activa-t Chapter 68: No need to call me Senior Brother, just call me Little Du.
Chapter 68: No need to call me Senior Brother, just call me Little Du.
The assignments were complete, and it was understandable that he didn't get the only girl. After all, Du Ziyue had observed yesterday's internship assessment; she was a genius with a fire-attribute physique, and given the opportunity to cultivate, she would surpass most trainees. How could the higher-ups possibly assign her to someone as mediocre as himself? However...
Du Ziyue stood by the waste pit, hands on his hips, catching his breath. He watched helplessly as Li Si, who had been assigned to him, walked over with Zhang San and Yang Zhilan. Du Ziyue, however, cheerfully greeted Jiang Qiu, who was not far away, "Brother Jiang!"
Li Si said excitedly, "The director said that after Qian Cheng died, there were two vacancies. Zhang San and I had decent grades, so we were transferred in. Originally, it should have been me with you, but I don't have much potential, so Yang Zhilan ended up with you. By the way, Brother Jiang, take a break, I'll help you empty the waste soil!"
Zhang San nodded, "Yes, Brother Jiang, where's your flower stand?"
"No need, you all go help with the assigned interns, that's your job. Yang Zhilan can stay here." Jiang Qiu smiled calmly.
"Okay, then Brother Jiang, I'm going to report to Wang Baisheng. If you need any help, just call me; I shouldn't be far away." Zhang San left.
"Then I'll go report to Du Ziyue too. Hey, by the way, Brother Jiang, do you know where Du Ziyue is?" Li Si scratched her head.
"..." Jiang Qiu paused for a moment, then turned her head and saw Du Ziyue casually bending down to dump waste soil. After dumping the soil, he was still shaking the bag. "Senior Brother Du Ziyue, the new courtyard staff member is here to report for duty."
"Ah, me? Okay, well, you don't need to call me senior brother, just call me Xiao Du," Du Ziyue said with an awkward smile, speaking politely. "Li Si, how about you do me a favor and dump the wasteland?"
"Hiss?" Li Si was taken aback. So this person wasn't the one who did odd jobs in the courtyard. He was panting heavily just from emptying the soil. He hadn't expected him to be an apprentice cultivator like Brother Jiang. His face tingled, and he didn't dare to be negligent. "Brother Du, where's your flower stand area? I'll go help you tidy up the potted plants!"
"It's over there, I'll take you there."
"Okay, then, Brother Jiang, I'll be going?"
"Go ahead," Jiang Qiu nodded.
Li Si helped Du Ziyue pack his bags and followed him to the flower stand area. The two stood silently back to back when Yang Zhilan spoke up, "Brother Jiang, I... I'll help you clean up the wasteland too, okay?"
"No rush. The director notified me this morning that he wants me to take you to your new place first, and then let you familiarize yourself with the flower stand area I assigned you."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Jiang!"
Jiang Qiu had already been notified that Yang Zhilan was assigned to Courtyard No. 17. The reason she was assigned to him was with his consent. Although Yang Zhilan looked thin and was not suitable for physical labor, she was talented and had a good chance of being promoted to intern next year. She had potential and would be helpful in managing his small group.
Since being promoted to intern yesterday, many of my peers who have been promoted to full-time employees have contacted me, hoping to join the sales network of the purchasing store. However, their skill levels vary, making it difficult to cultivate them to achieve the required results.
With Yang Zhilan by his side, she could do a simple screening for him. She had the ability to cultivate top-quality fruits, and her judgment wouldn't be too bad. As a genius, she was also able to win people's respect.
Once she's familiar with the process, she can then connect with the acquiring store offline on her behalf, so she won't have to personally handle the subsequent sales of the group's results.
In this way, Yang Zhilan would deliver the results of each cycle to Yao Yao, and Yao Yao would then directly transfer the money to her own account, saving a lot of effort.
Of course, the most important thing is to make time for hybridization of spiritual plants.
So, Jiang Qiu moved Yang Zhilan into courtyard number 17. After getting familiar with the environment, she got busy, collecting waste soil, replacing it with new soil, replanting spiritual seeds, tending to potted plants, cleaning flower stands, and managing group affairs...
