Chapter 475

Chapter 475: Aroma

Having been too busy to check before, Ji Yang now had the time to see what good things were inside.

The two beasts nearby noticed and gathered around with hopeful expressions.

After the original owners of these storage bags had died, the bags lost their primordial spirit marks and could be easily opened.

Soon, Ji Yang emptied the contents of the first storage bag and began sorting them.

Hmm, two magical treasures; although they were just ordinary ones, they contained a small amount of rare materials. Perhaps he could reuse them later to extract the raw materials and add them to his iron pick for crafting tools.

Ji Yang nodded and set them aside.

The two beasts seemed uninterested in these items, hardly giving them a second glance.

A pile of spiritual stones? Not very useful; still, they could be buried in the spiritual plant field as nutrients.

Although most cultivators use spiritual stones to practice, unfortunately, he had no use for them.

With his hard training, he wondered when he would improve to the next stage. From the moment he entered the peak, he had already tasted the bitterness of hard work.

Two sets of formations? They were both for defense and protection, likely set up by the previous cultivator to safely recover spiritual energy.

But for Ji Yang, they held little significance.

His techniques meant that he didn’t need to waste a lot of time like other cultivators recovering spiritual energy.

He found several bottles filled with pills, none of which had labels.

Ji Yang shook his head slightly; if he accidentally took the wrong pill while heavily injured, wouldn’t he be taking an earlier trip to the afterlife?

Moreover, after being killed, how would anyone differentiate the pills? Wouldn’t that just complicate things for the person who killed him?

This was extremely careless.

Ji Yang opened a bottle of pills and sniffed gently. Before he could identify anything, Little Black nudged him excitedly, clearly having sensed something good.

Seeing this, Ji Yang said nothing further and tossed the bottle of pills to Little Black.

The pills outside had little use for him and could actually harm his pure body, so it was better not to consume them.

As a dog, Little Black naturally didn’t have such reservations.

Ji Yang decided not to look further and threw all the bottles and jars to Little Black and Xuanqing, letting the two beasts sort them out themselves.

In terms of perception, spiritual beasts had superior talents, so they likely wouldn’t have any issues identifying them.

Next, Ji Yang opened a few more storage bags.

The contents were mostly the same, essentially items that cultivators used to enhance their strength or things needed in daily life.

However, when Ji Yang opened the last storage bag and looked at the colorful women’s clothing inside, he couldn’t help but twitch his lips a couple of times.

How could a cultivator be so perverse?

If he remembered correctly, the last storage bag seemed to belong to that Heaven Demon Sect cultivator!

After all, they were a late Void Refinement stage cultivator who had mastered the essence of the Way; this certainly gave Ji Yang a broader perspective.

In this search, Ji Yang’s biggest gain was those magical treasures, and in the last storage bag, he also found a high-quality magical treasure.

Besides that, there were some high-level spiritual plants, but these could no longer be planted and could only be used for pill crafting, which was still a small bonus.

Finally, Ji Yang gave the two beasts and one person a storage bag, which was meant for a Void Refinement stage cultivator and had quite a large space.

Little Black was extremely excited about this and kept experimenting.

Beside him, Xuanqing quietly muttered,

“Country bumpkin!”

After handling all the gains, Ji Yang flew towards the peak.

Before leaving, he reminded the two beasts to clean up the area.

Although cultivators usually do not need to rest, a two-month trip to the secret realm had drained a lot of his energy, and he needed sleep to recover.

…

The next day, the sky was high and refreshing, with a ray of sunlight streaming through the gap in the wooden house’s roof.

Ji Yang slowly opened his eyes and jumped up from the wooden bed.

After a good sleep, Ji Yang felt refreshed, and even the exhaustion in his primordial spirit had lessened significantly.

Indeed, sleeping is the best way to maintain health.

When Ji Yang stepped out of the wooden house, he immediately headed toward the spiritual plants area.

After a night of growth, countless light points reappeared on the many spiritual plants.

Seeing this, Ji Yang’s mood brightened, and he began to absorb these light points.

Cultivation +1

Cultivation +1

After absorbing the light points generated by two top-tier spiritual plants, Ji Yang headed towards another area of spiritual plants, eager to check on the seed he had planted yesterday and the unnamed spiritual plant’s growth.

Soon, Ji Yang saw the green spiritual plant with leaves resembling flower buds.

And indeed, there were a few blue light points on this spiritual plant.

This made Ji Yang smile; as long as it produced cultivation points, this plant, regardless of its inherent effect, would be a valuable asset to him.

However, as Ji Yang approached the spiritual plant, he sensed something was off.

He detected a strange aroma around the plant.

This made Ji Yang alert, and he quickly examined himself for any signs of abnormality; after all, the Cultivation World had many poisons, some of which even affected the primordial spirit, and even high-level cultivators would avoid them.

Ji Yang did not want to suffer an unexpected loss.

However, after looking himself over, he found that both his body and primordial spirit were unaffected.

But as Ji Yang scanned the surroundings, he soon noticed something strange. The high-level spiritual plants surrounding this top-tier spiritual plant were all showing signs of withering.

This caused the light points produced by the surrounding spiritual plants to diminish, while the high-level spiritual plants farther away were full of vitality, producing higher-quality light points.

Even though Ji Yang didn’t know the exact effect of this spiritual plant, he sensed something was wrong at that moment.

He knew that the top-tier spiritual plant that Peak Master Su casually took out must not be harmless.

Fortunately, he had been cautious and planted this spiritual plant in a separate area; otherwise, he would have lost many high-level spiritual plants overnight.

As Ji Yang continued to investigate, he quickly discovered that the aroma emanating from this spiritual plant seemed to only affect other spiritual plants, while having no impact on cultivators and spiritual beasts.

If that were the case, he could simply plant this spiritual plant further away, ensuring it wouldn’t affect the other plants.

However, Ji Yang discovered that the aroma was gradually expanding.

This meant that if he didn’t find a suitable solution, the aroma would eventually spread throughout Jingtan Peak and even to the He Dao Sect.

The nearby high-level spiritual plants had only been exposed to this aroma for one night and were already on the verge of withering. If the aroma’s range continued to expand for more days, it was likely that all the other spiritual plants within the peak would die.

Since it could affect the spiritual plants, it would surely have a significant impact on the spiritual grains as well.