Chapter 231 Purple Mansion Land God! (First Update)

The elder's "cultivation area" was now eerily quiet. In front of the thatched hut, a young woman sat with her knees folded, while two young men remained motionless, cultivating.

Endless spiritual energy surged towards them, only to be absorbed and refined by the two, repeating this process over and over. Although the amount absorbed and refined was small, for the newly initiated plant cultivators, the feeling of gradually growing stronger was palpable, making them incredibly reluctant to leave.

These two are naturally Zhang Guodong and Xiao Ruonan.

The Grand Elder successfully planted souls in the two individuals, reducing the number of mortals and increasing the number of low-level plant cultivators. The spirit-grade demon seeds allowed them to cultivate five times faster than ordinary spirit-grade demon seed planters! In this sitting, the fusion of the spirit body and soul of the spirit-grade demon vine Xiao Ruonan obtained was perfectly completed, forming her natal demon seed! Furthermore, she cultivated approximately one-tenth of a cubic meter of "Purple Mansion Soil," and the natal demon vine had already transferred to that soil, absorbing its nutrients and slowly growing. This Purple Mansion Soil would henceforth be the source of power for plant cultivators. All of this took four hours in the plant cultivation world and eight hours in the outside world!

This rapid fusion demonstrates Xiao Ruonan's exceptional talent. Considering she had never cultivated before, the fact that she could complete the fusion within four hours, and to such an extent, is astonishing—definitely top-tier talent!

Opening her eyes, Xiao Ruonan's beautiful eyes were bright and filled with joy; the slight increase in strength excited her greatly. However, the first thing she saw was Zhang Guodong right in front of her, and she immediately frowned.

The two of them were facing each other, only four meters apart. This dampened her good mood. She liked the best men, but Zhang Guodong was clearly not one.

However, seeing that Zhang Guodong had not yet woken up, she thought, it seems that the Grand Elder had also implanted a soul in him. She wondered if he had completely integrated with the demonic vine spirit body and formed a perfect natal demonic vine.

Whether it's perfect or not, it's actually not difficult. As long as you obtain a decaying demon seed or a demon seed acquired through independent battle, you can basically achieve a perfect fusion.

Compared to imperfect fusion, perfect fusion will have some impact on cultivation and the manipulation of one's natal demon vine in battle. For example, the cultivation speed may be slightly reduced, or the manipulation may not be perfect, and there may always be some flaws.

She knew that Zhang Guodong had obtained three demon seeds. Many people knew about it. To this, she could only say that this guy's luck wasn't any worse than hers.

However, the thought that she had obtained a spirit-grade demon seed gave her a sudden sense of superiority. The man she would want in the future would at least be worthy of her, not someone like the ordinary demon seed recipient in front of her.

The cultivation speed difference between ordinary-grade demon seeds and spirit-grade demon seeds is four times greater. This gap is simply too large. If their talent is not bad and they can persist in cultivation, the difference between them will be very difficult to bridge. Xiao Ruonan was slightly taken aback. She suddenly noticed that the spiritual energy around Zhang Guodong seemed to have become suddenly more concentrated, and excessively so, several times more concentrated than when she first opened her "Purple Mansion Land". Perhaps Zhang Guodong is about to open his Purple Mansion Land?

The Purple Mansion land is fundamental to cultivators, determining the growth of their natal demonic vine. It also requires the most spiritual energy to cultivate.

However, she planted the soul first. Zhang Guodong, later, has now completed the perfect fusion of his natal demon vine, and his talent is surprisingly not much inferior to hers. Is he also about to complete it?

A hint of sympathy flashed in Xiao Ruonan's eyes; it was a pity that Zhang Guodong had only obtained an ordinary-grade demon seed. She had heard her second uncle, Xiao Tang, say that with the same talent and the same cultivation environment, different demon seed grades could create a significant gap in skill if one's cultivation was not lacking.

