Chapter 67: Soul Seizing Technique
Chen An sent the other party out and turned on the soundproofing function of the formation.

Ignoring Chen Qing, he took out the second-level plant essence that the other party had just given him and went to the spiritual field.

Looking at the nine kinds of spiritual plants, Chen An was at a loss for a moment. Which one should he water?

The Snow Yuan Lotus should yield Pei Yuan Dan, which will help with cultivation, but the Qing Xin Bamboo will grow talismans to increase the means of protecting the way.

Phantom Light Grass About Phantom Light Killing Array.
Chen An thought about it and realized that what he lacked most at the moment was not cultivation, nor the means to protect himself, but the means to cultivate spiritual plants.

Since the Spirit Gathering Wood has the function of gathering spiritual energy and increasing the concentration of spiritual energy, perhaps we can gain related means and try to ripen it.

If successful, it will be a great harvest. Even if the harvest is not satisfactory, it is just a waste of one or two pounds of plant essence.

But after growing spiritual plants for so many years, he had not gained any extra harvest that would make him lose money, so Chen An did not hesitate for long.

Then he took out a jar and poured two ounces of spiritual liquid into it.

Under the guidance of the earth-drawing technique, all the spiritual liquid gathered around the main root of the spirit-gathering tree in front of him, providing it with abundant spiritual energy.

After a night.

early morning.

Chen An discovered that there was someone outside the formation, so he released his spiritual sense to investigate.

It was Chen Duoduo, who came to visit with two newlyweds.

Chen An frowned slightly, this must have been arranged by Chen Qing.

He has always disliked these red tapes, which are a waste of time, but it is not easy to just kick them out. He had no choice but to open the formation and let the three people in.

In a moment, Chen Duoduo walked in triumphantly.

"Greetings, senior!"

Chen Duoduo is handsome and has a clear mind, and looks quite similar to Chen Qing when he was young.

The two newlyweds beside him were as pretty as flowers, with faces as rosy as water. They were about sixteen or seventeen years old, at the prime of their life.

The woman who was one year younger was Chen Zhilan’s daughter, Wang Shanshan.

There is a unique heroic spirit between his eyebrows, and he looks very much like his father Wang Guanyu.

Thinking of the last time Wang Guanyu and Chen Zhilan came to express their gratitude with this girl in their arms, Chen An felt a little dazed for a moment.

Chen Duoduo and the other two stepped forward and each toasted with a glass of wine.

Chen An said a few words of blessing, then took out a top-grade magic weapon and gave it to Chen Duoduo.

This was the sword he used during his Qi training period.

The two newcomers each received a plant of top-grade, first-class elixir for pregnancy maintenance. These were not plants that he grew himself, but two extra plants that he had prepared for the Wang family's spiritual fertilizer last time.

"Thank you, senior."

The two girls blushed slightly, glanced at the groom beside them, and shyly accepted it.

Chen Duoduo hesitated for a moment, but directly returned the top-grade magic weapon: "Senior, can I use the magic weapon to exchange for some cultivation resources?"

Chen An was surprised. You are Chen Qing’s son, and you still lack resources for cultivation?
I gave your father one or two hundred bottles of pills last night. There's something not quite right between you two.

Chen An said stiffly: "For this kind of thing, you should go find your father Chen Qing."

Chen Duoduo looked bitter and bowed, "You don't know, I have low aptitude and have spent a lot of elixirs, but I have not seen any breakthroughs. I have been stuck in the early stages of Qi training for a long time. My father said that I have no talent for cultivation, so he reduced my resource supply and let me focus on expanding the Chen family."

Hearing this, Chen An nodded.

This kid's qualifications of inferior spiritual roots are even lower than his.

He couldn't help but think of his past self. If he didn't have the skills to farm, it would be hard for him to even break through to the late stage of Qi training.

"I have a few bottles of Qi-nourishing Pills. Take them all."

Chen An took out a few bottles of pills, but did not take back the magic weapons. He was embarrassed to take back the things he had given away, and these were nothing to him anyway.

