Advancing to the Spirit Vein Realm

Wind Shadow Peng was extremely fast, and in just a few hours he flew hundreds of miles, leaving the territory of the Cloud Mist Wen Clan and entering the territory of An Yang County where the Ling Clan was located.

After entering An Yang County, Ling Pengyun did not return to his Lineage immediately.

Instead, they headed straight for the nearby Fruit Bee Ridge.

Riding the Wind Shadow Peng, he flew for dozens of miles and entered the depths of Fruit Bee Ridge. Using an array plate, he broke through the Bewildering Formation protecting the Spirit Field and entered the Spirit Field area.

Upon entering this area of Spirit Field, his gaze immediately fell upon a small sapling, about the length of a thumb, in the middle of the two acres of Spirit Field.

When he saw that the sapling had grown nearly half again as tall as the day before, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"This small Spirit Mandarin Tree, which grew from the roots of the Spirit Mandarin Tree, is growing quite fast."

"It had only just sprouted a few days ago, but today it is already the length of a thumb. I'm afraid that in about a year, this Spirit Mandarin Tree will grow to the same height as before and then bear tangerines."

"The Spirit Vein Tree is indeed different from ordinary spiritual fruit trees."

Ling Pengyun was secretly alarmed.

The sapling on this Spirit Field field grew from the roots of the original Spirit Mandarin Tree in this area.

As for the First Rank Low Grade Spirit Mandarin Tree that was originally planted here, it was destroyed by the group of Demon Beast that broke into An Yang County more than ten days ago, leaving only some small roots deep in the ground.

The Spirit Vein Tree Spirit Vein, is different from ordinary Spirit Fruit Trees. Even if the branches and trunk of an ordinary Spirit Fruit Tree are destroyed, its vitality will be greatly damaged, resulting in a loss of potential.

With all the main branches gone, the spirit fruit tree will die directly.

However, the Spirit Vein Tree is different. Because this tree is one with the Spirit Vein, it can achieve the effect of continuous life.

After the matter of the group of Demon Beast that had invaded the territory was resolved a few days ago, this place was also reclaimed by the Ling Clan.

Starting from that day, Ling Pengyun would make a point of coming to this place every day during his inspection of the Lineage's territory to use the Spirit Plant Secret Method on the Spirit Mandarin Tree that grew from its roots, thus accelerating its growth.

He also took on the task of tending to the Spirit Plant in those two acres of Spirit Field.

With his thoughts returning to normal, Ling Pengyun Cloud Rain Technique to conjure a cloud that enveloped the two acres of Spirit Field and the newly sprouted Spirit Mandarin Tree, showering them with drops of Spirit Rain to nourish their growth.

After finishing watering the Spirit Plant, he left the place and went to the cave ruins of the Profound Water Mineral Vein deep underground in Azure Stone Lake, dozens of miles away, where the Second Elder Ling Ruda was stationed.

Deep within the caves of the mining site.

Ling Ruda, who was sitting cross-legged by the pond where the Blue Moon Spirit Moon was kept, with his eyes closed, immediately opened his eyes upon hearing the noise around him.

Seeing that Ling Pengyun, who came here every day, had finally arrived at this hour, he frowned slightly, his eyes showing worry, and asked.

"Peng Yun, why are you only here in the middle of the night? Did something happen while you were inspecting the Lineage territory?"

Ling Pengyun nodded slightly and informed Ling Ruda about his trip to the Cloud Mist Wen Clan to seek help.

"Supporting the Wen Clan is the right thing to do, as the Cloud Mist Wen Clan borders my Ling Clan Territory."

"Once those Demon Beast that have invaded the Wen Clan's territory wipe out the entire Wen Clan Wen Clan and devoured the seventy or eighty thousand mortals and dozens of cultivators of the Wen clan, the strength of those Demon Beast will surely increase greatly. At that time, when those Demon Beast invade my Ling Clan Territory, it will also be a great trouble."

"It's getting late. Quickly water the Lotus Cloud Water Grass in the pond where the Azure Moon Spirit Fish are kept with Spirit Rain, and then you should return to the Clan Mountain to cultivate, so as not to delay your cultivation progress." After praising Ling Ruda Ling Pengyun urged him.

"I've already reached the bottleneck of the first level of Foundation Establishment, so a delay won't be a big deal," Ling Pengyun said helplessly.

