"I..."
Garden Owner Xue's face reddened. She wanted to lash out, but she couldn't find the words to do so.
As the owner of the number one herb garden in Myriad Kingdom City, her comprehension of medicinal herbs was in no way inferior to that of Elder Liu and Elder Lu.
This was precisely the reason why no one dared to speak up when they learned that she was helpless against the Earth Vein Spirit Vine.
Even though spirit herbs and spirit artifacts possessed 'spirit', it was completely different from a human's soul. They had heard of unique spirit herbs that could nourish one's soul, but they had never heard of one being able to replenish one's soul just by absorbing the spirit within it.
The two were fundamentally different from one another. It was just like how a hungry tiger could be fed grass like a mountain goat!
"This..."
The crowd also turned to look at Garden Owner Xue in shock.
In their eyes, Garden Owner Xue was a renowned herbologist. How could she possibly make such a mistake?
It was no wonder why she had never sold any of the medicinal herbs she had nurtured over the years, not even allowing the Alliance Head Residence to purchase them. This was the reason why!
She hoped that the spirit within the medicinal herbs would be able to replenish one's soul, so naturally, the more the merrier. Once the medicinal herbs were sold, the spirit would naturally diminish as well.
To a cultivator, as long as they could reach Consonant Spirit realm, any price was worth it!
Just that, this was a secret... How did this fellow know of it?
Everyone had been looking at the Earth Vein Spirit Vine for a long time, but they were unable to find anything wrong with it. Naturally, they didn't expect Garden Owner Xue to do such a thing... That fellow only had to touch the vine, the ground, and a fist art to know...
Did he have to be so exaggerated!
Lu Zhan, Song Chao, and the others also widened their eyes in shock.
They knew that the other party was a master teacher, but they didn't expect him to be so formidable.
"I took a look at Garden Owner Xue when she first entered. The zhenqi in her body was extremely pure, and judging from her age, she should be around a hundred years old. Women love to maintain their appearance, and under normal circumstances, given her cultivation and age, her appearance shouldn't be that old. Unless... something happened! "
Zhang Xuan didn't stop there. Instead, he glanced at Garden Owner Xue and continued, "Thus, I took a closer look at the fist art she executed. If I'm not mistaken, it's' Great Sun Fist ', a powerful fist art. According to the normal circulation route of this set of fist techniques, the zhenqi should flow out from the Baixin acupoint, but she made it circulate a fifth of the distance and flow out from the Zhangxin acupoint. "
"As a Transcendent Mortal 4-dan expert, her mastery over her cultivation has already reached perfection. There is only one possibility for such a situation to occur... That is, her Hui Ming acupoint has been damaged, causing her to be unable to discern the minute differences between her acupoints! Huiming was one of the most important acupoints for a complete soul. Since it is damaged, it is only natural that the soul is damaged as well! "
"As for the Earth Vein Spirit Vine, you have all taken a look at it, and it doesn't seem to be afflicted with any illness or pests. However, it has already withered, and medicinal herbs are of no use to it. Initially, I didn't think that it was its spirit that had been absorbed, until I saw where Garden Owner Xue was cultivating."
At this point, Zhang Xuan pointed.
Everyone turned their gazes over and saw that the area where Garden Owner Xue had been cultivating was filled with lush green grass. It was much better than the other areas.
"The grass in this place is much better than other places. Everyone can see the difference at a glance. Cultivation gathered spiritual energy, so it was reasonable for plants to grow luxuriantly. However... take a look at this and you'll understand! "
Walking forward, Zhang Xuan stretched out his palm toward the grass.
Hu!
As though seeing something terrifying, the grass moved on its own accord and dodged his palm.
"These most ordinary plants are everywhere on the ground. They don't have any spirituality, but now, they are able to avoid my palm … From this, it can be deduced that someone has absorbed the spirituality of the medicine, allowing these most ordinary plants to possess the ability to seek luck and avoid calamity!"
Zhang Xuan chuckled softly. "Seeing this, it makes sense for me to deduce further!"
"This..."
"As expected of a master teacher, his eye of discernment is incredible..."
Hearing his explanation, everyone was impressed.
They had long heard that master teachers were skilled in seeing through the smallest of details. From the looks of it, the rumors were indeed true.
To be able to deduce the root of the problem with the Earth Vein Spirit Vine and discern the problem with Garden Owner Xue's cultivation... If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed it.
"This..." Song Chao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his face paled.
The other party's analysis was flawless, and there were no flaws in it at all.
Even though it sounded simple, it was as difficult as ascending to the heavens. Even a 4-star master teacher like him wouldn't be able to do so!
In fact, even his teacher and the elders of the sect wouldn't be able to deduce all of this with just a single glance.
To be able to deduce the root of the problem from the smallest of details... To deduce the entire problem from the smallest of details... Was this fellow a cheat?
Even a 5-star master teacher would find it difficult to do so!
Could it be that... the person before him was a 5-star master teacher?
It was no wonder he was beguiled by the Impartation of Heaven's Will multiple times, unable to retaliate at all. At this moment, he realized that he was still far from being able to match up to Zhang Xuan!
"It seems like I won't be able to get the middle-tier spirit stone back. If I were to head over to ask for it, I fear that... even those low-tier spirit stones would be lost..."
Zhang Xuan was depressed.
Every time he went there, he would be bewitched. He was worried that if he failed to get the mid-grade spirit stone, all the wealth he had accumulated with great difficulty would be plundered clean, leaving nothing behind.
