Chapter 50

Hope Base, in a villa in the central residential area.

Gu Qi sat cross-legged on the cushion. The power of faith that kept flowing towards her turned into surging spiritual power, flowing through her meridians, and finally sank into her dantian.

In order to strengthen her foundation, she constantly suppressed her cultivation, using some of her strength to refine her body, from her flesh and blood to her meridians.

Then use the transformation method to convert the pure spiritual power into supernatural energy, enter the spiritual realm, nourish the spiritual realm, and enhance supernatural powers.

As time passed, the influx of faith power gradually decreased until it no longer affected his cultivation and no longer madly attacked the door to breakthrough. Gu Qi opened his eyes, exhaled, and his eyes were a little complicated.

Even though she tried her best to suppress it, her cultivation finally broke through to the middle stage of Nascent Soul, which was only one step away from the late stage.

Her physical strength now is comparable to that of some monks who specialize in body training. Her wood-type ability has broken through to the peak of level seven, and her water-type ability has also reached the peak of level six.

The harvest was huge, much greater than Gu Qi had expected.

I have personally felt the power of the saying "food is the first necessity of the people".

Suddenly, Gu Qi vaguely felt a slight consciousness coming from the cave.

[I'm so hungry~ I'm so hungry~~~]

A very straightforward thought lingered in my mind, as if I hadn't eaten for a long time, and there was also a hint of resentment and grievance.

Before Gu Qi could check the current situation of the cave, Jiu Cang suddenly appeared in front of her.

"It's the one crying out for hunger, not me." Jiucang's ears were red, and he whispered a little embarrassedly, "Did I disturb Ah Qi? Wait a minute, I'll go and make it shut up."

Gu Qi: Isn’t the cave your true body?

Her eyes touched Jiu Cang Yinhong's ears, and she silently swallowed back the words, waved her hands and said: "It's okay, I have already refined the faith power."

Jiu Cang finally felt relieved, as long as Aqi was not disturbed.

Gu Qi looked at the time and found that it was almost dawn. The breath of those mutant creatures and zombies was not far from the base.

The final and biggest crisis is coming.

"Let's go back to the cave."

It was a good opportunity to take advantage of this time to bring over the mutant creatures such as Xiaotu, Xiaoxiaohua, and those specially refined high-level puppets that were left in the cave.

The light of the basement teleportation array lit up again.

When they opened their eyes again, they had returned to the central area of the Death Mountains, and the surroundings were still filled with white spiritual mist.

As Gu Qi's cultivation level improved, the range he could see became wider.

In contrast, she could hear more chatter from the conscious minds of the mutated plants in the valley.

[Hey! The fierce human is back!]

[She seems to have become even more powerful than before. Hide quickly to avoid getting beaten again.]

[The world outside is so terrifying. It's only been a short time since we went out, and yet, the fierce humans have become so powerful.]

[Hide, hide, you can’t see me, you can’t see me…]

[Wow… My life is so miserable. Fierce humans beat me up, and they steal my food. If I had known, I wouldn’t have grown here.]

Gu Qi: “…”

Faced with the increasingly noisy voices of consciousness, she quickly slipped into the cave.

As soon as I entered the cave, my ears finally quieted down temporarily.

But after just a few seconds of silence, the voice of consciousness from the cave main body was heard again: "So hungry~hungry~so hungry~hungry..."

Feeling this consciousness which was much stronger than before, Gu Qi frowned slightly.

It’s not that I think the sound of consciousness is noisy, but I am wondering why the cave suddenly became like this. Even if it was short of spirit stone resources in the past, the cave itself had never been like this.

Gu Qi looked worried. He turned around and saw Jiu Cang beside him. He asked with concern, "Jiu Cang, how do you feel now?"

Could it be that Jiu Cang is secretly using his original power again?

"I didn't." Jiu Cang, who saw the meaning in her eyes, quickly shook his head and explained, "Something absorbed too much spiritual energy, and the cave itself couldn't make ends meet, so it became like this."

