Stream Ravine Mountain, Big-Mouthed Flower Spirit Plant, Blood Birch Soul-Gathering Thousand-Banner Tree
Li Fan listened quietly to his story.
"First, neither the Yellow Springs River in the heavens nor the earth can be entered by anyone other than a cultivator at the Purple Mansion level."
"Secondly, apart from the living and us River-Patrolling Yin Soldiers, all other ghostly cultivators here are untrustworthy."
"Third, if you encounter anything from the Yellow Springs River, you must report it."
"In short, stay away from the Yellow Springs Land and the Yellow Springs Heavenly River, and focus on your research. This place is so dangerous that even someone at the Dao Foundation Perfection stage can easily pass through it."
After listening to his story, Li Fan nodded, thinking to himself:
"It seems the Yellow Springs River is indeed dangerous; it's best to avoid getting too involved with it."
And so, Liu Wuxin used the power of the river patrol to cut through the rain and led him to a deep mountain stream 4km away.
Only then did he take out a token with the three large characters "[Stream Ravine Mountain]" written on it.
Liu Wuxin solemnly handed the item to Li Fan, and finally instructed:
"This is the defensive formation of [Stream Ravine Mountain], do not alter it arbitrarily."
Li Fan took the Spirit Mountain Token and, after a little refinement, gained control of the mountain-guarding formation. Then, under Liu Wuxin's watchful gaze, he entered [Stream Ravine Mountain].
When Li Fan looked back, Liu Wuxin's image, shrouded in incense smoke and haunted by ghosts, had already vanished.
He was slightly moved by this, and gazed at the surroundings of [Stream Ravine Mountain]:
"I still feel that choosing to come to the Yellow Springs Continent was a bit hasty; the hidden dangers here are beyond my imagination!"
This mountain is named [Stream Ravine Mountain], naturally because it is famous for its many mountain streams and deep ravines.
Looking around, the mountain is mostly made of rock, with steep and sharp cliffs on all sides, but strangely, small streams flow out from every corner.
This water is none other than First Tier Yellow Springs Water, which is deadly even for Qi Refining cultivators. Dao Foundation cultivators, on the other hand, will not have much of a problem unless they are completely in a state of meditation for 10 to 15 days.
Li Fan's mental energy enveloped the entire [Stream Ravine Mountain], and only after confirming that there were no other creatures did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Then, his surging, sun-like blood energy burst forth, converging into a magnificent crimson palace, which sat atop the highest point of [Stream Ravine Mountain].
The extraordinary radiation effect of [Venerable Blood Palace] was visible to the naked eye. The Yellow Springs Spiritual Qi floating in this place was forced to be transformed. Part of it turned into pure Blood Spiritual Primordial Qi, and the other part combined with the two to become Blood Springs Spiritual Qi, bringing a strange and unique vitality to the lifeless [Stream Ravine Mountain].
"Rustle and rustle!"
The snakes, insects, ants, and beasts hiding in the deep caves of the mountains were extremely excited upon smelling the Blood Qi, and they rushed frantically toward the location of the Venerable Blood Palace at the highest point of [Stream Ravine Mountain].
Upon seeing these snakes, insects, ants, and beasts, Li Fan's gaze sharpened. They were not normal creatures, but rather exuded an aura of death and chaotic spirit, containing the emotions of various intelligent beings, yet devoid of any Spirituality.
"This place is really a bit eerie."
Then, as if remembering something, a hint of joy welled up inside him.
"This is a good opportunity to try cultivating cross-specialized spiritual plants."
He ascended the Blood Palace step by step, while simultaneously searching for promising Blood Qi spiritual plants within his own Blood Star Space.
"The environment here is quite unique, predominantly watery, and possesses the qualities of vengeful spirits and those with dead hearts. There should be a few suitable spiritual plants here?"
His divine sense swept across every inch of the Blood Star Space, and beside the Blood River's water vein in the underground cave, he discovered a [Big-Mouthed Flower Spirit Plant] that fed on the Blood River's debris.
