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

Chapter 425 Selling Sweet Potato Spirit Seeds, the Generous Giant Peak (Please Subscribe)

Five hundred Life Stones for a single drop of essence blood.

For spirit beasts, essence blood is life itself, the foundation upon which they grow and survive. Even if they advance to the peak of the first rank, they can only cultivate nine drops of essence blood. Losing even one drop is considered a major loss of vitality.

But then again...

That's a total of five hundred Life Stones.

Before the giant behemoths arrived, they had been frugal for decades. The richest of them, Bald, had only managed to accumulate a few hundred life stones by having his children and grandchildren scavenge for them.

Poor people like Bai Mao, who had recently separated from his parents, barely earned a living by riding spirit beasts and delivering messages, and his family only had a few scattered coins.

They are now wealthy.

But five hundred Life Stones are still no small number.

Flower Ghost and Broken Tail: one is a traveling merchant, and the other runs a market. They seem to be doing well, but they know their own situation.

How many Life Stones could you possibly earn by dealing with poor, wretched spirit beasts?

Because they couldn't earn enough Life Stones, and the two beasts were unwilling to remain at the first rank for life, they conspired to swindle a large amount of Life Stones from Baldy and other spirit beasts.

However, this large sum of life stones, which amounted to less than five thousand life stones in total, was a harsh blow to them as they happily headed to the outside market with this fortune.

With a mere five thousand life stones, let alone purchasing a divinely bestowed fruit to break through to the second tier, even the cost of living there was somewhat unbearable for them.

However, it has been only two years.

They returned to the desolate frontier, looking utterly defeated.

Flower Demon and Broken Tail exchanged a glance, both seeing the excitement in each other's eyes, and nodded without hesitation, saying, "Flower Demon, Broken Tail, for sale."

After a pause, Flower Demon suppressed her excitement and cautiously asked, "Giant Peak, how many drops of essence blood do you want?"

As if afraid it hadn't collected enough, it raised its paw and patted its chest forcefully, saying confidently, "The Flower Demon is very strong, it can—it can sell for five drops!"

Duanwei hurriedly chimed in, "Even a broken tail can sell for five drops."

One drop costs 500, so five drops would cost 2,500.

Baldhead and Firetail quickly calculated the result, and White Two spoke first: "Giant Peak, Giant Peak, White Two can also sell." Saying this, he glanced sideways at Flower Ghost and Broken Tail, and said smugly, "White Two is stronger, sell for six drops!"

As if afraid that Zhu Yu wouldn't believe it, it curled up a stone with its tail, slightly contracted, and the stone was instantly crushed into powder.

The bald-headed, fire-tailed, and other spirit beasts all looked at Zhu Yu.

Essence and blood are important, but they can regenerate and recover with proper care. They can't compare to the emerald green life stone.

"White feathers and white plumage are also for sale—"

Upon hearing this, the golden-eyed crane couple, Bai Ling and Bai Yu, exclaimed.

The two silent ones, No Horn and Black Skin, were also eager to try. Although they had some savings, a few drops of essence blood could be exchanged for thousands of life stones, which was practically free money. They wanted to sell them too.

Thinking of this, he kept giving Black Earth a meaningful look. Seeing that Black Earth seemed to be pretending to be stupid, Black Skin even kicked him.

Black Soil, who was contemplating how to sell the divinely bestowed fruit, snapped out of its reverie, glanced blankly at Black Skin, and angrily bared its large front teeth.

"snort--"

Zhu Yu had only made the decision on a whim and didn't expect Baldy and the others to get involved. Seeing that they wanted to say something more, he quickly waved his hand and said, "No rush. If you want to sell, we can discuss it later. Don't worry, it will definitely be more expensive than the price we gave them."

These words were spoken.

The bald-headed, fire-tailed, and other spirit beasts immediately beamed with joy.

"Okay, we're not in a hurry, Giant Peak. You should trade with Flower Ghost and the others first."

"We'll make a deal with Jufeng later."

