38: Cultivating plants to mutate!

“Sixth Brother!”

Hearing the meaning expressed in Centipede Qian Zu’s cry, Xia Fan couldn’t help but laugh and scold him in his heart.

This fellow was already highly venomous and had numerous descendants, yet in his eyes, this hallucinogenic and highly poisonous locust tree was still an invaluable treasure!

Xia Fan thought for a moment, then glanced at the entrance of the Seven-Colored Valley, and growled his command, “Plant the locust tree over there. It can serve as a defense line for our base camp.”

The spot he designated was the narrowest part of the Seven-Colored Valley, and also the easiest place to enter the valley, but they all had other routes for entry and exit.

Placing the locust tree there could slightly hinder intruders when they weren’t paying attention.

By now, only the three of them had returned with their most prized heavenly treasures. After a brief stop, they continued to search for more heavenly treasures everywhere, coming and going in a hurry.

These three fierce beasts were either extremely fast aerial overlords or had the assistance of their clans, so their speed was quite normal.

As time passed, more and more heavenly treasures gathered in the Seven-Colored Canyon. In just two or three days, over a dozen new types appeared.

These heavenly treasures, temporarily placed near the tian yuan fruit tree, although not the extremely rare treasures Xia Fan knew from his previous life, were still of extraordinary value.

“Plant this tree here.”

“Have some of your descendants guard the ginseng, don’t let it run away.”

“And you…”

At this moment, Magic Cat enthusiastically directed a group of giant apes and venomous centipedes to place the collected heavenly treasures in their respective spots, making the valley look less cluttered.

Seeing him enjoying himself, Xia Fan did not disturb him, merely watching with a smile.

Currently, he felt extremely satisfied, knowing that as time passed, this place would be filled with treasures, becoming a true paradise!

“The grand endeavor of domination has finally taken its official first step,” Xia Fan thought with emotion and delight.

“Boss!”

Just then, Tiger Two, who had been missing for three days, finally appeared.

Xia Fan looked in the direction of the sound and saw Tiger Two carrying a bunch of blood spirit grass in his mouth, arriving before him with a look of seeking commendation in his eyes, “This is a heavenly treasure I found, but I don’t know what it’s for yet.”

“Before, I knew where some other heavenly treasures were, but… but they were all eaten by the Nine-Tailed Fox.”

Xia Fan didn’t care about that. Instead, he looked at the bunch of blood spirit grass with a surprised and excited expression.

He recognized it at a glance; this was the famous “blood spirit grass” from his previous life.

To confirm, he roared a few times at Tiger Two, “Were there a large number of fierce beast skeletons scattered near where this bunch of blood spirit grass grew?”

“How did you know, Boss?”

Tiger Two was stunned.

He had searched for a long time in his original territory before finding this heavenly treasure, and it was indeed as Xia Fan described.

However, he clearly remembered that his boss had never been to that place.

“Indeed, it truly is it!”

Xia Fan did not answer the question.

He walked over to Tiger Two’s side and observed him back and forth for a while before gradually suppressing his inner excitement and growling, “You did bring back a good heavenly treasure this time.”

“Next time if there are invading fierce beasts, besides the little one’s crystal, you can choose the rest first.”

“Thank you, Boss!”

Tiger Two was overjoyed.

He didn’t know that this clump of blood spirit grass had been coincidentally nurtured after absorbing a large amount of fierce beast blood.

Moreover, the blood spirit grass had only one function—to help plants gain sentience!

As long as the blood spirit grass was planted next to a plant, without much care, it could gain sentience over time, thus undergoing a mutation.

After the blood rain, not only humans and beasts, but also a large number of plants underwent various changes, otherwise there wouldn’t be these heavenly treasures.

“In my previous life, the Imperial Capital used blood spirit grass to cultivate a willow tree.”

Xia Fan’s thoughts gradually drifted, and memories surfaced little by little, “The countless willow branches of that willow tree were indestructible. The Imperial Capital, through its power, repelled countless fierce beast invasions.”

“Even King-level fierce beasts were no match for that willow tree!”

Because in both his previous life and now, blood spirit grass was not easy to find, the Imperial Capital, after cultivating the willow tree in his previous life, did not keep it a secret. It directly announced to all humans the method to control the willow tree—as long as one occasionally fed the plant some of their own blood, it would obey them!

“However, in my previous life, the Imperial Capital seemed to have hidden a key piece of information, though ‘hidden’ might not be entirely appropriate.”

Xia Fan’s memories regarding blood spirit grass became clearer and clearer, “For plants cultivated with blood spirit grass, it’s best to choose those with older years. For example, the Imperial Capital in my previous life once announced that besides willow trees, pine trees, cypress trees, ginkgo trees, and other trees could also be cultivated.”

“Because doing so ensures that the selected plants gain sentience.”

Upon realizing this, Xia Fan began to raise his head, his gaze searching around the valley.

The Yunxia Mountain Range originally grew countless plants, with very little area affected by humans. Moreover, this was deep within the Yunxia Mountain Range, almost never trodden by humans.

Therefore, there must be plants growing here that could gain sentience with the help of blood spirit grass.

“Let’s go, come with me for a walk.”

Xia Fan directly took Tiger Two and began searching in the Seven-Colored Valley, as if on a patrol.

Actually, according to his understanding, although the older the selected plant, the better, there was another important factor—flexibility.

Otherwise, why would the Imperial Capital, in his previous life, have a pine tree older than the willow tree nearby, yet not choose the latter?

“Boss, what are we looking for?”

After walking for a while, Tiger Two noticed that his boss had been focusing on something but hadn’t found it, so he asked curiously, growling repeatedly, “Perhaps I can help too.”

“Do you know if there are any plants here that have been growing for a very long time?”

Tiger Two was momentarily stunned. After recalling for a moment, he actively led the way, “Boss, I know where there are some.”

Before long, the two tigers and one cat arrived at the edge of the valley. Here, ancient trees reached to the sky, but Xia Fan stared for a while and judged that although these ancient trees were old enough, they were still not the most suitable.

“Hmm? Why are there so many weeds here?”

Suddenly, Xia Fan noticed that a certain patch of woods was covered by large areas of vines and leaves. He walked over curiously, then roared out with immense surprise, “This is it!”

In his line of sight, an extremely thick ancient vine was coiling around the nearby towering trees, using their support to reach for the sunlight.

And the root system of this ancient vine was extremely developed; it clearly looked like a very ancient existence!