Chapter 735: A Fortune!!! (First update, requesting everything)

In the vast underground cavern, Li Zhangsheng could not help but focus his gaze on a large piece of green crystal that looked just like an emerald.

The green crystal was a full seven or eight meters long and five or six meters wide, its surface smooth and lustrous, suspended in mid-air one meter above the ground, looking quite strange.

If one observed carefully, one would also discover a large number of green light spots swarming and converging from all directions, disappearing in the blink of an eye after touching the green crystal.

Apart from this green crystal, the underground cavern seemed to have nothing else worth noting.

However, Li Zhangsheng still projected his Mental Power, wrapping the entire underground cavern within it.

The moment he 'saw' the feedback from his Mental Power, Li Zhangsheng was clearly taken aback; he had never expected the energy fluctuations of the green crystal to be so immense, already reaching the category of a World Wonder.

"Could this be a World Wonder?"

Li Zhangsheng became excited at once, but he did not act rashly; instead, he shook his Monster Pet Bag and summoned a Lord-grade Wangliang.

"Kailan, help me ask the Wangliang about this green crystal!"

Per the old routine, Kailan once again served as the temporary translator.

Kailan began trying to communicate with the Wangliang; Kailan possessed Vigorous-grade Wood Element Elemental Power, while the Wangliang was transformed from the essence of wood and stone, so the Wangliang could not help but feel a sense of closeness to Kailan, letting down its guard for a time.

Soon, Kailan finished the exchange and told Li Zhangsheng the news gathered from the Wangliang.

Li Zhangsheng said nothing, casually retracted this Lord-grade Wangliang, and instead summoned another Wangliang.

Among the many Spirit Beasts, the Wangliang belongs to the typical villain category, which can be seen from its name; no one could guarantee whether this Wangliang was lying.

Even though it was under a Temporary Contract with Li Zhangsheng, it was not a Formal Contract after all; just like the difference between a permanent employee and a temporary one, it was impossible for the Wangliang to be loyal to Li Zhangsheng all at once.

Not long after, Kailan again learned information from the second Wangliang and translated it for Li Zhangsheng.

Li Zhangsheng frowned; the information from these two Wangliang was roughly the same, but occasionally there were contradictory points, giving one the feeling of nine truths and one lie, and he did not know which one was lying, or if both were lying.

"Continue!"

Li Zhangsheng had no choice but to release a third Wangliang; these dozen or so Wangliang had not communicated with each other beforehand, so the information gathered from them naturally could not be consistent.

It took ten minutes for Li Zhangsheng to question a total of six Wangliang before he straightened out the contradictory points and organized the general information regarding the green crystal.

Back then, Jushi Ridge was not desolate; on the contrary, it was covered with a large amount of vegetation, until more than four hundred years ago, when a meteor streaked across the sky and landed in Jushi Ridge.

This meteor was the green crystal; because it carried such great power, when the green crystal crashed into Jushi Ridge, a powerful shockwave was generated, affecting almost the entire Jushi Ridge.

Under the shockwave and intense tremors, a large amount of vegetation collapsed, countless wild Spirit Beasts died, and the central area of Jushi Ridge was razed to the ground.

Due to the immense kinetic energy it carried, the green crystal sank deep into the ground and was discovered by the Wangliang leader, who had not yet reached the Demon King level at the time.

Soon, the Wangliang leader discovered the efficacy of the green crystal, which allowed its strength to increase greatly in a short period, and it took the nearby Wangliang into its service, leading them to live here long-term, just to monopolize the green crystal.

The miraculous aspect of this green crystal is that when it is fully saturated with energy, it will give birth to a dark green spirit grass seedling.

Only when the seedling matures will the Demon King-grade Wangliang distribute it.

Among these dark green spirit grasses, the Wangliang leader takes half for itself, and the remaining half of the production is distributed to the other Wangliang.

As long as they ingest this dark green spirit grass, the strength of the Wangliang has a chance to improve, and they have the opportunity to break through bottlenecks; that is how the Wangliang leader broke through to the Demon King level.

Wangliang are not Monster Tamers, nor are they dragons; their knowledge is quite scarce, and they only know that the dark green spirit grass has a great effect on them; as for the specific efficacy, they do not know, and they do not even know its name.

Because of the green crystal, the vegetation in Jushi Ridge began to wither, and as Jushi Ridge became increasingly desolate, the speed at which the green crystal gave birth to dark green spirit grass slowed down significantly.

When Jushi Ridge was about to become completely desolate, the Wangliang leader had the idea of moving the green crystal, but before it could act, a phoenix that blotted out the sky visited Jushi Ridge and landed on the ground above their heads.

Even though they were separated by a distance of over a hundred meters and blocked by a large amount of soil and rock, the Wangliang still sensed the might of the phoenix; under the pressure of this aura that was like a prison, all of them, including the Wangliang leader who had already advanced to the Demon King level, trembled and were dominated by fear.

It was fortunate that the phoenix restrained most of its aura and had no malicious intent; otherwise, the aura alone could have crushed this group of Wangliang to death.

For some reason, the phoenix did not have designs on the green crystal; it eventually flew away, allowing the Wangliang to save their lives.

