Harvests and Future Plans for the Muddy Swamp Territory
Although the Spirit Peach from that Spirit Peach Tree do not possess the same transformative power as the Yellow Jade Spirit Fruit, they contain an abundance of Spirit Peach Spiritual Qi, making them a sacred item for cultivation.
Just as Ling Pengyun was overjoyed, he noticed that the "Yellow Jade Spirit Tree" and the "Spirit Peach Tree" in front of him, which he regarded as priceless treasures, had a strange aura.
"The aura of this Yellow Jade Spirit Tree is somewhat unstable. It is estimated that it only entered the third stage in the last few decades, and it probably did not enter the third stage gradually. Its aura is somewhat mixed."
"Such strange phenomena also exist on that Spirit Peach Tree."
Ling Pengyun lowered his head with a puzzled look and glanced at the soil under the two spirit trees.
When Ling Pengyun saw that the soil was all blood red, and the smell of blood wafted through the air from time to time, he frowned slightly.
"That Swamp Crocodile King at the peak of the Golden Core Third Layer is quite intelligent; it even knows to use the blood of Demon Beast to water these two spirit trees and increase their growth rate."
"It seems that the Swamp Crocodile King slaughtered many Demon Beast in order to cultivate the Yellow Jade Spirit Tree to the third rank and the Spirit Peach Tree to the peak of the Second Rank High Grade. Perhaps, that big idiot even used a lot of his own blood to water the growth of these two spirit trees."
"It was this move by the Swamp Crocodile King Swamp Crocodile King that made them successful, and it was also this move that caused their downfall."
"I'll be very busy from now on."
If the impurities in the Yellow Jade Spirit Tree and Spirit Peach Tree are not purified with spiritual power in time, the quantity of spiritual fruits that these two trees will bear in the future, the spiritual power contained in the fruits, and so on will all be affected.
In addition, any Spirit Plant can be watered with the blood of Spirit Plant Demon Beast to accelerate its growth.
However, Spirit Plant grown with the blood of Demon Beast have rather violent medicinal effects, and the probability of successfully refining pills using such Spirit Plant is extremely low.
Even if consumed directly, it requires a significant amount of time for refining.
Furthermore, the amount of Demon Beast blood required to cultivate Spirit Plant in this way is extremely large, far exceeding the blood of just one or two Demon Beast of the same level.
It takes the blood of at least ten or so Demon Beast of the same level to stimulate the growth of a single Spirit Plant.
The resulting growth rate is only 10%.
It is precisely because these methods are too costly, the growth rate is not strong, and the resulting Spirit Plant are relatively weak, that this method of using the blood of Demon Beast to cultivate Spirit Plant has been abandoned by cultivators.
Only those Demon Race that do not have the inheritance of Spirit Plant would do such a thing.
Ling Pengyun was indeed somewhat right. In the past two or three hundred years, the Swamp Crocodile King, who was at the peak of the Golden Core Third Layer, did use a lot of his own blood to nourish the Yellow Jade Spirit Tree in order to help it break through to the third level.
Otherwise, it would probably have already broken through to the Golden Core Fourth Layer.
There are, of course, reasons for doing so.
With this tree, the Swamp Crocodile under the command of the Swamp Crocodile King will have a greater chance of entering the Golden Core realm.
Once the Swamp Giant Crocodile Clan gains another Golden Core member, the clan led by the Swamp Crocodile King will become even more powerful.
The Swamp Giant Crocodile Clan has also occupied more territory in this vast White Cloud Mountain Range, plundering more spiritual creatures.
In addition, the three-hundred-year-old Yellow Jade Spirit Fruit produced by that third-tier Yellow Jade Spirit Tree can also be used as a breakthrough spiritual item, which will greatly help the future Dao Path of that Swamp Crocodile King at the peak of the Golden Core Third Layer stage.
It's a pity that the Swamp Crocodile King was killed by Ling Pengyun before it could fulfill its grand ambitions.
The third-tier Yellow Jade Spirit Tree it carefully cultivates will also become one of the key elements for the revival of the Ling Clan Golden Core Family.
