Peerless Divine Eyes
Chapter 324: Nine Suns Blossom

Chapter 324: Chapter 324: Nine Suns Blossom

"Eh, Lu Chen, you’re back?"

Just as the old man Medicinal Herb carefully plucked the flower and stored it, he only then noticed someone standing next to him.

He couldn’t see clearly who it was, but he could sense from the spiritual power that it was Lu Chen.

"Yes, I am back," Lu Chen nodded, his gaze falling on the jade box in the elder’s hand, "Old Zhao, did you just say this flower can help Sister Mu Xiao break through the Qi Refinement Realm?"

If there were cultivators seated in the valley, it would be much safer.

Because he was not going to stay in the valley all the time.

In fact, he had just been thinking about leaving the Breath Soil here for the old man Medicinal Herb to plant medicines.

"Indeed," the old man Medicinal Herb said, joy tinged with a hint of confusion, "Lu Chen, this is the spiritual medicine you gave me before, don’t you know?"

"How could I pay attention to all of this," Lu Chen touched his nose. He had several storage bags and never looked at them closely since he acquired them from others, "Perhaps it was harvested by someone in the Tiantian Abyss?"

He didn’t deliberately conceal the fact that he would also kill for treasure.

This sort of thing was very common among martial artists, not to mention cultivators.

He couldn’t remember whether it was from the storage bags of the three sword cultivators or the three female cultivators of the Xuanji Sect.

"You possess such spiritual medicine and don’t even take a good look," the old man Medicinal Herb said helplessly, "This is the Nine Yang Flower! Man has nine meridians, and nine is also the number of extreme yang! It germinates in nine years, blooms in ninety, and flowers in nine hundred!"

"Nine hundred years?"

Lu Chen was startled.

For someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage like him, nine hundred years was an unreachable lifespan.

"Yes, nine hundred years," the old man Medicinal Herb nodded and continued, "Therefore, the medicinal power within this flower is supremely yang, capable of bursting through any toxins hidden in the meridians while also drawing in spiritual energy! With the Qi Refinement Realm, wouldn’t that come naturally? It’s just that..."

Lu Chen raised an eyebrow, "Just what?"

"If only this flower was untouched by others, that would be ideal."

The old man Medicinal Herb couldn’t help sighing, "I am but a martial artist, and even though I’m close to the semi-cultivator realm, I only recognize this flower!"

Lu Chen asked curiously, "But this flower has been picked by someone, hasn’t it? Otherwise, how could you have guarded it until it bloomed?"

By implication, although the flower came from him, it was Lu Chen who gave it to the old man Medicinal Herb to plant after he arrived in the valley.

"Lu Chen, you don’t understand what I mean," the old man Medicinal Herb explained with a smile, "The Nine Yang Flower not only relates to the number nine in each growth stage but also will produce nine flowers itself!"

"This one has only produced a single flower, where are the nine?"

Lu Chen was even more puzzled.

"Pluck one flower, wait a while, and another will grow. A Nine Yang Flower in its lifetime will produce a total of nine! If you consume all nine, the effect would be... unimaginable!"

Seeing the old man Medicinal Herb’s sigh, Lu Chen understood his concern; he was worried that someone had previously picked the flower, which meant they could no longer gather nine Nine Yang Flowers. Hence, he asked, "So how can one tell if this flower can still bloom?"

"You can’t tell," the old man Medicinal Herb said with a bitter smile, "Even cultivators cannot see it."

Lu Chen didn’t mind and said, "But if there aren’t nine flowers, couldn’t consuming eight, or seven, or even fewer do?"

"No," the old man Medicinal Herb replied hastily, "Ancient medical texts have recorded that with the Nine Yang Flower, you either consume all nine to absorb the full yang power or just one to expel toxins with the single yang strength! Consuming any other number of petals could lead to unexpected changes in the body, potentially endangering life."

Lu Chen touched his nose, feeling that this was not a problem at all, and said, "Then why not just wait for more flowers to bloom? Until they can’t bloom anymore!"

The old man Medicinal Herb was at a loss whether to laugh or cry and said, "After picking the Nine Yang Flower, it has to be consumed before the yang force completely dissipates, otherwise, it loses its potency! I might understand medicine, but I cannot ensure that the Nine Yang Flower..."

Lu Chen immediately understood and asked a critical question, "So under normal circumstances, when would the second Nine Yang Flower bloom?"

The old man Medicinal Herb sighed and said, "After one year!"

Lu Chen was astonished, "One flower per year, nine in nine years?"

"Precisely!"

The old man Medicinal Herb nodded emphatically and said, "That’s why Miss Mu Xiao isn’t fortunate enough to enjoy it. To have this one flower, she should be content!"

And amidst his sighs, Lu Chen directly took out the Breath Soil.

Isn’t it just a matter of time?

The Breath Soil could solve the issue perfectly!

Who needs to wait nine years?

He knelt down, pulled out the Nine Yang Flower, and then planted it into the Breath Soil!

After a moment.

The Nine Yang Flower bloomed anew!

The old man Medicinal Herb stood rooted to the spot.