It was also because of the phoenix that the Wangliang leader felt the outside was too dangerous, and it immediately dismissed the idea of moving the green crystal.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng finally shifted his gaze to the ground beneath the green crystal, only then belatedly discovering three immature dark green spirit grasses.

Because the energy fluctuations of the green crystal were too prominent, and because the distance was too close, it directly masked the energy fluctuations of these three dark green spirit grasses.

The appearance of these three dark green spirit grasses was quite similar to Datura Grass, except that they possessed five leaves, and their energy fluctuations reached the level of a Heaven and Earth Wonder.

This was mainly because they had not yet matured; if they were mature, their energy fluctuations could likely reach the Heavenly Essence Grade.

As for the dark green spirit grass, Li Zhangsheng recognized them at a glance, and an undisguised smile appeared on his face, because he had once obtained this kind of spirit grass in the Baisheng King Secret Realm.

That's right, they were Wood Spirit Grass!

Wood Spirit Grass: Heavenly Essence, containing rich Wood Element energy essence; if given to a Wood-type Fairy to absorb, there is a certain chance to increase the quality of that Wood-type Fairy, depending on the quality of the Fairy—the higher the quality, the smaller the chance. Note: Do not give to non-Wood-type Fairies to absorb, otherwise there will be a danger of exploding!

For this kind of spirit plant that can improve quality, Li Zhangsheng valued it more than usual; after all, quality is linked to the realm, and it can even amplify combat power.

In less than two years, Li Zhangsheng's ability to grow to his current level was closely related to the quality of his Demon Pets.

If it were just three immature Wood Spirit Grasses, Li Zhangsheng could naturally keep his composure, but the key was that as long as this green crystal absorbed enough Wood Energy, it could continuously give birth to Wood Spirit Grass.

Even if the green crystal only had this one ability, its value would still be greater than several of Li Zhangsheng's World Wonders.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng began to approach the green crystal.

Li Zhangsheng did not lower his guard; the Taiyin Token appeared above his head, and wrapped in silver moonlight, he walked toward the green crystal.

This stretch of the journey had no accidents, and Li Zhangsheng successfully arrived in front of the green crystal.

After pausing, Li Zhangsheng extended half a finger out of the silver moonlight and touched the green crystal.

The green crystal had no reaction; Li Zhangsheng was not attacked, nor did he sense any radiation harmful to the human body.

Suddenly, Li Zhangsheng seemed to have discovered something; his body floated to the top of the underground cavern, and he fixed his gaze on the green crystal.

On the cross-section of the green crystal, Li Zhangsheng discovered a large number of circles, looking similar to the growth rings of a tree, except that there were too many circles on the green crystal—likely thousands of them.

"Bizhen, Kailan, you two come over and take a look too; why do I feel like this is a piece of wood?"

Li Zhangsheng called Ning Bizhen and Kailan over; Ning Bizhen was knowledgeable, and Kailan was a Wood-type Demon Pet, so they could better identify this green crystal.

Ning Bizhen and Kailan then flew over; they were also unaffected, and in fact, Kailan showed an expression of enjoyment, because the closer one was to the green crystal, the higher the concentration of Wood Energy.

The two people and one pet began to circle the green crystal, studying its characteristics and occasionally stating their own discoveries and insights.

Not long after, Li Zhangsheng finally confirmed that the green crystal was indeed a piece of wood—no, it should be said to be a Wood Heart.

If just the Wood Heart is this large, then how large would its main body be?

Furthermore, the Wood Heart alone possesses energy fluctuations comparable to a top-tier spiritual plant; it is certain that its original form surpasses even the Tree of Life and the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree, and it is by no means an ordinary top-tier spiritual plant, possibly ranking among the ten greatest top-tier spiritual plants.

Such a discovery left Li Zhangsheng ecstatic, yet filled with regret; he was delighted because the Wood Heart's effects were excellent and powerful, but regretted that there was no conventional way to restore the Wood Heart's original form, and no seeds had been left behind.

If there were seeds, even if there were only a trace of life, he believed that with the care of the Dangkang Xianglian Kongjian, the Tree of Life, the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, and Xiaoguai, there would be a high probability of cultivating it.

"Then how was this spiritual plant destroyed? If it was man-made, then this is truly too wasteful!"

Li Zhangsheng had too many doubts in his heart, but what was certain was that this spiritual plant should not be a product of this world, and with only the Wood Heart remaining, it was impossible to identify its true form.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng stopped overthinking, because thinking more was useless; he only wanted to move this Wood Heart now.

It was impossible for Li Zhangsheng to place the Wood Heart in the Dangkang Xianglian Kongjian, otherwise, given the predatory ability of this Wood Heart, it would be a disaster for all other spiritual plants except for the Tree of Life.

His first choice was naturally the Secret Realm; for one, the Secret Realm was sufficiently hidden, and for another, its area was large enough.

If he possessed multiple Secret Realms, he could transfer the Wood Heart every once in a while, allowing the vegetation and energy concentration in the Secret Realms to recover, so that they could be better utilized.

(End of this chapter)