Chapter 32: Chapter 31 Learning for Practical Use_i

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Yun Zhi pinched Lu Yang’s collar with two fingers, shook it in front of her eyes, but still couldn’t understand the principle, so she let him go.

Lu Yang was equally puzzled as well. He followed the chant and method taught by the Eldest Senior Sister, but why did the magic he casted turned out to be completely different?

“This doesn’t make sense.”

“I’ll demonstrate for you again.” Yun Zhi was a very responsible teacher. Though her teaching skills were generally mediocre, she was patient.

Yun Zhi took out a sandglass, placed it upside down on the ground, then guided Lu Yang’s shoulder and they both initiated space teleportation together.

Lu Yang only felt a flicker in front of his eyes, and arrived in a strange space with colorful flowing lights on both sides.

On impulse, Lu Yang wanted to touch the flowing lights, but Yun Zhi stopped him.

“These are bizarre visions formed by twisted space. Not to mention you, even a Cultivator in the Divinity Transformation Stage would be torn to pieces and their soul would scatter.”

Lu Yang instantly retracted his hand in fright.

They stepped out of the space and saw a giant white snake winding around mountains, swallowing the sun and moon, refining the essence of heaven and earth. Its snake’s eyes were vivid, and both of them happened to land in the python’s mouth, and slipped into its stomach accordingly.

Just as the gastric juice was about to fall, Yun Zhi stepped again and returned to the alternative space.

Following Yun Zhi’s steps, Lu Yang saw all sorts of strange and bizarre sights; a sea made of magma, a cultivator undergoing Thunder Tribulation, a silent swordsman carrying a heavy wide blade…

These were places and things that Lu Yang had never seen or heard of before. It was hard for him to imagine such strange people and scenes existed in the world.

Eventually, they returned to their starting point, and Lu Yang was exhausted and still in shock.

“The places I just took you to are actually all within the Seek Dao Sect. You will have the opportunity to explore it yourself in the future.”

The Seek Dao Sect was overwhelmingly vast, and the areas outside its nine core mountains were still unknown to Lu Yang.

“Can you try casting the spells again?”

Yun Zhi thought it might make a difference now.

Meeting Yun Zhi’ s eager gaze, Lu Yang bravely tried to cast the spell again.

After a day’s practice with Yun Zhi, Lu Yang finally learned how to perceive the underground environment and how not to be stepped on after shrinking.

He had not succeeded in ‘Shrinking Ground Into Inches” even once, but he succeeded in shrinking and adjusting inches every single time, and it became more and more skilled each time.

By the end, he didn’t even need the chants anymore, a single thought was enough to cast a spell, as if he had been immersed in this path for months or years.

Lu Yang’s original intention of learning ‘Shrinking Ground Into Inches’ was to use this magic skill for traveling. Now that he had learned the magic of “shrinking” for traveling, it was just as he originally intended.

It’s just that the way he did it was hard to explain, and the speed was a bit slower.

Seeing Lu Yang changing his sizes at will, burrowing in and out of the soil, and playing happily, Yun Zhi casually asked, “Junior Brother, I heard that you have trouble taking on tasks at the Task Hall?”

“Yeah, most of the tasks can only be completed by those who are at the Golden Core Stage or above. There are very few tasks suitable for me.” Lu Yang was thinking about camping at the Task Hall for a few days to see if he could snag a suitable task.

“It’s quite a coincidence. A few days ago, at a meeting with the elders, someone mentioned that there were a few issues with the herb garden. They’d posted a task at the Task Hall, but no one had taken it. I think you might be a good fit. – you might want to check out the herb garden.”

Lu Yang knew that ever since his master’s retreat, the Eldest Senior Sister had been presiding over the meetings on behalf of the master.

“What task?” Lu Yang was curious. His special skills were not outstanding in the Seek Dao Sect, so what kind of task would be suitable for him, let alone he knew nothing about the garden of medicinal herbs?

He hadn’t even fully learned how to identify medicinal herbs yet.

“You’ll know when you get there.” Yun Zhi didn’t answer.

