Chapter 74

Lord Yunping was very eloquent and humble, and he earnestly invited them to stay at the Spirit Jade Palace.

Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng were gradually persuaded.

They do indeed need a lot of resources to improve their cultivation, and it would be best if Spirit Jade Palace could help.

After a conversation, Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng were invited to stay temporarily at the Spirit Jade Palace.

To welcome them, Spirit Jade Palace specially allocated them a large courtyard, where rare and exotic animals were kept. The interior furnishings were also magnificent, and the calming incense in the corners of the rooms burned day and night.

Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng were not insignificant figures, but they had never lived in such a luxurious house.

Both of them had rather simple and honest personalities, and the furnishings were not in this style when they were sect leaders.

However, this style is quite nice, and it's understandable that the two of them, who are visiting, wouldn't be picky.

Realm Spirit personally delivered the spiritual herbs and pills to them. "These are the spiritual herbs and pills that Little Junping and I selected for you. We think you'll find them useful. Please let us know if you need anything else, don't be shy."

As a planter, Shan Heyuan was familiar with the prices of spiritual herbs and pills. As soon as he saw the auction-level spiritual herbs and pills sent by Realm Spirit, he knew that Spirit Jade Palace was really willing to invest in them.

"Since you put it that way, I won't stand on ceremony." Shan Heyuan took out a Jade Slip and handed it to Realm Spirit. "These are the materials we need. See if you can collect them. Collect as much as you can; as long as you have some, it's fine. I need them to refine Fertilizer Pill and spirit liquid."

Realm Spirit took it, glanced at it, and said simply, "There are some in the storeroom; I'll bring them to you later."

Shan Heyuan: "Then I'll have to trouble you."

Realm Spirit really didn't treat them like outsiders. When she heard that Shan Heyuan wanted something, she immediately sent him more materials than he needed.

Shan Heyuan had long wanted to refine a batch of Fertilizer Pill. Over the years, he had traveled outside and helped many people, so he was never very well-off, and the materials were not easy to come by. He had only refined a few Fertilizer Pill here and there, not many, and not enough for the Spirit Plant in his Dantian Small World.

Now that he had enough materials, he began refining them, intending to produce a large batch directly.

Realm Spirit, having nothing better to do, came specifically to observe him refine the Fertilizer Pill.

Shan Heyuan didn't plan to refine it outside, as it would be difficult to control the Pu Core Fire there.

Since Realm Spirit wanted to see, he brought Realm Spirit into his Dantian Small World. Since Realm Spirit stayed inside for quite a while, there was no need to hide it from her.

After many years, Realm Spirit once again entered the Dantian Small World.

Their landing point was on the mountaintop.

Looking down from the mountaintop, the first thing you see is the enormous tree in the center of the small world.

Beside the trees are lakes and springs.

Near the lake and the spirit spring are fertile spirit fields, planted with lush green Thousand Powder Grass.

The climate inside the Dantian Small World should be in springtime, with a gentle spring breeze blowing from time to time, and the fragrance of spiritual herbs filling the entire Dantian.

Realm Spirit stared in astonishment at everything. "Your Dantian Small World is so vibrant! It's much more vibrant than my West Jing Secret Realm. It doesn't have that stiff feeling that secret realms have at all. It seems even more vibrant than the outside world."

Shan Heyuan: "The Heavenly Dao Principle are more complete and the Spiritual Power is abundant in this small world, unlike outside, where so many cities are dead and the Spiritual Power has been cut off. Staying here is definitely more comfortable than outside."

Realm Spirit: "This place is like a paradise on earth. You've grown such good spiritual herbs, they must all be Nascent Soul grade herbs, right? The Spiritual Power here is so pure, I don't want to leave after I came in."

"If you like, you can stay here a little longer, that's fine too."

"If the situation outside weren't so dire, I would definitely have stayed here longer. What a pity." Realm Spirit looked around, still finding it hard to believe. "I think it's not just that. Your Dantian Small World must hold other secrets."

Shan Heyuan laughed, "Since you've said it's a secret, then I definitely can't tell you."

Realm Spirit said enviously, "Yours is so wonderful. I also hope that one day the West Jing Secret Realm can develop to this level."

Realm Spirit circled around the Dantian Small World and was once again awestruck by its current Dantian Small World.

