[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho":3,"chapter-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-47":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting Immortal Cultivation from the Clan School",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2313941,4525,"Chapter 47: Buying Seeds","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-47",47,"\u003Cp>“Can you show me a few seeds?” Su Jin asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course.” The female cultivator immediately pulled out a checkered tray—a shallow dish covered in scrolling floral patterns, but with specially molded circular compartments at the bottom, each holding seven to ten tiny seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin examined each one in turn; whenever she spotted a seed that interested her, she carefully pinched one out to inspect it more closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female cultivator smiled at the little girl, who seemed utterly serious in her selection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, she didn’t believe pinching a few seeds could actually pick out good ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think you’re a Spirit Gardener?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of seed is this? I think it suits me best,” Su Jin said, holding up a tiny seed with clear delight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s a yellow-skinned gourd seed. Are you sure you want it?” the female cultivator asked quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, I’m certain,” Su Jin said. “I want this kind of gourd vine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait here a moment—I’ll go get them for you.” The female cultivator returned shortly, carrying a large ceramic jar. “All these are yellow-skinned gourd seeds. Do you want to pick them yourself, or should I just grab two hundred for you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want a thousand. I’ll pick them myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, come over and pick then.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female cultivator placed the jar before Su Jin and brought her a small stool to sit on while selecting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin happily sat down, ready to show off her skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, by the way, Madam Manager, I’d also like three first-rank Golden Silk Blueberries. Do you have any?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We have second-rank ones too. But three first-rank Golden Silk Blueberries cost forty-five spirit stones—not cheap,” the female shopkeeper said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll take them,” Su Jin declared confidently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I’ll go get them.” The female cultivator turned and walked deeper into the shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin wasn’t slow in picking seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her small hand reached out, and whenever she felt a suitable seed, it automatically leapt into the wooden box the shopkeeper had prepared for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the shopkeeper returned, Su Jin had already picked half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shopkeeper glanced at her in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this little girl really pick seeds so fast?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she just grabbing handfuls and calling it done?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the shopkeeper return, Su Jin deliberately slowed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, she wouldn’t need much longer to finish selecting all the seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she reached the end, Su Jin finally pulled up a shriveled old gourd seed. It looked nearly identical to the surrounding yellow-skinned gourd seeds, but slightly darker, and clearly bore the weight of age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, Su Jin placed it into the box too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Madam Manager, I’m done picking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shopkeeper glanced inside the wooden box—the number of seeds looked close to a thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, take them. Oh, and here are your Golden Silk Blueberries.” She placed a second wooden box before Su Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin opened the box. Inside were only three blueberries, each no bigger than her fist—tiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such small fruits, and each one cost fifteen spirit stones?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure profiteering!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Madam Manager, do you have Golden Silk Blueberry seeds? I only need three.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female cultivator burst into laughter—clear, melodic, yet tinged with faint mockery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin frowned. What’s so funny? Others can grow Golden Silk Blueberries, but if I try, I get laughed at?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little guest, you attend school every day—where would you find time to grow Golden Silk Blueberries?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Su Jin’s displeasure, the female cultivator quickly soothed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Golden Silk Blueberries bear fruit only once every three years, and require a specialist Spirit Gardener to cultivate them properly. You’re not a Spirit Gardener yet, are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a polite way of discouraging her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“More importantly, a single Golden Silk Blueberry seed costs one hundred and fifty spirit stones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you truly sure you want three?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin sucked in a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was robbery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who’d buy seeds this expensive?” Su Jin couldn’t help asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only the noble Spirit Gardeners,” the female cultivator replied. “They have so many spirit stones—what’s a few seeds to them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do Spirit Gardeners really have that much spirit stone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you sell your first-rank Golden Silk Blueberry fruits for only fifteen spirit stones each. Why are the seeds so much more expensive? Don’t these fruits contain seeds?” Su Jin asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They do contain seeds—but they’re fake. They look exactly like real seeds, but no matter how you plant them, they’ll never sprout,” the female cultivator said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seeds can be fake?” Su Jin stared at her in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seeds given out at the clan school, the ones her mother brought home—all of them sprouted when planted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course they can,” the female cultivator said firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Originally, wild spirit plants produced real seeds. But even real seeds rarely sprout.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, to cultivate better spirit plants and ensure more cultivators could eat spirit fruits, Spirit Gardeners used generations of selective breeding to create fruits that only produced fake seeds—or no seeds at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to their breeding, spirit plant varieties multiplied, and fruit yields increased several-fold.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the seed problem continued to limit spirit plant development.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Spirit Gardeners invented the Seed Cultivation Art.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, for a spirit plant to produce real seeds, it must be done exclusively through the Seed Cultivation Art.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why seeds are far more expensive than the fruits themselves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you sold me yellow-skinned gourd seeds for one spirit stone per two hundred. Are those seeds fake too? If they can’t sprout, what’s the point of practicing Entanglement Technique?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The seeds I sold you are specially treated Spirit Seeds meant for practicing Wood-element techniques. They can root and bloom, but they cannot bear fruit—even if they do, they produce no seeds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So if I use up these thousand seeds and still want to practice Entanglement Technique, I’ll have to come back here to buy more?” Su Jin immediately understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No seeds—big profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was clearly a scheme by Spirit Gardeners to drain more spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly,” the shopkeeper said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see. Then I won’t buy Golden Silk Blueberry seeds—they’re too expensive. Here’s payment for the gourd seeds and the blueberries.” Su Jin handed over forty-eight spirit stones and took her two boxes before leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after she left, a middle-aged male cultivator walked in, hands behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dad, you’re here? I’ve already cleaned the whole shop,” the young female cultivator said with a bright smile.\u003C\u002Fp>",1081,"2026-06-20T13:23:54.434Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c87bb9aec91c6ef6fb9e47fa1d01f54be127ba8b5eebd839617ce1d87cb96232","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-48","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-46",156,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-cover.jpg"]