Free Web NovelChapter 404: Chapter 309: Spirit Field Environment
Areas marked as dangerous often held items related to the Nascent Soul Stage, such as the island marked as moderately dangerous where he had acquired the Celestial Spring Clear Liquid.
In the areas without danger markings, one couldn’t find any Spiritual Materials at all.
After eliminating both of those, the remaining unmarked areas should hold a considerable amount of Third Tier Spiritual Materials.
The route he had taken to get here was safe, and he had been able to move quickly.
When he went into the unmarked areas, speed would not be as important. He could just focus on full concealment and proceed slowly. Moving slowly would also give him more energy to watch out for Spiritual Materials.
"If I follow this route for about two days, I should reach the blank area here. Then, I’ll explore this section."
This blank area accounted for at least one-twentieth of the entire "Land of No Master." If he could fill in this section of the map, the reward from the Purple Mist Sect would surely be substantial.
After stowing the map, Fang Yun set off at once.
The "Land of No Master" Secret Realm had a day and night cycle.
He had entered around noon.
As dusk approached, Fang Yun found his first Third Tier Spiritual Material in an unmarked area.
"Is this... Spirit Mushroom Soil?"
After carefully drawing closer, Fang Yun was certain.
"This is Spirit Mushroom Soil!"
Spirit Mushroom Soil was a Middle Grade, Third Tier Spiritual Material. It could be used to alter the environment of Lower and Middle Grade Third Tier Spirit Fields. It could also be used for Upper Grade Third Tier Spirit Fields, but doing so required a massive amount.
Fang Yun had not neglected his studies on planting.
He had read most of the books on this subject back in the Celestial Cloud Sect.
It was precisely this knowledge that allowed him to recognize the Spirit Mushroom Soil so quickly.
When Spirit Fields are created atop a Spirit Vein, they start as the most basic type. Even a basic Spirit Field can grow most Spirit Medicines. However, the growing conditions for some Spirit Medicines cannot be met by an ordinary Spirit Field. To continue cultivating these types of Spirit Medicines, one must alter the Spirit Field’s environment to satisfy their growth requirements.
A Spirit Field environment altered by Spirit Mushroom Soil could be used to cultivate the Spirit Medicine known as the Mushroom Wood Flower.
The Mushroom Wood Flower was an ingredient used in refining the Third Tier Divine Mushroom Pill. This pill could rapidly restore one’s Divine Sense and was incredibly useful in certain situations.
’This much Spirit Mushroom Soil should be enough to alter an area of a Spirit Field sufficient for growing three or four Mushroom Wood Flowers.’
Fang Yun prepared to collect the Spirit Mushroom Soil.
Senior Ruan Hanfan had said that obtaining most Spiritual Materials within the "Land of No Master" Secret Realm was dangerous.
The level of danger was related to the grade of the Spiritual Material.
The moment he reached for the Spirit Mushroom Soil, an earthen-yellow spike shot straight at his face.
Before its tip had even fully left the ground, the earthen-yellow spike was blocked by a jet-black shield.
The instant he entered a state of combat, Fang Yun reacted, and his reflexes were exceptionally fast.
’Not very powerful, but incredibly fast. A typical Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator would risk death in a situation like this, even if they were on guard.’
With the danger averted, a composed Fang Yun quickly made his assessment of the earthen-yellow spike.
’The four Inner Sect Disciples from the Purple Mist Sect should all be able to handle an attack like this with relative ease. They are no ordinary Peak of Foundation Establishment Cultivators.’
’For them, if it was just a matter of obtaining Third Tier Spiritual Materials in the Secret Realm, then the danger level wasn’t high. This was even more true for him.’
"Let’s continue."
Having harvested a piece of Spirit Mushroom Soil, Fang Yun’s mood improved even more.
...
「In the dead of night.」
Intense fluctuations of Spiritual Power and Blood Power surged and intertwined.
"You Spirit Refiner from the Purple Mist Sect, it’s your unlucky day to have run into me!" Ye Jinghui roared with excited laughter amidst the battle.
He was an Inner Sect Disciple of the Blood Spirit Sect.
Among the five Inner Sect Disciples who had come, his overall strength ranked second.
Though he wasn’t the strongest among the Blood Spirit Sect’s current Inner Sect Disciples, he felt he had more than enough power to kill any of the Purple Mist Sect’s Inner Sect Disciples.
He believed that for a Spirit Refiner from the Purple Mist Sect to run into him was a stroke of misfortune for them. For him, of course, the opposite was true; he felt quite lucky to have encountered a Spirit Refiner from the Purple Mist Sect all alone.
"Have a taste of this!"
Boundless Sea of Blood!
A monstrous tide of blood qi surged into the sky. Ye Jinghui was at the Peak of Foundation Establishment, yet in that moment, his aura actually began to climb. Although the increase wasn’t large, one had to understand that for someone who had already reached the true Peak of Foundation Establishment, there was normally no way for his aura to grow stronger aside from breaking through to the Core Formation Stage.
The Spirit Refiner Ye Jinghui mentioned was Lin Ke of the Purple Mist Sect.
Lin Ke agreed with Ye Jinghui’s statement. It was indeed her bad luck to have run into him.
However, the two of them had different interpretations of this "bad luck."
Ye Jinghui simply thought that running into him meant bad luck for any Spirit Refiner from the Purple Mist Sect, regardless of who it was. Lin Ke, on the other hand, felt her bad luck was in encountering a Blood Demon from the Blood Spirit Sect at the wrong time.
A short time ago, she had completed a personal mission assigned by the sect. She had acquired the Spiritual Object but had also sustained minor injuries. Her wounds had not yet healed when she ran into a Blood Demon from the Blood Spirit Sect on her way to the rendezvous point.
If her condition weren’t so poor, she wouldn’t be this passive now.
Facing the offensive from the Blood Spirit Sect’s Blood Demon, she was unable to counterattack and could only defend passively.
This style of fighting was not her own.
One by one, cyan lotuses bloomed around her, defending her against the monstrous tide of blood qi.
The color of the lotuses began to fade, and Lin Ke’s condition deteriorated further. If this kept up, the blood qi would soon corrode her entire body.
