Chapter 64: Thunder Source Fruit

After a long while.

Ye Qingxiao, who had fallen into a state of breath regulation, opened his eyes.

The luster in his eyes had become much calmer, and the aura surrounding him had also softened and retracted significantly, no longer as sharp as it had been at the start.

Sensing the change within himself, Ye Qingxiao exclaimed excitedly:

"Qingxuan, what kind of tea is this? Its effect is so good!"

Originally, the demonic evil qi he had contracted would have taken at least ten years to completely purge.

But with the assistance of this tea, he could at least purge the demonic evil qi clean a full third of the time earlier.

Seeing Ye Qingxiao's excited expression, Ye Qingxuan smiled and said:

"This is a Third-Rank Calming Tea I cultivated. If you want some, you can take a portion with you later."

Ye Qingxuan himself hadn't expected that the Second-Rank Calming Tea he originally planted, after being bathed in the primordial essence of the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land, would see one of the tea trees break through its own upper limit constraints, evolve to the Third-Rank level, and even show signs of continuing to grow.

After the Calming Tea advanced to the Third Rank, not only did its effect of calming the mind improve greatly, but it also gained a slight ability to enhance a cultivator's comprehension.

However, this effect was still very insignificant. If Ye Qingxuan's consciousness hadn't merged with the primordial essence of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, allowing him to fully control his own body and possess astonishing perception, he might not have noticed this change at all.

Unfortunately, currently only one Calming Tea tree had broken its constraints and advanced smoothly; the other Second-Rank Calming Tea trees showed no signs of advancement whatsoever for the time being.

Facing Ye Qingxuan's kindness, Ye Qingxiao didn't stand on ceremony and agreed directly: "Hahaha, it's a deal then. I didn't expect you, Qingxuan, to have so many good things. It seems I'll have to come over to mooch often in the future, hahaha!"

After speaking, Ye Qingxiao cautiously looked around, and after confirming no one was present, he took a storage bag from his robes and secretly handed it to Ye Qingxuan.

Seeing Ye Qingxiao's secretive demeanor, Ye Qingxuan held the storage bag in his hand and asked curiously:

"What's inside?"

In response to Ye Qingxuan's inquiry, Ye Qingxiao didn't say it directly, but instead replied mysteriously with pride:

"Wait until I leave and you return to the Blessed Land before opening it. You'll know then."

"Give me a few dozen jin of your Third-Rank Calming Tea first. I'm leaving now."

"A few dozen jin? You must be dreaming. The annual yield of Third-Rank Calming Tea is currently only about ten jin."

Ye Qingxuan rolled his eyes at Ye Qingxiao, then took out about three jin of Calming Tea from his storage ring and handed it to Ye Qingxiao: "Take these back first. Come find me again when you've finished them!"

Ye Qingxiao took the Calming Tea and said with a grin:

"Hehehe, then I won't stand on ceremony, right? I'll come find you again in a while."

After speaking, Ye Qingxiao prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan spoke to give instructions:

"Before you head to the Foreign Battlefield next time, come see me first."

"Alright, understood!"

Ye Qingxiao didn't ask for the reason, agreed casually, and then directly flew away on his sword, leaving the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

After Ye Qingxiao left, Ye Qingxuan took the storage bag given by Ye Qingxiao and returned to the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

Opening the storage bag, inside was a fruit surrounded by lightning, a small sapling also surrounded by lightning, and a message talisman left by Ye Qingxiao.

Looking at the fruit in the storage bag, Ye Qingxuan was extremely surprised and delighted:

"Thunder Source Fruit? Where did Qingxiao get such a good thing?"

Possessing the inheritance of a Earth Immortal, he naturally knew what this was, but he never expected Ye Qingxiao to have it, and even more so, to leave it for him.

After using spiritual power to activate the message talisman left by Ye Qingxiao, Ye Qingxiao's voice rang out from nowhere:

"Hehe, Qingxuan, inside the storage bag are the Thunder Source Fruit and the Thunder Source Tree sapling I accidentally obtained in the Foreign Battlefield. 'The Thunder Source Fruit can perfect and activate the Thunder Spiritual Root within a cultivator's body. I have already consumed one, and now I am an unparalleled genius with six Spiritual Roots, hahaha.'"

"As for that Thunder Source Tree sapling, once cultivated, it can bear Thunder Source Fruits, but it requires at least ten thousand years. I don't have that patience, so I'm giving it to you together."

After listening to Ye Qingxiao's message, Ye Qingxuan tossed the Thunder Source Fruit in his hand and smiled lightly: "It seems Qingxiao had good luck. To obtain such a good thing in the outskirts of the Foreign Battlefield."