Just then, the spiritual energy around Zhang Guodong more than doubled in intensity, surprising Xiao Ruonan even more. She wondered how this could have happened.

However, after the spiritual energy remained abundant for several minutes, it gradually stabilized, and it could be sensed that Zhang Guodong was no longer absorbing and refining spiritual energy to form life force.

With a whoosh, Zhang Guodong opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was a stunningly beautiful face, both charming and reproachful, those deep eyes scrutinizing him. A hint of curiosity lingered. Zhang Guodong grinned, revealing his pearly white teeth, which caught Xiao Ruonan off guard, causing her face to flush red instantly. She felt a slight fluster, then her brows furrowed. This guy's skin is really thick!

"Hmph!" Xiao Ruonan's expression immediately turned cold again, and she stopped looking at Zhang Guodong.

Zhang Guodong didn't mind. He let out a big breath, stood up, stretched his arms and legs, and felt a surge of power in every movement. It felt so good!

Zhang Guodong's decision to stop cultivating puzzled her greatly. Shouldn't the formation of a natal demon vine be used to stabilize cultivation and nourish the soil of the Purple Mansion? Stopping cultivation so hastily was detrimental to his progress; he was truly hopeless. Her impression of Zhang Guodong worsened even further.

It moved, and walked this way! Xiao Ruonan felt a little nervous.

Just as Xiao Ruonan thought Zhang Guodong was going to approach her and strike up a conversation, Zhang Guodong bypassed her and headed towards the back of the Great Elder's thatched hut. He was tempted by the medicinal herbs there and couldn't wait to go and see them.

As for forming a perfect natal demon vine? And opening up the Purple Mansion land?

He finished an hour ago, and it was as if a new space had appeared in his mind. His natal demon vine was growing on that one-fifth cubic meter of land, absorbing nutrients, which was life demon power! Zhang Guodong absorbed and refined spiritual energy, and then produced half of his life demon power, which was now stored in the Purple Mansion land space.

If he wanted to mobilize this power, his life force could surge forth from his Purple Mansion space in an instant, coordinating with his actions. Once excessively consumed, the Purple Mansion could slowly absorb the spiritual energy from the outside world and then continue to transform it into life force.

There was one thing that surprised him: supposedly, opening up the Purple Mansion land was not a small matter, but he had opened up five-tenths of it! What was the concept of the ancient square of Ren... Feng Pian?

Not only that. For the next hour, he stabilized his cultivation level, only stopping when he reached level four! This level four—another record?

What pleased him even more was that after his cultivation stabilized at level four, his physical strength broke through again, absorbing a large amount of spiritual energy. This energy fused with his flesh and blood, increasing his defense, strength, and speed by more than tenfold! His sensory range expanded to two thousand meters, and became even more acute. If the Grand Elder were to enter Zhang Guodong's sensory range again, Zhang Guodong believed he could at least detect the Grand Elder's presence.

film!

Of course, a counter-attack is necessary. But that still won't work.

The Elder Hall had already gathered thirteen elders who had completed the soul-planting process for sixteen outside disciples, after which they gathered in Yunli. However, the Grand Elder was nowhere to be seen.

"Second Senior Brother, what exactly is Eldest Senior Brother doing right now?" Elder Zheng Tongtian, the Thirteenth Elder, couldn't bear the oppressive atmosphere and couldn't help but ask.

"Please be patient!" the Second Elder said with a smile. "Our eldest brother is currently refining pills."

"Alchemy? High-grade pills?" Zheng Tongtian's eyes lit up. Among the dozen or so elders, only the First Elder could refine high-grade pills, because he possessed a high-grade pill furnace called the "Purple Sun Furnace," and his alchemy skills were the highest among them.

As for the thirteen people, several also enjoy alchemy, but they can only refine intermediate-level pills. To refine advanced-level pills, firstly, their alchemy furnaces are not of a high enough grade, and secondly, their alchemy skills are insufficient. To truly refine advanced-level pills, they would need to use even higher-grade medicinal materials. But that would be too wasteful. Materials that reach the advanced level are all rare and precious medicinal herbs! "Several others are also quite skilled in crafting artifacts and talismans, but they are basically limited to intermediate-level. High-level pills are very difficult to refine, and they only succeed occasionally with good luck."

