Ball Ball Cultivation

Qiuqiu walked slowly to the toy cupboard, picked up a pair of little squirrels wearing jade pendants, used his spiritual sense to look into the smiling little squirrels' eyes, and got the method of recognizing the master of the magic house. He lightly pinched the magic formula, and then put away this farmyard and put it in an area with rich spiritual energy where giant mushrooms were grown.

An empty foundation was revealed, and under the courtyard, a half-dead boxwood tree was found lying down. The dry tree core was more than half a meter wide. Qiuqiu extended his spiritual sense but was unable to see anything. Finally, he compressed his cultivation to the early stage of Jindan, used the light body technique, and entered the passage. This turned out to be the passage leading to the real secret realm.

After a period of space compression, Qiuqiu came to a dense forest. The spiritual energy here was more violent than that in the center of the independent secret realm, and there were many demon beasts in the Nascent Soul stage!

Qiuqiu released the pressure of the Spirit Transformation Stage, and when picking the spiritual herbs guarded by monsters, she only took 30% at most. If there were unripe spiritual herbs, she would only take a few branches. When she encountered precious natural treasures, she would use high-level spiritual beast pills as an exchange, so she did not cause strong resistance from the monsters.

After staying in that independent space for more than a year and traveling through the dense forest for half a year, Qiuqiu finally found a landmark shown on the map - Duanmen Lake.

Surrounded by mountains, there are two adjacent peaks. The higher peak on the north side is disconnected in the middle and inserted obliquely into the adjacent slightly lower peak, forming the shape of a gate. Hence, this place is called Duanmenliang.

Qiuqiu moved his body and walked out of the broken gate. The special sound-transmitting jade token hanging on his waist began to flash. It accumulated too much information at once, causing it to become stuck and hot.

The last message was sent by Bai Yi, informing Qiuqiu: The ten brothers and sisters have gathered and are now with Lu Yu and Qin Qingqing, heading to the Confused Heart Tower in the center of the secret realm.

Qiuqiu checked the map and found that she was not far from the Mi Xin Tower. If she went at full speed, it would take less than ten days to reach the tower. There was still a month before the opening date of the Mi Xin Tower, so she continued to collect elixirs while wandering towards the tower.

Seven days later, Qiuqiu had just escaped from a robbery of an Ice Python at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. Passing by a pure lake, he saw a group of mallards by the lake and a longevity fruit tree with fruits growing on an island in the lake.

Qiuqiu walked cautiously to the water's edge. The scene in front of her eyes gradually blurred. In a trance, she heard her parents calling her, "You little girl, you just went out to collect samples. Why haven't you come back for so many years? Our lifespans are almost up. You must take good care of yourself in the future. The burden of being the head of the Xu family is too heavy. Your parents just hope that you live a happy life."

Qiuqiu clutched her parents' hands tightly and cried, "Don't leave me, Mom and Dad, I miss you so much. I found Grandpa and a partner. He treats me very well and I have given birth to ten children! Oh, and I saw some longevity fruit. I'll pick some and make longevity pills for you to eat. I've found a new cultivation continent. You don't have to worry about your spiritual energy running out and your cultivation failing to make any progress!"

But the parents still pulled away Qiuqiu's tightly grasping hands and were about to leave.

Qiuqiu followed the two of them and was about to step into the darkness when suddenly a breeze came to his mind and Huahua's anxious voice rang out in his mind:

"Qiuqiu, your obsession is too deep, and it will become a demon in your heart. Just the protective divine consciousness left by Qingling Mallard has aroused your inner obsession, causing a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage to almost drown in the lake. Your foundation is unstable."

Qiuqiu touched his moistened ankles, calming the turbulent emotions in his heart, and patiently explained: "I advanced to the Nascent Soul stage through the shortcut of dual cultivation. The advancement to the Spiritual Transformation and Return to Void stages was achieved through the method of spiritual energy infusion. They were accumulated in leaps and bounds. They were not the result of hard training. Without long-term seclusion to stabilize my cultivation, I lacked time to hone my true source, so it is normal that my foundation is unstable."

She often sighed and touched her long hair: "If it weren't for the blessing of the chaotic spirit body and the dual cultivation of magic and body, I wouldn't have been able to break through the Lianxu period even if the spiritual energy was infused!" The five-color soul aura played a decisive role in her breakthrough to the Lianxu period!

Hua Hua said helplessly, "The reason you were able to improve your cultivation so quickly is indeed because of the Chaos Spirit Body. The fact that you were able to advance twice by taking advantage of the situation shows that you have excellent aptitude, understanding, and luck.

Another point: traveling through other worlds to collect your own remnant souls and spending your life in these fragmented souls is also a different way to hone your character. Otherwise, if you don't retreat for a hundred years now, you'll be in danger of losing your cultivation at any time."

Qiuqiu was very aware of his own cultivation and changed the subject: "What's going on with that Qingling Mallard?"

Huahua devoured the AI, and its search function was particularly useful. She explained, "Take a close look at the complete collection of medicinal herbs and spiritual objects your grandfather compiled for you. It mentions that the Qingling Mallard grows by the Qingling River, and its eggs can elicit the deepest obsessions and demons in a living being, profoundly tempering one's character. You almost fell for it just by encountering the eggs."

Qiuqiu was a little angry, angry at himself for not living up to his expectations, and also angry at the group of mallards.

This time she took drastic measures and transplanted the longevity fruit tree into the space. Huahua specifically imitated the environment in front of her and dug a lake around it, collecting half of the water from Qingling Lake, taking away several flocks of ducks living there, and all the duck eggs scanned around.

When Qiuqiu was about to leave, Huahua suddenly handed Qiuqiu a longevity fruit tree seedling: "This is a branch from the original longevity fruit tree. You plant it there. This should be the polar bear's territory. Without the longevity fruit tree to absorb and exhale spiritual energy, I don't know how long these mallards can survive." The more special the creatures are, the harsher the living environment.

"Are they in a symbiotic relationship?" Qiuqiu asked back.

Huahua did some calculations and said, "Not really, but almost."

Qiuqiu also gradually calmed down. Not only did he plant the saplings back, he also set up a natural illusion to protect the longevity fruit tree.

Huahua suddenly sent a voice message through Qiuqiu's sea of ​​consciousness: "Can you see if there are any Qingming fruit trees nearby?"

"Huh?" Alchemy Grandmaster Qiuqiu was a little confused. She had never heard of it before.

"The Qingming fruit trees can promote the reproduction of mallards, and the mallard duck feces and eggshells can also make the Qingming fruit trees grow better."

Qiuqiu extended his spiritual sense to repeatedly check the entire lake. Because he had collected a small portion of the Qingling Lake's water, the water level had dropped. After many explorations, he finally saw a cave in the lake that the water could not penetrate. However, he could not detect anything abnormal using his spiritual sense.

Qiuqiu held the water-repellent beads in his mouth and fell into the lake. He then swam into a cave and followed the traces left by the falling water level. He entered a long underground waterway and moved forward stealthily. He finally found a valley with lush trees and water. When he jumped out of the water, he saw dozens of white monkeys flying up and down. Their cultivation level was no more than the Jindan stage.

What caught my eye was a fruit forest stretching over hundreds of acres, laden with hundreds of mid- to high-level spiritual fruits. Among them, the Qingming fruit trees were only found on a small patch of mudflat closest to the lake.