novellaaa Chapter 63: No, an extraordinary inheritance?
Chapter 63: No, an extraordinary inheritance?
In everyone's eyes, a piece of the [Heart Field] in Jiang Qiu's body transformed into a mirage and appeared. The [Wood Fruit] that he had just swallowed, along with a wisp of [Yang Wood Spiritual Energy], fell into the center of the field, and soon a large patch of green and yellow spiritual energy appeared.
These spiritual energies surged into the soil, frantically injecting nutrients. The spot where the spiritual seed was buried rose up, and a small green sprout broke through the soil, gushing out a continuous stream of spiritual energy like a spring, spreading outwards.
Jiang Qiu was drenched in sweat, her muscles tensed, her blood vessels were surging, and she was visibly losing weight. Her old intern uniform, which she hadn't changed out of, hung loosely on her, and her physique looked even more refined and robust than Wang Baisheng's.
This scene stunned everyone present. Du Ziyue's pupils shrank dramatically. Having only recently broken through to the [Growth Realm], he was all too familiar with this aura of new life. At this moment, his mind went blank, as if he were in another world. "On the first day of sowing, he... he jumped into the [Growth Realm] that I took a year to reach?"
Old Tian also took a deep breath, his eyes glazed over. "I'm afraid he got the effect of skipping the germination cycle when he chose [Blessing]. Such good luck! First there was Lu Changming, and now there's Jiang Qiu."
"and."
He frowned, staring intently at the changes in Jiang Qiu's body. "Muscle contraction is a sign of increased strength and muscle building, usually an effect of metal-based cultivation methods. But he's cultivating precious wood-type spiritual plants, which should be a wood-type cultivation method. It must have effects on enhancing metabolism and senses. I'm afraid..."
"What are you afraid of?"
Old Tian's tone was filled with awe, "I'm afraid his [Wood Fruit] + [Yang Wood Spiritual Energy] is not an ordinary path. I've heard that only the city's secret and precious cultivation methods can have both attributes. Moreover, metal overcomes wood, so the difficulty of cultivation is unimaginable. He must have an extraordinary inheritance behind him."
"No, an extraordinary inheritance?" Du Ziyue was stunned. Jiang Qiu had become famous when he cultivated a dual-attribute superior fruit. He had overheard some employees discussing his background, and it was said that he was just an orphan who grew up in a shantytown.
With such a background, she might not have been exposed to the cultivation of spiritual plants before coming to the plantation, let alone recently gaining fame. Where did she get this lineage? Wait a minute, it seems that Jiang Qiu and Jiang Qiao are quite close. They visit each other in courtyard number 17 every day and often walk into the inner courtyard together...
A sudden, brilliant thought flashed through Du Ziyue's mind. His eyes shone brightly, like a wise man who had grasped an inspiration. "I understand. Jiang Qiu, Jiang Qiu, he might be Director Jiang's long-lost son, Jiang Qiao's older brother. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been assigned to the logistics department before... Oh dear!"
*Slap!* Old Tian slapped him on the back of the head, his face serious. "Shh, do you think you can guess about Director Jiang's family background? Don't talk nonsense. Director Jiang only has one deceased wife and only one legitimate daughter, Jiang Qiao."
But he quickly changed the subject, his tone becoming serious, "However, Jiang Qiu's legacy may indeed be related to Director Jiang. His wife was also an extraordinary genius back then, and I heard that she practiced the dual metal and wood elemental cultivation method."
Du Ziyue rubbed his head, suddenly realizing, "So, Director Jiang passed on his wife's skills to Jiang Qiu, doesn't that mean he's planning to take him on as his personal disciple?!"
"Let's settle this. The origin of that inheritance is very complicated. Director Jiang won't openly accept a personal disciple, but judging from this situation, even if it's not a personal disciple, it will be better than one. I estimate that in six months, even our [Proliferation Realm] won't be able to keep our cultivation subsidies, and we'll all be starving!" Old Tian said in a low voice, feeling melancholy.
Du Ziyue was startled, and the other trainees also looked worried, their eyes fixed on Jiang Qiu like lambs facing a tiger. Wang Baisheng, a fellow trainee, had a solemn expression; he had just begun his cultivation journey only to be surpassed by someone else by a whole realm, leaving him feeling utterly insignificant.
Only Jiang Qiao's eyes flashed with a strange light as she pursed her lips and muttered, "You're cultivating quite fast. It's good that you're fast. When you reach the [Proliferation Realm], you'll have the conditions to help me complete my physical transformation and inherit the method that Father improved for me."
