Chapter 323: The Heart of Spring Sacred Ground! The Evolution of Mist Water Pine! (Part 1)

Chapter 323: The Heart of Spring Sacred Ground! The Evolution of Mist Water Pine! (Part 1)



A night passed.

Su Ping did not rest for the entire night, and finally, as the eastern sky brightened with the first hint of dawn, he let out a long breath.

Looking at the newly planted area, where the Wood Spirit Grass, Smiling Sunflowers, and Dragon Pattern Bamboo with their peculiar patterns seemed to be connected to the entire land, Su Ping felt no fatigue at all, his excitement overflowing.

The speed wasn't slow, and after transplanting these plants, Su Ping even felt that his own pace was already quite fast.

Of course, this wasn't all Su Ping's doing, or at least not solely his accomplishment.

"You two have worked hard. Alright, Xiao Qing, Qian Yi, you can both go and rest now!"

After retrieving the external incarnations of Xiao Qing, who had been digging all night, and Qian Yi's controlled origami figures into the Beast Taming Realm, Su Ping, in the faint light of dawn, turned his gaze back to the woodland.

Almost as soon as all the work was completed and the earth veins connected, even though the Smiling Sunflowers couldn't yet absorb the sunlight, and the Cloud Water Lotus hadn't been watered with the rich water energy,

Su Ping could still sense that the energy in this area was being attracted to the ground beneath his feet, forming a special magnetic field.

Moreover, the plants that had been arranged seemed to form a peculiar trajectory, connecting them on an energy level.

This connection not only altered the original pattern, making it seem chaotic, but it also unified the entire sacred ground.

As a result, even if someone entered the forest, they wouldn't be able to replicate the original arrangement of the sacred ground just by visual observation.

The Sacred Ground was indeed mysterious and wondrous.

However, it was clear that the formation of this Sacred Ground was still too recent, and Su Ping could only sense the gathering and transformation of energy, unable to perceive any immediate changes.

Just then, a ray of light seemed to emerge from nothingness, and the Green Demon Spring Ginseng, which had appeared from an unknown place, was already before his eyes.

The Green Demon Spring Ginseng ignored Su Ping and gazed at the Sacred Ground where its roots were embedded, slowly walking as if inspecting the land with satisfaction.

Then, to Su Ping's astonishment, the roots of the Green Demon Spring Ginseng slowly penetrated the soil, gradually sinking deeper.

In that instant, Su Ping felt that the so-called Sacred Ground, formed by the concentrated energy at the center of the forest, had changed once again! The Dragon Pattern Bamboo, with its unawakened consciousness, didn't feel anything special, but the color of the Wood Spirit Grass became much deeper,

Even the twenty-year-old Wood Spirit Grass, which was already nearly half a meter tall, doubled in height in just a short while, reaching almost a meter.

The Smiling Sunflowers also underwent a similar transformation.

At that moment, Su Ping took a breath and felt a faint coolness, mixed with an indescribable fragrance of grass and wood, entering his lungs, harmonizing perfectly with his breathing, making his entire body feel relaxed.

This wondrous phenomenon left Su Ping momentarily speechless, and he unconsciously took several deep breaths.

He was like a hungry man who had just seen a rare delicacy.

The next moment, this aura seemed to infect the Cloud Water Lotus in the small pond within the forest.

This lotus, which had always kept its petals curled, slowly unfurled under the influence of this aura, and then a faint water dew transformed into tiny raindrops, sprinkling onto the soil.

As expected, even the Dragon Pattern Bamboo seemed to grow faster under this rain, and within just five minutes, four out of the twelve ordinary-grade Dragon Pattern Bamboo broke through their original boundaries and advanced to the next level.

Was this Sacred Ground truly so divine?

Su Ping sensed the changes around him, and after the dew fell, a faint mist rose in the forest, like a fairyland in the woods.

Su Ping's thoughts suddenly stirred, and his mental power rapidly condensed.

Su Ping's innate talent was actually quite poor.

Not to mention that at this moment, he was using the Rain Summoning Technique for the very first time.

After the Plant Companion Beast Codex was unlocked, he had mastered this technique, but aside from a brief attempt at the beginning, he had never used this ability again.

There was no other way.

Su Ping disliked rainy weather, and the Sun Heart of the Ten Thousand Trees Wolf was based on solar power for strength.

Why would he use this ability? He didn't even have any water-type companion beasts.

Beastmasters who possessed the innate talent of Rain Summoning usually chose water-type companion beasts.

Water-type companion beasts could be said to have very high requirements for their combat environment.

The Rain Summoning Technique could infinitely enhance water-type companion beasts' utilization of their surroundings, making it one of the most practical innate talents.

