Cultivation begins with harvest.

Spiritual Item: [Star Mountain Token (Incomplete)]

Grade: High-level Tier 3

Attributes: Stars, Earth

Category: Token (used to unlock the corresponding closed area)

Description: This is a token used to open the [Star Mountain]. Because it is so damaged, its spirituality has been almost completely destroyed, to the point that even high-level cultivators who are not proficient in the Dao of Stars would hardly be able to detect it. It still has the ability to repair itself, but it requires a massive amount of [Earth Star Echoes] and a sufficient amount of [Soaring Star Qi] to complete its self-repair.

Related description (Star Mountain): A treasure land containing the laws of the stars, created by a sect that is skilled in the Dao of Stars.

Back in his own courtyard, Chen Guang silently examined the thing that looked like a broken spirit seed.

This was indeed a stroke of luck, but the things needed for repair were terrifying enough. The Earth Star Crying Fiend and the Xuan Kong Star Gang were third-tier and fourth-tier spiritual objects, respectively. Chen Guang had only seen the names in the descriptions and knew their ranks and names.

The sheer quantity of the item made Chen Guang hesitate. It was like a giant pie, and the treasure land that could be opened with such a token must be extraordinary, but it was definitely not something Chen Guang could consider at this stage.

No wonder even a courtesan like Master Zifeng, with his powerful connections, couldn't see through his background.

Opportunity is opportunity, and distance is also truly distance.

Chen Guang mistook tiger-striped grass for tiger-blood grass. Even knowing it might be a fake, Zifeng Gongzi's methods still misled Chen Guang.

Tiger Blood Grass is a medicinal herb for body refinement, which coincides with the body refinement path of the "Blood Refining Scripture," as both have some effect on the blood.

The "Pan Xue Jing" is more health-preserving. Excessive use of tiger blood grass can have the disadvantages of affecting personality and causing the blood temperature to be too high. It needs to be used in conjunction with other medicines.

But since it's fake, let it go. Chen Guang was just a little curious and interested. Tiger Blood Grass can be used in conjunction with the "Blood Scripture", but it is most suitable for the "Mysterious Tiger True Peak Method" created by the Xuan'e Master of the Liyuan Sect in the north. Chen Guang was just a remarkable figure whose experiences were known to all Qi Refining cultivators.

The Liyuan Sect focuses on profound cultivation, with body refinement as its highest priority.

Within such a sect, amidst the profound body-refining accumulation of the Liyuan Sect, Master Xuan'e forcefully created a new "Xuanhu Stream." Based on the "Xuanhu Zhenqian Shangfa," it guided the emergence of fifteen kinds of spiritual plants, including Tiger Blood Grass, Tiger Bone Aralia, and Biaoyun Fruit. These plants were entirely created for the "Xuanhu Zhenqian Shangfa," and their combined effects were outstanding.

However, some drawbacks cannot be resolved when using it alone.

There's not much to regret about misreading it.

But Chen Guang, another seed, doesn't see it that way.

Gently twirl the seeds in your hand, and the silky leaves unfold. Without applying any force, you can actually see that some of the leaves are slightly wider, not just fine threads.

This is certainly not the Hundred Silk Algae, nor is it a higher-level spiritual plant, but rather a common first-tier spiritual plant—Black Silk Algae.

Chen Guang only recognized it through the reward light cluster; it was a peculiar spiritual plant that did not exist around Ziling Peak.

Chen Guang also searched for traces of black silk algae and ice silk algae in the market, but ultimately found nothing.

Black silk algae is suitable as food for aquatic spirit beasts with cold attributes; ice silk algae can help ice armor turtles advance further, but in Xingfeng Market, Chen Guang only found four kinds of spirit plants named after algae, which are actually aquatic plants, not algae.

Most aquatic plants produce seeds.

True algae, however, do not have clearly differentiated roots, stems, or leaves, and they have no flowers, seeds, or pods. In the past, one of their reproductive methods was called spores, which are called "rootless seeds" in Ziling Peak. Chen Guang once thought that Linquan Pumpkin was also a rootless seed, but later he found out that it was not. The seeds of Linquan Pumpkin are quite special. They need to encounter a situation where the concentration of spiritual energy increases several times when it blooms, along with some extreme weather conditions, before they will not bear fruit and will directly produce seeds from the flower bud. This is the origin of the first generation of seeds of Linquan Pumpkin.

If cultivators hadn't discovered the seed-condensing technique of the Void Spirit Seed, the Linquan Pumpkin might have become extinct, as its conditions for reproduction are too demanding.

Currently, Chen Guang's Void Spirit Seeds have not yet come into contact with how to condense seeds for spirit plants that have no seeds or kernels.

Algae-like spiritual plants are special and do not exist within the Purple Spirit Peak area, which makes Chen Guang willing to give up the small profits from other first-grade top-quality spiritual plants.

The same goes for Tiger Blood Grass. Even the Li Yuanzong sect doesn't have enough of it, and it's rarely seen outside. Now, Chen Guang has the confidence to choose what is truly useful and scarce, instead of just chasing money and pursuing high grades. Unfortunately, he made a mistake.

