Chapter 179: Manifesting Holiness Before the Beasts, the Mother Nest's Secret Realm!

"As you command, my Lion King Majesty~"

Upon hearing Chen Mo's command, the Emerald King Snake flicked its tongue, licked its lips, clearly still savoring the taste of the roasted meat.

Then it spread its sky-darkening wings and followed the scent trail left by the Venomous Chimera and the other beasts.

By now, the Venomous Chimera and the other beasts had already run several hundred kilometers.

Not daring to stop for even a moment.

After all, they had previously clashed with this Ice Lion.

Now that the Ice Lion had returned in full strength, it most likely would not let them off easily.

Once the Emerald King Snake was defeated, they would be the next targets! But their speed ultimately could not match the Emerald King Snake's.

The Emerald King Snake spent a full half a day before finally tracking down all these fleeing Calamity-grade creatures.

Then it coaxed and cajoled them into coming before Chen Mo.

As for these natives of the Misty Forest, Chen Mo still wished to subjugate them.

He needed beasts to help him manage the Misty Forest and simultaneously carry out large-scale cultivation of poison-type spirit plants.

Right now, most of his followers were ice-type and undead-type, not suited to staying in the Misty Forest wreathed in toxic mist.

Upon seeing Chen Mo, the eyes of these Calamity giant beasts all revealed looks of terror.

But it was already too late to flee!

"Don't be afraid! Try this roasted meat first!"

Toward these Calamity giant beasts, Chen Mo likewise employed the "food tactic."

After a few pieces of roasted meat, the eyes of the Venomous Chimera, Poison-Winged Salamander, and several other carnivorous creatures instantly became clear.

This roasted meat was unexpectedly delicious!

"From now on, I am the sole king of the Misty Forest. Who is in favor? Who is opposed?"

Suanni's voice echoed in the depths of every giant beast's heart through telepathy.

"Sss!" (I am willing to submit!) The Emerald King Snake took the lead in setting an example.

"Roar!" (×2) (We are also in favor!)

Seeing this, the Venomous Chimera also hurriedly expressed its submission.

It was a beast without any particular stance to begin with.

Moreover, among its three heads, two of them harbored feelings of adoration toward Suanni.

With both "big brothers" having expressed submission, the other Calamity giant beasts naturally also dropped to the ground one after another, assuming postures of submission.

Who would have thought that in just one short month, the ruler of the Misty Forest had changed three times! It could practically be called a "high-risk occupation."

Now these Calamity creatures were all praying in their hearts that this "new king" absolutely must not be as cruel as the Corrupted Green Dragon couple!

A glimmer of light flashed through Chen Mo's golden pupils.

He was observing the power of faith these Calamity creatures held toward him.

Under the "food tactic" and the pressure of his own strength, Chen Mo saw that the faith value of most of the Calamity creatures had already reached around 40 points.

This value was not particularly high, but it indicated that they were now basically willing to follow Chen Mo's orders.

Chen Mo was not in a hurry.

Once these Calamity giant beasts experienced the benefits of joining the Ice Lion Kingdom, their faith values would naturally rise.

Of course, there were also two Calamity giant beasts that, despite wearing expressions of "I am willing to submit," had faith values of only 5 and 6 points.

Seeing this, ice-type spiritual energy surged within Chen Mo's body.

In the next second, these two Calamity giant beasts crashed to the ground; the instant they fell, their massive bodies cracked open like rock, and the blood inside had completely frozen into ice! 【Frost Coagulation】

This was merely a King-grade spell, but with Chen Mo's current strength, it was enough to instantly kill a low-tier Calamity ferocious beast! Toward these chosen "rebels" with faith values below 10 points, he naturally eliminated them without the slightest hesitation.

"The sole destination for the disloyal is death."

Chen Mo spoke.

After he killed these two Calamity giant beasts, the faith values of the other Calamity giant beasts fluctuated greatly.

Some went up, and some went down.

Chen Mo did not care about this in the slightest.

"Next, I will announce some new rules. From now on, your primary task is to help me cultivate poison-type divine medicines!"

"And in return, I will bestow a portion of those divine medicines upon you."

Chen Mo looked down from on high, gazing over the other Calamity creatures as he spoke.

Hearing this, the Venomous Chimera's three heads all tilted simultaneously, their clear eyes carrying great confusion.

The other creatures were much the same, in a state of utter bewilderment.

Divine medicines, spirit plants—weren't these all things that grew naturally in the wild? They could actually be cultivated?

"Let me demonstrate for you first. It's very simple, just like this."

Seeing the beasts all looking utterly bewildered, Chen Mo took out over a dozen Thunderbolt Fruit Tree seeds from the backpack behind him.

