Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 425 Flame Spirit Fruit

The next moment, an astonishing scene unfolded.

Suddenly, ripples spread across the surface of the courtyard gate, which was made of an unknown spiritual wood. The ripples spread out from the center and covered the entire gate.

As the water rippled, the courtyard gates became transparent, and the scene inside became clearly visible.

It was a garden of more than ten acres in size, seemingly circular, and surrounded by a fence made of green vines, divided into several layers.

Inside, the vegetation was lush and green, exuding a rich woody aura, and a faint, pleasant medicinal fragrance wafted out.

"Let's go." Jin Ling led the way, passing through the transparent courtyard gate first and stepping inside without hindrance.

Nie Zhaonan naturally followed beside him without hesitation.

Upon entering the herb garden and being on the fourth floor, Jin Ling immediately began to introduce the specific details of the herb garden.

"This medicinal herb garden is divided into four layers, inside and out."

"The outermost layer is planted with spiritual herbs at the Nascent Soul stage and below, which are relatively common."

"The second layer inside contains spiritual herbs that are of great use to cultivators at the Void Refinement stage."

"The third layer contains spiritual herbs that Nascent Soul cultivators can use."

"As for the first layer at the very center, there is only one kind of spiritual herb, but it is undoubtedly the most precious in the herb garden."

After saying this, she stood silently to the side, gracefully standing like a maid.

Is there only one kind of elixir in the last layer?
Upon hearing this, Nie Zhaonan couldn't help but wonder what kind of miraculous medicine it was.

"Thank you for your explanation, Fellow Daoist Jinling." After expressing his gratitude, Nie Zhaonan glanced at the surrounding spiritual herbs, not lingering on those that were useless to him, and stepped inside.

Through the gaps in the fence, Nie Zhaonan could see the general layout of the third level of the herb garden from afar.

Near the gate of the fence, there was a relatively flat medicinal field, planted entirely with low-growing medicinal herbs, no more than a foot tall.

With a focused gaze, Nie Zhaonan could clearly see the spiritual herbs in the foremost patch of medicinal fields.

The medicinal herbs in this field all had withered and yellow leaves, but in the center of each herb, there was a fruit the size of a baby's fist. The bottom of the fruit was round, but the top had three protrusions pointing to the sky, like burning flames.

After seeing the appearance of this spiritual herb, Nie Zhaonan's mind raced, and he vaguely felt that he had seen records of this kind of spiritual herb somewhere before.

However, upon closer reflection, it becomes somewhat vague, and I can no longer remember it clearly.

So he walked thoughtfully into the third floor.

Just as he passed through the gate and stood before the medicinal herb, a sudden flash of inspiration struck Nie Zhaonan, and he finally remembered the information about this medicinal herb.

This is the most important auxiliary elixir for refining the Blazing Sun Divine Pill.

The Blazing Sun Divine Pill, which can only be refined using Fire Essence Jujube as the main ingredient, is undoubtedly the best elixir for Nascent Soul cultivators who practice fire-attribute techniques. It can not only rapidly improve their magical power, but also make their cultivated magical power more refined.

Nie Zhaonan had not forgotten that he had promised Wan'er that he would help her refine this elixir.

Mentioning the Fiery Sun Divine Pill, Nie Zhaonan's thoughts drifted. It was the beginning; from that day on, Wan'er's delicate body was completely open to him.

Images of Wan'er serving him fervently above the capital city of Jin in the mortal realm, and the several days of intoxicating pleasure flashed through his mind.
My body started to heat up involuntarily, and I felt a pang of nostalgia.

"Flame Spirit Fruit?" Jin Ling asked, a slight look of confusion on his face, as he approached him.
“Fellow Daoist Nie cultivates lightning-attribute techniques and is also interested in this Flame Spirit Fruit. Although this fruit is extremely rare and precious, it is only of great use to cultivators who cultivate fire-attribute techniques. It is of little use to us. Therefore, Miss planted it on the outermost side of this third layer.”

“I have a Daoist partner who cultivates fire-attribute techniques, which are perfect for this fruit.” Seeing that he could gain something so quickly, Nie Zhaonan was even more excited about the spiritual herbs inside, and answered in a good mood.

"I see. Just as Bingfeng said, you are really good to your Daoist partners. You are still thinking of them even at this time." When she was with Bingfeng, she naturally heard some information about Nie Zhaonan. He had many Daoist partners, but he treated each of them very well.

How can there be a man in the world who is lustful, has many lovers, and is also loyal and affectionate?
At first she was a little skeptical, but now she was starting to believe it a little more.

