Chapter 30

During the test, this stone was also golden, but it only flickered for a moment.

Now, because of the infusion of He Pingsheng's magic power, the stone did not just flicker once, but remained golden the entire time.

After the energy supply was settled, He Pingsheng observed from the side for a long time before returning to his room to begin learning some techniques for collecting and grinding pollen.

It was not easy!

Of course, it was not very difficult either.

Because a single infusion of spiritual power could last for seven days, He Pingsheng could be considered to have enough time to cultivate.

He found a time when no one was around and took out a top-tier Qi Gathering Pill.

The fragrance soon spread out.

However, it was not a big problem.

First, although this fragrance was rich, there were very few people in the valley, and they were far away.

Beyond twenty zhang, it was difficult to smell the fragrance of this top-tier elixir.

Secondly, this place was originally a place for cultivating spiritual plants, where various spiritual herbs and flowers bloomed in competition, and the valley was already filled with the fragrance of various medicinal herbs.

After being masked by this layer of fragrance, the scent of the top-tier elixir in He Pingsheng's hand was diluted by another fifty percent.

He picked up the small, pitch-black axe and divided this elixir into four portions.

Because He Pingsheng had calculated that he needed to collect pollen about once every three days.

Therefore, he had to interrupt his cultivation every three days.

Exactly one-quarter of an elixir was enough for three days of cultivation.

After everything was done, He Pingsheng put away the other three elixir fragments, took out only one piece, threw it into his mouth, and began to cultivate.

With the improvement of his cultivation base, his speed in refining this elixir was also getting faster and faster.

Previously, he would have needed more than ten days to thoroughly digest this quarter of an elixir, but now he could finish refining it in less than three days.

One day!

Two days!

Three days!

After three days, He Pingsheng thoroughly digested the energy in this piece of elixir.

Then, he picked up his bottle and tools and went to the Sun Flower spiritual field.

It was time to collect pollen.

He Pingsheng arrived at the Sun Flower field with his tools and saw that the color of the stone had changed.

It had changed from golden to yellow.

In other words, the fire spiritual power inside could still last the Sun Flowers for another three or four days.

In this spiritual field, the number of Sun Flowers was not very large, only three hundred plants.

He Pingsheng spent about an hour finishing the collection, obtaining a total of more than one bottle of pollen.

These pollen grains were all red.

Clearly, this stuff was merely low-tier.

Collecting the pollen was not the end of the work; it still had to be ground.

Next was to grind the pollen into a finer powder; after all, this stuff had to be mixed into the talisman ink, and one had to ensure it was smooth enough when writing.

After grinding, it was placed into a jade bottle for storage.

Originally, He Pingsheng wanted to use his basin to see if he could strengthen it, but in the end, he gave up.

Because the risk of exposure was a bit too high.

Thus, collecting pollen every three days, after collecting about ten times, he uniformly delivered the ten bottles of ground pollen to the entrance of Elder Ku Mu's cave.

He Pingsheng worked cautiously and made no mistakes.

He followed the rules, neither gaining merit nor committing faults.

In a flash, two months passed.

The last two remaining top-tier 【Qi Gathering Pills】 he had were also completely consumed.

His cultivation resources were completely cut off; of course, he was still far from the fifth layer of the Qi Condensation Stage.

On this day, Elder Ku Mu walked out of his cave dwelling and called both He Pingsheng and Wang Dun before him.

"He Pingsheng has done well these past two months!" Elder Ku Mu looked at He Pingsheng, gave a praising evaluation, and then reached out to take out two spirit stones, tossing them through the air to He Pingsheng: "This is a reward from me to you!"

He Pingsheng was overjoyed: "Thank you, my lord!"

Wang Dun, standing to the side, looked on with envy.

"Hmm..." Elder Ku Mu nodded again and said: "Calculating carefully, there is one last month left in the blooming period of these Sun Flowers, but I have matters to attend to and need to leave the sect for a period of time. During this time, you must look after the Sun Flowers well for me!"

"After one month, the flowers will wither, and you need not worry about them!"

"Yes!" He Pingsheng bowed.

Elder Ku Mu added: "However, this stuff is not easy to preserve. After a long time, the fire attribute within will be lost. Once too much fire spiritual power is lost, this stuff will be unable to draw Fire Talismans!"

"But I do not know when I will return!"

"How about this... Wang Dun, when the time comes, you take He Pingsheng, head to Mount Matou, take the pollen obtained in this last month to the marketplace there, find a shop called 【Fenghe Manor】, and just hand this stuff to Shopkeeper Shi!"

"Yes..." Wang Dun and He Pingsheng bowed.

Elder Ku Mu then took out a paper crane and gave it to Wang Dun.

Following this, Elder Ku Mu left the Spiritual Herb Valley.

In the vast valley, only He Pingsheng and Wang Dun remained.

Next!

He Pingsheng continued to work as usual.

Infusing spiritual power, collecting pollen, grinding pollen.

During this period, Wang Dun would come to monitor him from time to time, as if he were afraid that He Pingsheng would steal something.

He Pingsheng felt amused in his heart.

Sure enough, just as Elder Ku Mu had said, after these three hundred-plus Sun Flowers passed their final month, they all withered overnight.

The pollen He Pingsheng obtained in this final month totaled a little over eleven bottles.

He had been working for three months.

The first month, he obtained a little over ten bottles of pollen.

The second month was also a little over ten bottles.

But for some reason, this month he had an extra bottle, reaching over eleven bottles.

This could not help but make his imagination run wild.

After all, during the blooming period, there was no accurate standard for how much pollen to collect each day; he only had a rough range.

A little more, a little less, no one would know.

Should he embezzle a little?

He Pingsheng could guarantee that even if he embezzled some, neither Elder Ku Mu nor Wang Dun would be able to discover it.

"Whew..."

Facing these eleven bottles of pollen, He Pingsheng did not hesitate much; he directly took one of the bottles and poured it into his own jade bottle!

"I am sorry, Elder Ku Mu!"

"This junior is truly lacking in cultivation resources!"

"I will borrow a bottle of pollen from you today!"

"When I have the opportunity in the future, this junior will certainly repay the karma of today!"

"One must be flexible in life; one cannot be a blockhead, right?"

With these thoughts in mind, He Pingsheng took a bottle of pollen without changing his expression. After packing up all the remaining pollen, he went to the front to find Wang Dun.

"Senior Brother Wang!" He Pingsheng said: "The Sun Flowers have all withered, the remaining pollen has been collected, and it has all been ground!"

"It is all here, please take a look!"

Wang Dun opened the cloth bag He Pingsheng had brought, looked at the eleven bottles, and said: "Junior Brother He, did you not think about keeping some for yourself?"

He Pingsheng immediately put on a solemn expression and said: "Elder Ku Mu has treated me well; I would absolutely never do such a thing!"

"Hehehe..." Wang Dun laughed and said: "How about this, we hide half a bottle; Elder Ku Mu might not know. When the time comes, we can say the flowers withered two days early, and who would know?"

"How about we split the spirit stones obtained from selling this half-bottle of pollen fifty-fifty, brother?"