Chapter 77: Unexpected Change
Su Qingwu had never seen these spiritual plants before.
Although she did not memorize all the contents in the sect's spiritual plant atlas, she read it carefully and found that none of them matched the spiritual plant she saw before her.
For a moment, she felt a little curious.
The Qianzhi Sect is the only sect in the Yuehua Realm that is founded on spiritual plants. It has been established for thousands of years. Logically speaking, the sect should have recorded all the spiritual plants that have appeared in this world, except for a few rare cases.
But what she saw was beyond her understanding.
Thinking of this, Su Qingwu walked to the corresponding stall, looked at the stall owner, and asked in a low voice:
"My fellow Taoist, where do these spiritual plants come from?"
The stall owner chuckled, "You don't ask where the things on the black market come from. Fellow Daoist, don't you know this rule?"
"I don't want to hear the news for nothing. If you can reveal it, please just name a price."
After hearing this, the stall owner was silent for a moment, then he said:
"It's okay to tell my friends about this. It will cost one thousand lower-grade spirit stones. In addition, there is an additional condition. The total value of the spirit plants on the stall is ten thousand lower-grade spirit stones. You must buy them all."
After he got these spiritual plants, he put them on display here for many days, but because no one recognized them, he has not sold a single one so far.
Once, a monk asked about the price out of curiosity, but when he heard the price, he made a few sarcastic remarks and walked away.
But no matter what, he won't lower the price.
Because he had finally obtained it after going through life and death.
It was a pity that he couldn't figure out its purpose, and there was a severe shortage of spirit stones at the moment, otherwise he would not have sold them on the black market.
On the other side, Su Qingwu frowned subconsciously after hearing the stall owner's offer.
There were no more than twenty spiritual plants on the stall, and the price was ten thousand low-grade spiritual stones, equivalent to five hundred per plant.
Even the highest level third grade spiritual plant in this world would not cost this much per plant.
only......
She had a feeling that getting these spiritual plants would bring unexpected rewards.
As the stall owner was adamant and there was no bargaining, she finally took out 11,000 low-grade spirit stones and gave them to him.
After receiving the spirit stone, the stall owner's attitude improved a lot, and he revealed the origin of the spirit plant through voice transmission.
"Inside the Ten Thousand Mountains of Dongxuanzhou, there is a place that is shrouded in miasma all year round. Half a year ago, I was chased by my enemies and was seriously injured. In despair, I fled there and was accidentally teleported to an unknown place. These spiritual plants were obtained from that place."
When Su Qingwu heard this, he immediately sent a voice message to ask:
"The Hundred Thousand Mountains cover a very wide area. Where exactly is the place you are talking about?"
"In the southwest, there are many Indian trees nearby."
"So, you were transported to an unknown place, how did you get out?"
The stall owner shook his head and said, "To be honest, I don't know either."
Su Qingwu suddenly felt a little suspicious.
"How could you not know? Were you not conscious at the time?"
"Almost. Actually, after I entered that nameless place, I had a very vague memory. I couldn't remember it at all. When I woke up, I had come out of there. There were 20 more strange spiritual plants in my storage bag."
"That's right. After you got these spiritual plants and planted them in pots, what did you do specifically? Did you water them every day or fertilize them regularly?"
"I only water it once a day and never fertilize it. Besides, this spiritual plant doesn't have any bugs or other problems, so it's very easy to keep alive."
"Do you know if these spiritual plants are poisonous?"
"I'm not sure about that, but after I got these spiritual plants, I kept them in the house all day. Even if they are poisonous, they should be able to eliminate the smell. Otherwise, I would have died a long time ago."
"Have these spiritual plants changed since you first obtained them?"
"Nothing has changed. It has not grown taller, nor has it grown any more branches or leaves. It has remained exactly the same."
After hearing this, Su Qingwu nodded thoughtfully.
The stall owner waited for a while, but did not hear any more messages, so he said bluntly: "The goods have been sold out. If you have no other questions, I will leave now."
"Okay, fellow Taoist, take care."
Su Qingwu put all the newly acquired spiritual plants into his storage bag, then wandered around the black market, but didn't see any other treasures that suited his taste, so he left.
Everything sold on the black market was priced slightly lower than the market price, so even though she had many spiritual plants harvested from the space, she chose not to sell them on the black market.
After returning to the rented courtyard, Su Qingwu took out twenty spiritual plants and examined them carefully.
Each of these spiritual plants is different.
Some are covered with barbs and are completely red. The branches extending from the main trunk look like scorpion tails, and there are no leaves to be seen. Some branches and leaves are mixed together in a mess, like a ball of silk that can never be sorted out. Some leaves look like human eyeballs from a distance...
Thinking of the nameless place the stall owner mentioned, Su Qingwu looked at the woman in white beside him and whispered:
"Su Wen, are these spiritual plants... things from this world?"
"It's hard to say. The Yuehua Realm is connected to the Yuanji World, and there is more than one ascension channel. If it is really not from this world, then it can only come from the Yuanji World."
"Has any of the monks who ascended from this world to the upper world ever returned?"
"Well, as far as I know, no, it should be restricted by the laws of heaven."
"Then have any native cultivators from the Yuanji World ever come to the Yuehua Realm in the past?"
"Yes, Qingwu, the Qianzhi Sect where you are, has hosted cultivators from the upper realm before. I heard that the visitors were all at the Jindan level or below. From this point, we can also judge that Yuanying level and above cannot come to this world."
"If these spiritual plants really don't belong to the Yuehua Realm, then they were most likely brought here by someone from the Yuanji World. As for the nameless place the stall owner mentioned, I don't know what it is."
"Maybe it's another dimension? Qingwu, are you planning to look for this place?"
"I don't have this idea for now. The Shiwan Mountains are the territory of monsters. With my current strength, it's too dangerous to go there. I can only think about it later."
......
Half an incense stick later, Su Qingwu, who had failed to find the spiritual plant, took it to the Yuqing Mirror space.
The moment I took them out of the storage bag again, something strange happened!
The spiritual plant, which was originally in extremely good condition, began to wither rapidly.
In just five breaths, it turned into ashes.
The incident happened suddenly. By the time Su Qingwu reacted, the spiritual plant had completely disappeared, leaving only half-dry soil in the bamboo pot.
Su Wen had been guarding the courtyard and had not entered the space. At this moment, he sensed that her emotions were volatile, so he immediately sent a telepathic message to inquire about the situation.
"Qingwu, what's wrong?"
"The spiritual plants... disappeared. No, to be more precise, they all withered and died in an instant..."
When Su Wen heard this, he immediately came into the space.
Looking at the bare bamboo basin, she couldn't hide her shock.
"How could this happen? This space, except for the fact that the spiritual energy is denser, is no different from the outside world. Could it be that these spiritual plants cannot grow in a place with dense spiritual energy? Even so, they shouldn't wither so quickly!"
Su Wen looked around, and at this moment, he saw the vine of unknown grade that had been planted for a long time in the distance. His eyes suddenly widened.