Chapter 229: Swinging the Sword a Thousand Times a Day

Chapter 229: Swinging the Sword a Thousand Times a Day

Injecting Water Spirit Energy without damaging the internal structure and keeping it alive was a very difficult task.

If you were not careful, the flower seeds would be destroyed and could not be processed into seeds.

If the flower seeds were directly planted in the Spirit Field, their subsequent growth speed and finished quality would be poor, and they would most likely die prematurely.

For the first batch of twenty Water Orchids, Wang Che considered the matter of seeds and collected many flower seeds.

There were many flower seeds. One mature Water Orchid produced more than twenty seeds.

These flower seeds were also very good as raw materials for snacks.

But processing them into seeds had greater value.

In fact, for one Water Orchid, if you could process two or three seeds, that was pretty good.

“Did you just eat three leaves? Did you digest them using the Gold-Devouring Art?”

Wang Che asked.

Little Caterpillar nodded. The Life Energy in the leaves was always absorbed and digested using the Gold-Devouring Art.

Otherwise, it could not digest them at all.

However, as Little Caterpillar gradually absorbed the bloodline power of the Empty God Dragon through the True Dragon First Stage Form.

The speed of digestion and absorption became faster and faster.

It had to be said, the bloodline power of the Empty God Dragon was truly powerful.

Bloodline power was strong in any civilization.

It had only been a short while since it ate, but relying on the Gold-Devouring Art, Little Caterpillar had already completely absorbed the Water Spirit Energy in the leaves.

“Good, now, use Nature’s Power.”

Wang Che said, “Pay attention, when using it, mobilize your own Water Spirit Life Energy and feel the water in nature.”

Little Caterpillar nodded, closed its eyes, and started to sense.

Its Proficiency Level in Nature’s Power had already reached a very high degree.

In just a few seconds, as Little Caterpillar’s body faintly glowed with a light blue radiance.

Strands of water-blue light streams began to appear in the air, then slowly formed into streams of water in the air.

They softly encircled Little Caterpillar’s surroundings.

“Not bad. Having Water Spirit Life Energy really has an effect on your comprehension of Nature’s Power.”

Wang Che nodded satisfactorily, “Very good, from now on we don’t need to fetch water for watering. The water produced by Nature’s Power can be used directly for watering.”

Little Caterpillar: “…”

“Now try to use Nature’s Power, but don’t use it completely. There’s no need to let the Water Spirit Energy combine with nature, so it won’t produce water streams. Inject the Water Spirit Energy into this flower seed.”

Wang Che said.

Little Caterpillar thought for a while by itself, then nodded.

It used Nature’s Power again, and strands of water-blue light streams appeared in the air once more.

That was pure Water Spirit Energy.

Little Caterpillar’s Spiritual Power now far surpassed what it was before, so controlling it was not difficult.

The hard part was that the flower seed was too small.

When Little Caterpillar injected a strand of Water Spirit Energy into it, it could not control it well.

The first flower seed broke and was wasted because too much Water Spirit Energy was injected.

Wang Che encouraged from the side, and Little Caterpillar did not lose heart, continuing to try the next one.

The second, third, fourth…

In the end, more than ten flower seeds almost all broke and were wasted, leaving only one.

Smack!

Green Caterpillar angrily hit the Small Wooden House with its tail.

Helpless rage:

“ヽ(●-`Д′-)ノ”

It really was too difficult.

It was simply impossible!

Indeed, forget about a Green Caterpillar, even if it were an experienced Agricultural Soul Master, trying to process the seeds of a Soul Plant like the Water Orchid for the first time.

If they could succeed with one out of dozens of flower seeds, they could be very proud.

This required very delicate control. Without long-term experience accumulation, it could not be done.

At the same time, you had to be highly focused, without a single mistake.

The inside of the flower seed itself was very fragile, but the internal structure was not simple.

Injecting Water Spirit Energy into it was not something you could do casually.

And this was just the seed of the Water Orchid.

The more advanced the Soul Plant, the harder it was to process their seeds, and the difficulty was even higher.

Some that did not have seeds needed to be propagated through various parts, grafting, etc., and the difficulty was as high as reaching the sky.

For example, the remaining Nine-Shard Root that Wang Che had, there was still a small section of the root left.

If you just planted the root section in the Spirit Field, unless it was the real Myriad Treasure Dao Palace from Wang Che’s previous life, the true Spirit Field made from Nine Heavens Resting Soil and Heaven Water Spirit Spring, then it could grow.