Chen Guang carefully examined the black silk algae and confirmed that it had been affected by the refining process of Young Master Zifeng. In addition, it was in poor condition when it came into Young Master Zifeng's hands. Although it had not completely lost its vitality, it only had one or two breaths left.

Chen Guang could only set up a simple Spring Blossom Array first. He could set up five or six of the fifteen basic arrays with a single function. For the book on the fifteen arrays, learning all fifteen arrays was just the foundation. The discussion on the circulation of spiritual energy with mixed functions was the essence of the book.

A formation with only one function is considered inferior; even the Yanhuang Formation might not qualify.

Fortunately, there was still some spring water left, which was used on the black algae to keep them alive for now.

Today I'm going to try using the Rejuvenating Spring Flower to see if I can propagate black silk algae through cuttings. The ultimate function of the Rejuvenating Spring Flower is to produce a cutting similar to a plant cutting, which requires the entire plant, including the roots, stems, leaves, and flowers.

Black silk algae is a spiritual plant among algae; having a main body is equivalent to having the whole. Chen Guang was prepared to give it a try.

If you fail, treat it as practice to rejuvenate.

If you succeed, it will be even more worthwhile, as you'll also get a useful spiritual plant.

Just like healing the sick and saving lives, spiritual plants whose vitality has been cut off to this extent also require the specific skills of a spiritual plant master to save them. Other methods are just prolonging their life, like forcibly reviving a dying person. Such a small amount of revival only drains the last bit of life force. If it is not done now, what you will get tomorrow is a spiritual plant that is completely dead.

We can only try it today.

With the guidance of a systematic plant master, Chen Guang's understanding and application of the essence of plants has indeed reached a new level. He can now judge that the vitality and condition of a plant have a direct impact on the application of the Rejuvenation Technique, and thus he first restores its vitality. Perhaps when he becomes proficient enough in the Rejuvenation Technique, even the remains of a plant can be used to make cuttings, but that is definitely not possible now.

The requirements for materials used in setting up the array by Fanmu Chunhua are not strict. It only requires the creation of six different scattered hexagram items, which need to be placed differently depending on the spiritual plants.

In the end, Chen Guang arranged a triangular star as the main element, with two scattered hexagram objects extending from one of the corners. The other scattered hexagram object was located in the very center of the triangle. He retrieved the black silk algae from the spring within the Spring Blossom Formation and placed it on the central scattered hexagram object. Chen Guang immediately captured all the plant essence within the black silk algae, which was the last bit of life force, and it was triggered in some way.

"We cannot delay."

With a thought, Chen Guang extended his other hand: the meridians of Earth-Wood Interaction and Void Spirit Seed were located on his right hand, while the Return to Wood Spring Essence existed in his left hand when it was bestowed.

The special, minute meridians were successively illuminated by the influence, and a special blue radiance appeared on the palm, enveloping the black silk algae.

One after another, the blue silk threads extended from the meridians and wrapped around the black silk algae. Chen Guang immediately had a different feeling.

His left hand seemed to have caught a large, heavy fish, though not very lively. Now, with the slightest movement of this fish, several strands of the blue silk thread that Chen Guang was attached to broke.

"I see."

Theory is no substitute for practice; only through hands-on experience can one truly appreciate the difficulty of a plant master's skills.

Like catching a big fish, with a "bead" inside its body, Chen Guang had to roll this bead all over the fish's body. Operating a large fish that wasn't very obedient through the silk thread made this task extremely difficult.

The resilience of the cyan threads, how much force must be applied to each thread to allow the spiritual plant to be imbued with the power of spring's return...

These all require practice; practice makes perfect, and then you can apply them with focus.

Chen Guang had always misunderstood the "Return to Spring" technique, associating the requirement of basic array formation skills with the need for considerable expertise in array formations. He had never practiced "Return to Spring" before, but now he realized that it didn't require that much basic array formation knowledge. Being able to set up at least six scattered trigrams was enough to perform this technique.

It's too late to regret it now. If we stop, the black silk algae, whose life force has been fully stimulated, will surely die. Chen Guang's awakening of the spiritual plant has already driven the black silk algae to the brink of death from the outside in, while the Return to Spring Flower is even more thorough, stimulating the black silk algae's last bit of life force from the inside out.

Chen Guang could only endure the stiffness and heaviness of operating through the silk thread and try his best to cope, even feeling a slight pain in his meridians.

Little by little, the power of the Returning Spring Splendor was transmitted throughout the entire body of the black silk algae. The black silk algae had fully stretched out its body, and at the same time, the middle part of one of the leaves lit up with green light. This part would become the last cutting. Now, all the power of the Returning Spring Splendor within the black silk algae needed to be drawn back to this place.

"This is way too difficult!"

Chen Guang couldn't help but change color. Just now he was manipulating the big fish through the silk thread, but now it felt like he was wrapping an iron plate around that black silk thread.

The difficulty of performing this "Returning to Spring" technique is simply unbelievable.