Unfortunately, the Thunder Source Fruit can only be consumed by those at the Foundation Establishment realm or higher; otherwise, the body cannot withstand the violent thunder power.

Since Ye Qingxiao had already consumed one Thunder Source Fruit, Ye Qingxuan naturally would not refuse his kindness.

After all, the Thunder Source Fruit itself belongs to the Ninth-Rank heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Adding a Spiritual Root can bring a significant boost to his cultivation speed in the early stages.

However, Ye Qingxuan did not plan to consume the Thunder Source Fruit right now. Instead, he prepared to wait until his second Spiritual Root had condensed before consuming it.

The more Spiritual Roots a cultivator has within their body, the slower the speed of condensing an additional Spiritual Root becomes.

His second Spiritual Root now only needs less than a hundred years to successfully and fully form. Consuming the Thunder Source Fruit now would only delay this progress.

Furthermore, with his Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land about to advance, once the Blessed Land successfully advances, the speed at which he condenses Spiritual Roots will increase greatly. At that time, he might be able to condense a second Spiritual Root in a short period.

If he consumes the Thunder Source Fruit then, Ye Qingxuan can possess three Spiritual Roots in a short time, and at that point, his own cultivation speed will receive a significant boost.

Although the advancement of the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land provides feedback through primordial essence infusion, which can help Ye Qingxuan increase his cultivation base.

The higher the realm, the more immense the energy required. In the later stages, the feedback effect of low-Rank Grotto-Heaven Blessed Lands will gradually diminish.

Moreover, after the Second Rank, cultivating a Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land from the early Second Rank to the Third Rank is destined to require a considerable amount of time.

Therefore, regarding matters of cultivation, even if the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land can provide him with tremendous help, ultimately, it still relies on his own accumulation over time and unremitting practice.

On this point, Ye Qingxuan has always been very clear in his heart.

One can use the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land to improve oneself, but one must not slack off in cultivation or rely on the Blessed Land completely.

After putting away the Thunder Source Fruit, Ye Qingxuan looked at the Thunder Source Tree sapling.

The Thunder Source Tree is a Ninth-Rank spiritual plant. During its growth process, it can absorb other energies to slowly condense the primordial essence of the Thunder Element, and even fragments of the subtle Thunder Dao.

Only when it successfully grows to the Ninth Rank will the Thunder Source Tree bear fruit. A Ninth-Rank Thunder Source Tree can bear nine Thunder Source Fruits at once, with a value beyond estimation.

But to successfully cultivate a Thunder Source Fruit sapling to the Ninth Rank, not to mention the vast amount of time required, relying solely on Ye Qingxuan's current First-Rank Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land, it is impossible to cultivate the Thunder Source Fruit to the Ninth Rank.

At most, it can only allow the Thunder Source Tree to temporarily grow to the Third-Rank level.

However, once the rank of the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land increases later, this upper limit will naturally slowly rise as well.

Although the Thunder Source Tree cannot be cultivated to the Ninth Rank in the short term, it does not mean the Thunder Source Tree is useless to Ye Qingxuan right now.

Spiritual plants like the Thunder Source Tree, which can directly condense elemental primordial essence and even Dao fragments, even in their sapling stage, when planted in the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land, can play a significant auxiliary role in the growth of the Blessed Land.

Thus, Ye Qingxuan brought the Thunder Source Tree into the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and planted it at an energy node closest to the point where the cave heaven transforms chaotic energy, then began channeling a small amount of the cave heaven's primordial essence to nourish the Thunder Source Tree's seedling.

He casually cast the Spring Breeze and Nourishing Rain Technique he had comprehended, using the cave heaven's power to make a silent, nourishing spiritual rain fall throughout the entire Qingxuan Cave Heaven.

As the spiritual rain continued to fall, it enriched the cave heaven's spiritual land, moistened all kinds of vegetation, and caused the spiritual vitality of various spiritual plants to become active, thereby increasing their growth rate to a certain extent.

The newly planted Thunder Source Tree also survived smoothly under the combined effect of the cave heaven's primordial essence and the spiritual rain.

Newly planted spiritual plants do not bring obvious changes to the cave heaven's blessed land like the spiritual ore essences that integrate into it; their influence on the cave heaven's blessed land is subtle and gradual.

After dealing with the Thunder Source Tree,

Ye Qingxuan returned to the furnace above within the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and threw another batch of various first-grade spiritual ores he had collected not long ago into the furnace.

Sensing the increased growth rate of the cave heaven's blessed land as it gradually merged and analyzed the spiritual ore essences, a faint smile inevitably appeared on Ye Qingxuan's face.

The time for the Qingxuan Cave Heaven's blessed land to advance is not far off.

(End of this chapter)