The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Chapter 229: The Function of the Two Seeds

Right now, Long Xuan has quite a number of Heaven Mending Fruits. He originally had four of them, and in the storage bag of that Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivator, there were another six.

That Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivator had gone mad after seeing the Heaven Mending Fruits, slaughtering the Western Lands' geniuses recklessly.

If he hadn't encountered Long Xuan early on, and if he had faced Long Xuan last, all the geniuses of the Western Lands would have been massacred by him.

So now, Long Xuan has a total of ten Heaven Mending Fruits, more than enough for him to use liberally.

By borrowing the power of his clone, he stayed in the Soul Library for three months, which is equivalent to spending nine months outside.

Since he didn’t need to physically write in the Soul Library—writing there only required a single thought—the actual time he spent refining the Gu recipes outside amounted to over a year.

After such a long time, he finally managed to craft the 'Heaven Mending Pill Recipe.'

Through his research, he discovered that by using the Heaven Mending Fruit as the primary ingredient, and mixing it with different grades of auxiliary ingredients, the quality of the resulting pills could vary.

In other words, if all the auxiliary ingredients for the Heaven Mending Pill were second-grade spiritual herbs, the Heaven Mending Fruit’s potency would be wasted on those low-quality materials, resulting in a downgraded second-grade pill.

A second-grade Heaven Mending Pill can only restore the aptitude of Gu cultivators at the Marrow Cleansing stage, but is ineffective for cultivators above that stage.

If the auxiliary ingredients were all peak-grade, tenth-grade spirit herbs, the Heaven Mending Fruit would release most of its potency, producing a tenth-grade pill.

However, tenth-grade spirit herbs do not grow in this world, and even if they did, with Long Xuan’s current cultivation, he wouldn’t be able to refine a tenth-grade pill.

So, he had no choice but to wastefully use large amounts of lower-grade materials, thus reducing the Heaven Mending Fruit’s efficacy.

Now that the second-grade Heaven Mending Pill recipe is complete, his next task is to find the necessary ingredients and quickly refine the Heaven Mending Pills.

However, there’s a major issue: he currently cannot return to his Great Herb Garden, and he didn’t bring many spirit herbs with him on this journey, which means he only has the primary ingredient for the pill recipe.

In the past, whenever he needed any material, he only had to take a massive amount of contribution points to exchange for them at the Long Clan.

But now, trapped outside and unable to return home, gathering the necessary materials has become a real problem for him.

And don’t think that collecting second-grade spirit herbs is easy.

Rare species transcend grade levels, and collecting materials for refining a Heaven-defying pill like the Heaven Mending Pill isn't something that can be done easily.

Ordinary second-grade spirit herbs are relatively easy to gather, but rare second-grade spirit herbs are much harder to come by.

To refine the Heaven Mending Pill, over 10,000 ingredients are needed, of which over 300 are rare spirit herbs.

Even in the Long Clan's Treasure Hall, it would be difficult to gather all 300 types of rare spirit herbs.

He would need to release numerous high-paying tasks at the mission hall and offer substantial rewards over a long period to collect them all.

Thus, gathering the ingredients for the Heaven Mending Pill has become a colossal problem for him.

After sighing deeply, Long Xuan took out two seeds from his storage ring and played with them like precious treasures.

Over the past three months, whenever he had time, he studied these two seeds, trying to uncover their secrets.

And sure enough, while Li Laodao couldn’t figure out the mystery of these two seeds, Long Xuan accidentally made a breakthrough, which filled him with joy.

Perhaps due to some repelling force between entities of the same level, ever since he placed the Heaven Mending Fruit and the branch of the Heaven Mending Tree into his storage ring, the aura of the two seeds began fluctuating intensely.

After noticing this anomaly, he immediately took the seeds out for inspection. When his soul power sensed the situation inside the seeds, he was suddenly transported to an enormous, unfamiliar world.

This world was rich in spiritual energy, with soil, water, flowers, and grass. There was even light.

However, although this world was vast, it was ultimately limited, like a massive floating island, surrounded by a hazy, gray void—complete nothingness.

Long Xuan was utterly shocked at this sight and immediately thought of an entity equal to the Heaven Mending Tree, one of the Ten Great Divine Trees—the World Tree, ranked second.

These two seeds appeared to be seeds of the World Tree. He had come across records about them in a hidden text within the Long Clan, the same book where Long Dan had first learned about the Heaven Mending Tree, which had led to this mission.

Legend has it that the seeds of the World Tree each contain a vast world.

This enormous world can house living beings, where one can breathe, sleep, and live. There is sunlight, and the spiritual energy here is abundant. People can move in and live inside the world, and even cultivate.

Storage spaces like storage bags and rings cannot store living beings, nor can they store anything that moves, or any other storage equipment.

However, the seeds of the World Tree not only offer vast space but can also store anything, including items that cannot be held in storage bags.

The usefulness of the World Tree seeds is immeasurable.

First and foremost, they could allow an entire clan to move inside and survive. In the event of a calamity threatening the clan's extinction, everyone could flee into the seed’s world, avoiding annihilation.

