Chapter 613 - 550: Brimming with Life

Chapter 613: Chapter 550: Brimming with Life

There were ancient trees soaring dozens of zhang into the sky, crisscrossing thickets of menacing vines and shrubs, exquisitely blooming exotic flowers and herbs, and even humanoid treants and plant spirits formed from the essence of flora.

Lush and verdant, it was a place brimming with life.

An unknowing observer might have mistaken this for an oasis in the vast Desert Sea, a land teeming with life.

But right now, this land teeming with life was in no way inferior to Chu Mu’s own Nine Dragon Divine Fire Array.

Every minute, every second, it was wantonly devouring the lives of countless Sand-tailed Scorpions.

Endless bloodshed erupted. After absorbing the gore, the lush greenery became visibly more vibrant. The flora grew rapidly, spreading outward as if to compete with the endless swarm of Sand-tailed Scorpions for territory and the very space to exist.

The woman, meanwhile, was suspended cross-legged in the center of this verdant expanse. A myriad of flowers encircled her, plant spirits danced gracefully, and treants stood tall like guards. At a glance, the scene was breathtakingly beautiful.

’What a terrifying Cultivation Technique!’

At this moment, the emotional fluctuations Chu Mu had been suppressing seemed stirred by the sight. He couldn’t hide his shock as he stared intently at this ’vibrant’ scene.

’Plunder the fortune of heaven and earth, devour the essence of the world, cultivate and nurture Spiritual Plants, and in turn... nourish the user’s own body...’

’In other words... what’s being planted are Spiritual Plants, but what’s being harvested is one’s own Dao path and Cultivation!’

’What a Spirit Plant Master!’

The Spiritual Radiance Blessing had already descended. In just a few breaths, inspired by the unfolding scene, a clear picture began to form in Chu Mu’s mind.

An unconcealable fervor burned in his eyes. He stared, almost intoxicated, at the evolution of this vibrant scene.

He didn’t know much about Spirit Plant Masters, but... he knew a great deal about Immortal Dao Cultivation. A very great deal!

From the vibrant scene before him, even from the faintest of clues, he could perceive the general framework of what was happening.

The Spirit Plant Master Cultivation Technique this woman was practicing was definitely an extremely domineering, extremely... evil Cultivation Technique.

Just like the scene before him, the endless Sand-tailed Scorpions were all being devoured by this vibrant life.

Normally, take his own Nine Dragon Divine Fire Array for example, after annihilating the Sand-tailed Scorpions, he certainly couldn’t use the resulting Blood Qi. After all, the Blood Qi of any living being inevitably contains its spiritual will, along with all its emotions and desires.

To any Cultivator, such a thing was basically a potent poison.

But this vibrant display of life before him was devouring all the erupted Blood Qi, turning it into nutrients to fuel the growth of the Spiritual Plants!

Cultivators didn’t dare to absorb Blood Qi because it would corrupt their minds and taint their Magical Power.

And although Spiritual Plants could also be corrupted by Blood Qi, for Spiritual Plants, their growth process was inherently one of survival of the fittest.

Every time they broke through their growth limits, it was a tribulation, an ordeal with only a slim chance of survival.

In comparison, the corruption from Blood Qi was clearly rather insignificant.

Moreover, the evolution of this vibrant scene clearly possessed some unknown method of suppressing the erupted Blood Qi. It wasn’t just devouring the Blood Qi all at once; rather, the vibrant Spiritual Plants were absorbing it methodically within an orderly framework, ultimately transforming it into a catalyst for their growth.

The final step in this entire process was the part that amazed Chu Mu the most: the feedback.

The malevolent and chaotic Blood Energy, after being filtered and purified by countless Spiritual Plants, became rich with energy and was fed directly back into the core of it all—the woman herself.

In just a short moment, Chu Mu could clearly sense the change in the woman’s Cultivation aura.

An incomparably pure floral essence, a feedback loop from a nearly identical source, all converged upon her.

For this woman, such an overwhelming Beast Tide wasn’t a desperate plight, but a perfect ground for Cultivation!

"What a terrifying Cultivation Technique!"

Chu Mu couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration once again.

Such a domineering method of plundering and devouring—it was almost a perfect cycle!

It plundered and devoured the essence of all things in the world to cultivate and accelerate the growth of Spiritual Plants, which could then be used both as a weapon against enemies and as a resource for Cultivation.

Most importantly, since the Spiritual Plants grown via the Cultivation Technique shared the same origin as the user, the floral essence fed back through this perfect cycle would also be of the same origin and therefore exceptionally pure.

It was just like when he performed the Refinement of the Cyan Lotus Earth Core Flame; the Fire Attribute Energy fed back to him had caused his Cultivation to improve by leaps and bounds.

And this act of plundering...

’A Spirit Plant Master... so this is a true Spirit Plant Master!’

Chu Mu muttered to himself, the fervor in his eyes growing even more intense.

A Spiritual Plant Cultivation Technique like this...

Plunder, devour, cultivate, nourish...

A Spirit Plant Master had nothing to do with weakness.

Not only were they not weak, they were terrifying meat grinders!

And they weren’t just terrifying, bloody meat grinders; they grew stronger and more terrifying the longer they fought!

’Cultivation Immortal Techniques, Immortal Dao Cultivation...’

Chu Mu seemed to be in a daze. In all his years on the Immortal Path, this was the first time he had ever seen a technique and a Cultivation method integrated so perfectly, so seamlessly.

This vibrant scene seemed to have opened the door to a new world for him.

’Could he... also do something like this?’

’Could his Nine Dragon Divine Fire Array, with the Great Sun True Flame at its core, also achieve such a perfect cycle?’

He possessed numerous techniques, and his Sword Intent was of Unrivaled Attack power.

Ever since he had embarked on the Immortal Path, nearly every predicament he’d faced had not been a one-on-one fight.

Either he was completely crushed by someone of a higher realm, leaving him with no power to resist,

or he was ganged up on, overwhelmed by sheer numbers.

If he could shore up this weakness, and, like the vibrant scene before him, grow stronger and more powerful the longer he fought...

Under the Spiritual Radiance Blessing, Chu Mu’s mind erupted with countless inspirational ideas, all centered on the vibrant scene before him, as he rapidly deduced one corresponding framework after another.

Nearly half an hour passed before Chu Mu seemed to emerge from his endless stream of thoughts.

He held a blank Jade Scroll, and as his Divine Sense flowed, he rapidly inscribed his insights and inspirations onto it.

His fervent gaze never once left the vibrant scene.

Every change from one second to the next, every detail he could discern, was like a Supreme Treasure to him, to be engraved as a Seal into the Jade Scroll.

Combining them with his own inspired frameworks, he formed one concept after another, some complete, some fragmented.

’If only I could get my hands on the complete Cultivation Technique to read through...’

Finally, a wild idea struck Chu Mu. The moment it appeared, the thought, much like the vibrant flora, took root and began to spread rapidly, intertwining until it became an intense, unshakable obsession...

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