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

The sun hangs high in the sky.

The scorching sun made the entire mountain forest quiet down.

At this time.

However, the sound of crashing rocks continued to emanate from Baihua Peak, and billowing dust could be seen rising from it in the distance.

for a long time.

The roaring stopped, and the smoke and dust dissipated.

If you look down from the sky, you can see that the steep slope on one side of Baihua Peak has disappeared and been replaced by terraced fields, with delicate thousand-year-old flowers dotting the landscape.

In a certain field.

A large-winged wasp, about a foot long, wearing a miniature straw hat, carried a spider silk bag even larger than itself. Every ten meters, it would take out golden, pine cone-shaped fruits from the bag and throw them into the field.

As the fruit fell to the ground, the soil surged as if alive, covering it.

Only after all the terraced fields were planted with fruit did Zhu Yu stop, flapping his wings and flying into the air. He then extended his divine sense, which transformed into a vortex, forcibly drawing in the surrounding moisture.

Not long after.

A dark cloud, about the size of an acre, gathered and took shape.

"call…"

Zhu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, sensed the depletion of his divine sense, suppressed his desire to continue gathering rain clouds, and instead of urging the rain, he took out the "Life Dew" that Hua Ling had given him earlier.

Upon opening the stone bottle, a surge of vitality burst forth. Without delay, I drew out about ten drops and quickly sealed the bottle.

With a flick of the finger, ten drops of "Life Dew" fell into the dark cloud and quickly merged with it.

"fall."

My heart stirred slightly.

next moment.

Rainwater, imbued with the "elixir of life," pattered down onto the soft soil, creating tiny craters. The life force contained within the rainwater was drawn to the seeds of the "Fine-leaved Sword Cedar" in the field, which then burrowed into the ground and merged into it.

waiting for the fields .

Zhu Yu used his divine sense to move the rain clouds to another field.

Waiting for the sun to set in the west.

The terraced fields are sprouting tender, warm yellow shoots, which, from a distance, look like fine yellow jade embedded in the fields, a truly beautiful sight.

Zhu Yu lay on a blue stone. Although the process of nurturing the "Fine-leaved Sword Fir" spirit seed had left him very tired, he felt a sense of satisfaction when he sensed the tender yet vibrant life of the little "Fine-leaved Sword Fir".

But then he began to think.

He can take care of one wild "Fine-leaved Sword Cedar", but if he were to take care of more than three hundred wild "Fine-leaved Sword Cedar", he wouldn't have anything else to do.

"We need to hire a Zerg warrior to guard and manage the orchard..."

"Furthermore, cultivating 'Fine-leaved Swordwood' requires a large amount of gold and iron ore; otherwise, the underground iron ore reserves will likely be depleted very soon..."

"Early warning formations also need to be set up..."

After a moment of contemplation, Zhu Yu glanced at the fruit grove, which was still in its seedling stage, then flapped its wings and flew into the sky. Looking down at Xiong Da and Xiong Er, who were busy collecting pollen, a thought stirred in his mind.

"How about we give them more burdens?..."

But after thinking about it, I decided to keep them as backup options for now. Bumblebees are not good at taking care of spirit species. If they were to manage the 'Fine-leaved Swordwood' orchard, it would be good if half of them survived the seedling stage.

Suppressing his thoughts, Zhu Yu's wings trembled as he swiftly flew away.

When he returned to Jufeng Mountain, he saw Hua Ling chatting casually with the Moon Spirit.

"Giant peak?..."

Upon seeing Zhu Yu, Hua Ling exclaimed, "How did you become so small?" She was shocked as she looked at Zhu Yu, who had just grown to a foot long.

How come it has become so small in just a short time?

Zhu Yu gave a brief explanation and then asked, "Was the journey smooth?"

"Cai Ling's cultivation has recovered? That's wonderful..."

Hua Ling didn't think much of it, ran up to Zhu Yu, pointed to the spider silk bag on his carapace, and said happily:

"Kyoho, I've brought you what you wanted."

