She did not sow the seeds immediately. Instead, she first had Nif fetch a dipper of Cold Spirit Water, sprinkling it over the soil to moisten it.
Then, she carefully placed the Golden Sunflower seed into the soil and gently covered it again.
Juliette lifted her head, wearing a serene smile, and said, "Lord, it has been planted."
Cao Xing nodded while beginning his calculations inwardly.
"According to the system’s description, a Golden Sunflower seed’s growth period is six years, with an additional two years to bear fruit, totaling eight years."
"With the acceleration of the Pale Tree, it should take about five years."
"And each plant can only be accelerated three times with tools of the same grade."
"Three green Life Tree Hearts could conservatively accelerate growth by at least two years."
"In other words, I need three green and one or two blue-quality Life Tree Hearts to fully mature a Golden Sunflower instantly!"
Cao Xing discreetly glanced at his backpack.
[Ice Crystal Human-faced Tree Tree Heart (Green)]*478
[Human-faced Tree Guard Tree Heart (Blue)]*54
[Human-faced Tree Elder Tree Heart (Purple)]*8
"Wow, with this many tree hearts, I can accelerate more than forty Golden Sunflowers."
"Does that mean I could acquire hundreds of Golden Ancient Coins?"
Cao Xing was startled by the number he calculated.
After all, these were not ordinary gold coins but Golden Ancient Coins!
They could be exchanged for discontinued Ancient Treasure Boxes.
Of course, he could not consume all the Human-faced Tree Hearts.
If he encountered other magic plant seeds in the future and had nothing to accelerate their growth, it would be a big loss.
Therefore, Cao Xing decided to accelerate 10 [Golden Sunflowers] to test the waters.
But since he currently only had one seed, he needed to proceed gradually, first cultivating a batch of seeds.
So, Cao Xing began his plan by taking out three green Human-faced Tree Hearts.
He then lightly crushed them.
The pure life force contained within the green agate flowed into the soil where the seed was buried.
The patch of land became active.
"Rustle... rustle..."
After a slight rustle,
a tender green sprout broke through the soil.
It quickly started growing taller, entering its growth phase.
Then, green buds appeared, with even a small flower bud emerging at the top.
Cao Xing eagerly rubbed his hands.
Because the next phase was blooming.
However, at this stage, the tender green plant stopped growing.
Cao Xing knew that the life force contained within the three Life Tree Hearts had been exhausted.
Without surprise, he took out a blue-quality Life Tree Heart.
The sunflower resumed growing, but did not reach the last stage.
Cao Xing thought to himself, "Do I need one more blue-grade Life Tree Heart?"
when the fifth Life Tree Heart was crushed,
this sunflower entered its final stage.
The flower bud at the top began turning golden yellow.
And it wasn’t just an ordinary color change; the petals, flower disc, and calyx all turned golden yellow.
Gradually, even the flower stalk became pure gold.
It even began to emit a sacred radiance.
Cao Xing exclaimed, "Wow, truly worthy of being a Golden Sunflower; it looks quite beautiful."
"It’s practically like a work of art."
However, this Golden Sunflower was different from regular sunflowers.
In the center of the flower disc, Cao Xing saw embedded Golden Ancient Coins.
Cao Xing counted them.
"One, two... ten coins!"
Clearly, Cao Xing’s luck had been extraordinary this time.
As the system described, each Golden Sunflower could only produce 7 to 10 Golden Ancient Coins, and this one reached the maximum.
"But, how should I extract these Golden Ancient Coins?"
Cao Xing pondered for a moment and decided to give it a try.
He carefully held the flower disc and pried out all the ancient coins and seeds.
[Acquired: Golden Ancient Coins*10]
[Acquired: Golden Sunflower Seeds*3]
"This really is how it works. That’s pretty straightforward."
Cao Xing was delighted.
The Golden Sunflower, despite having its ancient coins and seeds extracted, seemed unchanged.
Only the empty spots in the flower disc gradually closed up.
Cao Xing didn’t know what else the remaining Golden Sunflower could be used for, so he decided to leave it be.
After all, it was quite beautiful, and it would be great to transplant a few into pots for decoration later.
Juliette, however, gently remarked, "This Golden Sunflower carries an ancient, sacred aura; it must also be a type of alchemy material."
Cao Xing nodded in sudden realization.
In that case, the Golden Sunflower had significant value.
Thus, he handed the other three seeds to Juliette, asking her to plant them.
After the soil was covered again,
Cao Xing followed the same procedure.
He applied three green Human-faced Tree Hearts and two blue-quality Human-faced Tree Hearts to each seed.
"Rustle... rustle..."
The sound of breaking through the soil echoed repeatedly.
The Golden Sunflowers, which originally needed eight years to grow,
all matured within just three minutes.
Cao Xing looked and found that these three sunflowers were also growing well.
Inside each flower bud were at least eight or nine Golden Ancient Coins and three or four seeds.
He stepped forward to extract the Golden Ancient Coins and seeds from each one.