stjorthotic Chapter 42: Jiang Qiu has moved in!
Chapter 42: Jiang Qiu has moved in!
After Jiang Qiu added Jiang Qiao's contact information, the two withdrew from the inner courtyard, the thorny fence closing behind them, and walked outside.
Along the way, Jiang Qiao talked at length about the rules of life in the courtyard and reminded Jiang Qiu of some things to pay attention to:
"Our courtyard number 17 has dozens of rooms. Apart from you, me, and Wang Baisheng, the other rooms are either empty or occupied by trainees. My dad asked Uncle Wu Shan to arrange for you to live next door to me. When you want to cultivate the [Golden Spirit Cage], knock on my door, but don't disturb me in the middle of the night!"
"it is good."
"There's not much to do here normally. People are either tending to their own potted plants that produce spiritual energy in the outer courtyard, or they're holed up in their rooms researching superior recipes for individual spiritual plants, or trying to hybridize level 2 spiritual plants. Oh, and you also have to go to the logistics department to prepare nutrient soil, so plan your time accordingly."
Jiang Qiao emphasized, "Don't forget to nurture the [Golden Spirit Cage]!"
Jiang Qiu nodded. "I can't forget it."
"That's good. I'll take you to see where you'll be staying."
"it is good."
Under Jiang Qiao's guidance, he familiarized himself with Courtyard No. 17. The basic layout of the courtyard is as follows: the outer courtyard flower trellis area, the middle residential area, and the inner courtyard core area. His new home is in the middle residential area, a two-story building with two households on the first floor. Jiang Qiao is his neighbor.
Beep, face scan.
Upon entering, you'll find a spacious living room, fully furnished with sofas and other furniture. The kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom are all twice the size of those in the shantytown, and the air is filled with a subtle, natural fragrance of flowers and plants, soothing and refreshing.
The second floor houses several well-equipped cultivation rooms.
Old Liu moved hundreds of portions of rare nutrient soil here.
Further outside, there's a sunny open-air balcony.
Looking down, you can see the flower stand area not far away, with dozens of rows of flower stands in full view. Some employees are tending to the potted plants, and you can also see Wang Baisheng and Qian Cheng among them. Qian Cheng is wiping away sweat while watering the plants.
Looking up casually, Qian Cheng suddenly froze on the spot. Water splashed out of the basin again, soaking his shoes, but he ignored it. His eyes were bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth, "Jiang Qiu has moved in!"
"What are you muttering about?" Wang Baisheng turned around.
"It's nothing." Qian Cheng lowered his head, raised the spout of the kettle, and continued watering the next pot of spiritual plants, a barely perceptible gray light flashing in his eyes.
"..." Wang Baisheng frowned slightly. Following his previous gaze, he saw Jiang Qiao pointing and describing the scenery in the courtyard to Jiang Qiu on the balcony. It seemed that Jiang Qiu had already moved in.
"Take good care of yourself. After you pass the assessment and become a full-fledged employee, I will continue to guide you in cultivating spiritual plants. Even if you don't become a spiritual plant master, once you have accumulated enough experience, paid off the loan, and built up your wealth, I will teach you martial arts cultivation methods. When you reach a high level of cultivation, you can also obtain things that ordinary people don't have."
Qian Cheng paused for a moment, then said, "Thank you, Brother Wang."
Martial arts training methods are also subject to regulation. Ordinary people cannot practice martial arts without the approval of relevant units and institutions within the county. Compared with special paths such as alchemists and spiritual plant masters, they simply have more available spots.
Of course, the total amount of cultivation resources is limited. The more slots there are, the greater the competition. Martial arts practitioners almost always have to go to the front lines to train from the very beginning, to learn the ropes in life-and-death battles, and thus improve.
Therefore, the casualty rate is extremely high.
Instead of striving to enter the martial arts class in high school, he chose to follow Brother Wang into the Ninth Spirit Plant Garden after graduation, determined to fight his way to becoming a spirit plant master. However, Jiang Qiu suddenly appeared out of nowhere...
Suddenly recalling his past, Qian Cheng smiled, a resolute glint in his eyes, his tone sharp as a knife, "But I still want to become a spirit plant master, and get an apprenticeship before that!"
Wang Baisheng's iris paused, reflecting his thin, haggard figure. He fell silent, unable to speak for a long time.
There are only three spots available. Jiang Qiao is Director Jiang's daughter and has a letter of recommendation, so she gets one. Even if I don't have talent, I also have a letter of recommendation from my father and am Wu Shan's designated first disciple, so I get one too.
The last spot should rightfully go to the "ordinary intern" with the highest potential, and that person is obviously Jiang Qiu, after all, his talent is so outstanding that he can threaten my first choice of the [Initial Spirit Embryo].
In comparison, Qian Cheng...
Sigh, Wang Baisheng thought to himself.
He patted Qian Cheng on the shoulder. "It's good to have determination. If you choose to pursue martial arts, your path might not be much worse than mine. It's almost time. I'll go back and take care of the fifth-generation [Wood Edge Flower] for a while. You stay here and continue to manage it until I come back to absorb the spiritual energy from its metabolism."
"Don't worry, Brother Wang, I'll take good care of you!"
"Um."
With a series of thuds, Wang Baisheng put down his tools and headed towards his apartment building. He was cultivating his first mutated spiritual plant, following the notes passed down by Wu Shan, to participate in the assessment and to pave his path of cultivation. Wu Shan had already walked this path, which was not considered dangerous.
As long as you absorb the wood and fire elemental energies step by step and apply them methodically to the fifth-generation [Wooden Flower], the biggest problem is that you are not skilled enough in cultivating it yet, and the energy consumption is too great.
In the past month, the flower stand area has been experiencing unexplained metabolic disorders, and some staff members assisting other trainee nurses have even been arguing.
"Sigh, I really don't know why these few pots of [Wood Edge Flower] didn't produce spiritual energy yesterday, but they did today. The other pots are the opposite. I haven't detected any diseases in the roots of the [Spirit Embryo Ancestral Tree]. I've been taking good care of it, and I haven't seen any pests."
"Could it be that you absorbed it without permission?"
"How could I dare? You can detect when others absorb spiritual energy from the spiritual plants you plant, not to mention the [Spirit Embryo Ancestral Tree] monitoring the potted plants in the flower stand area. It will alert you if there are any abnormal spiritual energy metabolisms. I don't have the ability to bypass it!"
"Damn it, this is unbelievable!"
As the trainee interrogator's voice faded into the distance, Wang Baisheng glanced back and saw Qian Cheng calmly tending to his potted plants.
Although many people's potted plants suffer from abnormal spiritual energy metabolism, my own potted plants have always developed steadily, and spiritual energy is always produced regularly.
Qian Cheng took good care of her; nothing went wrong.
That's the attitude.
He is also well-suited to become a plant spirit master.
Unfortunately, the competition for spots was too fierce this year.
In the past, those with medium-grade fruits had a chance to get a spot.
Now, if we cannot cultivate mutated spiritual plants and fruits.
Even if you can't achieve the results you want.
"Hoo," Wang Baisheng took a deep breath and clenched his fist. "I need to expand the planting of some common spiritual plants and try to complete the cultivation path in Uncle Wu's notes within a month. My foundation is still shallow, so I must plant more frequently."
He took a deep look at the balcony not far away.
With a creak, I pushed open my own door.
We'll just have to wait for the assessment in a month.
Who will have the first choice for the [Initial Spirit Embryo]?