Chapter Six: The Three-Colored Spirit Orchid

  "It seems everything has been taken care of." Liu Yan held a stone basin, on the black soil was a three-colored flower.

  Qin Yong's gaze lingered on the three-colored flower for a moment, and it was clear that this was the spiritual medicine that Liu Yan had mentioned. Qin Yong secretly clicked his tongue, and this flower turned out to be the spiritual medicine that Liu Yan valued so much. If he had seen it himself, he would have thought it was just a prettier flower.

  "This is a Three-Colored Spirit Orchid, a first-grade superior spiritual medicine. It blooms once every hundred years and matures in three hundred years. It's one of the main ingredients for making Xuanling Liquid. This Three-Colored Spirit Orchid isn't fully mature yet, it still needs about another year. Look at the petals on the right side, are they much paler than the other parts?"

  "The petals on the right?" Qin Yong looked in the direction that Liu Yan said, and indeed found a part of the color to be lighter.

  However, what Qin Yong cared about even more was the Xuanling Liquid. That was a treasure of the Xuanwu Realm martial artists. After consuming it and cultivating, one day's bitter cultivation could be equivalent to five times that of normal circumstances. It could be said that it was even more powerful than Qin Yong's halo enhancement. Of course, if Qin Yong were to obtain it, the result would not be as simple as just a five-fold increase.

  Xuanling liquid has usage restrictions, generally after taking more than a certain amount, it will no longer be effective, and it cannot be stacked with other treasures. Even so, the five-fold increase in cultivation speed is enough to drive people crazy, making it an extremely precious medicine. As for Qin Yong, the increased cultivation speed brought by his halo was not due to any treasure, perhaps he can really stack it with Xuanling liquid.

  "The Tricolored Spirit Orchid cannot be planted with other spiritual herbs, and there must not be any weeds around it. You have to pay attention to these things." Liu Yan instructed, handing the stone basin with the Tricolored Spirit Orchid planted in it over to Qin Yong.

  Qin Yong caught it and immediately felt the spiritual energy on the stone basin. He was somewhat surprised, this stone basin might also be a treasure.

  "This is a spiritual energy basin, specially used for cultivating spiritual grass and flowers. If you encounter transplantable spiritual medicine, it can also be transplanted with this." said Liu Yan.

  Qin Yong only then understood that this ordinary-looking stone basin was actually a treasure for cultivating spiritual grass and flowers, something that usually only elder-level figures within the Cloud Sea Sect could possess. Big shots always couldn't help but decorate their facades, some precious and beautiful spiritual grass and flowers were the best decorative items, but after leaving the earth, they would easily wither away without the continuous supply of spiritual energy.

  The spiritual energy basin is thus produced, and with the black soil that can absorb spiritual energy from the spiritual energy basin, there will be no situation where the spiritual grass and flowers wither due to a lack of spiritual energy. Similarly, spiritual medicine can also be transplanted through this method, but most spiritual medicines are closely related to their living environment, not just simply absorbing spiritual energy. Therefore, many spiritual medicines cannot be transplanted, only a small portion can, and the three-colored spiritual orchid happens to be one of them.

  When encountering a transplantable but immature spiritual medicine, most martial artists with a spiritual energy basin will perform the transplant and bring it back for cultivation. Once matured, it can be used. If left in its original place unattended, not to mention whether it can still be found when matured, other martial artists and demonic beasts alone make it difficult to find again after maturation.

  In fact, the three-colored spirit orchid is also a type of ornamental spirit flower that can be cultivated in a spiritual energy pot, but it can only grow normally in a spiritual medicine field. Otherwise, if it stays in the spiritual energy pot, its growth will be slow, and what was originally supposed to take one year to mature may need to be extended to four or five years or more.

  "I'll take good care of it." Qin Yong hastily made a guarantee.

  "That's good, I've already found all the other spiritual medicines, just missing these three-colored spiritual orchids, and then I'll be able to make the Mysterious Spirit Liquid." Liu Yan muttered to herself.

  The wonderful use of Xuanling Liquid, for any Xuanwu realm martial artist, is a rare treasure. Liu Yan has already reached the seventh level of Xuanwu, but she has never taken Xuanling Liquid. After all, even within Yunhai Sect, Xuanling Liquid is a rare treasure that cannot be obtained even with contributions from sects, it's priceless and unmarketable.

  Qin Yong heard Liu Yan's words, and his heart suddenly moved. He looked at Liu Yan with some hesitation, then gritted his teeth and decided to give it a try. After temporarily putting down the Three-Colored Spiritual Orchid, Qin Yong turned to look at Liu Yan and said, "Liu Yan Shijie, actually I have a method that can make the Three-Colored Spiritual Orchid mature in just one month."

  "What!" Liu Yan suddenly exclaimed, her pretty eyebrows slightly raised, and for the first time she seriously sized up Qin Yong.

