Chapter 43 The Jade That Accelerates Growth

After three days and three nights, upon reaching the Boundless Forest, Chen Li returned directly from the Boundless Forest to Black Magpie Mountain.

After returning to Black Magpie Mountain, Chen Li took out the Great Sun Seed Jade and began his research.

Inside the Immortal Cave, Chen Li played with the white jade seed and recalled the trend of the lake water's Spiritual Qi rising after the Great Sun Seed Jade was transferred into the lake.

Furthermore, when Yuan Biao previously obtained this place from the Luo Family, he had widely publicized its miraculous nature, which Chen Li also learned about after making inquiries in the Cultivation Market.

It was rumored that when the sunlight was sufficient, the Spiritual Fields irrigated by the lake water could mature spirit rice a month earlier, and the maturation time for Spiritual Plants was also significantly reduced.

Chen Li immediately grasped the use of this Great Sun Seed Jade: accelerating maturation, and it required sunlight.

One day later, Chen Li immediately conducted an experiment. He broke open an opening in one corner of the Immortal Cave, allowing direct sunlight to shine into it.

Then, Chen Li began planting some seeds and placed the Great Sun Seed Jade in a small wooden bucket, then added water.

Chen Li began observing. After a short period under the direct sunlight, the Spiritual Qi inside the wooden bucket went from nonexistent to present, and it kept increasing.

Two hours later, Chen Li poured the water containing the Great Sun Seed Jade directly onto the freshly planted ground.

Another day passed. When Chen Li returned, he found that the medicinal herbs had already sprouted and grown. This was a medicinal herb that matured in ten years, and it looked like it had already grown for one year, which greatly excited him!

Perhaps in the lake water, the Great Sun Seed Jade's Spirit Qi for accelerating maturation was diluted by the excessive water volume and also evaporated, so the effect of accelerating maturation was not exaggerated.

Chen Li continued his previous operation. This time, he found an even smaller wooden bucket. He placed the Great Sun Seed Jade directly under the sun for five hours, using an incantation to prevent the water and Spiritual Qi from evaporating.

Chen Li took this bucket of water and immediately poured it again onto the experimental field.

Another day later, Chen Li returned and saw that the ten-year medicinal herb seeds had matured by another two or three years' worth of growth. He was truly incomparably excited!

If a ten-year medicinal herb could mature in about five days, then a hundred-year herb would only need fifty days, and a five-hundred-year herb would only need two hundred and fifty days.

Although this was Heaven-Defying, revealing it to his family was premature as it wasn't mature yet. They could just eat what was available now. It would be better to reveal it when he reached the Nascent Soul Realm or an even higher Realm.

He thought of the excitement he felt when discovering over a thousand Spiritual Plants in the Nine Nether Secret Realm on Thousand Grass Mountain. Those thousand Spiritual Plants were merely icing on the cake compared to the Great Sun Seed Jade!

Therefore, he needed to open up a secret Immortal Cave for secret maturation. Chen Li had an idea.

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Three days had passed since the major commotion Chen Li caused in the Taihu Mountain Range.

Within half an hour of the great mountain shaking, Yuan Biao rushed over. His first thought was that the object was definitely in the great mountains, which explained why he could never confirm its existence.

He immediately ordered the mountains to be dug up, and then he saw a scene of earth and wood wreckage!

The two mountains between the lake had become unrecognizable in these three days. A barrage of Explosion Talismans had been used, blasting the entire mountain flat. The scene was filled with swirling dust, and the lake was filled with fallen rocks and dirt.

Yuan Biao, covered in dust, collapsed when he saw that nothing remained after the two mountains were blown up!

Then, someone discovered that the Spiritual Qi concentration in the lake had completely vanished, and the ten acres of High Grade Spiritual Fields were severely leaking Spiritual Qi.

At that moment, he suddenly realized something and directly asked the dozen or so Qi Refining Cultivators who were patrolling, "Three days ago, was there any abnormality here?"

Several of them shook their heads, but one person mentioned, "I glanced towards the lake at the time and noticed some Spiritual Qi fluctuations, but when I looked again, they were gone. I just thought it was caused by the mountain shaking and didn't pay attention then!"

Yuan Biao instantly exploded with anger, "Idiot! Someone stole the item, someone definitely stole the item! Someone absolutely stole the secret of this place!"

Yuan Biao thought of many people, including these patrolling Cultivators, the newly joined Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and even Yang Jing, but he dismissed them one by one—impossible!

Yuan Biao suddenly thought of the Luo Family and exclaimed directly, "It must be the Luo Family, it must be them!"

The dozen or so patrolling Qi Refining Cultivators were completely baffled. They thought they were patrolling this lake and these ten acres of Spiritual Fields, and every time they saw Yuan Biao looking for something, he looked bewildered, and they didn't know what he was looking for.

Yuan Biao lost his composure slightly. He tried hard to control his emotions. Ever since becoming the Yang Family's steward, he had been wielding immense power daily; how could he tolerate the feeling of a treasure being snatched away right before his eyes?

He immediately rushed to Yang Jing's inner hall. Although melodious music was constantly playing, interrupting it now would certainly earn him a scolding, but he couldn't care about that anymore.

"Family Head, something terrible has happened, something terrible has happened! The treasure was stolen by that Luo Family!"

In the inner hall, Yang Jing looked at the delicate dozen or so women beside him, then heard the wailing sound outside the hall, instantly feeling defiled.

He could only reluctantly come out first, saying before leaving, "Wives, we'll continue later!"

Outside the hall, seeing the dejected Yuan Biao, he asked, "What's wrong? Why the long face every day?"

Yuan Biao immediately grabbed Yang Jing's thigh, crying out tearfully, "Family Head! The Luo Family has gone too far! They stole the treasure from Beiguang West Lake! Now the ten acres of High Grade Spiritual Fields have turned into Medium Grade, and the lake water's spirit acceleration energy is all gone!"

Yang Jing paused to think for a moment. Did that place exist?

"Oh, that place I asked my Master for, what?!"

He realized the gravity of the situation. "Yuan Biao, what happened? Explain it in detail!"

At this moment, Yang Jing unleashed the full power of his Golden Core Great Cultivator cultivation, making Yuan Biao gasp for breath. At this moment, he was a true Golden Core Cultivator!

In a short while, Yuan Biao explained everything that happened at Beiguang West Lake, and Yang Jing was instantly furious!

He stood up and remembered his Master's words: "This time, this Master will help you one last time. Do not bother me with matters afterward, or you know the consequences!"

Just then, a gust of wind blew by, startling him into instant sobriety!

He truly couldn't afford to provoke the Luo Family right now, but he couldn't appear too weak, especially since the people who defected to him believed he had a connection with his Master!

He also couldn't clash head-on, which would cause conflict between the two families; he still wanted to contend with his dozen or so wives every day.

Feigning anger, he said, "Yuan Biao, go question the Luo Family! See if they did it? If they did! Since the exchange is complete and the money and goods settled, they cannot act like this!"

Yuan Biao was stunned. Was this their Family Head? Why was he so reserved? Wasn't he previously the greatest under heaven?

However, he dared not argue at this moment and could only forcefully reply, "Yes, Family Head!"