I created an extraordinary era

Chapter 259 Demonic Plants and Spiritual Plants

Half an hour later, Xia Yuan said goodbye to Professor Wang and others and left.

Element control:

Wind: Stage 1
【Water】: Stage 0.0002 (10000/)

[Fire]: One stage (0.0002/10000)

Looking at the data on the panel, he couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.

Yes, Wintergreen can also make the water element have a progress bar.

Although this progress is almost negligible, it is at least a breakthrough from 0 to 1.

In the future, there will be a direction to improve the control of elements.

"I didn't expect that I could be given such an unexpected surprise!"

To be honest, originally Xia Yuan just wanted to know whether source energy could make plants undergo similar changes as the pine tree did last time.

I never thought it could be used in this way.

I have to say that the harvest this time was indeed not small.

This source crystal flower is really worth it!

So before leaving, he left behind 20 source crystals.

In fact, Xia Yuan wanted to stay more.

After all, we have only cultivated eight kinds of plants so far. If we want to cultivate more kinds of plants, this amount of source crystals is definitely not enough.

But unfortunately, there are only 6 source points in total, and he needs to keep some as backup.

"Forget it, these two are enough for now!"

Xia Yuan shook his head and didn't ask for too much.

Because even if he researched other plants that could help him, he wouldn't be able to take care of them all.

After all, source energy is limited.

While ensuring that his cultivation speed is not affected too much, the source crystals that can be taken out are actually not that many.

Planting a thousand trees at the beginning is already the limit!

No matter how many Xia Yuan there are, they cannot afford such a huge supply of source crystals.

But he doesn't plan to start planting now.

First, Professor Wang and others need to continue studying this for a while.

Second, the most important thing at the moment is to be promoted to the third stage of Transcendental Realm, and other things should be put on the back burner.

Strength is always the most important.

After you are promoted to the third stage of Transcendental Realm, you can start planting dragon blood trees and winter ling grass.

As for the planting location, you can choose the open space in the college.

Although it is not suitable for ordinary plants to grow there, the plants that have been transformed by source energy have extremely strong vitality.

As long as the conditions are not extremely extreme, they will not affect the growth of these plants.

As long as there is sufficient energy source, it can be grown in most places.

What's more, after these mutated plants are planted, they can slowly change the surrounding environment.

Over time, it will naturally become an area suitable for their growth.

The college has nearly 7,000 acres of land available for planting.

At that time, you only need to divide the areas where the corresponding plants are located. A few thousand plants will be no problem at all.

"How could that pine tree have changed so much in just two months?"

When Professor Wang asked himself about this, he couldn't answer.

Obviously the planting places are the same.

Although there is a difference in source energy concentration before and after, it is actually not very large.

Logically speaking, it is impossible for plants of the same type to have such a huge difference!

Especially the aggressive kind.

Although it does not have self-awareness, it simply absorbs nutrients from the surrounding environment by instinct.

But this behavior is strange.

Xia Yuan suddenly remembered that when he was at home last year, he had seen an ancient book called "Five Elements Records".

The mutated plants and trees are called monsters.

There is also such a record in another ancient book.

[The demon is the essence of qi that depends on things. When qi is disordered inside, things change outside.]

Here, the definition of demon is when the Yin and Yang spiritual energy attaches to a certain object, causing confusion in the body and finally manifesting itself externally.

Although this is just a record in mythology.

But it is somewhat similar to the current situation.

For example, isn’t the Yin-Yang spiritual energy equivalent to source energy?
Is the reason why the same plant is in two different states before and after because the source energy undergoes different changes in its body?
The former's source of energy underwent some changes in the body, so the tree initially transformed into a 'demon'.

The latter, however, showed no aggression because they had not changed.

Perhaps it would be better to call the latter 'spirit'.

"So, what exactly caused that tree to have the tendency to transform into a demon?"

"Is it because of me?"

Xia Yuan frowned. This should be impossible.

I didn't do anything to the tree, I didn't even touch it.

He didn't think he had the ability to do so.

Besides this, what other reasons are there?

After all, Professor Wang and the others have already found the reasons they should have!

etc.
"How could I have forgotten it!"