Ignoring the slightly surprised look on Jin Ling's face, Nie Zhaonan flicked his sleeve slightly and uttered a soft whisper:
"Come out, I have something to tell you."

"Yes Master."

A clear, childlike voice suddenly came from the sleeve, followed by a ball of white light that flew out and spun in the air before transforming into a girl of about six or seven years old.

Wearing a snow-white dress and with two small black braids tied on her head, one on the left and one on the right, she looked extremely cute!

It was none other than 'Xiao Jiu', who had already taken human form in the human realm.

As soon as the young girl was summoned, she respectfully bowed to Nie Zhaonan.

Then, with his large, clear eyes, he waited quietly for instructions.

But the next moment, a strange woman's voice rang out.

"The elixir has taken human form?"

Jin Ling's voice carried a hint of disbelief.

"Xiao Jiu is the manifestation of the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng." Looking at the chubby-cheeked Jin Ling, Xiao Jiu replied respectfully.

Although she had only been in human form for a little over a hundred years, with her master providing ample spiritual pills for her cultivation, she was now a genuine late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and had already cultivated her magical power to the peak of this realm.

However, the Nascent Soul stage is a major bottleneck, and it is extremely difficult to break through it quickly. She still needs to accumulate some foundation and temper her mind.

After all, not everyone can cultivate a heaven-defying technique like her master, which directly reduces the difficulty of breaking through the bottleneck by half.

“Unlike demonic beasts, spiritual herbs are born without intelligence and cannot move. Survival is already difficult enough, let alone transformation. Transformation is extremely difficult. Transformed spiritual creatures are extremely rare in the entire True Dragon Realm. This is the first time I have seen one with my own eyes. Fellow Daoist Nie is truly fortunate.” Jin Ling stared at Xiao Jiu, admiring her intently.

Having taken human form, aside from anything else, just based on this background alone, one would undoubtedly be an expert in managing spiritual herbs.

Xiao Jiu does indeed have a talent for this. She manages spiritual herbs with ease. She takes care of all the spiritual trees and herbs in Zixiao Cave Heaven, and does so in an orderly manner.

Nie Zhaonan didn't respond to Jin Ling, but simply smiled noncommittally, pointed towards the third level of the herb garden, and then gave the order without hesitation:

"Xiao Jiu, you can collect and plant the spiritual herbs in an instant. Please help me collect the spiritual herbs on this level. You don't need too many; just collect five of each type." "That's easy. This is my specialty." Xiao Jiu smiled and pursed her lips.

She then leaped into the air and, in a flash, appeared mysteriously above a medicinal field. She raised her arms, her delicate fingers rapidly forming hand seals, and then gently flicked her fingers downwards.

With a series of "whoosh" sounds, ten green threads were flicked out from the fingertips and shot straight towards the ten spiritual herbs below.

After a flash, the green threads wrapped around the stems of these medicinal herbs.

Little Ninety-one fingers lifted slightly again.

Instantly, with a tug of the ten green silk threads, the ten spiritual herbs that had been bound were silently pulled out of the soil.

The medicinal herbs that were pulled out were not only neatly arranged with no damage whatsoever, but also without a speck of dirt, they were exceptionally clean, as if they had been washed long ago.

With another tug on the silk, the elixir was immediately drawn out and flew out, landing perfectly in the jade box that Xiao Jiu had just taken out.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye; the Flame Spirit Fruit and another type of spiritual herb, a total of ten herbs, were harvested.

Xiao Jiu flicked her fingers incessantly, tirelessly spraying out strands of green silk.

The medicinal herbs in the herb garden were continuously pulled from the soil in groups of ten and then quickly fell into other jade boxes.

In this third-level herb garden alone, there are hundreds of varieties, all of which are very rare. Even if Xiao Jiu collects spiritual herbs at a fast pace, it will still take her quite a while.

Nie Zhaonan walked slowly among the various spiritual herbs, his brows furrowing slightly.

He had indeed read quite a few books on spiritual herbs, but most of those books were only from the human realm. There were not many records of spiritual herbs that were effective for Nascent Soul cultivators. Not to mention, almost all the herbs in this herb garden were rare and precious species, and ordinary spiritual herbs were not qualified to be planted here at all.

Having seen all the spiritual herbs on the third floor, Nie Zhaonan recognized less than 30% of them.

However, Nie Zhaonan was not too troubled. He had thought of this beforehand, which was why he invited Jin Ling to come to the herb garden together.

As his master's maid, and living in the True Dragon Realm, Jin Ling's cultivation level was slightly weaker than his, but her vision was definitely superior.