Unfortunately, in Su Ping's hands, it had been neglected, and this was its first formal appearance.

The light drizzle also fell locally within the forest, making the Cloud Water Lotus seem even more joyful, with each petal blooming eagerly to absorb the rainwater.

Although Su Ping didn't like the humid environment, he felt slightly relieved as he saw that the Sacred Ground became even more vibrant due to the rain.

Even the Green Demon Spring Ginseng seemed surprised by the raindrops in the sky, and then, something happened that Su Ping hadn't expected.

After the rain fell, the water in the Sacred Ground was guided by the energy trajectory in the air above the forest and then infused into the small pond where the Cloud Water Lotus was placed.

Then, to Su Ping's amazement, the Cloud Water Lotus advanced from the Elite Third Stage to the Elite Fourth Stage.

Although, as a plant-type Companion Beast with the potential of a Monarch Rank race, it is reasonable for its advancement to the Elite Rank to be somewhat faster at this stage.

But it hasn't reacted like this before, has it?

"Swish swish..."

The petals of the Cloud Water Lotus swayed slightly, as if thanking Su Ping for the artificial rain. Then, before Su Ping could react, the Ten Thousand Spirit Codex, which had been quiet for some time, instantly opened from within his soul!

The codex, previously gray and black, was gradually illuminated, and it was none other than this very Cloud Water Lotus! The Cloud Water Lotus in the codex had emerald green petals, gracefully floating between clouds and water, like a fairyland.

【Codex 'Cloud Water Lotus' illuminated, current codex level: 1, obtained primordial reward: 'Rain Summoning' effect increased (3/20)!】

Su Ping blinked, a bit slow on the uptake.

Was it really that simple? The codex just illuminated like that?

Although many of the plant-type Companion Beasts he had encountered before had their codexes illuminated, such as the over a dozen plant-type Companion Beasts he brought back from the West Suburbs, which even improved his original mental communication to a more efficient spiritual communication.

However, after illuminating the codex again, the Ten Thousand Spirit Codex's primordial reward for enhancing talents was something he rarely encountered. Of course, the main reason was that he wasn't particularly enthusiastic about illuminating codexes recently.

Moreover, for a Beastmaster's talents, apart from the initial 'Dragon's Might' and talents like True Sight and mental communication, which were indeed very useful for raising Companion Beasts, he generally didn't need to use them much.

For instance, the Rain Summoning Technique, which he used for the first time today for other Companion Beasts, unexpectedly yielded such a reward.

Su Ping subconsciously glanced at the Cloud Water Lotus's codex:

【Codex: Cloud Water Lotus】

【A water-based plant-type Companion Beast, relatively versatile, with the weakness of deteriorating if the water source is cut off for a long time or if the water quality is poor. Racial skills include: Rainfall, Water Arrow, Water Hardening, Water Acidification, Life Water, Water Extraction, Water Absorption.】

【Current Codex Level: 1 (5/500)】

Known Evolutionary Paths, Special Cultivation:

【Not Discovered Yet】

Preferences, Habits:

【Enjoys rain showers, likes watering plants, prefers a humid environment.】

Log:

【Intimacy reached, Codex Experience +5, each subsequent day spent together adds +1 Codex Experience.】

It was fairly standard.

This Cloud Water Lotus seemed capable of altering the water used for attacks like 'Rainfall' and 'Water Arrow' to serve as a medium for attack, defense, consumption, and even healing.

It was indeed a very versatile plant-type Companion Beast.

Su Ping nodded in satisfaction.

After performing the Rain Summoning Technique for another ten minutes, he stopped the talent as the Cloud Water Lotus continued to make a contented "swish swish" sound.

Feeling the drain on his mental energy, he then thought for a moment and looked at the Green Demon Spring Ginseng:

"Senior, does this Sacred Ground have a name?"

The Green Demon Spring Ginseng gave Su Ping a strange 'look' and clearly ignored his out-of-the-blue question.

"Since that's the case, how about I name it for you? What do you think of 'Heart of Spring'?"

Su Ping looked at the Green Demon Spring Ginseng with enthusiasm.

However, the latter still ignored his interest, but its indifferent attitude, though incomprehensible, seemed to have agreed to Su Ping's enthusiasm for naming.

Yesterday, Su Ping had chatted with Shangguan Ye and Yang He for a while, gaining a certain level of understanding about this Sacred Ground. Clearly, the 'Heart of Spring' Sacred Ground, entrusted to him by the Green Demon Spring Ginseng, was different from most Sacred Grounds.

The biggest difference was the inclusion of the Cloud Water Lotus and Dragon Pattern Bamboo.

Generally, all Sacred Grounds serve the plant-type Companion Beasts themselves.

