“Qi Gathering and Spirit Nurturing…”
He Xiuyuan sat on a stone, looking at the Dao Spell in his hand, a thoughtful expression on his face.
According to the book, this method of Qi Gathering and Spirit Nurturing involves borrowing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, gathering the essence of the sun and moon, and after refining it, the medicinal materials can achieve a fortune-bestowing effect.
He Xiuyuan pondered, then began to try according to the Dao Spell.
Using Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and drawing the essence of the sun and moon, it was not easy to accomplish all of this.
He Xiuyuan sat cross-legged on the stone, watching the moonlight fall from the night sky, and began to absorb the power of the moonlight with his eyes closed.
As time passed little by little, after most of the night had gone by, the rising sun in the distance sent a fiery red light converging towards He Xiuyuan.
From its appearance, it was as if something within the sun was constantly being absorbed by He Xiuyuan.
And as these red lights continuously fell towards He Xiuyuan, a miraculous scene also occurred.
In He Xiuyuan’s hand was a drop of milky white liquid, and after the red light fell, it began to fuse with this milky white liquid.
In just a moment, the two began to merge continuously, seemingly wanting to fuse into one.
However, it was as if there was some deep-seated hatred between the two, and their Fusion appeared extremely difficult.
After persisting for a moment, He Xiuyuan’s brows furrowed.
He could feel that if he continued like this, forcing the essence of the sun and moon to fuse, it would definitely explode.
If that happened, it would be a failure.
After thinking for a moment, He Xiuyuan’s heart stirred slightly, causing the essence of the sun and moon to begin to rotate.
As the two began to spin rapidly, after a moment, these two drops of liquid actually vaguely formed the shape of a Bagua.
And the original mutual repulsion also began to gradually dissipate at this time.
Seeing this, He Xiuyuan’s brows lifted in delight, and then, as written in the Spell, he began to refine this object with the Spiritual Qi from his body.
This refining process took another half a day.
By the time He Xiuyuan stood up, he saw that the sun was already high in the sky.
“Phew… This Spell is truly time-consuming and energy-draining…”
He Xiuyuan rubbed his shoulders, then looked at the liquid in his hand, which appeared to be only about the size of a grain of rice.
This liquid was only the size of a grain of rice, looking like a tiny glass bead.
On the outside, it was wrapped in Spiritual Qi, while on the inside was the essence of the sun and moon.
Condensed together like this, when looked at, it was truly wondrous.
However, spending a whole day to refine such a small amount was too arduous.
He wondered if the speed of refining could be accelerated once he became proficient.
He Xiuyuan pondered for a moment, then stopped thinking about it.
Never mind all that, let’s eat first!
Having mastered this Spell, He Xiuyuan was also joyful at this moment, and quickly walked to the side to rummage around, finding several eggs in the chicken coop.
The hen, seeing He Xiuyuan take her eggs, immediately pecked at He Xiuyuan, but He Xiuyuan didn’t care much, taking the eggs to the side for an extra meal.
A moment later, He Xiuyuan, who had simply prepared some food, scratched his head after eating, surveying his surroundings.
“Strange, I told Crane Brother yesterday to bring back some medicinal materials, but he’s nowhere to be seen now, and where are the medicinal materials?”
When he mentioned this to the crane yesterday, the crane had agreed.
He Xiuyuan thought that with the crane’s ability, finding some medicinal materials should be easy.
However, by this time, there was no trace of the crane, nor any medicinal materials.
Could it be that these medicinal materials are hard to find?
He Xiuyuan was pondering this when he suddenly heard the sound of wings flapping not far away.
Then, He Xiuyuan looked up towards the source of the sound, and this sight immediately stunned him on the spot.
“What is that… thing?”
In the distance, the crane was flying towards them, and in its talons, it was grasping a tree?
He Xiuyuan was momentarily stunned by this, watching as the crane gradually approached and then set the tree down.
After landing, the crane looked at He Xiuyuan, then gestured to the tree at its feet, indicating for He Xiuyuan to plant it.
He Xiuyuan’s mouth twitched as he walked forward, seeing some fresh soil still clinging to the roots of the small tree, and immediately said helplessly.
“Didn’t I say to dig up some medicinal materials to bring back? Why did you bring back this tree?”
What was the point of planting this tree for no reason? From its appearance, it didn’t look like a fruit tree either.
He Xiuyuan found this somewhat strange.
But the crane, hearing these words, flapped its wings, came before He Xiuyuan, and pushed him forward, indicating for He Xiuyuan to just plant the tree first.
He Xiuyuan was made a bit dumbfounded by the crane’s actions.
“All right, all right, I’ll plant it, I’ll plant it, stop pushing.”
Although he didn’t know what the crane’s intentions or purpose were, it was just a tree after all, so planting it was fine.
Thinking this, He Xiuyuan walked to the side and began to dig a pit.
A moment later, after He Xiuyuan had dug the pit, he walked to the tree and helped it upright.
Then He Xiuyuan’s gaze fell on the crown of the small tree, and he was slightly startled.
“This is… a Crape Myrtle tree?”
He Xiuyuan looked at the small tree, immediately stunned, then his face showed surprise.
A Crape Myrtle tree, named Crape Myrtle, one knew that this Crape Myrtle tree was extraordinary.
He hadn’t paid much attention before, but now that he looked, he realized that the crane had actually dug up a Crape Myrtle tree.
However, He Xiuyuan looked closely, and there were no magical fluctuations on this Crape Myrtle tree.
“Does this tree have anything special about it?”
He Xiuyuan asked the crane curiously while planting the tree.
However, after seeing He Xiuyuan plant the Crape Myrtle tree, the crane said nothing more, only flapped its wings and flew away directly.
A moment later, the crane flew back again.
And this time, the crane’s beak held some medicinal materials.
Among these medicinal materials were various precious herbs such as ginseng, spiritual herb, and Polygonum multiflorum.
He Xiuyuan had just finished planting the Crape Myrtle tree, and seeing the medicinal materials brought back by the crane, his face immediately lit up with joy, and he quickly went to the side to dig out a medicinal field, preparing to plant these medicinal materials and then try out the Qi Gathering and Spirit Nurturing Dao Spell he had learned.
Meanwhile, the crane was hovering under the Crape Myrtle tree, seemingly quite satisfied with it, then slightly spread its wings and landed directly on the Crape Myrtle tree, beginning to rest with its eyes closed.
Digging out a medicinal field was not difficult for He Xiuyuan, and soon the medicinal field was dug, and He Xiuyuan planted the various medicinal materials brought back by the crane.
However, after counting, He Xiuyuan felt that there were still too few medicinal materials, so he immediately turned his gaze to the crane beside him.
“Crane Brother, there are still too few medicinal materials, you see…”
Hearing He Xiuyuan’s voice, the crane reluctantly opened its eyes, looked at He Xiuyuan, then spread its wings and flew off to dig for medicinal materials for He Xiuyuan.