Qin Ming exerted all his strength to steer the Spiritual Light Shuttle, disappearing into the horizon in an instant.
He had just left.
Two figures at the Foundation Establishment Stage landed at the scene shortly after.
One of them was Elder Gue from the Spirit Feather Sect, his stern face now filled with anger.
He glanced around and spoke lightly, "Who could have done this? Could it be a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator from another sect?"
"In my opinion, it doesn’t seem like the work of the righteous path. Look at how they died, it seems like they encountered a demonic cultivator." The other Foundation Establishment elder beside him shook his head and frowned.
"Even demonic cultivators have appeared?"
"Then... the news hasn’t leaked, has it?"
"Alas! It’s fate, let’s hope it was just a coincidence."
"Let’s gather the corpses and quickly return to discuss countermeasures."
After saying this, the two cleaned up the traces at the scene and swiftly left.
On the other side.
Qin Ming flew at full speed, secretly returning to the Qingyang Market.
"I didn’t expect the Spirit Feather Sect’s ambition to be so great."
It seems now.
Regardless of whether the Spirit Feather Sect’s scheme to deceive the heavens succeeds or fails, a bloody storm is inevitable.
By then, the innocent will surely be affected.
Qin Ming realized that his foresight was extremely correct.
Back in the courtyard.
Qin Ming took out a dozen Blood Pearls and threw them towards the corner of the courtyard, where a Withered Blood Poison Vine was.
In an instant.
Countless black vines, like sharks smelling blood, went mad, greedily absorbing the essence within the Blood Pearls.
The surface of the black vines swelled with sinister patterns resembling veins.
They began to emit a blood-red, enchanting glow.
Absorbing so many Blood Pearls at once, the Withered Blood Poison Vine began to mutate again.
First, the black vines grew thicker, began to twist and dance. The fine lines on their surface suddenly opened like hollow eyes.
As if they wanted to devour souls.
Oozing with an inexplicable eeriness.
The Withered Blood Poison Vine grew more than twice its size before it stopped growing.
On the vines, a dozen or so eyeball-like buds appeared sparsely.
Meanwhile.
In Qin Ming’s vision, two golden entries appeared:
[Name]: Withered Blood Poison Vine [Entry] Ancient Wood Longevity Technique (Maturity 1%)
[Name]: Withered Blood Poison Vine [Entry] Mana Crystal X5 (Maturity 1%)
[Ancient Wood Longevity Technique]: By cultivating a Lifebound Spirit Plant, refining and absorbing the ancient wood vitality within the spirit plant, cultivators can nurture a Wood Spirit Body belonging to themselves.
Cultivating an Acquired Spirit Body requires at least spirit plants above Tier Three Spirit Wood to be used as a Lifebound Spirit Plant for refining.
Of course, the higher the grade of the spirit plant, the greater its future growth potential.
If it’s a rare Heaven and Earth Spirit Root, the resulting Spirit Body will be even stronger.
Qin Ming stared at this entry, his breathing rapid.
"Cultivate a Lifebound Spirit Plant, practice the Spirit Body!"
"Hope for Immortal Dao lies ahead!"
With his trashy qualification of Four-Element Pseudo Spirit Root, if it were paired with a Wood Spirit Body, it would be comparable to a High-Grade Spirit Root. Finally, there was hope!
It’s practically tailored for him!
"I happen to have a Wood Attribute Spirit Root."
"And the Longevity Technique I practice is also a Wood Attribute Cultivation Method."
Originally, Qin Ming was worried about Foundation Establishment.
After all, with his Pseudo Spirit Root qualification, even using a Foundation Establishment Pill and a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object,
the failure probability of breakthrough was still high.
However, once he mastered the Acquired Wood Spirit Body, it would be different, meaning he could continuously improve his cultivation qualifications.
The further he cultivated, the more important cultivation qualifications became for breakthroughs in the Great Realm.
The gap cannot be bridged by pills alone.
Now with this entry in hand, mastering this special Spirit Body is not an impossible task.
But cultivating this Ancient Wood Longevity Technique also has demanding conditions.
Using a spirit wood above Tier Three Spirit Plant to refine a Lifebound Spirit Plant also means at least a Tier Three Spirit Vein is needed to plant and cultivate this spirit plant.
The higher the level of the spirit plant, the more suitable the environment it needs to grow.
He couldn’t possibly compete with the major sects for that Tier Three Spirit Vein, could he?
It seems a bit unrealistic.
Besides, practicing the Spirit Body technique requires accumulating the Power of Time over many years.
The longer the time, the stronger the Spirit Body, and it often takes centuries to see results.
"Ah! The ultimate effect is powerful, but it’s truly slow to start seeing results."
If he toils for a hundred years without cultivating a Spirit Body, he might already be nearing his grave.
Qin Ming then shifted his gaze back to the Withered Blood Poison Vine.
"This Black Vine is so extraordinary, it might even qualify as a seedling of a Heaven and Earth Spirit Root?"
"And as long as there’s enough Blood Pearls for it to devour, it seems the Black Vine doesn’t have high requirements for the Spirit Vein environment."
"Plus, it grows pretty fast."
Qin Ming suddenly realized this and felt a bit excited inside.
Although he didn’t know the grade of this Withered Blood Poison Vine, based on various signs, the ultimate maturity grade should not be low.
Thinking of this.
Qin Ming no longer hesitated.
He willed and used up the "Ripening" entry, beginning to expedite the maturation of this Black Vine.
Three days later.
The four "Ripening" entries in Qin Ming’s Sea of Consciousness were consecutively exhausted.
He hastened to ripen the dozen eyeball-like buds with the fastest speed.
Finally obtaining a dozen black fruits, inside were spirit seeds used for casting the Thorn Technique.
Besides.
A purple "Ancient Evergreen Technique" entry and a green "Mana Crystal" X5 entry appeared quietly in Qin Ming’s Sea of Consciousness.
Immediately, he sat cross-legged.
His will touched the leaf of the "Ancient Evergreen Technique" entry.
In an instant.
An obscure and profound longevity technique emerged in his mind, passages of scripture vivid in his memory.
A day and a night passed again.
Qin Ming opened his eyes.
He formed a complex spell with his hands, and a bit of emerald light flew from his brow.
As Qin Ming pointed at the Withered Blood Poison Vine, that speck of green light melted into the Black Vine Spirit Plant.
Thump! Thump!
The heartbeat sound of the reviving Black Vine, like drumbeats, resounded once more!
In a daze.
Blood-colored runes flickered on the Black Vine’s surface, finally intertwining.
"Lifebound Spirit Plant! It’s done!"
Qin Ming could distinctly feel that this Black Vine Spirit Plant had already become one with him, with strands of essence of plants and trees continuously infused into his body.
Strengthening a mysterious connection between them.
Suddenly, a wealth of insights overwhelmed Qin Ming’s mind.
He seemed to transform into an ancient tree, experiencing the cycle of seasons, the passage of time, traversing the river of time...
Qin Ming hesitated for a moment, using up five "Leaf of Space-Time" entries, which fell onto the Black Vine.
To be honest, Qin Ming wasn’t sure if ripening the Black Vine directly to five hundred years would lose his control over it.
The Black Vine went wild again, growing as if experiencing countless seasonal cycles, an unprecedented power of space-time descended upon this spirit plant.
However.
Under Qin Ming’s astonished gaze.
The whole Black Vine seemed to turn into a pool of ink, seeping into the soil beneath.