I used folk talismans to ward off the evil spirit.

Chapter 43: Cooperation Achieved, Su Tie's Character

After indirectly obtaining information about the divine object, Jiang Jun invited Su Tie and Liu Yan to the temple to discuss in detail matters related to the cooperation on spiritual plants.

Liu Yan took out a cloth bag, pulled out a wooden box from it, then a second, a third, a fourth...

Cai Liang's eyes lit up: "Director Liu, could this cloth bag be a storage treasure?"

Liu Yan shook her head: "There's no magic weapon involved, it's just a strange object with a storage function. This thing has quite a few side effects, I wouldn't use it if it weren't for being just in case."

As the wooden boxes were taken out one by one, the storage bag gradually emitted a sour and foul smell, like some kind of strange stomach beginning to enter a state of hunger.

Jiang Jun frowned slightly, and a wisp of true energy landed on the storage bag. A flash of white light appeared, and the aroma of garlic eliminated the sour smell.

"Senior's 'Sorrowful Trouble' ability is indeed interesting." Su Tie's lips curled up as he asked curiously, "Does it taste even better when activated while eating noodles?"

"..." Jiang Jun was both amused and exasperated. "Captain Su is truly a remarkable person."

Finally, Liu Yan took out nine wooden boxes from the bag: "Senior, these are strange plants that the Department of Mystic Arts urgently transported from brother cities and prefectures. Please take a look."

Jiang Jun opened them one by one, and each wooden box contained a kind of strange plant, ranging from three to five plants.

Three of them were of the Ranger class, and the other six were of the Skirmisher class, all of which Jiang Jun had never heard of before.

After all, the booklet given by the Bureau of Mysteries only recorded the distribution of monsters in the Qingjiang Ghost Realm.

Fortunately, Cai Liang was there to ask the questions, and before long, Jiang Jun learned the origin of these strange creatures.

The six types of skirmishers are not mentioned.

The three types of roaming-level mutated plants are:

【Twin Grudges】: Formed from honeysuckle. A vine bears flowers of both gold and silver; the gold flowers resemble distorted human faces, and the silver flowers resemble pale, lifeless hands.

【Ginseng Gu】: It is a form of ginseng that has been transformed from North American ginseng. At first glance, it looks like a huge, snow-white, plump ginseng root, emitting a faint, exotic fragrance.

【Rotten Heart Yellow】: Derived from Scutellaria baicalensis. The root is deformed and twisted like arthropods, with nodules resembling human eyes, and emits a fishy stench.

Cai Liang asked curiously, "Does the quality of medicinal herbs improve after they've been transformed? The Huangjing Ghost Child is also a medicinal herb..."

Liu Yan: "It's just a matter of human selection. These medicinal herbs are strange and can be transformed into precious medicines after being purified with supernatural objects, so the Department of Supernatural Things collects a lot of them."

"Other plant monsters, once they reach the Ranger level, can cause considerable damage. They are usually killed directly, and only the extracted monster parts are taken. They are not captured alive."

Jiang Jun nodded slightly: "That makes sense."

He looked at the two men from the Department of Mystic Arts: "Your department first sent precious golden lotus seeds, and then selected these strange and monstrous plants. I wonder what the terms of this cooperation are?"

Su Tie and Liu Yan exchanged a glance, signaling for her to speak up and negotiate.

Liu Yan said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Our Director Li consulted with the General Administration and the Provincial Administration and decided to fully support our predecessors in carrying out the spiritual plant purification experiment."

"Currently, samples of the Wanderer-level Bizarre Plants from all over the country are being transported to Qingjiang City. If you require them, Elite-level or even Lord-level plants can also be transported over."

"After purification, the Department of Mystic Arts hopes to retain one sample of each type of spiritual plant, but if conditions permit, we prefer female plants."

Jiang Jun pondered for a moment: "I don't need a lord-level one for now. I'll use this Bloodstained Demon Lotus to practice first."

"For the elite-level samples, your bureau can prepare some samples first, and I will try to purify them one by one when I have time."

"Prepare as many skirmishers and guerrillas as possible; dealing with them won't take too much time."

"I can't take care of too many spiritual plant samples by myself. Rather than letting them sit idle and go to waste, it's fine to hand them over to the Department of the Supernatural."

