Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Cold Ice Wheat and Wheat Pill
"This plant belongs to the ice attribute, a first tier spirit plant. It particularly loves the elusive cold and snowy atmosphere. If it is planted somewhere and left untouched for a long time, it will lack vitality."
"If you’re not afraid of the cold, you can take it out for a walk.
When it blooms, the seeds inside can be used as an excellent spiritual power food after removing the core, and consuming it with Moon Liquid Pearl is beneficial to the body."
"Of course, it also has some drawbacks; it will die after a month."
"The price is ten Spirit Stones."
After Spirit Mechanism Vine finished speaking, it waited for Li Ye’s response.
Li Ye first thought that Senior Teng was indeed quite impressive, being able to sense he had consumed a Moon Liquid Pearl. However, this coincided with his current thoughts.
He needs to gradually reveal his ability to cultivate and nurture spirit plants, not too much but enough to distinguish himself from others, in order to pave the way for entering the Four Seasons Sect.
After all, the injury within him has yet to heal. According to Spirit Mechanism Vine and the memories of the original owner, it seems only large sects have some pills that can heal.
Even if a few are available, the price would be too high for him to bear.
Being a loose cultivator is good, but resources are hard to acquire.
Entering the Four Seasons Sect is indeed not easy, but as long as he proves his ability, there is always a way.
"Senior, junior has some questions..."
Li Ye inquired about several issues such as how much cold and snowy atmosphere the lotus flower needs to absorb, and what exactly constitutes taking it out for a walk, asking very detailed questions.
Spirit Mechanism Vine answered them one by one.
It was not opposed to such clarification. In fact, quite the opposite.
It hopes that everyone could ask these detailed questions so that the spirit plants and spirit beasts could have a good place after being sold.
"Thank you, Senior, for the information." Li Ye placed the ten Spirit Stones that he had yet to warm on the table and then prepared to leave.
Before leaving, Spirit Mechanism Vine suddenly spoke: "The sect’s disciples say that the snow will continue for about fifteen days, and when the spring breeze blows, it will be time to prepare to plant spiritual grain.
It’s interesting; whether it’s rice or wheat, the sect’s disciples and masters love it, planting in spring and harvesting in autumn, just like that."
Li Ye was slightly startled, then realized—this was clearly a hint for his next task!
Silver Moon Grass grows in the biting cold winter, absorbing winter’s Yin Qi and moonlight to condense Moon Liquid Pearl. Once spring arrives, there must be other spirit plants to be planted.
With a smile, he looked back: "Thank you, Senior! Junior also loves the food made of rice and wheat, but I wonder what Senior likes to eat?"
"Me?" Spirit Mechanism Vine seemed quite surprised: "The rainwater from the thunderclaps in spring, breaking the biting cold winter’s vitality water, awakening all things, that is the best taste."
"Not only me, many Taoist friends like me also feel the same."
"Junior understands." Li Ye nodded, noted it down, and then bid farewell.
Spirit Mechanism Vine couldn’t help but mumble, watching him leave: "The intention is good, but how easy is it to collect rainwater from the thunderclaps in spring? If it can truly be collected..."
Thinking about its current authority, it felt that giving Li Ye a recommendation opportunity to enter the Four Seasons Sect seemed reasonable.
The master once said that cultivators should follow their heart unrestricted. Since it finds him pleasing and the kid is clever, it makes sense both emotionally and logically.
...
Leaving the Four Seasons Sect’s shop, Li Ye was carrying a huge fortune of forty Spirit Stones, feeling quite wealthy. Having money, he thought of strolling through the market to see if he could gain anything.
Compared to the flower and bird markets before his crossing, this place was certainly less noisy. Those who genuinely want to buy would either lower their voices or directly use Divine Sense to communicate.
The sellers mostly had calm expressions.
He strolls leisurely, first looking for any spirit plants related to spiritual grain and spirit rice, not just for tasks but also worth planting just for eating himself.
The result was unexpected—not too few, but too many!
