Chapter 8 - 008: Spiritual Tea Tree

Just as Wei YunXiang promised her Grandma Ya, she went directly to the spiritual garden of the old lady. 

Everyone in the family has their own separate courtyard, the courtyard of Great Grandpa and Great Grandma is built on the mountain range behind the mansion. The courtyard has wide reclaimed fields planted with spiritual plants, with the lowest being a Grade 1 spiritual plant.

She heard from the servants that there is also a Grade 4 spiritual tree planted deep in the spiritual garden.

Her Grandpa and Grandma also have their own courtyard surrounded by spiritual bamboo that formed into a magnificent sight of bamboo forests. The bamboo are all spiritual plants with different varieties. I heard that Grandpa makes his own spiritual papers with the bamboo he planted.

As for her mother and father, they built their courtyard on a small hill beside the river. Her father planted long fields of flowers for her mother, in the middle of the flower fields were pavilions where they always stayed to enjoy the scenery and music.

Wei YunXiang lived there too until she reached five years old.

These beautiful sceneries are not randomly designed but made according to the owner's temperament and understanding of art. It can help art cultivators to deepen their understanding, mastery and even achieve enlightenment if given a chance.

Her courtyard was in the back of Wei Mansion, with a small flower garden and a pond. She liked it so she chose it before.

However, after becoming a cultivator, she can also choose a place to build her new courtyard which will be her permanent residence. She was already thinking about choosing a new place but hasn't decided yet.

Wei YunXiang needs it to be suitable for hosting events because she knows she'll need it with the appearance of her system.

Putting aside her thoughts, she finally arrived at her Grandma Ya's medicinal garden. The whole place was surrounded by a grade 3 array formation, hidden from the outsiders eyes.

When she entered the array formation with the permission of Grandma Ya, she was in awe at the sight that greeted her.

The rich spiritual energy that seems to be condensing into dew, the powerful vitality of high grade spiirtual plants and the beautiful arrangment of the whole garden where the array formation and the spiritual plants coordinated in a good way.

"How is it? Beautiful right?"

It was Grandma Ya who came to her as she was busy admiring the surroundings. 

"Its amazing Grandma."

The old lady laughed heartily, "In fact, you always like to stay here with me when you're just a baby. Your parents loved running around with their musical instruments, so i took you to plant here with me."

Wei YunXiang have no recollection at all, Grandma Ya saw her blank look and didn't blame her, "Well, i guess you don't remember. Come, Grandma Ya will show you her proud works."

She held the little girl's hand as they strolled around the fairy like garden. While wandering around, Grandma Ya didn't stop talking about the spiritual plants they saw.

"When your Great Grandpa stabilized our foundation in Holy Tree City, he started building the Refined Stroke Garden." It was the name of the spiritual garden, derived from the name f Grandma Ya and her main art cultivation.

"The first tree here is this big guy," Grandma Ya pointed at the five-meter tall tea tree, whose leaves are shaped like a fan and slowly sway even without the wind. "A mutated Gale Fan Tree, supreme-quality Grade 3 spiritual tree. Drinking tea brewed from its leaf can speed up the understanding of wind-type techniques and skills. A small probability of letting the person learn some Fan weapon skills and wind-type skills."

"Your Grandpa found it from one of his trips, then he planted it here for me." Wei YunXIang remembered that Grandma Ya''s weapon is a bamboo fan.

"How about the flowers around it Grandma?" Her attention fell on the shining white flowers, like a blooming tulips in late spring. On a closer look, you'll see that the shining lights are the dew falling from the flower.

"Oh, that one is my favorite Morning Dew Tulip, the dew they accumulated is a good thing. It can be used when brewing tea, making alchemy, creating ink for calligraphy, painting and talisman, or even used for plating spiritual plants."

Wei YunXiang was amazed at the flower's benefits, especially seeing the huge land planted with the Morning Dew Tulip. The biggest flower is beside the Gale Fan Tree, reaching a meter tall size, while the smallest is at the edges of the flower field.

"Well, come and help Grandma harvest the dews. You can take back some with you later." Grandma Ya handed a small porcelain bottle to the little girl then taught her the techniques in harvesting dews from the flowers.

"Gently pull one of the petals, the tip will be in the mouth of the bottle, then the dews inside the flowers will pour inside." It was a simple process, but Grandma Ya's next words made Wei YunXiang don't think so.

"Only cultivators with clean hearts without evil can touch these flowers or else the white will turn black and the dew will turn into poison." As the old lady said it, a cunning smile appeared on her lips.

Only then did Wei YunXiang understood why these flowers are planted in a large scale. Apart from the benefits of its dew and its beauty, it can also test the people entering her Grandma's precious garden.

Seeing the girl's surprised and understanding expression, then her eyes looked at the old lady with admiration. 

Grandma Ya added, "If you want to plant some, tell me and I'll give you some sapling for easy planting." 

"Many thanks, Grandma Ya!" 

They spent the morning in the garden, talking about the spiritual plants and the stories how they are found by her Great Grandpa. In the afternoon, Grandma Ya finally showed her the tea ceremony of the Enlightenment Tea Technique.

"The Enlightenment Tea Technique is the proud work of your Great Grandpa, watch carefully and learn the legacy of our Wei Family."