Xia Yuan almost forgot something that was very easy to overlook.

At that time, there was not only this pine tree in the area, but also...
Great white!

That’s right, that guy Dabai has been staying in that area all the time.

Although just staying there doesn't mean anything.

But the most important thing is that Dabai also changed a lot in those two months.

Not only has its strength and speed been improved, but it has also gained a bit of intelligence!
It is almost impossible for ordinary animals to develop intelligence. Even if some animals can understand human commands, they are only limited to very simple ones.

And it is even more impossible to be able to communicate with others like Dabai in two months.

Does this mean that the changes in the pine tree were due to Dabai?
Just thinking about this, several doubts emerged in Xia Yuan's mind.

Professor Wang and others have proved through experiments that animals cannot absorb source energy.

Only plants can be directly affected by source energy.

It is obviously impossible for animals to absorb source energy, so how did Dabai manage to change himself?

Is it because it is different from other animals?
Or can animals and plants change simultaneously when placed together?
If you want to know this, you first need to know whether Dabai can continue to absorb source energy after leaving the tree!

Xia Yuan had originally instructed Li Qingxuan to place a source crystal in the habitat of Dabai.

It's just that there have been so many things going on recently that he has completely ignored this matter.

"Then can animals also be divided into demonic beasts and spiritual beasts? Which category does Dabai belong to?"

Plants are easy to distinguish by whether they are aggressive and how fast they grow.

Compared with demonic plants, spiritual plants grow much slower.

This can be seen from the rate at which source energy is consumed.

In the same two months, the demon plant almost completely consumed the two source crystals.

But out of the fifty spiritual plants combined, only five were consumed.

The gap is nearly twenty times.

The speed at which the two absorb source energy is completely different.

It seems that if the dragon blood tree and ice grass can be transformed into "demon" plants, wouldn't it greatly shorten the growth time?
Although they are aggressive, it doesn't matter to Xia Yuan at all.

But, are demonic plants really better than spiritual plants?
Xia Yuan felt that the demon plant was likely to have a big trap.

If people or animals eat it, something bad might happen.

Of course, this is just Xia Yuan’s guess now.

Everything was hypothetical; the terms "demon" and "spirit" were just his own terms. Perhaps there was no difference at all.

Or perhaps when these cultivated plants grow to a certain size, they will become aggressive.

However, to be on the safe side, Xia Yuan turned back and told Professor Wang his guess.

If it is really as I guessed, if the original tree is used on humans, it will be over!

"Demon plants and spiritual plants?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard Xia Yuan's words.

"Yes, did you ever use that tree to experiment on humans?"

"No, we haven't studied the tree much recently!"

During this period, they focused almost all their attention on cultivating new varieties of plants and had no time at all.

"Since you said so, let's focus on the demon plant you mentioned for the time being."

"Well, focus on observing if there are any changes in the animals after using it."

After explaining all this, Xia Yuan did not stay long.

……

A few minutes later, he appeared on Qingcheng Mountain.

Li Qingxuan was a little confused about Xia Yuan's return.

Didn’t you say we were going to Haizhou?
So fast?
But before he could ask, Xia Yuan took the initiative to speak:

"Master Li, do you know Dabai's current residence?"

"Yes, I went there once more than half a month ago. It was on a mountain 20 kilometers west of Qingcheng Mountain."

Li Qingxuan nodded and quickly thought of what Xia Yuan wanted to ask.

"Fellow Daoist, do you want to know if Dabai can absorb source energy?"

He actually knew the result of this matter a long time ago, but he couldn't contact Xia Yuan because he was practicing at that time.

So I forgot about it after a while!
I only remembered it now when I heard Xia Yuan mention Dabai.

"Yes."

"It can be absorbed. In fact, it was it that came to me on its own initiative more than half a month ago."

"It gestured for a long time before I realized it was coming back because the original source crystal had been used up!"

Hearing this answer, Xia Yuan was a little bit unbelieving.

Can it really be absorbed actively?

Could it be that the snow leopard he encountered by chance was really not the one he was looking for?
"Then Taoist priest, take me to where it lives."

"Now?"

Li Qingxuan was stunned. Why was he so anxious? Did something big happen?
"Yes, right now."

