The First Immortal of Destiny-Chapter 502
After a while, even if other Xiu Xian Forces grew jealous of this source of wealth, they wouldn’t be able to replicate the process of creating it!
Firstly, Shen Mo had a head start.
He had already completed a trade with the Flower Fairy clan using the native spiritual plants of the Red Flame Zone.
If others wanted to do business with them, they would have to journey to other realms to gather unique flowers and plants.
Apart from being time-consuming and labor-intensive, traversing to other domains was considerably difficult, even if the barriers in all directions of the Red Flame Zone had dissipated!
Secondly, other Xiu Xian Forces did not possess a treasure land like the Jade Pool Dungeon.
Even if they managed to acquire the parent spiritual plants from other regions, they would have to wait for decades or even a century to profit from selling the spiritual medicine obtained from these plants.
By that time, Shen Mo’s Cultivation Realm might have reached an unknown height. What was considered a handsome profit now could be insignificant then. He might have even left the Red Flame Zone or this world by then!
Moments later, Shen Mo got the final answer from the Flower Fairy clan through Mi, who had made multiple trips back and forth. The Big Moros agreed to his proposed trade list.
"That’s excellent! Thank you, Miss Mi, for going through all this trouble."
"I’ll be leaving first. This journey will take about half a year to a year. After that, I’ll bring back the parent spiritual plants listed and complete the trade with you!"
After speaking, Shen Mo prepared to depart by escaping light.
Unexpectedly, Flower Fairy Mi fluttered her wings and stopped him.
Then, she dove into Shen Mo’s sleeve, curled up her wings, and took on the appearance of someone intending to go to the Dragon Fall Abyss with him.
"Miss Mi, what are you...?"
A questioning expression appeared on Shen Mo’s face, and he couldn’t help but ask.
Flower Fairy Mi poked her little head out and mumbled in reply, "Moro Shen, a few Big Moros are worried that you’re not skilled at transplanting spiritual plants and might clumsily kill them, so they asked me to accompany you.
"Don’t worry. I have all the parent plants of the unique flowers and herbs you’ve chosen with me.
"Once we get there, I’ll help you plant them directly..."
As she spoke, she took out a golden flower from her robes. After gently parting the petals, she allowed Shen Mo to take a close look.
The flower was about the same size as Mi’s palm and not much larger than a grape seed in Shen Mo’s eyes.
However, when he projected his five senses into it, he discovered the golden flower’s interior space was incredibly vast. It contained complex environments, including mountains, bodies of water, swamps, snowy grounds, and hot springs. Besides the common weeds and trees growing everywhere, numerous extraordinary spiritual plants were scattered throughout. Although no single type was abundant, the variety was comprehensive, and they were all the ones Shen Mo had previously selected!
A flower, a world!
Shen Mo marveled at such methods.
It could be said that this Flowery Realm was a level above The Smallest Space created by Ming Yu’s Skill.
And the methods used by the cultivation world of the Red Flame Zone to refine Universe Bags and Spirit Pet Bags were not as good as The Smallest Space, let alone compared to the Flowery Realm.
The reason was obvious. From the characteristics of different spaces and small worlds, one could infer their respective advantages and disadvantages...
For cultivators, Universe Bags can only store inanimate objects; living creatures cannot enter them. Shen Mo could also refine such a magic artifact. However, he could only imitate the methods handed down from ancient times and had little knowledge of the fundamental principles.
However, he guessed that Universe Bags could store inanimate objects because the space within was forcibly enlarged and maintained, achieving an effect similar to a "small world" by dilating the original spatial dimensions. Living things are different from inanimate objects. Even the tiniest Gu insect possesses a certain level of "life thickness" and naturally cannot be stuffed into such a spatially thin small space! It’s just like a grinding stone can’t fit into a teacup.
The Spirit Pet Bag is similar to the Universe Bag, but its refining technique is relatively more advanced. It defines a normally dimensioned space, like a fold on silk cloth, so it can accommodate living creatures like a Spirit Pet. But this kind of spatial fold is very unstable, requiring the Spirit Pet’s owner to expend a certain amount of Essence and Qi to maintain it. As for the fact that Spirit Pet Bags can only accommodate creatures that have signed a contract with their owner, it’s as if a mark is placed on these creatures, giving them a key. When they enter or leave the Spirit Pet Bag, their influence on the spatial fold—maintained by the owner’s Essence and Qi—is minimal. This also prevents the spatial fold from reverting to its normal state!
This wasn’t a groundless conjecture on Shen Mo’s part; he had some basis for it.
Universe Bags, needless to say. Usually, countless tiny insects are attached to Flesh and Blood and spiritual medicines. When such inanimate objects are put into the Universe Bag, even the smallest and hardest-to-notice insects will be repelled. Therefore, Flesh and Blood and spiritual medicinal materials preserved in Universe Bags are extremely resistant to damage!
As for the Spirit Pet Bag, when the Spirit Storage Rat entered and exited it, the burden on Shen Mo’s soul and the consumption of Mana were not on the same order of magnitude as when storing inanimate objects in the Universe Bag. Moreover, once the owner of a Spirit Pet Bag perishes, the fate of the Spirit Pet inside is dire; it will instantly dissolve into nothingness. This is likely because the spatial fold flattens, and the Spirit Pet is crushed and torn into invisible microscopic particles by the spatial power. In contrast, the Universe Bag doesn’t have this vulnerability; it can exist for a long time even after its owner’s death!
Ming Yu’s The Smallest Space, on the other hand, is a step further than the Spirit Pet Bag. It’s more profound and stable, like a tiny bubble attached to this world, with even the nature’s spiritual energy interconnected. Therefore, other living creatures, including cultivators, can survive within it!
And now, the Golden Flowery Realm that Mi took out was more like a Dungeon. Not only could it accommodate living creatures, but it also formed a unique small world, on par with the Jade Pool Dungeon, Mountain River Dungeon, and Vacuous Realm!
The cultivation world speculated that the Dungeons of various sizes in the world were initially cave paradises created by the strong. After their owners perished, these places fell into the mortal world and gradually transformed into natural Dungeons.
Regaining his senses, Shen Mo found it both amusing and exasperating.
He originally planned to first complete his numerous predetermined goals. After returning from the northern region, he would then use the parent spiritual plants extracted from the Jade Pool Dungeon to trade with the Flower Fairy clan.
Unexpectedly, the Flower Fairy clan was more impatient than he was!
This was good too; it saved him a trip to the Dragon Fall Abyss after obtaining the spiritual plants from the Outer Zone.
Moreover, just as the Big Moros of the Flower Fairy clan had said, Shen Mo wasn’t very skilled at transplanting spiritual plants. After all, he usually picked spiritual medicines directly or bought processed raw materials and seldom transplanted large numbers of them. Mishaps were bound to occur during such a process. Having a Flower Fairy proficient in this method to assist would save him trouble and effort, and also guarantee the survival rate of the transplanted spiritual plants!
"But... aren’t you afraid that I’ll harbor ill intentions on the way, devour you completely, and forcibly steal these spiritual plants?" Shen Mo asked, half-joking and half-doubting.
