Long Xuan sighed helplessly and finally decided to put this matter aside for the time being. It would not be possible to collect so many spiritual stones overnight, and another way would be needed.
Long Xuan put away the recipe of the Ice God Flame, then pushed the door open and walked out. The door led to the medicine garden filled with the fragrance of flowers, but since it was planted with all kinds of flowers, it would be more appropriate to call it a garden.
Today is the day when some spiritual medicines are ripe, and Long Xuan needs to pick them and send them to the little thatched house of Elder Long.
As long as the prescribed number of spiritual medicines is handed in, Elder Long will hardly come here.
At this time, the fat chicken in the garden was still digging the soil everywhere, looking for fat worms to eat, making a clucking sound.
Among the flowers, hundreds of spiritual bees were busy, shuttling back and forth in the flowers, and from time to time, they would get into a flower bud, revealing most of their buttocks.
After so many years of development, the two spiritual bees he bought from Taobao have now grown into hundreds of them. Don't ask how they reproduce; he didn't pay much attention.
Originally, he wanted to breed a queen bee. There are many ways to evolve spirit bees into queen bees in this world.
But now he found that he was not needed at all. It seems that not all bee species in this world can only reproduce with the queen bee.
Since he bought the two spirit bees, they saw that there was sufficient honey here, so they settled here and built new nests, and stayed here completely. With sufficient food, they began to reproduce in large numbers.
With the arrival of this family, the medicine garden is full of vitality. Bees are swarming in the sky, and spirit chickens are running around on the ground. It is a warm picture. Long Xuan's life is not boring.
However, so far, although Long Xuan is envious of the spirit honey, he is still afraid of the aggressiveness of the spirit bees and dare not approach the hive easily.
It's okay to be pecked twice when taking eggs, but it's really uncomfortable to be stung by this thing.
This thing is not an ordinary bee from the previous life. The spirit bees in this world can sting people to death. At present, the two sides still maintain a non-interference relationship and are neighbors with a good relationship.
Long Xuan was in charge of growing the medicine, and they took the opportunity to steal some nectar from the spiritual medicine, and no one broke this balance.
Long Xuan was afraid that if he stole the honey, this thing would hold a grudge, and it would be troublesome for him to come to the medicine garden again in the future.
After thinking it over, he still felt that he had to cultivate a queen bee. There was no better way except to cultivate a queen bee.
As long as he made a blood contract with a queen bee, ordinary spiritual bees would be controlled by the queen bee, and he could definitely rest assured.
For now, forget it. There is a limit to the number of Gu insects that a Gu cultivator can have at the same time, and he can't make a blood contract with all ordinary spiritual bees.
At this time, the progress of the spiritual medicine that Long Xuan was about to collect all became 100%, and the flowers were in full bloom, exuding the ultimate fragrance.
The spiritual bees have very sensitive noses. When they smelled the fragrance of the flowers, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they immediately buzzed over and drilled into the flowers to collect nectar and pollen.
When the nectar and pollen inside were collected, their calves became heavy again, and they flew back to the hive with a full load of fruits.
After they were done, Long Xuan collected all the spiritual herbs in that area, planted them again, and took the newly collected spiritual herbs to report to Old Long.
Old Long needed this batch of spiritual herbs to research the Hundred Flower recipe. That's right, another year had passed, and he hadn't researched the Hundred Flower Pill yet.
Long Xuan was anxious for him because he succeeded in two days.
The first-grade spiritual herbs mature very quickly, and with the help of ripening liquid, a batch can be harvested basically every six months. Long Xuan can also see Old Long every six months when handing in the spiritual herbs.
This meeting was only half a year apart.
Long Xuan walked into the thatched house and saw that Old Long was not refining the pill, so he said, "Old Long, a batch of spiritual herbs have matured, and I have collected them."
Long Xuan untied the storage bag full of spiritual herbs around his waist, and then looked at the sturdy old man lying on the chair.
Elder Long was sitting there reading a book on alchemy. When he heard the voice, he turned his head to look at the person who came and said, "Just put it on the table."