Zhu Yu hurriedly asked, "Are there any divine fruits that can increase qi and blood?...

Hua Ling nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes."

"Let's go inside and talk."

Zhu Yu was overjoyed and led Hua Ling into the "Five Elements Formation".

"Has that guy recovered to Tier 2? No wonder that annoying aura was so strong..."

The moon spirit muttered something to herself, watched the two insects enter the formation, snorted angrily, picked up her straw hat and wooden bucket, and left.

Inside the Five Elements Formation.

Hua Ling eagerly removed the spider silk pouches from her carapace, handing one to Zhu Yu with delight, saying:

"Hana-Rin and Ye-Lian Mountain Lord traded two Lord-level 'Goji Berry' divine fruits to Ju-Feng, along with six hundred Lord-level 'Silver Acacia' and 'Soapberry' fruits..."

She paused, then added, "Jufeng, is there anything else you need to buy? If not, Hualing will settle the remaining 'Divine Fruit' Life Stones for you."

"there is none left."

Zhu Yu shook his head. These fruits were enough for it to eat until Hua Ling returned next year. As if remembering something, he quickly asked:

"Hualing, did you inquire about that matter with Lord Ye Lianshan?... "

Hua Ling was stunned and subconsciously asked, "What is it?..." As soon as she spoke, she suddenly remembered that Zhu Yu had asked her to inquire about the suspected symbiosis between the spirit seed and the mineral vein.

It slapped its head hard and said in annoyance:

"Oh dear, how could Hua Ling forget about this? Ju Feng, wait a minute, Hua Ling will go back and ask for you right away..."

Zhu Yu hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, waving his hand and saying, "Forget it, it's not important, it's not worth you making another trip."

Having said that, he pointed to the container holding the divinely bestowed fruits of "White-tailed Pear" and "Malus spectabilis" and said:

"Hualing, take a look at how many Life Stones these are worth. Remember to deduct the Life Stones spent on purchasing the 'Life Dew.' If it's not enough, Giant Peak will make up the difference when Hualing comes back next year."

"Hanabishi doesn't want..."

Hua Ling glared at him angrily, then took out an exquisite wooden box engraved with the image of a giant flea warrior from the pile of goods on the ground, and brought it close to Zhu Yu. Kuku smiled and said:

"Jufeng, guess how many Life Stones Hualing earned?"

Zhu Yu glanced at the small box in its hand, pretending to ponder for a moment, but actually used his divine sense to scan it. When he saw the jade coins piled up inside the box, each engraved with a pattern of five insects, his eyes widened in surprise, and he immediately smiled:

"Seventy-five pieces..."

Hua Ling, who was beaming with pride, froze upon hearing this. She looked at the wooden box in her hand and blurted out:

"How did Jufeng know?"

Zhu Yu smiled, feigning doubt, and asked, "Are there really seventy-five?"

Hua Ling nodded blankly, then exclaimed in amazement, "Jufeng is truly amazing, there are seventy-five of them."

After saying this, he opened the wooden box, showed it to him, and then muttered "one, two..." He counted out seventy jade coins, put them into a spider silk bag, and handed it to Zhu Yu.

"Hey, Kyoho, this is the jade coin that Hanabi used to buy the divinely bestowed fruit."

"Too many..."

Zhu Yu shook his head slightly, took the spider silk bag, grabbed a handful of about twenty jade coins from it, and stuffed them into Hua Ling's empty little wooden box without saying a word, making a pleasant tinkling sound.

Before Hua Ling could speak, he said seriously:

"Hua Ling, Ju Feng wants to be your friend and do business with you forever, but Hua Ling, you can't always be at a disadvantage. Otherwise, Ju Feng will be too ashamed to do business with you in the future."

Upon hearing this...

Hua Ling's outstretched hand, reaching for the wooden box, froze. Coming to her senses, she looked at Zhu Yu with her azure eyes and said weakly:

"Hanabishi and Kyoho are friends."

Zhu Yu nodded vigorously, "Precisely because Hua Ling is Ju Feng's friend, Ju Feng will not and cannot let Hua Ling suffer a loss."

