All the heavens begin with the mind-monkey.

This was not the first time Zhe Xingsun had seen these spiritual essences.

Back in his previous life, when he played the Black Myth game, he had seen the concept of spiritual essence in the game: Heaven and Earth contain living beings, and living beings contain spiritual essence. It is omnipotent, loved by everyone, and is the currency of the Three Realms.

When Zhe Xingsun was in Huaguo Mountain, he had no contact with spiritual essence because most of the monkeys and their offspring in Huaguo Mountain embarked on the path of searching for the roots of a great sage, so even if they died, they died outside.

Some old monkeys in Flower Fruit Mountain passed away, leaving behind their spiritual essence, but they also disappeared in the blink of an eye. No one knows who took it or what they did with it, or perhaps they didn't leave these things behind after they died.

When Zhe Xingsun left Huaguo Mountain and traveled all the way to Black Wind Mountain, he saw some people who had died unjustly. Their souls were separated after death, but their spiritual essence did not dissipate.

Zhe Xingsun had obtained some spiritual essence at that time, but he did not know how to use it.

After all, even in the world of Black Myth, only gods and demons can utilize spiritual energy, not an ordinary monkey like him.

Those gods and demons either use spiritual energy to refine pills, medicines, or make magical artifacts and treasures, which are not easy to absorb and use directly.

Once the spiritual essence falls into Zhe Xingsun's hands, it will either fly away on its own or condense into ghost fire over time, making it even more difficult to contact or touch.

However, this time, when Zhe Xingsun touched the spiritual essence again, he realized that the spiritual essence was wrapped around his hand, and if he did not want it, the spiritual essence would naturally be difficult to leave.

For the time being, Zhe Xingsun couldn't think of how to use this spiritual essence. After all, it's not like in the game where you can directly use this spiritual essence to add points, improve your constitution and aptitude, or learn various moves.

"Oh dear! How come my little earth god temple has become like this after I was only gone for a short while?"

Suddenly, a wisp of white smoke rose from the ground, and the Black Wind Mountain local deity, whom we had seen before, appeared from the smoke. He spun around, looked around, and seeing the demon wolves lying on the ground, beaten to death with sticks, he said with a touch of melancholy, "These little monsters always try to take advantage of my local temple. I never bothered with them, often using spells and tricks to tease them. But today, they've really bitten off more than they can chew!"

The Black Wind Mountain local deity turned around, about to say something to Zhe Xingsun, when he froze on the spot, as a sharp axe was already at his neck in the blink of an eye.

"Wait...wait! Little...that monkey, I am the local deity of Black Wind Mountain! You'd better look carefully before you act! A person only has one head; once it's cut off, there's no way to put it back on!"

Zhe Xingsun stared at the land deity of Black Wind Mountain with a hint of doubt in his heart.

When he first met the Black Wind Mountain Earth God, he trusted him. When the Earth God brought him to this Earth God Temple, he did not doubt it.

He had only rested at the local temple for a short while when these wolf demons came looking for him, and the local deity himself disappeared. Zhe Xingsun felt that things were not so simple.

After watching for a while, and noticing a hint of guilt on the land deity's face, he put his axe away and chuckled, "Sorry, sorry! You came in smoke and left in mist, you're quite skilled. I didn't see you clearly for a moment and thought some kind of monster had sneaked in again. I was just about to teach him a lesson!"

The local deity of Black Wind Mountain frowned and said, "Why are you so suspicious, you monkey? You just suspect that I'm the one who brought those monsters here? Oh, I just went outside to find you some food, look!"

As the land deity of Black Wind Mountain spoke, he took out several fruits, some Ganoderma lucidum, and orchids from his sleeve and placed them on the ground.

Zhe Xingsun glanced at them and suddenly realized something was amiss, because these Ganoderma lucidum and orchids looked somewhat familiar to him.

Thinking back, he remembered that earlier at the local temple, the local deity had given him some fruit and wild vegetables to eat. The wild vegetables were withered and yellow, and the fruit was shriveled. At that time, he had said that the local deity was having a hard time.

Looking at it now, aren't these fresh Ganoderma lucidum, orchids, peaches, and longevity fruits just like the fruits and wild vegetables we ate before?

Zhe Xingsun took two pills and put them in his mouth. Now that he possessed indestructible strength, he could eat poison without any harm.

After chewing the fruit a few times, Zhe Xingsun suddenly felt a faint flow of energy entering his body. He thought about it and realized that this energy was somewhat similar to spiritual energy.

These Ganoderma lucidum, orchids, spiritual fruits, and longevity peaches also contain spiritual essence. However, unlike the spiritual essence left behind by living beings after death, this spiritual essence can be integrated into the body simply by eating these fruits, without needing to find other methods to refine it.

He immediately realized why, not long after eating those fruits and herbs in the local temple, the image that had been unable to unfold had been partially revealed.

It seems that I had never been able to obtain spiritual essence before, but after meeting the local deity this time, I finally obtained some.

Zhe Xingsun collected all the fruits and herbs and placed them on the stone table beside him. He then pulled the local earth god to sit down and said, "Hehe, old man, I was wrong just now. I deserve to be punished!"

He picked up the gourd on his back, poured wine into a cup, drank three cups first, and then poured some for the land.

However, after taking only a sip, the local deity said, "Alas, my temple is no longer peaceful. I will perform a ritual to get rid of these wolf demons."

As they were talking, the Earth God jumped down from the stone bench again. It was unclear what kind of magic he used, but Zhe Xingsun saw the corpses of those wolf demons, along with their flesh and blood, melt into the ground and disappear in the blink of an eye. The Earth God Temple then appeared to be spotless and very quiet.

"Could it be that the corpses of those wolf demons are buried underground?"

Just as he was thinking this, the local earth god said from the side, "Alright, I'll cast a spell to send them to a mass grave, so at least they'll have a place to go after they die. Enough, enough, you've drunk your wine, eaten and drunk your food, take those fruits with you on your way, and go on your way."

"However, I must offer a word of advice. Although you now possess indestructible abilities and are not afraid of minor demons and monsters, if there are too many of them, it's best to flee at the first sign of trouble. Also, if you're seeking the Great Sage's innate abilities, I'm afraid you'll never return!"

The local deity of Black Wind Mountain shook his head as he spoke, revealing Zhe Xingsun's abilities in an instant.