The Path to Immortality: Starting with the Growth of Bubble Fruits from the Ground

"These blood-veined vines are really tough, they've exhausted me."

Zhou Mu put his hands on his waist, his back cracking with a snap. Looking at the remaining half-acre of blood-veined vines, he swallowed back the curse that was about to come out of his mouth.

He came to the spirit field early this morning to harvest, and it only took him half a day to harvest and pack all three acres. Eight earthworms were already turning the soil.

It had been an hour since Zhou Mu finished harvesting the blood vines that covered the acre.

The main reason was that the blood vine was exceptionally tough, so Zhou Mu could only hold it with one hand and slash with a sickle in the other.

"Phew... thank goodness I tempered my body, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to finish harvesting today!"

Half an hour later, Zhou Mu tied up the blood-silk vines and piled them by the roadside, letting out a long sigh of relief.

This season, he harvested 1,050 catties of Polygonatum sibiricum, 900 catties of Blood Tooth Rice, 800 catties of Spirit Grass, and 900 catties of Blood Silk Vine.

The number of white bubble fruits in the dantian increased by twelve, and the number of green ones increased by two.

"Zhou Mu, you look a bit disheveled."

At this moment, Steward Liu landed in front of Zhou Mu on a flying boat.

He looked at the red juice on Zhou Mu's face and his stained arms, and his lips twitched slightly.

"The steward is joking,"

Zhou Mu rubbed his arms and placed the prepared 60% in front of Steward Liu.

They are now in a cooperative relationship. When the two met last time, Manager Liu specifically told Zhou Mu that there was no need to reserve 10% for him anymore.

"Zhou Mu, you've now collected all four kinds of spiritual plants. Come find me after you reach the fourth level of Qi Refining, and I'll arrange a good place for you."

Manager Liu put the 60% into his storage bag and then said to Zhou Mu.

Zhou Mu immediately cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, steward."

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"The cultivation of the spiritual fields is now entrusted to you."

Zhou Mu tapped the two earthworms in his palm with his finger and then placed them in the spirit field.

The two earthworms watched Zhou Mu's figure disappear before burrowing into the spirit field and vanishing without a trace.

After returning to his residence, Zhou Mu first harvested and packed the half-acre of Solomon's seal rice in the yard.

After that, he didn't bother to replant the seedbed and hurriedly carried the earthenware pot into the room.

"Let's see how many Bubble-Bubble Fruits I have now."

Zhou Mu sat down cross-legged and focused his mind on his dantian, where he saw twenty-one bubble fruits floating in his dantian.

Among them are three with weak magic power, three that have been accelerated to maturity, nine with weak qi and blood, two with advanced-level Lesser Cloud and Rain Techniques, two with abundant magic power, one with improved quality, and one regenerated spirit seed.

"Let's try the effects of the Regeneration Seed."

Zhou Mu placed the earthenware basin in front of him.

The seeds of the black jade ginseng lay quietly on the spiritual soil, their blackish-gray shells dry and withered, like pebbles on the roadside.

Zhou Mu took a deep breath, focused his mind on his dantian, and punctured the fruit of the 'Regeneration Spirit Seed'.

Suddenly, a surge of vibrant spiritual energy gushed from the fruit. Zhou Mu quickly pressed his finger on the seed, guiding the spiritual energy from his fingertip into the seed.

"Hmm? Why isn't it moving?"

Zhou Mu loosened his grip, holding his breath in nervousness.

Suddenly, a thin crack appeared on the outer shell of the seed, and a tender white bud squeezed out from the crack.

Zhou Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As the outer shell peeled away piece by piece, a plump, round, jade-white seed appeared before Zhou Mu's eyes.

The newly sprouted seed had a warm, lustrous sheen, like a piece of beautiful jade, lying quietly in the earthenware pot.

"Truly worthy of being a top-tier first-order spirit seed, it's so beautiful."

However, Zhou Mu did not intend to take it to Elder Qin just like that. Zhou Mu planned to accelerate its ripening again so that the seed could take root and sprout.

