Chapter 18: Four-Thousand-Year Cloud Mist Tea Tree
"I’ve decided to choose you, thousand-year Crimson Blood Grass!"
After a moment of hesitation, Lu Chen finally made up his mind.
"The bold are stuffed, the timid starve."
Relying on his formidable physique, which had allowed him to beat away a thousand-year Great King Tiger with his bare hands, Lu Chen refused to believe he could not absorb a thousand-year spirit ring.
Having made his decision, Lu Chen walked up to the thousand-year Crimson Blood Grass, swung the Black Iron Sickle in his hand, and severed the three-meter-tall Crimson Blood Grass along with its roots.
Drip! Drip!
Drops of red liquid flowed from the severed roots of the Crimson Blood Grass; it looked exactly like fresh blood, yet it emitted a strange fragrance.
Even though the thousand-year Crimson Blood Grass, as a plant Spirit Beast, possessed extremely vigorous vitality, its life reached its end after its roots were severed.
As the thousand-year Crimson Blood Grass trembled, waves of rich purple light drifted out from its roots, stems, and leaves.
After several transformations, it finally condensed into a purple spirit ring!
A purple spirit ring, a thousand-year spirit ring!
This was a powerful spirit ring that normally required one to reach level thirty in spirit power to absorb, but Lu Chen, confident in his strong physical constitution, decided to use it as his first spirit ring.
While other Spirit Masters were still absorbing ten-year spirit rings or Century Soul Rings as their first spirit ring,
Lu Chen dared to use a thousand-year spirit ring as his first; it must be said, this was an attempt to break convention.
Afterwards, Lu Chen hoisted the thousand-year Crimson Blood Grass onto his shoulder and turned to walk out of the valley.
He dared not absorb the spirit ring here; in the process of absorbing a spirit ring, he would be unable to move freely.
If that Great King Tiger returned while he was absorbing the spirit ring and he could not move freely, he would be done for.
To absorb the spirit ring, he still needed to find a safe place!
Carrying the thousand-year Crimson Blood Grass, Lu Chen traveled forward quickly while vigilantly scanning his surroundings, guarding against sudden attacks from Spirit Beasts, searching for a place to absorb the spirit ring.
About half an hour later, Lu Chen found a towering tree with a hollow in it, which seemed to be a nest abandoned by some Spirit Beast.
Lu Chen climbed up to test it; if he curled up his body, it could barely accommodate him, so he decided to absorb the spirit ring there.
He curled up and entered the tree hollow, using the pack he carried with him to block the opening tightly.
After making full preparations, Lu Chen closed his eyes, activated his Meditation Method, communicated with his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and began to absorb the purple spirit ring of the thousand-year Crimson Blood Grass.
After being summoned, the purple spirit ring suddenly floated toward Lu Chen, settled over the Blue Silver Grass in his palm, and then rapidly shrank until it merged into it.
In an instant, a burst of vigorous spirit power, filled with the aura of life, spread outward. Nourished by that life force, Lu Chen’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul trembled gently, growing taller, stronger, and more vibrant at a speed visible to the naked eye.
That immense spirit power also fed back from Lu Chen’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul into his own body.
The massive spirit power traveled through his Meridians and finally arrived at his Dantian, seemingly wanting to wreak havoc, but sleeping within Lu Chen’s Dantian was an unimaginably vast amount of spirit power.
Under the suppression of this vast spirit power, the spirit power of the thousand-year Crimson Blood Grass spirit ring acted like a mouse seeing a cat—obedient and afraid to run wild!
Under the refinement of Lu Chen’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, that external spirit power was finally completely dispersed and integrated into his own spirit power.
The entire process was exceptionally smooth!
Lu Chen’s absorption of the thousand-year spirit ring was actually somewhat risky, but the result was better than he had imagined; he had absorbed this spirit ring without suffering any harm.
The process of absorbing the spirit ring lasted about forty minutes in total; just after forty minutes, Lu Chen’s absorption ended.
Inside the tree hollow, Lu Chen opened his eyes, which shone with joy. The corners of his mouth turned up, revealing an irrepressible smile.
He thought with great delight:
’Absorbing a thousand-year spirit ring was actually so easy; it seems I underestimated my own body. After absorbing the first spirit ring, my spirit power has directly surged to level twenty. Next, I should go look for the second spirit ring I need.’
’My first spirit ring is a thousand-year spirit ring from the Crimson Blood Grass; I am also very satisfied with this skill.’
’Blue Silver Recovery: after using the first Spirit Ability, I can release blue light mist. Anyone bathed in the blue light mist can quickly recover from their injuries.’
After completing the absorption of the first spirit ring, Lu Chen pushed aside the pack blocking the tree hollow, crawled out of the narrow space, and leaped from the towering tree to the ground.
With a thought, he summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and a stalk of Blue Silver Grass grew out of thin air above his palm.
Beneath his feet, a magnificent purple spirit ring rose up.
Compared to his original Spirit, this Blue Silver Grass was taller, stronger, and more vibrant. On the leaves of the Blue Silver Grass, one could see streaks of blood-red patterns, as if they were blood vessels.
This was the Blue Silver Grass after completing one round of evolution!
Lu Chen believed that as long as he persisted in absorbing the spirit rings of plant Spirit Beasts, his Blue Silver Grass would eventually evolve into the variant Blue Silver Emperor!
Lu Chen laughed aloud and said:
"My Blue Silver Grass has evolved, and the first spirit ring I absorbed perfectly meets my expectations. With this recovery skill, I won’t have to fear getting injured in battle while in the Star Dou Great Forest."
As his voice fell, Lu Chen retracted his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, shouldered his pack again, chose a direction at random, and walked forward, preparing to search for the second spirit ring he needed.
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Finding a suitable Spirit Beast in the vast Star Dou Great Forest is no easy task.
More than a month has passed since he absorbed the thousand-year Crimson Blood Grass spirit ring.
Lu Chen had been searching tirelessly in the outer area of the Star Dou Great Forest for over a month.
Although he had encountered quite a few plant Spirit Beasts, none were suitable for him; either the species was wrong, or the age was inappropriate.
After searching painstakingly for over a month, Lu Chen was exhausted. Today, he arrived at the edge of a lake, intending to wash his face and calm down.
However, upon reaching the lake, Lu Chen looked toward the island in the center of the lake and widened his eyes.
He saw a massive tea tree growing on the island in the center of the lake. Its branches and leaves were lush and verdant, and a faint tea fragrance drifted over, making Lu Chen feel refreshed.
Lu Chen exclaimed in surprise:
"A Cloud Mist Tea Tree! I actually found a Cloud Mist Tea Tree, and judging by its size, this Cloud Mist Tea Tree is about four thousand years old. Heaven is truly helping me!"
The tea leaves harvested from the Cloud Mist Tea Tree are a top-tier luxury item in high society; the tea brewed from them has the miraculous effect of eliminating fatigue and restoring energy.
In high society, there is a saying: an ounce of tea is worth an ounce of gold.
If Lu Chen were to bring this Cloud Mist Tea Tree back intact, the great nobles of the Imperial Capital would spare no expense to purchase it.
A four-thousand-year-old Cloud Mist Tea Tree would not be priced lower than four hundred thousand gold coins.
However, what Lu Chen needs right now is not gold coins, but a second spirit ring suitable for him.
(End of Chapter)
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