boyutpedia Chapter 40 Sunflower Spirit Plant, Blood Clouds Approach
Chapter 40 Sunflower Spirit Plant, Blood Clouds Approach
In the following days, Lin Dingxuan, accompanied by Cai Liang, swept through Xiaozhu Peak, leaving Zhu Koulang completely devastated.
Jiang Jun activated the "Five-Colored Stone" to purify it all.
But he soon discovered that the bamboo ferns were truly lacking in aptitude. Of the more than fifty bamboo ferns, only eight successfully transformed into spiritual plants.
The fact that the first plant survived was purely due to good luck.
Fortunately, Lin Zhengyang was incredibly efficient, and he brought back a large number of bizarre plants on the third day.
There is the damp bone moss transformed from wall moss, the rotten heart reed transformed from reed, the decaying vine entwined from Virginia creeper, the blood sucker grass transformed from dodder, and the elusive finger fern transformed from ferns.
There is also the withered skull flower that is a sunflower.
After testing the first five methods, Jiang Jun found that their effects were similar to those of Zhu Kou Lang, with a low success rate in converting spiritual plants and extremely weak spiritual energy generated.
Only the withered skull flower had an effect that exceeded Jiang Jun's expectations.
Its prototype was originally a type of sunflower from the neighboring city of Hanhai, which fell into the realm of the supernatural and became a monster.
The withered, yellow flower heads droop like rotten skulls, the stems are charred and twisted, and the petals are curled like withered fingers. They often stand by the desolate roadside, like a rotting corpse unwilling to die.
It can release pollen that makes ordinary people lose their way, causing them to wander around it until they die from exhaustion. Only then do they use their roots to take root in the corpse and absorb nutrients.
Of course, once the demon tamer has completed the first visualization and their consciousness is clear, this pollen will be less effective.
Like Zhu Koulang, it's just a roadside stall.
If it weren't for its equally low output, it would have been cleaned up by the monster tamers long ago.
However, when it is transformed into a spiritual plant, the effect is completely different.
Inside the Green Bamboo Temple, Jiang Jun sat cross-legged, the five-colored stone in his sea of consciousness shimmering slightly, emanating mysterious fluctuations.
Around him, fifteen withered skull flowers were gradually purified.
The charred, twisted stems straightened, turning a glossy dark green. The drooping flower heads then raised, chasing the direction of the sunlight.
The withered petals unfurled, regaining their bright golden color. The rotten sunflower seeds all fell off, turning into black smoke and dissipating.
The tubular flowers, resembling stamens, are arranged in sequence in the flower disc, nurturing the hope of new life.
As the last wisp of eerie energy dissipated from the withered skull flower, fifteen sunflower spirit plants were born.
Jiang Jun used his divine sense to investigate and regretfully discovered that their spirituality had also dissipated, making it impossible for them to communicate with spirits.
But when placed under the sunlight, the dense tubular inflorescences seemed to exude a faint spiritual aura.
Unlike other spiritual plants, their spiritual energy does not dissipate, but accumulates in the flowerpot, arranged neatly.
"Teacher, it's so hard to absorb the essence of this sunflower." Cai Liang used one of the sunflowers as an experiment.
Jiang Jun nodded slightly: "Its spiritual energy may be used to produce sunflower seeds."
"Can these sunflower seeds replenish spiritual energy?"
"What do sunflower seeds from spiritual plants taste like?"
Cai Liang and Lin Dingxuan asked questions at the same time.
Jiang Jun shook his head: "After all, this is the first transformation, and its effectiveness is still unknown. Let's wait and see in a month."
A regular sunflower takes about a month from flowering to seed maturity. According to Jiang Jun's observation, this spiritual sunflower seems to be about the same.
Lin Zhengyang, who was guarding the temple outside Qingzhu Temple, heard the commotion inside and knew that the matter had been accomplished, so he went into the temple to investigate.
Upon seeing these fifteen sunflower plants, he immediately took a liking to them, stroking the flower heads with a touch of fascination: "Their quality is clearly different from the other types."
Jiang Jun frowned slightly as the white light of "Gui Jian Chou" emanated along with the aroma of garlic.
Lin Zhengyang suddenly woke up, took two steps back, and stared at the sunflower spirit plant in horror.
"Master, what's going on?" He faintly smelled a seductive, warm fragrance and asked with lingering fear.
