Chapter 161

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

The Earth Origin Fruit is also known as the Wu Earth Spirit Fruit.

It must grow in a place where Earth Qi is dense.

Its growth speed is extremely slow; ten years to take root and sprout, ten years to flower and bear fruit.

Moreover, it has a characteristic that left a deep impression on Xu Zhangqing's memory: when it has fruit flesh it is the Wu Earth Spirit Fruit, representing 【Yang Earth】.

It can be used for consumption, refining defensive magic treasures, or designing spiritual arrays.

If only the fruit pit remains, it transforms into the Ji Earth attribute, which is 【Yin Earth】; its characteristic is muddiness, and it can turn originally dry land into clay.

This thing's main function is to be buried in black soil to improve Earth Qi and enhance nutrients, then cultivate spirit plants, or serve as a carrier for talismans.

Therefore, the Earth Origin Fruit is an extremely special fruit.

This explains why, after a single night passed, the black soil where the seeds were buried would turn muddy — the primary reason.

Currently known mutations number three.

One, 【Mysterious Yellow Earth Heart Fruit】

The fruit is dark gold in color, its surface bearing dragon-scale-like patterns, heavy as a thousand jun.

Upon maturity it will trigger a minor earthquake; a spiritual array must be used to seal its aura, otherwise it will attract Great Demons.

It not only greatly increases the power of earth-system spells and divine abilities.

It also serves as the core material for refining the earth-system natal magic treasure 【Mysterious Yellow Seal】.

The current price for one is three thousand high-grade spirit stones, with occasional fluctuations.

Two, 【Filth Soil Demon Spirit Fruit】

It needs to grow in a yin-sha land, absorbing resentment and earth-sha, thereby producing a mutation.

The fruit is pitch-black like ink, its surface bearing blood-colored patterns; touching it affects the mind.

It emits a rotting-earth aura that withers surrounding vegetation, yet it is accompanied by the rare spirit plant 【Soul-Devouring Vine】.

It can be refined into 【Filth Soil Demon Pill】, greatly increasing the power of yin-sha-type spells and divine abilities.

Most famously it is used for artifact refining, producing the infamous 【Filth Soil Banner】.

Currently it has a price but no market; the most recent recorded appearance was over a hundred years ago.

At that time a single one sold for five thousand high-grade spirit stones.

Three, 【Spatial Earth Origin Fruit】

It grows near a secret realm entrance, absorbing the power of space, thereby producing a mutation.

The fruit contains a trace of space law; its color is semi-transparent, its interior flowing with light and shadow like quicksand, light as nothing, yet it cannot be stored in an ordinary storage bag.

Either it is used to comprehend shallow space divine abilities and spells, such as Shrinking the Earth to Inches or Minor Teleportation Technique.

Or it serves as a material for refining a cave-heaven magic treasure, for example the Mustard Seed Sumeru, creating a small space of its own.

Of course, this thing's most famous use is as the primary material for a 【Cross-World Teleportation Array】.

Because it is too scarce, it cannot be bought at all; there is no specific transaction price.

As of now, as long as it is cultivated successfully, even without mutation it can break even.

Xu Zhangqing stood on Stone Mountain, cold wind blowing in, mussing his long hair, yet his whole person grew increasingly calm.

An ordinary Earth Origin Fruit — its value is not high if you say it's high, not low if you say it's low.

For Qi Refining Stage and Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, it counts as a good thing.

But the realm where it truly exerts its effect is actually the Golden Core Stage.

As Xu Zhangqing read more and more books, his knowledge reserves regarding cultivation grew ever fuller.

Once one reaches the Golden Core Stage, divine sense will elevate to become Divine Sense.

If one attains an Earth-grade Golden Core, one can even additionally comprehend a divine ability.

According to the number of spiritual roots, one will comprehend one or even multiple kinds.

This is the main reason why Li Lingbi and the other Core Disciples each strive so hard to achieve an Earth-grade Golden Core.

Back when they were in the Flower Sea, why did Qiu Feng fall into qi deviation?

Precisely because a Human-grade Golden Core only has Divine Sense, no divine ability!

The watershed of the Golden Core Stage appears right here.

