In the past few days, Shan Heyuan has been trying the burning and composting method of "Hua Chun Jue".
The spiritual fertilizers sold outside are too expensive, and he has four fields of soil ginseng. Using all the spiritual fertilizers bought from outside requires more than a thousand spiritual beads, so he might as well try making it himself.
If the effect is not good, it is not too late to buy spiritual fertilizer and apply it a second time.
The burning and composting method is a method of refining fertilizers like alchemy. It mainly puts various materials into a container, according to a certain ratio and order of addition, uses special spiritual energy guidance techniques, and then refines it with fire. Basic fertilizer suitable for spiritual plants.
After the fertilizer has fermented and the fire has dissipated, it can be used.
He burned it several times and burned most of it to waste. The remaining two tanks of fertilizer should be about the same.
Counting the days, the firepower in Fei should have dissipated today.
Shan Heyuan suppressed his excitement, walked to the large tank under the eaves, held his breath and prepared to open the tank.
He took away the stones, straw curtains, wooden boards, and rags from one of the large urns in turn, and looked inside. A large vat of dark, fluffy fertilizer instantly came into view.
Not only does this fertilizer look useful, it's also very fertile.
Shan Heyuan reached out and grabbed a handful, put it in his hand and twisted it. The fertilizer was very dry and loose, with a faint aura and the unique smell of plant ash.
It doesn't stink at all.
Shan Heyuan's eyes showed surprise.
I wonder what the fertilizer is like underneath?
He took a hoe from the side, reached into the large vat, stirred it up, and stirred up the fertilizer at the bottom to check the situation.
This was the first time he used the method of burning compost, but he was afraid that the fertilizer would ferment unevenly.
If you use these unfermented fertilizers for spiritual grass, it will be very easy to burn the roots, and the losses will be great.
Just when Shan Heyuan was concentrating on observing the fertilizer, Shen Duheng's voice came from behind: "Is the fermentation complete?"
Shan Heyuan turned around: "Yes, do you want to take a look?"
Shen Duheng raised his chin and motioned for him to give up his position.
Shan Heyuan stepped aside a little: "This fertilizer should be fermented. I think it is very similar to what is recorded in "Huachun Jue". What do you think?"
Shen Duheng paused: "It looks very fertile."
Shan Heyuan: "Then I'll try to bury the soil ginseng with fertilizer today."
Shen Duheng: "Why don't you wait a little longer?"
Shan Heyuan shook his head: "No, the soil spirit ginseng has grown for so long, and the fertilizer can no longer keep up. This fertilizer contains some soil, branches, leaves and kitchen waste. Even if the effect is not good, there should be no harm. The worst is to wait. When I know how to bury it, bury it as far away from the roots as possible.”
Shen Duheng stopped persuading: "You should go early and come back early."
Shan Heyuan looked at the sky: "It's a bit late now, I guess it won't be early when I come back. You can have lunch by yourself at noon, don't wait for me."
Shan Heyuan found two more buckets and scooped fertilizer into the buckets with a water ladle.
The particles of these fertilizers are very small and contain a lot of air, making them very light. Even if he pressed them firmly, the two buckets of fertilizers were not heavy. He picked them up easily.
It may also be because his strength has increased greatly after practicing, so this weight is not a problem.
His home was not far from the spiritual field. Not long after, Shan Heyuan arrived in front of the spiritual medicine field.
He hadn't come to see them for a few days. The soil ginsengs were growing very well, each plant was strong and tall, and the small spirit gathering arrays in the field were still functioning and emitting a faint light.
Most of the spirit-gathering arrays are fine, and there is no need to patch them up. Just patch them up when you bury the fertilizer.
Shan Heyuan decided to bury the fertilizer directly.
Shan Heyuan unloaded the load on the field ridge, picked up the small hoe beside the bucket, lifted one of the buckets of fertilizer, slowly entered the field, dug up the soil at the roots of the soil ginseng, and buried the fertilizer a fist away from the rhizome. .
When burying fertilizer, in addition to repairing the spirit gathering array, you also have to pull out the weeds.
Otherwise, the weeds will compete with the ginseng for fertilizer and spiritual energy.
Shan Heyuan multitasked, taking care of the soil ginseng bit by bit.
The sun is gradually rising, and the bright sunlight shines on the earth, making everything bright.
Shan Heyuan had been working for a long time, and his movements became a bit mechanical and his mind became distracted.
Just when he pulled up another weed, his movements suddenly stopped: "Huh?"
There's something wrong with the weeds under my hands!
He straightened up and looked at the weed under his hand against the sun.
The weed has a long fleshy stem with thick, round leaves on opposite sides of the stem. The veins of the leaves are light purple-red. It looks inconspicuous. He doesn't recognize this grass, but he can feel the faint light inside. of aura.
This spiritual energy is not even worse than the spiritual energy of soil ginseng.
After practicing "Hua Chun Jue", he was very sensitive to the spiritual energy in plants and would never admit his mistakes.
so--
Is this a spiritual plant?
It seems possible that birds, insects and beasts may come to the magic medicine fields to harm the soil ginseng, or they may leave their feces here. It is not surprising that new magic grasses will grow.
