Chapter 131: Cultivating Lingzhi (Fourth Update Seeking Recommendations!!!)

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  Ye Chen and Ye Mo returned to the valley, where the forest outside the Lingzhi tree had already been filled with transported Lingyue trees. Ye Mo was excitedly telling the young and strong people of the tribe about the terrifying strength of Feng Xing Bai Yuan, leaving them staring in awe.

  "Get to work!" Ye Chen interrupted their idle chatter, saying, "Divide into three groups of seventeen people each. One group will go to the forest to clear away weeds, the second group will tidy up these Lingyue trees, cut off the roots and leaves, and turn them into wood shavings or wooden segments. The third group will transport the wood shavings and wooden segments to the forest, and help out the second group at the same time."

  Although they didn't understand what Ye Chen was instructing them to do, they quickly got busy, and a bustling scene unfolded at the edge of the forest.

  Ye Cangxuan and others were desperately cultivating, unaware of what Ye Chen was doing. After more than ten days of cultivation, due to the previous consumption of the Thousand-Year Flame Snake Fruit, plus the arrival in the valley, the Xuanqi became even more dense. Ye Zhantian had already broken through to the tenth stage, and the Xuanqi cultivation of others also made great progress. However, this was still far from enough for them, and they were still frantically impacting higher levels.

  They worked hard for three whole days, and the forest was littered with wood shavings from the Lingyue trees, as well as large chunks of wood. The entire forest was surrounded, and the tribespeople were unable to enter. After Ye Mo and the others finished these tasks, they all went off to attend to their own matters.

  "Uncle Faraway, what is the chief going to do?" Several tribesmen looked puzzled and glanced at the distant forest.

  "I'm not sure, does the clan leader think it's easy to get Lingzhi? The clan leader is mistaken, Lingzhi isn't that easy to obtain. In the past when I went hunting with the clansmen, we would often see many fallen Lingyue tree trunks in the forest, but rarely did any of them have Lingzhi growing on them." Ye Moyuan shook his head and said, "Putting some wood in the forest can make Lingzhi grow? This isn't very realistic!"

  "Then haven't we been working in vain?"

  "This lingzhi thing gathers the essence of heaven and earth to be born, without roots or offspring."

  "Uncle from afar, you've said that many times already."

  "Oh? Is that so?" Ye Mo Yuan chuckled and said, "I'm getting old and confused. Lingzhi isn't like a herb, it's a kind of non-living thing. Waiting for those Lingyue trees to rot and grow lingzhi is no better than planting some herbs, who knows if there will be any harvest."

  Although perplexed, Ye Mo Yuan still followed Ye Chen's instructions and watched over the forest. At first, he watered the Lingyue trees every day at a fixed time, but later stopped entering the forest and stood guard outside instead.

  After a few days, Ye Chen entered the forest. The White Truffle was something that Ye Chen didn't bother to cultivate. A single White Truffle that was only a few months old could only be exchanged for one Gathering Qi Pill, which wasn't worth much. There were no high-grade Lingzhi stored in the family's treasury. Ye Chen rummaged through his armguard space and found a large box containing over twenty varieties of Lingzhi. In this armguard space, there was no White Truffle, which was considered low-grade. The lowest grade was the Blood Truffle, but above it were the Wu Truffle, Cloud Fragrance Truffle, Fire Cloud Truffle, Corpse Poison Truffle, Snake Slime Truffle, and many others, each several grades higher than the Blood Truffle.

  These lingzhi are all over hundreds of years old, and there are not many. One less one, before learning to refine the pill, Ye Chen will not use it. Many lingzhi cannot be taken directly, direct consumption is toxic, and can only be used after refining the pill.

  Ye Chen spent the past few days reading through the materials left behind by the Armored Master, gaining a general understanding of each type of lingzhi's habits and growth environment. Those materials were extremely valuable, but there was one sentence that was wrong - just like everyone else, the Armored Master believed that lingzhi was born from heaven and earth, and could not be cultivated!

  Wu Zhi needs to grow in a harsh dark environment, directly excluded. Huo Yun Zhi needs to grow on the edge of lava, also excluded. Shi Du Zhi and She Xian Zhi are not suitable either. In the end, Ye Chen determined three kinds: one is Blood Zhi, one is Cloud Fragrance Zhi, and another is Silver Moon Zhi, all of which are suitable for growing in this forest.

  Yunxiangzhi can be taken directly like Xue Zhi, with similar effects but dozens of times more potent. It's estimated to sell for a good price. Yinyuezhi is extremely rare and according to Ye Chen's understanding, this species is quite scarce but is an excellent material for alchemy. Even those that have only grown for a few months are extremely precious, and even Yaozun thinks they're rare.

  After determining these three, Ye Chen carefully opened a blood ganoderma. After a while, Ye Chen's palm had many more black spores. These are the spores of Ganoderma lucidum, which is how it propagates. Ye Chen carefully scattered them in various parts of the forest.

  This world's heaven and earth spiritual energy is very dense, making it extremely suitable for the growth of Lingzhi. Logically speaking, Lingzhi should be abundant, but in reality, they are extremely rare. The reason for this is twofold: Firstly, Lingzhi reproduces with difficulty. Although each stalk of Lingzhi can grow many spores, the number of spores that actually land in a suitable place to reproduce is very small. Secondly, the demand for Lingzhi in this world is too great. Even in the depths of the most dangerous mountains and forests, there are many powerful individuals who go to pick them, and some demonic beasts also make use of these heavenly treasures, with some over-harvesting.

  The places in the forest that were suitable for the growth of Lingzhi were all scattered with three kinds of spores by Ye Chen, until midnight, after doing all this, Ye Chen finally felt relieved and returned with joy, unaware of the effect, now can only wait slowly for the result.

  Ye Chen can only do these things, but he is not good at taking care of them. Hopefully, the reishi mushrooms are strong enough to survive.

  With a heart full of expectation, he went to sleep. In his dream, Ye Chen felt himself returning to that forest again. The forest was filled with lingzhi mushrooms everywhere, each one resembling a fox's ear, emitting a refreshing and pleasant medicinal fragrance.

  Although he has experienced many hardships and setbacks, Ye Chen still perceives the world with a childlike heart.

  It wasn't until dawn broke that Ye Chen woke up with a start, only to realize it was just a dream.

  "Ah Li, can I grow lingzhi?" Ye Chen looked at Ah Li and asked with a smile.

  A Lian looked at Ye Chen with a strange gaze, and said: "Are you crazy?"

  "When I didn't say anything." Ye Chen smiled wryly.

  The valley has calmed down and nothing major has happened recently. Ye Chen's wooden house is also complete, he returned to his room and devoted himself to studying alchemy.

  To refine the elixir, one must naturally start with the lowest-grade Gathering Qi Pill. The materials for the Gathering Qi Pill were purchased in large quantities by Ye Chen's third uncle, Ye Zhanxiong, and would be enough to last for a while.

  Open the first page of Taishang Dan Tao, copy down the method of Lianqi Dan's refining, and put it aside.

  All that's left to prepare is the furnace, Ye Chen focused his mind into the space within his armguard, wanting to bring out the furnace, but after a long time, he found that this furnace couldn't be moved at all, as if it had grown onto the space inside his armguard.

  Ye Chen was stunned, how was this furnace supposed to be used, did he have to refine the elixir in his protective sleeve space?

  But I couldn't even enter the armguard space!

  The space of Huxi and Qiankun bag is the same. Once living things are put in, they die immediately!