"Tch," Jiang Qiao stood at the doorway under the balcony, arms crossed, looking at the enthusiastic girl among the flower trellises, she snorted and looked away, "Hey, are you done yet? Why are you transplanting so slowly?"
"You're rushing me too soon. I just showed Yang Zhilan around the outer courtyard and she's only just gotten the hang of it. Why don't you come in and sit down and wait?"
"I'm not sitting here," she muttered, leaning against the doorframe and glancing sideways at Jiang Qiu, who was shoveling soil and digging roots in the living room. "So I rented you the space for the Fuze potted plant, and now you're planning to plant this 'Wood Edge Flower' again?"
"Yes, it's essential for the hybrid golden-wood dual-genus spiritual plant, so I'll naturally focus on cultivating it." Jiang Qiu dug the withered third-generation mother plant out of the old pot and buried it in a brand-new rubber pot.
Jiang Qiao pouted and said, "But your [Wood Fruit] is, after all, a result of the [Wood Edge Flower]. As long as one of the hybrids comes from the same mother plant, it meets the transformation conditions. You might as well focus your efforts on [Golden Spirit Arrow]."
She spoke eloquently: "The dual-attribute fruit required to 'achieve the result' has the same cultivation conditions as the one that will later transform into a spiritual seed within the body."
"That is, the external spiritual seed is transformed into the internal spiritual seed."
"Only two conditions need to be met."
"Firstly, there is a lineage connection between the external spiritual seed and the primordial spiritual seed."
"Secondly, the external spiritual seed must possess fertility characteristics."
"Your [Wood Fruit] is infertile and has no offspring. It can only belong to the mother plant's lineage. So as long as the mother plant is still alive, you can use it for hybridization. There is no need to spend resources to cultivate [Wood Fruit] again."
"In this way, all you need to do is successfully cultivate the [Golden Arrow] and then graft its superior fruit onto the mother plant. If their characteristics complement each other perfectly, the probability of successful hybridization is very high."
"When the time comes, it will naturally open and produce an external spiritual seed that can be transformed. This is much easier than cultivating a new [Wood Fruit] and then [grafting] it onto the mother plant of the [Golden Spirit Arrow], unless..."
Jiang Qiao stared at Jiang Qiu, "Although you only cultivated one [Wood Fruit] before, you are absolutely confident that you can cultivate another one. In other words, you have mastered the formula for reliably producing [Wood Fruits]?"
"No, but the effects of these two grafting methods are different. The 'Wood Growth Fruit' as the 'protagonist' has much greater potential than the 'Golden Spirit Arrow,' doesn't it?" Jiang Qiu said noncommittally.
"That's true, but the difficulty levels are worlds apart..." Jiang Qiao murmured, her voice gradually softening as she noticed his serious face.
It's clear that I've only been practicing cultivation for a short time.
Yet, she always exudes confidence naturally.
It seems that one person can make a name for themselves.
It seems that the strongest geniuses are all like this.
"Hmph, don't wait until you hit a brick wall to remember me." Jiang Qiao turned her face away, muttering to herself, her heart beating three times faster than usual.
Jiang Qiu didn't look at her, completely absorbed in the transplanting process. This time, they used rare nutrient soil, which had been specially selected.
[Level 1 Nutrient Soil: The soil quality has been optimized for rarity. Any Level 1 spirit plant mother plant that has undergone mutation, when the corresponding formula is repeated, will have a certain probability of producing a specified effect upon mutation. If a Level 1 wood-type spirit plant is chosen to be planted, an additional bonus will be obtained.]
(Note: This probability is positively correlated with the mutation rate of the mother plant.)
If you use the Fuze pot to increase the mutation rate of the mother plant to 100%, you can replicate the effect of [Wood Growth] 100%.
Although it's not a recipe, it's better than one.
After that, you can concentrate on cultivating the [Golden Spirit Arrow].
Try cross-pollinating it with the fertile [Golden Cage] of the same genus to cultivate a fertile new metallic variety that combines the characteristics of both. Then, use this as the mother plant to graft [Wood Fruit] onto it...