Chapter 206

Chapter 206: Planting Spiritual Plants

On the way back to Zhou Garden, Zhou Luo couldn’t stop shaking his head.

Dealing with someone like Lin Xuanfeng was extremely mentally taxing, and moreover, the other party made no attempt to hide his suspicion, clearly signaling for Zhou Luo not to try any tricks.

Originally, Zhou Luo had also been thinking of finding an excuse to sell off the things obtained from the Longfeng Mountain range.

Now it seemed it was better to keep them for the time being.

He would have to wait until he had a chance to escape Lin Xuanfeng’s surveillance.

As soon as he returned, Xu Changsheng came over looking thoroughly excited: "Brother Zhou, it’s all ready; come and see."

Zhou Luo nodded and followed him to a secluded spot behind the main building.

There, a formation was emanating a light glow.

Xu Changsheng, holding a formation disk in one hand, opened the formation; before their eyes appeared a patch of land glowing with rich spiritual light.

The soil had been specially prepared and was very evenly distributed.

"Brother Zhou, this batch of spiritual soil is the best in the house; it should suit your needs," Xu Changsheng said confidently.

Previously, shortly after Zhou Luo returned home, he instructed Xu Changsheng to buy a batch of spiritual soil.

The aim was naturally to cultivate the plants acquired from the Illusionary Forest.

And he had specifically stressed that they must be of high quality.

After all the hard work over the past days, Xu Changsheng had finally created this planting ground according to his requirements.

Moreover, to avoid drawing attention, he had deployed a medium-quality hidden formation.

"Have all the spiritual stones been placed?" Zhou Luo asked.

"Of course, there was plenty left of what you gave me," Xu Changsheng replied, putting away the formation disk and taking out a small storage bag to return to him.

"You keep these," Zhou Luo said generously.

From the trip to the Longfeng Mountain range alone, he had earned a huge amount of spiritual stones, with the medium-quality spiritual stones nearly reaching two hundred pieces.

These twenty-some spiritual stones were just a drop in the bucket.

Instead, it was better to use them for a favor, to make Xu Changsheng more loyal.

"Brother Zhou, absolutely not," Xu Changsheng said, touched inside and trying to refuse.

But Zhou Luo insisted firmly, and he said nothing more.

After storing away the spiritual stones, Xu Changsheng eagerly asked again: "Brother Zhou, can I see those spiritual plants you mentioned?"

Earlier, Zhou Luo had already informed him about these plants.

He had only explained that he stumbled upon a special region and, since he had researched spiritual plants, he wanted to plant them.

Not just that, he also shared his past attempts at integrating these plants into formations.

For Xu Changsheng, who was also a formation master, this was naturally thrilling.

He had never imagined formations could incorporate other energies; upon hearing this, beyond amazement, he urgently wanted to see how this operational principle worked in detail.

Zhou Luo didn’t hold anything back either, since the formations within the Zhou Garden would still need Xu Changsheng to maintain later on.

He also wasn’t worried that the poisoned man would betray him.

He first took out that stalk of sage.

Looking at the purple sage, Xu Changsheng held his breath and concentrated his spirit, but he quickly revealed a trace of curiosity.

This thing seemed rather ordinary.

However, in the next second, Zhou Luo suddenly crushed it.

A surge of overwhelming Illusionary Power rushed out directly towards him. Taken completely by surprise, Xu Changsheng saw the scene before him begin to twist and distort; his face registered great alarm as he hurriedly locked down his mind and spirit.

"So this is Illusionary Power?" Xu Changsheng said, his heart still fluttering with fear.

Zhou Luo nodded. "Later on, if you have time, you can spend more time reading ancient books on spirit plants. I plan to cultivate a batch of this kind of plant."

"Alright." Xu Changsheng nodded deeply.

Afterwards, Zhou Luo personally demonstrated the usage of these plants before Xu Changsheng, and how to integrate the Illusionary Power within them into the power of the formations.

