Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 121 - 58: Opening a Realm and Breeding Five-Colored Spirit Fish (2)
But now the entire Grotto Heaven within the Sea-Suppressing Pearl is filled with water. Although it doesn’t affect their movements, how can they plant spiritual medicine without any land or spiritual soil?
Plant only aquatic spiritual medicine?
They definitely need to plant aquatic spiritual medicine, but they also need to plant other spiritual medicines. For example, that millennium vermilion fruit tree branch in his hand definitely needs to be planted.
So, they need to set up an array formation inside to create a waterless space and develop a medicinal garden within it.
A treasure like the Sea-Suppressing Pearl can’t be easily disclosed, so they can’t invite other Array Masters to set up the formation and can only do it themselves. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
With the transition talisman in hand, Su Yu immediately used it to study.
Then he spent a full 30 taels of gold to purchase a complete set of Tier-2 defensive array modules.
This is made by high-level Array Masters, who modularize the structure of all array eyes as if refining a magical treasure. At that time, they only need to find an array master apprentice to assemble it.
Back at his residence, Su Yu immediately opened the Sea Suppressing Realm Gate and entered.
He took a tour of the space within the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, defined an area, and then used the master authority of the realm to isolate the space below the Grotto Heaven as the ground for this Grotto Heaven.
The original Sea-Suppressing Pearl was suspended in the air, like outer space, with emptiness on all sides.
Now he isolates the space below, so the space they open up in the future will only expand horizontally and upwards, without extending downward.
Then he took out the array modules and set them up one by one: the central core array eye, eight secondary array eyes at the eight directions, and finally injected mana to activate the core array eye and the eight secondary array eyes.
When all the array eyes were activated, they formed nine beams of light that shot into the sky, with the core of the central array drawing infinite spiritual power from within the realm’s Grotto Heaven, transforming it into an intangible force that spread from the core array eye to the surroundings.
The jelly-like spiritual qi inside was forcibly expelled, creating a waterless space within.
The main array eye and the eight secondary array eyes interlinked to form a transparent screen, like an inverted light bowl with a radius of about 100 meters.
The space isn’t very large, but it’s enough for now. Later, when funds are available, they can consider adding new arrays or upgrading the existing one.
This defensive array has ordinary defense, only with basic capabilities, none of the many functions of a complete defensive array. Even a high-level enemy could break it easily if they rammed it several times.
It wouldn’t work outside, but in the Grotto Heaven within the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, it’s fine.
There are no monsters inside, so the basic functions suffice.
Standing at the core array eye, Su Yu carefully adjusted some basic parameters of the array, disabling all basic functions except for basic defense and gravitational repulsion.
Then he saw a dense fog of spiritual energy seep in at the boundary of the array barrier, merging into the array.
He meticulously adjusted the parameters, controlling the concentration of spiritual energy within the array to a third-tier level.
The concentration of spiritual energy shouldn’t be too high, just like over-fertilizing plants can burn them, there needs to be an appropriate range.
A third-tier spiritual qi concentration is the limit for mortals and suitable for most spiritual medicines.
After adjusting all this, Su Yu returned to the Thousand Feather Pavilion and ordered a batch of spiritual soil from the guild.
First-tier spiritual soil costs 10 gold per acre; he bought just one acre.
He doesn’t need much now, as the millennium vermilion fruit tree branch is delicate and needs spiritual soil to cultivate. Other spiritual medicines don’t require spiritual fields; regular soil will do.
Anyway, the spiritual qi within the Sea-Suppressing Pearl is abundant, and regular soil there will naturally transform into spiritual fields over time under the influence of spiritual qi.
Low-level spiritual fields will upgrade soon, and with the concentration and level of spiritual qi within the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, it can produce fourth or even fifth-tier spiritual soil.
He then bought a batch of spirit medicine seeds: ginseng, immortal mushroom spores, spirit rice, etc. These were cheap, costing less than 1 gold for enough to cover hundreds of acres.
Ginseng and immortal mushrooms are future considerations. Whether it’s millennium or century ginseng and immortal mushrooms, they’re valuable,
Afterwards, he found a trading company at the guild and spent 10 gold to order a million cubic units of fertile soil.
After all this, the dozens of gold he had just acquired were spent before they even warmed his pockets.
Then, he went out to the mountains north of Thousand Feather City for a round, digging up hundreds of mature trees and some pretty flowers, gathering loads of stones, and collecting hundreds of tons of pebbles by the stream, all stored in his storage bag.