Zhou Mu made a hand seal, and a palm-sized spiritual cloud floated above the earthenware pot. At the same time, a ripening fruit in his dantian exploded and merged into the spiritual cloud.

As the spiritual rain fell, a root as thin as a hair suddenly emerged from the bottom of the seed, and after touching the spiritual soil, it sank deep into it.

Then came the second one, the third one...

Suddenly, a touch of emerald green appeared at the top of the seed, and the tender shoot broke through the outer shell, unfolding into two tiny tender leaves.

Two tender leaves, so thin they are almost transparent, with clearly visible veins, all emerald green, and a thin silver line along the edge of each leaf.

These are indeed the seedlings of the black jade ginseng, exactly as described in the ancient texts.

At this moment, Zhou Mu smelled a faint, sweet medicinal fragrance. He took a deep breath and felt refreshed and comfortable all over.

"Are there...two of them?"

Zhou Mu was a little stunned, as a bubble fruit condensed on each of the two leaves.

This was the first time Zhou Mu had encountered a spiritual material that could produce two fruits.

【Ink Jade Ginseng: Abundant Mana x1, Maturity 10%】

【Black Jade Ginseng: Abundant Qi and Blood x1, Maturity 10%】

"Damn, that makes sense! Ginseng should replenish both qi and blood!"

Zhou Mu's face lit up with a smile. He leaned closer to examine the earthenware pot closely, then suddenly seemed to realize something. He stared blankly at the pot and muttered to himself, "Elder Qin wouldn't confiscate it, would he?"

"Probably not. He's a Foundation Establishment cultivator, after all. He wouldn't do something like that."

Zhou Mu patted his chest, trying to comfort himself.

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At night, Zhou Mu sat in the courtyard, pondering his next plan.

"I currently have three white mana fruits and two green ones..."

If Zhou Mu refines these five magic fruits, his magic power will be able to accumulate to 70%. It seems like there's not much difference, but to accumulate 30% would require at least a dozen bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills, totaling more than a hundred pills.

Based on a dosage of two pills per day, it would take at least two months to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.

"Never mind, I'll plant another season in the four acres of spirit fields outside. I still have two ripening fruits. If I get a green magic fruit, I'll ripen it directly. If I'm lucky, I might be able to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining."

"Yes, that's the plan. Once we break through to the fourth level, we'll go find Steward Liu to advance to the intermediate level of spirit plant master."

A moment later, Zhou Mu finalized the follow-up plan.

As for the 'Quality Improvement' fruit, Zhou Mu plans to use it after he is assigned a medium-grade spirit field following his advancement.

A mid-level spirit plant master can exchange for more seeds than a low-level spirit plant master, and Zhou Mu wanted to see if he could find a suitable one.

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The next day, Zhou Mu finished sowing the four mu of spiritual fields.

This season, he excluded all the blood-red herbs and spirit herbs, and instead planted three acres of polygonatum rice and one acre of blood tooth rice.

This is to increase the chance of 'Abundant Mana' appearing.

This season, only two kinds of spiritual plants were planted, which will not affect Zhou Mu's advancement to intermediate spiritual plant master. Manager Liu had already registered them for him when the harvest was last season.

"These bugs are really interesting..."

Zhou Mu looked at the earthworm lying belly up in the rain, letting the rain pour directly onto its stomach, and couldn't help but laugh.

After spending four months in the spirit field, the earthworm has grown quite a bit, now as thick as a forearm and a foot long.

It felt soft and squishy to the touch. If it weren't for the slime on the earthworm, Zhou Mu would definitely have played with it for a while.

"Alright, you guys have fun. I'll come see you again tomorrow."

After playing with a few insects for a while, Zhou Mu turned and left, heading towards his residence.

At night, Zhou Mu sat cross-legged on the bed. The three white magic fruits in his dantian exploded at the same time, and the magic power that flowed out was quickly absorbed by him and refined into his own magic power.

"continue…"

As yet another green magic fruit exploded, Zhou Mu's meridians suddenly swelled, and magic power surged from his dantian, rapidly circulating through his meridians.