Chapter 142: Yao Heng’s Internal Space
Yao Heng held the Ice Heart Tree Core and swayed as it landed in Xiao Shou’s hand.
After releasing it, its small face scrunched up with sympathy.
"Sigh. The roots of us Flower of Eternity are flowers themselves. But the same kind of food here seems strange. All of their roots are damaged. Once the roots are gone, the whole thing dies."
"If Ice Heart Tree loses Flower of Eternity, even with Ice Silk Worm droppings it cannot survive. So I had to take the hollow core away."
"Aha, it must be that they are too fragile and got blown off by the wind," Xiao Shou said weakly.
He thought to himself that he really should not use Flower of Eternity fusion in front of Yao Heng anymore.
By its logic, using its own kind’s roots to refine artifacts in front of it felt a bit cruel.
But not using them also felt like a huge waste.
So when he needed to use them in the future, he would have to do it out of sight.
Xiao Shou thought for a moment, then asked a bit awkwardly, "Yaoyao, after you are full this time, how long until you get hungry again?"
"If I only eat tree trunk, about a month. Our growth cycle is different from yours. After one full meal, it takes more than a month to digest."
"If it is Ice Heart Tree Core, a Tier 1 one takes about a year. Tier 2 takes ten years, and so on."
Yao Heng flew up again and landed on the collar of Xiao Shou’s clothes near his ear.
It tilted its head curiously.
"Does Master also like eating Ice Heart Tree Core? If you like them, I can give them all to you."
"I do like them, but not for eating. They are used to make very valuable things. Thank you, Yaoyao."
Xiao Shou looked at the Ice Heart Tree Core in his hand and stored it directly into his storage belt without hesitation.
He felt very pleased.
Having a spirit pet really was convenient and thoughtful.
No wonder so many cultivation novels always had one by the protagonist’s side.
Yao Heng flapped its wings after hearing this.
Its little ears turned slightly red as it fidgeted with its fingers.
"Master is too polite. I, I... am willing to do anything for Master. Please do not dislike how weak I am in the future."
It really kept reminding at every moment that it was fragile.
What a strange little fellow.
Xiao Shou could not help but laugh.
Then he looked at the massive Ice Heart Tree again and started worrying.
"So how do you solve your food problem? You eat something this big in one meal. Even if it is one piece per month, I might not be able to afford raising you."
"It is very simple!"
Yao Heng replied quickly.
"As long as I fuse the Ice Heart Tree Core and empty void stone into my flower bud space, my internal space will expand. Then I can plant food inside it. I can also collect more Ice Silk Worm eggs. That way I can eat for a long time."
As it spoke, it became a little embarrassed.
"When I was eating just now, I also collected a lot of seeds from my kind. Those will need to be planted too."
"But it will consume a lot of spiritual energy. Master did not see this in the inheritance?"
"My sea of consciousness could not withstand all the inheritance, so I sealed most of it. There are many things I do not know yet. I will need you to teach me in the future. Thank you for your hard work, Yaoyao."
Empty void stone.
Xiao Shou knew this material.
It was a core component for refining storage artifacts.
The larger the amount used, the higher the grade of the storage space.
It seemed the same principle applied to Yao Heng’s internal space.
If that was true, then the amount of empty void stone needed for something as huge as the Ice Heart Tree would be enormous.
But if the space could really expand and allow planting Ice Heart Tree, then could other spiritual plants also be grown inside?
That would basically be a portable cultivation garden.
At that thought, Xiao Shou felt a surge of excitement.
He quickly asked Yao Heng more details.
After hearing the full explanation, that excitement vanished completely.
It turned out Yao Heng’s flower bud space did work as he had imagined.
The more Ice Heart Tree Core and empty void stones it absorbed, the larger the space became and it was filled with time elemental particles.
Inside, only Yao Heng and its contracted master could use the accelerated time flow for cultivation and grow plants with pure time attributes.
Other spiritual plants could not survive there and normal cultivators could not cultivate inside either.
After absorbing the Ice Heart Tree Core and empty void stone, the space would expand further, allowing only plants with pure time or spatial attributes to grow, and only beings with those attributes could survive there.
Of course, as the contract owner, Xiao Shou was not restricted by any of this.
In other words, the only one who could benefit from the time acceleration was himself.
He had known it would not be that easy.
If portable spaces like this were so easy to obtain, the protagonist of the original story would not have become the protagonist.
Forget it.
This harvest was already more than enough.
Being too greedy was dangerous.
He had seen in the original story how many people fell because of greed.
Xiao Shou shifted his thoughts back to empty void stones.
He needed to solve the problem of feeding his spirit pet.
As a master, being unable to afford his spirit pet would be too embarrassing.
However, in the Heaven Origin Realm, the empty void stone mines were controlled by several major factions.
If he wanted to purchase a large amount, which channel would be safest?
He searched through the original story in his mind, looking for any relevant plot points involving empty void stones, their material properties, appearance, and the factions that controlled them.