Watching Zhou Luo, holding the formation disk so effortlessly and at ease,

Xu Changsheng stood rooted in place, waves of shock roiling beneath the surface in his heart.

Indeed, the gap between people was just this vast.

While he was still rigidly adhering to rules, diligently studying the formation knowledge in ancient books,

The other party had already started innovating and adapting.

Now this was what the chosen one of heaven truly looked like!

Xu Changsheng admired Zhou Luo immensely, and later, he was even more profoundly moved by Zhou Luo’s willingness to personally teach him without reservation.

"Alright, go figure it out yourself," Zhou Luo said, taking out dozens of spirit plants and handing them over.

Xu Changsheng, his heart full of joy, declared with utmost solemnity, "Brother Zhou, I definitely will not fail your expectations."

Immediately, he quickly departed, intending to give it a good try.

After he left, Zhou Luo looked at this patch of spiritual soil and began planting the spirit plants obtained from the islands.

The spirit plants from three islands had essentially been swept clean by him alone, so the quantity was enormous.

Planting them all was impossible; moreover, these spirit plants could still propagate.

Therefore, he planned to reserve a portion for use as materials for future formations after incorporating Illusionary Power into the Zhou Garden’s formations.

Planting these spirit plants wasn’t difficult. With the strength of a top-tier first-level Spiritual Planter, Zhou Luo completed the task in just over an hour.

The once empty land was now filled with plants of various colors.

Thanks to the efficacy of the spiritual soil and the spiritual stones, these spirit plants showed no signs of dying or withering.

After finishing this, Zhou Luo looked towards the specially reserved small section of land.

The spiritual soil on this plot was one he had instructed Xu Changsheng to purchase; its quality was exceptional.

It was precisely because of waiting for this specific batch of spiritual soil that the planting opportunity had been delayed until today.

Standing before the spiritual soil, Zhou Luo took out three medium-quality spiritual stones and embedded them within it using a special method.

Such extravagance was naturally for that Dragon Blood Grass.

Compared to those spirit plants possessing Illusionary Power, the importance of this Dragon Blood Grass was simply not on the same level.

If it could truly be successfully cultivated, he wouldn’t need to worry about this main ingredient for the Foundation Establishment Dan ever again.

To be safe, Zhou Luo brought out the formation disk and specifically set up another formation upon it.

A formation within a formation – while this was an ability typically grasped by Second Level Formation Masters, at Zhou Luo’s current level, laying a miniature formation was still achievable.

After completing the setup, Zhou Luo cautiously took out that Dragon Blood Grass and began planting it carefully into this meticulously prepared soil.

Compared to the other spirit plants, the Dragon Blood Grass had far stricter planting requirements and needed to meet various conditions.

Fortunately, Zhou Luo had long since prepared all these things.

Therefore, the actual planting wasn’t particularly difficult.

In less than the time it takes an incense stick to burn, he had already successfully planted it there.

Looking at the solitary Dragon Blood Grass growing on that five-foot-long square patch of soil, Zhou Luo murmured to himself,

"You better not disappoint me. Sprout as many seeds as possible."

After finishing this task, Zhou Luo finally left.

After leaving, he found Xu Changsheng and asked him to sell some items for him.

These were items obtained from the cultivators back in the Longfeng Mountain range. To avoid suspicion, Zhou Luo had specifically picked through them.

He could just explain, if asked later, that he got them from killing a few cultivators – Lin Xuanfeng would have no real reason to suspect anything.

Because this was a perfectly normal occurrence.

Besides selling these items, he also asked Xu Changsheng to purchase more materials for nurturing spirit plants, to make it easier to tend to them later.

As for infusing the formation with Illusionary Power, he planned to hand that task over to Xu Changsheng.

It would also help cultivate his formation mastery.

If Xu Changsheng could truly advance to become a high-tier formation master, it would be a significant asset for Zhou Luo’s future control of the Lin Family.

That night, Zhou Luo once again went to Lin Xi’s room for dual cultivation.