I just don’t know what kind of spiritual grass this is?
Shan Heyuan bent down and pinched a ball of soil, wrapped the rhizome of the spiritual grass, and then placed it on the ridge of the field.
Since you don’t know what kind of spiritual grass it is, just take it back and have a look.
After discovering the first spiritual grass in the weeds, Shan Heyuan successively found three other spiritual grasses in the weeds. They were all in a seedling state, and they were all spiritual grasses that he did not recognize.
He carefully separated these spiritual herbs from the weeds and wrapped them in moist soil, trying to keep them active.
Shan Heyuan was burying fertilizer while looking for spiritual grass. Unknowingly, the sun rose directly above his head.
By the time he finished burying the last handful of fertilizer in the bucket, it was already past noon.
Shan Heyuan stood up, lifted the two empty buckets to the ridge of the field, put the four spiritual grasses he found into the buckets, and prepared to go home while carrying the buckets.
He walked down the mountain road and reached the edge of the small stream in less than two steps.
The clear spring water flowed over the stones, looking cool and clean. He put down his burden and walked to the stream to wash his hands.
After burying fertilizer all morning, his hands were covered in mud and fat, and even the gaps between his fingernails were black, which made him unbearable.
Not only did he stir up the water to wash his hands, he grabbed a handful of fine sand at the bottom of the stream and gently rubbed the backs of his fingers and hands.
Maybe because he had been concentrating on looking for spiritual grass among the weeds in the morning, and his spiritual consciousness continued to be used, and he still couldn't take it back well, so when he was digging the sand, his spiritual consciousness involuntarily spread out a little.
It was at this point that he keenly felt that there was spiritual energy in the stream.
It's very light, but it's definitely spiritual energy.
Shan Heyuan stood up and took two steps in the direction where he felt the spiritual energy.
Among the green weeds ahead, a delicate spiritual grass was exposed in front of him.
This is a spiritual grass like a small shrub. It has no main stem. Almost every stem is equally strong. The sides of the stem are covered with small feather-like leaves.
Shan Heyuan also didn't recognize this spiritual grass, but it had been growing for at least three years, otherwise it wouldn't have grown so lushly!
With joy in his eyes, he stepped forward, dug through the mud at the root of the spiritual grass with his deft fingers, and carefully dug it out.
This spiritual grass has been growing here for so long. It has as many roots as hair. It took him a little effort to dig out most of the roots completely.
The roots of this spiritual grass should have the highest medicinal value, because this part has the most spiritual energy.
Especially those roots that were dug out, pure spiritual energy escaped. Shan Heyuan subconsciously used his mental skills to absorb the spiritual energy, and his fatigue was swept away in an instant.
He stood in the water and looked up and down, trying to find other spiritual herbs.
If this spiritual grass had grown here for a long time, it might have bloomed and bear fruit, and the water flow might have carried its seeds elsewhere.
Theoretically speaking, there must be more than one spiritual grass in this stream.
Shan Heyuan searched up and down the stream, and after a while, he found another spiritual grass.
The new spiritual grass is not as big as the previously dug spiritual grass, but it is still considerable.
Shan Heyuan dug it up by the roots with the same care.
The process of collecting spiritual herbs was so enjoyable that Shan Heyuan completely forgot about time and started searching up and down the stream.
It wasn't until he saw a dark red figure out of the corner of his eye that he subconsciously raised his head.
Shen Duheng was standing not far away.
Shan Heyuan was surprised: "Brother Shen, why are you here? What happened at home?"
Shen Duheng: "You won't have lunch?"
Shan Heyuan then looked at the sunset that had begun to set in the west: "I was so absorbed in digging for spiritual grass that I forgot about it. Did you come here to find me because you saw that I didn't go back?"
Shen Duheng did not answer, only asked: "What kind of spiritual grass are you digging?"
Shan Heyuan raised the shrub-like spiritual grass in his hand: "This kind. I never thought we had spiritual grass here before. I thought I had to go to the wild to collect spiritual grass."
Shen Duheng's expression was quite speechless: "Isn't this the wilderness?"
Shan Heyuan: "Yeah, I forgot about it. Some people have farmed here before, so it's normal for there to be remnants of wild spiritual grass here."
Shen Duheng: "Go back."
Shan Heyuan refused to give up: "I'll look for it again to see if there are any others."
Shen Duheng: "Such low-level spiritual grass is everywhere in the wild. Why don't you eat and sleep to find it?"
This level of ridicule——
Shan Heyuan shrunk his shoulders and did not dare to refute, so he had no choice but to walk out of the stream and put the spiritual grass in his hand into the bucket.
After searching for so long, he accumulated quite a lot of spiritual herbs in his bucket.
When he put them away, he counted them carefully and found that there were at least seventeen spiritual grasses that were more than one year old.
As for why he said at least, it was because he couldn't tell whether those spiritual herbs that looked like seedlings were real seedlings.
Shan Heyuan stood by the bucket and turned to look at Shen Duheng: "Brother Shen."
Shen Duheng said "hmm", indicating that he would speak directly if he had anything to say.
