Chapter 152: Chapter 152 Creation Fruit Tree (First Release, Please Subscribe)
In the cave mansion, tea vapors swirled.
The Grand Elder sipped Enlightenment Tea while discussing family issues.
Large financial expenditures, financial deficit.
Insufficient population, declining birth rate.
Decrease in Spirit Root children, causing a shortage of successors.
Conflicts between Lu Family cultivators and external Guest Ministers
One problem after another emerged, all of which the Clan Leader needed to resolve.
Fortunately, these issues were not yet severe, or rather, the rapid development of the Lu Family had masked these contradictions.
Lu Xuanji listened while inquiring, the Lu Family was developing in an orderly manner, vibrant and thriving, even more prosperous than during the time of Ancestor Lu Fuming.
Two reasons contributed to this situation, one was because of Ancestor Jin’s appreciation, and the other was the marriage alliance with the Ye Family.
In this process, Lu Xuanji’s connections were crucial.
What are connections?
Connections are not about how many people I know, but how many people need me, how many people value me!
At the beginning, because of Ancestor Jin’s regard, people looked up to him.
When the Ye Family and the Lu Family allied through marriage, they initially chose him. But it was just recognition; the main targets for the alliance were of the Three Spirits; but when he triumphed in the three competitions, overshadowed many geniuses, revealed himself as a Third Grade Spirit Plant Master, and when he killed the Demon Race genius in the Beast Tide. The degree of recognition rose repeatedly, more and more valued by Ancestor Jin, increasingly valued by the Ye Family.
Under such recognition, Lu Xuanji upgraded from a potential stock to a blue-chip stock.
Many people subconsciously invested in and supported the Ye Family, and the Ye Family also entered a fast development phase.
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"Is this the Creation Fruit?"
A few days later, a gift was placed on the table.
Inside a box were ten Creation Fruits.
Ten Creation Fruits, priced at just ten Spirit Stones;
The price was very cheap because it was only First Grade.
If the Creation Fruit reached Fifth Grade, the price would be ten million Spirit Stones, even Nascent Soul cultivators would be moved.
At that level, ten million Spirit Stones wouldn’t be enough to purchase one.
Those Nascent Soul powerhouses are not short of Spirit Stones, they need to barter, exchange similar kinds of items.
Crack!
Crack!
Lu Xuanji began nibbling on the Creation Fruit, eating the pulp, savoring the taste, a trace of the Power of Creation began to seep into his flesh, enhancing his body’s potential, but the enhancement was too limited.
Only a Second Grade Creation Fruit could be useful to him.
But the price was at least a few hundred Spirit Stones.
"Cultivators are evolving step by step, so too are spirit plants!"
Closing his eyes, feeling that trace of Power of Creation, Lu Xuanji sighed softly.
A Qi Cultivation Cultivator is a person, and a Nascent Soul cultivator is also a person, fundamentally similar; but due to different cultivation levels, the gap between them is as vast as between a snake and a dragon.
A First Grade Creation Fruit, a Fifth Grade Creation Fruit, are fundamentally similar, both are Creation Fruits; yet due to different grades, the difference between them is as vast as between a Qi Cultivation Cultivator and a Nascent Soul cultivator, an immeasurable difference.
After eating the Creation Fruit, a box of fruit pits appeared in his palm, which he directly threw into a flowerpot and planted with Spiritual Soil.
Utilizing the [Spring Wind Wood Spirit Art], strands of Wood Element Spiritual Qi entered, and the fruit pits split open at a visible speed, sprouting tender leaves that grew, and after half a day, transformed into a small tree seedling one foot high.
Just like this, growing an inch a day.
Six months later, a Creation Fruit Tree nine feet and nine inches high already stood within the cave mansion.
By this height, the fruit tree had ceased to grow.
Fine textures ran across the bark, resembling natural runes.
The green leaves had faint golden veining, appearing sacred and noble.
The fruit tree branched out into nine branches.
Each branch bore three Creation Fruits.
There were a total of twenty-seven Creation Fruits, all at First Grade.
"A First Grade Creation Fruit Tree is complete!"
Lu Xuanji sighed in his heart.
All things have a lifespan, as do spirit plants.
People are under the illusion that spirit plants have endless lifespans, seemingly immortal.
In fact, spirit plants also have lifespans, only ten to a hundred times longer than Human Race cultivators or Demon Race cultivators of the same realm.
First Grade a hundred years, Second Grade a thousand years, Third Grade ten thousand years, Fourth Grade thirty thousand years, Fifth Grade fifty thousand years.
Fifth Grade spirit plants correspond to human Nascent Souls.
Human Nascent Souls have a lifespan of merely two thousand years.
But Fifth Grade spirit plants boast a lifespan of fifty thousand years, twenty-five times longer than humans.
Spirit Plant Masters can not only cultivate Spirit Rice and hasten Spirit Medicine but also nurture spirit plants, elevating their spiritual intelligence levels.
Once, a Fifth Grade Spirit Plant Master spent a thousand years cultivating a Five Elements Fruit Tree, which became a clan’s treasured heirloom.
Of course, along the way, there are too many uncertainties, too many possibilities for failure.
A Fifth Grade Spirit Plant Cultivator, if in a lifetime they can raise a single Fifth Grade spirit plant, is believed to have astonishing luck.
"In the Grand Elder’s view, if I can cultivate a Third Grade Creation Fruit Tree, it would greatly benefit the Lu Family. The uses of the Creation Fruit are not limited to awakening Spirit Roots or enhancing Spirit Root quality but have numerous wondrous uses. At lower grades, this may not be evident, but at higher grades, it becomes extremely useful!"
Lu Xuanji observed the Creation Fruit Tree, pondering in his heart.
Calculating various costs and upgrading plans.
"It needs to be planted in Spiritual Soil, fertilized daily, the soil loosened periodically; also needs to be watered with Celestial Spirit Water, but not too much, or the roots will rot, nor too little, or it will develop poorly; pests need to be cleaned regularly, branches and leaves need pruning..."
Lu Xuanji felt as if caring for an ancestor, needing to serve cautiously, for if improperly cared for, the spirit plant might wither, yield less, grow slowly, or even die.
"It will roughly take two hundred years to upgrade to a Third Grade spirit plant!"
Lu Xuanji calculated, drawing a general conclusion.
[Destiny Calculation]
[In the Destiny Calculation, it will only take a hundred years to ascend to a Third Grade Creation Fruit Tree]
[Reason ①: In fifty years, the host will be promoted to a Purple Mansion cultivator, at which time the Celestial Wood Technique may be initiated, possibly stepping into the Fourth Grade Spirit Plant Master, shortening the time]
[Reason ②: With the host’s strength improving, some top-grade spiritual objects will be found, enhancing the spirit plant’s level]
Taking a deep breath, Lu Xuanji began calculating expenses.
To upgrade the Creation Fruit Tree to Third Grade, an annual investment of a thousand Spirit Stones is needed, with all miscellaneous expenses, at least two hundred thousand Spirit Stones will be required.
This is conservative data; later expenses in Spirit Stones will only increase.
It may take two hundred years for it to produce output; only after a thousand years might the costs be recouped.
Third Grade spirit plants have a lifespan of ten thousand years.
The first thousand years are for recovering costs, the following thousand years are the profit period.
It’s certainly high cost, long investment cycle, long-term benefits far, but various invisible benefits are large too.
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