Chapter 772: Chapter 608: Wood Crystal Race
"That’s great!!" The elder of the Wood Crystal Race with the surname Wu was overjoyed upon hearing this.
"Our young lady is in urgent need of this batch of spirit mushrooms."
However, he didn’t pay much attention to Qin Ming and the other two beside Xuu Han and his son.
After all, the Wood Crystal Race often did business with the Human Race.
Qin Ming and Lan Bing Fairy had hidden their cultivation to the Qi Cultivation Third Layer, so the other party chose to ignore them directly.
Xuu Han immediately introduced, "These two are old neighbors of mine, and they are also here to sell spirit mushrooms."
The elder with the surname Wu nodded and then welcomed them into the territory of the Wood Crystal Race.
Upon entering the Array Light Curtain, a different scene unfolded, offering a new world to behold.
As Qin Ming and the others passed through the blue curtain, they arrived at a small market, located by the mountain, with picturesque scenery and various pavilions and buildings distributed in an orderly manner.
On the streets and alleys, there were numerous Wood Crystal Race members setting up stalls to do business.
Qin Ming’s powerful Divine Thought had already fully taken in everything here.
This market seemed to be merely an outpost set up by the Wood Crystal Race on a major thoroughfare.
The highest cultivation among those present belonged to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, presumably the young lady Elder Wu had mentioned.
Judging by the situation, the sudden massive acquisition of Ink Spirit Mushrooms by Steward Wu was likely related to her.
Elder Wu led them into a commercial establishment.
"These are the Ink Spirit Mushrooms we’ve cultivated recently. Elder Wuh, please take a look," Xuu Han took out a basket of spirit mushrooms from his storage pouch and placed it before the Wood Crystal Race elder.
Elder Wu examined a few mushrooms and immediately showed a highly satisfied smile, nodding as he spoke:
"Hmm... Quite good, quite good, excellent quality."
"How about twelve Spirit Stones per pound, Younger Brother Xuu?" Elder Wu asked.
The Xuu father and son were overjoyed and thanked him, "Thank you, Elder Wuh."
Not only did Elder Wu inform them in advance about the acquisition of spirit mushrooms, but he also provided Spirit Seeds.
Now, with an extra two Spirit Stones per pound, it truly was all thanks to the ties from past favors.
It was, in fact, a stroke of fortune for Xuu Han, who had accidentally saved Steward Wu’s life on the grassland.
Xuu Han took the Spirit Stones from Steward Wu, feeling the hefty weight, his heart blossoming with joy.
If they could cultivate for a few more months, they could make a considerable fortune.
"Shopkeeper Qin, it’s your turn now," he immediately said to Qin Ming.
Honestly speaking, the Xuu father and son didn’t expect Qin Ming to cultivate Ink Spirit Mushrooms, as he was merely a businessman.
When it comes to the Path of Spiritual Plants, one really needs specialization.
Qin Ming nodded, casually waved his hand, and several baskets full of spirit mushrooms, over a hundred pounds in total, appeared on the ground.
"This... how is this possible?!" The Xuu father and son were stunned, staring blankly at the Ink Spirit Mushrooms on the ground.
The mushrooms Qin Ming produced were several times the amount...
"Hmm..." Steward Wu of the Wood Crystal Race finally showed a hint of surprise.
After examining the batch of spirit mushrooms, he couldn’t help but give Qin Ming a few more glances, though it stopped at that.
For these mushrooms, though rare, were ultimately just Tier One Middle-Grade Spirit Plants.
Steward Wu immediately instructed his subordinates to collect the spirit mushrooms from the ground, then handed over more than a thousand Spirit Stones to Qin Ming.
"So you’re Shopkeeper Qin, right?"
"If you have more Ink Spirit Mushrooms in the future, feel free to bring them to me; I’ll take as many as you have."
Qin Ming nodded in agreement.
The transaction was concluded.
Taking this opportunity, they decided to explore the market established by the Wood Crystal Race.
Not long after they left, a young, elf-like woman of the Wood Crystal Race entered from outside, dressed in a light green goose-skirt dress, hurriedly asking Steward Wu:
"Steward Wu, are the items I requested ready?"
"Reporting to Miss Qian Mo, your instructions have been completed."
