Chapter 131 - Planting Lingzhi (2/2)

After having narrowed his options down to these three types, Ye Chen gently and cautiously opened a Blood-Fungus. A few moments later, he had plenty of black grain-like seeds in his palm. These were Lingzhi spores. Lingzhi mushrooms depended on these things to reproduce. Then, Ye Chen carefully scattered these spores all over the forest.

This world had rich and concentrated Celestial Chi, so it was very suitable for growing Lingzhi mushrooms. Logically speaking, there should be way more Lingzhi mushrooms in this world but in reality, Lingzhi was a rarity. The first reason for this was because it was not easy for Lingzhi to reproduce. Although each Lingzhi mushroom was capable of producing a large number of spores, not many of these spores would end up in places that were suitable for Lingzhi to grow. The second reason was that the demand for Lingzhi was simply too high in this world. Even if Lingzhi mushrooms were growing in the most dangerous forests and mountains, many combatants would not hesitate to go and harvest those Lingzhi mushrooms. Some mystical beasts and Celestial Beasts also knew how to utilize these natural treasures. Thus, Lingzhi had been overharvested all these years.

Ye Chen had scattered three types of Lingzhi spores in all areas with optimal growing conditions for Lingzhi in the forest. At midnight, as having finished scattering the spores, he finally sighed in relief and went back full of joy while wondering what would come out of this. At this point, he could only wait patiently for the results.

This was as much as Ye Chen could do since he was no expert in tending to crops like these. He hoped that these Lingzhi mushrooms had enough vitality to grow.

Ye Chen went to bed filled with feelings of anticipation. In his dream, Ye Chen was in a daze and felt as though he had gone back to the forest and saw Lingzhi mushrooms growing everywhere. Each Lingzhi was small and flat like Little Tanuki’s ears and was emanating a pleasant and refreshing medicinal fragrance.

Although he had been through so many hardships and frustrations, Ye Chen was still open to experiencing this world with a childlike heart.

When Ye Chen woke up in the morning, he could not help laughing as he realized that it had all been just a dream.

“Little Tanuki, do you think I’ll be able to plant Lingzhi?” Ye Chen asked while turning to Little Tanuki with a smile.

Little Tanuki stared at him with an odd gaze. ‘Planting Lingzhi? Has Ye Chen gone crazy?’

“Forget I ever asked.” Ye Chen chuckled awkwardly.

Peace settled over the valley as nothing major happened recently. All construction work for Ye Chen’s cabin had also been completed, so he returned to his room and focused on studying alchemy.

If Ye Chen wished to learn how to refine and produce, of course, he would have to start with the most basic Chi-amassing Pill. Ye Chen had asked his third uncle, Ye Zhanxiong, to purchase a large amount of Chi-amassing Pill ingredients from outside, so it should be enough for him to use for quite some time after this.

Ye Chen flipped to the first page of the book called “The Grand Supreme Way of Alchemy” and copied down the instructions on how to refine and produce the Chi-amassing Pill before putting it aside.

The only thing left to prepare was the refining furnace. Ye Chen extended his consciousness into the space inside his armguard to bring out the refining furnace. However, after a long period of struggle, he came to realize that this refining furnace could not be moved at all as though it was attached to the space inside the armguard.

Ye Chen was dumbfounded. How was he supposed to use this refining furnace? Could it be that he was supposed to refine and produce the pills within this space inside the armguard?

However, he could not enter this space in the armguard!

This space in the armguard was the same as the space inside a Heaven-Earth Pouch. All living things would die the moment they entered this space!