Chapter 482: Changes in the Spiritual Plants

After this battle, the name of Qin Zhenjun Wangyue resounded throughout the major Immortal Realms.

No one dared to look down on this only Nascent Soul Qin Zhenjun of the Southern Wilderness, who not only farmed well but whose divine ability strength was also unimaginable!

The demonic calamity within the Southern Wilderness Immortal Realm was quickly quelled through the joint cleanup efforts of the Three Powers: the Four Nations Alliance, the Demon Race, and the Dao-Upholding Alliance.

The sudden demonic attack that even the East Sea Immortal Realm failed to prevent was nevertheless withstood by the Southern Wilderness.

This also allowed countless cultivators to see clearly that the Southern Wilderness was no longer that backward Immortal Realm at the mercy of others.

After the demonic tide receded, the Southern Wilderness emerged from a crisis; although remnant demonic cultivators still roamed, they no longer posed a significant threat.

Next, the Southern Wilderness would enter a buffer period of several decades, during which it was estimated that many cultivators from surrounding Immortal Realms would come seeking refuge.

"The first large-scale descent impact on the Southern Wilderness has been successfully resolved; the demonic path should not offend again in the short term," Tianjizi said to Qin Ming with deep admiration in his heart.

Now that the Demon Race and the Human Race were cooperating to oppose the demonic path of the Blood Universe Realm, he naturally could not go hunting fourth-rank great demons in the Beast Cry Mountain Range, as that would be rather improper.

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As for the corpse of that Nascent Soul demonic cultivator, Qin Ming raised his hand and cast a Thorn Technique, sucking it dry into a mummy and transforming it into a blood bead the size of a fist.

After exchanging pleasantries and conversing with Qin Ming for several days, the Nascent Soul peers from the major powers departed hastily with their respective subordinates.

These spirit bees instantly became several times more spirited.

From the fact that he had previously driven the Blood Pagoda spiritual treasure alone, nearly causing the two Nascent Soul cultivators of the Longevity Observation Sect to perish, one could see that his current state allowed him to wield at least a sliver of Nascent Soul-level strength.

The spiritual form of Old Demon Qingyang lay on the tree, continuously absorbing the starlight divine essence drifting over.

Qin Ming took the bag, pondered for a moment, and said, "Mm, well done; try using the divine ability from last time to swallow the Nascent Soul and see if it can produce more Nether Profound Stones."

Upon hearing this, Shi Tian Shu was extremely excited, never expecting that inadvertently, he had once again earned immeasurable merit.

After Qin Ming saved this precious tree, he had been using the 【Ripen】 trait and the 【Space-Time Leaf】 trait to accelerate its growth, and it had already grown more than half taller.

"Hehe! I was just about to say the same thing."

"Those soul cultivators specializing in the soul path, as well as ghost path cultivators from the Nether Netherworld, regard this item as a holy treasure."

Swish swish swish.

Speaking to this point, Shi Tian Shu still felt somewhat indignant, but then he pulled out another bag and handed it to Qin Ming: "However, I brought back the Nascent Soul and physical body of that demonic cultivator, thinking that Master might find them useful for farming."

"The Nether Netherworld? How does an old ghost like you know so much about such matters?" Qin Ming frowned slightly and couldn't help but ask.

With a smile on his face, Qin Mou cupped his fists and thanked everyone: "I must rely on the timely support of all you Daoist friends; Qin Mou offers his deepest gratitude here."

Countless pitch-black vines danced, catching the blood bead in mid-air, and within an instant, they absorbed the bead completely.

After all, Brother Gushan and the other Demon Sages had enthusiastically helped Qin Ming.

"If this is nurtured for another few thousand years, perhaps my spiritual form could truly recover to its original state."

"A fourth-rank flood dragon... it is said to possess ancient true spirit bloodline; the effect when used for farming should be quite good."

Upon learning that Qishang Mojun was leading the demonic path to invade Wangyue Island, Shi Tian Shu remained calm with no change in expression, as he had long known the inside story.

After finishing all this, Qin Ming came before the Seven Wonders Precious Tree once more.

He entered the Small Xiao Lingjing and buried the shriveled corpse of the demonic cultivator beneath the Lei Yuanmo Date Tree to fatten the soil.

Gazing at the spirit field, Qin Ming pondered thoughtfully: "In that case, it seems I can only have my demonic infant handle this matter."

Qin Ming looked at the empty jade bottle, wondering where he could obtain snake-flood dragon essence blood.

Immediately after.

Qin Ming's flora perception could sense abundant vitality within it, with extremely healthy growth conditions; it even seemed to be considerably stronger than the Seven Wonders Precious Tree that had once been suppressed beneath the Five Elements Mountain Range.

