Mo Wuji's hand was not completely healed, and he was worried that he would have to purify the herb again. Even though the possibility of that happening was low, once the question was asked, he would be eliminated.
The entire Five Ring Desolate Domain Plaza was silent, and only Pill Master Ming Ning's voice could be heard, "... I believe that 90% of those who enter the Five Elements Desolate Domain are here to find the Flower of the True Gods. The Flower of the True Gods is a supreme treasure that can allow a Nihility God Stage expert in the Earth Realm to step into the Heaven Realm's True God Stage … "
When it came to the Flower of the True Gods, Mo Wuji held his breath and listened attentively. He did not know much about the Flower of the True Gods, but if he could not find the Immeasurable Soul-forging Crystal, he could find the Flower of the True Gods and ask Granny Linglong for help.
"... The Flower of the True Gods requires 100,000 years to mature, and can be said to be one of the spiritual herbs with the longest maturation time. Some people might ask me, but there are too many spiritual herbs that are more than 100,000 years old. There are even Tier 4 and Tier 5 spiritual herbs that mature at 100,000 years old, so why is the Flower of the True Gods the one with the longest maturation time? "
Pill Master Ming Ning's words really caught Mo Wuji's attention, but Mo Wuji really did not know about this. He was just thinking that a 100,000 year old Pine Pulse was only a Tier 4 spiritual herb, so what was so special about the Flower of the True Gods?
Pill Master Ming Ning continued, "This is because the Flower of the True Gods can only be used after 100,000 years, or else it would be useless. Even a 99,999 year old Flower of the True Gods would be useless, and would be no different from a weed. "
Mo Wuji finally understood. All the spiritual herbs that he had come into contact with, regardless of their age, could be used. It was just that there were differences in their grades, and their effects. This Flower of the True Gods was really unique; it was an ordinary flower that was less than 100,000 years old. No wonder Pill Master Ming Ning said that the Flower of the True Gods was one of the spiritual herbs with the longest maturation time, and no wonder why it was so precious. To be able to live for 100,000 years, even a pig would be considered a god.
"Besides this, the Flower of the True Gods has another special characteristic that not many people understand. The Flower of the True Gods is similar to the spiritual roots of cultivators. Every Flower of the True Gods has its own attribute. It could be the five elements, or the wind, thunder, or ice attributes. Therefore, if a cultivator at the Great Circle of the Nihility God Stage wants to advance to the True God Stage, he can't just casually obtain a Flower of the True Gods. He has to obtain a Flower of the True Gods that is compatible with his spiritual root attribute. Only then would he have the chance to advance to the True God Stage … "
Pill Master Ming Ning wasn't just talking about the things to take note of during the competition, she was talking about cultivation knowledge.
Just as everyone was engrossed in listening, Pill Master Ming Ning suddenly paused. At the same time, she raised her voice and continued, "Today, our second round of pill competition is to plant the Flower of the True Gods …"
Sounds of cold air being inhaled could be heard in the plaza. Even Mo Wuji was inhaling a breath of cold air.
Plant the Flower of the True Gods? 100,000 years? Was Pill Master Ming Ning crazy? Even if the Flower of the True Gods didn't mature, it wouldn't be a matter of a day or two for it to bloom.
Pill Master Ming Ning used her hand to suppress the ruckus in the plaza, "Everyone quiet down. Even though the Flower of the True Gods requires 100,000 years to mature, the time it takes for it to bloom is extremely short. Most of the Flower of the True Gods would only need a day to germinate and bloom under suitable conditions. If it is complemented with dense spiritual energy and human interference, the time it takes would be much shorter … "
Hearing this, the crowd finally came to an understanding. So this was the comparison. If it was a day or two, it would be acceptable. After all, to a cultivator, a single closed door cultivation session would take a few days.
"During the first time we entered the Five Elements Desolate Domain, someone obtained a batch of Flower of the True Gods seeds. There were all sorts of elemental seeds. Other than one Flower of the True Gods seed, every pill refiner would also be able to obtain a corresponding elemental spirit stone and 10 Xuan grade spirit stones. Now, may all the participating pill refiners please choose the Flower of the True Gods seeds and spirit stones that you need. Then, the competition will begin. "
Mo Wuji was not completely clueless about elemental spirit stones and Xuan grade spirit stones. Spirit stones were also split into elemental and non-elemental spirit stones. Most people would use non-elemental spirit stones for their daily cultivation. Elemental spirit stones were split into metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, ice, etc. Their value far exceeded non-elemental spirit stones.
As for the grades of spirit stones, Mo Wuji had heard about them before. Spirit stones were split into Yellow, Xuan, Earth and Heaven grades. There were also people who called Yellow grade spirit stones low grade spirit stones and Xuan grade spirit stones intermediate grade spirit stones.
During normal transactions, as long as there was no elemental spirit stone, it would be considered as non-elemental spirit stones.
After Pill Master Ming Ning finished speaking, 10 service disciples carrying large wooden trays walked down from the round altar.
One of the service disciples placed the wooden tray in front of Mo Wuji. Mo Wuji saw that there were all sorts of crystal clear seeds on the wooden tray. Every seed was about the size of a dried broad bean. Other than that, there were also spirit stones filled with dense spiritual energy.