Otherwise, even with the current Spirit Field, Wang Che was not confident it could grow normally.

You had to process and treat this small section before planting it.

Growing Natural Treasures was not easy.

Seeing Little Caterpillar go on strike.

“Good-for-nothing.” Wang Che criticized.

“Si wu si wu!”

Little Caterpillar was immediately displeased, shouting loudly at Wang Che.

If you have the ability, you try it!

“Then I will. You use Nature’s Power, and then don’t move.”

Wang Che said.

Little Caterpillar, unconvinced, used Nature’s Power.

A strand of water-blue light stream floated in front of it.

Wang Che moved his finger, and the Myriad Vault Dao Palace Martial Soul appeared.

A strand of Soul Power enveloped that strand of water-blue light stream.

Wang Che’s gaze focused, the Soul Power condensed into a thread, splitting that strand of water-blue light stream into countless fine streams with extreme precision.

Then, using Soul Power, he guided the water-blue light streams, divided as fine as hair, into the last flower seed.

Maintaining a constant speed, he slowly injected it in.

The process was extremely slow

A full minute had passed.

That wisp of Water Spirit Energy was finally fully infused into it.

The seed faintly glowed with a light water-blue radiance but did not break.

Little Caterpillar watched with wide eyes.

“Ssu wu ssu wu!”

Little Caterpillar immediately laughed and called out to Wang Che:

“\\(^o^)/”

Amazing, amazing!

Wang Che tapped Little Caterpillar on the head and said:

“Don’t think you can act cute to get away with it. From now on, take some time every day to practice processing.”

This skill relied on practice and experience, and of course, it took some talent and required a certain amount of Spiritual Power.

Generally, starting from the second year to the third year of college, processing and making seeds was a required subject for every student.

After all, as a student in the Agricultural Planting Major, not knowing how to process and make seeds was really not acceptable.

Its difficulty was naturally high and it took a lot of time.

Wang Che succeeded on his first try because his Proficiency Level was already maxed out.

One minute was his current limit, since his Divine Sense was only this much.

“Learning this also helps you control your own Spiritual Power. It will help with casting Soul Skills and in battles.”

Wang Che said, “How is your practice with the Art of Object Manipulation going?”

Little Caterpillar nodded, indicating it was going okay.

“Although the Art of Object Manipulation is a spell, it is also a technique that uses Spiritual Power and Soul Power. The way you are channeling this Water Spirit Energy is the same principle—the finer and more stable your control, the better.”

“When you can continuously and precisely manipulate Water Spirit Energy, process ten seeds in one go, and not fail once within half an hour, your Art of Object Manipulation will have reached a high level.”

“By then, perhaps you’ll be able to use the Art of Object Manipulation to directly control Little Swordie.”

“At that point, I’ll teach you a move called Sword-Riding Flying Insect.”

Wang Che ended with a big carrot.

Little Caterpillar let the first few sentences go in one ear and out the other, but when it heard the last line, its eyes immediately lit up.

It was instantly filled with motivation.

This kind of practice was actually very boring.

It required a lot of patience, and without some motivation, it would be hard to keep practicing.

The main thing was that this kind of cultivation was very beneficial for Little Caterpillar’s improvement—it could even be said to be hugely beneficial.

You could farm and farm and get stronger while doing it.

It also improved the Proficiency Level of the Art of Object Manipulation.

Moreover, there were plenty of Water Orchid seeds. Wang Che only needed to make sure he could process twenty seeds per batch himself.

The rest could all be given to Little Caterpillar to practice with. Every extra seed it managed to process was a bonus.

The most important step in processing seeds was this one.

Once this step was completed, the rest was relatively just a matter of spending time on soaking and preparation.

After refining the staple food, Wang Che used the Seven-Leaf Soothing Grass to refine snacks that could boost Spiritual Power.

One stalk of Seven-Leaf Soothing Grass was much bigger than a Water Orchid, but there was only one stalk.

In the end, he only refined about twenty spiritual pellets, round and candy-like, so he simply named them Spirit Candies. They had a sweet and sour taste, making them a sweet-and-sour flavored snack.

Snacks shouldn’t be eaten too often—one every couple of days was about right.

Improving Spiritual Power was relatively more difficult and required some time to digest.

It couldn’t be rushed, or it might affect the soul.

And so, this full and leisurely farming life slowly passed by.

