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

Chapter 94 Insect Cultivation Spirit Seed (Please Subscribe)

squeak--

Just as it appeared and stepped out, a black stone covered with dense brown patterns under the tree suddenly trembled, and a head resembling a turtle, with dark blue pupils and two large front teeth, poked out.

Upon seeing Zhu Yu, its eyes revealed a human-like joy. It stretched out its six long legs and rushed forward like the wind, nuzzling his shoulder in a fawning manner.

hum-

At this moment, a beam of white light flew out from Zhu Yu's sleeve and landed on its head, transforming into a mantis whose body was like a piece of white jade. Upon closer inspection, its body surface was marked with irregular, fine blood vessels.

squeak--

Little Black trembled and quickly called out ingratiatingly.

"Alright, stop scaring Xiao Hei."

Zhu Yu shook his head with a smile, raised his hand and beckoned Xiao Yu to his palm. Now its cultivation has climbed to the peak of the first rank. Although it has not yet awakened its bloodline, there are already some clues.

Those extremely faint, irregular streaks of blood were caused by the initial manifestation of its bloodline. They were not useless decorations, but rather accumulated by Xiaoyu after consuming a large number of insects.

Each streak of blood can quickly repair its injury and amplify the power of its innate spells by 10%.

Zhu Yu stroked Xiao Yu's smooth, jade-like head, then looked at Xiao Hei, who was timid and whose eyes were constantly darting around. He shook his head slightly, raised his hand and pressed it on the top of its head, staring intently at it.

A panel appeared.

[Target: Little Black]

[Race: Insect Cultivator]

Age: 1/60

[Attributes: Wind, Earth]

[Tier 1, Medium Grade: 68%]

[Innate Spells: Wind Rider, Earth Walk.]

【Life Pouch (II): "Starry Sky Wood"*, "Pure Bamboo"】

[Status: Healthy, joyful.]

More than a month ago.

For some unknown reason, Xiao Hei suddenly received a large amount of the Moon Elf's primordial power, successfully condensed a life sac, and transformed into an insect cultivator.

During this time.

Xiao Hei is changing more and more every day. As its physique strengthens, its intelligence also increases day by day. Now it is no less than an ordinary person.

And apart from that.

Its unranked innate skill "Lightness" has transformed into the mid-ranked skill "Riding the Wind," which allows it to travel by the wind, increasing its speed by more than ten times.

Shortly thereafter, he awakened the earth-elemental magic "Earthwalker," which allows him to briefly burrow underground.

What Zhu Yu was most looking forward to was the "Life Pouch" unique to insect cultivators.

Limited by Xiao Hei's cultivation level.

A first-tier, mid-grade item can only nurture two spirit life seeds.

Considering that "Shenhua" would be of great use to the growth of Xiaohei, Xiaoyu, and Heihu, the first seed chosen was "Starry Sky Wood".

Then, among many first-grade high-quality spiritual seeds, he chose one that would greatly benefit his cultivation.

Its name is "Qingjingzhu" (清净竹).

Condensed bamboo rice can nourish the spirit, while bamboo stalks and leaves can be made into a purifying incense, which aids meditation and relieves fatigue. Raw bamboo shoots have similar effects to bamboo rice, but are used as an adjunct to many high-grade elixirs and are quite valuable.

It can be said that every place is a treasure.

If one can grow to a height of over a thousand years, its effects will be so great that even Foundation Establishment cultivators will be tempted.

Zhu Yu closed the panel and walked towards the Starry Sky Wood that was shimmering with starlight, asking Xiao Hei, "Is there a problem with the Starry Sky Wood and the Pure Bamboo?"

squeak--

Xiao Hei shook his head, and a clear, childlike voice rang in his mind, "Xiao Hei took care of them according to the method taught by the master, and they are growing very fast."

"Good girl."

Zhu Yu smiled and patted its rough head. He walked to the Starry Sky Tree, which was about the height of a person, felt the rich divine light surrounding it, nodded slightly, and placed his hand on its branches.

A panel appeared.

[Target: Starry Sky Tree]

[Tier 1 Low Grade: 45%]

[Effect: Generates divine essence]

Status: Healthy.

"good."

I wish you satisfaction and to lead the way.

At first, he was worried that without the radiation of the Moon Elf bloodline, he wouldn't be able to grow the Starry Sky Tree that embodies divine brilliance.

But the "Life Pouch" truly lives up to its reputation as a creation of heaven and earth. Not only did it give birth to the spirit, but it also nurtured it into a spiritual seed. The divine essence and spiritual energy it releases every day is more than ten times that of ordinary starwood.

The fact that Xiao Hei and the others can grow so quickly is largely due to their own efforts.

After examining the "Starry Sky Tree," Zhu Yu stepped forward to a tender bamboo that was only three feet tall and as green as jade. He half-squatted down and touched its branches.

[Target: Cleansing Bamboo]

[Tier 1 Low Grade: 38%]

[Effect: Nourishes the spirit and soul]

Status: Healthy.

