Hermit in the Mountains

Under the eaves at the entrance, Gu Changsheng used his divine sense to examine the changes in the physical bodies of his three pets and their efficiency in absorbing spiritual energy, and sighed helplessly.

"Why--"

The more spiritual energy absorbed, the better. The three pets are just ordinary animals and can only absorb spiritual energy by instinct. Most of the spiritual liquid they are fed every day overflows out of their bodies and returns to the world, with only a small amount of spiritual energy nourishing their bodies.

If he were to use his divine sense to guide the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to help temper his physical body, the physical bodies of his three pets could indeed be gradually improved. However, he did not have that much time to spend on his pets. He could only spend half an hour each day feeding them spiritual liquid and observing the changes in their absorption of spiritual energy.

Using his divine sense to help his pets cleanse their marrow was a delicate task. In the first few days, his divine sense was used up relatively little, so he gave up using his divine sense to guide spiritual energy to help his pets cleanse their marrow.

It consumed even more spiritual energy than his own cultivation, so he had to abandon his plan to cleanse and refine the essence of his pets.

Everything should be prioritized for his cultivation, and other matters should be put on hold. While ensuring that he completes his daily cultivation plan, other plans should be advanced in order of priority and urgency.

The ginseng or other saplings absorbed spiritual energy much more efficiently than the three pets. I don't know if it's because plants lack spirituality or because plants are naturally compatible with the spiritual energy of water and wood, and the power of prosperity.

Another possibility is that the "cultivation technique" is the cause. The three pets have already reached their limit in terms of the amount of spiritual energy they can absorb by instinct, and they probably cannot advance any further without a suitable cultivation technique.

Gu Changsheng himself did not have a cultivation technique, but the "Life-Destiny Withering and Flourishing Dao Seed" he created came with an instinctive cultivation technique, a technique without any written words that relied entirely on instinct.

A sense of worry rose in his heart. He wondered if, by relying on the "Seed of Withering and Flourishing," he could instinctively absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and refine the essence of the sun and moon. Would he one day reach his limit?

He casually sat cross-legged on the floor, and his mind began to replay the feelings he had experienced during each breakthrough.

The effects of cleansing the tendons and marrow are present, but there is no overall dirtiness. Except for the first transformation which is not dirt, each subsequent breakthrough feels like only a little sweat.

Each of his breakthroughs seemed to come naturally, like water flowing into a channel or trees growing. As long as the "power of withering and flourishing" or spiritual energy was sufficient for the "Dao Fruit" to take root, he could naturally break through to the next realm.

His breakthrough had nothing to do with the mental barriers and crises mentioned in the book; it went so smoothly that he began to doubt himself.

But when I thought about the fact that my physical strength was five thousand jin, it was real and tangible, without any feeling of instability, and my body and soul did not experience any negative reactions.

The same goes for the divination techniques; both the "Gathering Spirits" and "Spirit Rain" spells were successfully divinationd.

One took one day, and the other took three days.

It far surpasses the speed at which protagonists in cultivation novels comprehend the spells of their predecessors, and it is far ahead in creating its own spells.

The key point is that the environment of Earth is not on the same dimension as the cultivation world. The former is a technological world with scarce spiritual energy, while the latter is a cultivation world with abundant spiritual energy.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the cultivation environment on Earth is in the Dharma-ending Age, but it was in such an environment that he created a cultivation method called "The Seed of Life's Withering and Flourishing".

Could he be the legendary chosen one of heaven and earth, capable of breaking through any realm's limitations?

After much thought, Gu Changsheng still couldn't answer the question in his heart, so he could only take it one step at a time.

The "Life-Growth and Decline Seed" can cultivate on its own, and its spiritual blessing can enhance the efficiency of spiritual energy refining.

If a cultivation technique were to be deduced, would it accelerate the cultivation process or enhance the ability of the "Life-Dependent Dao Seed" to refine spiritual energy?

Once the thought came to mind, Gu Changsheng pondered it a few times, deciding to find a time to verify whether his idea was feasible.

