Ten Thousand Types of Spiritual Essence

The Earth really is too remote in this universe.

After traveling the globe for nearly two months and finally visiting all six Base Cities across the vast land of China, Chu He finally arrived at this conclusion.

Remote, and barren.

Originally, Chu He had thought that if he could find nearly a thousand types of Spiritual Essence near the Northeast Base City, wouldn't he be able to reach ten thousand types after walking through the entirety of China?

As it turned out...

"Sigh, I was overthinking it!" Chu He shook his head.

He had also roughly figured a few things out.

Although it is possible for all things under heaven to give birth to Spiritual Essence, there are conditions required.

The first point is that it must be an area where energy is relatively concentrated.

The second point, as Chu He speculated, might be related to intelligence.

Besides the fact that it is easier to collect Spiritual Essence from the bodies of Monsters, plants of considerable age, and even minerals, can potentially give birth to Spiritual Essence.

Of course, these conditions only relate to the birth of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence, and specifically the conditions for the birth of the Spiritual Essence that Chu He had encountered so far.

The different properties inherent in the various types of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence are also related to the composition of the substances themselves.

On this point, Chu He was a bit at a loss.

At the end of the day, he is still just a novice when it comes to Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence.

However, as of now, most places on Earth that are prone to producing Spiritual Essence are occupied by groups of Lord Rank Monsters, and some are even located within the territories of King Rank Monsters.

Chu He does not dare to barge into those places with his current strength.

And among the Spiritual Essence produced in ordinary places, a significant portion of the plants and minerals overlap.

The result is that, even now, Chu He has only collected a mere eight thousand or so different types of Spiritual Essence.

It makes sense; throughout China's thousands of years of development, there were only a total of ten thousand or so medicinal materials before the Great Nirvana, and nearly 10% of those were animal and mineral materials.

After the Great Nirvana, although Monster materials became relatively more abundant, the total quantity is still not high enough.

Moreover, it is foreseeable that the further one goes, the higher the overlap rate between these materials will become.

I am afraid that even after searching the entire Earth, it is uncertain whether there will be even one hundred thousand different types of Spiritual Essence.

"The road is long and the burden is heavy!" Shaking his head, Chu He planned to head to Europe to collect different types of Spiritual Essence there.

Paris Base City.

"This is already the last Base City in Europe."

Chu He looked at the number of spiritual energies he had collected, which had already reached over 9,900, and felt an inexplicable sense of irritability in his heart.

Although he knew that compared to being back home, the scope of his collection in Europe was much simpler...

If in his home country, Chu He had collected spiritual energies within a three-day journey from the Base City as the center, then in Europe, that range was only about one day...

Yet, the number of different spiritual energies collected was far too few.

Moreover, a large portion of them were duplicates.

Up until now, he had only managed to add a little over a thousand different types of spiritual energy, and most of those were contributed by monsters unique to Europe.

"Over 9,900..."

"I hope I can gather 10,000 types of spiritual energy in this vicinity."

As the number of spiritual energies analyzed by the White Jade Wine Pot drew closer to 10,000, the exterior of the pot within Chu He's Sea of Consciousness became increasingly warm and delicate, and the luster it emitted grew even softer.

An inexplicable realization subsequently permeated Chu He's Sea of Consciousness.

"After reaching 10,000 types of spiritual energy, the White Jade Wine Pot will unlock a new function."

When he received the Wine God Inheritance, Chu He had once sensed that as his strength grew, the White Jade Wine Pot would unlock more abilities.

But only now did Chu He truly understand that this "growth in strength" was based on the number of spiritual energies analyzed by the White Jade Wine Pot, rather than his own personal cultivation level.

Thinking about it, it made sense; the world where the Wine God resided likely had a completely different cultivation system than his own, so how could it possibly unlock based on the cultivation levels of this world!

At one hundred types of spiritual energy, Chu He had gained some essential understanding of spiritual energy and wine recipes.

Originally, Chu He had thought that was his own epiphany, but now he realized that it was the first-stage reward information emitted by the White Jade Wine Pot.

The second stage was 10,000 types of spiritual energy.

And following this pattern, the third stage would reach one million types of spiritual energy!

On Earth, it was certain that this requirement could not be met. He would have to wait until Chu He entered the universe to continue collecting.

Walking in the vicinity of Paris Base City and experiencing the architectural style, which was drastically different from that of his home country, Chu He looked at the French guide beside him.

"Whiteman, where is that Lord Rank Mountain Giant Ape you mentioned?"

Adams Whiteman, an Advanced War General rank guide Chu He had hired in Paris Base City.

To be honest, since Chu He arrived in this world, he had never learned a foreign language.

After all, the two strongest people in the world today both had Chinese ancestry. Even their martial arts treatises were written in Chinese.

As a martial artist, there was no need for Chu He to look far afield to learn a foreign language.

On the contrary, whether in terms of martial arts philosophy or martial arts exploration, China possessed the greatest strength on this Earth.

Therefore, those who had gone to the Extreme Martial Arts Gym or the Thunder Dojo's War God Training Camp for advanced studies all knew at least a little Chinese.

This trend naturally influenced the local martial artist communities in various countries; in order to explore the path of the martial artist, many people taught themselves Chinese.

Of course, on the technological side, such as with Laser Cannons, American technology was still more mature on this Earth.

However, matters of technology had nothing to do with Chu He, a martial artist.

The Adams Whiteman before him was a martial artist in Paris Base City who had taught himself Chinese.

It was precisely because he spoke fluent Chinese that Chu He had hired him as a guide for these past few days. He hadn't expected that this Adams Whiteman would bring him news of a Lord Rank Monster.

Furthermore, according to Adams, this Mountain Giant Ape seemed to be guarding a Spirit of Vegetation.

"Mr. Chu, don't be anxious. I swear to God, that monster is in this valley, and its pack really only has one Lord Rank."

"Whiteman, as long as you aren't wrong, after I kill that Mountain Giant Ape, I only want the Spirit of Vegetation and the heart of this Giant Ape."

"All the sellable materials on this Giant Ape's body will be left for you."

"Of course it's true!" Adams didn't even blink, thumping his chest loudly. "I, Whiteman, wouldn't dare lie to a War God, no matter who I tried to deceive!"

"That would be best." Chu He nodded, signaling for Whiteman to lead the way.

He actually didn't mind whether the other party was lying or not. Even if the other party had brought a group of people to ambush him, as long as they couldn't fly, Chu He could still escape even if he couldn't win.

As for Planetary Level...

It wasn't that Chu He was looking down on himself, but with his current strength—which wasn't even considered an Invincible War God among War Gods—he wasn't even on the radar of a Planetary Level powerhouse.

However, what surprised Chu He was that this Adams Whiteman before him really hadn't lied to him.

After entering this nameless valley, a Mountain Giant Ape as massive as King Kong soon appeared in Chu He's field of vision.