: Seven Flowers Secret Record

Hua Guzi was led into the cave dwelling by Ning Zhuo, feeling as if she were in a dream.

"I-I actually got in?!" She stood rooted to the spot, her face full of disbelief.

Ning Zhuo first took the main seat and motioned to Hua Guzi: "Fellow Daoist Hua, please, have a seat."

Hua Guzi was stunned for a moment, then chose the seat closest to Ning Zhuo and sat down.

Then, she leaned her body sideways, trying to get as close to Ning Zhuo as possible.

Ning Zhuo: ?!

At the same moment, he sensed extreme emotions like ecstasy and infatuation from Hua Guzi's inner thoughts.

How terrifying!

Ning Zhuo immediately felt some regret for bringing Hua Guzi in. But there was no helping it; since he had already done it, he had to tough it out.

With an indifferent expression, he said, "Fellow Daoist Hua, to avoid future entanglements, I will accept the flower cultivation method you mentioned today."

Hua Guzi sprang to her feet and floated right in front of Ning Zhuo, her eyes shining brightly as she hurriedly handed over a jade slip.

"Stop." Ning Zhuo quickly reached out a hand to prevent Hua Guzi from getting too close.

He channeled his magic power to take the jade slip from Hua Guzi's hand.

Hua Guzi was greatly disappointed, having failed to touch Ning Zhuo's fingers in the process.

"Alright." Ning Zhuo looked at Hua Guzi, who was now right in front of him, feeling as though she might pounce on him at any moment.

If Hua Guzi had shown hostility, killing intent, or a desire to fight, Ning Zhuo would have known how to handle it.

The problem was that Hua Guzi was quite friendly toward Ning Zhuo.

This made the situation difficult for Ning Zhuo to deal with.

He was only sixteen years old; such a person and such troubles were a bit too much for him to handle.

Ning Zhuo had no choice but to tread carefully, speaking coldly: "Alright, I've accepted the item. You may leave now."

"Leaving already?!" Hua Guzi was extremely reluctant, filled with longing.

"Fellow Daoist Hua, please leave." Ning Zhuo's voice was icy, and the smile on his face had completely vanished.

Hua Guzi's heart trembled violently. Being rejected like this by Ning Zhuo made her feel, from the deepest part of her being, a thrilling sense of being bullied!

"How hateful, how detestable, how infuriating!"

"To treat me like this!! He doesn't take me seriously at all!!"

"This Ning Zhuo... I, I, I..."

Hua Guzi was driven out of the cave dwelling by Ning Zhuo.

Her eyes were red, bloodshot, and her entire body trembled slightly.

There was anger, hatred, and resentment, but also an oddly intense sense of pleasure.

Soon, the feeling of pleasure surged like a tidal wave, overwhelming all the negative emotions.

She glanced back at Ning Zhuo's cave dwelling, let out a soft moan, her face flushed red, and then flew away.

"Finally, she's gone." Ning Zhuo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling somewhat parched.

He sat upright in the main seat, closed his eyes to rest, and after regulating his breathing, his mind gradually calmed down.

Looking at the jade slip in his hand, he felt that this flower cultivation method was unusually heavy!

Ning Zhuo projected his spiritual sense into the jade slip to investigate.

Night Roaming Grass.

The leaves are deep green, with edges emitting a faint purple fluorescence, and the overall shape spreads out like a sunflower. Each leaf is covered with fine silver veins that emit a weak glow under moonlight at night, resembling stars scattered across the leaves.

Its stem is slender and upright, with a smooth surface that shows a light purple sheen. Below the stem are small silver scales that reflect faint light.

It blooms with tiny purple flowers during a specific period. The petals are crystal clear, and the flower center contains a deep blue crystal resembling the night sky.

This specific period is the Ghost Festival.

During the festival, ghost gates around the world open, and spirits from the underworld roam freely in the mortal realm, seeking revenge and settling grudges.

The deities of the underworld must also act quickly to stop and capture these wayward spirits. Among them, the Night Roaming Deity plays the primary role.

When the Night Roaming Deity grows tired from wandering, they often land on the Night Roaming Grass to rest, regain strength, and relieve fatigue.

This is the origin of the name "Night Roaming Grass."

To cultivate Night Roaming Grass, a dark place with dense yin energy is required. In terms of spiritual energy, it must be depleted during the day and abundant at night, with a significant difference between the two.

For fertilization, night dew, Star River spiritual liquid, and night-blooming jasmine should be used...

Night Roaming Grass, Purple Smoke Orchid, Silver Butterfly Flower, Soul Essence Flower, Glow Peach, Heartburn Flower, and Toxic Flame Chrysanthemum—seven exotic flowers and plants in total.

The entire content of the jade slip consists of cultivation methods for these seven exotic flowers and plants. Each method is detailed and practical, allowing for step-by-step implementation.

"Soul Essence Flower?"

Ning Zhuo's gaze paused slightly; he knew of this flower.

Eleven years ago, a demonic cultivator named Hua Qianhun came near Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

This person set up a scheme, cultivating flowers in a valley near the city, causing a sea of flowers to spread across the mountains and plains, creating rumors of an exotic flower's emergence.

Many people were attracted and entered the flower sea, only to have their souls extracted and turned into fertilizer for the flowers. In the end, an exotic flower indeed emerged, named the Soul Essence Flower. Hua Qianhun immediately picked it and fled swiftly.

Ning Zhuo became interested and skipped the descriptions of the other flowers to prioritize reading about the Soul Essence Flower.

The jade slip described the appearance of the Soul Essence Flower in detail.

Its petals are semi-transparent, changing color with the light, ranging from crystal clear to deep purple. Each petal seems to have souls drifting across it, and when the wind blows, ripples of these souls are visible to the naked eye.

