Chapter 110: Jade Spring Heart Tea Tree

As soon as the four entered the cave, they immediately felt something different; the concentration and purity of Spiritual Energy far exceeded that outside, making them feel extremely comfortable here.

However, there was no time to waste here now; Lin Zhangqing took the lead, with his three Junior Sisters following behind him, all fully armed and proceeding cautiously inward until, after passing through a downward corridor over a hundred meters long.

They entered a bright and spacious Hall, where upon arrival, they immediately saw a spring eye in the center of the Hall, from which waves of Spiritual Energy were emanating.

Beside the spring eye, a small patch of Spirit Field had been cleared, covering about two or three tenths of a mu, upon which grew only a single Spirit Tea Tree with very vigorous growth.

At this moment, Chen Zi Ya spoke with some uncertainty: "Could this be the legendary Spirit Eye Spring!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhangqing was instantly so excited that goosebumps rose all over him; this was exactly the Spirit Eye Spring he wanted! But immediately afterward, he felt distressed, for with his current strength at the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining, he could not move it away! Moreover, he did not possess any method to relocate a Spirit Eye Spring!

It seemed that relocating such Spiritual Objects required the Inheritance of an Earth Master for specific methods, or perhaps a Large Sect would have such methods, but the Lin family currently lacked such foundation, and Lin Zhangqing certainly did not understand these matters.

Earth Masters and Array Masters shared some similarities, both utilizing mountain and river terrains; many Array Masters also cultivated the Earth Master Inheritance, though he did not know if Chen Zi Ya possessed such an Inheritance.

At this moment, Zhao Mingxia also spoke excitedly: "This is, this is, could this be the Third-Order Upper Grade Spirit Plant, the Jade Spring Heart Tea Tree?"

Seeing her so excited, Hu Yunna asked curiously: "Is this tea tree ahead the Jade Spring Heart Tea Tree? Does it have any special effects?"

After calming her emotions, Zhao Mingxia explained: "If this tea tree truly is the Jade Spring Heart Tea Tree, then it is exceedingly precious; I have only seen records of it in Grandmaster's library, and only remembered it upon seeing it planted beside a Spirit Spring.

This Jade Spring Heart Tea Tree can only survive easily when planted beside a Spirit Spring; as for the effects of Jade Spring Heart Tea, they are simple: calming the spirit and settling the heart, and with a settled heart, wisdom arises."

Seeing that Hu Yunna still had not reacted, she could not help but add: "That is, after drinking this Spirit Tea, one's Comprehension will be improved for a period of time!"

With this explanation, everyone understood, especially Chen Zi Ya, who knew too well the importance of Comprehension, particularly when deciphering Formations.

If one could drink a cup of Heart Tea to improve Comprehension, it would definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort, greatly increasing efficiency.

Knowing it was a Spiritual Object that enhanced Comprehension, what were they waiting for? The three Junior Sisters acted in tacit understanding and began picking the tea leaves.

Upon hearing these effects, Lin Zhangqing was also overjoyed; although he could not move this Spirit Eye Spring for now, he must find an opportunity to obtain one or two sections of Root from this Jade Spring Heart Tea Tree, take them back into his Space, and see if they could be planted and survive.

While they were busy, Lin Zhangqing finally had time to examine the Hall, and upon looking, he understood why the Hall was so bright despite having no windows or the like.

It turned out that many Glow Stones were embedded in the walls; this item was a First Stage Upper Grade light-attribute Spirit Material.

Although he did not know how many Spirit Stones one was worth, the sheer quantity of Glow Stones on the walls represented a considerable income; adhering to the principle of 'what I see is mine'—no, rather, 'do not waste'.

Lin Zhangqing immediately took out his Flying Sword and began to dig, dig, dig into the wall, excavating about half of the Glow Stones, amounting to roughly over a hundred pieces.

By this time, the three Junior Sisters had finished picking the tea leaves and were discussing how to handle this Spirit Tea Tree.

Lin Zhangqing also walked over to join the discussion, and the final decision was to dig it out and transplant it to Xiao Cang Mountain, which happened to have a Spirit Spring that perfectly met the conditions for its survival after transplantation.

The four made an agreement that the Jade Spring Heart Tea produced annually would be divided equally into four shares, one for each person, with Lin Zhangqing's share to be collected and kept by Chen Zi Ya for the time being.

Next came the preparation to transplant the Spirit Tea Tree; of course, such physical labor was definitely Lin Zhangqing's task; it took most of an hour to completely dig out its Roots, which covered several dozen square meters.

