549: Chapter 549 An Unexpected Joy

In a corner, Xiao Chen discovered two extremely exquisite wooden boxes, their grain and lines seemingly flowing with supreme Dao patterns.

Opening the first wooden box, what met his eyes was a rounded crystal stone shimmering with seven-colored brilliance; with a gentle shake, it seemed as if Sanskrit chants entered his ears.

Opening the second wooden box, a gray raw stone lay quietly inside. Although not as striking as the seven-colored crystal, it exuded an aura of ancient simplicity and weightiness.

Xiao Chen immediately associated these with the two concepts Tang Ze had mentioned: the dimensional sound transmission stone and the dimensional teleportation stone.

He instantly released a thread of Divine Thought and probed into the seven-colored crystal, and as expected, he found an extremely sophisticated voice transmission Formation inside.

Within that ancient and heavy raw stone, a Formation was engraved that he had never even touched before, but from it, he clearly smelled the scent of spatial power.

At this point, it was perfectly clear; these two stones were the dimensional sound transmission stone and the dimensional teleportation stone used in their Lower Realm.

After putting away all the treasures, Xiao Chen directly escaped into the System Space.

These high-level spirit plants were preserved so perfectly in this specially made qiankun ring that he wanted to see if they could be transplanted into the System Space.

Thus, Xiao Chen found an area with fertile soil, activated the zhu tian sword to plow a spirit field, and then took out a stalk of heavenly fragrance purple soul grass.

He carefully planted it into the spirit field.

With a thought, a white jade bottle appeared in his palm. He unscrewed the cap, and a drop of spirit plant growth liquid flew out, slowly sinking into the heavenly fragrance purple soul grass.

A glimmer of light circulated between the leaves as a rich, pure fragrance spread out. In just a few moments, it had reached the roots and stem.

The heavenly fragrance purple soul grass before his eyes began to grow wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye, its leaves extending outward as new branches and green leaves sprouted, even directly blooming with flowers.

"Holy crap!"

Xiao Chen was completely dumbfounded. The effect of this spirit plant growth liquid was way too good! However, using it on a Grade 5 spirit plant was a bit of a waste!

He immediately planted all the spirit plants into the spirit field, then filled a large jade bottle with water and added a single drop of spirit plant growth liquid into it.

When the diluted growth liquid fell between the leaves, new buds quickly emerged from the old leaves. Although the growth wasn't as exaggerated as before, there was no doubt that the spirit plant transplantation was a success!

So, Xiao Chen plowed another paddy field near the water source and transplanted the water-loving spirit plants like the snow soul ice heart lotus.

Those spirit plants were all obtained from the Purple Cloud Palace Secret Realm. Although they had been sealed for a long time, with the spirit plant growth liquid, giving them a new lease on life was easy.

Looking at the two spirit fields before him, Xiao Chen was satisfied. There were over ninety Grade 5 spirit plants in total, plus one suspected Grade 6 spirit plant.

Aside from refining the marrow nurturing soul fusing pill for Shadow Moon, the rest of the spirit plants would be given to his Dao Companions to consume.

After finishing all this, following the auras of Shen Qingxuan and Bai Xinran, Xiao Chen silently appeared behind the two of them and pulled them both into his arms.

"Ah!"

Two delicate cries followed. After seeing Xiao Chen's figure, both Bai Xinran and Shen Qingxuan's pretty faces turned red.

"Bad brother, how can you be so bad!" Bai Xinran burrowed into Xiao Chen's embrace, her little head nuzzling back and forth.

At this moment, she had already successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage First Level.

"I can be even badder!"

As Xiao Chen spoke, his left hand mischievously slipped into her collar.

Shen Qingxuan turned her head slightly, her neck flushed pink. "Your current appearance is worlds apart from how you were back in the Yuntian Holy Realm."

"Is that so?"

Xiao Chen felt a bit surprised. "Is there really such a big difference?"

"When facing those Deity Transformation Ancestors, you were completely fearless and didn't back down at all; yet when facing your own women, you're so... frivolous."

"Hahaha..."

Xiao Chen couldn't help but laugh heartily. "This is within my own world. If I can't act as I please here, then what joy is there in life!"

