Chapter 20: 【Ripening Spirit Fruit, Bestowing Dao Fruit】 (Seeking recommendation votes)

Previously, in the Lu family, the objects of this supernatural power were several mu, or even dozens or hundreds of mu of spirit rice; the range of application was very large, and the targeting was very weak.

Now, Lu Chengtong only unleashed the supernatural power on this one spirit root, and the effect was immediate.

This Baiyuan Fruit was originally going to mature in less than two days; at this moment, it matured directly, emitting bursts of fragrance.

The White Ape watched this scene and subconsciously stepped forward to pick a fruit.

But it immediately thought of something, turned its head, held the fruit with both hands, and sent it to Lu Chengtong.

Seeing its obedient appearance, Lu Chengtong laughed out loud.

He picked up the fruit, took a bite, and immediately felt a warm aura circulating in his stomach.

This aura itself was spirit Qi, but it was a special kind of spirit Qi; they could also attract free-roaming spirit Qi to gather, which could allow the cultivator who ate the spirit fruit to gain a certain amount of cultivation acceleration time.

After eating it in a few bites, Lu Chengtong didn't immediately refine the spirit Qi, but hurriedly picked all the Baiyuan Fruit with the White Ape, took one out for the White Ape to eat, and put the remaining seventy into his storage bag.

The aura of maturing spirit fruit easily attracted other demonic beasts, so it needed to be put away first.

Lu Chengtong sat under the tree, operated his cultivation technique, breathed in spirit Qi, and refined the spirit Qi in his body.

Seeing him like this, the White Ape also breathed along, but it couldn't learn the essence, and after a while, it felt dizzy.

Lu Chengtong felt the chaotic spirit Qi around him, and seeing it like this, he immediately laughed:

"You can't practice this cultivation technique; wait for me to impart a method suitable for you."

The human body was the most wonderful; no other creature could use the methods practiced by humans.

But for demonic beasts, there were also general cultivation methods, or rather, this set of cultivation methods was suitable for all living beings.

Although it was inefficient, at least it was better than the demonic beast breathing and spitting out spirit Qi unconsciously on its own.

Immediately, Lu Chengtong imparted the "Spirit-Nurturing Breathing Method" suitable for spirit beast cultivation to the White Ape, letting it practice along.

But he didn't expect that just imparting the cultivation technique would take him quite a long time, and in the end, he only had time to give two instructions and explain the time of his next arrival before leaving in a hurry.

Cultivation techniques were still relatively difficult to understand; a human with a sound mind still needed time to comprehend, let alone an ape.

Lu Chengtong couldn't come every day; he came every few days, and after a month, he finally let the White Ape learn this cultivation technique.

After learning it, this White Ape jumped up and down with excitement.

Just this comprehension ability made Lu Chengtong shake his head; he had previously wanted to teach this guy sword techniques, but it seemed he still needed to wait for a period of time, at the very least, teach this guy to read.

The days of cultivating alone seemed very long, but with this White Ape added, Lu Chengtong felt that life was no longer so boring.

In this remote place, his only good friend Cheng Tongru was dead, he still bore the blood feud of his family's extermination, and he was under the pressure of the revival of the entire clan alone; he was very lonely.

At this time, having a partner made it very easy to build friendship.

The White Ape was also becoming increasingly close to him; two months later, the two of them had started to hook shoulders and backs, just like two monkeys.

Lu Chengtong also discovered this problem.

He taught the White Ape to be a human, but he himself had become like a monkey.

Perhaps it was because here, he was Lu Chengtong, while in front of humans, he was Cheng Tongru.

Time flew by, and a year had passed since he obtained the Baiyuan Fruit.

Over the past year, he hadn't refined any pills, but simply ate the spirit fruit to assist in his cultivation.

The effect was significant.

With the assistance of the Red-Maned Black-Furred Lion's flesh and blood and the Baiyuan Fruit, he had entered the Qi Refining fourth layer four months ago and became a Qi Refining mid-stage cultivator.