Afterwards, he chatted with Ling Ruda for a bit about cultivation before walking to the pond where the Azure Moon Spirit Fish were kept. Cloud Rain Technique send down Spirit Rain to irrigate the large patch of aquatic plants at the bottom of the pond.

The vast expanse of aquatic plants, nourished by the Spirit Rain imbued with Spiritual Qi, is visibly growing at an ever-increasing rate.

The large patch of aquatic plants at the bottom of the pond is called "Lotus Cloud Water Grass".

The Lotus Cloud Water Grass contains a faint Water Spiritual Energy, but even so, it is still a graded Spirit Plant, just with a low value.

This aquatic plant is highly favored by aquatic fish. In addition, it grows extremely fast and is believed to contain Spiritual Qi, making it the best food for raising fish.

Back then, Ling Ruda started by cultivating ponds to raise Azure Moon Spirit Fish in the ruins of the Profound Water Mineral Vein, which was rich in Water Spiritual Energy.

The Ling Clan then searched for Lotus Cloud Water Grass Seeds in the outside world and planted them in the pond to provide food for the group of Blue Moon Spirits in the pond.

In the past, there were few fish in that pond, Lotus Cloud Water Grass planted in the pond could barely supply the fish with food.

However, in the past year or so, the number of spirit fish in the Blue Moon Fish School has reached more than ten, and there are nearly a hundred ordinary fish in the Acquired Realm and Innate Realms.

The Lotus Cloud Water Grass plants planted in the pond are growing too slowly to provide enough food for the fish.

Every now and then, Ling Ruda out and hunt some ferocious beasts to feed the fish with their flesh and blood so that the fish can be full.

As a member of the Demon Beast race, the Azure Moon Spirit Fish are different from ordinary fish that only eat grass. The Azure Moon Spirit Fish are omnivorous and not only eat aquatic plants like ordinary fish, but also eat meat like demon Demon Beast.

However, fish prefer to eat aquatic plants rather than meat.

Under these circumstances, Ling Pengyun happened to be taking care of the Spirit Mandarin Tree in Fruit Bee Ridge that had been destroyed by the Demon Beast horde and had only recently sprouted. So, Ling Ruda brought him here, and every day he had to water the Lotus Cloud Water Grass Lotus Cloud Water Grass at the bottom of the pond with a wave of Spirit Rain to speed up their growth.

As for why we didn't create a pond specifically for planting Lotus Cloud Water Grass, it's because Lotus Cloud Water Grass only grow in places rich in Spiritual Qi.

There are no Spirit Vein in this underground cave, only a Spirit Vein -shaped "spiritual eye".

The Spiritual Qi released by this spiritual eye every day is basically absorbed by the fish in the pond and the Lotus Cloud Water Grass at the bottom of the pond, leaving very little Spiritual Qi to plant a batch of Lotus Cloud Water Grass.

Ling Pengyun used his Cloud Rain Technique for about an incense stick's time to send down the Spirit Rain before stopping.

After being nourished by the Spirit Rain for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the Lotus Cloud Water Grass at the bottom of the pond have grown to at least the length of an arm.

This also resulted in an abundance of aquatic plants at the bottom of the pond.

This delighted the Azure Moon Spirit Fish in the pond, who flocked to the aquatic plants at the bottom of the pond to eat the newly grown, tender Lotus Cloud Water Grass.

The roots of the Lotus Cloud Water Grass are quite hard, and fish don't like to eat it unless they are extremely hungry, in which case it's the same as eating meat.

The bank of the pond.

Ling Pengyun, who had just withdrawn the Cloud Rain Technique, looked at the bottom of the pond and saw five ordinary fish that had only recently reached the Innate Perfection realm among the fish scrambling to eat the newly grown, tender Lotus Cloud Water Grass. He muttered to himself with a hint of joy on his face.

"These five ordinary fish have reached the Innate Perfection, so they must all have some talent."

"With the Lotus Cloud Water Grass that I nurtured, and the abundant Water Spiritual Energy of this place, at least half of those five ordinary fish should be able to enter the Qi Refinement Realm in the future and become Azure Moon Spirit Fish."

"In this way, the number of Azure Moon Spirit Fish can be increased, and the quality of the ordinary fish they breed with each other can also be better, which is also beneficial to the growth of the fish population."

"At that time, I can get more Azure Moon Spirit Fish every year."

Ling Pengyun also had a share of these spirit fish, accounting for 30%, since he was the first to discover them in the Underground River at the Azure Stone Lake.

