Suddenly, Ethan thought of evolving the Spirit Grass into Blood Spirit Grass, and his eyes lit up.
Since Ethan already had experience in condensing and extracting the seeds from the Spirit Grass, along with his ability to see the [Live Statuses] of the Spirit Plants, it was very easy to do the same with the Mutated Spirit Grass.
'Let's harvest 900 and use the remaining 100 for condensing seeds.'
With that plan, Ethan quickly started harvesting the 900 Mutated Spirit Grass.
Harvested a Mutated Spirit Grass, received 1 (+1) Perfect-Quality Mutated Spirit Grass, and 1.5 (+1.5) Life Points.
'So, harvesting a Mutated Spirit Grass gives 0.5 more Life Points than harvesting a Normal Spirit Grass.'
Ethan was not surprised, but he was happy to receive more Life Points.
Maybe because of that extra Life Point per plant, Ethan was much faster in harvesting as he finished collecting all 900 Mutated Spirit Grass in no time.
1) 1,800 Perfect-Quality Mutated Spirit Grass.
2) 2,700 Life Points.
'It always feels good to harvest.'
Ethan could not help but smile, looking at his harvest.
Available Life Points: 6,995.
'By the time I leave the Mystic Soil Domain, I will have close to 10,000 Life Points. By visiting the Mystic Soil Domain, I have gained more than I thought.'
Ethan smiled, looking forward to his third visit to the Mystic Soil Domain.
Following that, Ethan set aside his thoughts and carefully started condensing and extracting seeds from the Mutated Spirit Grass.
The host has successfully extracted six seeds of Mutated Spirit Grass. (+6 seeds thanks to Heaven's Harvest).
'It was much easier than I thought it would be.'
From the next spirit plant onwards, Ethan was fast in condensing and extracting the seeds, and what's more, he even extracted eight seeds, which was the maximum number of seeds one could extract from a Spirit Grass.
'I have harvested 700 Mutated Spirit Grass Seeds, but thanks to the [Heaven's Harvest], I received another 700 seeds, making it a total of 1,400 Mutated Spirit Grass Seeds.'
After counting the seeds, Ethan no longer wasted any time as he said, "Let's replant it."
Unlike before, Ethan didn't want to give any rest to the Mystic Spirit Field and decided to plant the next batch.
Since the residual energies from the previous batch of Blood Spirit Grass were helpful to the Spirit Grass planted in the next batch, Ethan didn't want to waste any time.
[Earth Essence Integration Technique]
Ethan enriched the soil and made some small holes at equal distances to plant the Spirit Seeds.
[Flourishing Spirit Rain]
Next, he watered the Spirit Seeds he planted.
[Heaven's Harvesting]
[Plant Name: Mutated Spirit Grass]
'As expected, the maturity period of the Mutated Spirit Grass has increased.'
A Spirit Grass required only 100 days, whereas Blood Spirit Grass required 200 days, and it was within Ethan's expectations that the Mutated Spirit Grass would require 150 days to mature.
'Anyway, let's speed up their growth.'
The final step of the process was to speed up the growth of the planted Mutated Spirit Grass, and Ethan did it like an expert.
Soon, Ethan repeated the process for the next two hours while checking the [Live Statuses] of the plants.
[Heaven's Harvesting]
[Plant Name: Mutated Spirit Grass]
[Status: Exhausted: Are you trying to get me killed by overfeeding me?!]
'Phew…the maturity period has been reduced by 15 days, which means I can harvest the Mutated Spirit Grass before I get kicked out of the Mystic Soil Domain.'
Although Ethan had guessed that he could harvest the Mutated Spirit Grass before he left the Mystic Soil Domain, he was happy to get the confirmation at the end of his daily nurturing session.
'It's time to continue cultivating.'
Once he completed the farming session for the day, Ethan sat cross-legged to cultivate.
'As they say, as cultivation advances, the harder it gets.'
During the past 10 days, Ethan had been spending 22 hours, which was more than what he used to spend before his breakthrough.
However, even with that, he had barely refined 25 percent of his Foundation Bead.
'At this rate, I can barely refine my Foundation Bead by 50 percent. Which is not a bad thing.'
Although cultivation had become harder after his breakthrough, Ethan was still happy that he could save 2,500 Life Points.
It was peaceful in the Mystic Soil Domain, and time passed without any unexpected events during Ethan's stay for the remaining 10 days.
[Interface of Killer's Stats]
[1) [Cultivation] Level 5 Foundation Establishment Stage - 2,500 Life Points]
[2) [Cultivation Technique] (Purchased)]
[3) [Inventory] (Purchased)]
[4) [Cultivation Talent] (Purchased)]
'Finally, I have completed the mini-target I set for myself.'
Looking at the change in the Life Points for his cultivation, Ethan revealed a satisfied smile.
'Now, it is time to nurture the Mutated Spirit Grass and help them mature today.'
With that thought in mind, Ethan nurtured the Mutated Spirit Grass in the Spirit Field for the next two hours to help them reach maturity.
[Heaven's Harvesting]
[Plant Name: Mutated Spirit Grass]
[Status: A bit sad: I was so close to evolving into a Blood Spirit Grass.]
[Maturity: Ready to harvest]
[Information: The mutation in the Mutated Spirit Grass has increased even more; however, it fell just a bit short of evolving into a Blood Spirit Grass.]
'Huh? So close to becoming a Blood Spirit Grass?'
Seeing that, Ethan also felt sad for the Mutated Spirit Grass.
'Wait a second…What if I use my blood as a replacement for the residual energies from the Blood Spirit Grass?'
Ethan thought of something to evolve the Spirit Grass into a Blood Spirit Grass; however, he was not sure whether it would work or not.
'Anyway, it's just a drop of blood.'
Ethan decided to give it a try and soon dropped a single drop of his blood on one of the Mutated Spirit Grass.
As soon as the blood dropped on it, the Mutated Spirit Grass devoured it like it was the tastiest thing in the world.
In the next second, the Spirit Grass shone with a hint of green and red light for a few moments before it completely turned red, just like that of Blood Spirit Grass.
Ethan was thrilled to see that his assumption was correct, and the Mutated Spirit Grass had successfully evolved into a Blood Spirit Grass.
[Heaven's Harvesting]
[Plant Name: Blood Spirit Grass]
[Status: Moved to tears: I thought I would be harvested just as a Spirit Grass, but thanks to you, my dear Spirit Farmer, I have successfully evolved into a Blood Spirit Grass. Thank you…thank you very much.]
[Maturity: Ready to harvest]
Seeing the thoughts of the Evolved Blood Spirit Grass, Ethan could not help but feel emotional too and lightly patted it.
"It is true that I helped you a bit; however, it is because of your will that you successfully achieved your dream."
Ethan spoke to the Blood Spirit Grass, and he gently harvested it.
Harvested a Perfect-Quality Blood Spirit Grass and received 2 Life Points.
The Special Effect [Double Yield] has been triggered. The host has received another Perfect-Quality Blood Spirit Grass and 2 Life Points.
'Excellent. I will evolve all these Spirit Grass into Blood Spirit Grass.'