Cultivation: I have an omnipotent land

Chapter 13 Grafting of Spirit Plants

Seeing how quickly the spiritual plant was growing, Xiao Ming was overjoyed.

He originally thought that it wouldn't be surprising if something like a third-tier demonic beast like Flame took a year or two to grow.

However, this spiritual plant not only sprouted instantly, but also took only three days to leave the seedling stage and transform into the growth stage.

In less than half a month, it was about to transform again.

Xiao Ming poured another bottle of demon blood on it, and the spiritual plant began to emit a faint glow, a sign that it was about to advance.

As the light slowly faded, the Flame Spirit Plant had officially entered the third stage of fruit-bearing.

[Name]: Fire Yang Demon Flame

[Growth Status]: Fruiting stage (5%)

Current Status: Good

The plant was entirely made of glass, like a half-melted fire jade, with tiny specks of light emanating from its roots and stems, reaching all the way to its golden-red leaves.

Among the branches and leaves, several small flames were being conceived.

Witnessing the remarkable changes in this spiritual plant, Xiao Ming couldn't help but guess that the blood of the Fire Sun Bird demon must be the special nutrient needed by this demonic fire spiritual plant.

According to the mechanism of the omnipotent land, the growth rate of spiritual plants will change significantly after special conditions are met.

With that in mind, Xiao Ming went to the spiritual plant that was in its growth period.

These are two high-level talismans planted by Xiao Ming, and they are also the spiritual plants that have been cultivated for the longest time.

How can I make them bear fruit quickly? Should I stop watering and use talisman ink instead? Is it general talisman ink, or a specific high-level talisman ink?

But high-level rune ink isn't cheap either.

Xiao Ming subconsciously looked at the fire-avoiding talisman spirit plant, which was the only fourth-stage shrub spirit plant that Xiao Ming had grown.

With stable yields and minimal care required, it truly is a model of a hardworking and selfless spiritual plant.

Suddenly, a strange thought flashed through Xiao Ming's mind.

Can I try grafting?

Whether in my previous life or in this life, all the plant spirit masters I've come to know seem to possess plant grafting techniques.

If I can successfully graft it, wouldn't that allow this slow-growing spiritual plant to skip the first three stages and directly enter the worry-free fourth stage, the shrub stage?

The moment the idea popped into Xiao Ming's head, he felt excited.

If this experiment succeeds, his cheat ability will be greatly enhanced again, and even if it fails, it seems that he won't suffer any major losses.

With this in mind, Xiao Ming immediately took action.

He exited the omnipotent space and immediately went out to North Street to find Hu Laosan.

After purchasing a detailed book on grafting spiritual plants from him, I also bought the tools that the spiritual plant master uses specifically for grafting.

After returning home, Xiao Ming immediately began to study it seriously.

After gaining a basic understanding of spirit plant grafting, Xiao Ming couldn't wait to start practicing it.

Xiao Ming would definitely not want to use the precious spiritual plants in the all-purpose soil for experiments.

As a result, the spiritual plants planted in the courtyard suffered greatly. Xiao Ming hadn't taken care of them much to begin with, and after all that trouble, nearly half of them died within a few days.

Fortunately, the sacrifice of these spiritual plants was worthwhile. As he continued to conduct experiments, Xiao Ming's skills became more and more proficient, and the grafting success rate increased from less than 10% at the beginning to 80% now.

"We can get started now."

Having gained confidence, Xiao Ming brought his tools to the omnipotent space.

He first cut off two branches of the fire-avoiding talisman plant, and then took two young buds from two high-level talisman plants in their growth period.

Then, he carefully grafted the two buds onto the branch and tied the grafting opening with a thin rope.

"Now all we can do is wait," Xiao Ming muttered to himself.

The waiting time was agonizing, but fortunately, Xiao Ming had other things to do.

That means the Flame Spirit Plant has matured.

【Fire Sun Demon Flame】: (100% Maturity)

Several small flames were hidden among the branches and leaves of the spiritual plant, like a few firebirds perched on a small tree.