In Lu Yang’s view, Seek Dao Sect itself was like a mini Cultivation World. Without leaving, one could find someone to help refine pills, weapons and arrange formations. For the most part, it seemed to be self-sufficient.

Refining pills requires spiritual herbs. Seek Dao Sect has a great demand for refining pills and can’t always rely on external purchases.

To solve the problem of spiritual herbs, Seek Dao Sect had set up a large herb garden for planting medicinal herbs, and the Task Hall also published tasks to help cultivate medicinal herbs.

Cultivating medicinal herbs requires professional knowledge and Lu Yang knew nothing about this. He still couldn’t even distinguish what medicinal herbs and spirit beasts he was eating for meals, let alone grow medicinal herbs.

From far away, Lu Yang could smell the fragrance of the herb garden. Unlike the scent from the Elixir Cauldron Peak, which might be poisonous, this was pure medicinal aroma. Mortals would extend their lifespan and avoid disasters and diseases after a long exposure.

At the entrance of the herb garden was a man, Uncle Ba, lying down. He put a straw fan on his face and was comfortably lounging on a rocking chair.

“Uncle, is this the herb garden?”

Uncle Ba lazily opened his eyelids and glanced at Lu Yang: “Who are you?”

“Lu Yang.”

“I didn’t ask what your name was, I asked about your status.”

“I’m the fourth disciple of the Sect Leader, Yun Zhi’s Junior Brother.”

On hearing the first part, Uncle Ba didn’t think much as the Sect Leader had disappeared for more than a decade, undermining his relevance. However, after hearing that he was Yun Zhi’s Junior Brother, Uncle Ba instantly sobered up.

Being a disciple of the Sect Leader meant being Yun Zhi’s Junior Brother!

Uncle Ba abruptly got up, appearing more nimble than Lu Yang.

It’s reasonable, in the Cultivation World, one couldn’t judge the other’s capability and age by appearance. When the old and the young stand together, it’s hard to figure out who’s who.

Nobody in the Cultivation World advocates respecting the old or loving the young. After all, it’s possible that the old and the children may be more formidable than you.

“So you’re Yun Zhi’s referral, why didn’t you say so earlier.” Uncle Ba coalesced with Lu Yang in a brotherly manner.

“You can call me Old Ba. As for the herb garden, I call the shots.”

Lu Yang suspected that Uncle Ba was taking advantage of him, but there was no proof.

” What did Yun Zhi send you here to do, to pick herbs? How many years do you need, one thousand or two thousand?”

Seeing Uncle Ba’s behavior, Lu Yang spontaneously thought of the meals Elder Sister had cooked for him. Did she get the one thousand or two thousand-year- old herbs from this garden?

A thousand-year-old herb wasn’t common cabbage. Even for the Seek Dao Sect, it was quite valuable.

No, it can’t be. Elder Sister is a very thrifty person, she wouldn’t waste precious herbs on her own dishes.

Lu Yang politely asked: “Elder Sister said that the herb garden posted a task a few days ago, but no one took it. What is the task?”

Uncle Ba realized: “So it was this task. Do you know how to cultivate herbs?”

“No idea at all.” Lu Yang confessed.

“Let me give you a brief explanation. It’s quite intricate to cultivate herbs. One step is to loosen the soil. It helps the roots of the herbs absorb the spiritual energy from the soil and complete the interaction with the spiritual energy in the air.”

“The task of loosening the soil has always been carried out by a pair of Silver Ring King Worms.”

“Recently, there were some issues in their home, nobody was working, so I posted a task to get the herb garden soil loosened. This requires one of the Five Elements Technique – the Earth Escape technique. There are quite a few who know Earth Escape, but they all think it is inconvenient and are unwilling to undertake it. It just happens that Yun Zhi sent you here.”

“So what I need to do is…”

“Act like an earthworm, burrow into the soil, and loosen the soil of the herb garden.”

Lu Yang: “…”

Lu Yang suspected that his Elder Sister was playing a prank on him, but he still had no proof.