Chapter 4: Soulless Swamp
"Unique characteristic?"

The meaning of these four words is not difficult to understand, but Fang Chen still put his hand on the Moon Goddess Flower.

"Replacement feature - awakening."

There was no replacement failure as imagined, but the moonlight properties were obtained.

"Interesting, replacement feature - Moonlight."

Seeing that his replacement did not fail as he had imagined, Fang Chen thought of something and continued with the replacement.

This time he obtained the high-level Moonlight Characteristics, which was exactly in line with his conjecture: the unique characteristic could not be stored by him, but he could obtain any random characteristic of this series from it.

So he stopped and replaced all the other 19 Moon Spirit Herbs with high-level Moon Spirit Herbs.

Just now, in order to explore this spiritual plant that has mutated into the Moon Goddess Flower, Fang Chen has not yet carefully felt the difference between the characteristics of high-level moonlight and ordinary moonlight. Now he has the opportunity.

"The spiritual energy released by high-level Yuehua is twice that of Yuehua, but the spiritual energy absorbed by itself is also more than Yuehua. If you calculate it comprehensively, the spiritual energy released by a Yuehua spiritual grass with high-level Yuehua characteristics is equivalent to that of five Moonlight Grasses."

Fang Chen, who calculated this data, showed a surprised expression on his face.

In this way, the spiritual energy released by these nineteen Moonlight Spiritual Herbs is almost the same as a first-level spiritual vein.

What's more, using the spiritual energy released by one hundred moonlight grasses to measure a first-level spiritual vein is calculating the average value for one day.

Fang Chen, who owns the Moon Goddess Flower, can allow the Moon Grass to continue releasing spiritual energy during the day, doubling the spiritual energy output. This is equivalent to adding a first-grade medium-quality spiritual vein to the courtyard.

The most important thing is that so much spiritual energy is locked in the small courtyard by the magic circle, making the concentration of spiritual energy here almost close to that of a second-grade low-grade spiritual vein.

Fang Chen only felt that he was absorbing spiritual energy with every breath.

"No wonder everyone yearns for spiritual veins. With this concentration of spiritual energy, it's hard to slow down in cultivation."

After sighing, he looked at the big tree planted in the yard again, but after thinking about it, he decided not to grant it the high-level Moonlight Characteristics.

This tree is so big that it can be seen from outside. Unless you are blind, you will find it abnormal to see it glowing.

Surrounded by spiritual energy and with the test of his abilities basically completed, Fang Chen continued to sit cross-legged and began to practice.

He is still at the first level of Qi training. If he wants to break through to the second level of Qi training, he has to open up the hand Taiyin meridian among the twelve main meridians.

He has only opened three out of the eleven pairs of acupoints, and is still some distance away from the second level of Qi training.

There is no way. The original owner's body is a pseudo-spiritual root of the five elements, which can sense the five attributes of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at the same time.

When practicing, one also has to eliminate the spiritual attributes that are useless to oneself, which unnecessarily increases the time required for practice.

Fang Chen was so immersed in cultivation that he could not feel the passage of time. Only after he opened up a pair of acupoints did he open his eyes and exhale a breath of foul air.

"It takes too much time to eliminate the spiritual energy of other attributes. I still have to find a way to get a multi-attribute technique, otherwise the concentration of spiritual energy here will be wasted."

Choosing a multi-attribute technique that matches your spiritual roots will not require you to eliminate spiritual energy, but the mana required for a breakthrough will increase exponentially, and the difficulty of a breakthrough will also increase exponentially, causing your practice progress to lag far behind.

However, there is no shortage of spiritual energy in Fang Chen's yard now, and the multi-attribute skills can actually double his magical power.

As for the increased difficulty of breaking through, Fang Chen didn't care much about it. There were many spiritual plants that could help cultivators break through bottlenecks. With his ability, he could copy countless copies, so it was not a problem at all.

He is currently practicing the "Thick Earth Art". After all, the Earth Spirit Spell is an earth-attributed spell. In order to make a living, the original owner could only practice earth-attributed skills.

"I remember that the original owner's family bought the basic five elements skills in order to establish a family of immortal cultivators. We can try to practice the five elements together."

With this idea in mind, Fang Chen did not act immediately, but kept it in mind and turned around to grab two weeds in the yard.

