But when he released his Divine Sense and drilled into the ground to investigate, he frowned again.
There really is something there!
Spirit Stone?
Moreover, these are spirit stones whose spiritual energy is about to be exhausted!
His Divine Sense had already penetrated more than ten meters below the Buddhist temple, and indeed, he discovered the existence of the spirit stone.
Unfortunately, these spirit stones were far less numerous than the ones used by Wang Gui to set up the Skeleton Grand Formation, and their spiritual energy had been almost entirely depleted over the past few centuries.
"No, there can't be only this one thing!"
Gu Chen shook his head. If it were just spirit stones, and depleted ones at that, how much spiritual energy could it possibly emit?
It's definitely not as much as entering the Land of Heaven and Earth!
After all, the Land of Heaven and Earth is known as the place with the most abundant spiritual energy on the entire planet. Wouldn't cultivating there be ten or even a hundred times better than in this godforsaken place?
"Huh?"
Just then, Gu Chen noticed a small, inconspicuous bottle in the corner, in front of the enshrined Buddha statue.
"What is this?" Gu Chen was taken aback, then picked up the small bottle.
The bottle had some dust and dirt on its surface, but after Gu Chen wiped it clean, it looked much cleaner.
However, the bottle was extremely ordinary in both its lace and carving, and Gu Chen couldn't see anything different about it. But just as he channeled his Divine Sense into it, his body suddenly trembled violently!
Immediately afterward, a look of shock appeared on his face, which then turned into a look of ecstatic joy!
He thought this place was unusual because the discovery of the spirit stone earlier wasn't enough to pique his interest.
But now, he finally understands what happened!
Because what the people from the Wuji Manor valued wasn't this meager spiritual energy, but rather this small bottle!
The small bottle contains a hidden world! There's even a separate, independent space inside!
Just like storage rings and storage bags, or even the Emperor's Vein that Gu Chen awakened after reaching the Divine Emperor, there was actually a spiritual field in the bottle's space that was hard to come by in the mortal world!
But soon, Gu Chen tensed up again.
A small bottle resembling Emperor's Vein? It contains a spiritual field? It exists on Earth? How is that possible!
In the cultivation world, a storage bag is a means of storing things, also known as a Sumeru space. In Buddhist terminology, there is a Mount Sumeru, and the saying "one flower, one world" originates from this.
However, the presence of a spiritual field inside the small bottle was something Gu Chen hadn't expected.
Gu Chen's expression turned solemn. He put down the small bottle and went outside the Buddhist temple. Without any concern for his True Qi, he released a soundproof barrier, cutting off all sound from the outside world.
Then, he went into the Buddhist temple, carefully took out the bottle, and placed it on the stone bench.
It was nearly dawn, and occasional slivers of moonlight broke through the clouds, casting a silvery glow on the mountain. Through the moonlight, Gu Chen could see that the small bottle wasn't white, but gray, and the marks on it weren't rust, but its original color.
An ordinary person might not even pay attention to this bottle, not even a martial artist, because they don't possess Divine Sense. But Gu Chen is a cultivator, and when he infused his Divine Sense into it, the surging spiritual energy within the bottle far surpassed that of the low-grade spirit stone from before!
At that moment, he knew that the most important thing hidden in this old lair of the Wuji Manor was not the spirit stone he had just discovered, but this little gray bottle!
"This is a spirit field."
"The main function of a spirit field is to grow things!"
"The reason why Yellow Rock Grass was discovered before was because the area Starfall Cliff is suitable for planting!"
"Otherwise, given the resources of the Six Great Families, they certainly wouldn't have chosen to cultivate in the mortal world; they would at least have done so in the Land of Heaven and Earth! It's just that they couldn't find suitable soil Land of Heaven and Earth!"
"But what level is this spirit field?"
A thought struck Gu Chen, and he began searching through the Emperor's Vein.
"Yunhui Seeds!"
After searching for a while, Gu Chen finally took out a seed. This seed was about half the size of a little finger and looked no different from an ordinary seed. However, this was the seed of the "Cloud Radiance Fruit" in the cultivation world. The Cloud Radiance Fruit is a third-level medicinal herb and can be used as the main ingredient in the "Cloud Radiance Pill" for refining.
"I never expected I'd have seeds. Luckily."
Gu Chen stared at the seed for a while, his heart pounding as he thought about how it was about to confirm a certain suspicion in his heart. The next moment, without hesitation, he threw it directly into the bottle.
"Huh?"
After about ten seconds, the bottle remained motionless, without releasing even a trace of spiritual energy.
"Could my guess be wrong?" Gu Chen's heart skipped a beat. He waited a few more minutes, but there was still no change. Unwilling to give up, he picked up the bottle directly.
Then I shook it vigorously a few times, but there was still no change!
"No, could it be that it requires spiritual energy? Or perhaps spiritual elixir?"
Gu Chen made a final attempt, activating the "Heaven and Earth Creation Art" to cast a transformation spell in the air with his True Qi, which then turned into two or three drops of spiritual liquid and dripped into the bottle!
In just a short while, something shocking happened!
Suddenly, a tender sprout began to emerge from the mouth of the small gray bottle, followed by a second, a third, a fourth... and soon they burst out of the bottle! With the wriggling of the sprouts, they emerged little by little from the mouth of the small gray bottle, just like bamboo shoots after a spring rain!
The whole process took less than a minute, and a strange flower and fruit exuding the fragrance of herbs appeared at the top of the bottle! And right in the center of this leaf, there was a cluster of bright red and tender fruit!
"Cloud Radiance Fruit"!
And these are already ripe Cloud Radiance Fruit!
Gu Chen's spirits lifted, and his pupils dilated instantly!
Even though he was somewhat prepared, Gu Chen was still taken aback!
In such a short time, a Cloud Radiance Fruit has ripened!
If Gu Chen hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, he truly wouldn't have believed it!
Soon, Gu Chen took out several more items from the Emperor's Vein: "Yangchun Seed," "Shulie Seed," "Dragon Elephant Horn Seed," and so on. Gu Chen didn't know where these seeds came from, but they were all low-level seeds. There were too many good things in the Emperor's Vein, but these were all placed on the periphery and could be taken out.
After taking out the seeds and pulling the Cloud Radiance Fruit out of the bottle, Gu Chen, amidst excitement and nervousness, put the other seeds back in one by one.
Sunny Spring Grass... One minute, costs two drops of spiritual liquid.
Binding Blaze Root... One and a half minutes, using two drops of spiritual liquid.
Dragon Elephant Horn... Three minutes, costing five drops of spirit liquid...
During the experiment, Gu Chen's face was pale, but he became increasingly excited and unable to control himself!
In less than ten minutes, he had actually cultivated four different kinds of spiritual herbs and flowers! Even if these things weren't of high quality, they were still enough to astound him!