Subsequently.

And the traits within Qin Ming's line of sight had also undergone a great change:

The spirit soil, a combination of Azure Sky Spirit Soil and Profound Yellow Essential Qi, quickly absorbed the Gengchi Mojiao essence blood clean, transforming it into the pure nutrients required by the spirit rice.

"Star Sea Divine Flower?" Qin Ming asked involuntarily upon hearing this.

From an initial size of two inches, it had grown to over two feet tall; though one should not underestimate this precious tree due to its small stature, after being ripened by Qin Ming, it actually possessed four thousand years of cultivation.

"That old fellow Daoist Han Ya, he actually shamelessly took a storage bag from me as well; his skin is truly thick!"

"Plus, with the auxiliary cultivation of the fourth-rank Blood Flood Dragon Green Rice and the Lingxi Jade Liquid, my cultivation should be able to break through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage within a hundred years."

As for High Priest Han Ya, he spoke with great emotion and lingering fear: "Brother Shi Tian Demon Sage, I am truly fortunate to have undertaken the mission to the Wu Kingdom with you."

After deliberating for a while, Qin Ming felt quite satisfied with his current cultivation progress.

Qin Ming took the Nether Profound Stone from his hand, a look of pleasant surprise appearing on his face, and patted his head in praise:

"Master, we've got a big haul!"

Sitting in the main hall of the Green Wood Pavilion, Qin Ming gave a few instructions to Wei Wuya, Mo Lingwei, and the others below, ordering them to handle the subsequent post-war affairs.

"Hehe! That's right, Master; originally, I alone was sufficient to kill him, but that demonic cultivator was extremely slippery, and Daoist Han Ya happened to encounter him during his escape."

Just as he was planning, he saw Shi Tian Shu transform into the plump boy Bai Pang and run in from outside.

The coral-shaped precious tree emitted a continuous stream of shimmering seven-colored precious light, ceaselessly absorbing the spiritual qi within the Small Xiao Lingjing.

"It's just a pity that this fourth-rank spirit rice cannot be planted on a large scale, and the snake-flood dragon essence blood has been exhausted; with the spirit rice about to mature, I'll need to procure some more."

Wisp after wisp of years-qi continuously surged forth from the tree, constantly circulating into Qin Ming's Green Emperor Wood Emperor Sacred Body; his demonic infant would likely also prove highly useful.

Qin Ming paced over to his life-bound spiritual plant, the Ageless Immortal Vine, and tossed the Nascent Soul blood bead in his hand toward it.

"If this vine can bloom with the legendary 'Star Sea Divine Flower,' that would be even more extraordinary; perhaps within a few hundred years, I might be able to reshape my former glory, hehehe!"

Silver pollen fell upon these spirit bees, dotting them like starlight, brilliant and dazzling, before sinking into their bodies and vanishing without a trace.

"It is said this flower has immense efficacy in enhancing soul power and nourishing the primordial spirit."

In addition to this.

Over a dozen lush Blood Flood Dragon Green Rice plants had also grown to half a person's height.

【Name】: Ageless Immortal Vine 【Trait】: Nascent Soul Magic Power x5 (Maturity 76%) 【Name】: Ageless Immortal Vine 【Trait】: Time Flies Like an Arrow x5 (Maturity 72%) 【Name】: Ageless Immortal Vine 【Trait】: Abundant Lifespan x5 (Maturity 73%); over the past period, Qin Ming had fed his life-bound spiritual plant a full four Nascent Soul blood beads, and by occasionally using a few wisps of Four Seasons Divine Light to ripen it in waves, its growth progress had been significantly increased.

Under Qin Ming's careful cultivation, this demonic plant showed strong signs of advancing again; by then, it would become a fourth-rank demonic tree.

"Ah~ so comfortable!"

Qin Ming summoned Shi Tian Shu over and asked, "I heard you joined hands with Fellow Daoist Han Ya to annihilate a Demonic Dao Nascent Soul within the borders of the Wu Kingdom?"

The Star Sea Divine Vine's efficacy in nurturing soul bodies could be said to be second to none among spiritual plants; ice-blue starlight sparkled brilliantly, swirling around the entire spiritual plant.

Qin Ming's gaze fell upon the spiritual rice; atop it had already formed extremely plump green spiritual rice ears, within which one could faintly see dragon-shaped essential qi being nurtured, truly living up to the name Blood Dragon Green Rice.

Naturally, they dared not relax their vigilance, so after settling matters in the Southern Wilderness, they rushed non-stop back to their respective territories.

This time, the most crucial factor was that Qin Ming had repelled 'Qishang Mojun,' but the various Nascent Souls present had also contributed greatly.

Next.