"This Yellow Jade Spirit Fruit Tree should have high potential and has the opportunity to be cultivated to a higher level."
"The effects of the spiritual fruit produced by this tree are similar to those of the Purple Moon Spirit Tree in our Lineage. The Yin Yang Primordial Qi that was originally intended for the Purple Moon Spirit Tree will be transferred to this tree in the future."
"That Spirit Peach Tree, which is at the peak of the Second Rank High Grade, produces spirit fruits that are excellent Cultivation Resources. Its cultivation level has also reached the peak of the Second Rank High Grade. Since it was transplanted here by that Swamp Crocodile King, its potential is probably not low, and it is worth cultivating."
"If this tree can be upgraded to the third tier, it will be helpful to my daily cultivation."
"In the future, a Yin Yang Primordial Qi can be infused into this tree to help this Spirit Plant further improve its quality."
Looking at the Third Rank Low Grade- grade Yellow Jade Spirit Tree and the Second Rank High Grade peak Spirit Peach Tree in front of him, Ling Pengyun secretly made arrangements.
After regaining his senses, Ling Pengyun began transplanting the two trees.
This Giant Crocodile Island is situated on Third Rank Spirit Vein, which is beyond Ling Pengyun's reach at present.
Ling Pengyun naturally did not intend to leave behind those two extremely valuable trees, as he could not stay in this place for long.
After transplanting the two trees, he left the nest and thoroughly cleaned the small swamp where the nest was located before leaving Giant Crocodile Island.
Instead, he went to the remaining two thousand Spirit Vein of the Muddy Swamp, which covered an area of more than two hundred thousand miles, to collect the spiritual objects within and to search for and kill any remaining Demon Beast in the area.
Since the news of the Demon Beast being killed in this area has not yet spread, no one has touched it. All the spiritual creatures on those Spirit Vein are still there, and all of those spiritual creatures belong to the Ling Clan.
Ling Pengyun's trip was quite fruitful. He found more than 20,000 immature spirit medicine, 100 first-grade spiritual fruit trees, five Second Rank Low Grade spiritual fruit trees, and three Second Grade Middle Rank spiritual fruit trees.
There were about two hundred first-tier Spirit Shrub, six Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Shrub, and the hundred shrubs that had been collected on Giant Crocodile Island, bringing the total to more than three hundred shrubs.
He also collected more than 600 Demon Beast cubs and Demon Beast eggs.
These Demon Beast cubs and Demon Beast eggs all had parents who were ordinary Demon Beast, so Ling Pengyun kept them.
In addition, while he was plundering the more than two thousand Spirit Vein in the entire Muddy Swamp Territory, he also counted the number of spiritual veins in the rest of the Muddy Swamp Territory that could be occupied by the Ling Clan family, excluding "Giant Crocodile Island" and the more than five hundred Spirit Vein Spirit Vein bordered the Muddy Swamp and the White Cloud Spirit Fox Clan and were on the way to Giant Crocodile Island.
They also drew a detailed map of the Muddy Swamp Territory.
The Ling Clan did not intend to occupy the more than five hundred Spirit Vein that bordered the territory of the nearby White Cloud Spirit Fox Clan. Instead, they planned to leave them to the Demon Race. In this way, the Demon Race in the territory of the White Cloud Spirit Fox Clan could enter the Giant Crocodile Island, which possessed Third Rank Spirit Vein, through those Spirit Vein.
It formed a small Demon Beast Gathering Ground.
The Infantless Demon Emperor in the Boundless Great Swamp had nothing to say about this.
Even though Ling Pengyun gave up more than 500 Spirit Vein, the number of Spirit Vein in the rest of the Muddy Swamp is still considerable.
The total number of Spirit Vein in this batch is 2,220, of which there are 1,120, 538, and 468 first-grade low-level, middle-level, and high-level Spirit Vein, respectively.
There are 135, 47, and 12 second-tier lower, middle, and upper-grade Spirit Vein respectively.
Ling Pengyun looked at the distribution of the twelve Second Rank High Grade Spirit Vein on the map in his hand and felt slightly surprised.