The firebird is translucent, and if you look closely, you will find that the core of the fire is a feather.

"I actually managed to grow it!" Xiao Ming was excited, but also somewhat bewildered.

What can this flame be used for?

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Ming could only come up with one reasonably reliable idea: to learn a fire control spell.

This way, we'll have another option when facing enemies in the future.

Having made up his mind, Xiao Ming went to North Street again and found Yuanbao Pavilion, which he hadn't visited for a while.

Somewhat strangely, Yuanbao Pavilion, which used to be packed with customers, was rather quiet today, with hardly any customers in sight.

As Xiao Ming walked in, he looked around and spotted Manager Feng, but the old man seemed a bit strange today.

In the past, he would always sit in front of the counter with his eyes closed, resting. But once a distinguished guest arrived, he would greet him with a smile, while his eyes would gleam with shrewdness.

But even though Xiao Ming had already walked right up to him today, he didn't react at all. He just huddled in the counter, as if he were sleeping.

Xiao Ming wanted to scare him, so he deliberately raised his voice.

"Manager Feng, get up and greet our guests!"

"Don't come any closer! I didn't... I didn't!!" Manager Feng jumped up suddenly, shouting in panic.

Xiao Ming then noticed that the old man's eye was swollen and his head was wrapped in bandages.

"Manager Feng, are you alright?"

"Elder Feng suffered a shock a couple of days ago, please forgive him, Fellow Daoist Xiao." Yuan Qing suddenly came out and led Xiao Ming to a private room on the second floor.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, I apologize for the poor hospitality of our shop." Yuan Qing poured tea for Xiao Ming with a look of apology.

"Sect Master Yuan, what's wrong with Manager Feng today?" In Xiao Ming's memory, although this old man surnamed Feng's cultivation was not very high, he was good at scheming. How could he be so out of control?

"There is indeed a reason why Elder Feng has become like this." Yuan Qing sighed when he mentioned the old man surnamed Feng, and unconsciously tightened his grip on the cup.

Have you seen the little red posters on the south market street?

"I haven't been there recently," Xiao Ming said, shaking his head.

"If I hadn't given him some benefits, I'm afraid Elder Feng would have been on the list too."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming nearly spat out his tea. "What kind of bizarre news is this? I remember Manager Feng is almost eighty years old, isn't he? An eighty-year-old man molesting a female cultivator?"

"Fellow Daoist Xiao should understand this. You guessed right. This was nothing more than the law enforcement team colluding with that female cultivator to deliberately set a trap and frame her," Yuan Qing explained the whole story.

It turned out that the series of so-called female cultivator humiliation incidents in the market street had caused panic among the independent cultivators. In addition, the increase in stall fees drove away the flow of customers, which made business on North Street suddenly boom, and several shops made a fortune.

Before they could even enjoy their good fortune for a few days, the enforcement team arrived, asserting that the shops on North Street were shameless. They claimed that while a female cultivator had been humiliated in the South Market Street, these shops in the North were taking advantage of the situation to profit, which they deemed a shameless act of leeching off the humiliated female cultivator. They insisted on charging the female cultivator an additional fee for emotional distress.

Shops in the north of the city naturally scoffed at this bizarre logic and launched a joint boycott.

Then the scandal of the shameless eighty-year-old man molesting the poor female cultivator was exposed. In order to avoid the old man surnamed Feng being dragged out and paraded through the streets by the law enforcement team, Yuan Qing had no choice but to back down.

Seeing that the law enforcement team could act so shamelessly, the other shops were also filled with fear and had no choice but to pay money to buy peace of mind.

"That's shameless," Xiao Ming said angrily.

"Is the leader of that enforcement team named Liu Di?" Xiao Ming asked.

"It is this woman." Yuan Qing nodded.

"To be honest, Fellow Daoist Xiao, this woman's actions are far too domineering and tyrannical. If any righteous person is willing to step forward and seek justice for everyone, all the shops in the north of the city will be eternally grateful." Yuan Qing glanced at Xiao Ming meaningfully as he said this.