As for the remaining 70%, Ling Penglin, who discovered the fish school with Ling Pengyun, also took 30%, while the remaining 40% belonged to the Lineage that took care of the fish school.

Because Ling Pengyun occupies 30% of the fish population, he can get two or three Azure Moon Spirit Fish every year.

Although two or three Azure Moon Spirit Fish are not of much value, they taste extremely good. Like the Azure Spirit Bamboo Shoots, they are Ling Pengyun's favorite food.

"Peng Yun, could Peng Liang urge Peng Liang to use the Contribution Points in my account to transfer some Spirit Stone from the Lineage to set up Spirit Raising Array and upgrade the spirit eye here to First Rank Low Grade Spirit Vein?"

"Otherwise, it will probably take half a year or a year for the fish in the pond to grow a bit bigger, and then the spiritual eye here will not be able to sustain the Spiritual Qi needed for the fish to cultivate daily." Ling Ruda to the side, said this after seeing Ling Pengyun finish using the Cloud Rain Technique.

"It seems I won't be able to hold onto the five hundred Spirit Stone I just earned today." Ling Pengyun frowned upon hearing this, feeling utterly helpless.

Regarding the matter of advancing to the Spirit Eye here, Ling Ruda would urge him every time he came here.

Unfortunately, a few years ago, the Lineage spent almost all of the Spirit Stone in the Clan Repository to buy Foundation Establishment Pill for Ling Pengxing.

In addition, the clan encountered Demon Beast Uprising. Apart from leaving a sum of Spirit Stone for the clan members' daily offerings, the rest of the Spirit Stone were used to purchase spirit items and equip the Lineage members to deal with the Demon Beast Uprising.

Furthermore, using the Spirit Raising Array to upgrade a Spirit Eye to an entry-level Spirit Vein requires a considerable amount of Spirit Stone, at least three hundred Spirit Stone or more.

This amount of Spirit Stone is extremely large for the Ling Clan at present.

Even a few years ago, when the Ling Clan was still wealthy, it was still quite a lot.

After all, the entire Ling Clan could only save four or five hundred Spirit Stone Spirit Stone a whole year after deducting all expenses.

"Thirteenth Grandfather, I earned five hundred Spirit Stone today by supporting the Cloud Mist Wen Clan. After I return to the clan, I will go to find my Fifteenth Grand-Aunt and ask her to come here to set up the Spirit Ascension Array and upgrade that Spirit Eye to Spirit Vein," Ling Pengyun said.

"Excellent." Upon hearing this, Ling Ruda's expression immediately lit up with joy, and he exclaimed happily.

Afterwards, the two talked for a while, and then Ling Pengyun said goodbye to Ling Ruda and left the place, riding the Wind Shadow Peng to patrol his own territory.

It wasn't until midnight that Ling Pengyun finished his inspection of the Lineage's territory and returned to Lingxiao Mountain.

Since it is already late at night, most cultivators have already entered into cultivation at this time.

Ling Pengyun didn't want to make a fool of himself by disturbing Ling Clan Ling Yunxi, the Fifth Elder of the Ling Clan, who was currently the highest-ranking and only Array Formation Master in the clan.

The Ling Clan originally had two Array Formation Master. The other Array Formation Master, Ling Penglin, went to West Yang Market Town with Ling Yunhong and was not in the clan.

Early the next morning.

Ling Pengyun then approached Ling Yunxi and handed over all five hundred Spirit Stone he had earned from the Wen Clan to Ling Yunxi.

Afterwards, he personally escorted Ling Yunxi to the underground cave in Azure Stone Lake, where she set up the Spirit Raising Array.

The Spirit Raising Array, relying on the vast Spiritual Qi within the five hundred Spirit Stone, successfully upgraded the spiritual eye within the underground cave to First Rank Low Grade Spirit Vein.

At the same time, the spiritual eye advanced to Spirit Vein, which is a major breakthrough, and a large amount of Spiritual Qi was generated in return.

The fish in the pond in the underground cave, nourished by this vast and gentle Spiritual Qi, all benefited and fell into a deep sleep.

However, after advancing his Spirit Vein, Ling Pengyun only had 33 Spirit Stone left out of his 500.

Although the Lineage would reimburse him in the future, Ling Pengyun was already somewhat reluctant to part with it.

One person is sad, while the other is happy.

Ling Ruda and Ling Yunxi were quite pleased that the spiritual eye in this place had been upgraded to Spirit Vein.

The three chatted for a while before saying goodbye to each other.