Chapter 473: Nurturing Nature
As for Su Xiaoxiao, although her wood-type spiritual root restrained the water attribute of the Four Beasts Secret Realm, her foundation was a bit weak, making it a tough situation for her.
However, she had learned a lot of useful knowledge at the Outer Gate Academy and thought that the high-pressure spiritual energy environment here would actually benefit her in honing her physical body. So, she quickly swallowed a monster’s dan pill.
Monster pills often required a substantial amount of spiritual energy to reinforce one’s body, and the stronger the spiritual energy, the better the fusion effect.
Fusing one monster pill here could be equivalent to fusing several outside!
This rapid consumption of spiritual energy flooding into her body also brought Su Xiaoxiao quite a bit of relief.
Whether it was Mu Jixue, Lin Zhongyu, or Su Xiaoxiao, all three were feeling extremely uncomfortable upon stepping into the Four Beasts Secret Realm.
After all, they had never practiced in such a highly pressurized and pure spiritual energy environment before.
However…
Yun Zhonghe felt nothing of the sort.
The most he experienced was an abundance of spiritual energy inside his body, feeling like a water bag swaying around.
But perhaps it was because Yun Zhonghe’s cultivation level couldn’t grow on its own; thus, the influx of spiritual energy inexplicably overflowed out of his body, achieving a kind of balance.
He surprisingly felt quite comfortable.
Yun Zhonghe speculated that perhaps only someone with his unique physique could navigate this place so effortlessly throughout history.
He had to thank the Book of Prophecy for binding his cultivation level to Mu Jixue’s.
“Hmm? Mu Jixue is already at Golden Core Third Layer?!”
Having been here for less than ten minutes, Yun Zhonghe felt his own realm break through two minor levels consecutively!
Impressive!
Though Yun Zhonghe knew that Mu Jixue would certainly reap a bountiful harvest from entering the Four Beasts Secret Realm, he never expected her to level up this quickly.
Maybe she brought some treasure into the secret realm.
However, starting from the Golden Core Fourth Layer, the amount of spiritual energy required for each minor level-up would increase significantly, leading to longer breakthrough times.
But Yun Zhonghe felt that at her current efficiency, about five minutes of practice here would be equivalent to popping a Golden Yuan Dan.
The Golden Yuan Dan is a dan pill for Golden Core stage cultivators, worth between seventy to a hundred thousand depending on quality.
In just ten short minutes, Mu Jixue had already racked up spiritual stones worth nearly two hundred thousand!
Wait, if he counted himself, it should double to four hundred thousand!
Having such talent is something else!
If they stayed here for a whole day, Mu Jixue’s harvest alone would start at a pure profit of at least fifty million spiritual stones.
Yun Zhonghe started calculating his little ledger.
Of course, he would do his best; he didn’t want Mu Jixue to strain herself to gain more and harm her foundation.
But he had great expectations of her. He felt that with Mu Jixue’s talent, surviving a day should be no problem.
Yun Zhonghe had been in the secret realm for over ten minutes without doing any cultivation.
He was quite curious since Qin Wushuang said before entering that any form of cultivation could be done inside the secret realm. However, this place was full of spiritual energy, unlike the Myriad Path Divine Tower, which could provide refined spiritual energy for him to harvest.
It felt like he couldn’t conduct spiritual cultivation at all.
At that moment, Xing Bu appeared from the magic cube.
Yun Zhonghe was startled, worried her presence would expose them, but Xing Bu waved her hand, “No worries! The situation in this secret realm won’t be displayed outside; people can’t see me.”
Yun Zhonghe nodded but was very curious why she had suddenly shown up.
Unless she was coming to ask for wine, it was rare for Xing Bu to proactively appear.
Xing Bu rarely had a serious expression on her face: “This secret realm is quite special. The spiritual energy here is not ordinary; it’s universal spiritual energy, harmonized with various powers through the Heavenly Origin Ancestor Talisman.”
Yun Zhonghe: “Universal spiritual energy?”
“Exactly! This type of spiritual energy can be absorbed in any way; if absorbed into the spiritual root, it becomes the purest spiritual energy. If absorbed into the sea of consciousness, it becomes the purest spiritual power. If infused into the body, it can amplify the effect of monster pills. You can utilize it however you want!”
Yun Zhonghe was enlightened, not expecting such miraculous spiritual energy to exist.
His mind raced, and suddenly he understood why Xing Bu had appeared.
Yun Zhonghe looked at her: “Senior Xing Bu, can you absorb this universal spiritual energy to recover your strength?”
Indeed, with just her fragment of a soul, she might absorb this universal spiritual energy to repair her soul.
Xing Bu smiled slightly: “Perhaps, but since I don’t have a physical body, I can’t directly refine it. I can only draw it out bit by bit… But I should be able to recover some.”
With that, she drifted off to another place.
“Little friend, you should cultivate well here. I feel that area is more suitable for me.”
Yun Zhonghe didn’t meddle, allowing her to be.
He began trying out the Observation Heart Technique to see if this spiritual energy could indeed be converted into spiritual power for absorption.
And surprisingly, it worked!
Cultivating spiritual power had always been a huge challenge for Yun Zhonghe. Nurturing ninety spiritual pearls was no easy feat.
Even though he was already at the pinnacle of Initial Understanding, just a hair away from nurturing nature, the fact that he had to nurture ninety spiritual pearls at once magnified that hair’s breadth by ninety times, making it feel infinitely out of reach.
But now, with such abundant spiritual power available for him to freely absorb, Yun Zhonghe could practically take off!
He was incredibly excited.
Finding the Spiritual Power Insights scroll from his spatial ring, he spread it open and simultaneously studied it to further enhance his efficiency.
Yun Zhonghe made up his mind that since he wasn’t feeling uncomfortable here, he wouldn’t leave until he had absorbed enough—three days if needed!
Where else could he find such a wonderful opportunity?
In the sea of consciousness, all the spiritual pearls glowed brightly. As that universal spiritual energy flowed into the spiritual pearls, the brilliance emanating from them could even outshine the Chaos Divine Stone’s darkness.
Yun Zhonghe was just one step away from achieving nurturing nature. However, since it took both him and his ninety spiritual pearls to bridge that gap, he had always failed to take that critical step.
But now, with a continuous influx of universal spiritual energy, all obstacles melted away.
The ninety glowing points began forming lines among themselves.
Spiritual pearls were like points; when linked together, they created lines, ultimately forming a closed loop, becoming one entity.
The universal spiritual energy continuously poured in, reinforcing the robust shell of the spiritual pearls.
To carry more water during the Nurturing Nature stage, one needed a sturdy bucket.
After half an hour, Yun Zhonghe finally felt he was about to wrap up his Initial Understanding phase perfectly.
Nurturing Nature! Here I come!
With a thunderous sound, it came from Yun Zhonghe’s sea of consciousness, as those spiritual pearls vibrated with a resonance that only he could hear.
The dense universal spiritual energy rapidly converged toward him!
The ninety spiritual pearls, as Yun Zhonghe successfully entered the Nurturing Nature phase, started to split.
The number of spiritual pearls surged from ninety to one hundred eighty!
