Primordial Era: I, Huanglong, have refined all the heavens, and will not join the Chan Sect.

Chapter 21 The Possibility of Spiritual Root Growth

"Master, Master, you've emerged from seclusion!"

Seeing Huang Long come out of the room, Bai Mi hurriedly ran over with her short legs.

She took out a spiritual fruit from her sleeve and rubbed it gently with both hands, as if trying to wipe away non-existent dust.

"Master, this is a Poria cocos fruit that was just picked a few years ago. It tastes delicious."

Poria cocos fruit is the fruit produced by Poria cocos, a superior acquired spiritual root.

Poria cocos flowers once every three hundred years and bears fruit once every eight hundred years, producing nine fruits each time, which take another two hundred years to mature.

When consumed, mature Poria cocos fruit can enhance a practitioner's understanding of the earth and the Way of Earth, and increase the strength of the physical body.

In total, it takes a full 1,300 years for a single maturation.

Eating Poria cocos fruit as a snack is an extremely luxurious act.

However, since Bai Mi is his own mount, what's wrong with him eating some acquired spiritual fruit? Why would Huang Long blame him?

"Has anything happened on Yunmeng Immortal Island in recent years?"

Huang Long took the Poria cocos fruit from Bai Mi, tasted it, and casually asked a question.

Originally, this was just a casual question on his part. With the protection of the Mirage Illusion, even ordinary Taiyi Golden Immortals would find it difficult to discover the traces of Yunmeng Immortal Island.

Furthermore, Bai Mi never contacted Huang Long during the years he was in seclusion, which indicates that there was no external invasion.

To his surprise, Bai Mi nodded like a chick pecking at rice after hearing his words.

"Yes, yes, during the more than five thousand years that the master was in seclusion, I picked a lot of spiritual fruits."

As he spoke, Bai Mi kept taking out various spiritual fruits and tea leaves from his sleeves and piling them up on the ground into a small hill that was more than a person's height.

"All the spiritual fruits we've harvested over the years are here. Hmm, Bai Mi didn't steal any..."

Bai Mi subconsciously wiped the corner of her mouth and glanced at Huang Long somewhat guiltily.

However, Huang Long did not notice these details. At this moment, his gaze was completely attracted by the pile of fresh Poria cocos fruits and the tender green Enlightenment Tea leaves.

Clearly, these Poria cocos fruits and Wudao tea leaves were harvested in recent years.

However, the problem is that there are too many Poria cocos fruits and Wudao tea leaves.

It takes 1,300 years for nine Poria cocos fruits to mature, and it takes 10,000 years for nine tea leaves to grow.

Huanglong has only been in seclusion for over five thousand years. Logically speaking, the Poria cocos fruit can only mature four times, and the Enlightenment Tea leaves cannot be harvested even once.

However, among that pile of spiritual fruits, there were five or six hundred Poria cocos fruits and forty-five Enlightenment Tea leaves!

If we include the rice that was stolen, the number would be even greater. This is something that could grow over five thousand years.

But soon, a flash of inspiration struck Huang Long, and he thought of a possibility.

"Did you drip the primordial liquid onto the Poria cocos and the Enlightenment Tea Tree?"

"Yes, the source liquid the master gave us is incredibly effective. Just a drop or two on these spiritual roots, and before long, the fruit will ripen!"

When talking about the source liquid that Huanglong gave him, Bai Mi couldn't help but show a look of admiration on his face.

Before this, she had heard that some powerful beings who were skilled in the Great Way of Wood could accelerate the growth of their spiritual roots by relying on their own magical power.

However, she had never heard of a spiritual substance as powerful as the Source Liquid.

Different source liquids have different effects on accelerating the growth of spiritual roots.

The most effective source liquid, a single drop of which can increase a spiritual root's lifespan by nearly ten thousand years in a short period of time.

Even a less effective source liquid can allow a spiritual root to grow for hundreds or thousands of years.