"Absorbing too much spiritual energy?"

Gu Qi suddenly thought of something, "Is it that special seed with potential level nine?"

Jiu Cang nodded and said, "I just discovered that it absorbed some of the golden light of merit through its connection with you. After Aqi's Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation, it sprouted."

Sprouting?

Gu Qi suddenly thought of the time after the thunderstorm when he was hit by the golden light of merit, and the sound of the seed breaking out of the shell and emerging from the soil.

Different from what she felt later, that voice felt particularly real to her, but she didn't think much about it at the time, and was busy with other things later, so she didn't pay attention to the situation in the cave.

"Do you want to go take a look?" Jiu Cang asked gently, adding, "It's very beautiful, you should like it."

Gu Qi was a little surprised: "Can we enter that area now?"

Didn’t they say before that it was affected by the zombie beast and absorbed the zombie beast’s original energy, so it was extremely polluting and could not be approached?

"Can."

Jiu Cang explained, "Perhaps due to the influence of the Pure Land, combined with its own characteristics, it has mutated to develop the ability to purify. The polluting energy is locked in its roots, so the surrounding environment is not affected."

“That’s not right.”

“The pollution has not affected the surrounding environment, but it has caused some impact on the surrounding area.”

Jiu Cang showed a hint of surprise on his face.

Seeing his expression, Gu Qi asked curiously, "Why? Could it be that it is purifying the Pure Land?"

You know, even when he met the Source Crystal Mine Spirit last time, Jiu Cang was not so surprised.

What Gu Qi didn't expect was that Jiu Cang actually nodded to her casual guess.

"ha?"

Now it was Gu Qi's turn to be surprised: "It really purified the Pure Land?"

"That's not right. What else needs to be purified in the Pure Land?" she asked in confusion.

Meeting her puzzled look, Jiu Cang thought for a moment, then with his ears slightly red, he raised his hand and placed it on her wrist, teleporting her directly outside the Pure Land area.

"Aqi will know once you see it."

He withdrew his right hand, which felt slightly hot, and hid it under his sleeve, and pointed with his left hand to the small piece of pure land near the pure land where the special seeds were planted.

What Jiu Cang was pointing to was the original piece of pure land in the cave. The half-zombie Fang Jiao was still lying in the soil, with only her head sticking out, and she looked like she was sleeping soundly with her eyes closed.

Gu Qi looked over and asked in surprise, "Has she finished her purification?"

You should know that the last time we saw it, at least 20% had not been purified. Judging from the previous speed, it would take at least half a month to completely purify it.

But now, judging from the aura of Fang Jiao, it is obvious that she has been completely purified.

Judging from the appearance, Fang Jiao is now a cute girl with delicate appearance.

After hearing Gu Qi's voice, Fang Jiao slowly woke up. When she opened her eyes, there was no trace of scarlet, but clear and clean amber pupils. Her skin was also normal white with a healthy rosy glow, no longer the pale and lifeless color as before.

"Sister Qi!" Fang Jiao raised a bright smile on her face, with surprise in her eyes.

She wanted to raise her hand to greet Gu Qi, but found that she couldn't lift her hand. Then she remembered that she was still buried in the ground.

Because she was worried that she would not be well behaved after falling asleep and accidentally turn out of the soil, she used her special ability to compact the soil. Now she really couldn't lift her hand out from inside by strength alone.

Just as Fang Jiao was about to mobilize her special powers to dig herself out, Gu Qi noticed her predicament. He moved his right hand slightly, and the soil pressing on Fang Jiao moved to the side, allowing her to get out.

Fang Jiao stood up from the dirt, and her clothes were inevitably covered with a lot of mud.

But when she walked out of the pure land at Gu Qi's signal, her clothes had become clean, and the dirt attached to her clothes remained in the pure land area.

