70: Earth Vein Network

Judging by the growth progress, this earth vein potato is a Second-Order Spiritual Plant.

Now that it has detached from the parent body and become independent, it is in a seedling state.

"When growing, it can condense earth qi and temporarily form an earth vein."

The spirit plant characteristics of the earth vein potato seem somewhat extraordinary.

Like Spiritual Veins, earth veins are formed by the convergence of certain types of heaven and earth qi.

Take Spiritual Veins, for example.

The greatest function of a Spiritual Vein is to provide a continuous supply of Spiritual Qi to Cultivators.

But in reality, the wonders of a Spiritual Vein go far beyond that.

Besides Spiritual Qi, Spiritual Veins can also form Spirit Stones, condense spirit liquids... and produce various Spirit Treasures.

Earth veins are the same; they can form unique treasures.

In a sense, this small earth vein potato has already condensed a small-scale earth vein.

This is different from how the Azure Spirit Vine condenses Spiritual Qi.

The principle by which the Azure Spirit Vine condenses Spiritual Qi is similar to a Spirit-Gathering Formation; it gathers the surrounding Spiritual Qi.

Where the Azure Spirit Vine grows, the concentration of Spiritual Qi in the surrounding area will decrease somewhat.

However, Lin Yan is in an area covered by the Sword Pavilion's Spiritual Vein, where Spiritual Qi is abundant, so there is no noticeable change.

But a Spiritual Vein will continuously generate Spiritual Qi, increasing the concentration of Spiritual Qi in the surroundings.

The earth vein formed by the earth vein potato works on the same principle.

It is just that this earth vein is far too weak; it can only provide some earth qi and has no other functions.

"It is rumored that various Innate earth treasures can form within earth veins!"

Lin Yan vaguely felt that the function of the earth vein potato was not limited to this and that it had great potential to be tapped.

...

In the following days, the Spirit Potatoes began to mutate in groups.

Lin Yan basically stayed in the spirit field every day, continuously catalyzing the mutated Spirit Potatoes to complete their final transformation.

On one hand, it was to obtain the feedback during the transformation, and on the other, it was to ensure that the transformation would succeed.

The direction of these Spirit Potato mutations was very consistent; they were all earth vein potatoes.

The mutated earth vein potato is a Second-Order Spiritual Plant; its growth progress limit has increased tenfold, but its growth speed has also increased tenfold.

This is a major feature of mutated spirit plants: the growth cycle remains unchanged.

Therefore, these mutated earth vein potatoes grow extremely fast.

It is no exaggeration to say they look different every day.

The earth vein potato that finished mutating first already had its growth progress approaching 100 points.

【spirit plant Name: earth vein potato】

【growth progress: 94 / 1000】

【spirit plant Characteristics: Temporarily forms an earth vein when growing, increasing the concentration of surrounding earth qi.】

【Growth Status: None】

...

Unlike ordinary Spirit Potatoes, the vines of the earth vein potato are dark brown, about the thickness of a thumb, and the surface is covered with dense, earthy-yellow patterns, like the cracked marks of the earth.

Every foot or so, the vine sprouts three to five broad compound leaves.

The leaves are heart-shaped with serrated edges; the leaf surface is deep green like moss, but the leaf veins are a distinct earthy-yellow.

Among a cluster of purple-green Spirit Potato vines, the earth vein potato vines are particularly conspicuous.

What is even more peculiar is its root system hidden underground.

The main root of the earth vein potato dives vertically like a straight stem, even penetrating the soil layer to reach the rock strata deep in the earth.

The lateral roots spread out in a spiderweb pattern, their surfaces densely covered with breathing pores, inhaling and exhaling earth qi day and night without ceasing.

The fruit of a Spirit Potato is essentially an enlarged tuber.

But the earth vein potato seems to have lost this characteristic; it no longer stores nutrients to form enlarged tubers.

In other words, the earth vein potato no longer has fruit.

