"How is it, Shi brat? The Heaven Controlling Bead has upgraded. Are you satisfied?" Xiaoyaozi asked arrogantly.
"To be honest, I'm a little disappointed. The spiritual energy has become more abundant, but that large island looks desolate. It'll take quite a bit of effort to cultivate it into Spirit Fields. I'd rather have gotten more Spirit Fields outright! The Ice Spirit Pool is pretty good, though.
"But why didn't the time flow rate—the thing I'd pinned such high hopes on—increase to one thousand two hundred and eighty times? It didn't even double." Shi Yue sounded disappointed.
To be honest, before entering, his greatest hope had been for the time flow rate to change. That had always been his expectation. Unfortunately, it had remained at six hundred and forty times. As for the extra island, he couldn't help feeling it was more trouble than it was worth.
After hearing Shi Yue out, Xiaoyaozi looked at him with disdain and said bluntly, "You're so short-sighted! You think that island is for growing Spirit Herbs? Did a whole island just appear so you could grow Spirit Herbs on it? Can you try to aim a little higher? Besides growing Spirit Herbs, can't you do anything else?"
Shi Yue stared at him for a moment. "What else would I use it for?"
"Did you think the Heaven Controlling Bead was refined just for growing Spirit Herbs? Have you never considered using it to cultivate your own forces? For instance, you could let people come in and practice. There were plenty of secret realms with accelerated time in ancient times—one day in the outside world, a year inside the secret realm. That island is for training your disciples and followers. You can build structures on it and let them cultivate there. With all these Spirit