Muyu returned back to his room after talking with his mother. The matters of the clan weren’t easy to deal with, and he didn’t have the power nor authority to influence things currently, so he should focus on gaining the power and authority to control his own life.
Back in his room, he didn’t start drawing talismans directly but sat down and started looking into his soul.
"Although I’m still some distance away and don’t need to switch cultivation arts just yet, I can check it out and prepare beforehand if possible." he said, his eyes finally landing on the inheritance manual his grandfather gave him.
His mind sank into it and he saw an astounding scene—
A huge bowl hovered in the void, containing heaven and earth!
Inside the bowl, there was a landscape of mountains and rivers, extremely beautiful to look at.
Above, winds stirred and a huge sun was hanging to the east, flowing from east to north, west, south and east again, forming the cycle of a day.
A world in a bowl!
"This... it resembles the supernatural power ’A world in the Sleeves’, or the ’A World in the Palm’, but this bowl... why does it resemble a Qi Bowl so much?"
Just as he asked this, illusory knowledge entered his mind—
He was shocked!
"This... this is really the cultivation of the mid stage?!"
The more he looked at it, the more he thought this manual was lying to him!
This was a whole world in a bowl—
No wait—
"These are... they represent four of the five elements, Fire, Wind, Water and Earth, missing only... wood?"
The manual instantly revealed:
This world was constructed to raise a small seed.
That’s it.
A whole world, used only to raise a small plant, as if the four elements only use was to make them serve the plants and raise plants better.
"So this is what it means to be a Creation Cultivation Art? Even such a small stage as Qi Refining involves the mysteries of creation?"
He was deeply shocked, but also excited. The more difficult and special it was, the better its effects would be.
Lifespan extension, cultivation assistance, fighting companion—now it seemed these were the superficial benefits. The real benefit should be hidden in this mystery of creation. How much could you gain when you complete the cycle of heaven and earth?
And the seed, now he understood why it could continue to break through with the cultivator, unrestricted by its own limit. If it absorbed so much of the mystery of creation, wouldn’t it be elevated on its own?
It didn’t even need to support him—as long as he lived and waited for long enough, it would support him instead.
"No..." he shook his head.
"Innate Plants are mysterious, but at its core, cultivation requires cultivation. Relying on the plant isn’t bad, after all, its your innate plant, but the constraints of lifespan will inevitably take a toll on me. It’s better to get resources and build a good environment outside for the plant to grow faster.
The manual also says that once you reach the late stage, the plant can be taken out for better nourishing, while it still consumes the creation mysteries of the dantian, effectively doubling its cultivation speed.
Of course since plants live for thousands of years, doubling won’t make it as fast as human cultivation... but combining various methods of spiritual planting... and maybe even talisman drawing, I should be able to enhance its cultivation speed to a level that is at least on par with mine!
And my cultivation... I can’t slow down just to assist the plant. Worst case it’ll lag behind, but I can’t intentionally neglect my cultivation."
The more he thought, the more he realised how difficult it would be. But at the same time, he smiled. Such difficulty only appeared because he took a better, stronger path. If his goals were lower, he might not need to take these issues serious—but since he aimed for something much higher, he had to take the full challenge at each stage!
Some ideas appeared in his mind, and he seemed to sense something... the feeling disappeared just as fast as it had appeared, making him think it was an illusion.
After calming down for a moment, he put all those matters distracting him aside, and focused on his cultivation.
Three Qi Bowls appeared in his dantian—
Vortices formed inside these bowls as they pulled and absorbed spiritual power from his surroundings.
Their whole courtyard was built on the branch of the second stage low grade spiritual vein, containing the concentration of peak grade first stage spiritual power in their cultivation rooms, and there was even a small garden at the core of the courtyard where the spiritual power of the vein was directly released, spiritual power of a second stage vein!
"Grandfather and Mother said that the aura in the garden was too strong for me to handle in the past. But before I go to the market, I should still try to check it out. And the Verdant Grove too—although I want to establish my foundation before grandfather passes away, I can still use the garden as my residence.
The Verdant Grove contains several second stage trees, and keeping hold of this inheritance is also good."
As for the fact that only Qi Refining cultivators took care of them?
In fact, if it wasn’t because there was too much to take care of in the planting hall, then Peilan would directly control the Three Gardens. But since he couldn’t, he could only allow those most qualified among a sea of unqualified cultivators to take over. When a planting Foundation Building cultivator emerges, he’ll likely be able to directly take over a grove.
"Since the ancestor is arranging things, he’ll likely keep an eye for the Verdant Grove. Even if great grand-aunt Dehua reached the Foundation Building stage, she will only take over the other gardens and not ours!"
A strange sense of confidence rose in his heart as he thought of this.
He looked into the distance once more before turning to look at the desk.
Talismans wouldn’t write themselves!