After he finished speaking, he carefully looked at Long Xuan again, showing a little surprise.
"You have broken through to the middle stage of the Gathering Spirit?" Elder Long asked in confusion.
"Old Long is still sharp-eyed. He actually saw that the junior had broken through at a glance. The junior has practiced for more than ten years to reach the middle stage of the Gathering Spirit. I am sorry to make you laugh."
Long Xuan was not surprised at all that Elder Long could see his realm.
The soul power of the alchemist is famously strong and can sense many things. He never planned to hide it from Elder Long's eyes.
"No, no, no." Elder Long shook his head and said, "I am not laughing. According to my estimation, you should never reach the middle stage of the Gathering Spirit in your lifetime. I am surprised that you broke through so quickly."
"Huh? Is the junior's aptitude so poor?" Elder Long's words made Long Xuan feel heartbroken.
"Not entirely."
Elder Long sighed and said, "You possess the Ten Absolute Body, which is rare in a thousand years. In ancient times, the Ten Absolute Body was the best body in the world. The spiritual sea is vast, and the spiritual power reserves are far superior to those of the same level. It is good at protracted battles and can frequently use big moves without considering the consumption."
"The meridians of the Ten Absolute Body are also extremely broad, far superior to ordinary people. Therefore, for the same spiritual technique, the power of the Ten Absolute Body will be far superior to that of the same level."
"In ancient times, the combat power of people with the Ten Absolute Body was very exaggerated. Basically, no one of the same level could defeat them, so you can be said to be a rare genius in the world."
"But to this day, the cultivation method of the Ten Absolute Body has long been lost, and the Ten Absolute Body cannot practice other techniques."
"Because the Ten Absolute Body's spiritual sea is as solid as a rock, although the foundation is the strongest in the world, it also makes it more difficult to break through. The Ten Absolute Body has a vast spiritual sea, which gives it a great advantage in battles with the same level, but it also requires more spiritual power to fill the vast spiritual sea, which slows down the cultivation speed."
"So the Ten Absolute Body needs a specific technique to solve these problems. It cannot be cultivated by practicing other techniques. The Ten Absolute Body is also naturally repelled by junk techniques."
"And how fast can a person who cannot practice techniques practice?"
"I'm afraid that you can only reach the middle stage of the Gathering Spirit so quickly through food supplements. You must have eaten too many spiritual eggs." Elder Long touched his beard on his chin and guessed.
Hearing this, Long Xuan suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he could not practice any techniques except the health-preserving techniques. It turned out that the reason was here.
But he still didn't understand, and couldn't help but say: "Isn't it that the technique has been lost? Isn't it enough to create a new one?"
Long Xuan was talking without any pain at this time and didn't understand how difficult it was for others to create techniques.
Old Long blew his beard and glared, "It's easy to think about it. What do you think the top-level skills are? You can create them just by saying so. Even the strongest person in the current Gu world doesn't dare to say that he has the ability to create a top-level skill."
Long Xuan had a strange expression on his face. He didn't know how difficult it was for others to create their own skills, but he really had the ability to create his own skills, so he asked tentatively, "What if, I mean what if, what if I really happened to create a skill that can cultivate the Ten Absolute Bodies? Wouldn't that make me the number one genius in the world?"
Old Long looked at him with a weird look, and said angrily and amusedly, "You are so young and ignorant. You really dare to think, and it's a coincidence. I'm not going to touch you."
"There are indeed people with the talent to create their own skills, but they are geniuses who are rare in a hundred years, and those who possess the Ten Absolute Bodies are rare in ten thousand years. What is the probability of the two talents being combined? Is it possible for someone to have both the Ten Absolute Bodies and the ability to create his own skills?"
"Even if such a coincidence really happens, people with the Ten Absolute Body will have no chance to grow up. And if they can't grow up, how can they create their own skills?"
"This is a vicious circle. Don't worry, the person who has the ability to create your own skills will never be you. Give up!"