After coming out of the Pure Land area, Fang Jiao suddenly felt something and looked down at her hands, especially her fingers.

Seeing her nails return to their normal color and the cold aura on her body gone, she opened her eyes wide, looked up at Gu Qi, and confirmed with her, "Am I...purified?"

"Yes, there is no trace of death in you now, that is, the zombie virus."

Seeing Fang Jiao, who was in ecstasy after receiving a positive answer, Gu Qi asked with concern: "How do you feel now? Is there anything wrong with you?"

Jiu Cang just told her that in order to grow faster, the special seeds used their purification ability to sweep the surrounding land, especially the one where Fang Jiao was.

The purification ability of the special seed is similar to the cave's purification of dirty energy into spiritual power. In order to obtain more energy, it directly converts the dirty energy remaining in Fang Jiao's body into spiritual power at one time and absorbs it for its own use.

It is worth mentioning that it even took the opportunity to "eat" some of Fang Jiao's supernatural energy.

This made Gu Qi a little worried about whether it would have any impact on Fang Jiao.

"I feel great right now! I don't feel any discomfort at all. I've never felt so relaxed in my life!"

Gu Qi felt relieved a little, but still carefully checked her crystal core. No, now it should be called a superpower core.

After confirming that there was no problem with Fang Jiao's supernatural core, she was completely relieved. At the same time, she looked at the small seedling that had just grown a few leaves with bright eyes.

No wonder Jiu Cang said that this small seedling is one of the vitality left by the Heaven to this world.

With this ability, once it grows up, it will definitely become the nemesis of zombies. After all, ordinary zombies are not like half-zombies like Fang Jiao. The dead air in the bodies of ordinary zombies, or the dirty energy, will be transformed and absorbed, and they will only become corpses.

No, it's more than just a zombie nemesis.

Gu Qi thought of the important reason why the mutated creatures became more manic and bloodthirsty. If those energies were also purified, then the mutated plants and beasts would actually be the same as the spiritual plants and beasts in the world of immortal cultivation.

Looking at the seedling that looked like ice crystals with a layer of light blue light attached to its branches and leaves, an idea came to Gu Qi's mind.

Since it can transform polluted energy into spiritual power for its own use, if it is planted outside the Hope Base, when the monster wave comes, wouldn't it be like having countless takeouts delivered to its mouth?

Thinking of this, Gu Qi turned and looked at Jiu Cang.

Before she could ask, Jiu Cang, who had guessed what she was thinking, nodded and said, "We can move it out along with the pure land it grew in."

Although Gu Qi showed joy on his face, he did not continue to follow his words. Instead, he asked, "Do you need to use your original spiritual power?"

"No." Jiu Cang's eyes were slightly warm, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

Gu Qi: "That's good."

If Jiu Cang needs to use his original spiritual power, then she would rather give up this help. Anyway, her original plan did not include purifying the seedlings. Having it would only be an extra layer of protection, and it would not make a difference if she didn't have it.

What's more, now that the dirty power in Fang Jiao's body has been purified, the time she can stay outside is no longer like before, with only less than ten minutes to deal with her enemy, that is, the girl who followed Xiang Haoyu and the others.

Now it doesn’t matter if Fang Jiao stays in the outside world all the time. The pollution in the air will no longer have any effect on her.

In other words, the city defense can have another level six mutant, and an earth-type mutant who is good at defense, which will be a great help no matter which side he goes to.

[I'm so hungry~~]

The aggrieved voice of consciousness came from the main body of the cave again.

Gu Qi then remembered that he had not yet checked the current situation of the cave.

