145: Collect spiritual plants

Seeing this, Wang Feiyu, who was standing nearby, wanted to speak up and explain on Lin Yan's behalf.

No one present understood Lin Yan's strength better than him; it was not inferior to the Five Great Prodigies at all!

Someone like him was considered a mainstay, while that demonic Cultivator Mo Yuan had reached the level of the Five Great Prodigies.

Lin Yan's strength was fully capable of contending with Mo Yuan.

Lin Yan's expression remained calm; he didn't argue, nor did he let Wang Feiyu continue.

He pointed his fingers like a sword and made a light stroke in front of him; an incomparably sharp Sword Intent gushed out from his fingertips!

Everyone present was shaken.

Even among the elite Disciples of the Sword Pavilion, only a small portion had comprehended Sword Intent.

As Lin Yan's fingertips passed, the air in front of him seemed to be completely torn open, distorting slightly.

Pure Sword Intent, untainted by any other power.

What was even more shocking was that the sharp Sword Intent condensed in the Void Realm and did not dissipate for a long time.

With just one move, he demonstrated a profound understanding and control of Sword Intent!

Su Wan Yue and Luo Haoyu's pupils constricted as they murmured:

“This... this is Senior Brother Lin's Sword Intent? When did it become so powerful?”

The calm on Xiao Suian's face was finally broken, and a look of deep shock and disbelief flashed in his eyes.

“Fourth Transformation Sword Intent!”

As the number one Prodigy of the Wood Lineage, he was extremely conceited about his own Sword Intent, yet he never expected that Lin Yan, a fellow Disciple who was usually low-key, would have Sword Intent that was not the least bit weaker than his own!

One must know that Lin Yan was even younger than him.

Such sword dao talent was simply that of a Prodigy!

After a long while, Xiao Suian took a deep breath, suppressing the waves in his heart, and the look he gave Lin Yan held a few more hints of solemnity and appreciation.

He nodded. “Good! Junior Brother Lin's Sword Intent is divine and his strength is outstanding. We are at ease with him patrolling alone.”

“I will immediately order someone to bring the Message-Transmitting Jade Talismans needed for the patrol.”

Zhou Muchuan also nodded in praise. “Not bad. If Junior Brother Lin's cultivation were a bit stronger, he might be able to match us.”

Lin Yan retracted his Sword Intent, his aura returning to normal, and cupped his hands to Xiao Suian and the others. “Thank you for your trust, Senior Brothers.”

...The patrol mission was very simple; Lin Yan just had to wander around the surrounding mountains like a wild crane every day.

As the deepest part of the Secret Realm, the Spiritual Qi and Dragon Qi here were so dense they almost condensed into a mist, shimmering with a pale golden glow in the sunlight.

Between the mountain walls, by the streams, and under the roots of ancient trees, rare spirit plants could occasionally be seen.

The True Dragon is a very domineering creature.

Influenced by Dragon Qi, the spirit plants here were prone to mutation.

Among the spirit plants Lin Yan collected, many were mutated.

Some had dragon-scale-like patterns on the edges of their leaves, some had roots naturally entwined with tiny dragon-shaped energy, and some could even breathe Dragon Qi on their own at night, emitting a faint glimmer.

Taking advantage of the patrol mission, many Cultivators were gathering spirit plants everywhere.

Most Cultivators were only interested in those spirit plants that were already mature and overflowing with spiritual light.

They simply ignored the spirit plant seedlings with thin spiritual power and low value, not wanting to waste time.

Lin Yan was different.

“Mature spirit plants are certainly precious, but these seedlings have strong potential for mutation and are equally valuable.”

Lin Yan had a Spirit Plant System; he was actually more interested in the seedlings than the mature plants.

In a mountain hollow filled with dense Spiritual Qi.

Lin Yan crouched down, condensing a wisp of gentle Wood Element Spiritual Energy on his fingertip, and carefully brushed it over a Spiritual Plant seedling that shimmered with a pale silver glow.

The leaves were narrow, but the veins faintly traced out miniature dragon patterns; it was clearly a special variety nurtured by this unique environment.

If transplanted to his own spiritual field and carefully nurtured, the possibility of future mutation would be very high.

When that time came, Lin Yan would not only receive mutation feedback but also obtain a rare spirit plant.

His movements were extremely light as he wrapped the root system in Wood Element Spiritual Energy, lifting it along with the thin soil at the base to ensure not a single root hair was harmed.

Then, he placed it into a Spirit Plant Bag, keeping it fresh and full of spirituality.

