Chapter 479

Chapter 479: Fearing Poverty

During this half month, in addition to the expansion of the spiritual field at Jingtan Peak, Ji Yang’s essence also grew through mining and planting spiritual grains.

On the second day after Ye Wuchen left, Ji Yang’s essence was fully restored.

After his hard work over the past half month, the condensation of the Essence of War increased from 12.5 to 12.8.

Although the progress was extremely slow, it did grow under the influence of the Xuantian Breathing Technique. He just didn’t know how long it would take to reach perfection in this essence.

This was also why Ji Yang did not use the magical technique Soldiers from Beans while cultivating the spiritual fields and planting spiritual grains.

Unfortunately, the condensation of the time essence remained at one percent and did not change at all.

Fortunately, after Ji Yang found the right method, he didn’t mind too much.

While the time essence was valuable, his Essence of War was not insignificant either. Moreover, as long as he had this lead, he could still use this essence at critical moments.

Aside from these two essences, Ji Yang had previously comprehended the essence of the sword from Ye Wuchen’s teachings.

He didn’t know if it was related to the magical technique he used or his usual combat style, but the initial condensation of the essence of the sword was already at three percent. Although this level of condensation was far from sufficient for active utilization, it indicated Ji Yang’s talent in this essence.

The most crucial part was that the condensation of the essence of the sword occasionally increased by 0.1 percent on its own.

This amazed Ji Yang. Did he possess some other constitution besides Talent Jealousy, similar to the flawless sword body?

However, after careful examination, he realized he had overthought it.

The reason the condensation of the essence of the sword increased was due to the continuous operation of the Sword Cultivation technique.

Though it was somewhat different from his expectations, the result was good, and Ji Yang didn’t dwell on it further.

Unfortunately, while farming, he couldn’t trigger the essence of the sword. To quickly increase the condensation of this essence, he probably needed to use sword energy.

But right now, he was busy farming, so he chose not to worry about it.

Moreover, compared to the essence of the sword, Ji Yang believed that the Essence of War was the most important for him at the moment.

As long as he perfected this essence, he could then use other essences effectively.

Compared to the originally named mining essence, Ji Yang preferred to call it the universal essence now!

Aside from these, the black seed he had obtained in the Ancient Realm of Yuan Kong had sprouted a few days after being planted.

When this spiritual plant first emerged, it absorbed all the spiritual energy from the peak of Jingtan Peak and even attempted to drain all the spiritual energy from the peak.

Ji Yang was both surprised and delighted to see this; absorbing so much spiritual energy from the heavens and earth, this might be a plant surpassing top-tier spiritual plants.

Was it a celestial-grade plant? That was only a term found in ancient texts, but it made Ji Yang ponder, considering this seed had survived since Ancient Times.

However, Ji Yang soon discovered that the spiritual plant, after absorbing so much spiritual energy, had not grown rapidly but instead showed little change.

After closely investigating, he found that the plant was merely storing the absorbed spiritual energy in its roots without actually utilizing it.

Upon checking, Ji Yang found that this plant was not a celestial-grade spiritual plant at all but a common bamboo.

It was originally a high-level spiritual plant, with the only advantage being its strong vitality, but it seemed to have undergone some kind of mutation, transforming into a top-tier spiritual plant.

This result left Ji Yang troubled; the key was that this bamboo absorbed the spiritual energy but did not use it, merely storing it. Would this not slow down the growth of other spiritual plants?

If other spiritual plants could not grow, it would surely affect the quality of his Light Points.

Ji Yang immediately used his magical technique to ask the bamboo about the reason.

When Ji Yang learned the reason, he was speechless.

Bamboo: I’m scared of being poor!

No matter what, this bamboo was now a Top-tier Spiritual Plant. For the sake of his cultivation points, Ji Yang could only persuade it gently. In the end, he buried a lot of spiritual stones underneath it, which made it agree not to absorb spiritual energy on a large scale anymore.

After that, the bamboo didn’t disappoint Ji Yang. Although it was still in its initial state and could not compare to the other three spiritual plants, every two or three days, it managed to produce a few Blue Light Points for Ji Yang.

By now, Ji Yang’s Jingtan Peak had four Top-tier Spiritual Plants, and he consistently reaped a stable amount of cultivation points every day.

Additionally, there were occasional harvests of spiritual grains in the spiritual field.

In just half a month, Ji Yang’s cultivation points had increased to 110 points, although 60 of those points were from earlier gains in the secret realm.

Even so, it proved the contribution of these Top-tier Spiritual Plants.

At this rate, he would reach the maximum cultivation points in a few years.

Under the night sky, Ji Yang shouldered his hoe and quickly walked down the path towards the foot of the peak.

The spiritual field he had opened up was already as large as two or three Jingtan Peaks, but Ji Yang was not satisfied. If it weren’t for the concern of being discovered by the sect, he would even want to fill the entire He Dao Sect with his plants.

Soon, Ji Yang arrived at yesterday’s spot to continue clearing the spiritual field.

At the edge of this newly developed spiritual field, Ji Yang had already planted several rows of Blue barley spiritual grains.

To enhance their illusionary abilities, Ji Yang gave them special care, ensuring they grew quickly.

Thanks to the combined efforts of multiple grains from Jingtan Peak, his actions were perfectly hidden.

“Dong.”

Just as Ji Yang immersed himself in mining, a crisp sound beneath the hoe made him stop.

Ji Yang wore a look of surprise; the hoe in his hand was already a magical tool, and with his own strength, nothing except some high-quality ores should be able to resist his digging.

Moreover, this place was within the He Dao Sect’s territory; even if there was a mine, it should have been excavated long ago by the sect.

Considering the unique texture and Ji Yang’s one year of mining experience with ten years’ worth of skills, this was definitely not just high-quality ore.

The critical thing was that no Light Points burst out from it.

Looking at the bounced hoe, Ji Yang’s gaze became firm.

There was no ground he couldn’t break through.

In the next moment, Ji Yang activated his iron pick, exerted all his strength, and continued to dig into the same spot.

“Clang!”

This time, the sound clearly changed, a crisp tone ringing in Ji Yang’s ears, making him reveal a satisfied expression.

Great, he had broken through.

Just as Ji Yang was about to completely dig out the ground to see what was there, a dense spiritual energy surged rapidly from below the hoe, flowing endlessly.

The purity of this spiritual energy was surprisingly comparable to that at the edge of Jingtan Peak.

Ji Yang was astonished and quickly pulled back the hoe to look where he had just excavated.

Under the bare soil, he saw a pale white crystalline object extending into the distance, but at this moment, the edge of the crystalline object had already been severed by Ji Yang’s digging.

Looking at the object below, Ji Yang’s brow furrowed slightly. He felt as if this thing was somewhat familiar.

Hadn’t he seen something like this in a book?