Her cheeks flushed pink, she frowned inexplicably, and turned her face away.
Under the influence of the water-attribute spiritual energy [Storing Essence] in Wushan, Jiang Qiu's sweat cooled down, and his eyes cleared from the swelling sensation of his rapidly increasing realm. He wiped the sweat from his face and said, "Thank you, Director."
"It's alright," Wu Shan slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, his eyes filled with undisguised admiration. Even though he had mentored geniuses like Lu Changming a few years ago, who would complain about having too many geniuses in the class? "Your ability to jump into the [Growth Realm] in one go shows that you have accumulated enough knowledge and experience. Keep up the good work."
"Understood." Jiang Qiu nodded.
Embarking on the path of cultivation consumes a great deal of spiritual energy.
The 1000 silk of wood-elemental spiritual energy is not much compared to the accumulation of the previous cycle, but it does not have metal-elemental spiritual energy. Therefore, the fire-elemental spiritual energy is transformed into earth-elemental spiritual energy and then into metal-elemental spiritual energy through the "Daily Accumulation of Metal".
Each of these two progressive conversions incurs a 50% loss.
A total of 4000 strands of fire-attribute spiritual energy were consumed.
The "Golden Spirit Cage" in his dantian only had a little over 1000 strands of fire-attribute spiritual energy and a little over 3000 strands of wood-attribute spiritual energy remaining. Without accumulating and refining this energy, it would be difficult to advance to the next realm within the estimated timeframe, after all—
【Wood-based Spiritual Plants】
[Current Realm: Early Stage of Growth]
[Estimated result time: 360 days]
【修行法门结果条件：1级木属灵气（0/10000）、1级金属灵气（0/10000）、可食用的金木双属相果实（0/1）】
The two types of spiritual energy number in the tens of thousands, which cannot be accumulated overnight. At the same time, the spiritual plant inside the body also inherits two characteristics of the [Wood-Born Fruit]. One is that it has a 3 times metabolism. If the nutrients are sufficient, the estimated fruiting cycle is as fast as 120 days.
However, the nutrients consumed daily are three times that of an ordinary person. Roughly estimated, this means that 90 strands of wood-type spiritual energy and 90 strands of metal-type spiritual energy are consumed daily, which amounts to 2700 strands of each per month. If the supply cannot be met, it will be drawn from the physical body.
This causes the body, which has been nourished by unique spiritual energy, to become weak again. Although it will not die immediately, its bodily functions will degenerate, its ability to use spiritual energy will be weakened, and its cultivation ability will decline, resulting in a regression in its cultivation level.
It's like rowing against the current; if you don't move forward, you'll fall behind.
If it is estimated that no results will be obtained in 360 days, then all the days that are delayed are natural losses used to maintain the normal operation of the spiritual plants in the body.
This path of spiritual practice is not easy.
However, those with abundant wealth are a different story. They can use money to exchange for [Spirit Cultivation Pills] to provide nutrients to the spiritual plants within their bodies, and there are exactly 20 pills available for consumption.
With a gurgling sound, Jiang Qiu, feeling extremely hungry, swallowed a [Spirit Cultivation Pill] just like Wang Baisheng and Jiang Qiao had done before. It melted instantly in her mouth, and the warm current nourished her lungs and internal organs, transforming from the "Golden Spirit Cage" in her dantian into her [Heart Field].
His eyes lit up when the panel popped up.
[Consuming a high-grade "Spirit Cultivation Pill"]
[Provide nutrients for the internal spiritual plants]
[Given the inherent properties of high-grade pills, this nutrient will definitely receive a corresponding boost, and the quantity will be plentiful and satisfying—]
[Effect: Continuously replenishes the body with 100 strands of level 1 wood-attribute spiritual energy from the spiritual plant, which can withstand the daily wood-attribute spiritual energy consumption of a "wood-born spiritual plant". After digestion, it is equivalent to reducing the estimated result cycle by 1.5 days.]
(Note: Due to metabolic limitations, the daily intake is limited to 1 capsule.)
It's equivalent to taking a top-grade [Spirit Cultivation Pill] every day. The [Wood-based Spiritual Plants] in the body digest the corresponding nutrients from it, so there's no need to consume the stored wood-based spiritual energy. Moreover, the closer you get to the "result," the more steadily your realm will improve.
Similarly, one can obtain metallic spiritual energy from elixirs without having to bother planting another batch of [Golden Edge Flowers] for production. Instead, one can return to the courtyard to focus on researching how to hybridize spiritual fruits with both metal and wood attributes.