Zhu Yu said something to the Flower Ghost and the Broken Tail, then turned to the two white foxes and the ladybug warrior, asking, "Are you also looking for Jufeng?"

The two white foxes exchanged a glance. The one with a small missing ear and a scar on its face stepped forward, bowed slightly, and said, "Respected Great-Winged Wasp Warrior, I am Missing Ear from the Celestial Fox Clan. I have come here to buy some spiritual food from Lazy Worm of the Celestial Fox Clan. Could you tell Missing Ear where it is?"

"The Celestial Fox Clan—"

Zhu Yu looked at it with suspicion, and the lazy bug it was talking about was, without a doubt, the white fox that the original owner had possessed. Without thinking too much, he said directly, "It's dead and buried on the mountaintop. If you want to see it, Jufeng can take you to pay your respects later."

"Is he dead?

Despite being somewhat prepared, the earless creature still felt a pang of sadness, partly for the death of the lazybones, but mostly for the spiritual food. It glanced at Zhu Yu, its mouth slightly open, but the words caught in its throat, and it fell silent.

After Zhu Yu finished speaking, he ignored him and turned to look at the ladybug whose aura was that of a mid-level Zerg warrior. Without Zhu Yu asking, the ladybug took the initiative to say, "Respected Greatwing Wasp Warrior, Spot wishes to exchange 'Spirit Seeds' with you."

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After speaking, it slightly opened its mouth and spat out a black spirit seed that looked like a potato.

Upon seeing the unfamiliar spirit seed, Zhu Yu immediately became interested, flapped its wings and landed, picking up the black spirit seed to examine it.

He was somewhat disappointed when he learned the news.

Detect using the "Eye of True Sight".

Like its appearance, the Spirit Seed is a root crop, namely sweet potato. Its effect is to strengthen the shell, which is somewhat practical, but not a very good effect.

Zhu Yu would naturally not nurture it into a "life seed," but it was still a spiritual seed that could be used to enrich the plantation he had established.

With that thought, he said to the anxious ladybug with spots, "I can exchange Kyoho grape seeds with you."

Fearing it might not understand, I pointed to the wild Kyoho grape orchard behind me and gave it a brief introduction, saying, "If Spot agrees, Kyoho can trade with you a spirit seed nurtured by its 'Life Seed.'"

Spotted, being penniless, naturally agreed and happily nodded, saying, "Thank you, respected Great-Winged Wasp Warrior. Spotted will exchange for the 'Kyoho Grape' spirit seed."

"Wait a mininute."

Afraid of frightening it, Zhu Yu didn't invite it up the mountain. Instead, he turned back and quickly returned carrying a spider silk bag. He handed it to Spot, saying, "This spider silk bag is for you."

Before it could speak, he added, "If Spot wants to exchange its spirit seed again in the future, it can come to Giant Peak."

He was never stingy with the Zerg warriors who loved farming.

"I've sent the spotted item—"

Spot stared in astonishment at the spider silk bag in its hand. Coming to its senses, it was filled with joy. It did not refuse, but instead spat out nine black sweet potato spirit seeds. With some guilt, it said, "Spot only has these to give to the esteemed Great Winged Wasp Warrior."

Zhu Yu put away the spirit seed, waved his hand dismissively, patted its shell, and said, "Just call me Giant Peak. Go back now, it's not safe to be out late."

He didn't ask for the spot's address. For wild insectoid warriors like them, occupying a sacred place is not easy. They not only have to guard against ferocious beasts and spirit beasts, but also other wild insectoid warriors.

Spotted had clearly thought of this as well. After hesitating for a moment, he said apologetically, "Giant Peak, I'll bring it to you to eat once Spotted's 'Life Seed' matures."

"Go, go!"

Zhu Yu waved his hand, watching the spotted figure leave with each step he took, before turning his gaze to the Flower Demon and the Broken Tail.

"Let's make a deal—"

After a lot of trouble.

The two spirit beasts gave up five drops of their essence blood to earn 2,500 life stones. They then used these to compensate the bald-headed spirit beasts for the life stones they had been cheated out of. They also knew that Zhu Yu would want more of these stones in the future, so they left happily.