The two seedlings are growing very quickly.

This is thanks to another talent of insect cultivators, which is to accelerate the growth rate of life seeds.

"Grow up quickly, because whether I can cultivate while lying down in the future depends entirely on you—"

Zhu Yu smiled and patted Xiao Hei's head, looked around, and then turned to leave the "Minor Five Elements Formation" with Xiao Yu and Xiao Hei.

They returned to the hospital.

Zhu Yu sent the two insects aside to play and stepped into the kitchen.

click-

Accompanied by the crisp sound of chopping vegetables, wisps of smoke rise from the chimney.

Half an hour passed.

Zhu Yu glanced at Xiao Hei and Xiao Yu, who were munching on their nurturing food, and then at the black tiger that was absorbing Yin Sha spiritual energy, before stepping into the wooden house.

The second floor.

The first thing you see is a dense array of shelves.

The table was covered with bottles and jars of various sizes, as well as some withered branches, metals, stones, and bone-like debris.

After passing through several shelves, Zhu Yu walked to the shelf in front of a transparent water tank, which was filled with a large amount of colorful, viscous liquid.

As he approached.

The liquid moved on its own without wind, creating waves.

Just as it was about to overflow, a purplish-black restriction pattern composed of array patterns appeared around the tank, and wisps of purplish-black smoke rose from the bottom of the tank. The liquid suddenly became even more turbulent, but it did not overflow.

"She's quite lively—"

Zhu Yu chuckled lightly, leaned forward slightly, and the right lens of his glasses flashed with a spiritual light, instantly magnifying his vision a hundredfold.

In his line of sight.

What was in the tank wasn't liquid at all, but rather tiny, greenish-brown worms, which were now vying to devour the wisps of purplish-black smoke.

Its name is "Green Worm".

He discovered it by chance outside a pen where poisonous insects were kept. Through his research, he found that although the "green worm" was an ordinary insect, its nutrition was comparable to that of spirit rice, and it also possessed strong neurotoxins.

After half a month of captive breeding.

He considered it one of his snacks, using it to nourish his body and enhance the toxicity of gastric juices.

After the "green worm" had eaten and calmed down.

Zhu Yu took a cup of water and poured himself a cup. A cold mist appeared in his palm, and the churning "green worm" in the cup immediately calmed down. He took a sip and found the taste cool and refreshing like water, with a slight sweetness. Its feeble throbbing as it was dying added a touch of flavor.

"good--"

Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction.

While sipping on the "Green Worm" chilled drink, I strolled through the shelves, occasionally picking up some snacks from the bottles and jars on display.

We had a simple dessert after the meal.

Zhu Yu probed into the stomach sac with his divine sense, feeling the strong corrosive toxicity contained in the gastric juices. He nodded slightly and stepped into the depths of the second floor.

We passed through a colorful barrier.

The space in front of me suddenly felt very spacious.

In the center stood a jade platform, eight feet long and four feet wide.

Beside the jade platform.

Three transparent water tanks, each eight feet high and four feet wide, stood upright.

The transparent water tank on the far left is filled with a pale pink liquid, and floating inside is a human-shaped object composed of densely packed, colorful lines.

On the far right, in a transparent water tank, the liquid is pale green, and a piece of skin with densely packed pale gold hieroglyphs is suspended.

The water tank in the center contains a colorless liquid filled with countless illusory insects and beasts of different sizes.

Zhu Yu stepped forward, flicked his finger, and a phantom wolf the size of a thumb fell into his palm, his gaze fixed on it.

[Target: Beast Soul]

Race: Gray Wolf

[Soul: 31% Unranked]

Status: Chaotic.

"Growing up too slowly—"

Zhu Yu frowned, threw the beast soul into the vat, pondered for a moment, then took out a pill bottle from his sleeve and tossed it onto the top of the vat.

Tiny specks of grayish-white crystalline sand scattered, passing through the water tank's barrier and falling into it.

In an instant.

wow-

The once calm beast souls, like sharks smelling blood, swarmed forward, vying to snatch and devour the grayish-white crystal sand.

But the next moment.

A dozen or so beast souls suddenly exploded, turning into wisps of light smoke that merged into the liquid. Then, several more beast souls exploded in succession.

I don't know how long it has been.

Once the water in the tank calmed down, less than three hundred of the nearly one thousand beast souls remained, but each one had grown larger.

Zhu Yu retrieved a few beast souls and checked them; their growth progress had all increased by three to five points, and he nodded in satisfaction.

"Their soul strength is sufficient to digest the soul ashes; we'll use them for cultivation from now on—"

Soul Ashes.

It is a low-grade spiritual object nurtured by the pool of vengeful spirits over time. It is quite beneficial to the growth of the ghost's soul and is worth one tael of a hundred spirit stones.

Zhu Yu glanced at the human skin a few times to make sure it was unharmed, then turned around and went to the last water vat. He reached out and touched a corner of the human skin, staring intently at it.

[Target: The Myriad Beasts Painting]

[Flesh and Blood Array: In Development—]

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