Bone Meal Cultivates a Medicine King

Fang Zheng was quite interested in this matter.

During those days on the Immortal Ascension Road, Fang Zheng had been busy reviving the Taiyin Human Emperor and had completely forgotten about it.

Otherwise, he would have tried using Bone Meal on the plants within Law Mighty Pass to see what might grow if they could be cultivated.

In Creative Mode, although any block could be instantly destroyed, gathering tools like pickaxes simply could not collect items properly. Even smashing plants barehanded to obtain unfamiliar seeds was impossible in Creative Mode.

Even if he wanted to try farming with dirt blocks, he had no corresponding spiritual herb seeds or anything of the sort.

Although he could use Iron Buckets and bottles to collect liquids, that was limited to liquids alone.

TNT explosions could also obtain block drops, but blowing up plants did not guarantee successful collection either.

The same applied to destroying them by pushing them with pistons.

Using a water bucket to place flowing water and wash them away also posed a problem.

In Minecraft, ordinary grass washed away by water was directly destroyed, with only a very small chance of dropping seeds. Moreover, the seeds dropped were not seeds of that grass at all.

Fang Zheng still could not determine what category the plants in this world fell under in terms of Minecraft item classification.

If they were like Minecraft trees, then it would be difficult to obtain seeds with TNT, and pistons would be unable to push them.

If they were classified like flowers, then they could indeed be obtained through TNT explosions, but the chance was not one hundred percent.

If they were judged to be grass, then there was even less hope of obtaining them.

So far, Fang Zheng could not be certain whether he could return to this Cultivation World whenever he wished, so he did not dare casually switch to Survival Mode to try collecting items.

Otherwise, even if they were classified as grass or leaves, he could obtain them as long as he enchanted a tool with Silk Touch.

But that was still too dangerous.

After all, the destructive power displayed by these cultivators was simply too terrifying.

Even if he were accidentally touched by the slightest aftershock, his meager health in Survival Mode would probably be instantly wiped out.

And once his health reached zero, although Fang Zheng believed he would respawn, the location of that respawn was impossible to predict.

Whether he would return to the respawn point set in this world or return to the Minecraft world was entirely uncertain.

Although there was a quick command in the command bar that could set a spawn point, theoretically allowing him to establish one without relying on a bed to reset it.

But that gave rise to another problem.

Although Fang Zheng did not know much, he understood a little about relativity.

In the Minecraft world, spacetime more closely resembled the early relativistic concept of absolute, smooth spacetime. Its overall spacetime coordinates were fixed and unchanging, capable of precise description through three numerical coordinates.

That was why teleportation commands could be used for precise movement.

But in this Cultivation World, Fang Zheng had clearly observed phenomena such as redshift and blueshift.

Furthermore, he had seen things such as the cosmic starry sky.

That meant this world was more likely to resemble the relative concept of spacetime described by relativity.

In such relative spacetime, merely having three coordinate axes could not perfectly describe every spacetime coordinate point.

If he set a spawn point, then by what standard would that spawn point be determined?

Would it be fixed within some fictional, absolute, unchanging coordinate system, or would it shift along with the changes of this world's relative spacetime?

That was extremely troublesome, and it was also why Fang Zheng did not dare use coordinate teleportation commands at all.

If the coordinates Fang Zheng entered did not exist within the relative spacetime of this Cultivation World, then the numbers he entered might become something like imaginary numbers.

A failed teleportation would be manageable. But if it succeeded and sent him into an imaginary space that existed only in mathematical theory, then whether he could use coordinate teleportation to get back out would be truly hard to say.

Besides, although things like his Healing Potions and Golden Apples were indeed useful to these cultivators, the amount of health they restored per use was simply too little for cultivators of this world.

After all, a Healing Potion only restored a few hearts at a time, while each of these cultivators had more health than the last.

If one had to calculate it, they probably had tens of millions, hundreds of millions, or even trillions upon trillions of hearts.

Trying to restore their health with those potions and Golden Apples would take an absurd amount of effort and consume countless Healing Potions. It was far too troublesome.

If Bone Meal could make this world's native spiritual herbs, pills, and similar things grow, then it should be very useful.

"Didn't Taiyin say that this world has something called Immortal Medicine, with only a few dozen in the entire universe, making them incredibly precious?"

"If Bone Meal works, then I'll cultivate some Immortal Medicine later."

As he thought this, Fang Zheng opened his Inventory, found the Bone Meal, and held it in his hand before using it on the lone Nine Nether Yin Yang Bone Shedding Ganoderma growing on the cliff.

As he lightly waved his hand, special effects resembling tiny green pixelated stars instantly appeared on the Nine Nether Yin Yang Bone Shedding Ganoderma.

This spiritual herb should have required several thousand years, absorbing vast quantities of yin fiend energy and the essence of the sun and moon before it could fully mature...

Yet in the very next frame, under the astonished gaze of Jiang Tingting, a mighty expert of the second realm of the Immortal Platform, it shot upward by a section out of thin air, without any intermediate growth process whatsoever.

It was as if it had not grown at all, but rather had simply had its original state replaced with its current form.

"It worked, just as expected! Bone Meal doesn't have any health-restoration setting. It has a seventy-five percent chance of directly cultivating something to the next stage!"

