Chapter 124: The Heavenly Crystal Lotus Matures
Three months passed in the blink of an eye. Since Shi Zhen absorbed the spirit ring, life gradually calmed down.
Shi Lin, Shi An, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar were trained by Zhao Wuji every day.
As for Flander, he took the other teachers to the new school site to supervise the construction. Zhao Wuji was abandoned by them and came to supervise the students' training.
After three months of training, Shi Lin's load has increased to 100 jin (50 kg), and he runs 5,000 meters every day.
It was also thanks to Shi Lin's breakthrough in soul power level, which reached level fifteen.
There was also the lean meat produced by the Beast Meat Gu; otherwise, Shi Lin's body simply couldn't withstand such high-intensity training.
Shi Lin had just finished running 5,000 meters carrying a stone heavier than himself, and sat on the ground, panting heavily.
Shi Lin, who was sitting on the ground, hadn't even caught his breath when he saw Lin Yu watching him from outside the training field.
Because Lin Yu is a food-type Soul Master and has only average talent, she did not undergo basic training.
When Shi Lin saw Lin Yu, although he was tired, he still stood up and walked towards Lin Yu. He figured that Lin Yu must have something to tell him at this time.
They arrived at the edge of the training field and stood before Lin Yu.
"Greetings, young master!" Lin Yu said respectfully to Shi Lin.
"Sister Lin Yu, is there something you need? Why are you looking for me at this hour?" Shi Lin asked Lin Yu curiously.
"Young Master, the Heavenly Crystal Lotus has bloomed." Lin Yu approached Shi Lin and whispered in his ear.
Shi Lin's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this.
The Heavenly Crystal Lotus is a valuable item. A Heavenly Crystal Lotus Gu refined from it can produce one Soul Power Crystal every day. This Soul Power Crystal can be directly absorbed, rapidly increasing one's strength.
More importantly, there are no side effects after absorbing soul power crystals. Not only will it not affect one's foundation, but it can also increase the purity of soul power.
"Sister Lin Yu, come on, take me to see it." Shi Lin said excitedly to Lin Yu immediately.
"Okay, this way please." Lin Yu nodded, then led Shi Lin away from the training ground.
The morning training had already ended, so Zhao Wuji didn't bother with Shi Lin leaving.
The academy is not yet fully completed, so the current training program only includes physical training. The remaining courses will have to wait until the academy is finished.
So everyone's waiting.
Shi An watched Shi Lin leave, then stood up, wanting to chase after him.
But as soon as he stood up, Zhao Wuji pressed him down.
"Anzi, have you recovered your strength? Let's keep running." Zhao Wuji gave Shi An a bright smile.
After all, Shi An is now Zhao Wuji's personal disciple and a strength-type Soul Master, so Shi An's training volume is twice that of Shi Lin.
Shi An sighed, then picked up the stone and continued running on the training field.
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Shi Lin and Lin Yu arrived at the underground botanical garden.
The botanical garden is now filled with all kinds of plants, many of which are flowers that Lin Yu bought in Notting City.
After all, the botanical garden was too monotonous with only bamboo and lotus, so Lin Yu brought back these flowers.
Moreover, the more plants there are in the botanical garden, the more plant energy the Little Grass and Tree Gu will produce.
Lin Yu did this in order to make the Little Grass and Tree Gu more effective.
As soon as Shi Lin entered the botanical garden, he smelled a faint fragrance.
That's right!
It's the fragrance of the Heavenly Crystal Lotus.
Lin Yu led Shi Lin into the botanical garden, and after walking a few steps, they saw the Heavenly Crystal Lotus in the water tank.
At this moment, all ten pots of Heavenly Crystal Lotus had bloomed, and each Heavenly Crystal Lotus was growing very well, which should be due to Lin Yu's careful care.
"Young Master, should we pick this Heavenly Crystal Lotus?" Lin Yu asked Shi Lin respectfully.
"Alright, let's pick five plants and keep the rest to see if they can continue to grow," Shi Lin muttered, stroking his chin.
Shi Lin was also thinking that if the Heavenly Crystal Lotus grew to a higher age, then he should be able to refine higher-level Gu worms.
In that case, the produced soul power crystals will be even more effective.
"Yes, young master." Lin Yu had no objection to Shi Lin's words. In Lin Yu's eyes, Shi Lin was very familiar with these things, and she just needed to follow Shi Lin's arrangements.
