A life of leisure is worse than a life of flowers and splendour

Twelve second-level earth armor beasts were killed. And by the end, they were mostly second-level beasts. While the number might seem high, it actually took Du Shuangshuang a month to encounter these few. On average, only one every two days—isn't that rare?

Du Shuangshuang took a look and found that she had dug more than 1,800 jade crystal ginsengs, not counting the smaller ones that she planted in the farm and medicine garden.

Of course, more good things are always better, but as time went on, Du Shuangshuang gradually lost her initial excitement and even became a little numb. But she never considered stopping to rest. Time in this secret realm was limited. How many good things could one Jade Crystal Ginseng exchange for? Besides, she also needed them. She didn't know how much more she would need to practice the Ice Skin and Jade Bone Technique. So, life is endless, and struggle is endless.

The further we go, the richer the spiritual energy becomes, or rather, the earth spiritual energy becomes, almost turning into mist. In this situation, shouldn't there be some natural treasures appearing?

Du Shuangshuang thought to herself, "Something new should appear to stimulate my nerves!" She couldn't help but feel a tinge of excitement. However, she was also well aware that the rich spiritual energy here would inevitably attract many powerful beings. Forget about anything else, just the third-level earth-armored beast alone was enough to give Du Shuangshuang a headache. The thought of this made her heart suddenly heavy, as if a heavy stone weighed down her heart. She knew that in such an environment and with such potential threats, she had to remain extremely vigilant and calm, otherwise she could fall into danger if she wasn't careful.

After walking for a while, we finally arrived at a large natural cave. The cave was shrouded in thick fog, making it difficult to see what was inside. However, from the outside, we could feel that the spiritual energy inside was several times richer than outside.

This... is this the legendary spiritual cave?

Du Shuangshuang's heart stirred. Spiritual caves are places with the richest spiritual energy in the universe, often nurturing rare treasures. She almost wished she could conjure up a spiritual earth root, but it was painful to see the meat but not be able to eat it. But when she thought about the treasures waiting for her, it didn't seem so regretful. She glared at the treasures and set out with all her might to search for them.

Du Shuangshuang cautiously entered the cave. A natural barrier stood at the entrance, allowing only a small amount of spiritual energy to seep through. It was merely a small, natural formation, easily broken by Du Shuangshuang. She didn't destroy it, but preserved it. Preserving it was the only way the spiritual cave could survive. Otherwise, the spiritual energy would leak out, and the cave would quickly become just another, more ordinary, spiritually rich place, where rare treasures would no longer thrive. The spiritual energy within the cave was so dense that she felt almost suffocated. She slowly advanced along the stone wall, astonished by the scene before her.

As far as the divine sense could reach, in the center of the cave ceiling, there were many ochre crystals inlaid with a faint glow.

Earth Crystal, also known as Ji Earth Essence, has the extended meaning of "Ji" (Essence of Earth) as "Ji," meaning "to find order in things." It can also be extended to mean "to rise," signifying the transformation and growth of all things. Ji Earth symbolizes the countryside, the wet soil by the river, which is fertile, warm, and flexible.

The relationship between the Heavenly Stems and the Five Elements. The sixth Heavenly Stem is Ji, and its corresponding Five Elements are Earth.

Ji Earth follows Wu Earth, representing both the celestial energy and the earth's soil. Clear energy rises, harmonizing heaven and earth, while turbid energy descends, bringing life to all things. Hence its name, Yin Earth. Heaven, earth, and humanity are all inseparable from the nurturing power of Ji Earth. Ji Earth acts as the matchmaker, catalyst, and catalyst between heaven and earth. Without it, how can the solitary yin and yang become a couple?

Therefore, it is omnipresent in relation to the four elements (wood, fire, metal and water), and it thrives in the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter). It is real earth - just like real soil.

