The other step he could take was to pluck the spirit herbs and just throw them here and there while breaking the stems of those spirit herbs if possible.
Spirit herbs didn’t lose their value even when they were plucked and weren’t secured in a special jade casket.
So, plucking them and throwing wouldn’t work, but breaking their stems would be enough to make them lose their value as their spirit qi would evaporate completely. It was similar to damaging the core of a cultivator.
The reason it wouldn’t work was time. He wouldn’t be able to pluck all these spirit herbs easily, and if it was a higher-grade spirit herb, possibly above Grade 7, then he wouldn’t be able to break their stems with his strength.
The only possible way he could think of was poisoning the whole soil. He had knowledge of very strong poisons which could effectively poison the whole soil and the air around it.
There was still a problem of his strength, but he would ask his senior sister to refine the spirit herbs to create it. With her help, creating a Grade 7 poison wasn’t difficult.
It would be enough to affect even Grade 8 herbs if they stayed in the soil for a long time. As for Grade 7 spirit herbs, they would wither in a few breaths, while below Grade 7 would be gone instantly.
It was a shame to destroy so many spirit herbs, but since he wouldn’t be able to take them away, he had to ruin them.
Even if he had enough time to pluck them for himself, he wouldn’t waste more than a single breath to leave after he got his hands on the Eternal Dao Lotus, and plucking the Eternal Dao Lotus first was a must as it wouldn’t allow the soil to get poisoned.
Lin Feng walked to the Eternal Dao Lotus again. He wanted to give it a bowl of water, but getting close to it would activate the detection array around it.
Although nothing serious would happen as no one was going to think that he was harming it with just a bowl of water. He could make an expression of curiosity, and they would even let him do that if he wanted to do it daily.
The only problem was he himself didn’t know what changes it would bring. If it showed enough growth or some changes which could be perceived by Tribulation Ascendance, then they would understand that normal water was all they needed to make it grow faster.
They might start to develop some suspicions towards him because no one gave normal water to spirit herbs, and there was no source of normal water on the spirit field. So why he even wanted to give normal water? Did he already know about it?
Lin Feng wanted to avoid situations like that, especially regarding the Eternal Dao Lotus. In this whole world, if anything that could catch his attention, then it was this lotus. He would take it no matter what.
He looked at it one last time and made his way towards the back of the spirit field, the place where spirit herbs from Grade 7 to 9 were planted.
One thing he noticed was that the deeper he went, the higher the concentration of spirit qi was present.
It was definitely a different array specifically made for higher-grade herbs, and no doubt it used more spirit stones to maintain this spirit qi density.
When he stepped into the section of Grade 7 herbs, he immediately noticed a disparity between Grade 6 and this section of the field. The spirit herbs planted here were very few.
No doubt the spirit herbs present here were rare. Any spirit herb which could reach Grade 7 was definitely rare as it needed to have good growth potential, which was present only in rare herbs, but still they weren’t extraordinary.
To him, these herbs were just ordinary. He now had low hopes for Grade 8 and Grade 9 spirit herbs.
Well, at least their grades would be enough to entice him.
As expected, when he came to the Grade 8 section, the number of spirit herbs present here dropped drastically too. He could see a total of 26 herbs only, which was very low for a sect of this level.
At least there were two spirit herbs which were very rare here.
He didn’t wait to admire them and made his way to the Grade 9 section, the last section of the spirit field, and it seemed one of the nodes of the array was directly placed below it, making spirit qi even denser here.
When Lin Feng reached there, he sighed. There were only 4 Grade 9 spirit herbs here, and he really wasn’t fond of any of them. Not to mention, unlike other sections, this one only had a protection array around it.
It seemed he wouldn’t be able to take them. Well, it was obvious. Grade 9 herbs were definitely planted by the sect, and a disciple like him had no authority over them.
Guess he had to be satisfied with some Grade 8 herbs and the Eternal Dao Lotus. To be honest, he would have been more than happy with only the Eternal Dao Lotus.
After strolling for a little while longer in the spirit field, he came back, "Go now. I will handle here."
"Okay, senior Lin." Tang Zhi stood and ran towards Shen Yu.
Lin Feng sat down and started cultivating. There was nothing else left to do.
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A few days later, the whole inner sect square area was filled with disciples of the Core Formation realm. There was a list in the middle of the square which was filled with the names of disciples who were selected to enter the inheritance site.
There were a total of 200 peak Core Formation stage disciples, 150 late-stage disciples, while 100 mid-stage and 50 early-stage disciples who were selected.
"Dammit, why even bother to give space to those mid and early-stage disciples? It’s totally a waste." One of the peak-stage disciples who wasn’t selected spoke in spite.
It was clearly heard by some early and mid-stage disciples.