Spirit Plant Entry: Immortality Begins with Farming

The dark figure was only three steps away from the Yin Soul Flower.

Chen Yuan made a move.

Without shouting or hesitating, he slammed his right foot into the ground, and shot towards plot number seventy-three like an arrow released from a bow.

The rubble exploded beneath his feet, his trousers tore, but he felt no pain—the mark on his right arm was burning hot, the spirit of the Blood Ginseng was howling, and a strange, violent power surged up from the depths of his flesh.

Five zhang apart, three breaths.

Hearing the noise, the shadowy figure turned around—masked, only revealing a pair of fierce eyes.

Upon seeing that it was Chen Yuan, a mocking glint flashed in his eyes, and without hesitation, he stabbed the stem of the Yin Soul Flower with the poisoned blade in his hand!

"You dare!"

Chen Yuan roared, his right hand outstretched.

The tree-shaped mark on his palm suddenly burst forth with a dark red light, and seven blood ginseng roots burst forth from the skin, shooting towards the shadowy figure like living snakes! This was the first time the mark had been activated at full power since the life-or-death battle in the forbidden area, and the shrill sound of the roots tearing through the air was extremely piercing in the night.

The shadowy figure was clearly caught off guard by this move, hastily sheathing its blade to defend, slashing the poisoned blade towards the foremost ethereal root—

"laugh!"

The illusory root was severed, but what spurted from the break was not blood, but a dark red mist. When the mist touched the poisoned blade, the eerie green poisonous light on the blade visibly dimmed.

The shadowy figure's pupils contracted sharply, and it quickly retreated.

But Chen Yuan had already pounced on him.

He didn't use any magic techniques—the "Spirit Rain Technique" at the sixth level of Qi Refining is a joke in actual combat.

He used the most primitive method: grabbing the shadowy figure's wrist with his left hand and slamming his right knee into the figure's abdomen!

The dark figure grunted, then slammed his other hand towards Chen Yuan's head, the palm strike carrying a heavy earth-elemental spiritual force. Seventh level of Qi Refining, earth-elemental technique.

Chen Yuan neither dodged nor avoided the blow, taking it head-on to the forehead!

"Bang!"

The muffled sound was like the beating of a drum.

Chen Yuan's vision blurred, and blood gushed from his nose, but he bit down on a "Heart-Clearing Pill" hidden under his tongue—a life-saving item he had bought with his last twelve spirit stones. The pill dissolved, and the intense pain actually made him more conscious.

At the same time, an even more violent power emanated from the mark on his right arm.

He withstood the force of the palm strike, his forehead pressed firmly against the other's palm, his right hand's five fingers like hooks, digging towards the dark figure's face!

The shadowy figure had no choice but to let go and lean back. Chen Yuan's fingertips brushed against the mask, tearing off half a piece of fabric—below was an unfamiliar face, around thirty years old, with a scar on his left cheek.

"People from the Array Court?" Chen Yuan asked, panting heavily.

The scarred man didn't answer, his eyes flashing with even more ferocity. He formed a hand seal, and suddenly three spikes of earth rose from the ground, stabbing towards Chen Yuan from three directions!

Earth Spike Technique, a mid-grade first-level technique, but when performed by someone at the seventh level of Qi Refining, its power is enough to pierce through iron armor.

Chen Yuan had nowhere to hide.

In a flash, he did something the scarred man would never have imagined—he suddenly turned around, braced himself against the two earth spikes with his back, and lunged at the ghost flower, using his body to protect the flower stem.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

The sound of soil piercing flesh.

Chen Yuan felt a sweet taste in his throat, blood welled up, but he forced it back down.

His back burned with pain, but he felt the earth spikes only penetrate half an inch into his flesh before being stopped by something—the bones tempered by the "Blood and Bone Chapter." Blood patterns flowed wildly under his skin, dispersing the impact throughout his body.

The third thorn pierced through his armpit, narrowly missing the stem of the ghost flower and embedding itself in the soil.

The scarred man was stunned for a moment.

He never expected that someone would risk their life to protect a flower.

In that split second, Chen Yuan made a move.

He didn't even look back at the injury. He reached behind him with his right hand and grabbed the thorn that had grazed the flower stem, pulling it out forcefully!

