Chapter 3 is upgraded again. (Edit)
Chapter 3
After listening to her detailed explanation, Zhong Wenxin nodded thoughtfully. Then, she looked up at the mountains behind Li Village, lost in the profound meaning of her words. An unexpected factor? Perhaps this mountain was the root of the problem? A demonic beast bred on the mountaintop and then fled down?
"Oh, look, there's a flash flood."
Zhong Wenxin exclaimed in surprise, her gaze drawn to the majestic, unstoppable, earth-yellow river running through the mountains. The turbulent river rushed relentlessly towards Lijia Village, like a bird of prey soaring through the mountains.
Li Fengshi suddenly looked up, and wherever his eyes could see, a mountain torrent was rushing towards him, as powerful as a tiger descending from the mountain. If nothing unexpected happened, Lijia Village would probably suffer a devastating disaster.
He flew lightly over the mountain torrent, deftly forming hand seals with his left hand while his right hand pulled out a gourd-shaped magical weapon from his storage ring. This palm-sized gourd had an astonishing capacity, enough to hold the water of an entire lake. At this moment, he used it to contain the surging mountain torrent, a perfect solution.
His eyes were as sharp as a hawk's, his expression was solemn and steady, and he said in a low and powerful voice: "Collect!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the rushing mountain torrent crashed violently against an invisible wall, surging upwards, with waves several feet high surging endlessly. However, these waves did not fall to the ground as usual, but were strangely sucked into the mysterious gourd.
The downpour continues, the mountain torrents rage like a ferocious tiger, the waves unending. Yet, within this vast ink painting, a gourd silently absorbs the raging waters, like a brave and fearless warrior, defending his home with all his might. Anyone witnessing this scene would undoubtedly worry about this tiny gourd, wondering if it could withstand the onslaught of this seemingly boundless flood.
However, the gourd was not defeated by the enormous pressure. Instead, it showed its tenacious vitality in the face of adversity. It stood firm in front of the flood without flinching, using its own strength to resist the surging waves until it absorbed all the water.
Li Fengshi put away the heavier gourd and returned to the top of Lijia Village. Using his Qi-gazing technique, he looked down and saw that the black air current that had enveloped the village had dissipated, and the village's fortunes had returned to normal. This scene indicated that the crisis facing Lijia Village had been resolved.
He exhaled lightly, turned his gaze to the companions who had been waiting nearby, and a smile spread across his face: "The problem has been properly resolved. Let's move on."
"Okay." Several people turned around and prepared to leave.
"Wait a moment," Zhong Wenxin hurriedly warned. She had been closely watching Senior Brother Li's movements. When he had finished absorbing the floodwaters, she happened to discover a small blade of grass. Due to the unique nature of her cultivation, she could sense that the blade of grass actually contained a hint of spirituality. "There's a small blade of grass there that has developed a spiritual mind. It's just been washed away by the floodwaters, and its branches and leaves have been broken. I wonder if it can survive. It's not easy for plants to acquire spiritual intelligence. I wish to grant it a drop of spiritual essence to help it survive this catastrophe."
They exchanged silent glances, standing still without a word, tacitly approving her actions. Everyone knew that Zhong Wenxin was the apple of the eye of the master of Fuhua Peak, possessing countless treasures. She could even gift a blade of grass its precious essence at will. While they couldn't do this themselves, they wouldn't stop others from doing so.
Zhong Wenxin flew down and stood next to the grass. The soil brought by the flood was soft, but she walked on it as if it were flat ground, and not even a drop of mud or water got on her shoes.
Carefully clearing away the dirt and lifting the grass' branches, Zhong Wenxin pulled out a jade bottle from her storage ring, uncorked it, and gently dripped a drop of the spiritual essence from the bottle onto the grass' roots. She gently stroked the uninjured leaves and whispered, "Little grass, little grass, I'm a disciple of the Amaterasu Sect's Floating Flower Peak. This drop of spiritual essence will heal your wounds and help you grow stronger. When you can transform, you're welcome to come find me. We have many plant spirits on Floating Flower Peak to keep you company."
As Zhong Wenxin was about to leave, she stumbled upon the small tree beside the grass. Its trunk was withered, its two gray-green leaves swaying gently in the wind. She keenly sensed a faint spiritual presence within the tree, yet she couldn't detect it from the sky. Even as she approached the grass, she didn't notice it. It wasn't until she saw the tree just before leaving that she suddenly sensed the fading spirituality.
Perhaps the little tree was about to wither away, its spirit drifting away, and so she did not notice it while in heaven.
After a moment's hesitation, Zhong Wenxin took out the jade bottle again and carefully dripped a drop of spiritual essence into the roots of the sapling. This wasn't because she was stingy with her spiritual essence and unwilling to generously share it with the sapling, but because she was concerned that most plant spirits could only absorb a single drop of spiritual essence at a time; too much could actually harm them.
"I hope this helps you. It's not easy for plants to develop intelligence. You must survive."
Zhong Wenxin whispered to Xiaoshu. After dealing with these things, she returned to her companions and they left together.
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Good people will have a peaceful life.
Watching the pink-skirted fairy's departing figure, Bu Xingjin silently blessed her in his heart, and firmly remembered her face and the words she had just spoken. When he had the chance in the future, he would definitely repay this kindness.
Before waking up today, he thought it was bad luck to encounter rain, but he didn't know that he would be hit by a mountain torrent. The moment the flood came, he was swallowed up by the flood before he could react at all.
