Am I the old man who's always by my apprentices' side?

Chapter 206 Sun Ping's Business

Whether it's "yin and cold qi," "pure yang qi," or even the qi of the five elements, including the martial arts true qi cultivated by the original martial artists in this martial arts cultivation world, it is all a mutated form of "spiritual qi," and also a special "energy" generated based on spiritual qi.

Of course, because these special "energies" cannot be directly absorbed and used by cultivators, they are not considered spiritual energy, which is why they have various names.

As described in the book "The Qi of the Five Elements and the Spiritual Qi", although these various kinds of "qi" cannot be directly absorbed by cultivators, they can easily nurture various natural treasures in the wild, and even spiritual materials that cannot be cultivated by humans, thus making them very popular among cultivators.

It is said that many cultivators have built their cave dwellings in places where these special "energies" are concentrated, specifically for these special "energies".

The most typical example is various kinds of strange fire. These things are very difficult to create artificially. They can only be found in some special natural environments or cultivated patiently—and the chance of failure is not small.

And this thing called "cold and damp energy"...

"Can it really be cultivated into spiritual herbs and plants?"

Zhong Hui still had some doubts.

“Not entirely,” Qin Jiang said, pointing to a sentence in the book. “Look here, ‘The greater role of Yin-cold Qi, along with pure Yang Qi, the Five Elements Qi, and other mutated spiritual energies, is to promote the absorption of spiritual energy by flowers and trees in the natural environment, and to greatly improve the efficiency of spiritual herbs and plants in converting spiritual energy. This is why the concentration of spiritual energy is higher in places where these mutated spiritual energies gather.’ Therefore, I have reason to suspect that it is precisely because the Peach Blossom Sect is accustomed to irrigating herbs with cold pool water that the concentration of spiritual energy in the world gradually increases, causing the herbs in the herb garden to become spiritualized first!”

Zhong Hui looked at the words in the book blankly, then exchanged a blank glance with Ye Hanxing beside him, and said with even more confusion, "Then wouldn't it be that if we at Spirit Medicine Peak watered those ordinary medicinal herbs with more water from the Cold Pool, they could quickly become spiritual herbs and plants?"

Qin Jiang closed the book and nodded, saying, "Hmm... According to the theories described in this book, it should... be true."

Zhong Hui was dumbfounded, and whispered to Ye Hanxing, "How come the sect leader didn't tell us about something so simple..."

Feng Guang, being the oldest and always serious, looked at Zhong Hui and the others as if they were his own younger siblings. He immediately reprimanded them, saying, "If we tell you everything, what's the point of having all those books in the library? Besides, even Qin Jiang could see this, so it's obviously not something profound. The sect leader probably doesn't even realize that we don't understand this!"

Zhong Hui pouted, feeling guilty, and didn't argue. He just turned his head and secretly made a face at Ye Hanxing.

Sun Ping, however, tried to smooth things over and steer the conversation back on track, saying, "In that case, do we still need to register?"

Ye Hanxing whispered, "Why don't we do it... what if we get contribution points?"

Zhong Hui's eyes darted around, and he took out a few immortal peaches from his Qiankun bag, smiling slyly, "Since they call this place the Peach Blossom Sect, how about we leave them some immortal peach pits to plant?"

This is all done with the intention of artificially increasing the concentration of spiritual energy in this area—as long as the peach trees of the Immortal Peach are planted, the concentration of spiritual energy in the entire area will increase significantly. At that time, as a sect registered to have spiritual phenomena, there will be something to talk about, and maybe even more contribution points will be awarded!

Ye Hanxing shook his head and said, "They probably won't survive. I heard that the people from the Sword Casting Manor spent a lot of money to buy a lot of them to try to grow, but none of them survived."

“That must be because they planted it the wrong way!” Zhong Hui said. “I specifically consulted Senior Brother Anche of Tianchi Peach Garden. He said that if you want to plant a peach tree with a peach pit from a fairy peach, you have to first break the peach pit open, soak it in Tianchi water or spiritual spring water for two days, and then plant it after it sprouts!”

"And even if the spiritual energy concentration here isn't high enough, we can water the peach tree with this cold pool water just like we would with medicinal herbs. It might even work!"

Qin Jiang was the first to give in: "Hiss...it's definitely worth a try..." Sun Ping was also tempted by the contribution points and switched sides: "Anyway, there's no harm in trying!"

Feng Guang and Ye Hanxing had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Qin Yingyue, who was standing to the side, was already incredibly excited.

The name "Immortal Peach" is known to everyone in the martial arts world!
If this could really be grown here in Peach Blossom Creek, then...

But her excitement was short-lived. Qin Yingyue quickly regained her composure and said sincerely, "I am deeply grateful for the kindness of all the immortals, but such a precious item is difficult to preserve due to the dwindling talent of our sect..."

Ye Hanxing tugged at Zhong Hui's sleeve and said, "Senior Sister Zhong, Sect Leader Qin is right. We usually have classes, and even if we come during our breaks, it takes most of the day. We also have other trial missions to do, so it's really inconvenient..."

"I'm not afraid!"

Surprisingly, it was Sun Ping who spoke up for Zhong Hui this time.

He first asked Zhong Hui, "Senior Sister Zhong, are you selling these peaches? Don't they sell five catties for one spirit stone at the restaurant? I'll buy these peaches from you at a high price, two spirit stones each! Are you selling them or not?"

That's completely baffling. At this crucial juncture, you want to buy peaches?

Feng Guang took a deep breath, about to speak, when Zhong Hui asked warily, "Sun Ping, don't think I don't know you! Just tell me! What do you want? If you don't tell me, I won't sell these few peaches that I use as food, even if you offer me two high-grade spirit stones!"

"Alright, alright, I was thinking of asking the Peach Blossom Sect to cooperate with me and build a Peach Garden here!"

As Sun Ping spoke, he winked and said, "You all know how profitable our sect's peach orchard is! I saw Senior Brother Anche buy a gold necklace for his sister the other day! We won't compete with the sect for business. The Peach Blossom Sect is thousands of miles away from the sect. We'll build a Peach Orchard here, and whether we sell peaches or other things, we'll split the profits 50/50 with the Peach Blossom Sect. Just imagine how profitable that will be!"

"You're a real talent!"

Zhong Hui's mouth watered as he listened—in the sect, five catties of immortal peaches cost one spirit stone, but when sold to outsiders, a small basket costs ten strings of cash! A basket probably doesn't even weigh five catties! It's an absolute steal!
Even if the peaches grown by the Peach Blossom Sect are not as good as those in the sect, they still have a considerable market. Just recently, the senior brothers and sisters from the Jade Void Sect sent a message asking if they could use their connections to buy some "rose peach tea"!

Ye Hanxing questioned, "But no matter how much we earn, it's still just worldly things like gold and silver. Don't we use spirit stones in our sect?"

Sun Ping rolled his eyes: "Are you stupid! Buying things in the sect only costs spirit stones, but we can exchange the items sold outside for gold and silver and still buy some supplies that we can use. Didn't you see that Manager Ye's pile of mundane items are still being sold at high prices in spirit stones? We can just buy things from outside and then sell them to other disciples with spirit stones, isn't that enough!"

Although it sounded reasonable, Ye Hanxing still felt something was off: "Will this really work?"

Sun Ping spoke with great enthusiasm: "What's wrong with that! The sect rules don't prohibit reselling things! Besides, it's a matter of mutual consent between the buyer and seller, so who can we force? This little bit of pocket money is probably not even worth mentioning to Senior Brother Anche!"

(End of this chapter)