Zhu Yu watched them leave, put away the jade bottle containing the essence blood, turned around, and saw that the two white foxes had not left yet. He didn't pay any attention to it, assuming that they wanted to worship the lazy bug.

Facing the group of bald-headed men and the group of hornless men, he waved and said, "Let's go up the mountain, we'll have a feast at Jufeng."

Upon hearing this...

Bald Head and the other spirit beasts, along with Black Earth, excitedly shouted, "Wow—that's great!"

"Eat a banquet, eat a banquet—"

A group of insects and beasts ascended to the mountaintop. They had seen Zhu Yuming's bald head before and paid little attention to him, while the two white foxes who had just arrived were stunned by the spiritual seeds on the mountaintop that exuded amazing spiritual energy.

"So many spiritual seeds—"

"Isn't that the 'One-Leaf Lotus,' the top-tier life seed of Lord Ye Lian Mountain? And that crimson jujube tree, could it be the 'Fire Jujube,' the top-tier spirit seed of the Red Fire Ant tribe?"

"And also 'royal bananas,' 'blueberries,' and 'jujube bushes'—"

Each spirit seed was either a top-tier spirit seed or a special superior spirit seed, and there were many others that they didn't recognize, but which were clearly not ordinary spirit seeds. The two beasts were stunned without realizing it.

Coming to their senses, they all thought to themselves, "This giant-winged wasp bred by the lazybones is incredibly wealthy—"

As one of the spirit beast tribes that served as the nesting site for the "Great Winged Wasp" tribe.

They had heard many stories about the Great Winged Wasp Warriors, but this was the first time they had seen a high-level Great Winged Wasp Warrior nurture so many top-tier "life seeds".

If he were to advance to the Mountain Lord realm, it would be difficult for him not to prosper.

The two spirit beasts exchanged a glance, both seeing excitement in each other's eyes. Suppressing their joy, they quickly followed.

I just arrived under the big banyan tree.

They sensed the deathly aura of the lazy bug, but at that moment they had no time for grief or worship. They quickly stepped forward and called out, "Respected Great-Winged Wasp Warrior."

"The Sky Fox Clan is one of the nesting clans of the 'Great Winged Wasp' Clan. Please allow the clan to make a deal with you—"

"Um?--"

"The nesting tribe of the Great-winged Wasp tribe? —"

Zhu Yu, who was about to take out the wild giant beech spirit food he had just picked to entertain his guests, was taken aback by what he heard. When he came to his senses, he looked at the two respectful spirit beasts with a strange expression.

This was the first time he had ever heard of such a tribe of spirit beasts.

Simply put, it's about providing a host body for the larvae of giant winged wasps, but—how could there be such a foolish tribe of spirit beasts?

As Zhu Yu was thinking, he noticed that the bald-headed spirit beast and the other spirit beasts beside him were looking at the two spirit beasts with a change in their gaze.

It's not that I look down on them or pity them, but rather that I envy them.

No?

What's there to envy?

Zhu Yu was speechless, but didn't think much of it. Instead, he became interested in the deal Que Er had mentioned and asked, "What deal?"

The one-eared fox's face revealed a human-like joy, and it hurriedly said, "The Heavenly Fox Tribe is willing to undergo a bloodline transformation for the esteemed Great-Winged Wasp Warrior, and requests that the esteemed Great-Winged Wasp Warrior bestow spiritual energy food upon the tribe."

"Transformation of Bloodline—"

Zhu Yu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "How will you transform?" He paused, then added, "No need to be so polite, just call me Giant Peak."

The man with missing ears hesitated for a moment, then cautiously asked, "Respected Great-Winged Wasp Warrior, have you nurtured a 'Bloodline' spirit seed?"

Upon learning that Zhu Yu had conceived, it breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed joyfully, "Using our Heavenly Fox bloodline to nourish the 'Blood Source' spirit seed, the resulting fruit will help the white fox bloodline residing in the esteemed Great Winged Wasp undergo its transformation!"