The subsequent cultivation of the earth vein potato has become a problem; this thing seems to only be generated through mutation.

...

As there were more and more earth vein potatoes, the earth qi in this spirit field became extremely dense.

Brushing away a patch of soil at random, one could see pale yellow earth qi swirling up.

"Never mind a Third-Order spirit field, even a Fourth-Order spirit field wouldn't be this exaggerated," Lin Yan thought to himself.

He may not have eaten pork, but he had seen pigs run.

The improvement of a spirit field's grade is like filling a wooden bucket with water.

Elements like Spiritual Qi, soil, and earth qi are the wooden planks that make up the bucket.

There cannot be any short planks in it.

And in Lin Yan's current situation, the earth qi plank is not only not short, but it also exceeds the others by a lot.

...

In the end, forty of the forty-plus mutated Spirit Potatoes successfully transformed—not one more, not one less.

When forty earth vein potatoes gathered in the spirit field, the concentration of earth qi reached an unprecedented height.

Each earth vein potato was a miniature earth vein node.

Their root systems delved deep underground, continuously inhaling and exhaling earth qi during the growth process, forming tiny "miniature earth veins."

Although these miniature earth veins were small, the earth qi they inhaled and exhaled was extremely pure.

The pale yellow earth qi was like concentrated Earth Essence, slowly flowing along the root veins of the earth vein potatoes.

At first, these miniature earth veins were independent of each other and did not interfere with one another.

However, when forty earth vein potatoes grew in this spirit field simultaneously, the situation became completely different.

Forty earth vein potatoes meant forty miniature earth veins; they were like forty threads, intertwining and wrapping around each other underground, gradually forming a miniature earth vein network.

Once this earth vein network formed, it made the soil of the spirit field more fertile, accelerating the growth speed of the spirit plants.

The growth progress of the Mutated Spirit Rice planted here far exceeded that in other spirit fields, and the ordinary Spirit Potatoes were also rapidly approaching maturity.

The Sword Grass that was still growing also saw its growth speed increase somewhat.

The Azure Spirit Vine and Hidden Mist Grass on the periphery of the field ridges were also affected, accelerating their growth speed.

Not only that, but as time passed, the connection between the forty miniature earth veins became increasingly tight.

They began to influence and enhance each other, with earth qi circulating back and forth within them, becoming increasingly dense.

Finally, in the center of the spirit field, the resonance of the forty miniature earth veins reached a critical point.

Lin Yan could clearly perceive that something strange was condensing beneath the spirit field!

"Could it be... some kind of treasure?"

A look of surprise and joy appeared on his face.

Treasures condensed by earth veins were highly likely to be extraordinary.

Because this was not essentially something grown by the earth vein potato, but rather naturally conceived by heaven and earth, belonging to the category of heaven and earth spirit items!

"Even the worst heaven and earth spirit item is worth a fortune!"

Lin Yan couldn't wait to circulate the Azure Wood Technique, extending strands of spiritual power to investigate the situation underground.

Beneath that patch of land, about three zhang deep, a mass of pure earth qi was slowly rotating, like a miniature vortex, or perhaps a beating heart of the earth vein.

It was extremely dense and pure; "earth qi" was no longer enough to describe its quality.

"This is simply Earth Essence!" Lin Yan sighed inwardly:

"It's a pity I don't have an Earth Spiritual Root; otherwise, using this to cultivate would surely be of great benefit."

The form of this essence was not fixed; at times it was like an earthy-yellow spirit bead with light patterns flowing inside, and at other times it was like a mass of viscous mud, but with golden light spots suspended within it, twinkling like stars.

Although he didn't know what form it would ultimately take, Lin Yan could be certain that it was gestating some kind of treasure.

"I must find time to learn about knowledge related to earth veins, at least to know what treasures can form within them..."

Lin Yan thought to himself: "Perhaps I can go and ask the Grand Elder..."