Starting as a spiritual plant master, may I eventually become the master of all lands.

Song Chuan ran along, toying with the compass in his hand.

As he expected, this plate could sense earth-attribute materials within a certain range.

The stone inlaid on it is called the "Primordial Stone," a kind of rare stone. If the Earth Locust Stone has not been refined, it will emit a faint red light when it comes into contact with this stone.

However, the compass was clearly damaged, with no pointer, making it unable to indicate specific directions, and its spiritual power was not very strong.

Even so, Song Chuan was very satisfied, looking as if he couldn't put it down.

The Kongsang Mountains are vast and rich in resources; it would be wonderful if I could find an earth-attribute spiritual fruit. I can't be in such a treasure trove only to be doing favors for others!

This precious place may never be visited again in my lifetime.

Two hours later, he came to a stream and saw a lush and verdant spirit tree.

It really is a second-tier bee-shaped fig!

He walked to the tree and looked up at the fruit on it.

"Go!" he whispered.

The orchid insect in her arms flapped its wings and flew away, disappearing without a trace.

The reason he took a detour was because the parasitic wasp was exactly what the orchid beetle needed! When Gao Ping spat out the parasitic wasp, the orchid beetle became somewhat agitated.

But how could Song Chuan let it eat what Gao Ping spat out? So he simply rushed over.

Moreover, he also wants to eat the bee-fig fruit after it's been processed, as this fruit can increase the cultivation level of a Qi Refining cultivator!

The orchid cricket perched on a ripe fruit, and with a swift thrust of its two sickles, it split the fruit open.

Just as a first-stage level 1 demon bee was about to fly out, it was firmly clamped down.

The orchid worm, with the demonic bee between its legs, began to eat slowly and methodically.

Song Chuan felt a chill run down his spine. This spirit insect was good in every way, except that when it ate live creatures, it chewed very carefully as long as there was no danger around, which seemed particularly cruel!

That demonic bee was devoured bit by bit by it.

As for the fruit parasitized by the demon bees, it fell down and was caught by Song Chuan.

He took out the spirit-testing silk, picked out the insect eggs one by one, and then swallowed the fruit in one gulp.

Hey! Good stuff, my cultivation level has indeed increased by a little!

The orchid beetles were eating the broken fruit one by one on the upper level, while Song Chuan was picking up the fallen fruit below.

One man and one insect, and they began to indulge in a feast.

After eating more than a dozen fruits, his cultivation level actually increased significantly!

When he ate another one, his cultivation level did not change at all, indicating that he had reached his limit.

He immediately sat down cross-legged and used his internal energy to solidify the cultivation he had gained out of thin air.

A moment later, his face lit up with joy. The increased cultivation from consuming this fruit greatly shortened the time it would take him to advance to the eighth level of Qi Refining!

If he ate this many fruits from a third-tier bee-fig tree, he estimated he would directly reach the eighth level of Qi Refining.

It's a bit of a pity, and I feel slightly regretful, but I'm content with what I have.

He looked at the orchid insect above, which had already eaten dozens of parasitic wasps, some of which still had insect crystals attached to them.

They're all spirit stones!

Song Chuan's eyes flickered; he wondered if there might be a late-stage Tier 1 demon bee among them.

And the insect swarm he told the three from Mingjian Pavilion wasn't a lie.

If the fruit containing the late-stage first-tier demon bee is broken open, then that demon bee will have the ability to summon other demon bees.

Even if you are at the ninth level of Qi Refining, you will become their parasitic nest.

There are at least several hundred fruits on this, although only a small portion are ripe, but there is a very high probability that there are late-stage first-tier demon bees among them!

However, the spiritual sense of a Qi Refining cultivator is unable to perceive the specific level of the demon bees inside the fruit.

Only the orchid beetle, a natural nemesis, can detect it.

Sure enough, it lingered over a bright red fruit for a moment, then avoided it.

Song Chuan narrowed his eyes; there was definitely something wrong with this fruit.

After the orchid beetle devoured a few more demon bees, it flashed its wings and shrank to the size of an index finger in an instant, returning to Song Chuan's arms.

The insect's speed increased even more, and its cultivation level also increased significantly at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Song Chuan glanced at the bee-like tree, hoping that no one was foolish enough to release these parasitic bees.

Of course, there couldn't be only one bee-shaped banyan tree in the Kongsang Mountains; this was already the third type of demonic insect capable of forming swarms.

He chuckled and walked away.

Next, he will collect a few more spiritual plants and then he can reach the wondrous cave where the cave salamander is located.

Half a day later, Song Chuan passed by a small valley. With a thought, he moved forward a few more feet and hid.

About thirty feet away, four people wearing square headscarves and Taoist robes were gathering a spiritual plant that bloomed with small white flowers.

Four pillars, yarrow stalks!

Each of those yarrow plants has hundreds of stems; a hundred-stem yarrow, a second-tier spiritual plant.

Besides its medicinal uses, this herb also has a unique function: divination.

Fortune tellers in the secular world believe that yarrow stalks can communicate with the gods and are a miraculous herb for divination.

In the cultivation world, yarrow is refined by the Four Pillars Sect cultivators using secret methods, enabling them to accomplish even more bizarre things.

Song Chuan glanced at the disciples of the Four Pillars Sect, his eyes darting around.

Although the Hundred-Stem Yarrow is on the sect's list, the sect has strictly instructed that if you encounter more than four Four Pillars Sect disciples, ordinary disciples should not try to take it from them.

This sect possesses a unique technique for extracting the four pillars of destiny (birth date and time). It can be performed by four Qi Refining cultivators.

If you are not careful and fall victim to this method, you will be a cripple.

"Someone is spying on us." Suddenly, a disciple of the Four Pillars Sect whispered.

"How many people are there? Should we find them?"

"There was only one person, and they were quite far away, so my divine sense couldn't detect them. However, the spirit pillar showed some unusual activity."

"What should we do then? The area ahead is where the third-tier yarrow grows. We can't let anyone disturb us while we're picking this herb."

"No rush. Let's finish tidying up these second-tier yarrow. If this person follows us, we'll teach him a lesson."

The four exchanged a few words in hushed tones and then continued to quietly harvest yarrow.

However, Song Chuan heard every single word of these words through the bead, which connected him to the earth's veins.

"Third-tier yarrow... Spirit pillar probe... Heh."

Song Chuan murmured to himself, then his figure flashed and he drifted away.

"That person left; they were probably just passing by."

"Hmph, he's smart to know his place!"

Avoiding the people at the Four Pillars Gate, Song Chuan traveled for most of the day.

He was going to pick a second-tier fire-attribute spiritual plant, but then he raised an eyebrow and took out the compass.

The guiding stone above emitted a faint red light, but it quickly went out.

A few breaths later, it lit up again, then dimmed again.

After repeating this process several times, the Primordial Stone will no longer change.

"What's going on? Could there be earth-attribute materials here? This rogue cultivator's equipment is a bit unreliable!"

He looked at the compass, first with a sense of doubt, then shook his head slightly.

However, he must investigate further; earth-attribute materials are not to be missed, as they might be of great use to him!

With a sway of his feet, he vanished into the earth.

After traveling for about half an hour, he stopped.

In front of them, there was something that looked like a tuber, trembling slightly.

After carefully examining it, Song Chuan's face suddenly lit up with joy.

"Third-tier Earth Root Fruit!"