The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 763 - 424 Energy-Guzzling Giants
Thankfully, Changtian and Tu Jin had anticipated this situation early on, reminding her to demand a complete repayment from Hidden Stream, with interest. "Even in Ancient Times, substitute dolls made from the Blood Parasol tree weren’t standard equipment for immortals. Aside from the Blood Parasol tree being extremely rare, its yield is also frustratingly low. Even Yin Jiu You, during his time in the God Demon Prison, with the use of Divine Soil, didn’t manage to create a substitute doll—perhaps he never got his hands on a Blood Parasol tree."
Therefore, his conclusion was: "Even if the Divine Soil could stimulate the growth of the Blood Parasol tree, the Spiritual Power needed would likely be enormous. Fortunately, what you need to do now is revive it, as long as you replenish its damaged root system and regrow that layer of bark, your great task will then be accomplished."
In light of this, her strong-arming of Hidden Stream might not entirely come from greed. After all, one cannot incur losses while healing and saving people, can they? On this point, doctors from Huaxia would surely agree wholeheartedly.
The first thing she took out was the Plant Essence. When Ning Yu was rescuing Ali, the spirit monster he captured had its Spiritual Sense shattered, which yielded Plant Essence. This substance is born of nature, with a very low chance of becoming sentient, and nearly impossible to cultivate artificially. Although it’s not considered one of the true Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, it’s still quite precious. It has a stimulating effect on all plants and can nourish Divine Soil, hence, it’s one of the favorite items among Pill Masters, and Hidden Stream also uses it to fertilize the soil and cultivate Spiritual Medicine. She boldly requested over two hundred portions, scooping up at least one-quarter of Hidden Stream’s stock, so it was no wonder that Elder He’s face didn’t look too pleased.
It must be said, the products of Hidden Stream are indeed top-notch. The fertility of each portion of Plant Essence here is much better than the Fog Demon that Ning Yu once captured, and don’t forget, this substance has the ability to self-repair as a mist group; as long as the Divine Soil doesn’t consume it completely in one go, the damaged part can still gradually recover. She then sprinkled all of the two hundred plus portions of essence onto the Divine Soil, and this joyous plot of land, like a giant whale absorbing water, swallowed all the Plant Essence in one fell swoop.
Fortunately, it understood the principle of conserving energy for continued use, and before long, it spewed out the nibbled remains of each Plant Essence, which were now small clusters of mist. The major portion of the fertility from the two hundred plus portions of essence turned the color of the Divine Soil into a rust hue, similar to the hue of the setting sun in the west.
Next, she took out three pouches of Sea King Whale’s Life Essence and gently poured it into the Divine Soil. Known for ingesting everything, Divine Soil can transform the pure essence of Life Origin into Spiritual Power. Once these three pouches were emptied, the amount of life force poured in was equivalent to the Life Force of over a hundred thousand people, making it no wonder that the color of the Divine Soil turned into a true purple-red.
"It’s enough," Changtian said, as Divine Soil also transmitted a happy message. Ning Xiaoxian finally let out a sigh of relief and instructed it, "Begin." The situation was much better than everyone estimated, originally Changtian expected that Divine Soil needed to consume five to six pouches of Life Essence to store enough energy.
She didn’t waste any more time, set up an IV drip for the Blood Parasol tree, and then relaxed her body, returning to the lower level to find Changtian. The rest of the task was left to Divine Soil; the longer the nourishment, the less energy it consumed. For maximum efficiency in saving energy, after Changtian’s calculations, she commanded the Divine Soil to complete the repair of the Blood Parasol tree within five days.
Changtian had her lie down on the couch and applied a Cleaning Technique to the wound, which produced a pain similar to alcohol disinfection, causing her to tense up and then grimace. She had dragged the enemy for quite some distance and labored for so long; the wound, which had been tended to after the battle, burst open again. This time the enemy had come prepared, smearing their weapons with deadly poison as well as medicine that corroded wounds. Luckily, she was a Pill Master herself and had given herself emergency treatment; otherwise, the injury on her calf could have drained all her blood.
"It’s actually rotten wood that can melt bones and cause Blood Poisoning; they really regard me highly," Ning Xiaoxian groaned, "This stuff is known as one tael of wood for a thousand taels of gold."
"It’s also a specialty of the Bashe Forest," Changtian said, soothing her with Divine Power, and the wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The intense itchiness from the rapid growth of skin made her very uncomfortable. Seeing her graceful body squirming on his knees like a lively little snake, he couldn’t help but plant a kiss on her calf, causing her to tremble lightly.
