Devouring: Starting with an innate sacred body and Dao embryo

Chapter 37 The Spirits of Plants and Trees, All Used

Before coming here, Jiang Chen had done a lot of research on plant spirits, and he knew the names, characteristics, and effects of various plant spirits very well.

The most precious part of this ancient Bauhinia vine is a palm-sized piece of stem located one meter below its rootstock, which is also known as Bauhinia Jade.

It can enhance the mental power of a spiritual practitioner and also has a certain amplifying effect on the physical body.

Jiang Chen grasped the bare roots of the Bauhinia vine and pulled hard, instantly overturning the soil and pulling out several meters of the tangled roots.

About a meter below the rootstock, there is a fist-sized, purplish-red stem piece that looks round and smooth, just like a piece of purple jade.

Picking up a throwing knife, Jiang Chen cut the Bauhinia jade from its root and tossed it into his backpack before continuing his journey into the misty island.

For the next period of time, Jiang Chen continued to collect the spirits of plants and trees on Fog Island.

Among these spirits of plants and trees, the weakest is roughly equivalent to a mid-level war god.

The most powerful ones are close to the first tier of the planetary level.

Just as Jiang Chen had collected hundreds of plant spirits, he attracted the attention of the Cloud-Piercing Vine on Mist Island.

The dark purple vines stretched for thousands of meters, with no end in sight, and their terrifying power caused the entire island to tremble.

Beyond the island, the lord-level monsters lurking in the lakes scattered in fear.

The six long vines moved with incredible speed, stretching out and covering the sky, enveloping and coiling around Jiang Chen, giving him no chance to escape.

This Cloud-Piercing Vine is dozens of times stronger than the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Purple Thorn Vine that Jiang Chen faced when he first entered the island.

Even planetary-level experts at the third or fourth rank are no match for this Cloud-Piercing Vine.

Only if Hong, the world's strongest being, and Thor, the second strongest being, were to come here, could they deal with this Cloud Vine.

If Jiang Chen were to break through to the planetary level, even if this Cloud-Piercing Vine were ten times stronger, he would be able to easily deal with it.

However, before even reaching the planetary level, they have no choice but to retreat in the face of this Cloud-Piercing Vine.

"I've already harvested most of the plant spirits on Mist Island. At most, there are only three or four thousand-year-old plant spirits left. It's time to stop while I'm ahead and find a place to break through my cultivation level."

Looking at the bulging backpack behind him, Jiang Chen nodded in satisfaction and decisively chose to retreat.

With astonishing speed, the flowing light sword beneath his feet soared into the sky, nimbly weaving between the six attacking cloud-piercing vines, and instantly flying out of the vine encirclement.

Looking at the misty island receding into the distance behind him, Jiang Chen knew that he would come back here again in the future.

However, before that, I still need to go to Ruins No. 9 to see if my brain capacity is large enough so that I can become a Meteorite Starman.

Only in this way can one gain Babata's recognition and, with its help, travel to the universe.

Otherwise, the cosmic coordinates of Earth would have been sealed and concealed by Huyan Bo using spatial secret techniques.

Even though Jiang Chen has a spaceship, without Babata's help, it would be difficult for him to return once he leaves the universe.

After Jiang Chen left, the Cloud-Piercing Vine angrily lashed out in the air, creating a series of loud, cracking sounds.

After a long time, the Moyun Vine finally ceased its activities and fell silent, and the island returned to tranquility once more.

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On a mountain peak a thousand meters high, Jiang Chen used a flying knife to dig a cave halfway up the steep mountainside, went inside, blocked the entrance, and began his seclusion.

He sat cross-legged and first took out a ten-thousand-year-old willow heartwood.

A thousand-year-old willow heart can greatly improve one's physical fitness, even more so than dragon blood.

It can also enhance the activity of one's own cells and improve the body's recovery ability, which is extremely amazing.

This ten-thousand-year-old willow heartwood is more than ten times more potent than the thousand-year-old willow heartwood, and it is of great benefit even to planetary-level powerhouses.

Following the information he had read before, Jiang Chen cut open the outer shell of the willow wood heart, revealing the pith inside, and drank it down in one gulp.

The cool, smooth marrow fluid was delicious. After swallowing it, the enormous energy was absorbed by the innate sacred body and Dao embryo, causing a fundamental transformation in Jiang Chen's cells and genes.

If another peak-level high-ranking war god were to devour this ten-thousand-year-old willow heart, there would likely be a great chance of them reaching the first level of the planetary realm.

However, Jiang Chen's body was like a bottomless pit. After the marrow of the ten-thousand-year-old willow wood was absorbed by Jiang Chen's body, there was no further movement.

"The energy of a ten-thousand-year-old willow heart is indeed far from enough."

Jiang Chen took out another thousand-year-old willow heart, and just like before, opened the outer shell and swallowed the marrow inside.

Although the energy contained in a thousand-year-old willow heartwood is far less than that of a ten-thousand-year-old willow heartwood, its quantity is still considerable.

All nine thousand-year-old willow heartwood cores were swallowed by Jiang Chen.

If other high-level war gods were to swallow so much thousand-year-old willow heartwood, their bodies would probably not be able to withstand the enormous energy, and they would explode and die.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

However, Jiang Chen's body was only slightly stronger than before, and there was still no sign of a breakthrough.

"Since it's not enough, then continue taking it!"

Jiang Chen picked up the other plant spirits and used them one by one according to their different uses.

There are generally two ways to use these medicinal herbs: one is for external application, and the other is for internal use.

The effects also vary; some can improve physical fitness, some can optimize genes and cells, and some can enhance mental power.

Of course, besides these effects, the most crucial thing is that every plant spirit contains an immense amount of energy.

This is exactly what Jiang Chen needs most.

There are more than 100 spirit plants, including more than 10 spirit plants that are ten thousand years old.

There are more than 110 plants that are said to be ancient and ancient.

These plant spirits, even the cheapest ones, are worth far more than dragon blood, at least hundreds of billions.

This is the kind of item that's expensive but unavailable, and very difficult to buy with money.

The more expensive ones, such as ten-thousand-year-old willow heartwood and ten-thousand-year-old Bauhinia jade, are priceless treasures.

But now, Jiang Chen is using these incredibly precious plant spirits one by one, without the slightest hesitation or heartache.

No matter how precious the spirits of plants are, they are meant to be used. Compared to improving one's own strength, what are a few spirits of plants?

Half a day had passed, and Jiang Chen had used up all the ancient plant spirits.

Of those thousand-year-old plant spirits, only nine remain.

Only then did Jiang Chen feel a sense of "fullness".

Strike while the iron is hot, Jiang Chen used all nine remaining thousand-year-old plant spirits in one go.

Then he sat cross-legged with his palms facing the sky, and cosmic energy surged into Jiang Chen's body like a raging waterfall.

For the next few days, Jiang Chen sat cross-legged like a whirlpool in the sea, devouring and absorbing endless cosmic energy.

(End of this chapter)