Just a cursory glance found dozens of types of spiritual grain and spirit rice, among which rice and wheat are the most important two crops among the Five Grains, making them numerous under the Four Seasons Sect’s influence.
What Five Elements Spirit Rice, Netherworld Spirit Wheat, Mutated Spirit Wheat, Harvest Spirit Wheat... the names all sound impressive, but they’re actually just laced with death qi or at a fast growth rate.
It makes sense; if truly magical or rare, why sell them in this market? Selling to official shops would definitely ensure a fair price.
There might be good things here, but very few.
He walked slowly.
Suddenly, a nearby stall attracted his attention.
There was a small cauldron on that side, inside which a robust-looking wheat was growing.
The wheat spikes were very full and semi-transparent, and through the surface, you could see the turquoise wheat grains inside.
Li Ye squinted his eyes, and his panel instantly came into effect—
[Name]: Yellow Tier Lower Grade D-class Cold Ice Wheat
[Mood]: Weary
[Status]: Already matured and nurturing "Wheat Pill."
[Bindable]: Any type of seed-bearing ice attribute spirit plant.
Wheat Pill?
This indeed was unheard of.
Feeling intrigued, he approached and asked the young stall owner wearing a Taoist robe: "Yang Ke Dao You, what is this spirit plant called?"
The young stall owner quickly replied: "This spirit plant is Cold Ice Wheat cultivated by my family, a first tier spirit plant, originating from the upper sect of Four Seasons.
It grows rapidly in ice and snow, with high yield, harvesting roughly every five days.
Its wheat grains taste sweet and cold, and upon maturity, they explode to form flour, perfect for making pastries, quite delicious. Yang Ke Dao You, buying this is definitely not a loss!"
Li Ye’s expression remained unchanged, but he felt puzzled inside, seeing that he appeared unaware of "Wheat Pill," unsure if he was deliberately hiding it or genuinely didn’t know?
Thinking, he leaned closer to the wheat, exclaiming: "Indeed, a pure ice attribute spirit plant, but it is still inferior to the spiritual qi of the pill I had a few days ago."
"..."
The young stall owner’s mouth twitched slightly, "Yang Ke Dao You, your words are amusing. How can a first tier spirit plant compare with a spirit pill? If it were the legendary Wheat Pill, that would be different."
He internally muttered sourly; what kind of rich person was this to compare a first tier spirit plant with a spirit pill? Isn’t he teasing me?
Li Ye raised an eyebrow, "I wouldn’t have thought you’d also know about Wheat Pill. That condensation of vitality and spiritual qi is indeed rare and hard to find."
Whether a spirit plant can produce pills probably depends on the condensation of vitality, he said this pretending to understand.
The young cultivator nodded along, showing some sorrow on his face: "My father once cultivated a Wheat Pill, and I’ve been following his methods yet haven’t succeeded."
"If I could cultivate a Wheat Pill, it could not only replace Grain Avoidance Pill for sale but also provide spiritual power close to that of pills with similar attributes. But unfortunately..."
He looked at the Cold Ice Wheat he had painstakingly nurtured and sighed deeply: "Yang Ke Dao You, if you truly like these Cold Ice Wheat, you can take twenty stalks for one Spirit Stone."
This price was quite cheap indeed.
Generally speaking, the price of first tier spirit plants varies depending on their effects and rarity.
Spirit rice and spirit grain, in high demand, are especially affordable.
Li Ye got the information he wanted, and what’s more, these even contained nurtured Wheat Pill.
He used his panel to scan the spirit grain and grinned, "Yang Ke Dao You wouldn’t mind me selecting, would you?"
"Of course not."
Thus, Li Ye unhesitatingly picked all those with Wheat Pill inside, a total of more than thirty stalks. Then, he thought, why not make it an even forty and handed the cultivator two Spirit Stones.
The other party was quite happy, especially giving him a book that included the simple methods of cultivating Cold Ice Wheat.
Li Ye was pretty pleased.
Before leaving, he didn’t forget to ask the cultivator about his stall time, just in case there were more Wheat Pills to grab in the future?