Chapter 793: Medicinal Garden, Fiery Fire Intoxicated Lotus Fruit

The first thing was to carefully study the specific changes in the World Tree following its recent growth.

Studying these changes meant comprehending the fundamental Rules and contemplating the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Only by thoroughly understanding and mastering the growth and changes of the World Tree could Shen Lang truly control the entire Tai Chi Diagram.

His connection with this Tai Chi Diagram would also grow ever tighter.

Compared to ordinary cultivation, strengthening the Tai Chi Diagram—or more accurately, the World Tree—was far more important!

The second matter was an aspect of the Tai Chi Diagram that Shen Lang had neglected for some time: its ability to devour physical beings!

Most of the time, Shen Lang had focused on the Tai Chi Diagram’s ability to devour Soul and Spirit Bodies or Energy.

But in reality, the Tai Chi Diagram could even devour many Demon Beasts!

It was just that this ability to devour physical entities was nowhere near as terrifying as devouring souls or energy.

Back when Shen Lang was still in the Qi Martial Realm, he had used the Tai Chi Diagram to ambush a Demon Martial Artist who controlled a Demon Corpse, devouring all the flesh from the man’s arm.

Later on, he had even used the Tai Chi Diagram to devour the flesh of many Demon Beasts.

But back then, the Tai Chi Diagram could only be used as a supplementary technique.

It was like a rare devouring-type Martial Soul; while it could consume the flesh of Demon Beasts, it lacked the terrifying efficacy it displayed against Ghost Kings or other Soul Bodies.

It wasn’t until he created the second form of the Nine Revolutions of Life and Death Mysterious Technique, the Star Absorption Technique, that he began to simultaneously develop the Tai Chi Diagram’s ability to devour both Spirit Bodies and physical entities.

Now, the Tai Chi Diagram had grown further. The true form of the World Tree was already over ten feet tall, and its manifested form could reach a height of several hundred feet… Its power was easily a hundred times greater than before!

If the Tai Chi Diagram were to be truly activated now, the physical body of an ordinary King Martial Realm expert would be utterly unable to withstand it.

But if the current Star Absorption Technique could only deal with King Martial Realm Early Stage experts, then its ability to devour physical entities seemed rather pointless.

After all, with his current Cultivation and the terrifying power of his Chaos Divine Body, he had absolutely no need for such a function.

Given the current strength of his Chaos Divine Body, Shen Lang could crush a King Martial Realm Initial Tier expert to death with his bare hands, without using even a shred of Spiritual Power.

Why bother taking the extra step of using the Tai Chi Diagram?

The reason Shen Lang was thinking about the Tai Chi Diagram’s ability to devour the flesh of Demon Beasts was that he had thought of the Star Absorption Technique and the Five Emperors Dragon Fist!

If he could properly study and integrate this devouring function of the Tai Chi Diagram into his Five Emperors Dragon Fist, how many people in heaven or on earth could possibly stand against it?

“HAHAHAHA!”

Inside the Tai Chi Diagram, Shen Lang’s eyes snapped open, and he burst into wild laughter!

The next moment, Circles of vibrant green Energy spiraled down from the World Tree, tightly enveloping Shen Lang.

Shen Lang, whose form had been flickering due to his depleted Divine Thought, was instantly invigorated, and his body became much more solid!

As for the third matter, he needed to thoroughly study what he had obtained from the Abyss Lord’s Soul Thought as soon as possible.

The Abyss Lord was a purely evil being, his body filled with an endless, surging, corrupt power—Demon Evil Energy. This Evil Energy was now stored by Sha Shenlang within the Tai Chi Diagram and could be used for Body Forging or to summon the Demon Gate in the future.

In fact, what Shen Lang had obtained from the Abyss Lord was more than just Evil Energy and the Demon Gate.

There was also the Abyss Realm, something even the War Emperor had never encountered!

If he could fully comprehend this Abyss Realm, with his current Cultivation, he could expand it to a fifty-mile radius, creating a deadly Abyss within that zone.

All enemies who stepped into this Realm would be affected by the corrupting power of the Evil Energy. Not only would their movement speed plummet, but they would also have to use all their strength to resist the corrosion. Otherwise, a single moment of carelessness would lead to eternal damnation!

Even an overlord of the Abyss like the Abyss Lord could never have imagined that by simply sending his Soul Thought out for a little stroll, he would end up delivering such a gift to Shen Lang.

A Soul Thought, in essence, was just a small part of one’s soul.

But this small portion of the soul contained a great many things deep within.

However, because it was connected to the main body, it was nearly impossible to capture the Abyss Lord’s Soul Thought unless one’s Cultivation surpassed his by many times. It was even more impossible to analyze and dissect the Soul Thought after capturing it.

Unfortunately for the Abyss Lord, he ran into a freak like Shen Lang. Already injured, he was then threatened by Red Dragon Lu Qianqiu. And since he wanted to rely on Shen Lang to escape the Dragon Scale Divine Hall, he had no choice but to suck it up.

Right now, what Shen Lang wanted to do most was focus on this third matter.

Both the Demon Gate and the Abyss Realm were exceedingly terrifying forms of Magic.

He had only scratched the surface of their secrets and needed to study them in greater depth.

Once he fully understood them, with these two trump cards alone, even Emperor Martial Realm experts would have to give him a wide berth!

Killing enemies above his level? This was more than just skipping one or two ranks!

This was crossing an entire major Realm!

As Shen Lang suppressed the wild joy in his heart and began studying the Demon Gate and the Abyss Realm while he recovered…

…outside, Monk Bu Se was so ecstatic that he nearly lost his composure.

