Chapter 98: I Have a Longevity Vine

The moment the black vine touched the Mother Qi of Ten Thousand Trees.

It was like a starving tiger pouncing on prey, throwing caution to the wind as it surged forward to devour and absorb it.

Immediately after.

The black vine began to grow wildly once more, and its aura started to undergo a transformation.

Waves of dark light began to emanate from around the vines.

Whoosh! The entire black vine continuously expanded, growing until it reached five zhang in height before finally stopping.

In an instant.

The eye-like objects on the surface of the vine began to change shape, transforming into rows of twisted purple runes.

The poisonous thorns upon it shifted from transparent to directly ethereal.

After absorbing this wisp of Mother Qi of Ten Thousand Trees, in merely an instant, the entire spiritual plant underwent an inconceivable change.

Following this, dozens of gray flower buds formed on the vines.

Each was the size of a fist, shaped like a skull.

Clearly, the entire black vine had advanced another stage, becoming vastly different from before.

Next, a rich essence of vegetation, resembling a trickling stream, traced an arc through the air and surged into Qin Ming's body.

Qin Ming felt a massive vitality nourishing him in return.

He hastily sat cross-legged beside his Natal Spiritual Plant, circulated the "Ancient Wood Longevity Art," and began to cultivate.

Specks of bright light surrounded Qin Ming.

A ribbon of vegetation essence composed of green radiance connected the black vine and Qin Ming.

Like countless green meteors, they drilled into Qin Ming from his chest.

In that split second.

Hum~ A phantom shimmering with cyan light manifested behind Qin Ming.

The facial features of the cyan phantom were slightly blurred, yet one could see they bore a striking resemblance to Qin Ming's appearance.

It mirrored Qin Ming's exact posture, sitting in meditation with eyes tightly closed.

This continued for a long time.

Only then did Qin Ming slowly open his eyes.

The cyan phantom behind him subsequently merged back into his body.

"Just from this single instance, the cultivation progress of the Supreme Wood Dharma Body has actually advanced by one-tenth directly." Excitement flowed in Qin Ming's gaze.

He could clearly feel that his affinity with vegetation, as well as his control over the surrounding spiritual plants, had greatly improved.

Furthermore, his comprehension of wood-element spells had grown exponentially.

Just at this moment.

Qin Ming looked at his Natal Spiritual Plant before him; among the dozens of gray skull-shaped flower buds, four golden entries refreshed: 【Name】: Longevity Vine 【Entry】: Faint Lifespan x5 (Maturity 2%)

【Name】: Longevity Vine 【Entry】: Space-Time Leaf x5 (Maturity 3%)

【Name】: Longevity Vine 【Entry】: Qi and Blood Essence x1 (Maturity 2%)

【Name】: Longevity Vine 【Entry】: Great Five Elements Art (Maturity 2%)

【Qi and Blood Essence】: The concentrated essence power formed when a certain plant absorbs a large amount of refined blood.

【Great Five Elements Art】: An advanced version of the High-Level Spirit Rain Art; it can mobilize specific five-element spiritual qi, and when cast on spiritual plants requiring such qi, it not only increases the harvest but can also shorten the maturation time of the spiritual plants to a certain extent.

"Longevity Vine!"

"Even the name has changed; it seems this Natal Spiritual Plant has truly advanced."

"The effect of this Mother Qi of Ten Thousand Trees on spiritual plants is far stronger than even the Ripening Entry or that Blood Bead."

Qin Ming's face lit up with joy; he hadn't expected to refresh four more powerful entries.

Without further hesitation, he immediately dumped all five remaining wisps of Mother Qi of Ten Thousand Trees onto his Natal Spiritual Plant.

Boom! As these five wisps of Mother Qi of Ten Thousand Trees were fed down, the Longevity Vine began to grow wildly once again.

After the time it takes to burn one stick of incense.

A towering giant tree, fully ten-odd zhang high, resembling a monster covered in massive tentacles.

Appeared within Qin Ming's line of sight.

Standing beneath it, he appeared extremely tiny.

Following this, an even more vast essence of vegetation gathered into a river, surging into Qin Ming's body like a galaxy.

Boom! The cyan phantom behind Qin Ming manifested once more, continuously solidifying, its facial features gradually becoming clear.

Slowly, it became almost identical to Qin Ming.