Shi Lin and Lin Yu worked together to harvest all five petals of the Heavenly Crystal Lotus. The main stem and roots were left intact, as Shi Lin wanted to see if the Heavenly Crystal Lotus could survive without its petals.
As for the lotus seeds, Shi Lin took them all down and then took out ten water vats to plant them.
Shi Lin would never complain about having too many Heavenly Crystal Lotus Gu.
This thing gathers soul power, doesn't need to be fed, and can even produce soul power crystals. It's practically the perfect worker!
Shi Lin counted the petals of the Heavenly Crystal Lotus, then found a box, put it in the box, and then placed it in his soul tool.
"Young Master, is there anything else we can do?" Lin Yu asked Shi Lin.
"By the way, did you record how many years it takes for the Heavenly Crystal Lotus to mature?" Shi Lin asked Lin Yu after thinking for a moment.
"Cloud Brew Bamboo and Heavenly Crystal Lotus started using the energy of plants around the same time. Now Cloud Brew Bamboo's cultivation has exceeded 50 years. By analogy, Heavenly Crystal Lotus should have been in bloom for about 50 years as well," Lin Yu thought for a moment and then said to Shi Lin.
After hearing Lin Yu's words, Shi Lin nodded in satisfaction.
If these plants can be cultivated to the level of 50 years in just five months, wouldn't that mean I can manually cultivate rare and precious herbs or top-grade medicinal materials?
In that case, the botanical garden would also bring a lot of wealth to the Shi family.
Aged medicinal herbs are very expensive everywhere.
"Sister Lin Yu, what medicinal herbs are planted in our botanical garden?" Shi Lin turned his head and asked Lin Yu.
"Yes, young master. I've planted some ginseng, lingzhi, and he shou wu here. I heard from the pharmacy owner that these medicinal herbs are quite valuable, so I planted them here," Lin Yu said shyly to Shi Lin.
Lin Yu thought that Shi Lin liked fresh flowers, and that if she planted medicinal herbs here, it would offend Shi Lin.
"Increase the planting of medicinal herbs, and those pretty flowers... if they don't work, plant them outside. Don't waste this land. It's rich in soul energy and nourished by the essence of plants. It would be a waste not to use it to grow medicinal herbs," Shi Lin said with a smile to Lin Yu.
Upon hearing Shi Lin's words, Lin Yu's eyes lit up, and she immediately nodded vigorously.
Lin Yu originally intended to plant medicinal herbs, but she was afraid that Shi Lin would think that medicinal herbs were not pretty and too monotonous, so she planted these flowers and plants instead.
"By the way, young master, there's something I'd like to trouble you with... I'd also like to ask you to refine some small herbal gu, so that these plants can grow faster. Small herbal gu can be stacked, and the herbal energy hasn't reached saturation yet," Lin Yu said nervously to Shi Lin.
Lin Yu was genuinely worried that refining Gu worms would affect Shi Lin's cultivation speed.
"Alright, later you have your servants gather some branches from older trees, as well as the branches that have naturally fallen from the Cloud Brewing Bamboo, and send them to my secret chamber for refining Gu worms," Shi Lin nodded to Lin Yu and said.
"Okay, thank you, young master!" Lin Yu nodded excitedly.
"Oh, right, you also need to purchase medicinal herbs for planting and seedlings. Go to the accounting office and get 1,000 gold soul coins, then send a servant to Notting City," Shi Lin said to Lin Yu after thinking for a moment.
"Alright, young master, I'll get right away!" Lin Yu nodded and then hurriedly left.
Looking at Lin Yu's expression, Shi Lin smiled and shook his head.
Today, the Shi family is thriving, and everyone is working hard to make the family better.
The future looks increasingly promising.
Shi Lin turned and left the botanical garden, returning to his secret chamber for refining Gu worms.
After taking out the petals of the Heavenly Crystal Lotus, Shi Lin began to use them to refine Gu worms.
This time, a total of fifty Heavenly Crystal Lotus petals were harvested.
Shi Lin took out some insect-type soul beasts from his soul tool.
After two hours of hard work, Shi Lin combined fifty Heavenly Crystal Lotus petals with these insects to refine a total of thirty-six Heavenly Crystal Lotus Gu.
"With these Heavenly Crystal Lotus Gu, my family members can all use soul power crystals to assist in their cultivation!" Shi Lin jumped up excitedly as he looked at the pile of Heavenly Crystal Lotus Gu in front of him.
However, only members of the Shi family can use this soul power crystal; its effects are simply too incredible.
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