The path Lu Qianqiu had pointed out was riddled with Restrictions, making it, in truth, the most dangerous and difficult one to travel.

However, under Lu Qianqiu’s control, all the powerful Restrictions along this path automatically disengaged the moment they encountered Monk Bu Se, granting him completely unimpeded passage!

In just over an hour, Monk Bu Se arrived outside a Medicinal Garden.

Even from over a hundred meters away, a dense wave of Wood Spirit Qi and medicinal fragrance drifted over on a cool breeze, leaving Monk Bu Se utterly mesmerized!

‘Such a pure medicinal fragrance… Huh? Why does it also smell like rich wine?’

Though Monk Bu Se’s actions were often absurd, his Cultivation was exceptional, and he was vastly experienced and knowledgeable.

Just from this medicinal fragrance, he almost jumped out of his skin!

After all, while he had seen plenty of wild Spirit Herbs and Spirit Fruits along the way, where could one possibly find a medicinal fragrance so rich?

A single whiff seemed enough to leave a person intoxicated and unable to break free!

Just from that one breath, he could feel a noticeable advancement in his Cultivation. The increase in his body’s Spiritual Power was greater than what he’d gain from more than half a day of normal practice!

‘Amitabha, may the Buddha protect me. Has this old monk arrived in the Celestial Realm, or have I entered an Illusion Realm?’

Monk Bu Se’s mental fortitude was far beyond that of an ordinary person, yet he was still shaken to the core by the sight before him.

In his experience, probably not even the Legendary Sects possessed such an astounding Medicinal Garden.

Directly in front of him lay a garden of about one acre, from which the impossibly rich medicinal fragrance emanated.

The entire Medicinal Garden was encircled by more than a dozen massive bluestone pillars. Rays of iridescent light shot out from the pillars, forming a seven-colored curtain of light that enveloped the garden.

Thanks to this light curtain, the Spiritual Qi within the Medicinal Garden was prevented from spreading outward.

The reason Monk Bu Se could smell the dense fragrance was that a gate had automatically opened in the curtain of light upon his arrival!

Monk Bu Se stared blankly at the Medicinal Garden. Several times, he fought the urge to step inside, only to stop himself at the last moment.

This kind of treasure hunting was always associated with unimaginable danger.

The greater the reward, the greater the potential danger.

Many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were guarded by powerful Demon Beasts, to say nothing of an entire Medicinal Garden of this size.

Gulping hard, Monk Bu Se’s gaze fell upon the surroundings of the Medicinal Garden.

The garden was surrounded by a low fence woven from green bamboo, nothing remarkable in the slightest.

Inside the garden, the Spirit Medicines grew in orderly plots. Each plant stood about half a meter tall, its leaves as green as jade and crystalline in their translucence.

Each plant bore a fruit about the size of a normal kiwi.

The fruit, however, was fiery red all over, like a burning flame. It was also semi-translucent, and one could faintly see a few seeds within that were emitting a Spirit Light, making it look incredibly alluring.

Staring at the fiery red fruit and the appearance of the spirit plant, Monk Bu Se felt a sense of déjà vu.

‘A fruit like a flame, with leaves as translucent as jade… I feel like I’ve read about it in some classic text…’

Monk Bu Se frantically searched his memories, trying to find a matching name.

The moment he remembered what it was, his face fell completely!

‘Amitabha… Lord Buddha, are you testing me? Or are you trying to tempt this disciple into breaking his vow against alcohol? This entire garden is full of Fiery Fire Intoxicated Lotus Fruit! So, should I pick them? Or should I pick them? Or perhaps… I should pick them?’

Monk Bu Se hadn’t been mistaken. The fiery red Spirit Fruit before him was indeed the legendary and rarely seen Fiery Fire Intoxicated Lotus Fruit!

The Fiery Fire Intoxicated Lotus Fruit was an incredibly rare primary ingredient for brewing a peerless Spirit Wine!

“Such wine should only be found in the heavens; how often can it be savored in the Mortal World?”

This very line of poetry referred to the wine brewed from the Fiery Fire Intoxicated Lotus Fruit.

According to legend, the wine brewed from the Fiery Fire Intoxicated Lotus Fruit was not only incomparably mellow and fragrant, a rarity in the world, but it also possessed unimaginable benefits for one’s Cultivation!

One of its effects was that drinking a single pot of this wine would cause a person to fall into a deep sleep for seven days.

During these seven days, they would be beset by visions and enter a strange dreamscape.

In this dreamscape, Martial Artists would have instantaneous breakthroughs, comprehending concepts or mastering Cultivation Techniques and Combat Techniques that had previously eluded them no matter how hard they tried!

And its other effect was much simpler and far more direct…

…it could be used for the Purification of Essence and Marrow.

A single sip of wine brewed from the Fiery Fire Intoxicated Lotus Fruit would transform into Energy that circulated endlessly within the body. Like a flame, it would continuously burn away a Martial Artist’s impurities, achieving the effect of Purification of Essence and Marrow.

Its efficacy far surpassed that of many Spirit Pills and Holy Medicines!

‘Amitabha. Martial Uncle-Ancestor is truly one of a kind. To think he has such a powerful expert helping him inside the Dragon Scale Divine Hall, allowing me to just stumble upon a massive treasure like this… I’m finished. This one Medicinal Garden has almost destabilized my mind. If there are eight or ten more like it up ahead, won’t this old monk’s lifetime of Buddhist Dharma go completely to waste?’

Monk Bu Se pressed his palms together, Buddha Light radiating from his entire body as he muttered to himself, “Amitabha. All in this world is but dust; all that has form is illusory. If you see that all forms are not truly forms, then you see the Tathagata…”