"Granted characteristic - Aura affinity."

"Grants the trait of rapid growth."

It took Fang Chen two minutes to save his stored characteristics on the plants, and then he went to the market again.

Keep searching for new plant properties.

This ability is the foundation of his existence in the world of cultivation, and he must collect more samples to deal with various situations. The market was even more crowded during the day, but most of the cultivators were still concentrated in front of the shops selling magic tools, talismans and formations, and the spiritual plant stall that Fang Chen liked was still basically deserted.

But he still got nothing. Most of the spiritual plants sold at the stalls had no special features, and those that did were mostly aura-friendly.

This is not surprising. After all, most of the spiritual plants sold on the street are fake.

According to the definition of cultivators, plants that are helpful for Qi training can be called first-level spiritual plants.

However, apart from knowing a few elementary spells, cultivators in the early stages of Qi training are not much different from ordinary people. Therefore, some rare medicinal herbs among ordinary people are also effective for cultivators in the early stages of Qi training.

For example, the three spiritual plants that Fang Chen bought yesterday are the miraculous medicines that mortal warriors dream of. However, for cultivators, they need to use them continuously for more than three years to see obvious effects.

So he only used five spirit stones to obtain these three spiritual plants.

As for the spiritual plants that are truly effective for Qi-cultivating monks, they are not sold on street stalls, but are placed on shelves in shops.

No direct touching allowed.

There was no way for Fang Chen to use the characteristics for free, so he had to go home with nothing.

"This is a rare spiritual plant from the Absolute Spirit Swamp. Don't miss it if you pass by..."

Halfway through the walk, a shout caught Fang Chen's attention. Following the sound, he saw that a stall he had just visited had a new owner and the goods on display were also different.

The stall owner looked to be in his forties, wearing a simple but neat green robe, and smiled at everyone who looked at him because of his shouting.

Most people took a glance and left, only Fang Chen nodded to him and walked over.

"My fellow Daoist, are you interested in the spiritual plants from the Absolute Spirit Swamp? The prices here are affordable and I will not cheat anyone."

Seeing Fang Chen approaching, the stall owner rubbed his hands and put on a mercenary expression. His enthusiastic attitude almost made Fang Chen, who was a little socially anxious, turn around and leave.

But he still held back, nodded slightly and squatted down to check the spiritual plants on the stall, asking: "This is the first time I've heard of the Absolute Spirit Swamp. It sounds very dangerous."

Name: Absolute Moss

Features: Absolute Spirit
Absolute Spirit: Isolate the spread of spiritual energy. Multiple plants with the Absolute Spirit property growing together can form a Absolute Spirit formation, banning all spiritual energy within the range.

"It's more than just dangerous. Fellow Daoist, you may not know that this Absolute Spirit Swamp is located on the coast of the East China Sea. Two large rivers intersect and flow into the sea, forming a triangular area that extends for hundreds of miles. There is not a trace of spiritual energy inside. Cultivators like me can only swallow elixirs to restore mana and be careful of our steps at all times. I went to explore because I didn't believe in evil. I didn't expect that there really is nothing good in it. Sigh..."

Seeing that Fang Chen wanted to talk, the stall owner also started talking.

His words were indeed sincere. He originally thought that there was no spiritual energy in the Jueling Swamp, and it must be caused by some rare treasures. So he bought a lot of Huiling Pills and went in to venture out. Naturally, he ended up losing a lot of spiritual energy.

He could only sell some plants picked from there to replenish his blood. Even though he said these were spiritual plants, it was impossible for spiritual plants to grow in an environment without spiritual energy.

So no one paid attention to him except Fang Chen.

"I see."

Fang Chen stored the unique spiritual characteristics at the same time, and did not want to be taken advantage of. He left under the sad gaze of the stall owner.

"The Absolute Spirit Swamp is very suitable for being a base in the future."

Fang Chen thought to himself that this Jueling Swamp was surrounded by water on three sides and isolated from spiritual energy, so few cultivators would go there.

Swamps generally have fertile soil and are very suitable for farming, but they need to be transformed.

More importantly, this is a completely ownerless piece of land. As long as he develops in it, it will be his territory.

As for the lack of spiritual energy, the problem lies with the absolute spirit moss, which is easy to solve.

And he also had a bold idea that he needed to go home and try out.

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