He pulled out the thorn, still covered in mud, turned it around in his hand, aimed the sharp end at the scarred man, and threw it with all his might!

The throws were completely haphazard, but the distance was too short and the speed too fast.

The scarred man dodged to the side, the dirt spikes grazing his shoulder and leaving a bloody gash. His face darkened, and he finally became truly enraged: "You're asking for it!"

He formed a hand seal again, this time a more complex one—the ground began to shake, and six or seven earth spikes rose up at the same time, forming an encirclement that covered Chen Yuan and the Yin Soul Flower.

The Ultimate Killing Formation.

Chen Yuan knelt on one knee before the flowers, blood gushing from two bloody holes in his back, staining his blue cloth shirt red. He looked up at the slowly rising spikes and suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" the scarred man asked coldly.

"I'm laughing at you..." Chen Yuan said breathlessly, "You're too focused."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a strange sound came from beneath the scarred man's feet.

He looked down, his pupils suddenly contracting—

Before he knew it, seven or eight green vines had spread from the direction of the pile of rubble and silently wrapped around his ankles.

The vines were thin and looked like they would break if you pulled them, but the moment they touched his skin, the scarred man felt his spiritual energy slowly draining away!

"What the hell is this thing?!" he exclaimed in shock and anger, raising his foot to stomp on it.

late.

Chen Yuan pressed his right hand to the ground, and the red light on his palm surged.

As if receiving a command, the Azure Vine instantly grew wildly! The stems went from thin and weak to thick and strong, the edges of the leaves gleamed with a metallic sheen, and the binding power increased tenfold!

Caught off guard, the scarred man stumbled and fell.

With that stumble, Chen Yuan suddenly leaped up!

Ignoring the reopening of his back wound, he crashed into the scarred man's arms like a cannonball. His right hand's five fingers were joined together, the fingertips covered with a layer of dark red bone—this was the "Blood Bone Spike," a killing move recorded in the "Blood Bone Chapter," which used blood energy to temper the finger bones, piercing through armor and heart.

But the scarred man was, after all, at the seventh level of Qi Refining. He remained calm in the face of danger, blocking with his left hand while thrusting his poisoned blade toward Chen Yuan's heart with his right.

Trading injury for life.

A hint of madness flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes. Without dodging or avoiding, he continued to advance the blood bone thorn!

"laugh--"

The poisoned blade pierced half an inch into his chest, but was stopped by his sternum.

Chen Yuan's blood bone spur also pierced the scarred man's left palm, its momentum undiminished, heading straight for the man's throat!

The scarred man finally got scared and quickly turned his head to dodge.

The blood-bone spur grazed his neck, drawing out a string of blood droplets.

The two retreated simultaneously, creating a distance of three zhang (approximately 10 meters).

The scarred man clutched his neck, blood seeping from between his fingers. He stared at Chen Yuan, then at the still-growing Qingyuan Vine, his eyes showing surprise and doubt for the first time: "You... what exactly are you?"

Chen Yuan did not answer.

He glanced down at his chest—the poisoned blade was still embedded there, its eerie green light seeping into his flesh, causing a numbing sensation. But a warm, viscous aura of blood was surging from the mark on his right arm, fighting against the poison.

They won't die for now.

He reached out, grasped the hilt of the poisoned blade, and slowly pulled it out.

The sound of a blade scraping against bone is teeth-grinding.

The scarred man's eye twitched as he watched this scene. He suddenly remembered Senior Brother Zhang's casual remark when assigning the task: "He's just a Qi Refining Level 6 Spirit Farmer, easy to deal with."

This is what they call "just tidying up"?!

"You still have a chance," the scarred man suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse. "Let me destroy the Ghost Flower, and I'll turn around and leave. Tonight's events will be considered as if they never happened."

Chen Yuan pulled out the poisoned blade and threw it on the ground.

The blade was stained with his blood, and it gleamed a dark red light in the moonlight.

"No," he said.

"Is it worth risking your life for a flower?" the scarred man gritted his teeth. "You're only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, you have a bright future ahead of you! Senior Brother Zhang promised me that if you know what's good for you, he can reserve a place for you in the Array Court in the future—"

"I'm asking you," Chen Yuan interrupted him, raising his head, "If I weren't here tonight, would you only destroy the flowers and not kill anyone?"