She lowered her eyes and saw the familiar ink characters appear again:

Jiucang Cave

Repair progress: 57.53%

Current level: Level 5 Spiritual Peak

Upgrade conditions: Host's cultivation is Nascent Soul (achieved), the Pure Life Divine Tree sprouts (achieved), 5 million high-grade spirit stones (-10341)

Current functions: Concealment (Level 5), Storage (Level 5), Meditation (Level 5), Rest (Jade Tower), Pure Land (Level 5, Pure Land x 5)

Unlocked facilities: Spirit Jade Tower, Biling Grassland, Top-grade Spirit Well, Star Pond, Medicinal Field (33), Spirit Wheat Field (5), Ordinary Vegetable Field (20), Beast Garden (Level 3, upgrading), Alchemy Room (Level 5), Refining Room (Level 5), Library (Level 5, unlocked below the fifth floor), Spirit Fruit Garden (Level 5), Martial Arts Training Ground (Level 5)

When Gu Qi saw the column of upgrade conditions, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

There is no need to collect spiritual plants or spiritual beasts, nor is there any need for mineral spirits to repair and upgrade to level six in the world of immortal cultivation. Apart from cultivation and spiritual stones, there is only one item.

Gu Qi's eyes swept over the small, ice-crystal seedling. She had expected the word "God" to be in its name, but she had not expected it to be so significant. She even suspected that its potential was more than level nine, but that the highest known limit was level nine.

But no matter what, this is a good thing. What makes her pay more attention is another point.

"How can the number of spirit stones be negative?"

This is the first time I've seen this. No wonder the consciousness in the cave is crying out for hunger.

And in this short period of time, -10341 first became -10340, and the next second it became -10345. Obviously, even though the cave has been converting spiritual power, it cannot withstand the other big consumer.

Jiu Cang stood aside, his head slightly lowered, his ears slightly red. He tried very hard to control his body so that it would not make noise, but unfortunately he could not overcome his body's instinctive consciousness.

But he couldn't just ignore it. If he didn't control it, it would probably be crying to Aqi by now.

Looking at the constantly changing numbers, Gu Qi frowned slightly, and was a little conflicted about whether to move the young seedling out of the cave.

If the young seedling was moved out, she was a little worried that it would absorb the spiritual energy in the valley without any care. If it accidentally disturbed the natural formation, that would be bad.

Because it had just sprouted recently, its intelligence had not yet fully formed and it mainly relied on instinct to grow, so it was difficult for Gu Qi to communicate with it.

Jiu Cang pursed his lips and reminded: "Aqi can put some crystal cores in this piece of pure land. With the crystal cores, it should not wash away the spiritual power of the cave again."

After Jiu Cang's reminder, Gu Qi finally realized that crystal cores could also replace spirit stones or spirit jade as a source of spiritual power.

But she was used to using spiritual jadeite before, so she didn't think of this point for a while.

Gu Qi quickly took out two boxes of level four crystal cores from the storage space and poured them all into the pure soil where the seedlings were growing. The two piles of crystal cores directly blocked the seedlings and were taller than four or five of them.

However, as soon as these crystal cores landed on the Pure Land, they began to become shorter and smaller at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When Gu Qi filled the cave with a large number of crystal cores, he turned around and saw that the two piles of crystal cores in the pure land had disappeared, and the small seedling only had one more leaf and had grown about half a centimeter taller.

"It's worthy of being a sacred tree seedling..." Gu Qi sighed as he poured out five more boxes of crystal cores and said to the little seedling that seemed to be swaying happily, "These are all we have. Eat and take a rest. Don't fight for the cave's spiritual power anymore."

The little seedling that had grown a little bigger seemed to understand her words and responded with a hint of grievance. The light on the little seedling flickered, and water droplets condensed and fell on the leaves, making it look like it was crying.

However, Gu Qi clearly sensed that those water droplets were condensed from spiritual energy. After falling, they were quietly absorbed by the young seedling's roots. Then, it condensed water droplets again and absorbed them again...

Gu Qi: ...What a great recycling.

"Be good, and I'll take you to a big dinner later." Gu Qi soothed gently but also exerted pressure, with a hint of warning.

The young seedlings stopped flickering, the water droplets stopped condensing, and the leaves at the top were slightly bent, as if nodding.