I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 204 - 176: Bountiful Harvest
After kicking the wooden bird left by Moh Baichun out of the door, Jiang Yuebai slammed the gate shut and threw three array plates, sealing the courtyard airtight.
Returning to the room, she pulled out the wooden tub for bathing, filled it with water, and boiled it with fire spiritual energy before adding two large jars of Cloud Mist Immortal Tips.
Once the fragrance of the tea was pervasive and the water temperature was suitable, she immersed herself completely, getting rid of the fishy-smelling odor on her body.
Except for the Feather Scale Armor, she threw all other clothes outside to be burned.
In the wooden tub, Jiang Yuebai rinsed her mouth with tea from a teapot, over and over.
Gulp, gulp, spit!
"Lucky I didn’t follow Moh Xinhei back then; otherwise, if danger came, she might have just sold her disciple and run off on her own!"
Gulp, gulp, spit, spit!
"Even though she frankly gave the reward and wasn’t lethal, a sneak attack is just wrong! It’s dark-hearted!"
Gulp, gulp, spit, spit, spit!
"Ugh... still feel so disgusted, I need to fast!"
Determined, Jiang Yuebai finished a pot of tea as a show of commitment, feeling so nauseated at the thought of herself once soaking in that yellow water that she couldn’t think of eating.
The water got a bit cold, and Jiang Yuebai released her fire spiritual energy, causing the water temperature to rise rapidly.
Once her muscles and bones relaxed, Jiang Yuebai closed her eyes to examine her Sea of Consciousness.
In the small space of the Sea of Consciousness, lightning flashed silently across the sky, while an imperceptible breeze rustled the two leaf hands of the Cloud Mushroom Grass. As Jiang Yuebai poured her consciousness into it, densely packed silver starlights gradually revealed themselves, all of which were Ancient Cloud Seal Characters.
Jiang Yuebai quickly skimmed through and discovered that this "Immortal Grass Scripture" was divided into two parts, both of which were precisely what she needed.
One part is the advanced full version of "Little Thousand Leaves Hand," known as "Thousand Leaves All Things Hand." It indeed contains methods to strengthen the Divine Soul, enhance the efficiency of the Divine Soul’s use of nature’s spiritual energy, directly manipulate nature’s spiritual energy using leaf hands, and cast divine skills.
If she can learn this method and practice more, she will be able to perform spells like Blade Flow Wind Kill again.
The other part is the more serious "Immortal Grass Scripture," which mentions how to use the Path of Grass and Wood to plunder the essence of other Spirit Grass to enhance oneself, evolving from ordinary Spirit Grass into Immortal Spirit Grass.
In reality, grass and wood are not gentle beings; within forests, their battles are more brutal and direct than those of humans.
If they don’t strive upwards and break through the cover of other grasses and woods to acquire more sunlight, the only path left for small grass is death.
This is just on the surface; below the surface, the competition for nutrients and space among roots is even more ruthless.
According to what was said in the "Immortal Grass Scripture," one can plunder the essence of any Spirit Grass; the higher the grade and the older the age, the faster one’s evolution will be.
Jiang Yuebai read through the description of Immortal Spirit Grass word by word and found that Immortal Spirit Grass, like the innate spiritual body of humans, are special beings most attuned to nature.
In this way, as long as she collects various Spirit Grasses and cultivates "Immortal Grass Scripture" step by step, she won’t need to find Wood Spirit Objects when reaching Core Formation.
Jiang Yuebai, filled with delight, finished her bath and emerged from the wooden tub, her body fragrant with tea, her spirit refreshed.
After donning a fresh white dress, Jiang Yuebai laid out her haul on a table, with a Sword Sky Puppet standing beside it.
First was the "Silk Control Technique" given to her by Moh Baichun. This secret technique looked simple but was exceedingly challenging to execute. The Divine Sense is formless, and usually manipulating a magic artifact is like throwing a formless lump.
If one had to describe it, it would be like turning the formless Divine Sense into a hand that holds a magical artifact, wielding it telekinetically.
Now, turning this Divine Sense hand into fine threads like spider silk, manipulating it with precision, would not only allow one to control puppets but also elevate the level of magic artifact manipulation.
But the cultivation method made Jiang Yuebai feel... like she had to risk her life to master it.