Its flower center is deep black, emitting a faint blue fluorescence, like a pair of deep eyes staring into one's soul.

The leaves are a ghostly green, giving off a chilling and terrifying feeling.

Looking at the soil requirements, Ning Zhuo indeed saw that the Soul Essence Flower needs to be planted in soil rich in soul energy. The best choice is an ancient battlefield.

However, countless beings had died on Fire Persimmon Mountain, so the soil there would also meet the requirements.

The fertilizer for the Soul Essence Flower is fresh souls.

The specific planting location also requires consideration. It must be a place where yin and yang intersect—neither too dark nor too yang. The best location is deep in a valley, where yin energy is strong but some sunlight can still reach.

There is also a sacrificial technique.

The object of the sacrifice is the Soul Essence Flower itself. Through sacrificial magic, souls are offered to the flower to promote its growth.

The jade slip also mentioned its effects.

The Soul Essence Flower naturally purifies external souls, enhancing the foundation of one's soul without any side effects.

If used as the main ingredient to refine Soul Essence Pills, the medicinal effect would be far superior to consuming it raw—at least 30% stronger.

After reading all the contents of the jade slip, Ning Zhuo found that the Glow Peach had the highest market value. However, the most suitable for the Ning branch family would be the Toxic Flame Chrysanthemum.

This chrysanthemum needs to be planted in a place of intense flames. The best location is within an active volcano, where fire poison permeates the area. The site must have rolling flames and erupting geothermal fire year-round to help the Toxic Flame Chrysanthemum absorb fire poison energy.

If the location is suitable, the soil for cultivating the Toxic Flame Chrysanthemum requires no processing. However, if the location is slightly less ideal, it is necessary to use waste soil refined from cooled volcanic magma, mixed with hundred-year fire poison rock fragments and thousand-year flame vine ashes, following a refining method to create Toxic Flame Fire Miasma Soil.

A Blazing Toxic Fire Array can be set up to concentrate fire poison energy, enhancing the toxicity and fire attribute power of the Toxic Flame Chrysanthemum.

The jade slip also provided detailed instructions on how to set up the Blazing Toxic Fire Array.

For example, the array core requires top-grade fire attribute crystals to attract and gather flames.

Also, the four fire gates each need a Fire Spirit Lamp, with fire essence burning continuously inside to illuminate the surroundings.

Additionally, the eight toxic positions each require a Fire Poison Copper-Scale Snake to convert fire poison energy.

During the cultivation stage of the Toxic Flame Chrysanthemum, after the flower buds form, talismans can be drawn on them at the appropriate time.

The talismans are called Toxic Smoke Talisman and Blazing Flame Talisman. If the toxicity of the Toxic Flame Chrysanthemum is slightly low, the Toxic Smoke Talisman is used to increase it. If the fire attribute power is weak, the Blazing Flame Talisman is used to enhance it.

The jade slip also included specific methods for drawing the Toxic Smoke Talisman and Blazing Flame Talisman.

For example, the Toxic Smoke Talisman requires Crimson Blood Ink mixed with the essence of fire poison insects to form a specific talisman ink.

As for the Blazing Flame Talisman, it is best drawn under the scorching sun to absorb the sunlight's brilliance.

The jade slip recorded: If conditions permit, Toxic Flame Powder can also be used for fertilization. This pill uses Toxic Flame Chrysanthemum petals as the main ingredient, combined with highly toxic materials such as flame scorpion hearts, fire poison lizard gallbladders, and crimson spirit grass.

It has four major effects: increasing toxicity, protecting roots, strengthening miasma, and enhancing fierceness.

The Toxic Flame Chrysanthemum requires little water but cannot go without it. When irrigating, natural hot spring water must be used, and it must not be cold—it should remain hot.

During the growth of the Toxic Flame Chrysanthemum, it must also be exposed to the scorching sun periodically to absorb yang energy and balance yin energy, ensuring robust growth.

After studying it carefully, Ning Zhuo couldn't help but feel many emotions.

Cultivating spiritual plants, abbreviated as "cultivation," is one of the hundred arts of cultivation.

To excel in this field, one actually needs knowledge in other areas as well. For example, using elixirs, setting up arrays, and drawing talismans.

This shows that the hundred arts of cultivation are not isolated from each other but are interconnected, each containing elements of the others.

It's just that one art is primary, while the others play supporting roles, with a clear distinction between primary and secondary.

Only the art of mechanisms blurs this distinction. The hundred arts of cultivation, and even cultivation itself, are integrated and expressed through mechanical creations.

Therefore, the art of mechanisms is difficult to learn and master, but if one truly achieves proficiency, the ceiling is very high—it can encompass all hundred arts of cultivation, achieving a grand synthesis!

Ning Zhuo only had a slight understanding of cultivation techniques and was not skilled in them—he was a complete outsider.

The Seven Flowers Cultivation Secret from Hua Guzi broadened his horizons, making him wonder if the countless herb cultivation methods of the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect were similar.

Regarding these cultivation texts, Ning Zhuo could only understand the "what" but not the "why."

"I am still too shallow."

"The content is right in front of me, but I cannot deduce the reasoning behind these methods."

"Learning is endless; I still need to study more!"

Ning Zhuo sighed and carefully stored the Seven Flowers Secret Record.

He did not plan to send the jade slip back to the Ning branch family via the courier station.

It was too unsafe!

Such industrial secrets were like a goose that lays golden eggs—they had to be delivered personally.

Once the Toxic Flame Chrysanthemum was established, the Ning branch family would have a steady new source of income.

This would be a beneficial thing for both the entire branch family and Ning Zhuo personally.

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