The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#360 - Lush

Chapter 357 Lush Greenery

Lu Jing came to Mirror Lake Valley to save someone, but unexpectedly gained a new martial art, and as a bonus, he received thirty white shells.

However, these thirty white shells belonged to fifteen people and haven't been collected yet, so Lu Jing, whose account hasn't been credited, can't immediately start drawing.

Afterwards, he first returned to his residence to practice the Sword Control Technique, and then caught up on some sleep. After waking up, he checked his Niwan Palace.

He found that, as Xia Huai had said, his Niwan Palace had been expanding all these days, and correspondingly, the secret power refreshed daily was also increasing.

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Although the rate of increase wasn't too fast, the frequency made Lu Jing feel a little panicked.

These days, he had crammed a lot of basic knowledge related to secret power, and was no longer a novice who knew nothing. He knew that most Foundation Establishment cultivators would basically need to cultivate for more than a month to feel the subtle changes in the Niwan Palace.

However, in his case, it changed every day. Even if his Secret Cauldron was Grade A, it shouldn't be so exaggerated, right?

Although with the practice of the Sword Control Technique, the sword spirit could absorb more secret power, which could basically offset this part of the increase, and this was also the reason why Lu Jing was temporarily fine now.

But he knew that all of this was only temporary.

Because once the Niwan Palace expanded to a certain extent, he would light up the second Divine Palace, becoming dual-core powered. At that time, he definitely wouldn't be able to withstand it with just one flying sword.

Lu Jing originally thought that he would need to practice for at least five or six years to reach the next realm, but now it seems that he might become a dual-palace cultivator in as little as two months.

However, Lu Jing couldn't smile at all. He was now full of urgency, knowing that he must find a way to limit the growth of secret power as soon as possible.

But before that, he needed to extend his activity time first.

In fact, Lu Jing had been pondering this matter these days. Before Wu Han came to him, he already had some clues, but now he was finally able to free up his hands to start testing.

Lu Jing first tried spells.

Spells were the most commonly used means by cultivators, with various types and various functions.

Ideally, the more spells a cultivator mastered, the better, so that they could perfectly cope with various situations.

But in reality, except for existences with extraordinary talents like Xia Huai, most people didn't find it easy to cultivate spells, and needed to spend a lot of time exploring and learning.

Moreover, successfully casting a spell wasn't the end point. The same spell could have different effects when cast by different people.

For example, the third question of the previous Little Competition was originally intended to test the cultivation results of the academy's disciples in the Stealth Technique.

As a result, the scene at that time was truly a scene of demons dancing wildly. After casting the Stealth Technique, some people were almost transparent, some only looked a little faded, as if a filter had been added, and some people's heads were gone, or only their heads were left.

The most exaggerated thing was that a female disciple was still there, but she had actually made her clothes invisible. Fortunately, her companion saw that something was wrong and took action at the first time, wrapping her in her own extra clothes in time.

Otherwise, it would be a small matter if she failed the Little Competition, but afterwards, she would probably have no face to stay in the academy.

And if you want to improve the effect of spells, in addition to the understanding of the spells, the only thing left is to practice hard.

Just like most things in this world, the more you do, the more proficient you will naturally become.

While Lu Jing was catching up with Xia Huai these days, he was also choosing spells suitable for his own cultivation.

However, the way he chose spells was different from the way others chose spells. Things that ordinary people valued most, such as function and power, Lu Jing didn't care much about. What he cared about besides consumption was still consumption.

According to this standard, the most popular spells among the academy's disciples were excluded by him.

The spell Lu Jing finally chose was an unpopular Taoist technique called Lush Greenery.

The function of this spell was very simple, it was to speed up the growth of plants.

It was rumored that when practiced to the highest level, as long as you threw a peach pit on the ground, it would sprout in the morning, become a tree in the afternoon, and you could eat the peaches on the tree the next morning.

Speaking of function, it was actually quite useful, especially for those who refine pills, many of the pills they refine required herbs of sufficient age.

If they were all collected, the cost would be very high, but mastering Lush Greenery could greatly alleviate this problem.

However, according to Xia Huai, even people who went to listen to lectures on pill refining rarely chose to cultivate this spell.

The reason was very simple. This spell consumed a lot of secret power when cast, almost the most secret power-consuming among low-level spells.

Now that everyone had just entered the academy and embarked on the path of cultivation, there were too many things to learn and cultivate. Secret power was precious to everyone, and it would be a waste to use it to grow vegetables.

However, Lu Jing didn't have this concern, or rather, the reason why he chose Lush Greenery was because he valued this characteristic of it.

Lu Jing then took out a full three days of free time to learn this spell. Two days later, he stood in his own small courtyard and finally successfully cast Lush Greenery on a weed for the first time.

However, the weed didn't grow vigorously because of this, but instead looked a little more wilted than before, and its leaves drooped down.

Lu Jing scratched his head, he didn't know what went wrong.

So he could only use the most stupid method, and cast Lush Greenery several more times. As a result, he saw that the weed was completely lying on the ground under the nourishment of his spell, and even the leaves turned yellow, looking like it couldn't be saved.

So Lu Jing changed a new target, found another weed and continued to cast Lush Greenery.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Jing had unknowingly completed his weeding activity in the courtyard for today.

After another half an hour, Lu Jing finally touched a little trick after ruining a small piece of land where he was standing, leaving no grass growing.

So then he stepped forward and walked towards a black nightshade not far away, and gave that innocent black nightshade a shot of Lush Greenery.

And this time, the black nightshade actually withstood Lu Jing's spell. Although it still became a little listless afterwards, a small bulge grew on one of its stems, looking like a flower bud.

Lu Jing's spirit was also shaken when he saw this. Sure enough, spells still need to be practiced more, so he worked harder and cast Lush Greenery on the black nightshade again.

However, then he saw that the black nightshade also withered like the weeds in his yard before, and the small bulge also fell off.