The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

"Judging by the time, Hanabishi should be arriving at the Mochizuki Plain soon..."

Thinking of Hua Ling's laughter after seeing the divine fruits of the "White Tail Pear" and "Crabapple", Zhu Yu couldn't help but chuckle. He hummed a little tune that no one could understand as he picked the fruits one by one.

In preparation for the banquet following the harvest of wild Kyoho grapes a few days later, he did not immediately separate the fruit pulp from the flesh. Instead, he packed the fruit in batches into cobweb bags to preserve them.

He then bestowed upon the "White-tailed Pear" a hundred life stones, ignored its clamor, and turned to the array space where the "Xifu Begonia" was located.

The moment it appeared.

The "Xifu Begonia" that was resting and recuperating was suddenly thrown into a frenzy.

"Kyoho, you stink!"

"Haitang knew all along that there was a stinky tree next door."

"Jufeng, please open your bra, okay? Haitang wants to be friends with that stinky tree, she certainly doesn't want to dig up its roots..."

"..."

Adhering to the attitude of discarding a donkey after it has served its purpose, Zhu Yu ignored the constant nagging about the "begonia" being a divine gift, quickly picked the fruit, and remained silent throughout.

So much so that the "Xifu Haitang" (crabapple tree) became furious and loudly declared that it no longer liked the Kyoho variety and would never give it fruit again...

Zhu Yu remained indifferent and cold-hearted to this.

After harvesting the divinely bestowed fruit of the "Xifu crabapple", they tied up the spider silk bag and flapped their wings to fly away from the array space.

As for whether the "Malus spectabilis" will really not bear fruit in the future.

He wasn't worried.

Despite the seemingly human-like qualities of the "White-tailed Pear" and "Malus spectabilis," they are not truly living beings. Their wooden heads are like memory chips with limited storage, unable to hold much information.

Perhaps when he comes back tomorrow, the "White-tailed Pear" and "Crabapple" will have already forgotten about this unpleasant thing.

of course.

Zhu Yu could only bully them when they were young. Once the "White-tailed Pear" and "Xifu Begonia" were divinely bestowed to grow to the level of mountain lords, their wooden brains would expand, and they could no longer be fooled like this.

Otherwise, if we say there will be no result, then there really will be no result.

Hua Ling had told him many similar stories. For various reasons, the "divinely bestowed seeds" would become angry, causing your fruits to fail or decrease in yield. This was a common occurrence.

Zhu Yu temporarily stored the divinely bestowed fruits of "White-tailed Pear" and "Crabapple" in the array space used for preparing and storing fertilizer.

Instead of leaving immediately, he used his divine sense to cleanse himself of all the various scents that had accumulated on him before flapping his wings and flying into a formation barrier on one side, entering another formation space.

The space is not large, less than thirty square meters, but compared to other array spaces, its top is extremely high, like a cylindrical pillar inserted into the air.

Within this array space, a luminous white fungal carpet grew.

If you look closely, you will find that the fungal carpet has fine, spiderweb-like mycelium that is invisible to the naked eye, spreading into the air and reaching halfway up, where it connects with a golden-white sphere that emits a bright white glow.

Its name is "Chaotian Mushroom".

One of the three "divine gifts" obtained from the "Fungus Realm," it possesses a special yang attribute, and its fruit effect is to remove and purify negative injuries from the yin side.

This position is a special, superior divine gift.

"Chaotian Mushroom" was completely unmoved by his arrival.

"The shy little guy..."

Zhu Yu flapped his wings and flew into the air, catching the "Upward-Facing Mushroom" divinely bestowed spirit seed that was trying to wriggle away. He checked its condition with his "Eye of True Sight," and after confirming it was unharmed, he released it. Looking at the golden-white sphere with a hint of pink, he smiled:

"Is the sun shining bright enough today? Should we gather up a shower of sunshine for you?...

The "Heavenly Mushroom," a divinely bestowed spiritual seed, swayed slightly.

Several breaths later.

A weak, childlike voice came out.

"want."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yu connected his divine sense with the array and condensed more than a dozen rhomboid water mirrors, refracting the sunlight into the array.

When the intense sunlight fell on the divinely bestowed "Chaotian Mushroom," it not only did not feel uncomfortable, but instead, like a small grass receiving rain and dew, its vitality became even more vigorous.

"Let's go, see you tomorrow..."

After doing all this, Zhu Yu patted the somewhat delicate "Heavenly Mushroom" divinely bestowed spirit seed, flapped its wings and flew away from the magic array, dispelling the aura on its body surface, and entered another array space.

The space was also only thirty square meters, filled with sections of bamboo that were mostly rotten. In the center of these bamboos stood nine mushrooms, each about half a meter tall.

Their branches are as white as snow, their caps are lake blue, and a ring of light blue mushroom vines hangs down from the top, resembling a skirt.

Its name is "Empress Bamboo Fungus".

