Cultivation: Starting with Farming in the Spiritual Pivot Grotto

Chapter 67 Dragon Blood Tree

"Excellent! It is my good fortune to have this opportunity!"

Fangcun Snail broke out of the water and crawled to the shore. Li Ya looked around from inside the cave and, after confirming with the Spirit Pivot that there were no powerful spirit beasts around, he was relieved.

He emerged from the Ling Shu Cave and stood on the wet, slippery stone ground.

His eyes gleamed as he carefully examined this hidden underground realm, a sense of unease rising within him.

"The spiritual energy here is unified and the spiritual energy gathers. It is by no means a natural random formation. It must be that a spiritual object gathers spiritual energy and regulates the surrounding earth energy."

He clearly sensed that the spiritual energy in the entire cave was not scattered and wandering, but rather gathered in layers and then slowly dispersed to the surroundings, in a continuous cycle.

Following the direction of the spiritual energy, Li Ya detoured and climbed upwards until he reached the top of the waterfall.

As soon as his head peeked out, Li Ya's breath caught in his throat.

"Dragon Blood Tree!"

"It's a dragon blood tree, and it's even bearing fruit!"

Among the rewards offered by the Yunfu Sect, anyone who can obtain a branch of the Dragon Blood Tree as thick as an arm can be exchanged for a position in the outer sect. If one can obtain the Dragon Blood Bodhi, one can directly become a disciple of an inner peak elder.

In the Tai Xuan Sect, the Dragon Blood Bodhi is also an excellent spiritual object for cultivators who cultivate the Jia Wood Azure Dragon Thunder Star Pill.

Above the waterfall is a larger circular lake, and the waterfall itself is formed by water leaking out from a gap.

Countless colorful and intelligent fish dart and swim in the lake.

There are golden-scaled spirit carp with shimmering golden scales, and jade-like spirit fish with pure white, flawless skin...

Thousands of spirit fish swam in groups, each one of them of superior quality. They seemed to have never seen a human before, and were not afraid of Li Ya at all. Instead, they swam over curiously.

When Li Ya saw the true face in the center of the lake, his heart suddenly raced.

In the center is a single, naturally formed giant jade rock with a smooth, warm surface and a delicate texture.

Jade Rock is entwined by tree roots that resemble pythons, and on top grows an ancient tree that doesn't seem to be alive—the Dragon Blood Tree.

The entire tree resembles a carving of blood jade, with a thick, upright, and gnarled trunk.

The bark of the tree resembles solidified, aged blood jade, with a rich and warm color, and a translucent scarlet hue interspersed with wisps of spiritual light.

"Such a rare and precious treasure, I wonder if it's guarded by any spirit beasts nearby?"

Li Ya dared not make any rash moves. Instead, he retreated to a flat area, gripped the Nine Yang Talisman Sword, and activated it instantly with the true energy of the talisman surrounding his hand.

Fangcunluo dived into the lake and carefully examined it several times. Since Ling Shu did not send any warnings, Li Ya was relieved, but he did not loosen his grip on the talisman sword.

Activating the Cloud-Stepping Talisman in his hand, Li Ya lightly touched the water's surface and leaped onto the jade rock platform where the Dragon Blood Tree was located.

He reached out and touched the spirit tree; it was warm and smooth to the touch.

The mottled tree bark is layered upon layered, and the vigorous branches stretch out in all directions, neither too dense nor too sparse, but with a pleasing balance of density and sparseness.

The branches and leaves are a translucent dark red glass color, each leaf is as lustrous as blood jade, and the veins are as clear as gold and jade threads, quietly absorbing the endless spiritual energy circulating around.

The most precious treasure of the entire Dragon Blood Tree is the spiritual fruit hanging in the very center of its crown.

Dragon Blood Tree is not a specific type of spiritual plant, but a general term for a large category of spiritual plants that have absorbed the blood and flesh of dragons to grow.

Trees are not only excellent for gathering spiritual energy, but also superior raw materials for building flying boats.

The workings of nature are always constant. This tree absorbs the blood and flesh of dragons to grow, and the Dragon Blood Bodhi it produces is a rare and precious treasure.

Nourishing the body and expanding the meridians and acupoints are just the most basic effects; its main function is to improve one's physical constitution and aptitude.

This effect alone could drive cultivators mad.

This fruit does not fall off when it ripens; rather, its efficacy increases over time.

One hundred years old, about the size of a longan, entirely red, with a smooth skin and translucent flesh.

Five hundred years old, the size of a peach, with a red skin covered with fine golden lines like dragon scales, and a pit that has condensed into a light red jade pit.