On the third day, he returned, and the ordered soil had arrived, stored in a large storage bag.
Upon delivery, he took two storage bags into the Sea Suppressing Realm.
First, he laid a layer of rocks on the bottom, then a thick layer of soil, watered it with spiritual water from within the Sea Suppressing Realm, compacted it, and layered on a second layer of soil, sand, and so on.
Layer upon layer, a full twenty-meter thick layer of land was laid.
Then he laid stone paths on the ground, dividing it into different planting areas.
The spiritual field was placed in the center, with some beautiful floral plants around it, and the several hundred collected trees planted at the edge of the array.
After two days of work, a simple ecological area was built.
During this period, something within the Sea Suppressing Realm greatly surprised Su Yu.
The clear light emitted from the innate water spirit had formed vortices combined with the spiritual qi, and on this day, some vortices burst open, and Earth Vein Spirit Fish began to swim out.
Actually, they’re not to be called Earth Vein Spirit Fish anymore, as these spirit fish have combined with the spiritual qi within the Sea-Suppressing Pearl and should be called Sea-Suppressing Spirit Fish.
However, Su Yu thought Five-Colored Spirit Fish sounded better.
These Five-Colored Spirit Fish were no different from the Earth Vein Spirit Fish, both derived from the innate water spirit.
Seeing this scene, Su Yu was very pleased. He previously regretted not being able to catch some, but now there’s no regret.
The newly emerged Five-Colored Spirit Fish were few in number, but under the fifth-tier spiritual qi within the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, they were growing quickly and could naturally split and reproduce, so it wouldn’t take long for a large population to emerge.
By then, not only would they be self-sufficient, but they could also be sold.
In a few years, they could reproduce in the tens of thousands. By then, a spirit fish capable of increasing physique and strength by 30 points could easily sell for 1 gold.
"Not bad!"
Su Yu smacked his lips, planting the millennium vermilion fruit tree branch in the center of the only spiritual field in the realm, while the remaining seeds were planted in other surrounding areas.
Now he doesn’t need to worry about them and only needs to simulate rain вручную in intervals.
With the busy work behind him, Su Yu withdrew his gaze and shifted his focus elsewhere.
After contemplating for a while, he suddenly thought of something and sent a message to Chu Xinyue and Chu Xiaoyu:
"I’m back."
Chu Xiaoyu immediately replied:
"You’re just in time, come to Chensha Town in a few days."
"Alright."
.....After a moment of silence, Chu Xiaoyu asked:
"Aren’t you going to ask what’s up?"
Su Yu laughed:
"Xiaoyu’s invitation, I’d go through fire and water to be there."
"Flattery."
On the other side in Thousand Feather City, Chu Xiaoyu covered her mouth, laughing so hard she bent over:
"It’s a good thing. Miss has successfully passed her Celestial Tribulation, and all hindrances to her taking the second team’s command are removed. Soon, the guild will officially announce her takeover of the second main team. When that happens, Miss will adjust the positions in the first and third divisions. Be sure to come to secure a spot."
"Me?"
"I’ve only joined for less than a year, is that okay?"
"If Miss says you can, you can."
"Alright then."
"Remember to be in Chensha Town by 8 AM the day after tomorrow."
"Okay."
After closing the communication, Su Yu tilted his head in thought for a while, suddenly laughing.
"Never mind, keep leveling up."
Early the next morning, Su Yu headed straight for the Poisonous Mist Swamp.
After a few months away, he found that the base had developed into a small gathering point, with forty to fifty people there. Occasionally, people flew in and landed at the base, while others left.
Su Yu entered the base to find only Gu Zhiqiu and Meng Chen there.
"You’re finally back."
Gu Zhiqiu smiled as he stored a Golden-winged Flying Centipede into his banner and shook hands with Su Yu, eyeing him up and down:
"You seem a bit different. You must have made significant progress, right?"
Su Yu smiled slightly:
"Of course."
"Do you have the confidence to defeat Ding Lingyu?"
"I probably could."
There’s only one month left until the year-end examination, and he currently has nearly 1.5 billion killing experience. With some effort, he can farm just as much in the next month, and by then, his Heart Skill and Sword Formulas will be improved to the seventieth level.
Combined with further advanced Swordsmanship, unless Ding Lingyu’s strength has surged in the past three months, he is confident of defeating him head-on.
"Then I’m going to place a last big bet."