For an individual, the benefits are even greater: a mobile herb garden, a mobile pasture, a mobile insect chamber, a mobile fish pond...

If all these things could be carried around, one can easily imagine the advantage.

It was incredibly convenient. With just a small seed, he could carry everything he owned, including his vast herb garden, essentially taking his farm wherever he went.

Long Xuan’s breath became rapid, and he found it impossible to stay calm in the presence of such a treasure.

He couldn’t help but want to laugh aloud. No matter how cautious Li Laodao was, in the end, he had lost everything. This time, he hadn’t just lost; he had lost everything, down to the last scrap.

The value of these two seeds was immeasurable, worth more than trillions. To know that the spiritual energy inside these two seeds was ten times more abundant than the outside world made it a natural cultivation holy ground. Any clan would go mad for such a treasure.

Li Laodao actually sold it to him at such a low price. If he knew that what he sold so cheaply was actually a legendary World Tree seed, while the one he kept was a dead seed, who knows what kind of expression he would show. He would probably regret it so much he'd be sick to his stomach.

“Hahaha... So satisfying! This is just too satisfying!”

Long Xuan's face lit up with an extremely proud smile.

However, at this moment, another huge problem was right in front of him, causing him immense anxiety.

He desperately needed to go home and plant this World Tree seed so that it could grow into a towering tree and produce more World Tree seeds.

But here, he didn't have any high-grade spirit soil. He only received a quarter of the high-grade spirit soil from the Imperial Garden of the Black Wind Kingdom, which wasn't even enough to plant one tree.

Moreover, he needed to plant both the Heaven-Mending Tree and the World Tree—two divine trees—at the same time, so the high-grade spirit soil was even more insufficient.

Although he could search for other high-grade spirit soil here or gather materials to create his own, it would take time, and not a short amount of time at that.

It must be known that the Heaven Mending Tree and the World Tree are both unique to this world. If either of these two divine trees were to die, they would randomly respawn somewhere in the world.

Therefore, he had to plant these two divine trees as quickly as possible. If he was too slow and they sprouted elsewhere, it would be impossible for him to cultivate them again, no matter how hard he tried.

Right now, he was in a race against time. How could he not be anxious?

But at this moment, being anxious wouldn't help. His Suo Gu's ability was disabled, so he could only go with the flow.

Time flew by, and three more days passed. Long Xuan stopped in front of the gates of a large city named Tianyue City.

This massive city was incredibly prosperous, even more so than Blackstone City. The bustling noise of people echoed throughout.

So, upon seeing this city, Long Xuan immediately decided to stop here and gather the materials needed to refine the Heaven-Mending Pill.

By now, his injuries had healed enough that he could walk without assistance. After paying an entrance fee of eight hundred low-grade spirit stones to the guards at the gate, he entered the city.

He couldn't help but think it was a bit pricey.

However, the more expensive the entrance fee, the more prosperous the city. This meant that the materials inside were likely to be abundant.

He had already been traveling for quite some time and had fully entered the world of Gu Cultivators.

He was now on the land of the Xuan Yue Empire, a neighboring country of the Great Yin Dynasty. The two nations were of equal strength and had a hostile relationship.

Tianyue City was the main city of Tianyue County in the Xuan Yue Empire, and it was filled with powerful individuals, naturally making it incredibly prosperous.

If the high entrance fee didn’t deter a large number of poor, wandering cultivators, this city would have been overcrowded long ago.

Upon entering the city, Long Xuan was immediately awed by the bustling scene inside.

A country’s world truly is different. With well-established laws and orderly systems, this place had a sense of structure and order. Chaos was rare here, and scenes like the street brawls between Marrow Cleansing-stage Gu Cultivators in Blackstone City were unlikely to happen.

In Blackstone City, power was everything. The rules were made to restrict the weak.

However, in a country, the laws were there to restrain the powerful. Even a Gu King couldn't slaughter at will in this city without facing consequences.

Additionally, the Xuan Yue Empire used a currency called Yue Coins, but they weren’t accepted in other countries. Spirit stones, however, were universally used here, so he didn't have to worry about becoming penniless.

Long Xuan had no plans to stay in the Xuan Yue Empire for long, so he didn’t intend to exchange a large number of Yue Coins, as they would be worthless in other regions.

He didn't have time to admire the city's splendor. Instead, he immediately sought out channels to trade for spirit herbs. Once he had what he needed, he planned to leave the city as quickly as possible.

He was far too weak right now, and staying in a city filled with powerful people like Tianyue City gave him no sense of security, even though the laws here could restrain Gu Kings.

Out of habit, he subconsciously began searching for the Qian Clan Chamber Of Commerce within the city. Upon locating his target, he immediately headed there.

The Qian Clan Chamber Of Commerce was a large cross-regional trading firm, with branches in many regions and cities. Even Long Xuan didn’t know how vast the Qian Clan’s network truly was or how many regions it spanned.

At that moment, on a massive platform, a fat man with ten spirit rings on his fingers sat arrogantly in the center of the stage, looking immensely proud of himself.

A long banner hung on the platform with the words “Treasure Seeking Convention” embroidered on it, drawing a large crowd of spectators. The scene was extremely lively.