Starting with a daily divination to build an immortal clan

Chapter 64 Planting Spirit Seeds
At this moment, in the lobby on the first floor, many ordinary people were gathered at the door, craning their necks to look inside with envy.

The servants of the Ascension Pavilion around them were also excitedly watching the little girl, who looked about eight years old, on the array plate.

When Shen Wenxing came up, Fang Qing quickly came over.

"Steward, you have a fire elemental root. Although your aptitude is not as strong as Young Master Wen'an's, you have successfully lit up your second crystal!"

Baiyue, Yucun Village, Huangyan Town.

Shen Wenxing glanced at the girl's name and address in the register and slowly walked up to her.

The little girl looked bewildered and reserved, clearly unaware of what had happened.

"Your name is Bai Yue?"

The little girl nodded timidly.

Who came with you?

“My father.”

Where is your father?

The little girl pointed through the gaps in the crowd to a young man.

Shen Wenxing turned his head and said to a servant, "Please invite her father in."

The servant bowed slightly and approached the group, asking, "Who is Baiyue's father?"

The young man stepped forward nervously: "Sir, I...I am..."

The servant glanced at him and smiled slightly: "The steward requests your presence."

The young man came up to him, and Shen Wenxing stood up and said, "Congratulations, your daughter has spiritual roots. You and your daughter can stay in the county for the next few days, and all expenses will be covered by the Ascension Pavilion."

The young man was stunned at first, then overjoyed!

"Thank you, sir!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Shen Wenxing smiled faintly and said, "This is her good fortune, no need to thank me."

"Clerk Fang, arrange for someone to take the father and daughter away and take good care of them."

This little girl named Bai Yue is a future disciple of the Immortal Sect. If something happens to her, the entire Ascension Pavilion in Anyang County will suffer.

"Let's continue testing."

Looking at the long queue outside, Shen Wenxing sighed and spoke.

The spiritual root test was seen by these common people as an opportunity to defy fate and change their destiny; everyone harbored fantasies about it.

However, Shen Wenxing estimated that the number of people with spiritual roots in the entire Anyang County would likely be very small, perhaps less than a handful.

Jinliu Village.

Since the spirit seed of the Purple Star Fruit was brought back, Shen Yuan and Ya Bo have been studying it.

As an expert in agronomy, Uncle Ya studied for several days and, combining his cultivation experience with the book, finally decided to try cultivating the plant using the water soaking germination method.

The so-called water soaking germination method involves cleaning the seeds of the purple star fruit, fixing them with wooden branches, soaking them in water, exposing them to the sun every hour, and changing the water every two days.

According to Uncle Ya's estimate, the seeds should sprout roots in five to seven days at most.

For safety reasons, the two used only one seed for their first attempt, and the water used to cultivate the seed was also from the Blackwater Pool.

After all, each of these things costs three taels of silver, and we simply can't afford to waste them.

Time passed day by day, and before we knew it, it was the sixth day.

That day, Shen Yuan was about to move the earthenware jar containing the seeds of the Purple Star Fruit out to sunbathe, as usual, when he suddenly noticed that the seed, which was the size of a peach pit, had cracked open and a pale purple root was emerging from the hard pit.

After confirming it several times, Shen Yuan excitedly called over the mute man.

The mute man carefully removed the fruit pit, and a smile appeared on his face when he saw the delicate roots.

The method is correct; other seeds can be treated in the same way.

He dipped his finger in water and wrote this sentence on the bluestone.

Shen Yuan nodded and immediately took out the remaining nineteen seeds.

“Uncle, please take care of these seeds. I’m going to the back of the mountain to find a suitable plot of land.”

The method for germinating the spirit seed has been found; the next step is planting it.

To avoid exposing the secret of the Blackwater Pool in the future, and to find a suitable place for the Purple Star Fruit to grow, Shen Yuan wandered around the back mountain for half a day and finally chose a relatively secluded ravine.