"Looks like percentages really are useful. Even spiritual herbs that take an incredibly long time to grow can be directly cultivated to the next stage."

Within moments, Fang Zheng repeatedly waved his hand and used Bone Meal. The ganoderma before him repeatedly expanded by several segments out of thin air, before suddenly withering.

Then, two brand-new, small Nine Nether Yin Yang Bone Shedding Ganoderma suddenly sprouted beside it. Fang Zheng asked in confusion, "Huh? Is this like using too much fertilizer and burning the roots, or did it die of old age?"

Fang Zheng seemed to realize something. "Although Bone Meal can be used, I need to control the number of times I use it, or the spiritual herb might die of old age."

"No..." Jiang Tingting fell silent in shock for a moment, then waved her hand. Divine Power transformed into an invisible giant hand that carefully plucked the withered Nine Nether Yin Yang Bone Shedding Ganoderma.

Holding the ganoderma body, which was as withered as rotten wood, she lightly flicked her finger. Its dried exterior turned into ash and scattered away, leaving behind only a small ganoderma body of reddish gold within, shaped like a jade ruyi.

The reddish-gold ganoderma body shone throughout with a gentle, vital glow like the morning sun, accompanied by a faint fragrance.

Taking a slight breath, Jiang Tingting drew a thread of minuscule yet incomparably pure harmonious yang energy, entwined with a trace of Shaoyin Power, into her body. Even as a mighty expert of the second Immortal Platform realm, she immediately felt a wave of comfort.

The immensely powerful Taiyin Power within her body seemed soothed by that thread of harmonious yang energy and Shaoyin Power, becoming slightly gentler and smoother.

Through her body's instinctive yearning for that aura, Jiang Tingting could sense that if she refined this ganoderma body, she would certainly gain tremendous benefits.

Only after smelling that elegant medicinal fragrance did she react. With a flip of her palm, an exquisite treasure box carved from divine source appeared and stored the jade ruyi-like ganoderma body within, preventing excess medicinal potency from dissipating.

Then, she respectfully presented the treasure box with both hands. Fang Zheng shook his head. "It's yours."

After accepting it, Jiang Tingting gave Fang Zheng a complicated look and said:

"Senior, according to ancient records, when the Nine Nether Yin Yang Bone Shedding Ganoderma matures, the yin energy and death energy it has accumulated over thousands of years undergo a reversal. Yin becomes yang, death becomes life, and all impurities are cast away. Through the transformations of yin and yang and the reversal of life and death, it becomes the purest harmonious yang energy and life energy, accompanied by a portion of gentle Shaoyin Power."

"The chance of successfully transforming is extremely low, but once it succeeds, it becomes a Medicine King of the utmost rarity, even beneath Immortal Medicine. It can cleanse the meridians and marrow, alter one's aptitude, prolong the life of a withered, dying body and Primordial Spirit, or lay the firmest Dao foundation for a peerless genius."

"According to the ancient records of the Jiang family, this is even one of the most important supplementary ingredients for the legendary Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir, which can allow someone to ascend to immortality on the spot."

"Senior..."

Jiang Tingting's explanatory voice paused. Looking at Fang Zheng's actions, she murmured as though doubting her entire life:

"Even something like this... can you create it so casually, Senior Fang?"

Swish, swish, swish...

While Jiang Tingting was explaining, Fang Zheng had already been continuously using Bone Meal.

In a mere twenty-odd seconds, the Nine Nether Yin Yang Bone Shedding Ganoderma, which continually matured and then scattered spores to seed themselves, densely crowded across a huge stretch of the cliff, numbering several hundred plants.

Originally, these were incomparably precious top-tier Medicine Kings, each requiring thousands of years of nourishment from an entire yin fiend earth vein in a place abundant with Spiritual Energy before a single one could mature.

Yet now, they were like mushrooms growing everywhere in a forest after the rain, available for anyone to pick.

Several hundred mature specimens were packed so tightly that their withered outer shells were crushed apart, and the shattered reddish-gold jade ruyi ganoderma bodies directly released a rich medicinal fragrance.

The medicinal potency they emitted spread beyond the protective formation, causing the trees and grass in the forest beside the cliff to grow explosively as if Tree World Descent had been cast upon them. All kinds of rare beasts and strange creatures also erupted into turmoil.

Only after a gigantic savage elephant over ten meters tall suddenly howled and leaped down from the cliff did Fang Zheng turn his blocky head and ask, "Huh? What did you just say? I wasn't paying attention."

Looking at those ganoderma bodies scattered like shattered jade, Jiang Tingting, who had never lacked cultivation medicines over the years, could not help feeling a pang of heartache.

Taking a deep breath, she released a trace of pressure to suppress the disturbance outside before calmly saying, "Nothing."

Looking at the jade ruyi ganoderma bodies packed together in abundance, Fang Zheng nodded. "Mm, it looks like Bone Meal really does work. These are all yours."

Fang Zheng pondered.

"What else should I try next?"

"Right!" Fang Zheng suddenly remembered. "Didn't you just say that there was an unhatched Cold Flood Dragon Egg in the cold pool at the base of this mountain range?"