"Our tribe has six Celestial Foxes, which can help the esteemed Great-Winged Wasp Warrior transform his bloodline into a Three-Tailed Celestial Fox. Once you advance to the Mountain Lord Realm, they can at least help you plunder the first-level bloodline talent and supernatural abilities of a spirit beast—"

Fearing that Zhu Yu might not know the difference between spirit beasts, it explained it in detail again.

in short.

Obtaining the bloodline of the three-tailed white fox guarantees at least a level one bloodline talent of a spirit beast, as well as innate divine abilities. "That's acceptable."

Without hesitation, Zhu Yu nodded and asked directly, "How much spiritual energy and food does Jufeng need to offer in exchange for the bloodline of the Three-Tailed White Fox?"

The joy on Queer's face grew even greater, and he replied, "Respected Great Winged Hornet Warrior, Queer must return to discuss this with the elders. Queer will bring the elders to see you after three days and nights."

"it is good."

Zhu Yu nodded slightly, and amidst their delighted gazes, took two hundred wild giant grape spirit food, giving one hundred to each spirit beast, and waved his hand, saying, "I won't see you off with the giant grapes, go and come back soon."

"Dear Great-Winged Wasp Warrior, you are so generous—"

The two spirit beasts, clearly worldly-wise, praised Zhu Yu highly before strode down the mountain with light steps.

Zhu Yu watched them leave, then came to his senses and thought for a moment. He took out a full 130,000 wild Kyoho grape spiritual food and gave 10,000 each to Baldy and his neighbors, Bai Ling and Bai Yu, Hei Tu and Mei Jiao. It looked like a huge amount.

In reality, its value is no more than a hundred or so Life Stones.

This clearly cannot outweigh their kindness in helping them.

Zhu Yu, not wanting to lose his title of "Generous Giant Peak Grape," pointed to the Giant Peak Grape spirit seed entwined around the large banyan tree behind him after distributing the wild spiritual food, and said, "This season's harvest from the Giant Peak Grape spirit seed belongs to you."

"ah?--"

The bald-headed, fire-tailed, and black-earth insects and beasts, who were devouring wild Kyoho grapes—a spiritual food—were dumbfounded.

Coming to their senses, they looked at Zhu Yu in disbelief at the dazzling array of purple-red grapes hidden beneath the leaves.

Black Soil said dryly, "You really gave it to us?!"

Firetail whispered a word of advice: "Giant Peak, isn't that too much—" But its constantly wagging tail betrayed it.

The bald-headed spirit beasts also tried to persuade him.

It’s different in the past.

The "Kyoho Grape" spirit seed, which has been promoted to a high-level life-planting plant, has borne a total of more than 114,000 fruits.

Based on three fruits and one Life Stone.

Its value is as high as 38,000 Life Stones.

Even among the various spirit beasts, each insect warrior could receive nearly three thousand life stones on average. If the fruit pulp were added, the total would easily exceed three thousand.

At first, the horns and the others didn't understand, but when Heitu explained it to them, the way they looked at Zhu Yu immediately changed.

In the past, I only heard other spirit beasts call out "Generous Giant Peak".

And they have truly witnessed it!

That's really generous!

They were giving away life stones that they might not be able to earn in several years.

Zhu Yu waved his hand dismissively and said, "I told you so, so I'll give it to you." He paused, then added, "Stop talking nonsense, just pick it. Giant Peak doesn't take responsibility for picking it for you."

"No need, we'll do it ourselves."

Once they were certain that Zhu Yu was genuinely sending the food, the spirit beasts and insect warriors couldn't sit still any longer. They abandoned their wild spiritual food, exchanged a few words, agreed to divide it equally, and quickly began to harvest it.

There was no speech.

But his excitement was palpable.

Zhu Yu glanced at it, casually picked up a piece of spiritual food and put it in his mouth, chewing it while looking towards the "Moon Gazing Plain".

"Judging by the time, the Hanabishiko tribe should be entering the Mochizuki Plain by now—"

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