Chapter 44

After that, Hu Donghan reached out to touch the soul ring on his hand, released a wandering soul, and sent it into the Solidification Land.

The moment the wandering soul entered the Solidification Land, the roving soul force, as if it had discovered prey, swiftly struck the wandering soul. The wandering soul didn't have time to dodge and was shattered, then transformed into strands of yin qi and ghost qi. However, this was not the end. The roving soul force continued to rapidly strike the yin qi and ghost qi within the Solidification Land. As it struck rapidly, the purity of the yin qi and ghost qi became increasingly refined.

This situation continued for about half a minute before it stopped. At this point, the impurities in the yin qi and ghost qi were almost completely gone.

"Indeed, adding a ghost's soul force to the Solidification Land can maximize the purification of yin qi and ghost qi! Any level of ghost has the desire to consume more pure ghost qi and yin qi. Therefore, just one level of ghost soul force can achieve this effect."

"This is considered the most basic method in the 'True Interpretation of Ghost Dao.' However, within the entire Yin Soul Sect, no cultivator has ever thought of such a thing."

"Of course, to extract a ghost's soul force, it must be guided by the Soul Chart and protected by the runes in the main principles—this is the main reason..."

Hu Donghan looked at the situation before him and nodded in satisfaction. Then, he reached out and threw all the wandering souls from the soul ring into the Solidification Land.

As soon as the two soul rings, containing nearly two hundred wandering souls, entered the Solidification Land, they were restrained. Immediately after, the soul force of the Medicine Spirit Ghost began to rapidly strike the wandering souls. The number of wandering souls in the Solidification Land visibly decreased, gradually transforming into pure yin qi and ghost qi.

"Now, this Solidification Land shouldn't be called the Solidification Land anymore, right? Perhaps it should be directly called the 'Ghost Restaurant' instead."

Hu Donghan squinted his eyes and, through the Soul Chart, ordered the Medicine Spirit Ghost to enter it whenever it needed to eat. Then, Hu Donghan transmitted the Profound Yin Heart Method to the Medicine Spirit Ghost through his connection with the ghost, commanding it to cultivate whenever it had free time.

The Medicine Spirit Ghost, lacking any intelligence, instinctively agreed to Hu Donghan's command and immediately began cultivating the Profound Yin Heart Method on the side.

Hu Donghan waited for the wandering souls in the Ghost Restaurant to transform into pure ghost qi and yin qi again, then continued to throw more wandering souls into it.

After throwing in the wandering souls from two more soul rings, these wandering souls were quickly eliminated. At this point, the ghost qi and yin qi in the Ghost Restaurant began to faintly spread into the basement. However, although the ghost qi and yin qi were spreading, the extent and range of the spread were not significant. Clearly, although the ghost qi and yin qi exceeded the Ghost Restaurant's capacity, it was not by much.

"It seems that the maximum at one time is four soul rings. The Medicine Spirit Ghost needs about a hundred wandering souls to 'eat its fill,' and the Ghost Restaurant can supply the Medicine Spirit Ghost with three full meals. That means I need to replenish the wandering souls every one and a half days. Of course, to be prepared for any unexpected needs, replenishing the wandering souls daily is the best plan."

Hu Donghan calculated this in his mind and then squinted his eyes again.

"Now, all the conditions are ripe. Next, it's up to the Medicine Spirit Ghost to perform!"

Directly through the Soul Chart, Hu Donghan gave the Medicine Spirit Ghost a "schedule" based on his previous estimates, arranging its actions according to this schedule.

After receiving Hu Donghan's command, the Medicine Spirit Ghost immediately stopped cultivating, flew out of the basement, and hovered over the small medicinal field, choosing the same position as before. It then placed the ghost spirit grass on top of its head among the many medicinal herbs. Once the yin qi with a medicinal fragrance began to spread, the Medicine Spirit Ghost immediately flew back to the basement and began cultivating the Profound Yin Heart Method.

Hu Donghan's arrangement for the Medicine Spirit Ghost almost maximized its utility, leaving it with no rest. This was only possible because the Medicine Spirit Ghost had no intelligence. If it had intelligence, it would definitely curse Hu Donghan as an extremely heartless master.

After confirming that the Medicine Spirit Ghost had no issues, Hu Donghan left the basement, went out of the room, and first checked the small medicinal field. After observing the surroundings and finding no abnormalities, he returned to the room, closed his eyes, and began to meditate and cultivate.

"Unfortunately, my current strength allows me to control only a very limited number of ghosts! If my strength could increase further and I could cultivate a second ghost, I wouldn't have to worry about anyone spying. As long as one ghost can patrol the surroundings at any time, I would be much more relaxed."

In the blink of an eye, another day had passed. Everything was proceeding smoothly according to Hu Donghan's plan.

The miscellaneous servants, repeatedly warned by Hu Donghan, did not dare to approach the location of the small medicinal field. The only time Hu Donghan interacted with others each day was when Niu Ergen brought him food and also brought the wandering souls.

After this day, Hu Donghan checked the medicinal herbs in the one-acre field within the Medicine Spirit Ghost's cultivation range and was surprised to find that one of the medicinal herbs seemed to have matured.

According to Hu Donghan's prediction, this medicinal herb should have matured about half a day later.

"What... is this?"

Hu Donghan first picked the medicinal herb and carefully examined it, confirming that it was indeed mature.

Then, Hu Donghan turned his gaze to the surrounding medicinal herbs—

Compared to the previous day, the medicinal herbs within the Medicine Spirit Ghost's coverage showed a very noticeable difference. The medicinal herbs looked much more vibrant than the previous day, and their growth rate was far from just a one-fold increase.

"What is going on? Could it be that the Medicine Spirit Ghost's ability to enhance growth is not just one-fold? This... this is a bit too strange, isn't it?"

Hu Donghan frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then focused on the Lu Jiecao, the easiest medicinal herb to distinguish in terms of growth.

Lu Jiecao, from planting to maturity, takes six months. The most unique feature of Lu Jiecao is that once it grows to a sufficient degree, it automatically adds a layer of patterns. If the spiritual energy is insufficient, it will still add one pattern per day. Once the patterns reach thirty, they form a node. From planting to maturity, Lu Jiecao will have a total of 180 patterns and six nodes.

Once all six nodes are fully grown, it is the day of Lu Jiecao's maturity.