I wonder what kind of pill the Grand Elder is refining right now? After arriving, the Grand Elder only had time to say hello and then hurriedly went into a quiet room in the back hall.

This left everyone looking at each other in bewilderment. The eldest disciple rarely found himself in such a rush.

However, judging from the senior brother's expression when he arrived, it should be good news.

Three hours have passed, and it still hasn't appeared. Everyone is speculating: what kind of pill is it? Could it be a high-grade refining pill? But that seems unlikely.

If one were to refine high-grade pills, extremely ample preparations would be required, and it wouldn't be feasible to hastily refine them in the main hall. High-level pills? That's possible!

"Haha, Junior Brother Tongtian guessed wrong. I was just refining some basic pills when I couldn't help myself and made a few more." Just then, the Grand Elder stepped out from the back hall and appeared before everyone, his face beaming with joy!

Everyone was astonished. The eldest disciple had actually lost his composure like this?

"Congratulations, Senior Brother! This first-grade pill must be extraordinary, otherwise why would you be so happy?" the Second Elder immediately said with a smile.

"Congratulations, Senior Brother!" Everyone else joined in the congratulations.

The Grand Elder smiled and accepted all the congratulations before saying, "Indeed, congratulations are due. Although these two kinds of pills are only beginner-level pills, their significance is no less than that of advanced-level pills!"

"Oh? Senior Brother, what kind of beginner-level pill has such an effect?" the Second Elder asked in surprise.

"These are two new pill formulas obtained from the internet, and they were exchanged from a junior disciple," the Grand Elder said with a smile.

"An exchange?" Clearly, no one had expected the Grand Elder to make a deal with a junior disciple; they were all a little taken aback. Normally, even if you gave the Grand Elder a gift, he might not accept it. This time, he actually offered to exchange gifts?

"Yes, an exchange! You heard me right! I exchanged every single herb in my herb garden, a diagram and materials for a basic spirit-gathering array, and some array talismans for it!" the elder said.

"What? Senior Brother, who is this person? They actually dare to ask for a basic Spirit Gathering Array diagram and materials?" they thought. It was just two new basic pill formulas. It couldn't compare to the importance of the Spirit Gathering Array diagram and materials, especially since this was an exchange with a private individual!

And we also need a portion of all the medicinal herbs from the senior brother's herb garden!

There are only array talismans, which is fine. After all, it's one in ten thousand, and upgrading the alchemy furnace isn't that cheap!

"Senior Brother, a junior disciple of our sect, if you have any new pill formulas, why not focus on training him? Isn't this kind of exchange too much?" the Second Elder said, frowning.

The Qingxuan Sect trains disciples, and any output or contribution should naturally go to the sect first. The sect then provides the disciple with focused training and substantial compensation, which is perfectly acceptable. However, the other elders also believe this exchange is far too heavy!

How important is the Spirit Gathering Array diagram? How difficult is it to collect these materials? The Qingxuan Sect's thousand-year collection of materials for building arrays is almost exhausted, and this time they also have to use some materials from the private collections of the elders. On top of that, they are also spending money to build a basic Spirit Gathering Array. The pressure is just too great!

The Grand Elder, however, remained unhurried. He smiled gently and said, "If long-term use of this beginner-level pill can enhance physical strength and power, and also increase lifespan, do you think this pill is worth a beginner-level Spirit Gathering Realm cultivator?"

"Senior Brother, could it be that the Second Elder is surprised?"

“That’s right. Only our Qingxuan Sect has this new pill formula. There are only two of them. And the disciple who developed the formula is the outsider who came here this time!” The Grand Elder nodded and said.

This news shocked everyone even more. How could an outsider have developed such an important elixir formula?

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