Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 332 Spirit Marrow Wood

Within the grotto, rays of spiritual light emerged, weaving a tight and magnificent restriction that spread outwards from the grotto, enveloping the entire secret realm.

"What a mysterious restriction! At its peak, this Hundred Fruit Garden was shrouded in a Spirit Locking and Returning to Origin Array. This array was ranked third. It was because of the protection of this array that even when the Xuan Yue Sect's mountain gate was destroyed, the Hundred Fruit Garden was preserved intact, and most of the fruit trees were not damaged."

"However, that battle was indeed fierce, and the Soul-Locking and Returning to Origin Formation was also greatly impacted. In addition, with so many years of wear and tear, the Soul-Locking and Returning to Origin Formation has developed many loopholes. Otherwise, it would not have been so easy for the Demon Ape to infiltrate the Hundred Fruit Garden's restrictions."

"After all, True Man Panshi deliberately lured it into the core of the Hundred Fruit Garden, both to use the power of the great formation to deal with it and to use it as nourishment to nourish the entire Hundred Fruit Garden through the Soul Locking and Returning to Origin Great Formation."

With the Divine Harmony Formation activated, Jiang Chen's gaze continued to rise, and at this moment, it seemed as if the entire Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm was taken into his view.

"The entire Hundred Fruit Garden originally had three third-tier spirit fruit trees, but unfortunately one was destroyed in the previous battle and another withered away. Now only the Nirvana Phoenix Tree remains, which is a pity."

His gaze fell upon the withered third-tier spirit fruit tree, and a hint of regret appeared on Jiang Chen's face.

Among the many spiritual plants, spiritual fruit trees are generally more valuable. Third-tier spiritual fruit trees are truly rare, even for the Purple Mansion forces. It is a real pity that they have been destroyed like this, but there is nothing that can be done about it.

The great battle shattered the earth's veins and disrupted the celestial phenomena of Yu Huan Continent, leaving only a fraction of its spiritual energy and severely damaging the cultivation environment. Although the Hundred Fruit Garden was transformed into a secret realm and was enhanced by the Spirit Locking and Returning to Origin Array, which reduced the loss of spiritual energy, it was still inevitably affected.

Under such circumstances, it is normal for a third-tier spirit fruit tree to wither and die, since the higher the grade of the spirit fruit tree, the higher its requirement for spiritual energy.

“As a Purple Mansion sect, Xuan Yue Sect naturally has a large third-order spiritual vein. However, the Hundred Fruit Garden only has a branch vein. Without the support of the main vein, it is indeed impossible to supply so many spiritual fruit trees.”

With a thought in mind, Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze.

Although the overall spiritual energy concentration in the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm is now higher than that of the outside world, reaching the second level, it is actually still not as good as that of Muyu Island. This is mainly because the Spirit Locking and Returning to Origin Formation gathers most of the spiritual energy and precisely nourishes the spirit fruit trees.

Just then, a strange fluctuation emanated, catching Jiang Chen's attention.

"This is···"

Jiang Chen shifted his gaze to the south of the secret realm, where deep underground, spiritual energy was surging, but it was restrained by restrictions and did not spread outward, making it difficult for outsiders to detect.

"It seems that a rare treasure has indeed been nurtured in the secret realm of the Hundred Fruit Garden."

With his gaze piercing through the earth, Jiang Chen saw the newly born spiritual treasure.

The place where this precious treasure was conceived was indeed special, and outsiders could not detect it at all. However, at this moment, he had already gained initial control of the Hundred Fruit Garden's grand formation, and the various changes within the Hundred Fruit Garden's secret realm could hardly escape his notice.

"Shu Tianjiao and Fuling Sanren were quite lucky; they actually entered this secret realm and not only found the newly born spiritual treasure, but also avoided the demonic ape's previous methods."

Looking at the two figures surrounding Lingzhen, Jiang Chen shook his head. Within the secret realm, Rat Prodigy must have gained quite a bit; his aura has now reached the peak of Qi Refining, and there's not a trace of weakness. If the opportunity is right, he might be able to attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage soon.

“Spiritual Marrow Wood is a spiritual treasure born from spiritual wood buried deep underground and nourished by the earth’s energy. It belongs to the wood element. Although it does not have any particularly powerful divine abilities, it is balanced and peaceful. It is relatively easy for cultivators to refine. Once a Dao foundation is established with it, the cultivator can often refine the spiritual body and increase their affinity with spiritual energy to a certain extent.”

With keen insight, Jiang Chen saw through the true nature of the newly born spiritual treasure.

Among the many spiritual treasures, Spirit Marrow Wood is not considered particularly precious, but that is only in relative terms. In the current environment, any spiritual treasure has immeasurable value.

"It was quite a coincidence. During that great battle, a third-tier spirit tree was destroyed. Now, nourished by its remains, a spirit treasure has been born. The truth is that mysterious."

Having guessed the general origin of this precious item, Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze.

Since Rat Tianjiao and Fuling Sanren are already guarding that place, this precious item will naturally be brought back.

"Now that I have a basic grasp of the Soul-Locking and Returning to Origin Array, it's time to send the others out of the secret realm."

"But before that, I need to leave some tricks on a few sane people."

As the thought crossed his mind, Jiang Chen had an idea.

According to past patterns, this trip to the secret realm should have ended long ago. However, due to the demonic ape sealing off the secret realm, everyone was forced to stay inside and was unable to leave for a long time. Under such circumstances, the outside world would inevitably become suspicious, and some traces still need to be erased.

For now, he doesn't want outsiders to know that the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm has fallen into his hands. After all, in the Southern Jing Kingdom, a secret realm is very rare, not to mention that it contains the remains of a Purple Mansion cultivator. Once the news leaks out, the other families will probably have designs on it.

With this idea in mind, Jiang Chen easily located the individuals using the Spirit Locking and Returning to Origin Array.

Because of the demonic ape, most of the cultivators who entered the secret realm suffered calamities, either dying or going mad. However, a few lucky ones managed to escape the disaster. What Jiang Chen needed to do was to use mind control to create a seemingly real but actually unreal memory for them.

He blamed all the changes within the secret realm on the demonic ape, erasing any trace of him and Chen Jingshu. Given the significant changes that had occurred within the secret realm, the Chen, Qiao, and Qu families would certainly not let it go easily; they would investigate thoroughly. Although he wasn't afraid, avoiding some trouble would be a good thing.

Faced with Jiang Chen, the few surviving Qi Refining cultivators had no power to resist. The bewitching technique was not effective against cultivators of the same level, but it was always effective against the weak. Most importantly, they were basically unaware of the truth and had not seen much.

Having done all this, Jiang Chen no longer hesitated and immediately released the seal of the Spirit Locking Return to Origin on the secret realm.

With a hum, spiritual light burst forth, and as the restrictions pulsed, all the survivors in the secret realm were sent out under Jiang Chen's control.

Seeing this scene and confirming that nothing had been missed, Jiang Chen also left the secret realm, and from then on, the entire secret realm became completely quiet.

(End of this chapter)