Chapter 287: Chapter 286: Experience Grass
Sensing a gaze on his back, Yi Tianyun knew the Spirit Pill Stage expert hiding in the shadows had been watching him the whole time. He figured they were worried he would rush down to snatch the Soul-Nourishing Grass. This was a fifth-grade Spirit Grass, which would be worth a fortune on the outside.
Yi Tianyun paid them no mind and instead surveyed his surroundings. The cultivation environment here was indeed excellent. No wonder the Spirit Race disciples generally had higher cultivation levels. Spirit Gathering Arrays were everywhere; you could practically cultivate in your sleep.
This cultivation environment alone blew away most places on the outside, and that wasn’t even factoring in their extraordinary innate talent. The problem was that their population was just too small—pathetically so compared to the outside world. Unless every single one of them was a heaven-defying expert, they would have no way to resist the power of a Great Empire.
In the later stages, cultivation was all about comprehension and talent. Even with an excellent environment, breakthroughs became difficult. Of course, this had nothing to do with Yi Tianyun. For him, all he needed to do was keep killing his way up.
Ye Wan’Er had already started cultivating on her own, slowly inhaling the dense Spiritual Power in the air and beginning her session.
’Oh well, I’ll just try absorbing some and see what happens...’
Yi Tianyun also began to try absorbing the surrounding Spiritual Power. No matter how much he drew in, however, it all turned into Experience.
"Gained 5,000 Experience Value, 8,300 Experience Value, 7,500 Experience Value, 8,100 Experience Value..."
After absorbing just a little, he found his Experience Value skyrocketing. ’Just by absorbing casually, the Experience gain has such a terrifying effect?’ If he were to absorb with all his might, he would surely gain an astonishing amount of Experience. And if he activated Madness Mode on top of that, the numbers would undoubtedly be incredible.
’What in the world is going on? How is this place so magical? The Spiritual Power density is much lower than the Celestial Spirit Jade Pool, but the Experience I’m absorbing is just as good!’ Yi Tianyun was shocked. He opened his eyes again and stared at the Soul-Nourishing Grass at the bottom of the Jade Water Pool. He suspected it might be the effect of the grass. ’Could the Soul-Nourishing Grass be stimulating my Experience gain, causing it to surge?’
Under the Eye of Investigation, the data was the same as before, with no additional explanations. ’There are many things I have to discover for myself; not everything is just laid out in front of me to understand.’
’Let’s try absorbing at full power and see what happens.’ Yi Tianyun immediately activated the North Nether Divine Technique and began to frantically absorb the surrounding Spiritual Power with maximum suction. In an instant, he became like a vortex, furiously pulling in all the Spiritual Power around him.
The moment he absorbed it, his Experience immediately exploded!
"31,000 Experience Value, 35,000 Experience Value, 34,000 Experience Value..."
By maximizing his absorption for Experience, the value shot up to over thirty thousand. This was without even using Madness Mode, and the effect was already this astonishing. He was stunned. ’This is already equal to the Experience I’d get from killing a Spirit Pill Stage expert!’
However, the burst of Experience came as quickly as it went. It soon subsided and didn’t continue to surge.
"3,100... 3,300... 3,500..."
The numbers had dropped by a factor of ten. There was still plenty of Spiritual Power, but the effect of the Soul-Nourishing Grass had been completely drained. ’Without a doubt, the Soul-Nourishing Grass is the main reason for the enhanced Experience!’
The consequences quickly followed. Under his frantic absorption, the Spiritual Power in the vicinity was instantly pulled toward him, even from far away. The surrounding trees began to sway, as if some force was tugging them in his direction.
Ye Wan’Er and the others sitting nearby were startled awake. They turned to look at Yi Tianyun, completely stunned by the suction force. They had seen powerful absorption before, but they had never witnessed anything this strong. It was siphoning away all the Spiritual Power near them. ’How the hell are we supposed to cultivate?!’
"Yi... Yi..." Ye Wan’Er’s voice trembled slightly. She had never expected Yi Tianyun’s absorption to be so powerful.
"What’s wrong?" Yi Tianyun stopped absorbing and felt dozens of pairs of eyes staring at him, all filled with shock.
"Your absorption speed... it’s just astonishing..." Ye Wan’Er said, her tone unexpectedly excited. "That’s amazing! Not even the elders are as incredible as you, Yi!"
He knew they were all frightened by his suction force. He had only wanted to test its maximum effect, but he ended up disturbing them. With him acting as a human-shaped vortex, his absorption speed was astounding; anyone would have been scared. To be precise, even cultivators at his level would have been frightened, to say nothing of these Spirit Race People who were only at the Core Formation Stage.
"Will this disturb everyone’s cultivation?" Yi Tianyun asked, looking at them.
"Of course it will! You’ve sucked away all the Spiritual Power over here! We can’t even absorb the Soul-Nourishing Fragrance released by the Soul-Nourishing Grass anymore..."
"Yeah, mine’s getting sucked away too! But that’s just too powerful, isn’t it? What a terrifying suction force. It’s the strongest I’ve ever seen in my life. If anyone was cultivating with him, they wouldn’t be able to cultivate at all..."
"Wan’Er, the person you brought back is a bit too strong, don’t you think? There’s no way for us to cultivate like this..."
After recovering from their shock, they all started to complain. How were they supposed to deal with this?
Ye Wan’Er bit her lip. After thinking for a moment, she stood up and said sincerely, "Please, everyone. Yi is my savior. I don’t have anything to repay him with, so I just wanted to let him cultivate here properly once. If any of you need my help with anything after this, I will definitely help!"
"This..." They looked at each other, hesitating. They held no prejudice against Ye Wan’Er—in fact, they were on good terms with her—but they just didn’t have a good impression of the outsider, Yi Tianyun.
If one of their own had achieved such an effect, they absolutely wouldn’t have said a word. Absorbing Spiritual Power was a matter of individual skill; if you could absorb more, then you absorbed more. But it was different for Yi Tianyun. They didn’t like him, and it felt uncomfortable just sitting next to him.
Just as they sighed and were about to say something, Yi Tianyun reached out, placed his hand on her head, and gently ruffled her hair. "Silly girl, there’s no need for that. It was nice enough just to come here and see the sights. Let’s go."
"But..." Ye Wan’Er trailed off. Other than this, she really couldn’t think of any other way to repay him.
"No ’buts.’ Let’s go."
With that, he turned and left. Still, he had learned quite a bit. For example, the Soul-Nourishing Grass could actually multiply his Experience gain by ten times during cultivation! The only problem was that the quantity was too small; it was used up after just a little bit of absorption.
There were only a few stalks of Soul-Nourishing Grass at the bottom of the Jade Water Pool, not nearly enough for him to absorb.
’This stuff... it must be similar to an Experience Grass. I wonder what effect it would have if I ate it? Could it be like using an Experience Card?’
This thought made him rather excited. If he could procure a large batch of Soul-Nourishing Grass, he could frequently trigger a ten-times Experience effect.
