Chapter 508: Sweet Dew Curse, Spirit Planter (First update, requesting all)

"I think we should have a good talk!"

Li Zhangsheng came before the girl and looked her over carefully.

The girl did not want to speak; she lowered her head, not daring to look at Li Zhangsheng.

Due to her preconceived notions, the girl felt that Li Zhangsheng was a bad person.

Information about the girl was already in Di Zhiyi's memories; the girl's true form was a Fire Spirit Ganoderma that had coincidentally achieved transformation, which caused her value to skyrocket, making her completely inferior to no Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure.

Originally, Di Zhiyi's intention was that after completing the Possession, he would first use the Black Altar to increase the compatibility between his soul and the physical body, and then consume the girl who had transformed from the Fire Spirit Ganoderma to compensate for the side effects of the Possession to a certain extent.

Seeing the girl so fearful, Li Zhangsheng had no choice but to summon Kailan over.

"Kailan, I'll leave it to you to 'persuade' her."

"Task guaranteed to be completed!"

Kailan nodded her little head diligently, flew in front of the girl, and began to communicate with her.

Perhaps it was because both were of the Wood Element, or perhaps it was Kailan's own personal charm, but in any case, the girl soon let down her guard and began to chatter away with Kailan.

While they were communicating, Li Zhangsheng carefully plucked the five Red Fire Dragon Scale Fruits and placed them into a Jade Box.

The Red Fire Dragon Scale Fruit could not be measured by value; the only pity was that it was only effective for Fire Element Demon Pets. Li Zhangsheng only had one Fire Element Demon Pet, the Crowned Blazing Bird. Given the excellence of the Crowned Blazing Bird, keeping two was enough; the remaining three could be used to grant favors or for trading.

In the process of picking the fruits, Li Zhangsheng also discovered a tiny green fruit in the tree crown; it seemed that it would take many more years for this fruit to ripen.

Li Zhangsheng valued this Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree more than usual, because from the obtained memories of Di Zhiyi, he learned that the reason the Fire Flame Secret Realm did not have a trend of dying out was mainly related to this Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree.

The Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree belonged to the Top-Grade Spiritual Root, and the Red Fire Dragon Scale Fruit it bore was a Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade treasure; it even possessed the function of stabilizing the world and absorbing void Fire Element energy, which was also the reason why the Fire Flame Secret Realm was so hot.

In fact, as long as it was a Top-Grade Spiritual Root, almost all had the effect of stabilizing the world and absorbing void energy, the most famous of which was the World Tree.

Compared to the World Tree, the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree was naturally more than a grade inferior in these two aspects; legend had it that the World Tree bore ten Top-Grade Spiritual Roots of different attributes, and the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree was one of them.

If one were to truly discuss value, this Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree was even above many World Wonders.

If one were to place the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree and the World Wonder known as the Original Light together and choose one, the vast majority would choose the former, especially for many factions.

With this Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree, a faction could continuously produce Pseudo-Kings, and the possibility of cultivating Kings would also surely increase greatly.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng grabbed a handful of the red soil used to cultivate the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree.

He could feel a scorching sensation, probably around seventy or eighty degrees. From the feedback of his Mental Power, this soil could absorb the surrounding Fire Element energy, creating an environment suitable for the survival of Fire Element Spirit Plants, and accelerate their growth.

Fire Crystal Soil!

In Di Zhiyi's memories, Li Zhangsheng learned the name and efficacy of the red soil.

Do not underestimate this Fire Crystal Soil; although its grade was not as good as Breathing Soil, in terms of cultivating Fire Element Spirit Plants alone, it was even above Breathing Soil. This was what was called "specialization in a trade."

Besides this, Fire Crystal Soil could increase the growth speed of the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree by fifty percent.

That is to say, it originally took 30 years to bear a fruit, but now it only took 20 years; this was already an incredible effect, after all, this was a Top-tier Spiritual Plant.

If it were an ordinary Fire Element Spirit Plant, the Fire Crystal Soil could provide an even higher growth speed.

Li Zhangsheng put down the Fire Crystal Soil in his hand; he had no intention of digging up the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree.

Once the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree was lost, the Fire Flame Secret Realm would likely become the same as the Baisheng King Secret Realm before long.

Li Zhangsheng possessed the token to control the Fire Flame Secret Realm; for him, the Fire Flame Secret Realm was equivalent to private property, so naturally, he could not do something like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Secret Realms had many uses, the most typical being planting Spirit Plants and raising Spirit Beasts; at the same time, they could better cultivate Fire Element Demon Pets, and at critical moments, they could also serve as shelters. Even for a fellow Seventh-tier King, it was very difficult to break into a King's Secret Realm.

Like many King Families, even if the King had already fallen, they were still titled a King Family rather than being demoted to a Famous Clan; part of the reason was because of the Secret Realm.

Most of these Secret Realms had become the same as the Baisheng King Secret Realm, having lost their energy supply, and their area was gradually decreasing, but at the very least they could be used as shelters, and one could farm inside with peace of mind, self-sufficient, at least not starving to death.

Of course, there were also some Secret Realms that were still filled with energy, just like the Secret Realms controlled by the Yuanling Academy, where a large amount of Demon Cores had to be cast in every period of time to maintain the energy concentration of the Secret Realm.

It was just that the cost of doing so was very high, and it could not avoid the situation of the Secret Realm becoming smaller and smaller.

This was the preciousness of a Top-Grade Spiritual Root; additionally, if the King was still alive, the stability of this Secret Realm would far exceed that of an ordinary Secret Realm.