Along the way, Wang Che used points to exchange for another type of Soul Plant seed containing earth energy—Earth Ginseng Root.

This Soul Plant was similar to the Water Orchid. As a Soul Plant, it was relatively precious. Wang Che spent a small half of his points but only got ten seeds. He planted a few in the Spirit Field and found that the mature product was still quite good.

With Earth Ginseng Root, he could refine leaf staple food containing earth energy, which was the last of the five elements energies Wang Che had chosen for Little Caterpillar.

From the first batch of Earth Ginseng Root, Wang Che temporarily refined fifty light-yellow leaf staple foods.

Together with other staple foods, this would last Little Caterpillar about two weeks.

Then, using some offshoots from the first batch of Earth Ginseng Root, he personally processed and transplanted the root seedlings. It took a week, and he successfully transplanted twenty plants.

But processing and transplanting took too much time and energy. And there was no shortcut for seed processing yet.

Processing the lowest-level Soul Plant seeds took at least a week, or up to half a month.

Processing Earth Ginseng Root seedlings was even harder—just infusing energy took half a day.

Soaking them in nutrient solution took a few more days, and then drying them took a few more days before they could be preserved.

During that week, Wang Che’s cultivation time was greatly reduced.

Moreover, this didn’t actually help Wang Che improve himself.

Processing seeds and transplanting root seedlings didn’t give him any Proficiency Level to increase.

For Wang Che himself, this kind of work only delayed his cultivation.

So, after the first batch of Earth Ginseng Root was transplanted,

for the following batches, Wang Che only needed to make one root seedling himself.

He just kept that number.

The rest of the offshoots were all given to Green Caterpillar to handle. Each time it succeeded helped it improve.

Besides, Little Caterpillar itself had corresponding Life Energy, so it didn’t need Wang Che’s help.

During the farming days, Wang Che and Little Caterpillar lived very fulfilling lives.

But Magnetic Sword felt a bit empty. Since starting school, it had only rained once, and it wasn’t even a thunderstorm…

It hadn’t cultivated even once.

It was getting really restless.

Every day, it just watched Little Caterpillar farm, farm, farm.

Especially after Little Caterpillar could water the plants itself, Magnetic Sword didn’t even need to fetch water anymore.

So it became even more idle.

After it couldn’t water, Magnetic Sword thought it could at least loosen the soil for fun, right?

But later, after Little Caterpillar gained earth Life Energy, it used Nature’s Power and could loosen the soil of the field neatly in just one minute.

Magnetic Sword had no role at all in farming anymore.

It was so bored it was going crazy.

Without practicing the Divine Sword Thunder Control True Scripture, Magnetic Sword’s progress was very slow, even with the Electromagnetic Sword Sheath.

Not having contact with Heavenly Thunder for a long time made its whole body itch.

It just didn’t feel right.

Its mental state declined, and its cultivation speed dropped as well.

Later, when Wang Che learned about this, he started teaching Magnetic Sword sword practice.

As a mature Magnetic Sword, it had to learn to practice sword moves on its own.

Practicing sword moves could help cultivate one’s character and calm the mind.

The sword technique Wang Che taught Magnetic Sword seemed very simple.

Just a simple horizontal slash.

“Starting today, you must swing your sword a thousand times every day, and you cannot use Soul Power or Mechanical Energy. The stored Heavenly Thunder cannot be used either,” Wang Che said. “The Proficiency Level cap for this move is very high.”

There was no other way. Magnetic Sword had high talent and strong comprehension. Without Dream Space and with only a few Soul Skills, it had already practiced all the Soul Skills it knew to max level during this time.

But its cultivation was less than a thousand years, so it couldn’t learn stronger Soul Skills or Sword Moves—its Soul Power couldn’t support it.

Even if it learned them, it wouldn’t be able to use them.

Considering Magnetic Sword’s current strength and Spiritual Intelligence, Wang Che taught it this sword technique.

Magnetic Sword was actually very patient by nature.

It wasn’t afraid of practicing many times a day.

It was afraid of having nothing to do all day.

After receiving Wang Che’s sword instruction, Magnetic Sword immediately calmed its mind and focused.

Then, following Wang Che’s requirement, it swung itself a thousand times every day.

After finishing, it felt refreshed and clear-headed.

Although its cultivation didn’t increase much, its mental state gradually improved.

And its understanding of itself was slowly deepening too…

And so, the first month of school gradually passed by.