When choosing the Flower of the True Gods seeds, one naturally had to choose one that was compatible with one's elemental cultivation. However, Mo Wuji was well aware of his own situation. He did not even have spiritual roots, and could be said to be a cultivator with mortal roots.
Without spiritual roots, how could he choose the type of seed?
"May Lord Pill Master please choose the seed …" Seeing that Mo Wuji was still hesitating, the disciple hurried him anxiously.
"Alright, alright …" Mo Wuji braced himself and casually picked up a seed from the wooden tray, and then picked up 10 Xuan grade spirit stones.
This was Mo Wuji's first time seeing Xuan grade spirit stones. Previously, he had only used low grade spirit stones, which were Huang grade spirit stones. Now that he held the Xuan grade spirit stones in his hands, Mo Wuji could truly feel the density and purity of the spiritual energy within. It was far from what a normal low grade spirit stone could compare to.
"May Lord Pill Master please choose an elemental spirit stone." The disciple reminded him once again.
Mo Wuji's gaze landed on the elemental spirit stones at the side. They were different from the pure white spirit stones that had no elemental attributes. Elemental spirit stones all had different colours. Fire attributed spirit stones were red, wood attributed spirit stones were green …
Only then did Mo Wuji remember what the attributes of the seed were. Before he could take a look at the attributes of the seed, he saw a sparkling blue spirit stone. Within the spirit stone, there were even traces of lightning bolts.
Is this a lightning attributed spirit stone? Mo Wuji's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately placed the Flower of the True Gods seed on the wooden tray. At the same time, he smiled at the disciple and said, "I chose wrongly."
Before the disciple could react, Mo Wuji picked up another seed with traces of lightning bolts. This was a lightning attributed seed. The Flower of the True Gods seeds were easy to identify, and the lightning attributed seed was even more unique.
After picking up the lightning attributed seed, Mo Wuji hurriedly picked up the lightning attributed spirit stone, and said, "Many thanks, I've already chosen."
The disciple looked at Mo Wuji speechlessly, before walking to the next pill refiner.
There was only one thunder-attribute Spirit Stone in his tray. It was certain that no one would choose this attribute Spirit Stone, but at this moment, there was a candidate. Could it be that this fella wanted to nurture a lightning attributed Flower of the True Gods? Even though he was a service disciple, he knew that the difficulty of nurturing a different attributed Flower of the True Gods was many times harder than a five elemental one.
Mo Wuji even suspected that he was hallucinating, as he felt Pill Master Ming Ning glance at him. However, when he looked back, it did not seem like it.
Regardless of whether Pill Master Ming Ning was looking at him, Mo Wuji couldn't care less. He originally did not have spiritual roots, but because he had used lightning bolts to temper his meridians, his elemental energy contained a trace of lightning energy. It was because of this small possibility that Mo Wuji chose the lightning attributed Flower of the True Gods seed and the lightning attributed spirit stone.
Close to half an hour passed, and almost everyone had obtained a Flower of the True Gods seed. Ming Ning then continued, "Since all the pill refiners have chosen their seeds, the competition will now begin. The time limit is 20 hours, and the score will still be 100 points. After this round, the scores from the first and second round will be stacked, and those ranked below 150 will be eliminated. "
Following Pill Master Ming Ning's command, almost all the pill refiners started to tidy up the soil in the medicine jar. At this point, Mo Wuji finally understood the purpose of this medicine jar. This medicine jar was actually used to nurture the Flower of the True Gods seed.
This medicine jar was only about one square meter, and at the side of the medicine jar was a water trough, which was filled with clear water.
Even though Mo Wuji was a Tier 3 Mortal Pill Refiner, he had never nurtured spiritual herbs before. He had only grown some herbs back on Earth.
His first time nurturing a spiritual herb, and it was already at the level of the Flower of the True Gods. This really made him speechless. Mo Wuji looked at the other pill refiners, and discovered that a portion of the pill refiners had crushed their spirit stones, mixed them into the soil, and watered the seeds.
Another portion of the pill refiners mixed the spirit stones and water together. There were even some pill refiners who held the seeds and spirit stones in their hands, as though they were using their elemental energy to mature the seeds.
Without exception, these pill refiners were very familiar with their methods, and it was obvious that this was not their first time nurturing seeds.
Mo Wuji hesitated for a while, but still decided to use the method he used to grow herbs on Earth. He flipped the soil, placed the seeds into the soil, covered them with soil, and watered them with water.
Pill Master Ming Ning, who had been observing Mo Wuji, was shocked at Mo Wuji's actions, and could not help but laugh out loud. This fella was planting the Flower of the True Gods seed like an ordinary bean, right?
"Pfft!" Qu Wan 'Er, who had been worrying about how to face Mo Wuji, could not help but laugh out loud.
Even though she did not know much about pill dao, nor did she know how to grow spiritual herbs, she knew that planting the Flower of the True Gods seed should not be treated like an ordinary bean like Mo Wuji. If he could get a placing like this, he might as well ask a farmer to bring a hoe to the competition.
The black bearded elder beside her shook his head; he did not know if Mo Wuji was hiding his incompetence, or if he really had never planted spiritual herbs before.
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