Creating a paradise in an ant nest

Chapter 104 Jade Dew Turns into Rain, Spiritual Plants Take Form

Not far from the wooden house where Liu He lived, there was a spiritual plant.

From a distance, it appears to be nearly two feet tall, with an upright posture, lush stems and leaves, and vibrant green blossoms exuding lush vitality.

Upon closer inspection, one could see that it was full of hidden sharpness.

The stem is not a round grass stalk, but a square column with distinct ridges. The base color is light green, and the nodes are tinged with brownish-yellow. Each node is clearly defined, thicker at the bottom and thinner at the top, with very few branches.

The stem is covered with a layer of fine, needle-like thorns, densely covering the four ridges.

The leaves are pentagonal and heart-shaped, with jagged, sharp serrations along the edges, resembling tiny knives. The upper surface of the leaves is sparsely covered with short thorns, while the underside of the leaves and the veins have denser thorns that are hidden in the folds and not easily noticeable.

It is the True Tiger Red Hemp Spirit Grass, which even cultivators are reluctant to approach. Yet it is a medicinal herb.

Next to the True Tiger Red Hemp Grass, there is a slightly flat area of ground.

From a distance, it looks like a patch of moss, showing patches of green.

If you look closely at it, you can see something unusual: it's not a patch of moss, but rows and rows of neatly planted spiritual plants.

Liu He's miniature plant garden covers an area of about ten acres within the ant nest space.

In reality, it is about the length and width of a palm.

At this moment, he crouched down beside the True Tiger Red Hemp Grass, holding a delicate little Golden Branch Jade Dew bottle in his hand, ready to use a drop of Golden Branch Jade Dew.

He opened the lid of the Golden Branch and Jade Dew bottle and slowly poured it out.

The Golden Dew condensed continuously at the mouth of the bottle, the viscous, emerald-green liquid hanging in droplets at the mouth, growing larger and larger.

When a drop of golden dew condensed to the size of a spirit stone, it suddenly fell.

"stop."

Liu He used his spiritual energy to lift it up and suspend it in the air.

If this drop of golden dew were to fall into the miniature spiritual plant garden, it certainly wouldn't be able to nourish all the spiritual plants.

Liu He had already considered this issue, and his approach was: "Disperse."

The drop of golden dew was shattered into countless tiny droplets by the spiritual energy, and then fell like rain towards the spirit plant garden.

Miniature herbal garden.

Liu He walked in and saw that the ground was wet as if it had just rained, and the air was filled with a rich spiritual energy.

Various spiritual plants are changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The acre of jade melons he had just planted, which were originally seedlings, were rapidly growing vines with lush green leaves, and in the blink of an eye, they bore jade melons.

That jade melon was much larger than a normal jade melon.

The same was true for other ordinary spiritual plants; they matured in an instant, and in terms of quality, they were even better than those nurtured by Liu He using the Green Soil Root Cultivation Technique.

The fruit tree of the Purple Apple Spirit Fruit grew a foot taller, with lush branches and leaves, and blossomed and bore fruit again.

And there were also unripe crimson peaches, with pink peach blossoms forming on the branches.

The Podocarpus macrophyllus, which guards the mountain, has grown half a foot taller and appears even more robust.

There are also two newly planted second-tier spirit fruit saplings: the Longevity Spirit Tree, which have both grown a foot taller.

"Golden branches and jade dew are meant to cultivate precious spiritual plants. Using them on a common first-tier spiritual plant like the Emerald Spiritual Melon would definitely be a loss."

"But I have an anthill, so I share the spoils, haha."

Liu He thought to himself.

In reality, a single drop of Golden Dew can only nourish one spiritual plant.

However, in the miniature spiritual plant garden, the jade dew turns into rain, which can nourish a large number of spiritual plants.

"Golden Dew should not be used frequently; wait until next month to use it."

He thought to himself that a bottle of Golden Dew would be enough for him to last for almost a year.

At this time, the miniature spiritual plant garden had not yet planted the Boundless Forest Vine.

