Chapter 8: Void Pearl

"That's right, no doubt, this is for you, but there's a condition: you have to do something for me." Li Xuan handed the Flower Pot to Bai Wen and solemnly said to Bai Wen.

"Don't worry, whatever it is, I'll make it happen!" Bai Wen clutched the Flower Pot tightly, perked up, and looked at Li Xuan anxiously, saying.

"Help spread the word that I can cultivate seeds; for every ten seeds I cultivate, I take one, or I trade ten seeds for nine Flower Seedlings." Li Xuan thought for a moment, then said to Bai Wen.

Li Xuan's rule is still humane: the cost is One for Ten, meaning if a hundred seeds are all given to Li Xuan for cultivation, ninety plants remain, enough to pass the Chrysanthemum Douluo inspection.

It seems that with this ratio for exchanging seeds or cultivating Flower Seedlings, these Flower Slaves will sharpen their minds to come to Li Xuan for exchange.

"Then can I ask you to help me cultivate Flower Seedlings?" Bai Wen asked Li Xuan again, nervous.

Bai Wen is not good at cultivating plants; each cultivation puts Bai Wen dancing on the brink of life and death.

"Of course, as long as you have Seed and can give me sufficient price, I can provide you with seedling cultivation." Li Xuan said to Bai Wen with a smile.

"I still have forty Seed, I'll give them all to you for cultivation." Bai Wen immediately took a Seed bag from the chest, handed it to Li Xuan, the motion so fast it seemed Li Xuan might regret it at any moment.

These forty Seed are all ones Bai Wen is unsure can be planted, so they were carried around, hoping to trade them with others for some easy‑to‑plant Seed.

"Forty Seed, I'll take four, leaving thirty‑six; you may let me cultivate them, or you can pick from these Flower Seedlings the ones you can keep alive and take away." Li Xuan pointed at a large pile of Flower Pot behind him and said.

"Thank you, thank you!" Bai Wen, tearfully grateful, bowed to Li Xuan, then went into Li Xuan's Courtyard to start selecting.

However, this morning Li Xuan had exchanged his easier‑to‑plant Seed with others for some less easy ones, so the Flower Seedlings in these Flower Pot are of high quality and also more difficult to grow.

So after a round of selection, Bai Wen sadly hugged a Flower Seedling and walked out of Li Xuan's Courtyard.

"Alas… the Flower Seedling quality here is too high; I've never seen it, let alone cultivated it. I decide to leave my Seed here with you and will come back to collect them once they're cultivated." Bai Wen smiled helplessly at Li Xuan and said.

"Alright, once these Seed are cultivated, I'll inform you; then bring several Flower Pot to collect the Flower Seedlings." Li Xuan nodded, agreeing to Bai Wen's words.

"Thank you, thank you!" Bai Wen again bowed to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan watched Bai Wen's back, shook his head, then took all the Seed from Bai Wen's Seed bag and examined them one by one.

After inspecting the Seed quality, Li Xuan also frowned.

Chrysanthemum Douluo somehow managed to collect so many exotic flower and herb Seed; half of the forty Seed are precious, and ten are of rare quality.

Li Xuan put five of the rare‑quality Seed into his own Seed bag, then picked up the remaining Seed and went to the Courtyard.

The vessels used for seedling cultivation yesterday had just transplanted their Flower Seedlings out, leaving them empty and ready for new Seed.

Li Xuan wasn't in a hurry; he carefully sorted the Seed, then cultivated them using the most suitable seedling method.

After a few hours, by high noon, Li Xuan finally completed seedling cultivation for all forty newly obtained Seed; now he waits for them to sprout.

After a busy morning, Li Xuan was exhausted.

He sat on the ground, grabbed the remaining mineral water and drank it. After a short rest, Li Xuan climbed up from the ground.

Although the Seed are all processed, the next most critical step is to use the Green Spirit Liquid from the small green bottle.

Li Xuan extended his hand, and with a flash of light, the small green bottle appeared in his hand.

He took the Old Actor Pot from the water tank, filled it with water, then dropped the Green Spirit Liquid into it.

In an instant, the water in the pot turned green.

Li Xuan paused briefly, then poured all the Green Spirit Liquid onto the Kongming Grass.

Now Li Xuan has no urgent plants to cultivate, so he decides to cultivate Kongming Grass.

A hundred‑year Kongming Grass will bear a Void Pearl, which contains storage space; this is exactly what Li Xuan needs most now.

As the Kongming Grass absorbed the Green Spirit Liquid, all its branches and leaves instantly stood upright and grew at a visibly rapid rate.

In the blink of an eye it grew from a few centimeters to over thirty centimeters; leaf count rose from five to ten, each leaf doubled in size and became much plumper, showing no sign of malnutrition.

At that moment, Li Xuan noticed the ink‑colored bead beneath the lowest leaf wobbling as if it could fall off at any time.

Instinctively, Li Xuan reached out to catch it.

But before Li Xuan could extend his hand, the bead fell from the leaf onto the ground inside the house.

"The Void Pearl is ripe already?" Li Xuan, delighted, squatted down and picked the Void Pearl from the ground.

The Void Pearl is about the size of a lotus seed, entirely jet‑black and crystal clear, dazzling like a black pearl, and feels extremely hard to the touch, like a stone.

【Congratulations, Host, for obtaining one Void Pearl, gaining 1 point of secondary profession "Herbal Farmer" experience】

"So cultivating fruit yields secondary profession experience; I just don't know what benefits come from upgrading the secondary profession." Li Xuan's eyes brightened, and he said contentedly.

Li Xuan reached out, lifted the Void Pearl, and then slowly infused his soul power from his body into the Void Pearl.

As Li Xuan's soul power entered, he could clearly feel the space inside the Void Pearl begin to twist and expand slowly, then stabilize.

Finally it formed an independent space about the size of a cabinet, roughly three cubic units.

"So this is the storage space? How amazing!" Li Xuan toyed with the Void Pearl in his hand, his eyes full of affection.

Li Xuan suddenly took a bag of Seed from his pocket; with a thought, the Seed bag vanished into thin air, and a moment later reappeared in his hand.

This space felt extremely comfortable to Li Xuan, using it was as easy as his own arm, effortless.

Now Li Xuan has nothing valuable to store, so Li Xuan carefully bound the Void Pearl with a grass rope and then hung it on his neck.

From today onward, Li Xuan also becomes a person with storage space! (End of chapter)