Jiang Jun pondered for a moment, unsure: "Perhaps the pollen of these sunflowers has an instinctive attraction for those who control ghosts."
This is a new effect that occurs after the pollen of the dwarf sclerotium is purified.
Lin Dingxuan was somewhat confused: "Why don't I feel anything?"
Lin Zhengyang looked at Jiang Jun: "Please, Master, stop your supernatural powers. I want to smell this sunflower pollen one more time."
After a long pause, he came to a conclusion.
"The scent of sunflowers can actually slow down the process of a demon-tamer's body turning into a demon. The reason I'm so addicted to it is actually because my body is instinctively trying to save itself."
"Dingxuan's cultivation in the Fusion Realm is still shallow. He has just completed the Divine Fusion and entered the Qi Fusion stage, but has not yet reached the Body Fusion stage. The transformation of his body has not yet begun, so naturally there is not much reaction."
Lin Zhengyang gazed at the sunflower with some amazement: "For us Ghost Tamers, this is practically a chosen spiritual plant!"
Spiritual energy can purify yin energy, and floral fragrance can alleviate the body's transformation. Of the three transformations within the Fusion Realm, only the Divine Fusion transformation remains unattainable.
After pondering for a moment, Jiang Jun left only two sunflowers, one for himself and one for Cai Liang.
The remaining thirteen plants, along with other miscellaneous spiritual plants, were all given to Lin Zhengyang.
"Since Master Leiming joined the Department of Divine Wonders, Qingzhu Temple should also be registered with the Department of Divine Wonders. You may keep some of these spiritual plants for yourself, and donate the rest to the Department of Divine Wonders."
"Please tell them that if they are interested in this spiritual plant, they can exchange it for other strange plants. This way, I will be spared the trouble of traveling around to collect it, and they will also benefit from it."
Lin Zhengyang bowed respectfully to him: "I will do my utmost to make this happen as entrusted by the Master."
Having said that, he didn't leave a single one behind, but instead swept up all the spiritual plants and went down the mountain to the Department of Divine Wonders.
Lin Dingxuan muttered to himself, "Master, at least leave me one! Even if it's not a sunflower, a bamboo shoot would do!"
Cai Liang chuckled and patted him on the shoulder: "Stop grumbling. Let's go to the nearby mountains and hunt some more bamboo shoots."
They were about to go down the mountain to continue their troubles with Zhu Koulang.
Suddenly, a tremendous force crashed down from the sky, striking Qingzhu Temple directly.
A strong stench of blood, mixed with a strange, polluted atmosphere, permeated the air, making even the air tremble.
The surging blood clouds rolled in like a tide, swallowing the entire Xiaozhu Peak into a dark red aura.
Cai Liang and Lin Dingxuan were instantly overwhelmed by this aura, collapsing to the ground in a sorry state and losing consciousness.
"This is... the Transcendent Realm?!" Jiang Jun was shocked and felt an unprecedented crisis.
But he remained calm and composed. With a thought, "The Deceptive Sorrow" roared out and transformed into a purple light sword, its sharpness fully revealed, its tip pointing straight to the sky.
Within the "Divine Rooster Talisman," a fire pattern suddenly ignited, transforming into flowing flames that coiled around the blade of the light sword, its surging killing intent spreading out as if it were a tangible entity.
Deep within the sea of consciousness, atop a pure lotus, two talismans formed from the spirit of suppressing objects shone brightly, pushing true energy to its limit.
"Slay!" he shouted softly.
The lightsaber, wreathed in flames, was like a bolt of lightning tearing through the sky, cleaving a hideous gash in the blood-red clouds.
"Ah!" A hurried cry of surprise came from within the blood cloud, and the powerful force became disordered, its previous might suddenly weakening.
With a firm resolve, Jiang Jun suppressed the urge to connect with the true form of "Ghostly Prohibition" and escape back to reality.
"I'm just a Refinement Realm cultivator; I've only refined a Lord-level monster." He stood with his hands behind his back, exuding the air of a master.
As the practice of creating clones of the talisman is promoted, more and more people are spared from misfortune, and the original talisman accumulates more and more merit, thus increasing the power of the talisman.
Today, he can confidently say, "I am invincible in the Refining Realm!"
High in the sky, the blood-red clouds churned and reformed into a vast sea of blood, carrying an even more violent aura as it swept down once more.