"Forget it, I should bring this coffin back first. If I were to incur the elder's wrath, I might be able to make up for my losses..."
After witnessing Zhang Xuan's means, Song Chao was truly fearful.
Even so, he couldn't help but feel impressed by the other party.
To be able to deduce all of this with just a few clues, as expected of a master teacher who was able to beguile him.
...
While everyone was shocked, Garden Owner Xue's body was trembling in disbelief. "I saw this method in an ancient book, and over the years, my soul has indeed recovered slightly..."
Back then, due to the damage to her soul, it was determined that she would never be able to reach Consonant Spirit realm in her lifetime.
Unwilling to believe such a thing, she flipped through countless ancient books and finally found this method in one of them. To absorb the spirit of medicinal herbs and replenish one's soul...
Even though she harbored doubts in her heart, this was the only solution she could think of.
Besides, her perseverance over the years had allowed her soul to recover significantly.
"Recover slightly?" Zhang Xuan shook his head. "Isn't it still a long way off from being completely healed? Can you live for another 87 years? "
Garden Owner Xue staggered.
There was a limit to the lifespan of a Transcendent Mortal expert. She might be able to live for 87 years, but what about the second one?
Even if her soul was healed, she wouldn't be able to wait that long.
Then... what was the point of her soul being healed?
"I was wrong..."
All along, she had been thinking about how to heal her damaged soul so as to reach Consonant Spirit realm. Only at this moment did she realize that all of her efforts were nothing more than a dream.
It was impossible for her to reach Consonant Spirit realm now.
Shaking her head, she seemed to have aged several decades. Previously, she looked like she was in her fifties, but at this moment, she looked like an old lady in her seventies or eighties.
Seeing her in such a state, even though everyone was worried, they knew that there was nothing they could do to stop her.
The conviction that she had persevered for eighty years had been exposed in an instant. No one would be able to take it lying down.
"Zhang Shi, do you have a way to treat this Earth Vein Spirit Vine?"
After a long period of time, Garden Owner Xue finally recovered and looked at the young man before her.
Since the other party was able to see through the root of her illness, he might have a way to treat it.
Since there was no hope for her to achieve a breakthrough, she gave up on struggling. However, this herb garden had been with her for most of her life, and she didn't wish for it to disappear just like that.
"You have been cultivating here for many years, and you have devoured its spirit. At this moment, this spirit vine is only an empty shell. It will be difficult for you to heal it! However, it isn't impossible. You might have to pay a price for it! "
Zhang Xuan said.
If it was before he entered the soul oracle tomb, he wouldn't have known much about souls. As such, he wouldn't have known how to treat a plant whose spirit had been devoured.
However, after obtaining Mo Hunsheng's knowledge, he had gained a deeper understanding of souls. Even if the spirit of the Earth Vein Spirit Vine was destroyed, he would still be able to treat it.
"As long as it can be saved, I'm willing to pay any price!" Hearing that there was still hope, Garden Owner Xue hurriedly turned to Zhang Xuan.
The others also turned their gazes over.
Even though they were herbologists, they had never heard of it before. Thus, they wanted to learn a thing or two about it.
"Actually, it's very simple. That is... grafting!" Zhang Xuan said.
"Grafting?"
Everyone was perplexed.
As herbologists, they weren't unfamiliar with grafting. It was the process of grafting a branch or bud of a plant onto the stem or root of another plant, allowing the two parts to grow into a complete plant.
Many new types of spirit herbs were developed through this method.
"Indeed. Plants can be grafted, and so can spirits!"
Zhang Xuan chuckled. "As long as you find another Earth Vein Spirit Vine with a complete spirit and graft it onto this spirit vine, as it grows, the spirit of the branch and bud will fuse together to form a single entity."
Once the spirit of the branch and bud were to be grafted onto this spirit vine, they would fuse into a single entity.
"However, going by the normal rate of fusion, it would take at least several decades to complete. If you were to wait that long, I'm afraid that all of the spirit herbs in your garden would have already died... And to hasten this process, the price you would have to pay would be exorbitant!"
Spirit grafting sounded simple in theory, but it was extremely difficult to execute.
Firstly, there was no other way to transfer the spirit of the spirit to the branch and bud other than a soul oracle.
Secondly, during the fusion process, one had to find a way to prevent the branch from rejecting one another.
This was similar to possession. Even though the current Earth Vein Spirit Vine was in the same state as the Soulless Metal Humanoid, it was still difficult for the spirit of a bud to devour and possess such a massive body.
It was no different from an ant trying to pull a carriage.
It was impossible to make such a weak spirituality grow quickly without paying a price.
"What do you need? I'll prepare it now!" Garden Owner Xue gritted her teeth.
If the Earth Vein Spirit Vine were to die, all of the spirit herbs in the herb garden would die as well.
"A seedling of the Earth Vein Spirit Vine, fifty hundred-year-old medicinal herbs, ten buckets of Rootless Water..." Zhang Xuan listed out the required items.
Upon hearing those words, everyone stared at one another with awful expressions. It was no wonder why he said that the price would be exorbitant.
If it was any other clan, they wouldn't even be able to fork out such a sum, needless to say, save a plant.
"Alright, I'll prepare it now!" Hearing the required items, Garden Owner Xue's eyebrows twitched. However, considering her family background, it was still acceptable.
"Wait a moment..."
Just as she was about to leave to prepare the required items, the young man's voice sounded once more.
"Prepare another Sentiment Drowning Flower, one that is five hundred years old and above. If there are any middle-tier spirit stones in it, the more the better!"
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