The scarred man was taken aback.

"You'll kill someone," Chen Yuan answered himself, "because people like you who like to do things 'cleanly'."

"So you can't leave."

The scarred man's face darkened completely: "Then don't blame me."

He pulled a talisman from his pocket—a yellow talisman paper with intricate patterns drawn in cinnabar.

A first-tier superior item, "Earth Binding Talisman," which, when activated, creates an area with doubled gravity for thirty breaths.

This is his trump card, and also his killer move.

The moment the talisman was torn open, Chen Yuan felt a sudden heaviness all over his body, as if an invisible hand was pressing down on his shoulders, trying to bury him in the ground. His movements slowed down by more than 50%.

The scarred man seized the opportunity to rush forward, thrusting out his poisoned blade once more, this time aiming straight for the throat!

Chen Yuan wanted to dodge, but his body was too heavy, and he was a beat too slow.

The blade tip is getting closer and closer.

Three inches, two inches, one inch—

Just as the poisoned blade was about to pierce the skin, another unexpected event occurred!

The Qingyuan vines wrapped around the scarred man's ankles suddenly exploded!

It wasn't a breakage, it was an active explosion! Each broken vine burst forth with a rich, bluish-green light, containing pure wood elemental energy.

Instead of dissipating, these spiritual energies surged towards Chen Yuan as if summoned!

No, it was the mark that flowed onto his right arm.

The soul of the blood ginseng was devouring it in ecstasy.

Chen Yuan felt a surge of power flow from the mark into his limbs and bones, forcibly reducing the heaviness caused by the Earth Binding Talisman by thirty percent! Although it was still slow, it was enough—

He turned to the side.

The poisoned blade grazed his neck, breaking the skin but not damaging any blood vessels.

At the same time, he threw out his right fist, not to hit a person, but to hit the ground!

"boom!"

The fist slammed into the soil, and the Blood Ginseng Roots, following the force of the punch, burrowed into the ground, extending wildly, instantly grabbing the soil structure beneath the scarred man's feet, and then—tearing it apart!

"Click..."

The ground cracked.

Suddenly, a three-foot-deep pit appeared beneath the scarred man's feet, catching him off guard and causing him to fall in. The earth-binding talisman also worked on him, and he couldn't climb out for a while.

Chen Yuan rushed to the edge of the pit, grabbed the scarred man's knife-wielding hand with both hands, and pressed it firmly against the pit wall.

The two were wrestling in the pit.

The scarred man was at the seventh level of Qi Refining and possessed abundant spiritual power, but being trapped in the pit made it difficult for him to exert his strength.

Chen Yuan was at the sixth level of Qi Refining, but his right arm was covered in blood, giving him an unusually strong strength.

The poisoned blade trembled between the two men's hands, its tip sometimes pointing at Chen Yuan, and sometimes at the scarred man.

"Let go!" the scarred man growled.

"You let go first!" Chen Yuan gritted his teeth, blood dripping from his nose onto the other person's hand.

Stalemate.

Ten breaths, twenty breaths...

The effect of the Earthbind Charm is beginning to wane.

A resolute glint flashed in the scarred man's eyes. He suddenly released his left hand, pulled a dagger from his waist, and stabbed it into Chen Yuan's ribs!

Chen Yuan saw it, but didn't dodge—he couldn't dodge it anyway.

He did something even crazier: he released his right hand, letting the poisoned blade pierce his heart, while simultaneously grabbing the scarred man's dagger-wielding hand with his left and pulling him into his arms!

"puff!"

The poisoned blade pierced his chest, even deeper than before.

The dagger also pierced his ribs.

The two traded their lives for each other.

The scarred man stared wide-eyed, unable to believe that people were fighting like this.

Chen Yuan laughed, his mouth full of blood: "You... are finished."

Before he finished speaking, the red light from the mark on his right arm erupted completely! The seven blood ginseng roots ceased to maintain their form and exploded into a blood mist, enveloping the entire pit.

In the blood mist, the scarred man felt the poisoned blade piercing Chen Yuan's body being pulled by a terrifying suction force—not outwards, but drawn deeper! The eerie green toxins on the blade, along with his own spiritual power, were being frantically extracted!

"Demonic...demonic arts?!" he screamed.