"Okay... alright."

Upon hearing this, Hua Ling, no longer lost in her reading journey, added "The Immortal Path to Immortality: Starting with Analyzing Basic Visualization Techniques" to her collection, ready to read anytime. Hua Ling's eyes crinkled with delight as she closed the box. Ku Ku chuckled, "Ju Feng, don't regret this! Hua Ling is now a top-tier traveling merchant, making a fortune in jade..."

"Oh? Is that so…"

Zhu Yu glanced at it, raised his head slightly, and said calmly, "I almost forgot to tell Hua Ling that she probably won't be able to receive the attribute-less 'White-tailed Pear' divine fruit anymore."

Fearing that Hua Ling might misunderstand, he quickly explained again:

"Right after Hanabishi descended the mountain, the 'White-tailed Pear' divinely bestowed spirit seed underwent a transformation, changing from having no attribute to having a fire attribute, and its effects were also very different from before."

Hua Ling was indeed startled at first, but after hearing his explanation, her eyes lit up with confusion.

"alienation?…"

As far as it knows.

It is indeed possible for divinely bestowed spiritual seeds to undergo mutations, but that is the result of gradual adaptation to certain extreme environments, and this process takes hundreds of years.

It had just received the divinely bestowed fruit of the "White-tailed Pear" a few days ago, and the divinely bestowed spiritual seed of the "White-tailed Pear" has already mutated.

It still transforms into a fire element.

Did Kyoho throw the divinely bestowed "White Tail Pear" seed into the volcano?

But there are no volcanoes nearby...

Hua Ling, her head still fuzzy, followed Zhu Yu to the space where the divinely bestowed spirit seed "White-tailed Pear" was located. Looking at the thick, fiery red shrub standing in the center of the space, sensing the overflowing divine aura, her eyes were filled with confusion.

"Kyoho, is this truly a divine gift from the 'White-tailed Pear'?"

Two years ago, he saw a "White Tail Pear" divinely bestowed species, which was completely unrelated to this divinely bestowed species, except that they were both divinely bestowed species.

Zhu Yu nodded seriously, "It is the 'White-tailed Pear' divine gift. Now its attribute is fire, and the fruit's effect is no longer to enhance agility, but to restore a type of limb regeneration."

"Limb regeneration..."

Hua Ling was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses. Forgetting whether it was truly a "White-tailed Pear" divinely bestowed spirit seed, her eyes lit up with surprise and delight:

"The fruit of the giant rock crab truly has the effect of regenerating severed limbs?"

Upon receiving confirmation from Zhu Yu, it jumped up excitedly.

"Very good…"

"The giant peak actually contains a special, top-grade divine gift... Kukuku... Hanabishi is going to become a great traveling merchant from now on..."

For itinerant merchants

Having a special, superior-grade divinely bestowed fruit channel is far more important than having ten inferior-grade divinely bestowed fruit channels.

It can be said.

If Hualing carries the brand-new "White Tail Pear" divinely bestowed fruit to the outside world, she will instantly become a distinguished guest of many large and small tribes, and the resources she controls will experience explosive growth in the future.

What is the probationary period of several years?

Whoever dares to test her, Hua Ling will be sold to other tribes.

The divine gift of "limb regeneration" is as precious to Zerg warriors as a life itself.

after all.

The Zerg tribes are not peaceful; they also fight for territory and sacred lands.

Once a fight breaks out, injuries are inevitable.

At that time.

The divinely bestowed fruit, which has the effect of "limb regeneration", will quickly restore injuries. Unlike ordinary restorative spiritual energy foods, the limbs restored by the "divinely bestowed fruit" are close to the strength of the original limbs, without the need for time or spiritual energy adaptation.

of course.

The specific effects will be affected by the grade of the fruit and the cultivation level of the Zerg warrior who consumes it.

A while later.

Hua Ling, having just suppressed her excitement, scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly. Ku Ku smiled and said:

"Blessed by the Mother Goddess, the giant mountain, Hanabishi eagerly anticipates the divine gift of the 'White Tail Pear' next year..."