After slight trimming, it was placed into a relatively large Spirit Plant Bag, along with a large pile of Spirit Field soil collected to temporarily surround the Heart Tea Tree's Roots, and then the Spirit Plant Bag was handed to Zhao Mingxia for safekeeping; of course, two sections of Root were accidentally broken during the process, but this was a normal phenomenon during transplantation, and these broken Roots were also openly collected by Lin Zhangqing.

The several Junior Sisters did not ask about it, not thinking it would be of any use.

Everyone knew that the Spirit Eye Spring certainly could not be moved for now, so no one paid it any further attention.

On the wall on the other side of the Hall, there were six Stone Gates arranged in a row, all tightly closed; Lin Zhangqing stepped forward and tried pushing the first Stone Gate on the left, unexpectedly finding it opened with a single push.

The four entered and judged this to be a room such as a study, for the airflow caused by opening the door rapidly turned the paper books inside into flying ash.

Several people entered and began carefully searching every corner, but found nothing useful nor any recorded texts; only after confirming with Divine Sense that nothing had been overlooked did everyone leave this room.

The second room also opened with a single push; upon entering, it was empty except for a already rotted meditation cushion, suggesting this must have been a Cultivation Room! Lin Zhangqing, still unwilling to give up, entered this Cultivation Room and carefully inspected every corner, yet still found no gains.

The third room could not be pushed open; since time was precious and could not be wasted, they left Chen Zi Ya here to research it!

Lin Zhangqing and the other two opened the fourth room; upon entering, they saw only an Artifact Refining Furnace and an already rotted meditation cushion on the ground.

No Earth Fire vent or the like was seen beneath the Artifact Refining Furnace, so it seemed some Spirit Flame must have been used for Artifact Refining! However, the Spirit Flame was now gone, likely extinguished and perished due to the passage of time and lack of refinement and nurturing; what a pity! Not knowing what grade this Artifact Refining Furnace was, Lin Zhangqing first stored it in his Storage Bag, and after checking for any omissions, he left to rush to the next room.

Opening the fifth room, the shelves inside should originally have held some Artifact Refining Materials, but due to the excessive passage of time, the shelves had rotted and collapsed.

Many Spirit Materials were no longer usable, so Hu Yunna stayed behind to collect those that could still be used.

Lin Zhangqing estimated that low-grade Spirit Materials might all be useless, while high-grade Spirit Materials might still retain some.

Lin Zhangqing and Zhao Mingxia opened the sixth room, inside which they discovered only the skeletons of two Demon Beasts; they could only tell they were large tiger-type Demon Beasts, likely of quite a high rank.

However, the spiritual light on the skeletons had already completely dissipated, rendering them useless; after checking with Divine Sense to ensure nothing was overlooked, the two left.

Returning to where Chen Zi Ya was, she was continuously casting Spell Incantations; Lin Zhangqing and the other could not help, so they could only stand by and watch.

After a while, Hu Yunna also arrived; seeing the smile on her face, her gains should have been quite good.

Finally, as Chen Zi Ya cast her last Spell Incantation, everyone heard a "Crack!" sound; the Formation restriction on the door must have been opened, and of course, Lin Zhangqing took the lead again.

Carefully pushing the door open, the layout inside appeared to be a bedroom; clearly scattered on the bed was a skeleton of a Cultivator; Lin Zhangqing felt somewhat uneasy, so he cast a Fireball Technique, blasting the skeleton into scattered pieces.

Suddenly, a "Ding!" sound was heard; looking closely, it turned out a bracelet had fallen from the skeleton—could this be a Storage Bracelet? Lin Zhangqing picked up the bracelet, and then he and the three Junior Sisters thoroughly searched the room, but the result was nothing; the furniture had basically rotted away.

There were no other items; perhaps there had been, but due to the passage of time, everything had already decomposed.

Only the bed in the room was quite good; it was a First Stage Ice Jade Bed, which offered the effects of calming the spirit, soothing the mind, and preventing deviation during Cultivation, but unfortunately, someone had died on it, so no one wanted it.

However, Chen Zi Ya found the hub of the external Defensive Formation in this bedroom; thus, leaving would be convenient later, as controlling it through this hub would allow them to exit.

By now, the exploration of this Cave Abode was basically complete; apart from the transplanted Jade Spring Heart Tea Tree and the immovable Spirit Eye Spring, the most valuable item was this Storage Bracelet in Lin Zhangqing's hand.

(End of Chapter)