Shi Xuan thought back to his past life, when he was already a Nascent Soul stage alchemist, and the feeling of drawing qi into his body was as natural as eating and drinking. Although he was cultivating a completely new technique, the fundamental principles remained the same…

Wait, that's a bit premature. The "All Things Grow" technique is completely different from ordinary techniques in both its method of guiding Qi and its circulation path.

If ordinary cultivation methods are like drinking water, then "The Growth of All Things" is like swimming. These are completely unrelated methods; one is absorbed directly, while the other permeates the entire body through activity. The difficulty of both is self-evident.

Good things come to those who wait, and good techniques will inevitably follow the same path.

Shi Xuan calmed his mind and focused his consciousness completely on the technique, carefully experiencing its profound mysteries.

The surroundings became empty, and even the dripping sound of water faded away from her consciousness. She felt as if she were in the clouds, or as if she were at the bottom of the sea. Everything in the world materialized, and every minute detail was revealed, all of which moved extremely slowly.

This is an extremely mysterious state, and Shi Xuan is immersed in it, as if he is outside of all things.

Gradually, the trajectory of the spiritual energy became clearly visible. Driven by the cultivation technique, it attached itself to Shi Xuan's body in groups, forming tiny vortices that swirled and drilled into her body.

This feeling is very comfortable. The spiritual energy entering the body transforms into vitality, circulating through the meridians of the whole body, nourishing the skin and refreshing the mind.

If the ordinary infusion of spiritual energy is like placing a funnel on your head and drawing the energy into your body through it, then Shi Xuan, who has cultivated the power of all things to live, is as if he is in the center of a funnel magnified a hundred times. The surrounding spiritual energy is not just being poured in, but being washed away.

Under the torrent of spiritual energy, countless tiny vortices on the body surface spun rapidly and flowed into the body.

Shi Xuan had lost all sense of time. If anyone outside saw her at this moment, they would surely exclaim: "She can enter a meditative state as soon as she enters the Qi Refining stage; this girl is truly amazing!" But if a senior cultivator of the Myriad Things Life Cultivation technique saw her, they would only say: "Entering a meditative state is merely a necessary step in entering the Myriad Things Life Cultivation technique."

After an unknown amount of time, Shi Xuan finally awoke from his meditation.

Feeling the spiritual energy flowing through my meridians, I felt it was very pure and had no attribute distinction.

Having successfully drawn Qi into her body, her five senses became more acute, and her body had almost recovered from the severe damage she had suffered from changing her spiritual root, except for that spiritual root that refused to completely integrate into her body.

Shi Xuan opened his eyes. Already reeking of blood, he now exuded an even stronger stench of decay. The impurities filtered out by the Myriad Things Life Technique were mixed with the blood, making it extremely sticky.

Fortunately, she already possessed cultivation. She cast a cleansing spell on herself using hand seals and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

A soft chirping sound came from behind Shi Xuan. She turned around and looked in the direction of the sound. A small white bird was perched crookedly on a slightly sunken stone platform behind her.

It was still a little unsteady on its feet, its snow-white feathers clinging damply to its body, and several broken pieces of eggshell lay at its feet, clearly indicating that it had only recently hatched. Two tiny, dark eyes stared at Shi Xuan, looking utterly innocent.

Shi Xuan hadn't spoken a word since arriving in this world, so seeing this cute little bird was a rare moment of relaxation for him.

"Hey little guy," she said, placing the little white bird in her left palm and giving it a cleaning spell. The bird's feathers instantly became dry, snow-white, and fluffy, making its beady eyes look even smaller.

"If you grow up, stewing this would taste pretty good, wouldn't it?" After all that fuss, Shi Xuan, who hadn't yet started fasting, was already clearly feeling hungry...

With a "squeak," the little bird turned around shakily, its rear end facing Shi Xuan.

Its fluffy bottom sticks up slightly, like a jiggling little ball of fluff, which is quite comical and makes Shi Xuan laugh: "Oh, little guy, anyone who didn't know better would think you could understand human speech."

"But I have to go now. You stay here and grow well. We'll meet again someday." After saying that, Shi Xuan was about to put it back in its place. She needed to find a way out.

Before the bird could even land, its sharp beak pecked at Shi Xuan's finger, a drop of blood seeping from her fingertip, which the bird swallowed. At the same time, a barely perceptible flash of white light appeared beneath Shi Xuan's feet, signifying the completion of a contract!

Shi Xuan's eyelids twitched several times. What kind of outrageous bird was this? She had never heard of anyone being able to form a contract with a spirit pet so easily! Even sects that focused on beast taming required the support of formations to form a contract with a spirit pet. And she hadn't done anything!

The problem must lie with this bird.

"Are you trying to scam me?" You picked it up, glanced at it, and can't shake it off?

Black Bean Eyes still looked innocently at Shi Xuan. The newly hatched bird was harmless and was not a species that Shi Xuan recognized. It seemed that it could only be kept as a pet for now, and it was still quite cute, if not the best thing to do.

Her stomach was protesting again, so Shi Xuan had no choice but to give up on dealing with the little bird. She tied a small pocket inside the first layer of her skirt, put it in, and took it with her.

Before the little bird left, it reluctantly used its wings to scratch at its pile of broken eggshells. Shi Xuan casually put it in his pocket and kept it with it.

The cave was still pitch black, and there was no way out.

Shi Xuan judged that this place should be an illusion array.

She reached out and touched the cave wall, concentrating her spiritual energy in her palm. Maintaining this posture, she slowly walked around the cave, carefully feeling the fluctuations of spiritual energy emanating from her palm.

Found it! While still leaning against the cave wall, he channeled his spiritual energy into his palm.

"break!"

In an instant, the surrounding scenery changed abruptly, turning from night into day.

The cave with its various stalagmites has disappeared, replaced by a bottle-shaped valley, about the same size as the cave in the illusion array, covered in lush green grass, and upon closer inspection, one can still see the traces of her rolling down.

"Squeak..." The little white bird in the pocket chirped and patted her thigh through her skirt.

Shi Xuan took it out to see what it was going to do. The little guy tried to walk in one direction with Shi Xuan's palm, and almost fell off his hand.

Shi Xuan quickly grasped it and took a few steps in the direction it wanted to go. At the foot of the mountain wall, under the cover of a tall patch of grass, a very inconspicuous seedling grew.

The seedling had only grown one leaf, almost invisible among the other grasses. The only difference was that its veins were curved and protruding, like several insects crawling on it.

Spirit Snake Grass!

What might be a seedling that others wouldn't even notice, Shi Xuan recognized as a Spirit Snake Grass, an extremely special and rare medicinal herb. Even in Shi Xuan's previous life, he had only ever obtained a single leaf.

It is special because this spirit snake grass needs to absorb a large amount of spiritual energy to grow. If the spiritual energy is insufficient, the growth cycle will be extended indefinitely.

The humble little valley where it now grows has a certain spiritual energy, but not much. So it's not impossible that this pitiful seedling with only one leaf is already a thousand years old.

However, if it can eventually grow to maturity, it will be a priceless and miraculous herb. Even though it is only a seedling now, taking it out would surely cause a great stir.