"it is good."

Since Li Qingxuan was very slow and Xia Yuan didn't want to waste time, he flew over with him directly.

He muttered to himself.

this is the last time!
Along the way, Xia Yuan briefly explained the matter to Li Qingxuan.

"Demonization?"

After hearing this, Li Qingxuan's expression became serious.

If what Xia Yuan said is true, then this is not a good thing!
No wonder Fellow Daoist Xia is so anxious.

In just a few minutes, the two arrived at the destination.

Without Li Qingxuan's reminder, Xia Yuan saw Dabai sleeping at a glance.

When they approached within about fifty meters of Dabai, Dabai suddenly opened his eyes.

Then it looked in the direction where the noise came from.

"Meow!"

When he saw who was coming, Dabai roared in surprise and immediately stood up and rushed over.

However, when it was about to pounce on Xia Yuan, it missed.

"Go away and don't come near me."

Dabai seemed to understand, and a look of human grievance appeared on his face.

"Meow meow!"

This appearance made Xia Yuan certain that it had undergone significant changes compared to last time.

At least his intelligence is definitely much higher than it was more than two months ago.

Even Li Qingxuan couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"This snow leopard is probably about to become a spirit!"

Xia Yuan shook his head, this was just the beginning.

This level of wisdom is at most equivalent to the level of a two or three-year-old human child.

"I guess in order to be able to communicate normally with people, I'm afraid I'll need to go through a similar awakening as humans."

"It's just that I don't quite understand how it can absorb the source crystal."

As he spoke, he looked around.

This area is located at the top of a mountain, and most of the surrounding area is covered with snow. No other plants can be seen at all.

Before coming, Xia Yuan wondered if the situation might be the same as before.

That is, the result of mutual achievement between animals and plants.

So he asked Dabai:
"Dabai, were there any plants around when you absorbed the source crystal?"

Dabai looked at him in confusion, obviously not quite understanding what this sentence meant.

So Xia Yuan had no choice but to take out the source crystal and gesture to it with his hands.

After a long while, perhaps he understood, and then took Xia Yuan to the entrance of the cave.

Then he pointed to the source crystal placed inside.

The meaning is very clear, the source crystal is placed here and has never been taken out.

So that means it’s gone!
But because of this, Xia Yuan became even more confused!
It can’t be true as I guessed, that Dabai has something special about him, right?

He looked at Dabai carefully and even used his soul to check.

But it just makes the heart beat stronger.

As for the rest, he couldn't observe anything with his current state of mind.

This is actually expected.

After all, Xia Yuan didn't find anything unusual about the tree called the demon.

"Master Li, what do you think about the strange changes that happened to that tree?"

Since he couldn't figure it out, he simply asked Li Qingxuan directly. After all, he did have more experience.

Li Qingxuan did not answer directly, but after thinking for a moment, he asked a question:
"Fellow Daoist, I wonder how the tree is growing now? Is it still growing at the same speed as before, or is it still absorbing energy as fast as before?"

"No, according to Professor Wang and his team, it may have reached maturity, so its growth rate has slowed down, and its energy absorption rate is naturally not as fast as before."

"In that case, I would venture to guess that it's probably not a demon."

"Based on the current situation, the most likely reason for the rapid growth is the influence of Dabai."

"As for its aggressiveness, it's most likely because after Dabai left, its energy absorption rate began to slow, which is why it instinctively wanted to absorb all the nutrients around it."

“This is a kind of self-regulating balance mechanism!”

At the end, Li Qingxuan added another sentence.

"Of course, this is just my guess."

"As for the distance, fellow Daoist, you only need to verify it."

Not a monster?
After listening to Li Qingxuan's explanation, Xia Yuan was thoughtful.

It is actually very simple to verify this. All you need to do is let Dabai practice with a plant again.

Thinking of this, he turned his gaze to Dabai.

If this is really what Li Qingxuan speculated, then Dabai's value to himself is inestimable!
But when Dabai saw the look in Xia Yuan's eyes, he couldn't help but shudder.

Although it is not very intelligent, it always feels that nothing good is going to happen!
"Meow!"

(End of this chapter)