Then, as if thrown into a washing machine, he felt overwhelmed, dizzy, and his senses severely impacted. Bu Xingjin struggled to stay conscious amid the surging water, pondering a response. Just then, the flood suddenly subsided.
He watched the flood rising towards the sky against the laws of nature. Limited by his own perception, he had no idea what was happening in the sky. He only knew that the surging flood had been completely sucked into the sky.
After the flood receded, he had time to examine his situation. His leaf had been broken in two, and most of his body was buried in the mud brought by the flood. The leaves that were exposed were also stained with mud, making him feel uncomfortable all over.
Then, he caught a glimpse of a fairy in a pink dress floating down from the sky. The fairy landed gracefully beside him, carefully cleaning the mud and water from his leaves, and straightening his broken branches one by one. Most crucially, the fairy dripped a drop of spiritual essence onto his roots.
When the drop of spiritual essence had not yet touched his roots, he felt an inexplicable desire all over his body. It was not until the roots and the spiritual essence merged together that he felt satisfied and relaxed all over.
This is undoubtedly a rare treasure and will be of great benefit to him.
I wonder how the system judged this? Bu Xingjin summoned the panel, and saw a few lines of text appearing in the blank space below:
Obtain one drop of spiritual essence, your cultivation level will increase by +1000, and low-level spiritual soil will be upgraded to medium-level spiritual soil.
Looking up again, the cultivation progress bar at the top was full, even overflowing. Over the past seven days, the cultivation gained from AFK experience conversion had reached 1257 points. With another 1000 points gained this time, it should have reached 2257 points, exceeding the 2000 points required to level up.
It is unclear whether this extra cultivation will accumulate to the next level or disappear directly when upgrading.
Then there's the text above the avatar. Initially, it read 'Low-level Spiritual Soil Bonus: 15 Days.' Over the course of several days, this text changed. Before the flood, it had read 'Low-level Spiritual Soil Bonus: 7 Days.' And now, it's been updated again, to 'Intermediate-level Spiritual Soil Bonus: 30 Days.'
Then there was the experience bonus from the intermediate spiritual soil, which doubled from 2 experience per second for the primary spiritual soil to 4 experience per second. At this point, the cultivation progress bar had stopped ticking because it was full.
Bu Xingjin quickly clicked on upgrade, 2→3, the upgrade was successful.
Golden dots of light appeared in the air, quietly passing over his body and gently brushing against the small tree beside him. Part of the light was perfectly absorbed by him, while the other part was joyfully transmitted into the body of the small tree, as if it were a quiet and harmonious conversation.
This little tree is so tenacious that even though the surrounding trees were knocked down by the flood, and some were even uprooted, it remained motionless, as if it had never been affected by the flood, and its upright posture was no different from before the flood.
In addition, the fairy had just dripped a drop of spiritual essence into the roots of the small tree and muttered something to herself. At that time, Bu Xingjin was busy checking and didn't pay much attention to that side. He only heard some intermittent content. He thought about it carefully and it seemed that she said something about generating spiritual intelligence.
Could it be that this little tree also possessed intelligence? Wouldn't it be possible to communicate with it? The thought of this excited Bu Xingjin, and he couldn't wait to get closer to the little tree and have a spiritual conversation with it.
Before Bu Xingjin could take any action, his attempt to communicate was blocked by the system panel in front of him. He suddenly realized that the matter was not yet finished. He had just upgraded and there were still many things that had not been dealt with.
First, I looked at my cultivation level. The excess cultivation level hadn't accumulated, and the cultivation level bar had simply dropped to 0/3000. The conversion rate of experience to cultivation level remained unchanged, still 2000 experience points for 1 cultivation level. It was currently ticking +4, +4. If there was sunlight, the number would be +10.
After understanding this, he looked down.
Upgrade Reward (choose one from three):
1. One low-level spiritual fluid;
2. Intermediate full body tempering once;
3. A set of basic cultivation techniques."
I was lucky this time, all three options changed. The primary full body tempering that I had always wanted was refreshed to the better intermediate full body tempering. There were also two things that had never appeared before, low-level spiritual liquid and basic cultivation techniques. This meant that the upgrade rewards were not fixed.
The first item, low-grade spiritual fluid, seemed less valuable than spiritual essence. Choosing it should improve cultivation and raise the level of spiritual soil. However, considering the spiritual soil had already reached the intermediate stage, relying solely on low-grade spiritual fluid of inferior quality would likely make further breakthroughs difficult.
The second item, intermediate full-body tempering, is of a higher level and will definitely have a better effect.
Bu Xingjin wasn't sure what the third basic cultivation technique was for. It could be a bonus to attack, or perhaps a speed boost. He hadn't seen any attack or defense values on the dashboard, perhaps because he hadn't met the requirements yet and it hadn't been unlocked.
After removing the rather useless spiritual liquid, it’s time to make the familiar choice between two options.
After much deliberation, Bu Xingjin decided to choose the second option—Intermediate Full Body Tempering. Three upgrades offered seven different rewards: a tenfold increase in experience gain, a primary full body tempering session, a random reward, a low-level spiritual soil session, a low-level spiritual fluid session, an intermediate full body tempering session, and a basic cultivation technique. Aside from the irregular random reward, the other six could be divided into two tiers: the higher-level intermediate full body tempering session and the other five.
With the idea that a higher level is definitely better, Bu Xingjin made what he thought was the best choice.
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