Following that, the old man with the surname Wu handed over all the Ink Spirit Mushrooms he had just collected from Qin Ming and the others to her.
"So many Ink Spirit Mushrooms!"
"I’ll remember this for you!"
The Wood Crystal Race woman named Qian Mo, eyes glowing with excitement, took all the spirit mushrooms and left the pavilion in a hurry.
...
Meanwhile, in the market.
The Xuu father and son were full of sighs, evidently shocked that Qin Ming had managed to bring out so many Ink Spirit Mushrooms at once.
"Shopkeeper Qin, tell me honestly, do you have some secret formula? Otherwise, how could your first cultivation of spirit mushrooms yield such a large amount?"
"Why don’t you share it with your buddy here, haha!"
Qin Ming replied with a faint smile: "I don’t have any secret formula, just luck. I don’t know if I can grow this many again next time."
However, at that moment.
Qin Ming’s Divine Thought remained focused on the green-skirted, elf-like woman of the Wood Crystal Race.
He was curious about why she needed so many spirit mushrooms.
She was seen unceasingly heading to a medicinal garden, releasing several Restrictions, and arriving before a spirit tree over a zhang tall.
The tree resembled a willow, entirely crimson, with lush green leaves and emitted a layer of faint red mist.
Although Qin Ming did not know this spirit plant, his profound Spirit Plant Mastery made it easy to identify it as a Tier Two High-Grade plant, just a step away from Tier Three.
He watched as the wood elf with the green skirt placed all the hundred pounds under the Red Willow Tree.
Then, she cast spells, and an extraordinary scene appeared as those Ink Spirit Mushrooms visibly withered and shrank.
Their essence turned into waves of inky mist, all floating towards the Red Willow Tree.
These Ink Spirit Mushrooms seemed to be rare nourishment for it; after absorbing the mushroom essence, the spirit essence of the Red Willow increased significantly.
Soon, over a dozen egg-sized red light clusters formed on its branches.
Seeing this, the green-skirted girl appeared incredibly excited.
She sat cross-legged and began cultivating; the red light clusters seemed to be drawn by some power, consecutively detaching from the Red Willow.
They all entered into the body of the girl in the green skirt.
An intense and vibrant vitality emanated from her body.
In the next moment, her cultivation at the late-stage Foundation Establishment advanced significantly towards the Perfection Realm.
Qin Ming witnessed this with awe, marveling at the various cultivation methods of the Otherworldly races in the Spirit Realm.
The girl’s cultivation method reminded him of his Lifebound Spirit Plant cultivation in some ways.
However, his Lifebound Spirit Plant only consumed Blood Pearls.
Whereas the girl’s Red Willow Tree advanced by consuming mushrooms...
"If I had enough spirit mushrooms, my ’Wood Spirit Technique’ could be cultivated to Great Success, and perhaps then I could aim for the Golden Core stage!" The girl in the green skirt concluded her practice, feeling the changes in her body with anticipation in her eyes.
"If I had higher-tier spirit mushrooms, even if they exist, it’s a pity they can’t be cultivated in large quantities like Ink Spirit Mushrooms..."
...
Qin Ming’s eyes flickered as he withdrew his Divine Thought.
His initial interaction with the Wood Crystal Race had achieved his goals.
Next, they bought some specialties and books in the Wood Crystal Race’s market and then returned to Luoyun City with the Xuu father and son.
Through this interaction, Qin Ming realized that these people might just be one family within the Wood Crystal Race.
Moreover, after a bit of inquiry, Qin Ming learned that the Wood Crystal Race had a large clan territory set up tens of thousands of miles from here.
There was even a Divinity Transformation level power present there.
However, entering that place would require an introduction from the Wood Crystal Race; ordinary Human Race cultivators clearly couldn’t enter there.
Qin Ming estimated that a Realm Transformation Pill could be found in that large city.
However, in such a large city, there would definitely be artifacts capable of detecting Otherworldly aura.
Qin Ming discerned that the green-skirted girl from the Wood Crystal Race seemed to have an unusual status.
The fact that she owned a Red Willow Spirit Plant with such high potential was a clear sign.
After all, there aren’t many spirit plants capable of absorbing the essence of other spirit plants to advance in rank, while also assisting in raising a cultivator’s Cultivation Realm.
"It seems this could be the place to start."
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