"I’ll learn ’Thousand Leaves All Things Hand’ first, then look at this!"
Jiang Yuebai then glanced at the Sword Sky Puppet beside her. This Silver Armor Puppet was imposing, with a sturdy build. Except for being faceless, it looked no different from an adult male cultivator when clothed.
Jiang Yuebai consulted the instructions on the jade scroll and inspected the Sword Sky Puppet from all sides.
The jade scroll stated that the Sword Sky Puppet, when exerting full power, carried the might of a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, hiding ninety-nine fine swords within, with a special move called ’Sword Qi Clouds.’
It could accompany her during everyday activities without needing Spirit Stones, but battles required the consumption of Mid-Grade or higher Spirit Stones.
It’s best to use Gold Attribute Spirit Stones, which would enhance the power of sword qi. One Mid-Grade Spirit Stone could sustain combat for a quarter of an hour.
"Just a quarter of an hour? That’s simply spending Spirit Stones to fight!"
Jiang Yuebai was both surprised and felt the pinch.
"Alright, considering your strength, I’ll endure it. From now on, you’ll be... Faceless! Go guard outside, Faceless."
Faceless left the room to guard the courtyard, allowing Jiang Yuebai to look at the remaining four storage bags and a white robe with black patterns spread on the table, all items from Xue Liuzhi’s Elixir Room.
She specifically placed the Pill Furnace, where the Tai Sui stayed, in one storage bag, fearing there might still be filth inside that could bring her bad luck if it accidentally touched her.
At this moment, she still didn’t have the courage to take out the Pill Furnace, previously seen as a High-Level Elixir Furnace at a glance.
For her, an Eighth-Grade Alchemist at the Foundation Establishment Stage, that Furnace was a bit challenging to control; it was better to exchange it for a more suitable one.
Inside the other three storage bags, one was filled entirely with Spirit Stones—over thirty thousand low grade and nearly ten thousand mid-grade.
The Spirit Stones made Jiang Yuebai’s eyes sparkle with joy; she immediately swept all the Spirit Stones into her bracelet.
Another storage bag contained all sorts of medical books, poison manuals, and jade scrolls, including Xue Liuzhi’s "Ten Thousand Poison Devouring Heaven Skill" along with his alchemy and poison formulas and insights.
Jiang Yuebai found a certain journal inside, recording Xue Liuzhi’s research and refining process of the "Innate Spirit Ascending Elixir," and its content was horrifying.
It detailed his use of children’s innate spiritual energy to refine elixirs, to enhance his own spirit root purity and root value. For over thirty years, he deceived countless people in the Mortal World, harming numerous female cultivators and infants, only to slightly increase the root value of his Wood Spirit Root.
Even so, Jiang Yuebai found it terrifying. Were Xue Liuzhi not dead, he might have spent hundreds of years raising his root value to the maximum.
If such a thing were leaked, heaven only knows how many innocent children would perish.
Jiang Yuebai immediately set the journal ablaze, burning it clean.
The last storage bag contained various special healing and toxic medicines, along with unrefined medicinal herbs, most of which were poisons meant for killing, hallucinating, controlling, and so on, each with a different use.
Among them were three exquisite jade boxes, sealed tightly. Jiang Yuebai opened them to find two Sixth-Grade Spirit Grass and one Fifth-Grade Spirit Fruit inside.
They were the main ingredients for refining Healing Pills, perfect for her to use while cultivating the "Immortal Grass Scripture."
Jiang Yuebai, delighted, stored the jade boxes properly and grabbed the robe on the table to inspect it.
This robe was hung on the wall of the stone chamber; she almost missed it while looting, mistaking it for ordinary clothing.
Fortunately, she looked twice and realized it was a Magic Robe that could conceal one’s form and aura.
A robe used by Xue Liuzhi, a Golden Core Master, was at least impervious to detection below the Nascent Soul level.
"Hidden Sky?"
Jiang Yuebai saw these two words inside the collar of the robe. After using the Dust Cleaning Technique thrice, she donned the Hidden Sky Robe over her long dress; it fit perfectly, adjusting its size automatically.
"Though I was conned this journey, I’ve had an unexpected windfall. Next, I’ll retreat here for secluded cultivation for a while, then head to the Quicksand Domain, as Master advised."