As a Realm Spirit, this was the first time she had ever seen a small world grow so rapidly.

The area of other secret realms will also slowly increase over time, but it takes tens of thousands of years for them to grow even slightly. Which secret realm can grow at a rate that is like Shan Heyuan's Dantian Small World, which is measured in years or even months?

That's terrifying.

Realm Spirit said she didn't want to come to Shan Heyuan's place anymore; she couldn't take the shock anymore.

Shan Heyuan smiled wryly. His growth rate was indeed quite fast. Despite having cultivation from thousands of years ago as a foundation, his current recovery was a testament to the favor of Heavenly Dao.

When Shan Heyuan transformed into a tree, he stored the Thousand Powder Grass in a jade box and placed it in Shen Duheng's storage ring.

After successfully transforming into a tree, he planted the Thousand Powder Grass back into his Dantian Small World.

All told, this batch of Thousand Powder Grass has been planted for more than ten years.

Over the years, the Thousand Powder Grass has been nourished by his own Spiritual Power and cultivated by the Fertilizer Pill Elixir, so it has grown exceptionally well, even better than the Thousand Powder Grass that has been growing for over a hundred years outside.

Some of them are now ready to be extracted and used to refine the Sky-Soaring Pill.

The Sky-Soaring Pill is one of those pills whose ingredients are extremely rare, but which are not too difficult to refine.

Shen Duheng simply took matters into his own hands and refined it himself.

Shan Heyuan watched Shen Duheng pills from the side and felt that Shen Duheng had also grown a lot.

Previously, Shen Duheng didn't do these miscellaneous tasks much, but now his alchemy skills are flowing smoothly and he's quite proficient at it.

It seems that cultivators live long lives and indeed know a little bit about everything.

After Shen Duheng finished refining a batch of pills, he turned to look at Shan Heyuan and asked with a smile, "What are you looking at?"

"Look at you," Shan Heyuan said, "You're completely different from when I first met you."

"So much has happened, things are bound to change," Shen Duheng chuckled and said, "I need to keep up with you."

Chapter 74

After Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng settled down temporarily at the Spirit Jade Palace, their condition stabilized somewhat.

They had left Sword Reverence City many years ago.

Shan Heyuan occasionally thinks of his friends. Now that things have settled down, he uses the Spiritual Power patterns he had before to send them secret messages.

As a Spirit Transformation cultivator, he could basically ensure that the letters would not be intercepted by others, and he had no psychological burden in sending them.

His friends were all surprised to receive his letter at this time, and they all reacted strongly after receiving it, replying to him immediately.

Ma Rupei, Jiu Mingyue, Zhong Shuran, Jiang Zhi, and others all replied with great excitement.

It's been many years since we last saw each other, and reconnecting with each other is quite exciting.

In the letter, they chatted about their recent situations.

Jiu Mingyue has taken over as sect leader, rising from the senior disciple of the Supreme Harmony Sect to sect leader. Qi Yuanbai assists him, while the older generation has retired to become elders. Their cultivation has improved, but none have made a major breakthrough.

The current situation is quite chaotic, but Supreme Harmony Sect has developed well and seized the opportunity to expand, with its territory now more than three times larger than before.

Ma Rupei entered the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and became a minor steward in the newly expanded area of the Supreme Harmony Sect.

Zhong Shuran, Zhao Changming, and Li Jiamu returned from out of town, back to Jingzhishan Town.

The outside world was too chaotic, and the three of them, being of average strength, had no desire to venture out and explore.

In his reply, Zhong Shuran quipped that he would rather die at home, returning to his roots.

Because the Supreme Harmony Sect is expanding, it needs more cultivators. The three of them each have a special skill, and they are doing quite well now, at least they have no problem making a living.

These friends in Jingzhishan Town generally live a relatively peaceful life.

Jiang Zhi and Li Jian, on the other hand, were in Sword Reverence City, directly facing the eye of the storm. They were no longer teachers, but were instead sent to lead a rescue team.

Jiang Zhi also told Shan Heyuan that they were currently with Lin Ji and Sheng Chao, staying on the outskirts of a dead city. They couldn't leave rashly without orders from their superiors, unless they resigned from their Sword Reverence Sect.