Chapter 138
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Chapter 138: Establishing a Base Early
After Ning Xiao confirmed Yun Ye’s identity, he immediately wanted to invite Yun Ye to Luoyun Town to meet with Yang Shu and the others.
However, Yun Ye declined; he needed to stay here to cultivate Spiritual Herbs. If there was anything to discuss, they could communicate directly through the Halo Book.
Since the Secret Realm would eventually be revealed to the Tomorrow Society, Yun Ye thought for a moment and said to Ning Xiao, “I believe I can develop in Baishi Town. Before his passing, my master entrusted me with a safe place. After you see it, you can consider its feasibility.”
With that, Yun Ye opened the Moon Disk, indicating for Ning Xiao to step inside.
“A safe place…”
Ning Xiao hesitated but, after biting his teeth, decided to trust this heir for once due to his faith in Yang Shi.
He took a step forward, and the scenery transformed dramatically.
Cheng Wenjie, who had been dozing in bed, suddenly heard the commotion and quickly got up to greet them, “Lord of Spiritual Law!”
Speaking of which, Yun Ye hadn’t informed Cheng Wenjie of his name in this life.
Little Rice.
In this life, his parents had called Yun Ye by this name. Although they did not know his surname, it did not matter; for Yun Ye, a name was merely a code. Since his parents had given him this name, he accepted it.
“Who are you?”
Ning Xiao looked at Cheng Wenjie with some hesitation.
“I am Cheng Wenjie, a subordinate of the Lord of Spiritual Law, responsible for managing the herb fields. You two lords need not mind me.”
Cheng Wenjie cupped his hands in salute, not saying anything against Yun Ye.
“Now I see.”
Ning Xiao nodded, his gaze turning to the herbs at the center of the Secret Realm. He observed for a moment, astonished, “Is that a Yang Lingzhi approaching forty years old?”
Thanks to Tong Huo Yang and Wang Yao, the Yang Family had actually preserved a few Spiritual Herbs and were no strangers to them. Yet the Yang Lingzhi in front of them had truly lived for forty years without being harvested; he had never seen such a thing before.
It was incredibly rare!
“It’s just the nature of the Secret Realm; it can accelerate the growth of plants. They are not transplanted from the outside. Besides providing a retreat, it can also offer certain resources, though there aren’t many.”
Yun Ye explained.
“That’s already very good! Resources can be obtained from the outside world; isn’t that just why you want to develop in Baishi Town?”
Ning Xiao looked around. Although the Secret Realm was not large, it could easily conceal dozens of people. The important members of the Tomorrow Society were fewer than twenty, which was sufficient.
As a secure base, it held far more significance than just one or two Spiritual Herbs.
“The Secret Realm is an independent space; even the judges cannot forcefully open it, so it is highly secure. The only thing to watch for is to conceal enough supplies; otherwise, if the resources run out, we’ll be left helpless.”
Yun Ye walked to the Yang Lingzhi and pointed at it, “I planted this in the morning. It already has forty years of medicinal power, and in about two hours, it can increase by ten years. If there are revival of Spiritual Roots, perhaps we could accelerate it even further.”
“What? Two hours equals ten years of growth?” Ning Xiao initially found it hard to believe, but hearing this, he was immediately shocked, “How is that even possible? That’s an incredible acceleration in growth, right? Ten thousand times?”
“Twenty-five thousand times.” Yun Ye chuckled.
“Are you joking? You must be joking!” Ning Xiao couldn’t believe it at all.
With a twenty-five thousand times acceleration, it truly seemed terrifying; stacking Spiritual Herbs could create powerful cultivators!
“I’m not joking. But it’s not as exaggerated as you think. The twenty-five thousand times acceleration is limited to just one plant. If there’s even one more, the acceleration would be halved,” Yun Ye explained.
“…Even halved would still be twelve thousand five hundred times! How could it possibly accelerate to such a level? The herbs can’t withstand that!”
“In the Yang Family, even if Wood Spiritual Root cultivators exert all their strength to accelerate, they can only speed up the growth of herbs by ten times. If they try to go further, the herbs will immediately wither. Even if they pour in more spirit energy, the herbs get stuck at a fixed limit and can’t grow any further!”
As Ning Xiao spoke, he became dumbfounded.
With his keen eyesight, he had already seen the white wheel increasing. This visible growth was certainly not something a mere ten times acceleration could achieve; it had to be at least ten thousand times!
This completely shattered his common sense, prompting him to mutter, “Is this the Secret Realm? Is this the power of ancient cultivators?”
“That’s about the feeling of it. Quickly send someone over; it’s best to have Wood Spiritual Root, Earth Spiritual Root, and Metal Spiritual Root cultivators. I want to see if we can accelerate even further.” Yun Ye opened the Moon Disk and took Ning Xiao out of the Secret Realm.
Ning Xiao left in shock, returning to Luoyun Town to report. He had gained so much from this trip.
…
Yun Ye returned to the cave and continued using the Moon Disk to enhance the medicinal power of the Spiritual Herbs while quietly refining his Treasure.
It was indeed incredible; even though it no longer hindered Yun Ye, completely refining it remained as difficult as ascending to the heavens. At this rate, it would take at least twenty or thirty years to properly refine it.
Yun Ye knew this was due to his low cultivation level; if he had reached the maximum level of the mortal realm in his previous life, he could probably complete the purification in five to six years, turning it into his own life-based Treasure.
Unfortunately, he could not improve his cultivation level now and had to make do with the refining process, improving it a little whenever possible.
Even a mere one-thousandth improvement in the refining process of the Treasure could yield a considerable increase in its power, significantly more practical than practicing techniques.
The next day at noon.
Yang Shu sent a message to Yun Ye, stating they had confirmed the preliminary plan and would soon send people to Baishi Town to assist him. However, to be cautious, the personnel would depart gradually rather than all at once. If any issues arose, they would be supported by the foundation established in Luoyun Town.
Seeing this news, Yun Ye did not say much; he only needed trustworthy reinforcements. He wasn’t planning to attack Baishi Town; he merely wanted assistance in developing and managing the area.
“With their people coming, I can’t sit here and wait. I need to create a basic framework so that when they arrive, there will be work for them to do. In that case, I’ll start gathering those refugees; if I wait longer, even with Baishi Town attracting many monsters, those ordinary people will be left to die!”
Thinking of this, Yun Ye felt restless. He immediately got up and left the cave to gather the refugees early.
He initially contacted the Tomorrow Society because he felt something ominous approaching and wanted to quicken the pace of building power. While it would genuinely help ordinary people, waiting passively was not ideal.
With the Great Disaster Transformation looming, ordinary citizens were powerless to resist. If he continued to wait, they would likely perish.
This was deadly for Yun Ye because spreading the Tomorrow ideology and genuinely helping ordinary people was his only way to break through the situation. Only by doing so could the tomorrow journey unfold and grow.
If he couldn’t see through this and understand this principle, he would be no different from the families of Baishi Town.
Leaving Hongshan behind, Yun Ye headed straight for the nearest village—Qicai Village!
