Master of the World: Starting as a Daoist Apprentice
Chapter 27

The Heaven-Defying Effects of the Flat Peach

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He found the book in the section indicated by the catalog.

Opening it, he saw it introduced three ranks of Flat Peach Trees that the author knew about.

Just as Zhang Zhi had speculated, the Flat Peach Tree in his Small World was indeed considered a Heavenly Material, Earthly Treasure.

And the effects of the Flat Peach Trees described in the book finally let him know just how heaven-defying the effects of the Flat Peach Tree in his Small World truly were:

The Ordinary Flat Peach Tree had no special effects; he had known this for a long time.

Next was the Elite Realm Flat Peach Tree.

Speaking of realms, one had to mention grades. Realms were divided into nine grades: grades one, two, and three were the Early Stage, grades four, five, and six were the Middle Stage, and grades seven, eight, and nine were the Late Stage.

An Elite level Flat Peach Tree bloomed once a year, bore fruit once a year, and matured once a year. It produced nine fruits, and the effects of these Flat Peaches were quite heaven-defying.

They could raise a Cultivator's cultivation level to the same realm as the Flat Peach Tree, with each Flat Peach increasing it by one grade.

In other words, an Elite Early Stage Flat Peach Tree produced fruit that matured in three years, and each fruit could raise an Elite Realm Early Stage Cultivator's realm cultivation by one grade.

An Elite Realm Middle Stage Flat Peach Tree produced fruit that could raise the cultivation of Early Stage and Middle Stage Cultivators by one grade.

An Elite Late Stage one produced fruit that could raise the cultivation of Elite Realm Cultivators by one grade.

Moreover, if an Ordinary Realm Cultivator consumed an Elite Flat Peach, as long as they could withstand the medicinal power, they could advance to become an Elite Realm Cultivator!

The cultivation increase after consuming a Flat Peach ignored aptitude and Talent! This was the most heaven-defying aspect of the Flat Peach Tree.

After the Elite Realm was the Mortal Transformation Realm. The Mortal Transformation Realm Flat Peach Tree was somewhat similar to the Elite Realm one.

The only difference was that the Mortal Transformation Realm Early Stage bloomed once every three years, bore fruit once every three years, and matured once every three years, producing nine fruits.

The Mortal Transformation Realm Middle Stage bloomed once every nine years, bore fruit once every nine years, and matured once every nine years, also producing nine fruits.

The Mortal Transformation Realm Late Stage bloomed once every twenty-seven years, bore fruit once every twenty-seven years, and matured once every twenty-seven years, still producing nine fruits.

The effects of the fruits produced by the Mortal Transformation Realm Early, Middle, and Late Stage Flat Peach Trees didn't differ much from those of the Elite Realm ones. They also increased cultivation by one grade, up to the realm corresponding to the Flat Peach Tree.

The highest rank of Flat Peach Tree recorded in the book was the Extraordinary Realm.

The Extraordinary Realm Flat Peach Tree was extremely special. It wasn't divided by realm, and its maturation time was extremely long. It bloomed once every ninety-nine years, bore fruit once every ninety-nine years, and only matured after another ninety-nine years, producing eighty-one fruits. Among these, there were twenty-seven Extraordinary Realm fruits, twenty-seven Mortal Transformation Realm fruits, and twenty-seven Elite Realm fruits.

For each realm, the twenty-seven Flat Peaches were divided into nine for the Early Stage, nine for the Middle Stage, and nine for the Late Stage.

In other words, one Extraordinary Realm Flat Peach Tree could allow three ordinary people to directly advance to the Extraordinary Late Stage Realm.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhi couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "As expected of a treasure that can be listed as a Heavenly Material, Earthly Treasure."

If it weren't for the excessively long maturation time, this Flat Peach Tree could simply be said to have no flaws.

He mentally calculated that the current time ratio between his Small World and the Main World was 30:1. This meant that in a little over a month in reality, the Elite Early Stage ones in his Small World could mature once.

And in about ten months, the Mortal Transformation Early Stage Flat Peach Tree would also mature.

In another ten months, if he wished, his cultivation could directly leap to the Mortal Transformation Realm!

Advancing to the Mortal Transformation Realm less than a year after opening his Small World—this speed was a bit frightening!

Furthermore, although the White Rank Flat Peach couldn't be considered a Heavenly Material, Earthly Treasure, for someone who had just opened a Small World not long ago, it was almost the same as a Heavenly Material, Earthly Treasure.

When the time came, if he set up a stall at the Student Activity Center, wouldn't they be snatched up like crazy?

The most cost-effective approach was still to upgrade the Flat Peach plant's rank to White and Green using Mental Power!

However, plant Cards with such high Talent and aptitude were somewhat hard to come by.

Looking at the end, the author pointed out that Flat Peach Trees above the Mortal Transformation level should be key Cards for certain world paths, but his knowledge was limited, and he couldn't deduce which paths they were for, which he greatly regretted.

He slowly closed the book in his hands.

From these Heavenly Material, Earthly Treasure like the Flat Peach Tree, it could be seen just how quickly a World Master could increase their realm if they wanted to cultivate themselves.

And Seven Dragons Academy truly lived up to its name! If he hadn't found this book in the Library, it would have taken Zhang Zhi decades to figure out the effects of the Flat Peach Tree on his own!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a bit nostalgic for the era of information explosion in his previous life.

The information barrier in this world was simply too thick!

Returning to the Library catalog area, he continued to search for information related to the pattern on his World Bead. Scanning through, it was all books on how to utilize the World Bead's abilities, such as How to Reasonably Utilize the World Bead's Projection Function, One Hundred Ways to Use the Faith Path World Bead, and so on.

After flipping through for a long time without any clues, he simply went directly to the section related to World Beads and started flipping through them one by one.

Even until the official start of the semester, he still hadn't found anything related to that pattern.

Zhang Zhi had originally planned to choose the Immortal Cultivation Path, but when he visited Li Qianjun, Li Qianjun heard his idea and gave him a suggestion: not to rush into choosing the Immortal Cultivation Path yet, and to spend a year at the Human Academy first.

The Human Academy's curriculum was much broader than the Immortal Cultivation Academy's. If he spent a year or two at the Human Academy and gained a preliminary understanding of the entire human world system, then he could decide whether to take the Immortal Cultivation Path and how to take it.

Zhang Zhi was relatively receptive to advice. After pondering for a long time, he felt that he indeed needed a complete understanding of the entire human cultivation path system before deciding how to proceed.

Therefore, he chose the Human Academy.

On the day the semester started, Zhang Zhi discovered another use for his Student ID: it could automatically broadcast updated information on the Student ID.

After listening to his Student ID automatically announce his assigned class and the location of the classroom, he put away his Student ID.

Although the Student ID at this time was far from comparable to information processing terminals like mobile phones on Earth, it did seem very interesting.

Following the Student ID's guidance, he arrived at the classroom for his class and met the Class Advisor.

Most of the students at Seven Dragons Academy were the most Elite among World Masters. The teaching methods were very different from the elementary education Zhang Zhi had experienced before, somewhat similar to the universities in his previous life, though only somewhat.

A class at Seven Dragons Academy had around twenty students and was assigned a Class Advisor. The Class Advisor wasn't responsible for teaching but was more like a residential advisor.

Seven Dragons Academy didn't have grades; there were only different ranks of courses. Students needed to choose courses based on the course list provided by the Academy and the actual situation of their Small Worlds.

After all, to manage a Small World well, there was too much to learn, and students needed to learn to prioritize.

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