Yan Laomo chuckled and said, "That's right, the world only knows to use Star Sea Divine Wood to craft soul treasures and spiritual artifacts, unaware that this tree also blooms, only once every five thousand years; the time required is extremely long, so even those at the Soul Transformation stage cannot live that long, making it quite normal to have never seen it."

"You're really something! I'll credit you with a great merit; this piece of Nether Profound Stone is several times larger than the previous one; if you stockpile a few more, perhaps I can even take you on a cross-realm journey."

Therefore, Qin Ming was extremely attentive to this tree, personally guarding and cultivating it.

The Ageless Immortal Vine stood tall within the Small Xiao Lingjing; after so many years of acceleration by its attributes, plus the nourishment of the Four Seasons Divine Light, it seemed to have endured eternal vicissitudes, becoming ever more mysterious.

Those dozens of silver flower buds had now fully bloomed; the whole resembled a silver lotus, upon which swirled a profound Dao mystery, appearing quite enigmatic.

He then asked, "Master, what is our plan next?"

"Heh heh heh! This old man has seen much and knows much; there will be plenty of time to explain slowly to you later; this Nether Netherworld is a great world just like the Xiao Lingjing and the Demonic Realm, fundamentally different from small worlds like the Human Realm, as distinct as clouds from mud."

Shi Tian Shu took the Nascent Soul, licked his lips, and went out.

Beneath the black vine tree, that nest of third-tier spiritual bees was now buzzing busily, collecting nectar among the silver flowers.

"As expected, this is related to me using my bloodline divine ability to devour Nascent Souls."

If the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree blooms again in the future, it will be capable of nurturing Dharma Seeds.

In his words, there was already a hint more of flattery.

【Name】: Blood Dragon Green Rice 【Attribute】: Nascent Soul Magic Power x5 (Maturity 65%) 【Name】: Blood Dragon Green Rice 【Attribute】: Time Flies Like an Arrow x5 (Maturity 62%) For this legendary fourth-tier mid-grade spiritual rice, Qin Ming had been craving it for a long time.

Afterwards, he went to those dozen or so plants of Blood Dragon Green Rice and poured all the remaining fourth-tier Demonic Gengchi essential blood upon them.

"It truly takes Fellow Daoist Qin and Demon Saint Gushan's earth-shaking divine might; otherwise, with just us few old fellows, how could we possibly block such a major figure as Qishang Mojun?" Tianjizi said, stroking his beard with a smile.

"The 【Nascent Soul Magic Power】 attributes on the two spiritual plants add up to ten strands; after harvesting, I can increase my cultivation by several decades of bitter practice."

This third-tier top-grade Demonic Date Tree, nourished by the corpses of several Demonic Dao Nascent Souls, grew ever more robust; its entire body was shrouded in pitch-black demonic qi, flashing with lightning, flickering in and out of existence.

"After all, there should be quite a few fourth-tier snake-great demons in the Blood Ring Realm; if there really aren't any, at worst, we can make an example of that traitorous Second Prince from the East Sea Dragon Palace."

After listening, Qin Ming nodded thoughtfully, then cast the Five Elements Spiritual Rain Technique to water all his precious spiritual plants.

On that Star Sea Divine Vine, Yan Laomo was also resting and recuperating; his originally faint soul body, which had been on the verge of death, had recovered considerably.

The eerie black vine began to stretch out, growing new branches once again.

Shi Tian Shu's small face was brimming with excitement; clutching a piece of pitch-black Nether Profound Stone about the size of a finger, he said to Qin Ming:

Unlike other spiritual plants, Qin Ming even had Shi Tian Shu help him tend to it from time to time.

"I didn't expect the crisis befalling Wangyue Island to be so immense; it is truly terrifying."

After all, the Demonic Dao was currently running rampant in the Blood Ring Realm, the scale of the descending realms gradually expanding; the two major sects of the East Sea Immortal Realm had been massacred, sounding an alarm bell for them all.

After everyone had left.

Subsequently.

Shi Tian Shu and Elder Han Ya also returned to the island shortly after.

"As for the Demonic Infant, with the resource supply from the Blood Refining Demonic Sect, the progress of his body refinement shouldn't be too bad either."

"Mm, back to the old trade; first, strive hard at farming, and meanwhile improve my cultivation."

"Let's wait and see how the situation in the Immortal Realm changes before making further plans."

"Currently, the Southern Wilderness Immortal Realm has quieted down considerably, but other Immortal Realms are still in the depths of misery and suffering."

"Let's continue to lie low on Wangyue Island and watch the winds and clouds change."

Having said this, Qin Ming took the Shennong Hoe out of his storage bag and tossed it to Shi Tian Shu. (End of Chapter)