This was a Tier 2 poison-type spirit plant, purple in appearance.

Its fruit contained a certain poison-type property that could cause the consumer to convulse wildly, as if electrocuted, hence it was called the Thunderbolt Fruit.

Chen Mo casually buried the seeds into the deep green soil.

The soil of the Misty Forest contained extremely dense poison-type spiritual energy.

Immediately after, Chen Mo channeled the spiritual energy within his body and cast 【Great Spirit Rain Art】.

At the instant 【Great Spirit Rain Art】 was cast, his True Spirit bloodline converted ice-type spiritual energy into poison-type spiritual energy.

Thus, above the heads of the giant beasts, a green rainstorm began to produce localized rainfall.

A torrential downpour like acid rain came crashing down, landing squarely over the Thunderbolt Fruit Tree seeds.

With the rainwater's irrigation, in the blink of an eye, the seeds of the lightning fruit tree began to sprout and grow, then they started to surge at an astonishing speed.

Several heavenly disaster beasts hadn't even reacted before they discovered that the lightning fruit tree, which had been just a seed, had already grown to their knee height!

5 meters, 10 meters — only one minute had passed.

On soil that originally had nothing, more than ten lightning fruit trees had appeared out of thin air, each tree laden with fruit, bursting with lightning fruits!

Chen Mo's mastery of the Great Spirit Rain Technique had reached perfection, and with the blessing of the Divine Farmer Lion, cultivating a second-rank spiritual plant takes no more than one minute! This means that as long as he has sufficient spiritual power, he can nurture infinite Lord-realm creatures!

「Roar! 」（"What did I see!?"）「Snort! 」（"This is too unbelievable!"）

Seeing this scene, the heavenly disaster beasts all let out cries of astonishment in unison.

The Jade King Snake also widened its eyes.

Its inner shock was no less than when it had just been defeated by the Ice Lion.

In the worldview of these heavenly disaster beasts, these precious divine medicine spiritual plants are all 'treasures' nurtured in this misty forest.

Each stalk of divine medicine spiritual plant requires a long time to gestate, so each one is extremely precious!

Especially heavenly disaster-rank divine medicine spiritual plants often take more than ten years, even several decades, to fully mature.

But these notions have been completely overturned before our eyes!

Under the Ice Lion's miraculous power, a lightning fruit tree that originally needed several years to mature actually reached maturity in less than a minute!

It was as if a divine miracle!

But soon, the Jade King Snake and the other beasts' faces changed.

They thought that this Ice Lion had just seemingly demanded that they also cultivate divine medicine!! Damn, could this Ice Lion possibly think that this ability is so ordinary that they all could do it? "Snort？" (Your Majesty, although we also want to help you share your worries, we simply don't have this ability!)

After thinking, the Jade King Snake still spoke up proactively.

This already exceeds its capability range.

Although it also wanted to catalyze divine medicine like the Ice Lion, alas, I cannot do it!! "I grant you this ability."

The lion's solemn voice resonated in the minds of every heavenly disaster-rank spirit.

Immediately afterward, Chen Mo first constructed the spirit patterns of the Minor Spirit Rain Technique and the Great Spirit Rain Technique before several heavenly disaster beasts and demonstrated them once.

Those before him were all heavenly disaster-rank extraordinary spirits, with decent comprehension. Moreover, the Great Spirit Rain Technique is merely a king-level art, while the Minor Spirit Rain Technique is a lord-level art.

For heavenly disaster-rank spirits, the difficulty of casting is still low.

"Remember the shapes and flow trajectories of these spirit talismans!"

Looking at the Ice Lion's solemn expression.

The heavenly disaster beasts sat in a row, fully focused on watching the spirit talismans flickering between the Ice Lion's claws.

Their gazes were extremely earnest.

Fearing they might not be focused enough, if they failed to master this art, they would be slapped to death by their fierce "teacher," namely the Ice Lion.

After practicing several times.

The Jade King Snake was the first to master the Great Spirit Rain Technique; after receiving Chen Mo's permission, it plucked a fruit from the lightning fruit tree directly ripened by Chen Mo.

Then it buried the seed in the soil.

As the poison-attribute primal spiritual power circulated.

A verdant downpour poured like a waterfall.

But the effect was mediocre.

Under the Jade King Snake's gaze, the seed did sprout successfully, but its growth speed was slow.

After ten minutes, it had barely grown to a length of 10 cm.

Moreover, no matter how it subsequently released spirit rain, the seedling of this lightning fruit tree stubbornly refused to grow another centimeter.