A Human-grade Golden Core only has Divine Sense; most cultivators stop at the Nascent Soul Stage.

An Earth-grade Golden Core not only has Divine Sense but can also comprehend a divine ability; therefore there is hope of reaching Spirit Transformation.

As for a Heaven-grade Golden Core, not only is its Divine Sense powerful and its divine abilities powerful, but moreover... it can even prematurely contact the power of laws, and will ultimately inevitably become an immortal.

At this moment, Xu Zhangqing's gaze was exceptionally determined: "If I can cultivate this Earth Origin Fruit seed, then perform the Green-Pointing Technique every day, even a single success would be of great help to me."

In fact, making money has become secondary now.

If it could mutate into a 【Spatial Earth Origin Fruit】, be refined into a Mustard Seed Sumeru, and come with its own small space, I would never again have to act so sneakily, like a thief every day.

Afterward, Xu Zhangqing turned and descended Stone Mountain.

But he did not move away the stone at the entrance, nor did he enter inside.

Regardless of the reason Zhu Fuxian appeared here, it warrants my vigilance.

Even more, I must transplant the Mutant Mother Rice out from inside as soon as possible and keep it by my side to watch over.

Without any hesitation, Xu Zhangqing turned and walked toward his own Spirit Field.

After returning to the Second Mu Spirit Field, he buried the Earth Element Fruit back again.

Since it caused no harm to the black soil, there was no need to pay it any mind.

What's more, this thing requires an especially long time to grow.

Ten years to take root and sprout.

Ten years to flower and bear fruit.

Even with the Green Lotus Domain helping the shoots grow by pulling them up, it still cannot mature in just a few days.

Next, while cultivating spirit plants, Xu Changqing began to delve into the second Fire Attribute Technique.

What?

【Fire Crow Qi Nurturing Method】!

The range the Spiritual Sense can cover is ultimately too small.

As long as someone is a little farther away, they cannot be detected.

If he learns this technique, he can use the Fire Crow as a third eye.

Its field of vision is far larger than Spiritual Sense, able to quickly capture people nearby.

Moreover, Xu Changqing also discovered.

Staying near the Golden Crow Vine during the day not only allows absorption of Fire Spirit Qi, but most importantly, it seems to help with comprehending Fire Attribute techniques and spells.

Just like that, days passed one by one.

Xu Changqing cultivated the Golden Crow Vine and researched the Fire Crow Qi Nurturing Method by day, and cultivated the Mingyue Grass by night.

Whenever he had free time he brewed Spirit Rice Wine and Yellow Rice Wine, then also decocted medicinal liquid to make Labor Strengthening Pills.

In short, the days were very fulfilling; he basically couldn't stay idle.

During this period, aside from ingredient transactions, Hu Bugui also rarely came.

Zhao Ziyue only appeared when casting the 【Small Cloud Rain Art】.

As for Bai Ling'er, Bai Zhu'er, Zhang Xue and the others, there was even less news.

It seems, as the 【Formal Disciple Grand Competition】 time draws nearer, everyone has become serious.

Once 【Frost's Descent】 passed, the temperature at the Spirit Field Core suddenly dropped, and the air became abnormally cold.

Xu Changqing was standing right next to the Golden Crow Vine, which was already over one meter tall, cultivating it on one hand and researching the 【Fire Crow Qi Nurturing Method】 he was about to thoroughly comprehend on the other.

Suddenly he had a spiritual sense, and immediately looked to the left.

A black dot was rapidly approaching his direction at extreme speed.

At the same time, he could feel a familiar oppressive feeling.

The wind went "woo woo", blowing the surrounding trees and flowers into violent shaking.

When the distance drew near, only then could he make out what it was.

A White Crane with a wingspan exceeding twenty meters.

In the Dongting Immortal Sect, the status of this spirit beast, the White Crane, is very high.

They rarely appear outside.

Most are gathered over at the Ling Beast Valley.

"He Qi?" Xu Changqing recognized it at a glance.

The master of this thousand-year spirit beast is the current genius figure of the Ling Beast Valley, Chu Qiu.

Since it has appeared, the visitor is already self-evident!