"Thank you, senior!" Chen Duoduo happily took the pill, as if he had found a treasure.

"When you have time, you can also go to the second-level spiritual vein on the top of the peak to practice, but remember, if you still can't break through under these conditions, you can just focus on nurturing the next generation."

After saying that, Chen An waved his hand and sent the guest away.

Chen Duoduo's face turned stern, he bowed and said: "Yes, I know." Ten days later.

Chen Dazhuang broke through to the late stage of Qi training, and the clan welcomed another candidate for elder.

Chen An was quite satisfied with this. As he was concentrating on cultivation, the family talismans could be completely handed over to Chen Dazhuang.

Immediately, he sent someone to call Chen Dazhuang.

Looking at his former friend, who has now become a foundation-building cultivator, Chen Dazhuang felt a little uneasy and his expression was very restrained.

Chen An smiled and said, "You don't have to be afraid. I won't eat you."

He didn't put on airs, and the two chatted about the past. As they talked and laughed, Chen Dazhuang gradually relaxed.

Seeing this, Chen An told the other party the real business.

"You want me to be an elder?"

Chen Dazhuang was a little bit unbelieving, but when he thought that he was already in the late stage of Qi training, he straightened his chest unconsciously.

"As an elder in charge of talismans, you must master the first-grade superior talismans."

Immediately, Chen An gave a general account of the several first-grade, top-quality talismans that he had mastered.

The Fire Dragon Talisman was okay, as Chen Dazhuang had studied it regularly, so it wasn't difficult for him to learn. However, with his current ability, it would take him time to master the Golden Light Talisman and the Ice Cone Talisman. He would need to learn them slowly over time.

Chen An did not force everyone to be like him. After all, people are different. Just absorb as much as you can. There is still a long way to go.

Two hours later, Chen Dazhuang left.

Chen An came to Lingtian.

He continued to water the spirit-gathering wood with the second-level plant essence.

The essence of plants cannot be absorbed all at once. It takes about a month for the spiritual plants to absorb about one kilogram.

Chen An was not in a hurry. He practiced while watering.

Until two months later.

After consuming two kilograms of essence, the spirit-gathering tree in front of him has matured.

Chen An hesitated for a moment, but finally harvested it.

[Harvest a five-year-old spirit-gathering tree and obtain five pounds of second-level plant essence]

Chen An was speechless.

The harvest is similar to the first-level dew grass, which is the essence of plants.

Two kilograms of second-level plant essence can buy about ten five-year-old spirit-gathering trees. If you only use them to ripen one tree, it would be a huge loss.

But getting an extra five kilograms of essence is a huge profit.

Chen An thought to himself, since one pound of plant essence is equivalent to one year's worth of fruit, why don't I just push it to ten years in one go and see how it goes?
Adding the remaining one kilogram on hand, it is just one kilogram short of ripening a three-year-old spirit-gathering wood to nine years!
No, that’s a waste of time. This time, I’ll ripen it to fifteen years in one go!
Immediately, Chen An simply found two spirit-gathering trees that were the oldest, about three years old.

In order to save time, he ripened the two plants at the same time.

It took two months to ripen both plants to five years old, and from one of them, five kilograms of plant essence was obtained.

At this time, he already had ten kilograms in his hands!

After that, he started to work on the second five-year-old spirit-gathering wood.

With round after round of watering, the spiritual plant continued to grow, and ten months soon passed.

Chen An came to the spiritual field to check, and he found that the ashes of the Eight Treasures Spiritual Tree had been completely absorbed by the soil. At present, the spiritual field has been upgraded to a third-level spiritual field!

This was an unexpected surprise.

Looking at the fifteen-year-old spirit-gathering wood, the spiritual power it exudes is almost twice that of the five-year-old one.

If you feel it carefully, you can find that the spiritual energy around has indeed become a lot richer, but it is still very insignificant for the entire cave.

Planting one or two of these won't have much effect; they must be planted on a large scale to have a noticeable effect.

[Harvest a fifteen-year-old spirit-gathering tree and obtain the secret art of spirit-stealing]

(End of this chapter)