The small valley is about two acres in size, with steep cliffs on all sides. To the south is a sheer cliff hundreds of feet high, and you have to use ropes to get in and out.

This place is sunny, and mountain spring water can be seen seeping from the rocks nearby.

When the time comes, all we need to do is carefully dig a little, and we should be able to draw out a thin stream.

While Uncle Ya was carefully cultivating the seeds, Shen Yuan would carry a machete every day to clear away the shrubs, weeds, and pebbles in that mountain hollow.

Afterwards, they hauled some loose soil from the foot of the mountain, mixed it with well-rotted manure, and carried it basket by basket into the valley. Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Under Uncle Ya's careful care, the purple star fruit has already sprouted seedlings.

Unfortunately, two of the purple star fruit plants, although they sprouted roots during the germination process, ultimately failed to grow into seedlings and died prematurely.

The two carried eighteen purple star fruit seedlings down into the ravine with the help of ropes.

This mountain valley is large enough to reserve some land for planting other things later.

The mute man glanced at the leveled valley and wrote on a piece of paper.

Shen Yuan nodded; that was his plan too.

There are two acres of land in the valley, and other spiritual seeds can be planted there in the future. Let's plant these eighteen Purple Star Fruit plants in one corner.

In the evening, the two, who had been busy all day, returned home.

Shen Wenyan then came up to him.

"Father, I need your help."

Shen Yuan brushed the dirt off his clothes and asked curiously, "What is it?"

Shen Wenyan handed over a money pouch: "Master wants to hear the zither, so I'd like you to help me buy a guqin."

Listening to the zither?

Shen Yuan looked towards the backyard.

Lu Zhiyuan has been living there for over a month now, and we haven't seen him come out.

"There probably aren't any good guqin in town. How about this, send a letter to your older brother and ask him to bring one back for you."

Shen Wenyan nodded, didn't say anything more, and turned to walk towards the backyard.

Hu Yufen, who had witnessed all of this, walked over with some concern.

“If Anu continues like this, he’s afraid he’ll ruin himself.”

After returning from the capital, her usually lively and talkative son had become like this, which greatly worried Hu Yufen, his mother.

He has three sons. The youngest, Shen Wen'an, is like this, and now the second son has become like this. He is really worried sick.

Shen Yuan smiled and reassured him, "Don't worry, he's perfectly normal."

At first, Shen Yuan was also worried that Lu Fuzi's matter would be a great blow to his son.

I specifically talked to Shen Wenyan about this.

During the conversation, Shen Wenyan appeared to be in good spirits, and there was no sign of the expected setback. On the contrary, the Wangcheng incident seemed to have solidified his resolve.

Shen Yuan always adhered to a certain philosophy of raising children.

As long as the child is positive and motivated, there's no need to interfere too much.

Moreover, during this period, he often found Shen Wenyan diligently studying various classics and historical texts, and his diligence was even greater than before.

Reading cultivates character.

The second son's personality used to be a bit impulsive; if he could change that, it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.

Hu Yufen sighed, a hint of resentment in her eyes.

She always felt that her husband was raising children like he was herding sheep.

April is approaching.

The intense spiritual root test at the Ascension Pavilion has finally come to a temporary end.

For Shen Wenxing and his group, the busy period at the Ascension Pavilion is only this short time. After that, it's just a matter of collecting herbs, cultivating spiritual seeds, and testing spiritual roots. Once this batch is over, there probably won't be many left each year.

With the wedding date fast approaching, Shen Wenxing went to the county government of Anyang County that day to find the newly appointed county magistrate, Tang Xian, to ask for leave to go back home.

Although Tang Xian was rigid, he was not a pedantic person who did not understand human relationships.

After approving Shen Wenxing's leave, he took out another ten taels of silver.

"I am too busy to come, so this ten taels of silver is a gift to congratulate Steward Shen in advance."

Shen Wenxing bowed and thanked him before accepting the silver.

Upon returning to Shengxian Pavilion, he explained all the matters to his subordinates and then rode his horse toward Jinliu Village.

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