Chapter 337: Innate Spiritual Root

The wish is beautiful, but reality is bony.

Yin Qi completely forgot about time, lost in it. But facing the countless obscure formation patterns, he never grasped a single clue; it felt like looking at flowers through fog or viewing the moon in water.

It was clearly right before his eyes, yet it felt as far away as the horizon.

He did not know how much time had passed. Yin Qi woke from his calculations, a look of powerlessness flashing in his eyes.

An Innate Great Array, it truly lives up to its reputation.

Even possessing the divine ability of the Bagua Diagram, he still had no clue.

He calculated the time; over four months had already passed.

If he were given a few hundred more years, perhaps there would be hope of discovering the flaws in this Innate Array, but he could not sit here in meditation for hundreds of years.

Thinking of this, Yin Qi could only communicate with the Fortune Altar: "Altar, deduce this Innate Array. How much fortune is required?"

"Fifty zhang!"

"Hiss—fifty zhang!"

Yin Qi could not help but gasp. Just as he was about to despair, he suddenly thought of something: "Then what about deducing the method to enter and exit?"

"Five zhang!"

"Haha, five zhang, good! I only want to enter and exit to see what is inside; I don't need to control the array."

Yin Qi could not help but smile with excitement and said: "Good, deduce it."

"As you wish!"

Following the fall of the grand voice, the eighteen-zhang-high purple-gold fortune quickly decreased by five zhang.

Originally, Yin Qi only had fifteen zhang of fortune.

But in Zhaoge, through his clone's inventions over the past five months, the quality of life for the people of Zhaoge had seen a leap-style improvement, involving clothing, food, housing, transportation, entertainment, and every other aspect. Many people, looking back, felt as if they had been in a dream.

Zhaoge is the center of the Great Shang; every aspect is a model that the various vassal states vie to imitate.

Yin Qi did not invent these things to make money, so every invention was made completely public. He even wrote a book, *Tiangong Kaiwu* (The Exploitation of the Works of Nature), and published it throughout the world, causing a great sensation.

These inventions might not be able to push forward the progress of human civilization, but they could greatly improve the people's quality of life and productivity. Not only did they win Yin Qi countless prestige, but they also harvested a small wave of fortune.

The original fifteen zhang of fortune had thus increased to eighteen zhang.

Although Di Yi had not yet proposed the third assessment, not only in Zhaoge and the Great Shang, but even among the various vassal states, the calls for Yin Qi to become Crown Prince were the loudest.

There is no vassal who does not hope for the Human Emperor to be a benevolent and righteous ruler.

Returning to the main topic.

Following the disappearance of the five zhang of fortune, the method to enter and exit the Innate Great Array appeared in Yin Qi's mind. He hurriedly performed the method, and very quickly, he felt the ocean before his eyes disappear entirely, returning once again to the mountaintop.

Subsequently, rich Innate Spiritual Qi rushed toward him, almost on the verge of turning into mist.

"This is... Innate Spiritual Qi!"

Yin Qi was shocked. He only took a breath, and he felt his entire body's blood boil; every cell in his body was frantically devouring the Innate Spiritual Qi, like a long drought meeting sweet dew.

Innate Spiritual Qi only existed at the beginning of the opening of the world.

This place was covered by the Innate Great Array, almost completely cut off from communication with the outside world, which is how it could be preserved until now.

Yin Qi suppressed the surprise in his heart and hurriedly looked around, discovering that this was actually a tea garden. Hundreds of tea trees were scattered across the hillside, their leaves emerald green like jade.

Especially at the top of the slope, there grew a Tea Tree King.

This Tea Tree King was nine meters tall, its canopy covering over twenty meters. Every leaf looked as if it were naturally carved, the patterns upon them like intertwined Daos, emitting a truly enchanting fragrance.

"An Innate Spiritual Root!"

Yin Qi was overjoyed and hurriedly leaped to the base of the Tea Tree King.

As his divine sense invaded the Tea Tree King, he quickly obtained relevant information about it.

This Tea Tree King was named Enlightenment Tea, a mid-grade Innate Spiritual Root.

Although it could not compare to the Flat Peach, Ginseng Fruit, or Huangzhong Plum—those top ten Innate Spiritual Roots—it was still rare in the world, possessing the effect of opening wisdom and enlightening the Dao. To put it plainly, it improved comprehension.