  The Three-Colored Spiritual Orchid still needs about a year to fully mature, and even the most skilled alchemists have verified that it requires at least ten months. Yet now, an ordinary disciple is claiming to have a method to make the Three-Colored Spiritual Orchid mature in just one month, which is something even those alchemists cannot accomplish.

  "Liu Yan, you didn't hear wrong, I really have a way to speed up the maturation of Sanse Linglan, and it won't take more than a month and a half at most." Qin Yong said this much, and no longer cared about anything else.

  In fact, Qin Yong said this because he had previously seen a badge in the Badge Store that accelerated the growth of spiritual medicine.

  Birth LV1 Pattern (1/1): Restricted auxiliary pattern, accelerates the growth of first-order spiritual medicine, increases growth speed by tenfold within a month. Qi Wu Boundary level pattern. Purchase conditions: Luo Luo Halo or above, 30 Qi operation points.

  A single temporary badge of air transport requires thirty air transports, and even if Qin Yong has that many air transport points now, he can't bear to buy it. However, Qin Yong knows that a single spiritual medicine may not be anything, but as long as the materials are gathered, the alchemist can refine pills or medicinal liquids, which is a treasure for martial artists.

  Thirty Qi Yun, it's not considered expensive, but Qin Yong only suddenly came up with this idea when he heard Liu Yan say that the rest of the spiritual medicine had been gathered. Perhaps through Liu Yan, more Qi Yun can be obtained, otherwise relying solely on Qin Yong himself, a miscellaneous disciple with low cultivation, and now unable to access other spiritual medicines, what opportunity is there to obtain Qi Yun?

  Seize this opportunity, it may be a chance, considering this layer, Qin Yong said. However, Qin Yong did not think that these countless alchemists wanted to break their heads, doing countless research and never getting the law, even clearly stating that spiritual medicine cannot be born, moving then dying by the law, but was broken by Qin Yong.

  It was precisely because of this that Liu Yan was so shocked. If she hadn't felt the sincerity in Qin Yong's hesitation, and known that it was a secret rather than a lie, Liu Yan would have probably turned against him already. The dignity of an inner sect disciple, the pride of a genius, couldn't tolerate being toyed with like this.

  "Can you really do it?" Liu Yan said seriously.

  She really hopes that the spiritual medicine will mature as soon as possible, so she can use it earlier and reach a higher level of power. The promotion tournament is held every six months, and this time Liu Yan cannot challenge the core disciples, but as long as she can get the Xuanling liquid in two months, Liu Yan is confident that she has a good chance of challenging the core disciples in the next promotion tournament.

  "Yes, but I need some help from Master Liu Yan," Qin Yong said.

  "What's needed?" Yu Xian slightly raised an eyebrow, and didn't show any dissatisfaction with Qin Yong's condition.

  "Yuan Shi, if you have any spare spiritual medicine that's not being used, please bring it over to me. I need it as a nutrient for the Three-Colored Spiritual Orchid." Qin Yong thought for a moment before finally finding the right words.

  Liu Yan heard this and was surprised by the method, but it had been proposed by an alchemist before, only to fail. It seemed that there was indeed a possibility of success, and Qin Yong wasn't making demands for himself, which made Liu Yan feel unexpected, and at the same time, she also had a bit of a good impression of Qin Yong.

  "Alright, I do have some extra spiritual medicine, I'll give it to you later." Liu Yan smiled and took another look at Qin Yong, feeling more pleased with him. "If you really succeed, I can submit an application to the sect to make you my personal disciple."

  Qin Yong's mouth twitched slightly as he heard the words. As an inner door disciple, his followers were treated like outer door disciples, lacking only that layer of identity. Many miscellaneous disciples had been seeking opportunities to become one of them. As for Liu Yan, whether it was her beauty or her talent as an inner door disciple, there were many who wanted to become her follower, even among the outer door disciples. Unfortunately, Liu Yan had never considered taking on a follower.

  Now, Liu Yan knew that Qin Yong could help her mature the three-colored spirit orchid earlier, and as she looked at Qin Yong becoming more and more pleasing to her eyes, a surge of impulse arose in her heart.

  As an ordinary person, he would have been excited beyond control, but Qin Yong was different. Qin Yong had his own pride and also understood that this was probably the halo of a rogue at work, which made Liu Yan have such thoughts. Otherwise, Liu Yan wouldn't have said such things without even asking for his name. The rogue's halo seemed stronger than the dragon suit's halo, but that was all. Qin Yong had his own pride and didn't want to be treated as a real rogue, those who followed him were just saying nice words, in fact, they were just subordinates, and in the eyes of some martial artists, they were completely servants, true rogue dogs.

  "Thank you for your kind intention, Liu Yan Shijie. I'm just a small person and don't dare to presume upon your kindness. It's possible that I might even drag you down, so I can only disappoint your good intentions. Please don't blame me, Liu Yan Shijie." Qin Yong politely declined.