Chapter 462 - The Two Tasks (2/2)

”I hope we can do it,” Ma Rong said as she stared at the seed in her hands. This was the seed to the Yin Gathering tree. It was a very hard seed to find, and even harder to grow.

Ma Rong has spend quite a lot during the first auction Alex had gone to with her to get it. The only reason she hadn't spent a lot more was due to the Yin Gathering Tree not having a great chance at germinating.

But, with the Umbra Lotus, it would now have a really high chance since it would have a head start in the quality of the Yin Qi from the very beginning.

”A seed that is rarer than the Spirit Cleansing lily, eh?” Alex thought. ”I hope this works out.”

”I hope so too,” Ma Rong said. She slowly lifted the Umbra Lotus towards herself and wrapped all 5 of its' petal around the seed. The flower wasn't very big, to begin with, so it could only barely wrap the seed in it.

Ma Rong then lowered them both onto a small hole on the ground she had prepared and buried it. Then, she released some of her own Yin Qi and scattered it around on the soil so that the tree could have an easier time finding Yin Qi when it started.

”Do we have to keep the place away from the sun?” Alex asked.

”No, the dirt will do that for us. Once the seed has started germinating, at that point there will be no need to keep it away from outside Yang energy so it will all be okay,” Ma Rong said.

”I see,” Alex said. ”So we're done here?”

”I believe so. I will come back once a week or maybe more frequently to cultivate here. While I try to practice containing my Yin Qi, the tree will get benefits from me doing that at least,” Ma Rong said.

”Okay, since we're done. Let's go to the next one,” he said.

Ma Rong nodded and flew down to the gate. Due to the formations around both of the Alchemy gardens, they couldn't just fly away.

Alex and Ma Rong then quickly went to the other side of the sect to the second Alchemy garden.

Alex stopped out of the gate and looked at the formation that was set out of the Alchemy garden. ”We should set it on the inside, right?” Alex asked.

”Yeah, that's better. Although, are you sure we shouldn't call someone that actually knows about formations to set them?” Ma Rong asked.

”Do you not trust your disciple with setting a formation?” Alex asked jokingly. ”Besides, it's not a formation we can reveal to someone so easily. You will understand once it has been set, master.”

With that, Alex went in. Ma Rong followed behind and went on to see what he was doing but all Alex did was walk around. He reached the very peak of the mountain and looked down.

”What are you looking for?” Ma Rong asked.

”For locations,” Alex said. ”I need to make sure the nodes are perfectly aligned on the same altitude, or the same orientation if they're on different altitudes.”

”I will have to set 3 different formations for it to work as effectively as it did back there,” Alex said.

He stopped speaking and looked around to find the most suitable placements. Once he thought he had it, he walked over to the places.

He took out a formation rod and started digging a bit of the ground. The more inside the formation was in the ground, the better it would be for the Alchemy garden. After all, many of the trees and plants got their nutrients from the root.

So, if he could make the soil they grew on rich with Qi as well, then it would be a great success.

Ma Rong stayed up on top of the mountain and watched her disciple put in one after another formation flags.

She was surprised how well he was handling the task he had put upon himself. 'So he really knows how to make and set formations, huh?' he thought with surprise. 'I wonder who taught it all to him.'

Not only was he getting great in alchemy, but his formation skills were also above average too. And that was considering he was making and setting True formations.

Alex went around the mountain to place down the formation flags in the night and occasionally went back to the peak of the mountain to check if his angles were correct. Once he made sure they were, he went back down to plant some more flags.

It took him nearly 3 hours to just plant those 24 formation flags. He might have finished it earlier if he didn't have to dig for all of them. Unfortunately, he didn't have any convenient earth technique that could move aside the ground for him.

Once they were all ready, he flew back to the peak of the mountain and looked down. ”That… looks symmetrical to me,” Alex said. ”Don't you think so master?”

”Yes, it does seem that way, but I'm not sure how well it will work,” Ma Rong said.

”I guess we will have to find out,” Alex said.. ”To start with, why don't you go and pour in some True Qi on that node.”