Continuously releasing the Great Spirit Rain Technique cannot continually trigger the effect.

At this pace, to fully ripen it would take at least one month!

Compared to the Ice Lion, this cultivation speed differs by heaven and earth!

"Snort~"

The Jade King Snake felt somewhat disheartened.

Could the gap between myself and the Ice Lion really be this great? "Roar!"

Chen Mo, via the self-discipline panel, shared the self-discipline title of the Divine Farmer Lion with them.

Now his quota for sharing secondary self-discipline titles is a full 500, and as his extraordinary rank rises, it will only increase further.

It cannot be fully shared!

Among these heavenly disaster beasts, the Jade King Snake is an exception.

Chen Mo uses a quota that allows unlimited sharing of self-discipline titles.

After all, the Jade King Snake has excellent potential, possesses mythic blood in its body, and its loyalty is also not bad.

It can be considered a very good cultivation target.

"Try again."

Chen Mo said calmly.

Just now this wave of "manifesting holiness before the beasts" raised these heavenly disaster spirits' faith points by several or even more than ten points.

The most primitive worship and faith are often merely worship of power!

The moment the Divine Farmer Lion was shared with these heavenly disaster beasts.

These heavenly disaster beasts all felt a swelling in their minds.

It seemed as if knowledge had increased!

Furthermore, they discovered that the Spirit Rain Technique they had just grasped had, in an unbelievable way, become completely integrated and understood.

The surrounding divine medicine spiritual plants also inexplicably felt a sense of closeness.

The Emerald King Snake took the lead in attempting.

This time, with the nourishment of the Spirit Rain, the previously stalled Thunderbolt Fruit Tree began to grow again at an astonishing speed.

In just ten minutes, it had already grown five meters tall.

And it was still growing!

This is simply too unbelievable! Knowing that it knew nothing about spirit plants, yet the Ice Lion, in a single thought, had become a "Planting Master"! The Emerald King Snake couldn't help but feel a sense of "I am not worthy."

Before, because of its mythic bloodline, it never regarded other living beings.

Even the Three-Eyed Poison Scorpion, it believed it would eventually surpass.

But this Ice Lion before it made the Emerald King Snake feel an insurmountable emotion.

Other Calamity Beasts gazing at Chen Mo also had very complex eyes.

There was fear, reverence, longing, and even fervor!

Sharing its power with other living beings.

In their understanding, only gods could possess such ability!

Moreover, recalling that the Ice Lion could condense a dharma manifestation and possessed battle power that completely crushed peers of the same level.

The identity of this Ice Lion before them was about to be revealed!

Divine reincarnation!

Or perhaps an avatar of a mythic creature! It could not even be a messenger or "spokesperson beast" of a mythic creature.

Only true gods could have such abilities! Unlike the "Poison Mother Goddess" that everyone knows has fallen, this Ice Lion is a truly living god! "Alright, you may leave."

"Next, I will distribute seeds to you; you need to hand over 500 stalks of Tier‑2 Divine Medicine each month, 50 stalks of Tier‑3 Divine Medicine each quarter, and 5 stalks of Tier‑4 Divine Medicine every six months."

Chen Mo roughly estimated the current planting efficiency of these Calamity Beasts.

If they were diligent enough, cultivating eight hours a day would yield the spirit plants they needed.

If they were diligent and "grinded" enough, they could keep a considerable surplus for themselves.

"You can also teach the Spirit Rain technique to your own clans."

"Remember, I can grant you this power, and naturally I can also take it back!"

The Xiezhi's majestic voice echoed in the minds of every Calamity Beast.

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty, we'll leave first!"

The Calamity Beasts were eager to leave this place.

Partly because they feared the Xiezhi.

This Ice Lion was simply too powerful, its power too mysterious, giving them a strong sense of oppression.

On the other hand, they were eager to start sowing poison‑type spirit plants.

"Go!"

Chen Mo spoke.

Then he separately said to the Emerald King Snake:

"Emerald, stay behind."

Hearing that, the Emerald King Snake's eyes lit up with joy.

The Ice Lion alone kept itself behind.

"Could it be that… 'Emerald, do you know any information about the Poison Overlord of the Three‑Eyed Poison Scorpion'?"

Chen Mo asked.

Now his strength was soon to reach the limit of the Calamity Realm, and he needed to begin preparing for advancement to the Legendary Realm.

This was not what he had expected; the Emerald King Snake felt a little disappointed, but quickly recovered, speaking in a somewhat coquettish tone:

"Your Majesty, you've asked the right beast. No beast knows the Three‑Eyed Poison Scorpion better than I!"

(End of chapter)