Shan Heyuan: "Can you come over and help me see if you recognize these spiritual herbs?"
Shen Duheng came over seriously, looked into the bucket, and said after a moment: "The purple-red one is Wudingcao, the main ingredient of Wudingdan. The drop-shaped piece of spiritual grass is Jiducao, which is used for detoxification. Don't say that. I don’t know.”
Shan Heyuan rubbed his hands: "I don't know him either."
As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at each other with Shen Duheng.
Spirit grasses are more delicate than ordinary plants. They prefer shade or sunshine, love humidity, and are afraid of waterlogging. Each kind of spiritual grass has its own temperament and has relatively high requirements for planting conditions.
With so many spiritual herbs, Shan Heyuan really didn't know how to plant them.
If you dig it back, it may die tomorrow.
Shen Duheng looked at him: "What do you want to do?"
Shan Heyuan: "How about taking these spiritual herbs to the town and sell them earlier while they are still fresh?"
Shen Duheng: "Won't you go home for dinner?"
Shan Heyuan scratched his face: "Go to the town to make up some money and see how many spirit beads you can sell. If you make a lot of money, how about I treat you to dinner?"
Shen Duheng agreed: "Then let's go."
There were so many spiritual herbs here, Shan Heyuan didn't look for anything else, he just picked up the bucket and took the Artemia with Shen Duheng to the town.
Most grocery stores would collect spiritual herbs. He planned to find a reputable store to sell the spiritual herbs.
The grocery store where he got Canjian was good, and the boss was very kind in doing business. He wanted to go there.
After boarding Artemia, Shan Heyuan chose the street he wanted to go down on the chopping board.
After choosing, Shen Duheng took a look and stretched out his hand to help him cancel: "Go to the grocery store where you bought "Hua Chun Jue"."
Shan Heyuan didn't have any spiritual beads in his hands, and he never liked dealing with such high-end chain grocery stores. He hesitated and asked, "Will that store accept spiritual herbs?"
Shen Duheng: "Okay, the price is fair and the shopkeeper is knowledgeable."
Shan Heyuan understood what he meant. If these spiritual herbs were sent to a small grocery store, the shopkeeper might not be able to recognize them all, so the price they gave would naturally not be much higher.
It's better to go directly to a big store.
The name of the groceries Shan Heyuan bought from "Hua Chun Jue" was "Zang Ling". He only recognized it when he looked up at the plaque above his head when he was at the door.
He walked in with a bucket, and the cultivator behind the counter immediately stood up straight: "Fellow Taoist, are you coming to sell something?"
Shan Heyuan nodded: "Please help me take a look at these spiritual herbs."
He bent down and took out the spiritual grass from the bucket. When he was about to put it on the counter, he saw that the root of the spiritual grass was filled with water and mud, and he paused in embarrassment.
The cultivator immediately took a piece of cloth-like material from under the counter and laid it out: "Fellow Taoist, put it here."
Shan Heyuan smiled gratefully at the person and put the spiritual grass away.
The cultivator looked at the messy pile of spiritual grass and flicked it with his fingers: "One ten-year-old cataplasm, one eight-year-old cataplasm, two three-year-old cataplasm, two three-year-old cataplasm. Two Wudingcao plants... and three Jiducao seedlings."
While reporting the status of the spiritual plants, the cultivator twirled them with his fingers and finally reported: "All the spiritual plants add up to a total of 3,316 spiritual beads. Do you want to sell them, fellow Taoist?"
Shan Heyuan nodded and was about to say "sell".
Shen Duheng gently held Shan Heyuan's shoulders from behind and said to the cultivator: "You won't sell the seedlings. Take them out individually."
The cultivator's inquiring eyes fell on Shen Duheng and then on Shan Heyuan.
Shan Heyuan said hurriedly: "The seedlings are not for sale, but the others."
The price given for the seedlings was so low that Shan Heyuan was willing to take them home and try to plant them.
Cultivator: "Okay, those two thousand six hundred and twenty-six spirit beads count as two thousand six hundred and thirty spirit beads, how about it?"
Shan Heyuan looked at Shen Duheng. Shen Duheng had no objection this time, so Shan Heyuan asked the cultivator to tie up the spiritual beads for them.
The cultivator agreed with a smile and gave Shan Heyuan an extra booklet called "Spiritual Herb Identification".
The spiritual grass seedlings in the load were picked up and put back as they were, but Shan Heyuan was in an extremely good mood.
Not only because he earned spiritual beads by selling spiritual grass, but also because he collected wild spiritual grass in the wild for the first time.
This is a business without capital. If he collects it a few more times, the debt owed to Shen Duheng may be paid off soon.
After leaving the "Hidden Spirit", Shan Heyuan carried a heavy load of spirit beads and said to Shen Duheng: "Brother Shen, are you hungry? There is a noodle shop two streets away that is very delicious. I invite you to go. Eat noodle!"
Shen Duheng glanced at him and nodded in agreement.
Shan Heyuan happily carried the burden and took Shen Duheng on foot to the noodle shop two streets away to eat noodles.
Shen Duheng followed him with a smile on his face.
