120: Earth's first Tier 2 spiritual plant

Early the next morning,

Zhang Sheng's Azure Rain Art had already reached the Transcendent stage.

The promoting effect of the Azure Rain on the growth of spirit plants had reached an appalling level.

"128 times!"

As long as sufficient Azure Rain was provided to the spirit plant,

one day's work could rival the effect of one hundred and twenty-eight days of natural growth.

At this moment, that original spirit fir sapling had already transformed into a towering giant tree!

The trunk diameter of the mist-condensing spirit fir reached a staggering three meters, and its height shot straight up to seventy meters!

The surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathered around the spirit fir on its own,

increasing the local spiritual energy concentration by at least threefold.

Cultivating beneath it not only yielded twice the result with half the effort but also made one feel completely refreshed and relaxed!

It could be called a treasure tree, a divine tree!

Such a startlingly giant tree naturally attracted the attention of all the teachers and students in the school.

"The God of War is truly worthy of his title! I heard the God of War graduated from our Spiritual Plant College!" Sun Dashan marveled repeatedly.

"Xiao He, do you think this spirit tree will have any special benefits?"

"Brother Sun, don't you feel that the Spiritual Qi has become much denser? This in itself is a massive benefit!"

Xie He replied from the side, his gaze blankly fixed on the distant spirit fir that reached into the clouds,

then he looked down at the small sapling in front of him, a blazing fire igniting in his eyes,

as he whispered a vow: "I must become a top-tier powerhouse like Brother Sheng!"

He suppressed the excitement in his heart and once again immersed himself in cultivation.

Zhang Sheng looked up at the majestic spirit fir, a sense of pride and joy welling up within him.

However, although the Azure Rain was good, its consumption was terrifyingly high!

The spirit fir's absorption of the spirit rain was like a bottomless abyss!

Zhang Sheng's Primordial Chaos Qi Refining operated automatically, like a passive skill in a game, restoring ten thousand points of spiritual power every second.

But in order to nurture this spirit fir,

even such a startling recovery speed was actually hard-pressed to compensate for the massive consumption of casting the spirit rain.

Therefore,

even with the Transcendent Azure Rain Art, that terrifying growth speed of 128 times was merely a theoretical limit.

If it weren't for someone like Zhang Sheng with such vast spiritual power, perhaps in the entire school, only Song Xian could barely sustain such consumption!

Under the continuous watering of the spirit rain, the mist-condensing spirit fir quietly underwent new changes.

Between the branches and leaves, clusters of tender green cone-flowers quietly bloomed, varying in size.

The larger ones were female flowers, and the smaller ones were male flowers. Once pollination was complete, the female flowers would gradually develop into cones and nurture seeds.

Zhang Sheng knew in his heart,

that this spirit fir was not far from breaking through to the second order.

As Zhang Sheng's spiritual power poured out like a waterfall, the spirit fir continued to grow taller at a rate visible to the naked eye.

After fulfilling their mission of pollination, the male flowers withered and fell one after another.

The female flowers slowly swelled, turning into light blue, unripe fruits.

Two days later,

"Spell: Azure Rain Art (Perfected State)"

No need for hand seals, the Spell was instant!

With a single thought, the spirit rain was born!

At this time,

the height of the mist-condensing spirit fir had broken the hundred-meter mark,

and the base diameter had reached a staggering five meters, with its root system extending in all directions underground!

The Spiritual Qi within a thousand-meter radius was all drawn to it, and its concentration significantly increased.

The cones were only one final step away from being completely ripe.

Zhang Sheng did not begrudge his spiritual power, continuing to water it with spirit rain.

Finally!

An elegant yet clear fragrance permeated the air—the very sign of the cones ripening!

The massive spirit fir seemed to shudder.

Zhang Sheng knew that this spirit plant, which had cost him so much effort,

had finally successfully broken through to the second order, equivalent to a Divine Breath Realm Cultivator!

To nurture it, one of the twenty-three spirit suns condensed within Zhang Sheng's body had actually dimmed until only a phantom remained!

The spiritual power consumed to nurture this spirit fir all the way from a sapling to the Divine Breath Realm was truly oceanic!

In the eyes of the teachers and students of First Cultivation University, the growth speed of the spirit fir was no different from a miracle.

In their hearts, it seemed there was nothing Zhang Sheng could not accomplish.