This year, he hadn't refined any pills, but he hadn't been idle either.

Regarding the Baiyuan Fruit tree, he used different levels of soul power to unleash the 【Spring Breeze Turns to Rain】 supernatural power on it, letting it gain growth amplification.

After a year of observation, he discovered that within a day, the best effect was to unleash the supernatural power once to amplify the growth speed.

Consuming fifty percent of the soul power of a Foundation Establishment mid-stage to unleash the supernatural power once could shorten its growth time by about twenty days, meaning one day of growth was worth twenty days.

And if he consumed fifty percent of the soul power of a Foundation Establishment late-stage to unleash the supernatural power once, it could shorten the growth time by about thirty days.

This shortened time was not small.

If he unleashed it once a day with the soul power of a Foundation Establishment mid-stage, he could ripen a batch of Baiyuan Fruit in nineteen days.

But this was obviously unrealistic.

After soul power was consumed, it took a long time to recover.

A fifty percent consumption, recovering by meditating with all his might, still took three days; if he was burdened by daily trivial matters and only let it recover naturally, it would take ten days or half a month at least.

Lu Chengtong was burdened by mundane matters, so maintaining a frequency of unleashing it once every half month was the most suitable.

And the Treasure Mirror could be used with all his might, and it could recover in three days.

Calculated this way, in half a month, he unleashed it once himself, and the Treasure Mirror unleashed it ten times, which could shorten the growth time by a total of three hundred and forty days.

In one month, he could ripen a batch of Baiyuan Fruit.

Because the experiment in the middle was not continuous, he had harvested ten times over the past year.

He had basically achieved Baiyuan Fruit freedom.

But this speed still couldn't satisfy Lu Chengtong.

He decided to give the White Ape a 【Spring Breeze Turns to Rain】 supernatural power Dao Fruit.

In the Lu family, all the Foundation Establishment True Persons in the clan would obtain this supernatural power to cultivate spirit rice.

So there were many such Dao Fruits remaining in the Treasure Mirror, not just Foundation Establishment Realm ones, but also Qi Refining Realm ones.

He had originally intended to let the spirit beast guard the spirit herbs, but at the beginning, he certainly couldn't impart the supernatural power directly.

After all, they weren't familiar at that time, and he couldn't guarantee that this guy would get the Dao Fruit, its soul power would increase, its intelligence would be developed, and it would just run away.

Now it was different; they had been together for a year, like brothers, very close.

Moreover, this White Ape had learned to read, understood some human etiquette, and even knew to cover its shame, wearing one of Lu Chengtong's Dharma robes, and its fur was groomed every day.

Bestowing the Dao Fruit at this time would make it even more grateful to him.

If he did this to a human, he would still have to worry about them returning kindness with enmity, but to a spirit beast, and a White Ape he had understood for a year, Lu Chengtong didn't have this worry.

He took out a Foundation Establishment late-stage 【Spring Breeze Turns to Rain】 Dao Fruit and bestowed it upon the White Ape.

This level of Dao Fruit was all left behind by the 'Ming' generation, and there weren't many in total.

After eating the Dao Fruit, the White Ape's body suddenly shook, various insights flooded into its heart, endless vitality emerged, and when it recovered and looked around, it felt that everything seemed to have become full of vitality.

"You now possess the soul power that only a Foundation Establishment mid-stage has, and at the same time, you possess the 【Spring Breeze Turns to Rain】 supernatural power; later, you have to help me ripen this Baiyuan Fruit together, instead of sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor."

Lu Chengtong looked at the White Ape and laughed.

At this time, the White Ape's spirit power cultivation had reached the Qi Refining sixth layer, and its soul cultivation was the same as his, the Foundation Establishment mid-stage; its comprehensive strength was even more powerful than his.

The White Ape had already learned human speech and smiled respectfully:

"Master cannot wrong me; I am not sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor. Usually, when Master is not here, I am the one guarding this fruit tree."

Lu Chengtong laughed and replied: "Anyway, from now on, you have one more task!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 21 =====