"No way! Hanabishi is good at making money off jade!..."

Hua Ling was not discouraged at all; she was full of energy and enthusiasm.

Time always flies.

The next day.

A rosy glow rises on the horizon.

Zhu Yu, who had been chatting with Hua Ling all night, stood in the canopy of the banyan tree, watching the insect carrying a load larger than itself disappear into the depths of the forest. He could faintly hear the tinkling of drums, just as it had when it arrived.

I don't know how long it has been.

The clanging of the drums ceased, and Zhu Yu's thoughts returned. He stretched and yawned, his gaze falling upon the individual life-giving plants, and he smiled:

"I should get busy too..."

Just as he was preparing to set up the teleportation array, Hei Zi, who had disappeared for a day and a night, darted out from the edge of the mountaintop. With a few leaps, he arrived under the banyan tree. The three heads looked up at the tree canopy and chatted amongst themselves.

"Kyoho, do you still have any of those delicious, divinely bestowed fruits?...

"Were they all eaten by those bald guys...?"

"Unfamiliar insects and mythical beasts have come down from the mountain..."

Zhu Yu flapped his wings and flew down, pointing to the spider silk bag on the table, and said, "One bag for each spirit beast, I've saved it for you."

He paused, then asked with a puzzled look:

"What strange insects and spirit beasts?... "

Hei Zi immediately ran to the table, eagerly opening the box while saying:

"Unfamiliar insects and spirit beasts."

"Brought by the black soil."

"Blue oxen, black donkeys, herring beetles, red imported fire ants..."

"Um?…"

Zhu Yu's eyes flickered with realization. He suddenly remembered what Heitu had told him before: that there were insects and beasts from the wilderness who wanted to settle in Jufeng Market.

I suppose the blue ox, black donkey, giant herring, and red fire ant that Hei Zi mentioned are indeed these.

He then began to wonder: it made sense for the blue ox and black donkey, being spirit beasts, to settle here, but why were the herring and the fire ant choosing this remote corner instead of settling in bustling markets?

Just as I was thinking about it.

Black Earth's voice came from the side.

"Giant Peak, I've brought Zerg warriors and spirit beasts..."

Zhu Yu looked in the direction of the sound and was taken aback. Then, a strange look appeared in his eyes, and he exclaimed in surprise:

"What robust blue oxen and black donkeys, and what huge herring beetles..."

Behind Black Earth followed a creature that was at least ten feet tall, with needle-like blue hairs, a mane growing from its neck and chin, and bulging muscles all over its body, making it clear that it must be extremely strong.

Beside it was a black donkey with jet-black fur, only a size smaller, and all muscle.

Further on.

It was a large herring beetle, about the size of a carriage, with a black carapace that shimmered with a metallic sheen, and a forked horn on its head, resembling a rhinoceros beetle.

And then.

It was just an ordinary red imported fire ant.

As he sized up the insects and beasts in the black soil, they were also sizing up Zhu Yu.

"What a tiny Zerg warrior, it's not even as big as my horn."

"Advanced Zerg warrior."

"It was it!..."

As the thoughts of the insects and beasts surged, Hei Tu quickly approached Zhu Yu, pointed at them, and said:

"They want to live in Giant Peak City."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at the blue ox.

"It's called Hornless, and it's incredibly strong."

"Its name is Blackie, and it runs very fast."

"It's called Black Horn, and it's even stronger than Hornless."

When his gaze fell on the last red fire ant, his tone became noticeably colder.

"It's the same red imported fire ant that guided us last time."

Zhu Yu's gaze swept over the line of insects and beasts, confirming that they contained no resentful or malevolent aura. He nodded slightly and said:

"Okay, Black Soil, take them to Giant Peak Market to find Fire Tail, and it will arrange accommodation for you."

The group from Heitu arrived quickly and left just as quickly.

Without much thought, Zhu Yu turned back to the formation and began to build a teleportation array with the "star chart" as the core.