The Essence of Spiritual Opportunity

Inside the Sea of Consciousness, the White Jade Wine Pot hovered as it always did.

However, this time, what hovered at the mouth of the White Jade Wine Pot was no longer a sphere of liquid spiritual energy, but a miniature planet condensed from Chu He's Planetary Level spiritual force.

Currently, Chu He was at the first level of the Star Traveler Stage, and this single miniature planet occupied the center position with grand prominence.

As he advanced through each level of the Planetary Level, an additional miniature planet would appear in his Sea of Consciousness.

At this moment, besides the White Jade Wine Pot and that miniature planet, three Seeds of Divine Ability had appeared in Chu He's Sea of Consciousness, rotating in an equilateral triangle around the miniature planet at the center.

"Hoo!"

The miniature planet suddenly emitted a burst of white mist, enveloping one of the Seeds of Divine Ability.

Though the Seed of Divine Ability appeared tiny, the moment Chu He's spiritual force delved into it, he was instantly immersed.

Too... too...! Chu He was deeply shaken.

With his Planetary Level will and spiritual force, attempting to fully comprehend a Seed of Divine Ability was clearly still too much of a stretch; it was completely insufficient.

This Seed of Divine Ability for the Spirit Guiding Technique was formed from hundreds of millions of tiny runes, condensed into the shape of an oval seed.

Inside, the tiny runes were interconnected and intertwined, with secret pattern circuits crossing and looping.

In a trance, countless profound mysteries of spiritual essence burst forth.

"So... this is what spiritual essence is?"

After a long while, Chu He opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing through them before vanishing.

The so-called spiritual essence was actually the term used in the universe where the Wine God resided to describe a specific mixture.

The two universes viewed things from different perspectives, but whether it was the world or matter, they were ultimately much the same.

The spiritual essence from the Wine God's perspective was, in this universe, composed of several types of things fused together.

First, all things in the universe, no matter how small, contained a wisp of Cosmic Origin. When there was more of this Cosmic Origin, the item was more precious; when there was less, the item was of lower quality.

Second, it was the different fluctuations of cosmic energy emitted by various things themselves. In the Wine God World, this was also known as Qi Energy.

Third, it was the gradually condensing intelligence.

All things in the universe, nourished by the Cosmic Origin, had the potential to give birth to intelligence.

However, the birth of this intelligence was not something that happened overnight; it was accumulated bit by bit as time passed.

And before this intelligence manifested, there was no doubt that these things possessed the existence of a "spirit" to a greater or lesser extent.

The Cosmic Origin was the foundation for the existence of this "spirit."

The difference is that those with a higher content of Cosmic Origin accumulate Spirit faster, while those with less Cosmic Origin accumulate it more slowly.

Cosmic Origin, Qi Energy, and Spirit, when combined, form what is known from the perspective of the Wine God as Spirit Energy.

Because these three elements differ in essence across various things, they give rise to Spirit Energy with all sorts of different functions.

In the Swallowed Star universe, these three elements naturally have their own counterparts.

There is no need to mention Cosmic Origin and energy fluctuations; every world has those.

However, Spirit is a bit different.

In the Swallowed Star universe, the number of Special Lifeforms born from the intelligence of all things in the universe is simply countless, and there is more than one type of Energy Lifeform.

Compared to the Wine God universe, the Spirit in this universe is clearly much more abundant.

This means that in this world, even within various types of pure Cosmic Energy, it is possible for Spirit Energy to be born.

So... the upper limit of the Wine God Inheritance in this world might be even higher? Chu He felt as if he had been struck by a windfall, his heart pounding violently.

"What a great inheritance! Truly a great inheritance!" An irrepressible, cheerful laugh spread throughout the Martial Arts Hall.

At the dinner table, Chu Tianxiong watched his eldest son, who was beaming with joy, high-spirited, and even eating two more bowls of rice than usual. He couldn't help but ask, "Eldest, what's going on with you today?"

"What happy event happened? Why are you so happy you can't even close your mouth?"

"Yeah, yeah, you look like a total idiot!" Chu Xi blocked her eyes with her small hands, the gaps between her fingers wider than the fingers themselves. "You're even dumber than that big yellow dog from the neighborhood. It's really hard to watch."

"Go away, go away!" Xu Qingqing pulled down Chu Xi's hands and shoved the chopsticks back into them. "You're a young girl, who did you learn that from? Can't you learn something good for once?"

"Oh, it's nothing major. I just found a great way to expand the sources of raw materials for our winery."

Chu He wasn't lying, either.

Although Chu He couldn't fully comprehend the Seed of Divine Ability as a whole yet, he had no problem breaking it down to study those tiny Runes.

He had spent nearly two hours this morning studying the Seed of Divine Ability for the Spirit Guiding Technique, and he had managed to gain some small insights.

After using his Spiritual Force to engrave a simple three-dimensional Rune into the interior of a Flying Dagger, he sensed the nearest Spirit Energy when he activated it with his Spiritual Force.

It was the remaining Lingzhi body left over after he had stripped away the Purple Bead.

This discovery delighted Chu He, and he quickly fetched a smaller, thinner embroidery needle.

After engraving the Rune into the embroidery needle as usual, he finally succeeded in engraving one completely after a few failures.

When he placed this successful embroidery needle on the smooth oak floor, the tip of the needle pointed toward the Lingzhi on the side, even without Chu He needing to drive it.

Seeing this performance, how could Chu He not realize it? As long as this Embroidery Needle was placed on a smooth surface to minimize frictional resistance, it was essentially a Spirit-Pointing Needle!

Such a small object did not involve artifact refining at all. As long as the three-dimensional internal structure of the runes within the Embroidery Needle was accurate, there was absolutely no difference between one carved by Chu He using his Spiritual Force and one 3D-printed by any random factory.

Since the Great Nirvana, human technology had also advanced by leaps and bounds. Things like 3D printers had long since become standard equipment in toy factories.

In this way, he only needed to acquire a toy factory, and its production capacity would be enough to supply the entire world.

When the time came, if he wanted to acquire materials containing spiritual energy, he would simply need to sell these Spirit-Pointing Needles.

If he were to compile an e-book containing photos and values of all the herbs and pair it with the Spirit-Pointing Needle, he could not only solve the issue of bounties but also provide real-time updates.

It was just the title of the book...

From the moment he finished making the Spirit-Pointing Needle until breakfast, Chu He had been pondering: Compendium of Materia Medica, Illustrated Herbal Manual, True Explanation of Spirit Herbs... He thought of a whole bunch, yet he didn't know which one to use.

The main issue was that they all felt slightly unsuitable.

He decided to set it aside for now; there would be plenty of time to decide once the book was finished.

Of course, to achieve global acquisition, Chu He still needed to make his Jiuzhou Group bigger and stronger. At the very least, there needed to be a building in every Base City across the globe.

"Right, Dad..." Mentioning business, Chu He's gaze cleared, and he said solemnly, "How is our family's Jiuzhou Group developing in the Six Great Base Cities?"