One of the three "divine gifts" obtained from the "Fungus Domain", it belongs to the water element and its fruit effect is to enhance water-based spells and supernatural abilities.

The position is of medium divine bestowal.

As soon as Zhu Yu entered, a magnetic voice rang out.

"Jufeng, I'm quite exhausted from all this time. Let me out; I want to lie down and sunbathe..."

"You'll die from the sunburn..."

Zhu Yu casually replied, flapped his wings and flew closer, routinely checked the condition of the "Empress Bamboo Fungus" divinely bestowed spirit seed, and after confirming that it was fine, he wanted to leave.

"Wait a moment, Giant Peak."

The "Empress Bamboo Fungus," a divinely bestowed seed, called out to him, "Jufeng, do you still remember the shores of the Great Rain Lake..."

Before it could finish speaking, Zhu Yu turned and left, feeling a pang of regret. He regretted telling it all that nonsense, wondering how its mycelial brain hadn't forgotten.

After flapping his wings and leaving, he immediately entered the last array space.

The space is still only thirty square meters.

Compared to other spaces, this place is filled with strange rocks, howling winds, and a small cluster of peculiar mushrooms growing under a certain wind tunnel rock. These mushrooms are pale blue and shaped like straw hats.

Its name is "Hyacinth".

One of the three "divine gifts" obtained from the "Fungus Domain", it belongs to the wind attribute and its fruit effect is to enhance wind-attribute spells and supernatural abilities.

The position is of medium divine bestowal.

"Dance, giant peak..."

"Dance with me...hehehe..."

A strange tone of voice came with the howling wind, and Zhu Yu froze, secretly warning himself that he should never tell the "fungus" a bedtime story again, lest he become unable to bear seeing insects in the future.

When he arrived at the wind tunnel, he saw the divinely bestowed hyacinth swaying incessantly in the howling wind, yet no matter how fierce the wind raged, its slender branches remained steadfast.

"Sass, come dance with me, hehehehe..."

Zhu Yu covered her face, quickly checked herself, and left hastily, ignoring the "Hyacinth" divine seed's attempt to persuade her to stay.

Once outside the array space, he couldn't help but let out a soft sigh of relief.

At this time.

Suddenly, a dog barked.

He looked over.

Then, "Cerberus" Kuroko started fighting with himself. Nearby, Cai Ling, Moon Elf, "Black Warrior" Kuroto, "Big Grass Rat" Baldhead, and "Big Red Fox" Firetail watched with great interest, occasionally cheering him on.

Such as what,

What do you mean by "whoever wins becomes the boss"? Big Head bites Second Head's ear because its ears are ticklish; Third Head bites Big Head's nose because its nose is the most vulnerable; Second Head bites Third Head's mouth because its teeth are bad, etc...

"This is ridiculous..."

Zhu Yu was speechless. He flapped his wings and flew closer, perched on the banyan tree, took out a "Horse Tooth" fruit of the Mountain Lord level, and began to gnaw on it while looking at it.

Whether it was from exhaustion or from the thin crust, "Cerberus" Kuroko rolled over and lay on the ground, its three heads separated, grinning and panting heavily.

Seeing that there was no excitement to watch, Cai Ling nodded to Zhu Yu, leaped up, and plunged into the array space.

The moon fairy pouted, stood up straight, turned around, and walked away with an air of indifference.

Bald "Big Grass Rat" and Firetail "Big Red Fox" walked to the banyan tree and saw Zhu Yu, whose size had obviously increased by a circle. They exclaimed in shock:

"Giant Peak, you've gotten even bigger! You look so strong, so incredibly strong, stronger and bigger than Bald Head and Fire Tail..."

Zhu Yuqian waved his hand modestly and said, "It's only a little bit bigger." Then, he asked疑惑地问道, "What do you need Jufeng for?...?"

Bald Head and Firetail nodded vigorously. Firetail placed the spider silk bag on its back on the ground, opened it, and found the bag full of crystal-clear life stones. It exclaimed excitedly:

"Giant Peak, everything at Giant Peak Market is sold out. Lots of spirit beasts are waiting to buy spirit-elemental food. When are we going to restock?"

Zhu Yu pondered for a moment and replied, "The Giant Peak grapes will have to wait for the Flower Water Chestnut, which may take several more days. However, the wild Giant Peak grapes will be ripe soon. Once they are ripe and harvested, they should be enough to feed the spirit beasts of Giant Peak Market for a while."

As if remembering something, he added:

"The wild Kyoho grapes will still be sold to you at the same price as before, and you can then resell them to other spirit beasts in Kyoho Market."

These words were spoken.

Baldhead and Firetail grinned from ear to ear, praising, "Giant Peak is truly a fine insect."

Zhu Yu was almost immune to these words, but he was still very happy. After exchanging a few words, he looked at the "Black Warrior" Heitu beside him.

More than a year has passed.

Black Soil has now reached the fifth age and his hawker business is booming. He rarely stays at home throughout the year.