After listening to Bai Mi's description, Huang Long nodded, a hint of surprise appearing in his eyes.

After building the Yunyin Taoist Temple, Huanglong handed over all his spiritual roots, as well as the source liquid that could accelerate the growth of spiritual roots, to Baimi.

His original purpose was simply to hope that these source liquids could slightly accelerate the growth of spiritual roots, allowing them to adapt to the new environment more quickly.

But he never expected that these source liquids would be so effective.

Just twenty or so drops of the source liquid increased the age of plants such as the Enlightenment Tea Tree and Poria cocos by tens of thousands of years.

Therefore, using the source liquid to improve cultivation might be the least profitable approach.

Depending on the materials used, the primordial liquid refined from the Devouring Yuan Gourd has different effects.

Some source liquids are suitable for alchemy, some are suitable for nourishing spiritual roots, and some can strengthen the foundation of one's roots...

Previously, regardless of the type of source liquid, Huanglong always took it as a kind of pill to improve his cultivation, without realizing the best effect of the source liquid.

However, through this incident, Huang Long gained a deeper understanding of the Source Liquid.

Suitable source liquids for alchemy should be used to refine pills, increasing the success rate and quality of the pills.

The source liquid suitable for watering spiritual roots should be used to water spiritual roots to increase their lifespan.

To consume the source liquid directly as a pill is simply a waste of its resources!

"Thank goodness, not too much source liquid was wasted."

After understanding the correct way to use the source liquid, Huang Long couldn't help but sigh.

He then stroked his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Generally speaking, the longer a spiritual root has grown, the stronger its effects will be, and the quality of the spiritual root will continue to improve.

Although in the primordial world, there has never been a case of an acquired spiritual root being promoted to an innate spiritual root.

However, it is not uncommon for low-grade acquired spiritual roots to transform into top-grade acquired spiritual roots through long-term growth.

Similarly, a low-grade innate spiritual root can also become a mid-grade or high-grade innate spiritual root if one lives long enough.

Does this mean that as long as there is enough source liquid used to nourish the spiritual root, all acquired spiritual roots can quickly grow to the highest grade of acquired spiritual roots?

All innate spiritual roots can one day become top-grade innate spiritual roots?

Perhaps one day in the future, that low-grade innate spiritual root—the Enlightenment Tea Tree—will be able to become a top-grade innate spiritual root, just like its original form!

If a low-grade innate spiritual root tea tree can enable a person to enter a state of enlightenment, then what about tea trees with medium-grade, high-grade, or even top-grade innate spiritual roots?

It's possible that consuming a single tea leaf would directly condense into a Dao Fruit of Laws.

Thinking of this, Huang Long's heart began to beat faster.

Fortunately, he was clear-headed enough and quickly calmed down.

To refine the source liquid that increases the age of spiritual roots, one must use enough acquired or innate spiritual roots.

Let alone upgrading the Enlightenment Tea Tree to the highest grade of innate spiritual root, it would probably require a large amount of spiritual root just to upgrade it to the middle grade.

Even though Huanglong is now at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm and can be said to have few rivals, going out to plunder spiritual roots on a large scale is still an unwise move.

It is impossible to make the Enlightenment Tea Tree grow into a mid-grade innate spiritual root in a short period of time.

However, after learning the correct way to use the source liquid, Huanglong had some ideas about trading innate Bing Fire Qi and innate Yi Wood Qi.

If we could blend these spiritual root liquids together and add a few Enlightenment Tea leaves, whether it's the Eastern King Duke, the Western Queen Mother, or a powerful dragon, they would definitely be tempted!

With that in mind, Huang Long first took a stroll around Yunmeng Immortal Island.

He then found a nearby hilltop, put all the remaining acquired spiritual roots into the Devouring Yuan Gourd, and began refining the source liquid.

Taking this opportunity, I'll also refine the corpses of those Black Water Serpents inside the Devouring Yuan Gourd.

(End of this chapter)