After listening, Zhou Sheng realized the preciousness of this Cultivation Technique.
Normally, he would devote most of his Heart Monkey to Cultivate, and the remaining part of his Heart Monkey would be like a rope.
When his Heart Monkey deviated, he would pull it back.
Through this constant pulling, the rope would gradually thicken, and the amount of Heart Monkey remaining for Cultivation would decrease, until finally, he could Cultivate even while active.
"Zhao Senior Brother, you are too amazing! To think of something like this is incredibly precious.
This... I... I don't even know how to repay you.
How about I become your disciple?"
Zhou Sheng's serious expression made Zhao Huanzhen burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, Junior Brother, there's no need for that.
Let's just be good friends.
As the saying goes, 'a thousand pieces of gold cannot buy my willingness'.
I have finally found my Dao.
From now on, you'll have to rely on yourself.
I've decided to go down the mountain and see this mortal world.
Forty years in a dream, it's time for a carefree journey."
At this moment, a certain shackles on Zhao Huanzhen seemed to shatter.
A gentle breeze blew, and he instantly achieved a Breakthrough to Qi Condensation tenth layer.
Zhao Huanzhen gave Zhou Sheng a Middle-Rank Spirit Plant planting manual, then went to the Sect to report his departure down the mountain.
Zhou Sheng could only silently wish his Senior Brother, who had always looked after him, well.
He was alone again.
Zhou Sheng sat in his room, sighing, but then he thought about how he could Cultivate day and night from now on, and his mood brightened.
The Heart Monkey Cultivation Technique sounded simple, and in practice, it was easy to Cultivate, but the difficulty lay in reaching the miraculous Realm Zhao Senior Brother spoke of.
After a few days, he finally managed to separate a wisp of Heart Monkey without affecting his Cultivation.
His Cultivation was at a standstill, but after the new Spiritual Plants were planted, they grew very smoothly, and he had Spiritual Qi nourishing his body again, so carrying buckets of Spirit Spring water was no longer strenuous.
His own Spirit Field had now been cultivated, with Spirit Valley planted in the middle, including that one Spirit Valley that wouldn't grow tall.
Beside this special Spirit Valley, there was also a special Spiritual Plant: the seed of a blood jade fruit.
Zhou Sheng wasn't sure if it would sprout, but for Spiritual Plants he didn't have to pay for, if it sprouted, it was a pure profit.
Next, he planted Mountain Melon and Wood Celery.
Although there were only three Mountain Melon plants, their vines grew everywhere, almost changing daily, and they also required the most Spirit Spring water every day.
If they weren't given enough, their leaves would wilt.
The Wood Celery quickly grew taller than Zhou Sheng.
Its leaves were extremely thin but very tough, making them one of the raw materials for Dharma robes.
Life on a two-point-one-line schedule always passed quickly, and thus a year went by.
The Spirit Valley had been harvested twice, and his Cultivation of Heart Monkey had been unable to Breakthrough the final Bottleneck.
However, whether it was due to the Spirit Stone he exchanged or simply time, he felt a slight anomaly during his Cultivation that night.
The Spiritual Qi filaments in his Qi Residence slowly pulsed, and a sound of breaking bubbles came from within his body.
"Pop~" Zhou Sheng finally reached Qi Condensation first layer.
"Hmm~ This wasn't easy~ It's a pity there are still nine layers to go.
If I could Breakthrough one layer every year as smoothly as this, I'd be at Foundation Establishment by seventeen~ But why can't my Heart Monkey reach the Realm Zhao Senior Brother mentioned?
Am I too dumb?
Sigh, never mind.
The book says to let nature take its course; everything has its own destiny."
Zhou Sheng lay in bed, lost in thought, and for some reason, he couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
After tossing and turning several times, he flipped over and got up.
"When in doubt, first check my Spirit Field."
Feeling his way through the dark night, Zhou Sheng arrived at his Spirit Field and checked each Spiritual Plant he had planted one by one.
"Eh!!"
His gaze fixed on that special Spirit Valley.
There was actually an insect infestation on that Spirit Valley!
The insects were pitifully few, but they had still gnawed away quite a few leaves.
Zhou Sheng picked off these few scattered insects and observed them carefully.
"Eh, there's actually a golden line on the leaf veins of the Spirit Valley.
Could this Spirit Valley have mutated?
But, I haven't seen any examples of mutated Spirit Valley in books.
And it just so happened that it encountered an insect infestation precisely when I reached Qi Condensation first layer."
Unable to figure it out, he could only attribute it to his own good luck.
"Eh!! What's this?"
Beside this Spirit Valley, a red tender sprout had grown.
The blood jade fruit seed had sprouted!
With double blessings, Zhou Sheng was overjoyed.
He simply used the sky as a cover and the ground as a bed, lying down in the middle of the Spirit Field and falling asleep.