As the "Ancient Wood Longevity Art" circulated, in some indefinable way.

Qin Ming himself seemed to transform into an ancient tree, silent and weathered, as a vast power of years descended upon him.

It was as if he was constantly experiencing the withering and flourishing of ages, the changing of seas into mulberry fields, and the rotation of time.

The cyan phantom behind him continuously expanded, growing until it reached three zhang in size before finally stopping.

After a long while.

Qin Ming opened his eyes, his face filled with great joy! Through this single cultivation session, the progress of cultivating the Supreme Wood Dharma Body had advanced by another fifty percent; he was now not far from achieving the true Supreme Wood Dharma Body.

A flash of inspiration struck Qin Ming's mind; he casually formed a hand seal and pointed.

A green vortex appeared above his head, and countless wooden thorns emitting a cold glow shot out like rain toward the empty ground he indicated.

Bang bang bang! This was the most difficult group-damage spell to master among wood-element spells: the Arrow Rain Technique.

Its destructive power was immense.

Nowadays, even without much practice, Qin Ming found many wood-element comprehensions appearing in his mind inexplicably, allowing him to unleash it with a casual gesture.

At the same time.

Those dozens of gray, skull-shaped flower buds also fully bloomed, seeming as though they would ripen before long.

"Uh, isn't this a bit too conspicuous?" Qin Ming looked up at his own innate spiritual plant.

The moment such a thought arose in him.

The entire Longevity Vine instantly turned ethereal, merging with the air; not only was it invisible to the naked eye, but even Qin Ming's divine sense could not detect its presence.

Had Qin Ming not shared a heart-beat connection with it, he would have thought it had vanished completely.

"To actually possess such concealment abilities truly saves me a great deal of trouble!" Qin Ming couldn't help but exclaim in praise.

Through this experiment, Qin Ming discovered that this Mother Qi of Ten Thousand Trees was no small matter.

No wonder a second-tier top-grade spiritual planter like Zhuang Xiran desired it so intensely.

It seemed that in the future, if opportunities arose, he could gather more of this Mother Qi of Ten Thousand Trees.

However, this substance appeared to exist only within the plant illusion realm.

With his Supreme Wood Dharma Body cultivation more than halfway complete, Qin Ming felt that his magic power cultivation, which had been stagnant for a long time, was subtly showing signs of breaking through.

He immediately took out some five-colored rice, casually built a stove, and directly boiled a large pot.

After finishing the meal of five-colored spiritual rice, he promptly took out and swallowed a Spirit-Nourishing Pill.

A two-pronged approach!

He immediately circulated the "Ancient Wood Longevity Art," and once the medicinal force had dissolved, he began to circulate his magic power through the heavenly cycle.

Truly worthy of being second-tier spiritual rice; the increase in magic power brought by the five-colored spiritual rice was quite substantial.

Besides that.

Qin Ming clearly felt that the speed at which spiritual energy between heaven and earth transformed into magic power as it passed through his spiritual roots had greatly accelerated.

While circulating his technique, the flow of magic power within his meridians also became much smoother.

It actually burst through several spots all at once where his meridians had previously been slightly blocked.

The meridians within his body were also widened considerably, becoming tougher and more durable.

Boom! Everything happened as naturally as water finding its channel.

Surging magic power, like countless rivers flowing into the sea, all converged within the qi and blood of his dantian.

Forming a vast expanse of pale green mist.

A strong fluctuation of magic power rippled around Qin Ming's body, resonating with heaven and earth.

At this moment, his magic power cultivation finally stepped into the ninth layer of the Qi Condensation stage!

Only one step remained until the perfection of the Qi Condensation stage.

The Foundation Establishment he had been longing for was drawing ever closer.

Although the magic power within Qin Ming's dantian qi-sea had not yet liquefied.

In terms of magic power capacity and depth, it was already comparable to the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

Hoo~ Qin Ming stabilized his cultivation for a while, then slowly exhaled a breath.

Afterwards, he stood up, a inexplicable confidence filling his heart.

With his current magic power cultivation combined with his body-refining techniques, he could now fully compete with and match an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator.

He would never again be forced to flee.

Thanks to the fellow daoist 'Ding Feng Bo Liao Qiao Chun Feng Chui Jiu Xing Wei Leng' for the donation of 500 coins, and thanks to all fellow daoists for your monthly tickets and recommendation tickets.

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