The immortals of the two worlds started from farming and refining pills.

Chapter 19: Spiritual roots are enhanced, Cordyceps blooms

The sound of running water extinguished the firewood under the stove, keeping the steamed date snails in the pot at the best temperature.

When the lid of the pot was opened, the diffuse water mist gathered and fell on the hot snail shells like raindrops, and then condensed into hexagonal frost flowers.

The tender snail meat in the shell curls up slightly at the touch of the icy breath, locking in its sweet fragrance.

"Please taste them!" Li Qing took two date snails for Ryan and Rick respectively.

Ryan and his son fell in love with this kind of food cooked with magic. They felt that whether it was the snail meat, snail heart, snail roe or snail paste, they all tasted extremely delicious and fragrant.

Li Qing also picked one for himself, took out the steamed and chilled snail meat, took a light bite, and found it chewy and crispy.

During the seemingly peaceful meal time, Li Qing's heart was filled with turbulent waves - his water spiritual root aptitude had actually improved!

He asked calmly, "Does this snail heart significantly improve the runes?"

Ryan put down the shell: "It's okay. Some people have awakened runes, but the activation is too slow to be used in actual combat. After eating it, they can use the runes normally..."

"If you have good aptitude, eating it will probably make the runes clearer? The speed of strength growth will also be a little faster..."

Li Qing suddenly realized that the runes of this world, after being solidified into a kind of bloodline by wizards, can also be regarded as a special spiritual root.

Since the heart of the date palm snail can improve the quality of runes, doesn't it make sense to improve the quality of spiritual roots?
He asked again: "Does it have miraculous effects on all runes?"

Rick at the side answered quickly: "Water runes are the most effective; ice runes like mine are also okay. As for my father's fire runes, only those with the worst qualifications can feel the benefits."

This was quite different from what Li Qing felt: it seemed that all spiritual roots benefited, but only the water spiritual root was actually improved.

Spiritual root testing requires a spirit testing platform, but he estimated that his originally negligible water spiritual root had probably transformed into the lowest-grade spiritual root. Although the change was small, it was extremely precious.

In the world of cultivation, there is a saying that spiritual roots are a gift from heaven. At least in the Great Zhou Kingdom, this treasure that improves spiritual root qualifications is as valuable as foundation-building pills, and there is no market for it.

——After all, people are not plants, who can be heartless? Many big guys have people who cannot practice and get close to them. Such spiritual creatures are naturally popular.

Li Qing asked again: "Do you still have species like the palm snail that can improve rune qualifications?"

Ryan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Sir, you think too highly of me. Such treasures are hidden very carefully by the nobles. How can I, a mere baron, know such secrets?"

"That is the heart of the date palm snail. The magic power is a gift from the sea god. It appears randomly and the nobles cannot monopolize it. That is why we have the opportunity to know it."

Li Qing thought so too, so he didn't ask any more questions. After finishing the snails on the plate, he got up to check the pregnant female snail in the pond.

"My Lord, with all due respect, your desire to breed a magical coconut snail may not be very realistic. Many nobles have tried, but none of them have succeeded so far."

Rick carefully reminded: "This is just like the magic potion grown by the elves. The palm snails themselves are mortals, and the magic is only accidentally infused, and it cannot be inherited."

Li Qing shook his head: "Do your best and leave the rest to fate. Maybe heaven, oh, your sea god will take care of it?"

Unfortunately, it is easy to find date palm snails, but it is difficult to find the transformed snail hearts. Li Qing has only found this pair in recent days, and of course, there is only one left now.

"Alas, due to the limitations of the Tianwei Gate, other than the spirit insects, other sentient beings cannot be brought back for the time being."

"Otherwise, we can ask for help from the spirit beast master. Maybe they can find a way to preserve the characteristics of the mother snail?"

In the Dantian, the fragments of the "Gate of Heaven" were flickering with light.

Li Qing suppressed his lingering desire and entrusted the pregnant snail to Rick: "I will be gone for about a month and a half. Please take good care of it. I will thank you when I come back!" He also instructed Ryan about the planting of spiritual rice, then flew up, found a deserted island, and started the journey across the two worlds.

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Li Qing had just returned to the cave with rich spiritual energy and had no time to stretch before a small thing the size of a finger hit his chest with a "bang".

The protective magic power had no reaction. Li Qing looked down and found that the lettuce elf worm Asun was nestling on the hem of his clothes, humming "ya ya ya".

"A Sun, long time no see!" Li Qing held it in the palm of his hand and teased it gently with his fingers.

"Eh! Ah!" Asun seemed a little angry, calling out loudly, not allowing Li Qing to touch its head.

Li Qing condensed a ball of spiritual energy at his fingertips and fed it while reasoning with it: "I wanted to take you there at the beginning. It was you who couldn't bear to leave the lettuce in the spiritual garden and refused to leave!"

"Aiya!" Ah Sun shook his head and tail angrily, and complained vaguely through his spiritual consciousness: It's been too long! You didn't say it!

Li Qing apologized to it in a good-tempered manner, and finally made Ah Sun happy. He happily ate the spirit ball.

After calming Asun down, he turned his attention to the spiritual plant garden.

The lettuce fields, which were originally densely planted, seemed to have experienced a huge explosion under the radiation of the elf bugs.

All kinds of lettuces, tall and short, long-leaved and split-leaved, yellow-flowered and purple-flowered, were piled up in layers. However, the first-grade lower-quality spiritual lettuces were growing normally.

But only the lettuce Cordyceps of Asun attracted Li Qing's attention.

The part of the Cordyceps that is exposed above the ground has grown from one person high to nearly two feet high. Among the clusters of tender leaves at the top, two inflorescences are quietly emerging, one goose yellow and the other light purple, in bud and about to bloom, which is very cute.

"A Sun, are you going to bloom?!" Li Qing was very surprised.

According to Ryan, the Elf Cordyceps blooms in order to sort out the essence it has absorbed and accumulate potential for later evolution.

Although its fruits and seeds cannot be planted again, they are precious witchcraft medicines and have many magical uses after taking them.

For example, for lettuce and Cordyceps sinensis, the yellow flower seeds are more common and can temper the internal organs; the purple flower seeds are relatively precious and can purify the spiritual consciousness.

After eating the spiritual ball, Ah Sun jumped back onto the Cordyceps, rubbing against the yellow flowers, then the purple flowers, trying to hold his head high and sticking out his stomach, looking very proud: "Yiya yiya yo!"

Li Qing smiled and held Ah Sun in his palm: "It seems that you have been working hard these days. You deserve praise. I will give you another spiritual energy ball."

Ah Sun looked so happy that he almost fainted: "Ah! Ah!"

The master and the pet reunited after half a month, and they were very happy.

This joy, as Li Qing's mood changed, was passed on to the red algae elf insect Azao in his dantian.

It woke up from the Cordyceps in a daze, rolled around in the True Essence Spiritual Liquid, and looked up in confusion: "Hmm?"

Li Qing then remembered that there seemed to be another elf insect that had not been released.

While he used his spiritual sense to order Ah Zao to take back the Cordyceps in his dantian, he told Ah Sun: "I brought you another little friend from the elf world..."

Ah Sun looked up in confusion: "Huh?"

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