Moo moo!
The Black Bull understood at once. Chen Xun was planning to cultivate a large number of Spirit Veins himself. And the deduction they had made in the Five Aggregates Sect of the Domain when they were young had never been wrong: ten-thousand-year Crane Spirit Trees buried underground could indeed give birth to Spirit Veins.
But with the Essence of All Things they now possessed, one year was enough to hasten the growth of four ten-thousand-year Crane Spirit Trees—four hundred in a century.
Yet to form a Ninth Rank Spirit Vein of neither small nor large scale required at least a thousand ten-thousand-year Crane Spirit Trees, and the birth of the Spirit Vein itself would take at least several thousand years.
Using the Essence of All Things this way, by any calculation, was actually quite a losing proposition.
The Black Bull also knew this was the worst possible option—treating a dead horse as if it were alive—but it was still better than doing nothing.
However, Chen Xun's true thoughts were not so simple. He still had two more schemes...
First, Ji Yan had once told him that Garbage Recycling Plants would be established in the Three Thousand Great Worlds. Chen Xun had personally experienced their terrifying ability to absorb Spirit Stones. At worst, he could go buy Spirit Veins in the Three Thousand Great Worlds later.
Second was Heavenly Wheel Immortal Elder's Earth Wheel Great World. Back on the Chaos Ancient Road, he had discussed the Dao with its master. He knew this path like the back of his hand!
The Spirit Wheel Great World absorbed the spiritual energy of Heaven, Earth, and all things to nourish itself. The Earth Wheel Great World was naturally connected to earth veins, except it would inflict devastating damage upon the land. Without