Although it was only a temporary improvement, it was still extremely precious.

The surrounding tea trees, while not Innate Spiritual Roots, were the descendants of the Enlightenment Tea, possessing effects such as calming the mind, opening wisdom, and removing heart demons; they were all top-grade immortal teas.

"Let's taste it first!"

Yin Qi could not wait. He plucked five or six tender leaves, took out a teapot, placed the tea leaves inside, and then used a fire-control technique to boil some thunder water and poured it in.

Very quickly, a tea fragrance that made one feel infatuated and intoxicated wafted from the teapot.

Yin Qi took out a teacup, filled it, and slowly tasted it. Upon entering his mouth, there was not the slightest bitterness, only fragrance and sweetness. Then, as the tea went down his throat, he quickly fell into a mysterious and profound state.

In this state, all the problems that had previously confused him were suddenly clarified.

Cup after cup, Yin Qi was lost in it, unable to extricate himself.

He did not know how much time had passed, nor how many pots of tea he had drunk. When Yin Qi regained his clarity, he discovered that his martial cultivation had advanced a step further, reaching the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

As for his immortal cultivation, it remained stagnant.

But his Primordial Spirit seemed to have been washed once, becoming even more refined.

"Enlightenment Tea, it truly is a good thing!"

Yin Qi put away the teapot. He exclaimed and began to pluck the tea leaves.

The Enlightenment Tea leaves were stored in boxes made of immortal jade.

Each box held one hundred leaves; he plucked a total of three hundred boxes, plucking all the tender leaves clean.

Old tea leaves were not suitable for brewing tea.

As for the tea leaves from the other tea trees, they were stored in spirit jade boxes, also one hundred leaves per box, plucking a total of one hundred thousand boxes.

One hundred thousand boxes sounded like a lot.

But when distributed to the Qi Wang Mansion, it really was not that much.

As for the Enlightenment Tea leaves, he would not put such an Innate Spiritual Root into the mansion's treasury; naturally, he would keep them for his own enjoyment or give them to certain important figures.

After plucking the tea leaves, Yin Qi turned and left.

As for this Enlightenment Tea, it was not yet suitable to take it away, lest it be exposed and leaked.

After exiting the Innate Great Array, Yin Qi returned to the mountaintop. On the foundation of the formation set up by Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, he set up layers of additional formations. If anyone were to break into the formation, he would be able to sense it immediately.

Phoenix Mountain.

Qingluan Douque.

Seeing the lover she had been thinking of day and night, Princess Longji said with pleasant surprise: "Yin-lang, why have you come?"

"Naturally, because I missed you!"

Yin Qi grabbed Princess Longji, who had thrown herself at him, hugged her tightly, and lowered his head to sniff the fragrance of her hair.

Although he had already married three wives, the one he had the deepest feelings for was still Princess Longji, because she was the woman he had truly put his heart into pursuing, having paid too much emotion and energy.

"I missed you too, I missed you every day!"

Princess Longji could feel Yin Qi's love. She also said full of love, hugging Yin Qi's back tightly.

The two embraced tightly, feeling each other's heartbeats.

After a long time, Yin Qi spoke: "Xuanxuan, I obtained a good thing not long ago, so I brought it to you."

"Oh, what good thing?"

Princess Longji smiled happily. She moved out of Yin Qi's embrace.

Yin Qi opened his palm, and an immortal jade box appeared. He opened the lid, and immediately, a refreshing tea fragrance wafted out.

"This is... tea leaves from an Innate Spiritual Root!"

Looking at the tea leaves in the immortal jade box, Princess Longji was stunned.

As the daughter of Haotian, she was naturally knowledgeable. Looking at the tea leaves, which seemed to have natural, intertwined Dao patterns, she knew that these tea leaves belonged to an Innate Spiritual Root.

This was an Innate Spiritual Root!

Even in the Heavenly Court, besides the Flat Peach, there were only two Innate Spiritual Roots, and both were low-grade.

As for Acquired Spiritual Roots, there were only a dozen or so.

Every single one was collected by Haotian with painstaking effort. ===== CHAPTER 338 =====