"Making excuses for your own bad behavior," Shen Qingxuan muttered softly.

However, she saw Bai Xinran on the side actually letting out an involuntary moan under Xiao Chen's teasing, making her face flush even redder with embarrassment.

Xiao Chen gently stroked her smooth black hair and softly pressed it down.

[Ding! Detected that the current affection value of the females Bai Xinran and Shen Qingxuan for the Host has reached the Peak. Would you like to bind them?]

"Bind."

[Ding! female lead Bai Xinran bound successfully. affection value +100 points. Current affection value: 100 points!]

[Ding! immortal fate value +100 points. Accumulated immortal fate value: 755 points!]

[Ding! female lead Shen Qingxuan bound successfully. affection value +100 points. Current affection value: 100 points!]

[Ding! immortal fate value +100 points. Accumulated immortal fate value: 855 points!]

Very nice!

...

A long time later, Bai Xinran slowly stood up and threw herself into Xiao Chen's arms, tightly hugging his waist.

Xiao Chen looked completely content and smiled slightly. "Xinran, I have a small task I want to entrust to you."

"Mhm mhm, tell me, brother."

"There are two spirit fields on the back mountain where I've planted Grade 5 and Grade 6 spirit plants. Help me look after them carefully."

"Mhm mhm, no problem!" Bai Xinran responded very happily.

Shen Qingxuan, who was nearby, was shocked. As a sect leader, she knew all too well what the concept of Grade 5 and Grade 6 spirit plants meant.

With a thought from Xiao Chen, an extra-large jade bottle appeared before them. "This is a spirit liquid that promotes the growth of spirit plants. Every half month, just put one drop on each spirit plant."

"Mhm mhm, mission guaranteed to be completed!"

...

Yuntian Sect, Forbidden Ground.

A man dressed in gold-threaded elegant robes with a refined appearance was sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat. Beneath him was a five-colored profound formation.

Outside the light Formation, Yun Canghai was slowly walking over. "Hao'er, how is your recovery?"

"Revered Master."

Yun Hao slowly stood up, unable to hide the joy in his eyes. "This five-colored profound formation is truly marvelous; it clears the mind and cleanses the Soul."

"Hahaha..."

Yun Canghai laughed loudly, yet no one noticed the eerie light flashing in the depths of his eyes. "Revered Master is prepared to grant you a great Opportunity."

"Thank you, Revered Master."

Yun Hao hurriedly bowed in salute, his face full of guilt. "Your disciple was defeated repeatedly by that Xiao Chen, giving rise to a Heart Demon. I feel truly terrible for troubling Revered Master so much."

"Between Revered Master and disciple, there is no need for such formalities."

Yun Canghai had a gentle expression as he reached out and patted his shoulder, and a profound light suddenly released from his palm.

Yun Hao was still immersed in his guilt and didn't notice at all as that profound light rapidly constructed a Seal Formation within his body.

By the time his cultivation level plummeted rapidly, he suddenly looked up, his face showing terror: "Revered Master, this is..."

Yun Canghai finally bared his fangs; his originally gentle gaze instantly became cold and sinister.

"Hao'er, you have disappointed Revered Master too much! Revered Master gave you the world-unrivaled Archaic Sacred Body, yet you have brought shame upon the Yuntian Sect time and time again."

As soon as he finished speaking, a one-meter-tall Nascent Soul slowly appeared—it was none other than True Lord Yunhe, who had already lost his Physical Body.

Yun Hao sensed something was wrong and hurriedly crawled and knelt on the ground, his voice like a sob:

"Revered Master, I beg of you, give me one more chance! Your disciple swears to hang Xiao Chen's head at the East Gate to repay Revered Master's great kindness!"

"Sigh!"

Yun Canghai let out a faint sigh, his eyes devoid of any pity. "My dear disciple, sacrificing your Physical Body and Soul to my son right now is your best way to repay me."

"Revered Master, you can't do this, you can't do this to me!" Yun Hao's voice trembled, almost a hoarse roar from his throat.

"If you want to blame someone, blame Xiao Chen; don't blame Revered Master." Having said that, Yun Canghai drifted away.

Behind him was the sinister, ghostly laughter of Cloud in the Crane.