Of these twelve Second Rank Spirit Vein, nine are formed around Giant Crocodile Island, while the remaining three Second Rank High Grade Spirit Vein are located at the three borders between the Muddy Swamp and other areas.
The Muddy Swamp Territory the Cloud Stepping Ridge territory recently occupied by the Hundred Spirits Sect, the Autumn Sun Swallow Territory occupied by the Pure Heart Dao Hall, and the territory of the White Cloud Spirit Fox Clan, the strongest Demon Beast Gathering Ground in the White Cloud Mountain Range.
The boundary with Cloud Stepping Ridge is Ling Clan, which is on the other Lingxiao Ridge of Cloud Stepping Ridge. The rest of Cloud Stepping Ridge does not have any boundary with the Muddy Swamp.
"This kind of Spirit Vein layout seems to be deliberately designed to defend against Demon Beast from other regions and serve as a stronghold."
Upon hearing this thought, Ling Pengyun immediately came up with a guess.
"It is said that among the White Cloud Spirit Fox Clan, the overlords of the entire White Cloud Mountain Range, the White Cloud Spirit Fox King, who is at the Consummation Realm the Golden Core realm, is a highly skilled Third Rank Array Formation. It is likely that the layout of the Spirit Vein in this Muddy Swamp Territory, and even the layout of the Spirit Vein in other Demon Beast Gathering Ground, were determined by that White Cloud Spirit Fox King."
"This fox made these arrangements to make it more difficult for the various factions in the White Cloud Mountain Range Demon Beast Gathering Ground, to attack each other, thus achieving a balance of power."
"This kind of demon king with profound cultivation is truly exceptional in intelligence, even understanding the principles of checks and balances so clearly."
"Fortunately, the White Spirit Fox King's cultivation level has not reached the Nascent Soul Realm, so the cultivators of our Yan Kingdom still have a chance to kill it. Otherwise, if this demon were to live in this world, it would surely be a scourge."
Ling Pengyun felt a lingering fear.
Ling Pengyun's thoughts returned to the map in his hand.
After observing carefully for a moment, Ling Pengyun decided to place the Lineage's temporary ancestral land for the next few decades on the only small island among the nine Second Rank High Grade Spirit Vein in the core of the Muddy Swamp.
And it was named "Lingyun Island".
The other eight Second Rank High Grade Spirit Vein at the core of the Muddy Swamp are all located within the swamp. If one wants to utilize those eight Second Rank High Grade Spirit Vein, one must cast earth-type Law Technique on them to create islands.
More than 90% of the Spirit Vein in the Muddy Swamp Territory are like this.
Seeing this, Ling Pengyun looked up at the surrounding Muddy Swamp Territory and frowned slightly.
"Generally speaking, this area is not suitable for human cultivation."
"After the Lineage settles here, most of the Spirit Vein deep in the swamp will need to be used by building islands on them."
"The existence of this Black Mud is an obstacle. Not only does it smell bad, but it also easily breeds mosquitoes that carry malaria, making it unsuitable for ordinary people to live in. Ordinary people are also helpless against this sticky Black Mud, which will hinder trade between the villages and towns of our people who will move here in the future."
"It is extremely troublesome for ordinary cultivators to travel in this swampy area. They need to keep their Light Body technique on at all times to avoid getting stuck in the swamp. This consumes too much spiritual energy."
"It is not conducive to ordinary cultivators traveling for long periods of time."
"Although this area is mostly Black Mud, there is also a lot of water in it, so there must be a large water source here."
"In the future, we will still need to put in some effort to clean up all the Black Mud in the entire Muddy Swamp Territory, and find a large stream to turn this place into a large lake. This will solve the problems of mosquitoes, trade between ordinary villages, and the need for cultivators to travel. In the future, we can also use ships to travel in this area."
"However, this is a large undertaking. It would probably take at least several decades, or even hundreds of years, for our clan's Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Cultivator alone to clear the Black Mud from the Muddy Swamp Territory more than 200,000 miles."
"It seems I'll have to handle this personally for a while from now on."
After making all the arrangements, Ling Pengyun put away the map of the Muddy Swamp Territory and flew towards Yan Sun Mountain.
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