He dispelled his doubts, regained his senses, flipped his right hand, recited the mantra, and made the inscription.

"Gathering Spirits—"

The moment the incantation was uttered, an invisible 'Taiyin Gathering Spirit Seal' appeared in the void of Gu Changsheng's right palm.

Half a minute passed in the blink of an eye, and a drop of transparent water, like a bubble, appeared in the palm of the hand.

He gently patted Big Yellow with his right hand, precisely placing the puffed-out food into Big Yellow's mouth.

Next, we will condense Fire Spirit Liquid and Earth Spirit Qi to feed the Red Giant and the Green Ox.

Although their physical bodies had reached their limit in absorbing spiritual energy, Gu Changsheng still planned to continue feeding them spiritual liquid every day to experiment with whether increasing the quantity would cause a qualitative change.

Or perhaps one day in the future, the three pets will undergo a qualitative change in their physical bodies, transforming from ordinary animals into spirit beasts.

He has been cultivating saplings, herbs, and feeding three kinds of pets for so long, and he has been recording the changes in their bodies.

Saplings and herbs watered with spiritual liquid, or pets fed with spiritual liquid, do not develop any spiritual energy within them.

Seedlings or herbs use the elixir as fertilizer to accelerate their growth.

The three pets were simply more robust, energetic, and much stronger.

None of them contained the 'Power of Withering and Flourishing' found in Gu Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness; they had not even taken a single step into the realm of the extraordinary, and were still standing outside the gate of 'Entering the Dao'.

Gu Changsheng sighed inwardly, realizing that cultivating spiritual herbs and raising spiritual pets was a long and arduous task.

He patted the three pets on the head, letting them move around on their own, "Go play by yourselves."

"Woof woof woof..." (Master, I'm going to patrol the mountain.)

Perhaps sensing Gu Changsheng's sigh, Dahuang wagged its tail vigorously and nudged Gu Changsheng's palm with its head.

"Coo coo coo..." (Master, Master, I'm going to the field to eat insects.)

"Moo—" (Master, we're going to patrol the mountains.)

The blue ox lay still and let out a deep moo at Gu Changsheng. Every morning after eating the spiritual liquid, it would carry its master on a patrol of the mountains.

Gu Changsheng got up, habitually patted his clothes, and climbed onto the ox's back. "Let's go, we'll go patrol the mountain."

When the man and the ox went around to the back of the house, what came into view was a sweet bamboo that was as thick as an arm and ten meters tall, while the other sweet bamboos only grew to three meters tall.

The ten-meter bamboo was a sample of spiritual bamboo cultivated by Gu Changsheng using the "Power of Glory". Unfortunately, this bamboo absorbed seven strands of "Power of Glory" and seven drops of "Water and Wood Spiritual Liquid", and is close to being an adult bamboo. It will take two or three days to absorb one strand of "Power of Glory" or one drop of "Water and Wood Spiritual Liquid".

The bamboo kings of the Golden Thunder Bamboo and Golden Inlaid Jade Bamboo cultivation samples, like the Sweet Bamboo, have all grown to ten meters tall.

Other saplings are growing well, but their growth cycle is measured in years, unlike bamboo, which may grow a meter a day after breaking through the soil and grow into an adult bamboo in 40-70 days.

The bamboo, nourished by the elixir, grows into a mature bamboo ten meters tall in just seven days, shortening its growth cycle by six times.

Gu Changsheng rode the blue ox around the planting area, then returned to the side of the medicinal field and gestured for the ox to go play by itself. He stood on the ridge and cast a spell.

Today he broke through a minor realm, and he plans to try out the maximum coverage area of ​​the 'Taiyin Spirit Rain Technique'.

He stood with his hands behind his back, his right hand pointing to the sky, and chanted a spell. A spell mark appeared in the void above the medicinal field.

"Spirit Rain Seal..."

The incantation paused for a moment, as if gathering its power.

"Full speed up—"

As the words "Full Activation" were uttered, the Spirit Rain Incantation Seal in the void rapidly expanded, extending its coverage outwards.