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Chapter 451: Heart Ape Fruit
Chapter 451: Heart Ape Fruit
"Then so be it, Lu Chen. You shall cultivate and brew the Spirit Monkey Wine for me, and once it's mature, I'll give you a portion of the wine along with something else."
The old ape found Lu Chen's suggestion increasingly tempting.
The secret formula was passed down through the bloodline of the White Jade Qingtian Ape clan. When they reached a certain stage of growth and their bloodline was activated, they would automatically acquire the knowledge of the secret formula. Thus, it was not concerned about any human cultivators learning the details of the formula.
Having a skilled Inner Sect disciple in spirit plants right before its eyes, the ape naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.
"As it happens, I have a spirit seed in my belly. Here, let me give it to you, friend Lu."
The old ape opened its mouth, and a spirit seed the size of an egg slowly floated out from its abdomen.
"This spirit fruit is called the Heart Ape Fruit, and its condensation is intimately connected to my White Jade Qingtian Ape clan. One must use essence and blood to nurture the spirit seed before it can be cultivated normally."
Lu Chen reached out and carefully took the spirit seed.
The spirit seed was a pale golden color, and within its thin seed coat seemed to be a tiny ape embryo, curled up in a ball. Upon closer inspection, it transformed into a ball of golden-yellow shadow.
"This is the first time I've seen such a condensation method for a spirit seed. No wonder it has such a deep connection to the White Ape clan," Lu Chen marveled inwardly.
"Elder White Ape, are there any precautions I should know about when cultivating this Heart Ape Fruit seed?"
Although he had the ability to understand spirit plants just by planting them, he still needed to put on a show. He asked the old ape, feigning curiosity.
"The Heart Ape Fruit is a fifth-grade spirit plant with fairly high requirements for spiritual soil and spiritual energy. Other than that, there's nothing particularly special about it."
"Oh, and one more thing. When cultivating this Heart Ape Fruit, one's mental state is easily influenced by it, and it may inadvertently give rise to emotions like restlessness and anxiety. Please be mindful of this, friend Lu."
"Yes, thank you for the reminder, Elder."
Lu Chen bowed respectfully and placed the pale golden spirit seed into his storage bag.
He continued to chat and drink tea with the old ape.
"By the way, Elder, is there a forbidden area within the blessed land? Could you tell me more about it? I'd like to learn more."
He recalled the pregnant Thunderclaw Bear whose difficult labor had been influenced by the aura surrounding the forbidden area.
Now that he was taking over from Cangwu Zhenren, he needed to understand everything about the blessed land, including any potential sources of instability, to ensure a smooth transition and avoid any mishaps during his stewardship.
"Forbidden area? There is indeed such a place, but it has little to do with you and me."
The old ape took a gentle sip of hot tea and replied in an unhurried manner.
"As for what's inside the forbidden area, it's mostly unfortunate or inauspicious spiritual beasts and demons."
"Although the spiritual beasts within the blessed land are tamed from a young age, they are ultimately born of demonic beasts, and their demonic nature is hard to tame. Inevitably, there have been cases of them attacking and even killing disciples of the Celestial Sword Sect."
"Some, with particularly unique bloodlines, need to be suppressed within the forbidden area to prevent them from causing harm to other spiritual beasts or cultivators."
Upon hearing this, Lu Chen nodded gently.
Even among fellow disciples, it was challenging to maintain harmony, and countless disputes, fights, and even deaths had occurred. It was even more difficult to guarantee the behavior of demonic beasts.
"There are also some demonic beasts captured by the sect, or semi-transformed evil beasts, kept in the forbidden area. They are used to provide food for certain spiritual beasts in the blessed land, or for the sect's research, testing of medicines, or crossbreeding to create new demonic beast varieties, and so on."
"The atmosphere within the forbidden area is far from the peaceful harmony found outside. Most of the creatures there are fierce and bloodthirsty."
"Unlike me, always refined and amiable, valuing peace above all else."
The old ape narrowed his eyes and swayed his head as he spoke.
"You don't have to worry about that. There are numerous powerful restrictions outside the forbidden area. Even if several fifth or sixth-grade demons and beasts attacked simultaneously, they wouldn't be able to break through," the old ape assured him.
"Unless there's a seventh-grade grand demon that can break the restrictions before the sect has a chance to react."
'...Don't go setting up flags, old fellow...' Lu Chen screamed inwardly.
But he maintained his composure and replied calmly, "That puts my mind at ease."
"That old fox who usually likes to wander around the forbidden area hasn't caused any trouble either," the ape added.
"The Demon-Controlling Token you hold can also easily pass through the restrictions and enter the forbidden area if you're curious to take a look."
Lu Chen quickly shook his head. "I have no such intentions."
Although he was curious about these so-called hybrid beasts, his strength was limited. For safety's sake, it was better not to take the initiative to approach that place.
He spent some more time with the old ape before returning to the cloud house.
The cloud platform had a type of spiritual soil made from fine white sand, with slightly stronger spiritual energy than ordinary spiritual soil, but no spiritual plants were growing on it.
When Lu Chen first saw it, he thought it was a waste, wishing he could fill the fine sand spiritual soil with spiritual plants.
Now, the fine sand spiritual soil finally had a purpose.
He took out the Heart Ape Fruit spirit seed from his storage bag.
With his spiritual power surging, he performed the Earth-Drawing Technique, causing the structure of the spiritual soil on the cloud platform to change subtly, and a crack silently appeared.
Lu Chen placed the pale golden spirit seed into the crack, and strands of spiritual rain fell, nourishing it.
The golden ape embryo within the spirit seed seemed to sense something, and its body quietly stretched out a little.
Lu Chen focused his mind on the spirit seed, and suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.
Heart Ape Fruit, a fifth-grade spirit plant unique to the White Jade Qingtian Ape clan. The condensation of the spirit seed is extremely complex, requiring nourishment from essence and blood. During its growth, it demands high-quality spiritual energy and spiritual soil.
Once mature, the spirit fruit can be consumed directly to cleanse the meridians and temper one's mental and physical state, unifying them into a harmonious whole. It can also be used to refine certain special high-grade pills or to brew the unique Monkey Wine of the White Jade Qingtian Ape clan.
It holds great allure for ape-type demons and beasts.
During the growth of this spirit plant, staying nearby for extended periods may disturb the cultivator's mental state, making it difficult to concentrate, which is detrimental to cultivation.
Locking the heart ape to tether the wandering mind!
"A fifth-grade spirit fruit..." Lu Chen rejoiced inwardly.
"I didn't expect to obtain a fifth-grade spirit fruit on this trip to the blessed land."
"According to the information, it's also a very rare variety, so I can look forward to the light group reward after it matures."
A slight smile curved his lips.
"As for disturbing the mental state and being detrimental to cultivation..."
"As long as I don't cultivate, there's nothing to worry about."
Lu Chen thought to himself.
Cultivation was secondary to him; with his limited talent, it was better to focus on farming and opening more light groups, using the infinite unknown light group rewards to make up for his shortcomings.
(End of Chapter)
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