Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 391: Spiritual Plants Master Challenge 1

A quarter of an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

At this time, Shen Xu opened his eyes and sighed.

’Barely made it." He said, but soon frowned.

"Ayuan, are you okay?" He asked, and Zhen Yuan nodded but looked a little pale.

Transferring his qi and soul power in less than a quarter of an eye took its toll.

However, they had no options, so he could only grit his teeth and endure.

"I will be fine." He said.

"I will try to preserve as much energy as possible in the next challenge." Shen Xu said, but Zhen Yuan shook his head.

"Do your best. One day is enough to replenish most of my qi and soul power." He said.

"Okay." The double nodded, kissed Zhen Yuan, and exited the rebound formation.

His opponent was a female cultivator called Zhang Mei.

Zhang Mei was the fourteenth disciple of the ninth mountain’s peak elder, and she was a level eight spiritual planter.

Seeing Shen Xu, she shook her head with a pitying expression.

"Junior Shen, aren’t you a fire element spiritual root cultivator? How can you practice spiritual planting?" She asked.

After all, most spiritual planters were either wood, water, or earth spiritual root cultivators.

As for fire element spiritual root cultivators, becoming a spiritual planter was an uphill battle.

Compared to wood spiritual root cultivators, fire spiritual root cultivators required thrice the effort to produce a quarter of the effect.

Considering this, fire element spiritual root cultivators rarely bothered with spiritual planting and instead chose alchemy or weapon refining.

"Fire spiritual root cultivators can also become spiritual planters." Shen Xu said with a careless smile.

"Junior brother, are you sure you don’t want to give up this challenge?" Zhang Mei asked, and the double nodded.

"I am sure." He said and turned to Yang Zitao.

Yang Zitao nodded when he saw the look and began explaining the rules.

"You are required to grow a blood clotting grass for this challenge." He said and quickly continued.

"The grass needs six months to mature, but the challenge will only last one day. Considering this, both parties are allowed to use a nutrient solution to accelerate growth."

After saying that, Yang Zitao signalled, and an elder filled the ingredients’ table with level seven spiritual materials, including herbs and weeds.

"For this challenge, you will use the provided materials to formulate a nutrient solution. That said, each of you is allowed three personal nutrient solution materials."

Shen Xu exhaled in relief when he heard this.

At first, he planned to secretly take Xiaoren out of the space.

However, he soon realised that that was not an option because Xiaoren could not leave the space. If he did, the way of heaven would sense him and immediately send a thunder tribulation.

When that happened, Xiaoren would certainly die because his body was unsuitable for enduring thunder tribulation.

In the end, Xiaoren taught Shen Xu how to prepare nutrient solutions, care for plants, and use some growth-promoting formulas. With these things, Shen Xu was sure to win, but the prerequisite was that he was allowed to refine his own nutrient solution.

"The assessment has four criteria." Yang Zitao said and quickly continued.

"One point for growth stage, two points for plant grade, two points for spiritual aura, and five points for effectiveness. This time, both disciples will earn points for each of the assessment aspects, and the one with the most will win the challenge."

Shen Xu smiled when he heard this.

’It seems they learned their lesson.’ He thought.

"If there is nothing more, you can begin the challenge." Yang Zitao said, but Zhang Mei stepped forward.

"Junior brother, are you willing to bet?" She asked, and Shen Xu raised an eyebrow.

"What are the stakes?" He asked.

"If I lose, I will give you the seedling of a red moon tree and one unknown seed. Do you dare?" Zhang Mei asked, and Shen Xu almost jumped for joy.

The red moon tree was not invaluable, but it was rare.

Most importantly, Shen Xu had read that the red moon fruit was sour and could be eaten raw or used to make desserts and wine.

’The red moon fruit is not as sweet as most fruits. Ayuan will definitely like it.’ Shen Xu thought, already looking forward to getting the sapling.

However, compared to the red moon tree sapling, he was more interested in the unknown seed.

After all, most unknown seeds usually turned out to be ancient treasures.

’I can’t wait to see what the seed is.’ He thought, but soon frowned.

"I am willing to make the bet, but the unknown seed must not be dead." He said, and only continued after Zhang Mei nodded.

"In that case, I will wager the sapling of a red-veined loquat tree and one unknown seed. Are they acceptable?" The double asked, and Zhang Mei nodded.

After that, Yang Zitao activated the hourglass, and the two cultivators began choosing their materials.

’It’s possible to draw in this challenge.’ Shen Xu thought, his eyes narrowed into slits.

Although he had a natural disadvantage, Shen Xu wanted to win, not draw.

After all, each win represented a treasure, and ten wins would earn an additional ten treasures.

Considering that, the double chose his materials carefully. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

At the same time, he thought of the best personal materials to choose for the challenge and eventually settled on a vitality leaf, a whisker of Xiaoren’s root, and a primordial qi tree leaf.

Since his excellent growth-promoting hand seals couldn’t make up for his inappropriate spiritual root, Shen Xu decided to regain the deficit from other areas.

After thinking about it, he felt that using the three items would result in an extremely potent nutrient solution. Additionally, both parties could use whichever soil and water they wanted.

With the nutrient solution, space soil, and spiritual water, Shen Xu believed he could make up for his natural disadvantage and lack of formal training.

’This challenge is mine.’ He thought and continued choosing the auxiliary materials.