Essence-Gathering Treasure Bottle

Since stepping into the Spirit Realm from the mortal world, Lin Xu has cultivated from an ordinary mortal to the peak of the fourth level in just half a month. This speed will leave many people speechless!

"Master, it's time to eat."

Meng Yaoguang and Meng Yaohua brought over a table and set out the food.

"Let's eat together~" In a great mood Lin Xu put the pills into a jade bottle and sat down at the table to eat.

Meng Yaoguang sat on either side of each other, and the three of them ate spirit rice and spirit vegetables.

After the Spirit Gathering Formation was set up, the vegetables grown in the Peach Tree Village vegetable garden also contained a trace of Spiritual Qi. Although they could not be considered top-grade spiritual vegetables, their taste was improved significantly.

With beautiful women by his side, even meals tasted better. However, seeing the two women's blank expressions, Lin Xu still felt a pang of regret.

"Unfortunately, these two beautiful puppets are all form and no spirit..."

These NPCs appear based on a special mechanism of the Spirit Realm. Although they are physiologically the same as ordinary humans, their souls are weak and their intelligence is limited.

For example, these two girls, although their intelligence and spirit are both as high as 15, are not as intelligent as a 5 or 6-year-old child in reality.

Of course, this situation is not unchangeable. As long as NPCs are placed in ordinary human society for a period of time, there will be a significant change.

After Meng Yaoguang and Meng Yaohua spent only a short time by Lin Xu's side, the dullness characteristic of NPC humans was noticeably reduced.

Clearly, this is the effect of the expansion of the sea of consciousness and the gradual strengthening of the soul after the fusion of the Dharma Seed and the opening of the Divine Aperture.

After the meal, Lin Xu used the power of the Dharma Protector Evil Eye to inspect the progress of the cultivation of the spiritual fields outside the village.

With the help of the spirit-enchanted farming tools, the farmland development progressed quickly; in just one day, twenty or thirty acres of new land were reclaimed.

At this pace, the first phase of development can be completed in three days.

"The speed is still too slow, and the three-month growth period for spirit rice is too long..." Lin Xu stared at the lush farmland outside the village, his heart filled with turmoil.

He hadn't forgotten that not far from the village, two forces from the Spirit Realm were still locked in a fierce battle, and the flames of war could shatter the tranquility of Peach Tree Village at any moment.

"We must speed things up." The sense of urgency that welled up in Lin Xu's heart made him realize that his worries were not unfounded.

He sat in the quiet room, frowning in thought, "To accelerate the growth of spirit rice, one can use the Essence Acceleration Mantra."

However, out of the dozen or so cultivators in Peach Tree Village, only two of us, including myself, know the Essence Acceleration Mantra, which is simply not enough.

Xuanwei Monastery doesn't have any formations for promoting plant growth on a large scale; perhaps they do, but he hasn't found them.

"Is it possible to use magical artifacts to replace spells? For example, if a cultivator holds a magical artifact, they can directly release the corresponding spell?"

A thought flashed through Lin Xu's mind, and his eyes lit up.

Similar magical artifacts are not uncommon. For example, each person in the Xuanwei Monastery carries a Dao Rhyme Bright Light Lamp, which carries a basic Light Mantra and can be released by consuming magical power.

He sat cross-legged on the futon and entered a meditative state once again.

Having prior experience in designing and crafting spirit-enchanted farming tools significantly reduces the difficulty of getting started.

In a state of Thought Overclocking, countless runes flickered and reconstructed in the sea of consciousness, and the prototype of a magical artifact rapidly took shape from nothing.

After a short while, Lin Xu slowly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp, and ordered the two women in a deep voice, "Prepare the materials immediately!"

After Meng Yaoguang and the other woman placed the crystal jade and other materials into the Spirit-Nurturing Cauldron, he once again used the Bright Light Lamp to control the spiritual fire, melting and purifying the materials placed in the cauldron.

The spirit fire changed shape and temperature under Lin Xu's control until the crystal jade and other materials melted. The impurities contained within were gradually extracted by the spirit fire, and several clumps of materials of different sizes were quickly stretched and changed shape.

Once the melted crystal was shaped, the other auxiliary materials, following Lin Xu's thoughts, transformed into seal script and array patterns of different colors, and were imprinted in their corresponding positions according to the new model constructed in his mind.

Once the entire ritual implement was fully formed, several pieces of material of varying sizes remained.

With a thought, the spiritual fire within the Spirit-Nurturing Cauldron flickered, and the high temperature contained within the magical artifact was drawn away, cooling down from its crimson liquid state and solidifying into a solid shape in the blink of an eye.

The candlelight flickered, and a pale yellow jade bottle, about five inches in size, slowly emerged from the cauldron and fell into Lin Xu's hands.

He stared intently, and mysterious runes flickered on the smooth surface of the jade bottle from time to time. The originally monochromatic bottle was now shimmering with a seven-colored glow.

This bottle may look simple, but its thin surface is actually covered with densely packed seal characters that are interwoven to form complete arrays of runes.

Item: Essence-Gathering Treasure Bottle

Quality: Excellent cyan

Spiritual Qi: 1/100

Effects: [Spirit Gathering] Spiritual Qi recovery +1 per minute, [Essence Acceleration Mantra] Plant growth +100%, consumes 5 points of mana (Spiritual Qi).

Description: The bottle is engraved with Qi Absorption Pattern and Life Nurturing Array, which can gather the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to nourish all things and also promote the rapid growth of spiritual plants.

This jade bottle is a magical artifact that Lin Xu specially developed for the cultivation of spirit rice. Although its function is singular, it is extremely practical.

The Spirit Gathering Formation can charge the treasure bottle. By placing it in a place with abundant Spiritual Qi, it can accumulate spiritual liquid on its own. When a cultivator releases the Essence Acceleration Mantra, they only need to activate the treasure bottle array to consume the spiritual liquid in the bottle to replace their mana.

This design minimizes the consumption of a cultivator's magical power.

Theoretically speaking, even a novice Daoist priest could manipulate this artifact to release the Essence Acceleration Mantra.

"Not bad~" Seeing that the bottle had met his design expectations, Lin Xu put it down with satisfaction.

The magical artifacts he personally crafted contained Spirit Gathering Formation and Essence Acceleration Array that were nearly perfect, achieving the effects of a grandmaster-level spell.

What pleased him most was that the crystals and other materials consumed in refining the Essence-Gathering Treasure Bottle were all low-level spiritual materials. Not counting the labor costs, just considering the value of the materials, refining one treasure bottle would only cost two or three hundred Dharma Coin, which Peach Tree Village could easily afford.

"Looks like I'll have to train a bunch of tools..." With that thought in mind, Lin Xu once again immersed himself in crafting magical artifacts.

An hour later, after all the prepared materials had been used up, more than 20 crystal-clear jade bottles appeared in front of Lin Xu.

Lin Xu got up and left the meditation room, then began training the cultivators.

In fact, Xuanwei Monastery has been doing similar work all along. For example, the odd jobs in the temple are actually prospective disciples waiting to be formally accepted.

However, in his view, this method was far too inefficient, especially given that the underground cities posed a serious threat to the survival of the Daoist temples, yet the training mechanism for cultivators remained unchanged.

"Whether for the needs of war or for the sake of farming, I must cultivate my own team..."

Lin Xu turned his attention to the militia stationed in Peach Tree Village. After being screened by the Daoist temple, most of them did not have the aptitude for cultivation. Even if they managed to enter the sect, they would hardly be able to break through to level 5 in their lifetime.

But for him, even a beginner at level 1 would be of great use, let alone level 5.