He paused for a moment, then said, "However, I have a past relationship with Master Lin of Qingzhu Temple. He was the one who facilitated this cooperation, so he should also have a share in this opportunity."

Lin Zhengyang's face lit up with joy: "Thank you for your high regard, Master. I will do my best to take good care of the spiritual plant."

Jiang Jun nodded, gazing thoughtfully at the two sunflowers in the temple: "Your company wants female plants; perhaps you intend to try artificially cultivating spiritual plants?"

Liu Yan nodded: "The matter of spiritual plants is of great importance. The Department of Supernatural Affairs has already contacted the Academy of Biological Sciences to try out cultivation methods. The sunflowers show signs of producing seeds, so we can use them for observation."

Jiang Jun exclaimed, "This is the national team after all; their scale is much larger than my small-scale operations."

Su Tie, standing to the side, said solemnly, "If it weren't for your great virtue, none of this would have been possible. Going from zero to one is much more difficult than going from one to one hundred."

Cai Liang asked curiously, "Isn't it said that supernatural objects can purify mutated plants? Why didn't you try cultivating them artificially before?"

Liu Yan asked in surprise, "Xiao Cai, don't you know? The strange creatures that have been purified by the divine objects will lose their vitality. The two are naturally opposed and cannot coexist."

Jiang Jun casually said, "I need to deduce the way of suppressing things. It's already difficult enough to guide him into the path. I don't have much time to teach him the basics of cultivation."

"His current understanding is largely thanks to the Divine Bureau's broad vision and willingness to share intelligence and knowledge with those who practice supernatural arts among the common people."

Su Tie nodded secretly; this matched what they knew.

After all, in the past two months, apart from his regular work, Cai Liang spent most of his time interacting with Qingzhu Temple and Zhao Chen from the Department of Divine Wonders, and didn't have many opportunities to cultivate with Jiang Jun.

He thought for a moment and then extended an invitation: "If you agree, senior, why not let Xiao Cai come to our Department of the Supernatural to participate in the training together? This way, he can also share your burden."

Jiang Jun couldn't have gotten what he wanted.

His method of suppressing objects is to explore the system of the Manipulators; and the ultimate master of the Manipulators is none other than the Department of Divine Mysteries.

He nodded decisively: "It just so happens that I've reached a critical moment in my spiritual journey and don't have much time to teach and impart knowledge. This lad is familiar with your department, so let him learn and train there."

Liu Yan pressed her advantage: "Our news center in the Department of Supernatural Affairs is short-staffed, why don't we just transfer Xiao Cai over to work here?"

When Cai Liang heard his teacher speak, he agreed without hesitation.

Both parties finalized their cooperation agreement.

Seeing the curiosity on Su and Liu's faces, Jiang Jun simply chose a skirmisher-level monster and demonstrated how to purify spiritual plants.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the five-colored stone shone brightly, emitting strange fluctuations that gradually seeped into the wooden box.

The bizarre plant among them, called the "Dumb Fern," emits an eerie aura that tempts people to swallow it.

This monstrous creature parasitizes the throat, gradually causing the person to lose their voice and become mute, eventually leading to death from throat rot.

Because it was a skirmisher-level monster, Jiang Jun didn't find it difficult to purify.

About fifteen minutes later, three of the five mute ferns in the box turned to ashes, and only two were successfully purified.

The ferns, originally dark green with a hint of gray, gradually turned bright green, and the curled-up tender shoots emitted a faint fragrance.

Jiang Jun examined it for a while and couldn't help but laugh: "Its ability to gather spiritual energy is lacking, but it's a rare delicacy."

He took out a plant, broke off two curled buds, and handed them to the two people opposite him: "Would you two be willing to have a taste?"

Liu Yan hesitated, after all, the mute fern was not a good thing.

Su Tie took it with both hands, tossed it directly into his mouth, chewed it heartily, and then his eyes lit up: "Tsk, good stuff! Crisp and refreshing, perfect for cold dishes."

Jiang Jun observed him discreetly, nodding inwardly: This man is decisive and pioneering; he may appear rough, but he is actually bold and meticulous.

Faced with an unknown spiritual plant, while others hesitated, he calmly ate it. This trust and courage are truly rare.