The previously pre-sold Object Manipulation Art and Flight Technique,

had drawn strong condemnation from many foreign Cultivators, who denounced China's move as naked exploitation and money-grubbing.

But the Chinese side didn't care at all.

Chinese Cultivators were generally wealthier, especially those powerhouses who had participated in Secret Realm crusades.

Their attitude was very clear:

Think it's expensive? You don't have to buy it; just wait for the pirated versions.

The ripe cones appeared a deep blue, with a diameter of half a meter.

From such a massive cone, over a hundred seeds were produced at once!

Every single one contained majestic spiritual power.

Zhang Sheng immediately picked several and put them into his storage ring.

The weight of a single cone actually reached several hundred kilograms!

He then went to the outdoor practice field and took out the cyan rock fire copper furnace from his storage ring.

Three cones were tossed into the Pill Furnace, supplemented by hundred-year-old spirit harmony grass, Green Blood Lingzhi, and red sun flower.

Zhang Sheng estimated that these three cones were enough to refine a batch of spirit gathering pills.

The Flame Manipulation Art was activated,

and azure flames rose up!

Strands of star power were precisely channeled by Zhang Sheng, and the Pill Furnace and the Spirit Medicine within instantly entered a mysterious state of frequency synchronization.

The Star Synchronization Technique at the Perfected State ensured that the entire refining process remained at the optimal synchronization, which could both maximize the medicinal power and significantly shorten the Alchemy time.

Half an hour later,

"Skill: Refining spirit gathering pill (Proficient: 134/1000)"

A refreshing pill fragrance wafted out from the furnace.

The spirit gathering pills were done!

A batch of nine Medicinal Pills, each the size of a glass bead, with a color close to pure emerald.

The quality of these nine Medium Grade spirit gathering pills even surpassed those refined from Divine Breath Realm Beast meat!

Just smelling the pill fragrance made one's spirit feel invigorated.

"The path of nurturing the mist-condensing spirit fir is correct!"

A sharp light flickered in Zhang Sheng's eyes,

"If this tree can be planted all over the land of China, why would we ever worry about a lack of spirit gathering pills?"

Zhang Sheng did not plan to use all the remaining cones for Alchemy.

His goal was to take out the seeds and begin large-scale cultivation.

Zhang Sheng then contacted Dean Hou Wu to arrange for a planting location.

Upon hearing this major good news,

the China Sequence Members, a total of over twenty top powerhouses,

arrived one after another to visit this mist-condensing spirit fir, which could be called a miracle.

The China Sequence was divided into three teams, and eighty percent of the members were SSS-level Talent awakeners,

and even those who weren't SSS-level were bound to be extremely powerful SS-Rank Talent users, or even possessed dual SS-Rank Talents.

Each team had ten people when they were first formed, but after going through hardships, only twenty-two remained.

They represented China's top combat power besides Zhang Sheng, and on the global stage, any one of them was an existence that Cultivators from other countries could hardly hope to match.

What's more,

they had all cultivated using the Jade Slips of Cultivation Techniques personally made by Zhang Sheng, with Body Refining, mental, and offensive Spells all available, making their strength comprehensive and formidable.

Subsequently, Dean Hou Wu and Wang Huasheng also couldn't hold back and came to the scene in person,

to admire this first Second-Order Spirit Plant born on Earth from a close distance; its significance was extraordinary.

"Dean Hou, besides troubling you to plan out the planting area for the spirit fir,

you also need to select a group of Divine Breath Realm Cultivators specifically to be responsible for nurturing them!" Zhang Sheng requested.

"Zhang Sheng, that's absolutely no problem!"

Hou Wu solemnly promised, "Nowadays, our China does not lack Divine Breath Realm Cultivators; what we lack are the cultivation resources required for the Divine Breath Realm.

That China can have you and Song Xian, and so many pillars of talent, is truly China's fortune!"

Song Xian's contribution also could not be ignored.

Possessing both a main body and a Clone, he was the first to Cultivate the Primordial Chaos Heavenly Art to the Transcendent stage.

One of his Clones was specifically responsible for making Cultivation Technique Jade Slips,

solving the subsequent Cultivation Technique problems for many Cultivators who had broken through to the Divine Breath Realm, and cultivating a large number of powerhouses for China.