Cultivation begins with harvest.

The skills granted by the reward orbs are often already at the minimum level of cultivation, and can be used directly. Chen Guang has been pondering them repeatedly these days before he finally gained some confidence.

Sitting cross-legged in front of Chao Shuijiang, with a solemn expression, he suddenly opened his eyes. He saw spiritual light continuously surging out from Chen Guang's chest and abdomen. As it continued to converge, a turquoise radiance naturally enveloped Chao Shuijiang.

Chao Shuijiang sensed something and swayed her body slightly, while accepting the azure light gradually seeping into her body. A connection was formed between Chen Guang and Chao Shuijiang bit by bit. Chen Guang felt that some of Chao Shuijiang's almost instinctive reactions were quickly erased, and at the same time, his control over this spiritual plant increased rapidly.

Chao Shuijiang looked like she was curled up.

Is this considered self-awareness of the spiritual plant?

Most spiritual plants only have some instinctive reactions throughout their lives, even high-level spiritual plants are no exception. It's just that their reactions are more obvious, more intense, and more direct, to the point that people mistakenly believe that only spiritual plants of their level have spirituality. In fact, as long as it is a spiritual plant, it will react to changes in the outside world, even immediately, but it is not so quick in its expression.

Let alone spiritual plants, even ordinary plants can react sensitively to changes in the environment, but this level is not enough to be called self-awareness. After erasing Chao Shui Jiang's instinctive reaction, Chen Guang was completely unmoved.

Once the azure light had completely entered the Chao Shui Jiang, the remaining essence of herbs and plants in Chen Guang's body was drawn away by the Chao Shui Jiang as if a flood had been released. Chen Guang simply continued the operation of the Jianmu Zhiyan technique silently. When most of the essence of herbs and plants had been drawn away and integrated into the Chao Shui Jiang, the Chao Shui Jiang suddenly unfolded and flew over like a sticker. It then penetrated through his clothes and flesh. Chen Guang felt a warm and cool sensation clinging to his kidneys, as if roots were taking hold of them.

Chao Shuijiang completely disappeared from sight.

Chen Guang's expression changed slightly. Upon arriving here, the changes at the Jianmu site had given Chen Guang an unexpected sense of unease.

He used his inner vision to see, but found that the kidney was only emitting a little bit of blue color, and there was no real ginger plant growing on it. Only then did his expression ease slightly.

"Between reality and illusion."

Chen Guang uttered four words. Such a change was far beyond the comprehension of a Qi Refining cultivator, but it did not prevent Chen Guang from recognizing that the Nest Water Ginger did indeed exist in his body, but it did not exist in his body in a completely substantial way. Otherwise, it would be indescribably strange and terrifying for a cultivator to have a spiritual plant growing inside his body.

With the magic power long since dissipated and confirming that it had no other effect on him, Chen Guang finally felt relieved and began to appreciate the wonders of Lin Miao.

In a hazy state, Chen Guang sensed Chao Shuijiang stretching out her body in a seemingly empty space, while on her surface appeared three strange characters that made Chen Guang dizzy just by looking at them.

Although he didn't understand the specific meaning of these characters, Chen Guang could understand their function: they could take three hits for him, and the more characters there were, the higher the damage limit they could take. If there were nine characters, they could even take fatal damage for him.

Is Lin Miao's cultivation level at the Nourishing stage at a minor success or a major success? The number of characters in the text can provide clues.

In addition, according to the characteristics of the water ginger, as long as its blood passes through the kidney area, it will gradually have the effects of treatment and detoxification. This ability can be accumulated continuously. To a certain extent, its saliva and sweat can also have certain effects of treatment, detoxification and even eliminating foreign spiritual energy.

At that time, there was no need to consume Nest Water Ginger to treat oneself, as one already possessed an incredibly powerful self-healing ability.

Although reaching that level requires repeated and lengthy accumulation, for now, Chen Guang can acquire the ability to continuously and efficiently heal and slightly detoxify his blood in a short period of time.

The situation was somewhat different from what I had imagined, where Lin Miao's abilities were enhanced based on her characteristics. To be more precise, the secret technique Lin Miao's inherent ability was healing, and it was only by choosing Nest Water Ginger that she gained the ability to detoxify and eliminate alien spiritual energy.

"It seems that because of the ginger from the nest, the upper limit of the healing effects that can be stacked on my own blood is also higher?"

Chen Guang muttered to himself, having gained control over more details of the secret technique. He also tried it out once, fully activating the secret technique Lin Miao. Pure healing power surged from his body, instantly overflowing to his limbs and bones. It was about 60% stronger than a typical first-tier healing pill. As this ability continued to be activated, Chao Shui Jiang's wreath slowly dissipated as if it had never grown at all.

True knowledge comes from practice.

Taking damage on one's own does not consume the body of Nest Water Ginger but consumes Strange Characters; continuously activating the healing effect does consume the body, but because it acts directly, the process of dissolving the medicinal power and absorbing it into the body is skipped, and the immediate feedback effect is surprisingly good.

Simply using Nest Water Ginger, a single wreath has medicinal effects comparable to a first-tier healing pill. Taking eight wreaths simultaneously can increase the healing effect by 60%, with a maximum of ten wreaths. From this perspective, taking Nest Water Ginger alone might have an even higher maximum effect. However, considering its timely and continuous effect, neither the pill nor the Nest Water Ginger itself can match half the effect of the Secret Method Lin Miao.

"Another drawback is that during the activation of the secret technique Lin Miao, a certain amount of plant essence is also consumed. If the plant essence is exhausted, even if one has sufficient mana, the effectiveness of this secret technique will be greatly reduced."

Chen Guang tried it again, and with only his magic power, the treatment effect was less than 30% of that of the pill. Considering its immediacy and sustainability, it was still excellent, and Chen Guang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Before the Black Pattern Bamboo reaches a certain size, its own plant essence is definitely strained.

Only the Earth-Wood Interaction technique requires very little plant essence when used. Other techniques, such as Returning to Spring, Void Spirit Seed, and Building Wood, all require plant essence. Simply having magic power to perform these techniques will greatly reduce their effectiveness.

Chen Guang kept trying to explore the boundaries of Jianmu Zhiyan, and naturally he wanted to understand this life-saving ability as thoroughly as possible.

This also disrupted some of Chen Guang's plans for the future.

Originally, I planned to focus on Qi cultivation, with spirit forging as a secondary goal, and only need a certain foundation in body cultivation. But now it's different. With such powerful sustained ability, as time goes by, the passive healing effect alone will be terrifying. If I also have a strong physique...

The Flameback Battle Strategy suddenly seemed to have found its purpose.

The requirements for body refinement are still not high, but the status of the Panxue Scripture, which is known for its recovery ability, has been somewhat shaken. Should we switch to a body refinement technique that makes the body more robust and able to withstand more beatings? For example, the Qingxuan Body Refinement Technique.

The Blood Sutra can further enhance the advantages of Lin Miao's secret techniques.

The Azure Profound Body Refining Technique can achieve a synergistic effect greater than the sum of its parts.

Chen Guang temporarily put aside these thoughts and began to make other preparations.

They collected the stems and leaves of some spiritual plants that had not yet dried, extracted some of their essence, and hurriedly refined the Azure Cloud Boat to prepare a large quantity of the Capturing Wood Juice, and even spiritual items with the formula, in order to impress the seller.

Everything is turning for the better.

Chen Guang stood up and said softly, "We're just waiting for the east wind."