Ji Earth is low, thin, soft, and moist, representing the branches and leaves of Wu Earth. It also represents the neutral and righteous, capable of storing all things. Soft earth nourishes wood and cannot be overcome by wood, so it is not afraid of its flourishing. Deep earth can hold water and cannot be swept away by water, so it is not afraid of the overwhelming force of water. Rootless fire cannot nourish moist earth, so when it is weak, it becomes dim. Wet earth moistens metal energy, so when metal is abundant, it becomes radiant and clear. This is its marvelous power of inaction yet action. If all things are to flourish and prosper, they must be deep and solid, and warmed by fire. Ren said: Ji Earth is a yin and moist land, neutral and righteous, storing things. It penetrates all directions and flourishes throughout the four seasons, possessing the marvelous power of endless nourishment. It is not afraid of the flourishing of wood because its gentle nature nurtures wood and prevents it from overcoming it. It is not afraid of the overwhelming force of water because its body is steadfast and solid, allowing it to hold water and prevent it from overwhelm it. The weak and dim fire is Ding Fire, and Yin Earth can restrain and dim fire. The presence of abundant and radiant metal is Xin metal, as moist earth can generate and nourish it. The earth energy in the pillar is deep and solid, and with the aid of Bing fire to remove its dampness, it is more than sufficient to nourish all things, thus embodying the principle of aiding and supporting.

A thousand acres of spiritual fields or medicinal gardens only require one earth essence and do not require any maintenance. In addition to improving the quality of the soil, it can also ensure that the spiritual fields or medicinal gardens are safe for a thousand years.

Some portable medicine gardens and blessed places in ancient times were made by adding refined earth. There were even ancient powerful people who used refined earth to create a small realm, which was equivalent to a small world.

Du Shuangshuang was successfully stimulated by this treasure. Since there was no danger for the time being, what was there to wait for? He took out the mining equipment.

The cave ceiling was too high to reach standing still. He wondered if he could fly a sword. He'd already established his foundation! But after trying twice, he nearly fell flat on his face. Unfortunately, he hadn't mastered this skill yet. There was no time to learn sword control right now. Du Shuangshuang decisively took out the shuttle, pressed the spirit stone, and flew up with herself and the Qiankun Jade Box.

Du Shuangshuang dug out pieces of earth crystals one by one and put them into the Qiankun Jade Box in the shuttle. Why not use the jade box? The main reason was that there were too many earth crystals, and the jade box could only hold a few. So it was better to use the Qiankun Jade Box.

Du Shuangshuang looked up, concentrating on digging out her own earth essence, occasionally scanning with her spiritual sense, fearing danger would approach if she wasn't paying attention. Drawing on her initial experience with the earth-armored beast, Du Shuangshuang constantly monitored her surroundings, fearing a surprise attack, no matter what she was doing. But she didn't notice that the strands of earth spirit energy around her were drawn towards the bracelet, as if attracted by something.

The bracelet and ring were hidden, and Du Shuangshuang also tied a storage bag on her wrist as a cover. If anyone noticed, they would only think that she was taking things out of the storage bag on her wrist.

The stuff was good, and the quantity was enormous. Du Shuangshuang felt she didn't need to take it all away; she had to leave some for those who came after her. So she only pried the larger ones down, picking up the smaller ones along the way. By the time Du Shuangshuang was done, only a few small earth crystals remained in the cave, which she despised. Less than one-tenth of the total, she had only a little bit of it left.

At this moment, Du Shuangshuang noticed that the spiritual energy here had become much thinner. The thick fog that had previously enveloped the cave had thinned considerably, almost disappearing. The little bracelet inside the bracelet lay on its back, patting its belly with an expression of unusual contentment. The spiritual energy in the spiritual medicine garden and the spiritual beast space had become several times richer, and the spiritual medicine garden even seemed to be expanding.

"Master, it would be great if you could give me a few more Earth Essences."

Are you useful?

"Yes, yes, it's very useful!"

How to give it to you?

"Just put them directly into the bracelet, and put a few in the spirit beast space and the medicine garden."

Okay. Du Shuangshuang grabbed two handfuls and threw one into each space.

"Master, you are so kind and generous. Little Bracelet loves you!"

Seeing nothing left behind, Du Shuangshuang chose a random passage to leave. It was truly a random choice. As she walked, she unexpectedly found another cave, albeit a smaller one. But upon seeing what was inside, Du Shuangshuang realized she had chosen a path that led to the Earthbeast's nursery. Inside, there were dozens of palm-sized Earthbeasts crawling about, along with numerous eggs.

