Chapter 122

Chapter 122: Spiritual Planter

At the main gate of the family, Zhou Luo took out the token and went out smoothly.

On the streets of Maple Leaf City, there were still Lin Family guards patrolling, but the tense atmosphere from six months earlier was gone. Passersby were no longer hurrying, and there were even children darting about.

Zhou Luo arrived at the largest market in Maple Leaf City and started looking for materials for the Gathering Spirit Potion.

Just as in the Immortal Sect before, to avoid making his family discover that he meant to concoct this top-tier potion, he deliberately bought the materials for other potions too.

That way, the family would only think he was concocting mid-grade potions.

Compared to the family’s department store, the materials in this market were clearly more abundant. Also, since cultivators here came from other places, one could occasionally find some rare materials.

However, even at the largest market, three main ingredients for the Gathering Spirit Potion were still missing.

These three main ingredients were more precious than common herbs and were quite bothersome to locate.

After circling the market, he did not find the related herbs.

He had to leave, heading toward the family’s auction house.

On hearing of Zhou Luo’s visit, the manager of the auction house hurried out to greet him.

This round-faced, mustachioed middle-aged man beamed with a smile: "Master Zhou Luo, are you here to auction a potion?"

Zhou Luo shook his head: "Do you have these three herbs?" He pulled out a booklet that noted the required ingredients for the three Gathering Spirit Potions.

The round-faced man glanced at it and pondered: "I have two, and I can fetch one more, but it will take a bit of time."

Hearing they were available, Zhou Luo sighed in relief: "How long?"

"Three days, I can find it," the round-faced man said confidently.

"Good, thank you," Zhou Luo said and was about to leave.

Meow—

Right then, Little White in his arms suddenly meowed, its clear eyes fixed on a passerby.

That person held a sealed box with a spiritual symbol stuck to it.

"What is inside?" Zhou Luo inquired.

"It’s an item for auction," the round-faced man said, halting that person: "Of course, if Master Zhou needs it, I can sell it to you privately."

"Let me see," Zhou Luo peered at the box.

The round-faced man removed the spiritual symbol and opened the box. Inside sat a snow-white spiritual fruit. The fruit was extraordinarily smooth, giving off a chill, with a lightly fragrant scent drifting from it.

"This Snow Heart Fruit was plucked from a century-old spiritual tree. If taken by a Spirit Beast, it can greatly boost its mental strength."

The round-faced man narrowed his eyes, his gaze landing on Little White. Immediately, he saw that this little critter was no ordinary creature.

Zhou Luo looked thoughtful.

Little White’s ability to create illusions relied most on spiritual strength; this fruit served as powerful nourishment for it.

If its power could advance further,

he could bring it along when venturing out later.

After all, this was his first expedition—unlike studying at the Immortal Sect or attending the Spiritual Pill Conference. He had to make thorough preparations.

"How many spiritual stones?" Zhou Luo inquired.

"Forty spiritual stones," the round-faced man quoted.

The price remained acceptable. Zhou Luo nodded, produced the stones, and bought two other medicinal herbs as well.

"In three days, I’ll retrieve the rest of the ingredients."

Carrying Little White, Zhou Luo left the auction house.

……

After finishing his purchases, Zhou Luo returned to Zhou Garden.

Unable to concoct the Gathering Spirit Potion, he retrieved long-prepared rare treasures instead and continued body refinement.

For the first time in half a year, he resumed the Second Level refinement of the Bear Body Refinement Technique.

His sense of pain had noticeably diminished.

This session surpassed even the first, as his physical strength grew steadily stronger.

By its conclusion, Zhou Luo estimated one more refinement would complete his Second Level body refinement.

Then, attacks from sixth layer Qi Refinement cultivators would no longer concern him.

Before advancing to the fifth layer of Qi Refinement, he aimed to achieve the Third Level Bear Body Refinement, enabling him to withstand assaults from Qi Refinement seventh level cultivators.

Yet the rare materials for Third Level were notoriously elusive; it seemed he’d need to devise a plan later.

The next three days brought no cultivation. Instead, he devoted himself diligently to fathering children.

Before any journey into the unknown, securing more life-saving rewards would be ideal.

The outside world bore no resemblance to the clan—no one could guarantee safety from peril.

With longevity within his grasp, dying resentfully would be a monumental waste.

Fortune favors perseverance.

On the third evening, moments after Zhou Luo had interacted with Lin Jin Xuan, the long-awaited notification sound echoed in his ears.

Ding—

[Congratulations, host! Through tireless effort, you have successfully impregnated your partner. A lottery draw opportunity has been granted.]

Zhou Luo eagerly opened the lottery interface and initiated the draw.

Hopefully something valuable appears.

He prayed silently.

The golden sphere of light spun rapidly beneath his hopeful gaze,

finally halting in the "Arts & Skills" sector as he watched.

Is it going to complete the set of four major skills for me?

Zhou Luo’s heart tightened.

But it seemed like weapon refining techniques weren’t much use for boosting combat strength, although they were great for earning money.

After all, even a low-level magical artifact could fetch dozens of spiritual stones in the market.

Among the four major skills, weapon refining was the most profitable one, no doubt about it.

[Congratulations, Host! You have obtained the first-level Spiritual Planting Technique!]

[The reward has been automatically sent to your backpack. Please check!]

What?

Zhou Luo’s face darkened.

How could it be the Spiritual Planting Technique?!

This was even worse than getting weapon refining.

A Spiritual Planter, to put it bluntly, is just a farmer.

Its function was very simple: planting all sorts of things, including crops, herbs, and trees.

It was a very homely, everyday profession.

Precisely because it was so mundane, it offered no combat power whatsoever—it was actually quite a niche skill.

Within the Lin Family alone, there were at least seventy or eighty people who possessed this skill—definitely not fewer than that.

Zhou Luo hadn’t expected his luck to be so poor today.

Was he supposed to become a cheerful little farmer in the future?

But where would he find the time to tend to these things?

If he had any free moments, it would be far better spent concocting pills, making runes, or setting up formations.

Zhou Luo looked at the "herbs" icon in his backpack, feeling utterly helpless.

[Spiritual Planting Technique Level 1: Upon use, you will directly comprehend the full Level 1 Spiritual Planting Technique, along with the corresponding Encyclopedia of Spiritual Flora.]

After reading the description, he finally chose to use this technique anyway.

What harm was there in having another skill? It was better than having nothing at all.

Soon, knowledge of planting techniques flooded his mind, along with information about various medicinal herbs, spiritual woods, and the like.

All this information became part of his skill set.

To Zhou Luo’s surprise, he found comprehensive information regarding Dragon Blood Grass.

"Oh, so there are this many precautions when harvesting Dragon Blood Grass."

Looking at those details, Zhou Luo was genuinely astonished.

At that moment, he suddenly felt a bit grateful he had acquired the Spiritual Planting Technique.

Had he recklessly gone to pick the Dragon Blood Grass without it, he might have damaged its medicinal properties and nullified any achievement.