Patrolling all the way, picking things up all the way.

By a mountain stream, he discovered a patch of Mountain Ginseng.

Mountain Ginseng is only a first-rank spirit plant, but here there were several that had reached the second rank.

Clearly, they were mutated.

Lin Yan didn't mind; anyway, the Spirit Plant Bag could hold them.

Regardless of size, he packed them all up and took them away.

In an inconspicuous crevice between rocks, Lin Yan found three saplings with fine dragon-scale patterns.

“dragon scale tree!”

The seedlings hadn't grown into timber yet and had little value, but Lin Yan liked them very much.

Soon, the three dragon scale tree seedlings were tucked away... Every time he found a spirit plant seedling, he would happily take it.

The patrol turned into a mountain foraging trip, and it was a mountain full of treasures.

Where else in the outside world could such a treasure land be found? If there were, it would have been repeatedly looted countless times already.

Lin Yan was immersed in digging up spirit plants, enjoying himself immensely... Several days quietly passed in patrolling and digging, and Lin Yan's Spirit Plant Bag was more than half full, containing several hundred plants.

Early this morning, the pale golden sea of clouds above the Dragon Palace suddenly surged like boiling water, and an irresistible dragon might erupted from deep within the palace gates, causing the entire core of the Secret Realm to tremble slightly.

“The Dragon Pearl is about to emerge!” the Disciples guarding nearby exclaimed.

Lin Yan's spirits lifted, and his figure flickered as he leaped to a high vantage point.

He saw that on the Dragon Pearl Platform in front of the main gate of the Dragon Palace, a crimson-gold Dragon Pearl was slowly rising into the air.

The Dragon Pearl was only the size of a fist, but its surface was swirling with billions of dragon patterns.

Each pattern seemed to swim like a living thing, and the aura it emitted was both ancient and domineering.

Just a single escaping wisp made the blood and Qi of the Cultivators present surge, and their spiritual power circulation became slightly sluggish.

What was even more miraculous was that after the Dragon Pearl flew out of the Dragon Palace, it emitted an intense light.

Within the ball of light, a small dragon shadow rapidly expanded, turning into a dragon over ten zhang long in the blink of an eye.

The giant dragon had two horns on its head and four claws on its belly; as its scales opened and closed, the dragon might was vast and powerful, suppressing everyone's vital energy.

“What is that? A legendary True Dragon?”

“How terrifying. My hands can't help but tremble.”

“Indeed, this pressure must be at least at the Purple Mansion Realm!”

...“Everyone, do not panic!” a young man from Ten Thousand Beast Mountain shouted.

He was as burly as an iron tower, and his voice was deep and powerful:

“This is not a True Dragon; it is a True Dragon image manifested by the Dragon Pearl, a mere facade!”

Hearing this, everyone felt a little more at ease.

“True, if it were a True Dragon, the pressure alone would probably crush us.”

“Indeed, although this Dragon Pearl is very strong, there are so many of us; we should be able to handle it if we join forces.”

...“Fellow Daoists, I am Yuan Iron Bull of the Yuan family from Ten Thousand Beast Mountain. Please join forces with me to collect this Dragon Pearl!”

After the young man from Ten Thousand Beast Mountain spoke, his fists, enveloped by the phantom of a Mountain-Suppressing Demon Ape, slammed heavily toward the True Dragon manifested by the Dragon Pearl.

Judging by the power of his move, it was a few points stronger than Mo Yuan's; he was clearly a Prodigy.

Besides Yuan Iron Bull, several other Prodigy Disciples from Ten Thousand Beast Mountain also took action.

The Body Cultivators' strength was formidable, and their fist winds were fierce, causing several deep gullies to crack open on the ground.

On the Sword Pavilion side, the Five Great Prodigies, including Xiao Suian and Zhou Muchuan, followed closely behind.

They one after another sacrificed their Flying Swords, their Sword Intent condensing into rainbows that pierced straight toward the Dragon Pearl!

“Hundred Treasure River, rise!” a Cultivator from the Hundred Refinements Artifact Sect suddenly threw out a palm-sized Jade Gourd.

A brilliant treasure river gushed out from the mouth of the gourd, with Spiritual Artifacts such as sabers, spears, swords, and halberds floating within it, coiling toward the Dragon Pearl like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

What left the deepest impression on Lin Yan was a little Taoist priest from Tianyan View.

He summoned an all-red Technique Spirit, and with a wave of its small hand, dozens of fireballs burning with spiritual flames smashed toward the Dragon Pearl like a meteor shower.

The momentum was grand!