"Black Earth, what brings you to see Jufeng?... "

Black Earth looked at his enormous size with envy, then came to her senses and said, "Giant Peak, a bug asked me to inquire with you whether Giant Peak Market hosts bugs and spirit beasts from the Wilderness Region? Can they settle there?..."

Zhu Yu looked at him with a puzzled expression, thought for a moment, and nodded, saying, "We will entertain you, but we will not entertain evil insects or beasts."

"That's good."

Hei Tu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, then rummaged through the pack on his back, took out a spider silk bag, opened it, and with a tinkling sound, stones of various colors scattered all over the ground.

Some stones are transparent, while others are aquamarine, emerald green, or crimson...

There were about thirty of them scattered around, the larger ones about the size of a baby's fist and the smaller ones only the size of a grain of rice.

"Huh, these are spirit stones..."

Zhu Yu let out a soft exclamation, flapped her wings and flew down, picked up a water-blue crystal and examined it. After confirming that it was genuine, she couldn't help but feel delighted.

With these spirit stones, he could set up "magic arrays" that suited the "One-Leaf Lotus" and other spirit seeds, allowing them to grow better and bear larger and larger fruits.

A thought flashed through his mind, and he looked at Heitu, asking:

"Black Soil, we'll take all these spirit stone peaks. How much?"

Black Earth rubbed its paws together, then pointed to the pond and said somewhat shyly:

"Jufeng, can I exchange these spirit stones for a 'One-Leaf Lotus' fruit?..."

Zhu Yu nodded readily, "Although it's not quite enough, Black Soil, you're a good insect, and Giant Peak is willing to trade with you."

Black soil needs fruit, not "spiritual seeds".

Black soil needs fruit, not "spiritual seeds".

In terms of value, although there is still some difference between the two, the difference is not significant.

Heitu, who had been a merchant for many years, naturally knew that the prices of the two were not quite equal. He had prepared some things to exchange for them, but he did not expect that Zhu Yu would agree to it so readily.

It paused for a moment, then said with great joy:

"Kufeng, you're the good bug."

"Black Soil won't let you suffer a loss. Do you need this kind of spirit seed...?"

As he spoke, he handed over a spirit seed that resembled a grass seed.

"What kind of spirit seed is this?...

Zhu Yu picked it up lightly, asked a casual question, and stared at him as information about him flooded his mind.

The grass seeds are called "alfalfa".

It belongs to the lower rank.

The fruit's effect is to increase strength.

Although its grade is somewhat low, its effectiveness is quite practical.

Suppressing his distracting thoughts, Zhu Yu asked, "Is this the only spirit seed?"

He did not intend to nurture it into a life seed, but rather to let it go wild. If there were enough spirit seeds, they could be used as another product of the Giant Peak Market.

If there are too few, it's not worth planting them.

"And there's more..."

Black Earth hurriedly took out a spider silk bag from his carapace, opened it, counted the contents, and said:

"There are about three hundred of them, is that enough?... "

That's enough.

Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction and asked, "How many Life Stones?"

"No need, no need, this spirit seed didn't cost many life stones."

Black Soil shook his head.

He wasn't lying; this bag of spirit seeds was just a bonus he got from buying a whole bunch of goods in the Wilderness, without spending a single life stone.

Zhu Yu didn't stand on ceremony with him, took the spider silk bag, and said, "Black Earth, if you encounter such a spirit seed again in the future, you can send it to Giant Peak. The price will definitely satisfy you."

"it is good."

Heitu nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then asked somewhat awkwardly, "Jufeng, when does the One-Leaf Lotus typically mature?..."

He paused, then quickly added:

"Jufeng, don't misunderstand, I'm not rushing you. If it doesn't take long, I'll wait a bit longer. If it takes a long time, I'll take the opportunity to make another trip to the Wilderness..."

Zhu Yu pondered for a moment, then said, "In another half month, the 'One-Leaf Lotus' should be almost ripe."

"Then I'll wait a bit longer..."

Black Earth's eyes lit up with joy as he replied.

Zhu Yu didn't say anything, just nodded at it, picked up the spider silk bag containing "clover" and flew up to the side of the mountain, landing on the ground.

With a slight thought, a dark brown stone spike in the hollow cavity of his mind glowed faintly, then silently dissipated and merged into his body.

outside world.

Zhu Yu raised his hand and clapped his hands, and a dark brown halo extended straight down to the foot of the mountain from its center.

Snap... Boom...

As the halo spread, soil and rocks churned, and in just a few breaths, a straight ditch appeared on the mountainside.

"good…"

Looking at his masterpiece, Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction, then sowed the "clover" seeds and backfilled the soil.

After doing all this, he silently assessed the energy expenditure. Activating the low-grade spell "Earth Spike" consumed negligible amounts of energy, a stark contrast to when he first arrived.

"Mountain Lord..."

"I wonder what bloodline I'll trace back to..."