The stem of the [Big-Mouthed Flower Spirit Plant] is dark and hard as iron, bearing only a large human-faced blood flower. Half of it lies in the blood river, scooping up the broken limbs and severed arms from the struggles of blood beasts, and occasionally eating some underground blood fish.
Seeing the peculiar appearance of the [Big-Mouthed Flower Spirit Plant], Li Fan became slightly interested.
With a slight movement of mental energy, a vast spatial power instantly descended around it, moving everything, roots and all, from the Blood Star Space into the outside world.
The [Big-Mouthed Flower Spirit Plant] became listless after leaving the Blood River it depended on for survival; its face was covered in blood, and it seemed as if it might die at any moment.
Li Fan didn't care about its appearance and planted it directly in the shallowest part of the stream at the bottom of [Stream Ravine Mountain].
The [Big-Mouthed Flower Spirit Plant], now nourished by the water energy, raised its head, somewhat unaccustomed to the change, but still followed its instincts, burying the blood flower of the human face into the Yellow Springs Stream, attempting to extract the substances and spiritual energy within to nourish itself.
This was just a minor incident; his real target was a peculiar blood tree spirit plant in the Blood Star Space, entangled with blood souls.
First Tier Blood Qi Spirit Plant [Blood Birch Soul-Gathering Thousand-Banner Tree].
This tree has a pure white trunk and leaves shaped like large red soul banners. Its appearance is quite peculiar. It possesses the soul power scattered after the death of a blood-gathering beast, which is then used to condense the [Blood Soul Birch Banner Fruit], which greatly nourishes the soul.
This spiritual plant is extremely important to him personally; it is a precious spiritual fruit that enhances the foundation of his soul, and even mid-grade spiritual items from the outside world might not be willing to be exchanged for it.
According to Li Fan's estimation, this blood-qi spiritual plant should be extremely well-suited to, and perhaps even an excellent habitat, in a spiritual mountain like [Stream Ravine Mountain], which contains a large amount of dormant, dead soul power.
"Well, we can't just transplant it hastily. What if it accidentally mutates completely? Who can we complain to then?"
After thinking for a moment, Li Fan transformed his divine sense into scissors and cut off some gray-black roots and pure white branches from the [Blood Birch Soul-Gathering Thousand-Banner Tree]. He then summoned a large amount of blood spring to irrigate it and replenish its damage.
Then, spiritual plant magic was used to guide and promote the growth of roots, stems, and branches.
First Tier spirit plant spell [Blood Radiance Flying Growth Seedling Acceleration Technique]
Under the infusion of his magically condensed blood essence, the gray-black roots and pure white branches rapidly healed their wounds, sprouted new buds, took root in the blood-soaked soil, and grew wildly.
Within a few days, white seedlings and gray-black rootstock had grown.
With this, the First Tier was finally completed. Li Fan took them out of the Blood Star Space, found a suitable location in [Stream Ravine Mountain], planted them one by one, and carefully guided their growth.
To be honest, these saplings of the banner tree thrive in places shrouded in the power of the dead and the Yellow Springs Spiritual Qi. They absorb this energy and matter to Avatar, gradually mutating.
Time passed day by day, and as the [Venerable Blood Palace] was established in [Stream Ravine Mountain], it began to transform the area with Blood Qi.
Even the Yellow Springs Stream gradually became stained with Blood Qi, no longer as dim and murky as before, but instead a mixture of red and yellow.
Li Fan discovered some unknown special things that occasionally crashed into the mountain-guarding formation from the lower reaches of the Yellow Springs Stream. In an attempt to trace their origin, the violent impacts caused the Yellow Springs Water to tremble, and some cultivators with power comparable to Dao Foundation cultivators launched a full-force attack.
Standing atop [Stream Ravine Mountain], gazing at the turbulent Yellow Springs Stream outside the mountain-guarding formation, Li Fan was secretly alarmed:
"This place is really eerie. If it weren't for this grand formation, I'd probably have to constantly be on guard against these ghostly things."
Soon, two years passed, and [Stream Ravine Mountain] was completely stained with blood-red stone, with a strange and mysterious landscape secretly brewing.