Because Liu He has not yet refined it.

The Boundless Forest Vine is, after all, a second-tier spirit vine, and it is easier to refine it in its seedling stage.

The underground magical cave of the ant nest.

Liu He took out the secret jade slip: "It's time to learn this secret method of controlling plants."

He had previously seen ordinary plant cultivation techniques in the cultivation technique pavilion, but he didn't know how the plant cultivation techniques from the Hua Hui Immortal Sect were different.

He channeled a wisp of spiritual energy mixed with his divine soul into the secret jade slip.

Immediately, a flood of information rushed into his mind.

In about fifteen minutes, Liu He memorized the entire contents of the secret technique using his divine sense.

The secret technique is called "Spirit Plant Incarnation Technique". What makes it special compared to ordinary plant control techniques is that it allows one's own soul to attach itself to a spirit plant, enabling control over it from a distance.

Especially when one reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, one can attach one's soul to a spiritual plant and use one's divine sense to explore the surroundings, as if the spiritual plant has become a kind of "avatar" of oneself.

Its magic lies mainly in the Foundation Establishment stage; its effect is not strong in the Qi Refining stage.

Liu He spent five days learning the Spirit Plant Incarnation Technique, and another day refining the Boundless Senluo Vine into his own spirit plant.

"There are still three days left until the one-month deadline set by Senior Brother Pei, and I haven't finished drawing my talisman yet."

Liu He was so busy refining the spirit vine that he almost forgot about drawing talismans.

Pei Shuguai gave him a month to practice drawing talismans, requiring him to use a bottle of ink for lightness talismans to draw at least three lightness talismans.

Liu He had previously practiced for half a month in the miniature spiritual plant garden using a drop of talisman ink, drawing dozens of lightness talismans every day.

Increase the success rate of drawing a lightness talisman to 70%.

"It's time to draw the Lightness Talisman in reality."

No matter how many talismans he drew in the miniature spiritual plant garden, they were all unusable; in reality, they were all miniature talismans shrunk countless times.

In order to create a normal talisman, it must be drawn in the real world.

In the wooden house.

Liu He laid the talisman paper flat on the desk, held the green poplar wolf hair brush in his hand, dipped it in talisman ink, and began to draw.

With countless hours of practice, his hand was as steady as a mountain, each stroke flawless.

The spiritual energy was steadily injected, and the final seal was applied.

A faint light flashed on the talisman—it was done!

"Lightness Talisman, done! Haha, I'm officially a talisman master now."

This was the first time Liu He had ever drawn a real talisman in reality, even though it was only the lowest-level lightness talisman.

After resting for a while, his spiritual energy returned to its peak, and he began to draw the second Lightness Talisman.

In this way, five lightness talismans were drawn in succession, until the sixth talisman was ruined due to a minor flaw.

"Tsk"

With a soft sound, the destroyed talisman turned to ashes due to the clash of spiritual energy.

"Again!"

Liu He was not discouraged. Drawing talismans inherently has a certain failure rate; even the slightest flaw can ruin the entire work. Only extremely experienced and skilled talisman masters can guarantee a 100% success rate.

"One bottle of talisman ink can be used to draw eight lightness talismans!"

Because Liu He in real life is more meticulous and attentive, his success rate is higher than in the ant nest, reaching 80%.

Two days later.

Fu Lu Peak, Pei Shuyi's talisman-drawing room.

Liu He visited the door with the lightness talisman he had drawn himself.

"Senior Brother Pei~"

Pei Shuyi thought Liu He wouldn't come, but he arrived right on time. Could it be that he has achieved something in drawing talismans?

"Have you finished drawing the Lightness Talisman?"

"Yes, Senior Brother Pei. With one bottle of talisman ink, I successfully drew three Lightness Talismans."

As Liu He spoke, he took out three lightness talismans from his pocket.

Three Lightness Talismans were Pei Shuyi's minimum requirement.

In fact, Liu He drew eight Lightness Talismans, but he dared not reveal them all.