiny sprouts of various colors began to grow.

The Minor Cloud and Rain Technique continued to sprinkle spiritual rain, and these sprouts, like little babies, greedily absorbed the spiritual energy.

“Metal… Wood… Earth… Water… Fire…” Yue Zhao stared blankly at the five different attributes, all growing together in harmony.

A strange thought suddenly struck him.

Could it be.

The coexistence of the Five Elements… was the true path?

In today’s cultivation world, the Celestial Spirit Root was considered the ultimate spirit root, while the Five Element Root was deemed the most useless.

But was the Five Element Root truly useless?

Yue Zhao watched as the young sprouts of five different attributes absorbed spiritual energy together, the five elemental spirit energy intertwining in the air. Under the rain, a rainbow even appeared overhead.

And Yun Jin sat beneath that rainbow, still telling her jokes.

He didn’t know if the seeds were laughing, but Yun Jin was laughing so hard she was nearly doubled over.

Yue Zhao found himself laughing too.

This little junior sister of his…

She truly never did a single normal thing.

But… this abnormality was kind of fun?

When the rain stopped and the clouds dispersed, Yun Jin dried off the moisture from her clothes, patted the dust from herself, and stood up.

“Eldest Senior Brother, it seems the plants are in a much better mood now,” Yun Jin said.

“Looks that way,” Yue Zhao replied calmly.

Yun Jin immediately felt bored.

No good.

Eldest Senior Brother’s wool couldn’t be fleeced anymore.

Next target: Second Senior Sister.

“Eldest Senior Brother, create some more jokes for me. I’ll have Gu Jinghong come tell them to the spirit plants later,” Yun Jin said.

Yue Zhao responded very calmly.

At this point, nothing in the world could shake his Dao heart anymore.

He was already the cold, aloof, handsome man.

“These spirit plants seem to be adapting well. From now on, casting the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique once a day should be enough, right?” Yue Zhao said uncertainly.

Every trade is its own mountain; he knew nothing about botany techniques.

“Should be,” Yun Jin nodded.

She also knew nothing.

Surely real botanists did something similar, right?

Unknowingly, she must have discovered the true path of a botanist.

Meanwhile.

Having just finished making five people practice sword techniques a hundred times each, Gu Jinghong received Yun Jin’s next order from afar:

“Go to various medicinal gardens and chat with Water, Earth, and Metal attribute plants. The higher their level, the better; the more spiritual energy, the better.”

Gu Jinghong: “…”

Chat with plants? And with specific attributes?

Is she insane?

The thought barely formed before Yun Jin sensed it. An instant later, the contract’s punishment arrived.

Gu Jinghong’s face went pale. He no longer dared think more.

He could only lament bitterly.

Before, he was the madman everyone feared.

From now on… he would probably become the lunatic everyone mocked.