Looking at Jin Ling, who was accompanying him, Nie Zhaonan asked softly:
"Fellow Daoist Jinling, are there any spiritual herbs in this herb garden that can help me break through my current bottleneck and assist my subsequent cultivation of magical power?"

"Of course there are. This is Miss's herb garden. How could Miss not have elixirs to aid her cultivation?"

As she spoke, Jin Ling raised one hand into the air.

A loud hum.

A golden ring flew out from his wrist, hovered briefly in the air, and then suddenly a golden glow swept out, appearing abruptly in front of Nie Zhaonan a few moments later.

With a single grab, Nie Zhaonan pulled Jinxia over. After a flash of golden light, four identical jade slips suddenly appeared in his hand.

"Three of these jade slips contain recipes for pills that can refine the mana of late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, while the other is the recipe for the 'Jade Radiance Pill,' which can help you break through to the late-stage Nascent Soul realm. The medicinal herbs in these four recipes can all be found in this herb garden," Jin Ling explained at the opportune moment.

Upon hearing this, Nie Zhaonan's expression brightened slightly. He then picked up three pills that enhanced his magical power and asked with a thought:

"How effective are these pills?"

Cultivating the Taiyi Divine Thunder Technique consumes a great deal of elixirs; otherwise, it would be impossible to cultivate such pure and concentrated magical power.

Based on his past experience in refining pills, these three pill formulas seemed somewhat insufficient for him.

As for pills to break through bottlenecks, he doesn't need too many; the 'Jade Radiance Pill' is enough.

After all, his magical power is pure and concentrated, which greatly helps in breaking through bottlenecks. He can break through by slowly grinding it over time, even if it takes hundreds of years.

"As for its medicinal effects, it is naturally extremely potent. This is a prescription that Miss once used," Jin Ling said with a smile.

"Could it be that these four pill formulas have some special features?" Nie Zhaonan wondered to himself.

Seeing the confusion on his face, Jin Ling had a sudden inspiration and said:

"Fellow Daoist Nie should know that, among cultivators of the same level, the strength of True Spirits far surpasses that of ordinary cultivators like myself, and they can even kill them with a flick of their wrist. Such powerful strength naturally requires the consumption of more spiritual herbs. On the other hand, it is also because the true bodies of True Spirits are generally enormous, often thousands or tens of thousands of feet long. To make such enormous true bodies stronger, the consumption is naturally even greater."

"Just like the 'Essence Pill' that you gave me, it is enough to greatly improve my magic power for us, but for Lord Zhu Wushang, the effect of this kind of pill is better than nothing."

"The pills consumed by the True Dragon Lords are not ordinary pills, but rather pills specially created by the alchemy masters of the True Dragon Clan. The amount of spiritual herbs required to refine these pills is generally several times, or even more, greater, and of course, the medicinal effects are also stronger."

Her voice remained calm and unhurried, but her attention was focused on her surroundings. Her eyes were burning with desire as she examined the medicinal herbs around her. It was a pity, however, that she could not use them without her young lady's permission.

"I see."

Nie Zhaonan finally understood; just like him, cultivating the Taiyi Divine Thunder Technique also consumed a great deal of pills.

His substantial accumulated wealth is one of the reasons for his strength.

The prescription he held in his hand had been modified to greatly enhance its efficacy.

Undoubtedly, the pills made from this formula are more potent, but also more difficult to refine. However, given the domineering nature of the Taiyi Divine Thunder Technique, Nie Zhaonan has no need to worry about this.

Seeing that Xiao Jiu had collected half of the spiritual herbs without any issues of transplanting failure or self-destruction, and that everything was going smoothly, Nie Zhaonan nodded in satisfaction and didn't interfere any further. He put away the jade slip in his hand and walked towards another fence ahead.

Inside this fence lies the second level of the medicinal herb garden.

Even though he had seen the many rare and precious herbs on the third floor and was somewhat prepared, Nie Zhaonan still couldn't help but gasp when he saw the scene in the second-floor herb garden.

Nie Zhaonan looked at a giant, deep purple grass that was thirty or forty feet tall. Each leaf of the grass was straight up like a giant sword, and there were countless sharp thorns around it.

The next moment, Nie Zhaonan's expression changed drastically.

Protected by these sword-shaped leaves, a cluster of purple berries, resembling grapes, grows.

Each of these berries is the size of a fist, plump and round, seemingly filled with clear juice, and exudes an enticing aroma.

Seeing the somewhat familiar appearance, as if he had heard of it somewhere before, Nie Zhaonan immediately scanned the inside of these berries.

(End of this chapter)