Not finding any big earth-armored beasts, Du Shuangshuang frantically collected the small earth-armored beasts and also collected a few eggs and put them into the spirit beast space of the Duobao bracelet.

However, just as she was about to catch a few more, a powerful aura came from afar. Du Shuangshuang's heart tightened, and without thinking too much, she evacuated at full speed.

"It seems that the high-level earth-armored beast has returned." She thought to herself, put a wind-controlling talisman on her leg, channeled her spiritual power into her magic boots, and even used the ethereal and invisible skill, increasing her speed to the extreme.

Du Shuangshuang ran while using his spiritual sense to monitor his surroundings, trying to choose upward paths and avoid areas with earth-armored beasts. Chasing behind him were two third-tier earth-armored beasts, along with several second-tier ones. Du Shuangshuang didn't think she could defeat them. She stuffed her soul-replenishing pills into her mouth as she ran, constantly holding onto the wood essence to replenish her spiritual power. Fortunately, she had the wood essence, otherwise she would have needed to use top-grade spirit stones, which would have been completely insufficient to replenish her spiritual power.

At this moment, Du Shuangshuang's consciousness saw the fourth person she had met since entering the secret realm. Judging from his attire, he was undoubtedly a demon cultivator. When Du Shuangshuang was hesitating whether to give him a surprise, the other party seemed to have noticed her. Before Du Shuangshuang could make the next move, the other party actually took off running.

The closest earth-armored beast behind him was several hundred meters away, and after building his foundation, his spiritual sense could extend up to 3000 meters away, which was equivalent to the great perfection of foundation building. Considering the distance of the earth-armored beast, how did the other party discover him? Could it be that the other party's spiritual sense was stronger than his?

But the other person's running speed couldn't match hers. Regardless, she chased after him! Du Shuangshuang followed him. And the more she ran, the more Earth Armored Beasts followed her, and there were also some she encountered along the way. It was incredible, the group was growing larger and larger. After a day, Du Shuangshuang was almost catching up with the person in front. The demon cultivator in front was also noticeably slower and slower, clearly struggling with both spiritual and physical strength. But Du Shuangshuang's condition was getting better and better, like she was on a steroid. Soon, she passed him, and he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

He had originally teleported directly to the grassland, but after walking for over half a month, he hadn't encountered a single cultivator or found a single spiritual creature. That would have been fine, but he accidentally fell into a pit and discovered various caves underneath, where he also found jade crystal ginseng. He felt his chance had come, so he decided to quietly dig for ginseng in the caves. While the hunting plan was important and the rewards were generous, he still had to encounter a cultivator first.

During this period, he also hunted down several first-level earth-armored beasts and a second-level earth-armored beast, and successfully established his foundation. It wasn't too difficult for him to fight this thing. He originally thought there was no danger down there, but suddenly a sense of crisis emerged. He didn't even care about the earth crystal ginseng he hadn't dug out yet, and ran away. As a result, the more he ran, the faster his heartbeat became, and the sense of crisis behind him almost rushed to his head. In the end, he found out that it was a cultivator, but he didn't feel the deadly sense of crisis from this person. After discovering the group of earth-armored beasts behind her, he was so angry that he wanted to curse. Did this damn girl poke the earth-armored beast's nest? If you can poke it, then poke it, why did you have to chase me!

He couldn't run any longer, he was going to die. If he kept running, he wouldn't be killed by the Earth Armor Beasts, but by exhaustion. He really wanted to drag this damn girl with him to death. He was still thinking of a countermeasure, but the damn girl had already rushed past him. Du Shuangshuang watched him cast his soul flag, trying to stop him. How could Du Shuangshuang give him this opportunity? He rushed directly to the nearby cave. Although he was in the nearby cave, there were a group of Earth Armor Beasts behind him, covering several nearby caves. When the man encountered the Earth Armor Beasts, he couldn't hold out for more than ten breaths before his soul flag was torn to pieces by the Earth Armor Beasts and he was drowned in the group of Earth Armor Beasts. They didn't even spare people. These Earth Armor Beasts were quite crazy.