Di Zhiyi had once had a conflict with a King; two Kings controlled their respective Secret Realms to collide, and the result was that the Fire Flame Secret Realm easily suppressed the opponent's Secret Realm, nearly crushing that Secret Realm, and finally ended with Di Zhiyi's victory.

At this time, Kailan's voice sounded: "Changsheng, task completed, please instruct on the next move!"

It was unknown what Kailan said to the girl, but in any case, the girl became very dependent on Kailan, and at the same time, the look in her eyes when she looked at Li Zhangsheng was no longer as fearful as before.

"What talents does she have?"

"Besides the Earth Walking Technique, she can also cast the Sweet Dew Curse. This is a type of ability specifically for taking care of Spirit Plants, which can accelerate their growth speed."

Hearing the effect of the Sweet Dew Curse, Li Zhangsheng's eyes lit up; this was simply a natural-born Spirit Planter.

A Spirit Planter, just like an Alchemist, Pharmacist, or Artifact Refiner, was also a secondary profession, only it was much more niche.

As long as one mastered a Secret Technique beneficial to plant growth, a Monster Tamer could take on the secondary profession of Spirit Planter.

Simply put, this was a secondary profession with no threshold, and coupled with the long cycle of Spirit Plants, it was far inferior to secondary professions like Alchemist in terms of profitability.

Li Zhangsheng had some Spirit Plants that needed care; if he could subdue the girl, he would not have to expend his mental energy on Spirit Plants in the future, and he could also accelerate the growth speed of the Spirit Plants, so why not do it?

"Untie her!"

In order to obtain the girl's 'heart', Li Zhangsheng naturally had to show sincerity.

Most importantly, Li Zhangsheng possessed the Secret Realm Token; even if the girl used the Earth Walking Technique, he could catch her with a single thought.

However, the girl did not know that.

Kailan untied the rope binding the girl; the girl stretched her body, revealing a clean and flawless smile, and hugged Kailan's thigh, refusing to let go.

"Big sister, I want to hear you tell stories again."

The girl was very dependent on Kailan; from the moment she gained consciousness, the girl had always stayed in the Fire Flame Secret Realm and had never come into contact with anyone other than Di Zhiyi. Yet, Di Zhiyi did not like to communicate, which directly resulted in the girl being like a blank sheet of paper, full of longing for all kinds of things.

"By the way, what is your name?" In Di Zhiyi's memories, there was no name for the girl.

The girl shook her head like a rattle-drum.

"Then how about letting Kailan help you pick a name?"

"Okay!"

The girl raised her head excitedly, looking at Kailan with expectant eyes.

This put Kailan in a difficult spot; Li Zhangsheng was "hopeless at naming," and she had never named anyone before, but seeing the little girl's expectant gaze, she had to rack her brains to think of a suitable nickname.

Lele, Huanhuan, Tongtong, Peppa...

"How about I call you Xiaoguai? What do you think?"

Kailan thought of many nicknames and quickly made a decision; she hoped the little girl would be well-behaved and sensible in the future.

"Oh, I have a name now."

The little girl cheered and jumped for joy, ran a few laps around the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree, and finally jumped into Kailan's arms.

"We should be heading back too. Xiaoguai, do you want to stay here, or come out with us?"

It was almost eight o'clock, and with only four hours left of the three-day limit, Li Zhangsheng was naturally anxious to return.

"I want to be with big sister!" Without any hesitation, Xiaoguai made her choice.

"Alright, then we'll go together."

Li Zhangsheng respected Xiaoguai's choice, and before leaving, he specifically opened the Jade Bottle containing the Starlight Divine Water and used tweezers to extract a Space Ring.

Starlight Divine Water can dissolve true spiritual consciousness, though he did not know if it would be useful against the imprint inside the Space Ring.

After all, this was a Soul Imprint inside a Space Ring, not a true spiritual intent; there was a clear distinction between the two.

Li Zhangsheng tried to open the ring, but unfortunately, it still would not open, though he could faintly feel that Liu Xudong's imprint had dissolved a tiny bit.

Judging by the situation, it would likely take some time to completely dissolve the imprint.

"If only it were Moonlight Divine Water!"

Li Zhangsheng was still a bit unsatisfied; among the three types of Divine Water, the one most suitable for dissolving a Soul Imprint was certainly the Moonlight Divine Water.

Moonlight Divine Water can corrode the primordial spirit and soul, and a Soul Imprint has a direct connection to the primordial spirit and soul.

Holding this Space Ring, Li Zhangsheng felt truly conflicted about whether or not he should take it back.

Liu Xudong was different from other Heavenly Pride; given the talent he had displayed, he could be called the Qilin child of the Langya Liu Clan, and the Langya Liu Clan might value him even more than Liu Xuguang, as Liu Xuguang had not reached the Fifth Rank before the age of 20.

A Space Ring cannot be stored inside another Space Ring, especially since this Space Ring still had Liu Xudong's Soul Imprint; if the Langya Liu Clan possessed a Secret Technique for tracking or a Demon Pet similar to a Dark Night Marten, Li Zhangsheng would be exposed.

Acting on a cautious mindset, Li Zhangsheng decided to temporarily seal this Space Ring within the Dixiagongdian; since he possessed the token to control the Secret Realm, he was naturally not afraid of it being found by others.

He believed that by the time he came back next, the Soul Imprint inside the Space Ring would surely have completely dissolved.

There will be another update at 12:00 noon!

Today's goal: Three, Pigs, Proof!

(End of this chapter)