"My heavens! Did Elder Bai Zhi just hand me a bomb?"
Jiang Hao sat on the balcony, holding a seed the size of a quail egg, black and white in color, utterly shocked. Cold sweat dripped down his face uncontrollably.
He had appraised the seed he received yesterday, and the result was:
"The Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower Seed: At the beginning of Primordial Chaos, a flower was born between Heaven and Earth. Over endless ages, the Heaven and Earth became distinct, resulting in the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower. It bore fruit, and then fell to the ground as seeds. This is one of such seeds. Plant it in soil, water it once a day, and in seven days, it will take root and sprout."
Jiang Hao recognized the name "Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower" not from anywhere else but from a previous appraisal. It was, in fact, the reason Senior Sister Yun Ruo had come to the Heavenly Sound Sect. It implied that other undercover traitors might be here for the same reason.
"Now that the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower is in my hands, will everyone's eyes be on me? Once it takes root and sprouts, will I have to constantly be on guard? But if I don't plant it, can I withstand Elder Bai Zhi's wrath?"
At that moment, Jiang Hao felt like he was simply a bait being used to fish for others.
He took a deep breath, feeling a bit helpless. One challenge had barely settled when another emerged.
He thought he had made some money and could momentarily escape danger, but then this kind of trouble just landed on him.
"The Demonic Sect is truly not a place for people to stay."
Shaking his head, Jiang Hao went to the courtyard to find a good spot and planted the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower Seed. Then he turned to the fence beside him, thinking to reinforce it with stones to prevent others from seeing the flower.
After planting the seed, he took out a bowl to water it, not minding whether it was a big or small bowl.
"I can only take things a step at a time; if things become dire, I still have a chance to escape using the Death Substitution Technique."
Jiang Hao then left the courtyard and headed to the Spirit Herb Garden to collect today's bubbles.
There were two blue bubbles.
"One for cultivation progress."
"One for Vital Qi."
"One for strength."
"One for mental strength."
"One for endurance."
As time went by, Jiang Hao could feel his strength indeed increasing.
With this daily planting and harvesting, he wondered how far his strength and mental power would go. Currently, he was slightly better than those at the same level.
At noon, after tending to some spirit herbs in the garden, Jiang Hao set up a stall at the sect market.
This time, everything went smoothly. All five Foundation Establishment level spirit talismans were sold.
He earned a total of 21 spirit stones, with a profit of eleven spirit stones. Since a single person bought them all, he had given a discount.
"By the way, how many Blazing Flame Talismans do you still have?" asked the person who bought all the talismans, a senior sister at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. She had a fierce look in her eyes, and her features were ordinary within the Heavenly Sound Sect.
"How many do you need, Senior Sister?" Jiang Hao asked.
"Fifty, within three days," Leng Tian replied earnestly.
Jiang Hao shook his head and said regretfully, "I can't do that."
Even if his success rate was high, he could manage only ten in one night. Creating talismans also consumed spiritual energy, especially after unlocking Divine Abilities.
"Then in three days, as many up to fifty as you can. Here's the deposit," Leng Tian tossed Jiang Hao ten spirit stones.
"I'll do my best," Jiang Hao nodded.
Although other talismans were more profitable, selling them was more important than just creating them. As long as he increased his success rate later, the income wouldn't be low.
Whatever the senior sister needed so many Blazing Flame Talismans for was not his concern.
For the next few days, Jiang Hao focused on creating talismans, especially since he was free in the afternoons.
He dedicated all his time to talisman crafting.
He could attempt crafting up to fifteen times a day.
On the first day, he succeeded eight times; on the second, nine times; and on the third, ten times.
In total, he managed to create twenty-seven Blazing Flame Talismans. He earned eighty-one spirit stones, spent forty-five on materials, and profited thirty-six.
Including everything he had, he amassed two hundred fifty spirit stones.
In less than two weeks, he was earning nearly a hundred, something he hadn't even dared to dream of before.
Four more days passed.
He wasn't able to sell all his talismans every day, but he still earned over ten spirit stones daily.
His savings reached the three hundred mark, almost a third of what he needed.
And this was just in half a month.
Barring unexpected circumstances, he was well on his way to gathering one thousand spirit stones. Thinking about it, the weight on his chest seemed to lighten a bit.
In the courtyard, over the past few days, Jiang Hao had replaced the walls to block the view.
At night, Jiang Hao was still crafting talismans.
But when he was about to finish his last stroke, an unexpected phenomenon occurred. An invisible spiritual energy surged through, setting the talisman on fire.
The sudden change was astonishing, especially since the source of the energy was in the courtyard.
"Seven days have passed; is the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower about to sprout?"
Jiang Hao had been keeping track of this, but he didn't expect any unusual transformation.
When he reached the balcony, he saw invisible waves sweeping the surroundings like the wind.
Fortunately, the impact didn't extend beyond the courtyard, or it would be disastrous.
Many traitors were eyeing this flower.
The strange phenomenon didn't last long because Jiang Hao saw a tiny sprout emerge from the soil, shaking gently.
That wasn't what was shocking; what happened next was truly surprising.
After the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower sprouted, the spiritual fluctuations disappeared, and a purple gold bubble appeared.
This bubble was unique to the Status Panel.
It was the first time Jiang Hao had encountered this color.
Purple gold...
What could it be?
Jiang Hao was filled with anticipation.
As dawn barely broke, he leaped down from the balcony, approaching the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower.
The purple gold bubble floated up and merged into his body.
"Purple Gold Legend +1"