"Okay, wait for me here. I'll go set up the formation right away, then upgrade the space, and then I'll have a proper cultivation session."
Xu Rui instantly used his teleportation ability to arrive at the cave entrance. He took out a set of high-level array flags from his spatial storage, planted them into the ground around the cave, and then left.
From the outside, this place looks like a blank piece of land, with nothing visible. It blends in with the surrounding mountains and forests as if it were one with the whole, and it's impossible to tell that an array has been set up here.
Back at the cave, he saw his wife bring out a pile of things, divided into two identical piles.
"You're back. These are the items from the trade. Upgrade your space too. He even gave us a few extra array plates, and he wrote down what they were for in the jade slips."
Xu Rui inspected these items. He felt like he wasn't losing out, but actually, the big shot in the Immortal Realm was the one who wasn't losing out at all. But it didn't matter; they were just items he could use right now.
"Alright, let's cultivate here and wait for the space to upgrade."
The two of them divided their belongings, throwing the items they needed to upgrade into their spatial storage, and then each went to cultivate in a separate place.
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This space upgrade took almost two years. During those two years, Tang Baozhu felt incredibly bored in the cave. When she got tired of cultivating, she would quickly dig out the crystals on the walls. It only took her a year to dig them all out.
For the rest of the year, besides cultivation, Xu Rui taught Baozhu the four arts of cultivation: talisman drawing, pill refining, formation making, and weapon crafting. He didn't miss a single one, and after a year, Baozhu had almost mastered them all.
At least those ordinary talismans can be drawn with ease and a very high success rate, making it one of the most talented skills.
The second skill is alchemy, but her talent in alchemy is not as good as her talent in drawing talismans. So far, she can only refine the lowest-grade pills. However, she has a particularly high success rate with those pills that are not graded, so she has refined a lot of those pills that ordinary people can use.
She truly has no talent in formations; she hasn't even reached the level of a first-tier formation master.
As for weapon crafting, after realizing he had no talent for it, he decided to specialize in alchemy and talisman drawing.
The space was reopened two years later. The two of them completed their upgrades around the same time, but Xu Rui was a few days faster than her.
Perhaps it was because his space was better developed, with such rich spiritual energy that it was almost dripping with water, that it took him a little less time.
After the space was upgraded, the two of them couldn't wait to enter it, and came out in an instant.
They exchanged a glance, looking at each other in bewilderment. "Honey, it feels like we can't stay in this space for long. As soon as we enter, the immortal energy rushes into our bodies, making us feel like we're about to explode. What should we do?"
Xu Rui was also speechless, not expecting such a big mistake to happen. However, thinking of the array plate given by the immortal master, he felt a little better.
"It's alright, don't worry. Just use your consciousness to enter inside and control the array to isolate the areas where we frequently move around. That way, you won't have to worry."
"I didn't expect the celestial beings to have considered things so clearly, taking all our worries into account."
When Tang Baozhu brought out those array plates, they completely isolated the entire 100,000 square kilometers of land surrounding the house within the array plates.
Pulling Xu Rui along, they instantly entered the space and sensed the spiritual energy of this place. The spiritual energy was extremely scarce, just like an ordinary mortal world, with only a little bit of spiritual energy emanating from the ground.
She could no longer perceive the size of the space; in her sea of consciousness, the space had become boundless, as if it had no end.
However, just like at the beginning, I can go wherever I want with a single thought, which reduces my burden. At least I don't have to walk around in the space. Otherwise, in such a large area, I would be exhausted and never reach the end.
The area without spiritual energy now covers 100,000 square kilometers, which is quite large. At the very least, it feels like the total area of this space is larger than the small world I was in before.
This 100,000 square kilometers is enough for her to grow some plants without spiritual energy. Besides, she already has plenty of things in her warehouse, so even if she doesn't grow anything, she won't be able to use them all.
She just didn't want to be idle. If one day she came to a world where food was scarce, this would be a lifesaver.
Tang Baozhu scanned the entire space, but she couldn't scan it all. However, she could still scan most of the areas. Then she discovered that there were many empty spaces in the spirit herb field. The places where spirit herbs should have been planted were now empty, apparently because they had died because they hadn't adapted to the changes.
“Honey, I’ve seen some of the spiritual plants we planted. Some have mutated, some seem to have died, and some haven’t changed at all.”
Xu Rui nodded. "These changes are normal because the spiritual energy in the space has turned into immortal energy. Some spiritual plants can't accept this change and die directly. Others can accept it and mutate. Don't worry, I just checked and they are all changing for the better. As for those that haven't changed, just use them as before. No change means that these spiritual plants have average aptitude. However, I checked and most of them have changed. Although the changes are very small and invisible to the naked eye, they will change a lot after staying in the space for a long time."
"Wife, take out those immortal plants that the celestial beings gave us and plant them. These things take tens of thousands of years to mature. Planting them in advance will save us from having to wait that long."
Without saying a word, Tang Baozhu took out those immortal herbs and handed them to Xu Rui. After all, Xu Rui's divine sense at the Tribulation Transcending stage was much stronger than hers. He could see things that she couldn't see, so it was most convenient for him to grow these herbs.
It took the two of them almost three days to finally plant the immortal herbs given to them by the immortal master. Although there were only one or two of each kind, there were so many of them that it took them so long.
After planting, the two of them came out of the space and went directly to Xu Rui's space.
Fortunately, a formation plate had been set up before entering, so there was no need to worry about the immortal energy directly crushing the body like at the beginning.
Xu Rui's space seems to have a richer aura of immortality, perhaps because his space was originally developed better.
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