Dragon Blood Bodhi seeds that are over a thousand years old have an appearance resembling a small dragon coiled around them. The skin is a mix of red and gold, and feels warm and flowing to the touch. They are extremely rare.

The tree now stands round and full, its entire body a bright scarlet red, with layers of faint blood-red spiritual light flowing across its surface. The halo is warm and restrained, and its surface is covered with dragon scales, clearly indicating that it is five hundred years old.

Li Ya stopped and stared intently, his eyes gleaming, and an uncontrollable joy surged within him.

"The Yunfu Sect's development of Fallen Dragon Valley is still insufficient!"

His voice couldn't hide the excitement in his heart.

"For ordinary cultivators, seeing this spiritual root would be enough to harvest the Dragon Blood Bodhi, but for me, it is not enough."

The dragon blood bodhi seeds produced by this dragon blood tree are quite valuable, but the dragon blood tree itself is even more valuable.

He wanted to transplant the ancient Dragon Blood Divine Tree intact into the cave, transforming it into his own winter spiritual root.

Li Ya immediately summoned three ancient tree spirit children and spirit pendants. Transplanting spirit plants was considered the ancient tree spirit children's specialty.

After giving detailed instructions, Li Ya did not intend to waste any more time here, but instead went directly back to the round lake below the waterfall, where there were countless aquatic creatures.

Even if you can find a watermelon, you can't let go of a sesame seed.

Li Ya simply opened up the cave, which resembled a giant pocket, constantly moving back and forth in the round lake.

Let's catch all the spirited lake water and the magical fish in it.

The Ling Shu Cave Heaven covers an area of ​​more than five acres, and the waterways, underground rivers, lakes, and spiritual pools within it would probably take a considerable amount of time to fill them with the water from the eye of the spiritual spring.

With the help of this circular lake, the lakes and waterways within the Ling Shu Cave Heaven gradually filled up.

He didn't even miss the stalactites that dripped from above; he tied the jade bottle to the stalactite to catch the dripping stalactites.

Before long, the Ancient Wood Spirit Child had thoroughly explored the roots of the Dragon Blood Tree.

This dragon blood tree has been growing for an unknown period of time, with countless fine roots spreading and taking root deep within the jade rock, tightly intertwined and inseparable.

If it is cut off easily, it may damage this spiritual root.

However, not all roots need to be preserved. Dragon blood trees are full of vitality, so some miscellaneous and dead roots do not need to be preserved.

All the information that the Ancient Wood Spirit Child had thoroughly investigated was reported back to the Spiritual Pivot.

"Please help me, Spiritual Pivot, to deduce the method of transplanting and cutting the Dragon Blood Tree."

[At the request of fellow Daoist, Ling Shu assists in deduce the method of transplanting and cutting the Dragon Blood Treasure Tree.]

[Spiritual Energy Consumption: 1,000 strands of True Qi]

[Time required: Five hours]

"The depletion of true energy is not a problem, it's just that it takes too long."

"You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub," so Li Ya simply used the divine power within the gourd coins to accelerate the calculation, shortening it to half an hour.

He wasn't idle either; he used the Chen Su Tian Du Sword Pill as a chisel to make holes in the surrounding rock walls, drive in steel nails, and tie on specially made ropes.

Secure the dragon's blood tree to prevent it from tipping over when cleaning the roots.

They also dug out a deep pit on the main peak of Ling Shu.

Before long, Ling Shu projected the results of his deductions into the air as a phantom image.

"Lingpei, take the spirit child and cut away those unwanted roots!"

Li Ya wasn't idle either. He picked up the sword pellet, dived into the water, and shattered the rocks.

This is different from when facing an enemy, where the sword energy is unrestrained and the sharpness is fully revealed, with killing and ruthlessness as the priority and the goal of everything being to kill the enemy.

The challenge lies in controlling the sword pellet without damaging the roots amidst the broken rocks.

Li Ya first suppressed the sword light, even if it was slower, as long as he didn't damage the main root of the spirit tree.

The main root of the dragon blood tree is vigorous and powerful, spreading outwards in all directions. Layer upon layer of countless fine lateral roots, old roots, and miscellaneous roots are intertwined and bound together, with countless roots embedded deep in the cracks of the rocks, becoming one with the rock strata.

Those redundant roots, as thick as fingers, seemingly hard, were stripped away by the sword light. The severed roots were collected by the spirit pendant and properly placed.

The sword pellet moved swiftly, tumbling and flying, and the hard spirit jade rock layer crumbled and shattered like soft clay and broken porcelain.

As time slowly passed, Li Ya's skill in controlling the sword pellets became more and more proficient, and his control became increasingly precise.