100: Chapter 100: Stop Planting Soul-Snatching Powder

Chen Jiancang took a deep breath, suppressing the tension and anticipation in his heart, and slowly reached out to pull up this special Lueling Grass.

The moment he pulled it up, the familiar notification sound boomed in his mind.

[You harvested a mutated Lueling Grass (High-Grade), rewarded with a medium spirit energy group]

"As expected!" Chen Jiancang was so excited he almost jumped up, his eyes filled with exhilaration and relief.

The reappearance of the notification sound confirmed Chen Jiancang's guess.

The reward for harvesting spirit plants from the Golden Finger was not permanent; once a certain quantity of spirit plants of the same quality was harvested, the Golden Finger would no longer give rewards.

This shattered Chen Jiancang's idea of long-term cultivation of a single type of spirit plant.

Fortunately, the function of the Golden Finger was still there. Compared to the Lueling Grass no longer providing him with rewards, he cared more about the existence of the Golden Finger. As long as the Golden Finger was still there, even if he couldn't cultivate Lueling Grass, he could try cultivating other spirit plants.

However, this meant he would have to start over, and all his previous efforts would be wasted.

"This... how can this be?" Chen Jiancang felt a bit speechless and troubled.

He had just finished setting up the Gathering Spirit Soil Cultivating Array, completely solving the problem of Lueling Grass damaging the soil's fertility. Yet now, cultivating ordinary Lueling Grass no longer yielded rewards.

This meant all his previous efforts were in vain.

Chen Jiancang looked at the two and a half mu of Lueling Grass, filled with unwillingness but also helplessness.

He knew deeply that complaining was useless now; the Formation had been set up, the costs incurred. At this moment, Chen Jiancang could only recognize the current situation and accept the facts.

After much thought, Chen Jiancang decided to harvest the remaining Lueling Grass first. Although these spirit grasses no longer provided rewards, they could still be refined into Lue Ling Powder and shouldn't be wasted.

"These four mu of Spirit Field's Lueling Grass can be refined into 8 jade bottles of Lue Ling Powder. At Chen Yingong's previous purchase price of 5000 spiritual stones per jade bottle, I can earn nearly forty thousand spiritual stones." Chen Jiancang calculated in his mind, this was no small number.

Adding the Lue Ling Powder refined before heading to the Qingya Mountain Range for the mission, if all of it could be exchanged for spiritual stones, it would be a considerable income.

However, Chen Jiancang only thought about it in his mind. After all, a sum of tens of thousands, even for the current Foundation Establishment Stage Chen Yingong, was not easily produced.

"Sigh, let's harvest this Lueling Grass first." Chen Jiancang picked up his spirit sickle and began harvesting efficiently. Before long, the two and a half mu of Lueling Grass were neatly arranged and stacked aside.

Chen Jiancang carefully moved the sorted Lueling Grass into his Alchemist room, preparing to refine it into Lue Ling Powder.

Chen Jiancang cut open the large leaves of the Lueling Grass, took out the Lueling Grass seeds wrapped in the flesh, then, based on experience, washed the Lueling Grass, cut it into small sections, put it into the Spirit Flame Pill Furnace, injected spirit energy to ignite the spiritual fire at the bottom of the furnace, controlled the heat, and began refining.

After two days of careful refining, 8 jade bottles of formless, colorless, and odorless Lue Ling Powder were refined.

Chen Jiancang carefully put the eight jade bottles of Lue Ling Powder into a specially made brocade box, then counted the remaining stock from before, and got up to go to Chen Yingong's residence.

Chen Jiancang planned to keep two jade bottles for self-defense and sell the rest of the Lue Ling Powder to Chen Yingong.

Spiritual light flickered. Chen Jiancang's Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level Peak cultivation made controlling the spirit sword effortless. The Flying Sword was like a streak of light, speeding towards the main Peak Market.

Arriving at the main Peak Law Enforcement Hall, he explained his purpose to the Law Enforcement Hall Disciples on duty at the entrance, and someone went inside the Law Enforcement Hall to announce him.

After all, Chen Yingong was now a Chen Family Foundation Establishment Stage Elder, with a prominent status. Fortunately, Jiancang's Alchemist identity served as a guarantee, otherwise Jiancang might not have been able to easily see Chen Yingong.

"Haha, Jiancang, you are a rare guest! Quick, sit down, sit down! You came to find Uncle-Grandfather today, could it be..." Chen Yingong strode out, warmly welcoming Chen Jiancang. He spoke half a sentence, but Chen Jiancang already understood the hidden meaning in Chen Yingong's words.

Chen Jiancang smiled and nodded, following Chen Yingong into the Law Enforcement Hall and towards Chen Yingong's residence.

Upon reaching the residence, Chen Jiancang didn't hesitate. He took out the brocade box from his storage bag, opened the lid, revealing the neatly arranged jade bottles: "Uncle-Grandfather, these are the 10 newly refined jade bottles of Lue Ling Powder. They are all here."

Chen Yingong picked up a jade bottle, examining it carefully against the light, unable to see what was inside. He then gently shook it, pulled out the stopper, used his spiritual sense to control a tiny bit of Lue Ling Powder to his nose tip to sniff and perceive. In just an instant, his spiritual energy began to lose control, and his whole body felt weak as if his tendons had been pulled.

Chen Yingong nodded with satisfaction: "Jiancang, your skill in refining Lue Ling Powder is becoming more exquisite. Its particles are even smaller than before. If someone is unaware, they would definitely not easily discover this Lue Ling Powder."

"Then shall we still go by the previous price, 5000 spiritual stones per jade bottle?" Chen Yingong didn't even blink, as if 50000 spiritual stones were nothing to him.

Seeing Chen Yingong proactively mention the price, Chen Jiancang stopped speaking and nodded in agreement.

After all, this price was enough to cover all the costs of setting up his Spirit Field, and he still made a large profit.

The transaction was completed, and the spiritual stones were received. Chen Jiancang was happy in his heart.

But remembering the other purpose of his trip, he spoke directly: "Uncle-Grandfather, there is one more matter I need to inform you of. I plan to stop cultivating Lueling Grass from now on."

"What?" Chen Yingong looked at Chen Jiancang in disbelief, then asked, "Jiancang, is there a reason? Although cultivating Lueling Grass is complex, requires harsh conditions, and relies on the Spirit Field's soil fertility, Uncle-Grandfather's price for Lue Ling Powder isn't low. That price is enough for you to make a fortune, so why stop cultivating Lue Ling Powder?"

Chen Jiancang shook his head helplessly and said: "Uncle-Grandfather, you might not know, but recently the Dan Hall's Alchemy tasks have increased, and cultivating Lueling Grass is quite energy-consuming. I truly have limited energy and no time for other matters, which is why I decided to stop cultivating Lueling Grass."

Chen Jiancang naturally couldn't reveal the reason that the Golden Finger no longer gave rewards, so he could only use the excuse of limited energy to prevaricate.

"This..." Chen Yingong frowned slightly. Lue Ling Powder was a consumable, and he had recently been gradually equipping the Law Enforcement Hall Disciples with Lue Ling Powder. The amount of these ten jade bottles was merely a drop in the bucket.