Therefore, such Sacred Grounds would not have plant-type Companion Beasts mixed in.

Because if they did, these Companion Beasts might damage and absorb the energy of the Sacred Ground to enhance themselves.

However, the Heart of Spring utilized a large number of plant-type Companion Beasts, not only without causing any damage but also forming a harmonious relationship with the Sacred Ground, which was indeed quite miraculous.

Because of this difference, Su Ping felt that Sacred Grounds might not just be an environment for raising plant-type Companion Beasts.

This special environmental setup seemed to have significant research value.

Ancient Beastmasters named it Feng Shui, and there was a definite reason for it.

Although he didn't know the specific effects of the Heart of Spring yet, it seemed to primarily use the Earth, Water, and Wood Attributes, with Wood being the main attribute and Earth and Water as auxiliary attributes.

Additionally, Wood overcomes Earth, and Water nourishes Wood, forming the basis of this Sacred Ground according to the Five Elements Interaction principle.

Thus, Su Ping watched as the Sacred Ground slowly aligned with the Earth's magnetic field and took out something.

This was also given to him by Shangguan Ye yesterday.

This Shangguan teacher indeed helped Su Ping a great deal in this regard.

In ancient times, the Beastmasters who researched Sacred Grounds were called Feng Shui Masters.

After thousands of years of research and development, the ancient Feng Shui Masters, with their complete lineage, naturally had their own set of procedures.

Although Shangguan Ye found the ancient Feng Shui Masters' theories quite ridiculous, he still applied a lot of the ancient wisdom and experience, such as this item.

It was a compass-shaped device.

However, unlike the ancient Feng Shui Masters' compasses for detecting Sacred Grounds, this one had an LED screen in the middle in addition to the needle.

The retro compass needle combined with modern LCD technology gave Su Ping an indescribable abstract feeling.

But abstract or not, as long as it worked, that was fine.

Su Ping pressed a button on it.

Instantly, the mysterious compass needle began to spin rapidly.

At the same time, the LED screen started displaying evaluation numbers.

This Sacred Ground Compass primarily detects the energy within the Sacred Ground and, through the analysis of various energy gases, determines the specific effects of the Sacred Ground.

While it may not be 100% accurate, it does provide a certain level of reference.

Su Ping's steps slowly moved as he walked around the entire Sacred Ground he named the Heart of Spring, ensuring that the Sacred Ground Compass could accurately detect the energy feedback from every corner of the Sacred Ground.

Finally,

the speed of the pointer's rotation gradually slowed down from its previous blur, and the LED screen began to display characters that were still somewhat unstable but were constantly jumping.

Under Su Ping's watchful eyes, the pointer finally stopped, not moving an inch.

The lines of text on the screen also clearly came into view.

'Sacred Ground Energy Detection Complete:'

'Sacred Ground Comprehensive Attributes: Wood Attribute: 65%, Water Attribute: 20%, Earth Attribute: 15%.'

'Sacred Ground Energy Grade: Sovereign Rank+?' (Specific grade unknown, above Sovereign Rank, this device cannot provide a specific measurement.)



'Sacred Ground Effect Assessment: Accelerates the cultivation speed of plant-type Wood, Water, and Earth Attribute Companion Beasts at or below the Sovereign Rank by 100%+.' (Above Sovereign Rank, this device cannot provide a specific measurement.)



Su Ping looked at the two conclusions marked with question marks and was somewhat speechless.

Unable to assess beyond the Sovereign Rank?

That means the Sacred Ground given to him by the Green Demon Spring Ginseng is, at the very least, at the Sovereign Rank or higher.

But that makes sense. Even without the Green Demon Spring Ginseng, there is a Sovereign Rank Cloud Water Lotus here. It would be unreasonable if it didn't reach the Sovereign Rank, right?

Thinking of this, Su Ping glanced at the Sacred Ground Compass with a slight disdain.

This thing's effect is quite limited?

If the True Sight could see the effects of this Sacred Ground, that would be great.

Unfortunately, that's clearly impossible.

However, the Green Demon Spring Ginseng seemed to 'look' at Su Ping again, and then a root gently touched him. Afterward, an image appeared in Su Ping's mind.

The image showed the Sacred Ground, which Su Ping had named the Heart of Spring. On the Sacred Ground, plant-type Companion Beasts grew and evolved, their speed so fast that it seemed like a video played at a higher speed.

Accelerating the evolution and energy accumulation of Companion Beasts? Is this the basic effect of the Sacred Ground? How fast, Su Ping couldn't really tell from the transmitted image.

But this should just be the basic ability.

Although he couldn't fully understand the situation, the Green Demon Spring Ginseng seemed to have answered Su Ping's doubts.

(End of Chapter)

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