Bamboo Mound

"Whoa..."

With the mountains gone, Ning Chang was suddenly surrounded by a vast open space.

Suddenly, a heavenly lake appeared before them!

Seeing this, Ning Chang took a few more steps up.

Looking down from above, several mountains connect from all directions, forming a circle, like several green dragons vying for a blue pearl.

"It would be a miracle if this place didn't have some treasures!"

Even though Ning Chang had never studied feng shui or metaphysics, he could tell at a glance that this place was full of treasures.

The surface of Tianhu Lake was as still as ice. Even though Ning Chang felt a constant chill in the air, the water did not ripple in the slightest.

In the middle of the lake was a small island, whether it was a floating island or supported by something underneath was unknown.

At this moment, several points of light are flashing on the island, like a swarm of white fireflies, dazzling to the eye!

Moreover, as Ning Chang approached, the exotic fragrance became even stronger!

"Looks like that's the place. It was pretty easy, didn't take much time."

It wasn't until Ning Chang reached the island that he realized there might be something strange about the lake.

After pausing for a few moments and seeing no unusual movement, he felt relieved, reminding himself to test the waters first next time.

The moment his mind relaxed, Ning Chang noticed the unusual flow of spiritual energy beneath his feet.

The spiritual energy of these mountains seeps into the Heavenly Lake through the mountain ranges and water surfaces.

Then it flowed out from the small island beneath his feet, nourishing the spiritual plant on the island.

It is called a spiritual plant, but apart from its plant shape, it is basically in a spiritual state.

The plant is translucent and jade-colored, with a main stem at the base that grows upwards without any side branches until two or three white flowers bloom at the top.

At the same time, several leaves sprout from the base, narrow and slender, as white as the main stem.

Ning Chang looked at it more and more and more familiar it seemed, but he dared not draw any conclusions.

Putting aside color and texture, the plant in front of me looks somewhat similar to daylily, but the flowers are different.

The daylily flower is a large stalk that is oval when it is not open, but becomes trumpet-shaped with multiple petals when it is open.

The spiritual plants currently in bloom are shaped like pills, about half the size of a fist, even before they open. Most of the flowers that have already opened are double-layered, as if only a small opening has been made in the pill.

The light on the spiritual plants comes from the flowers that have already opened.

Even without moonlight, these flowers are enough to illuminate the entire island in the middle of the lake!

Ning Chang wasn't particularly pleased, though. Although they were spiritual plants, a few flowers were of little use to him.

"What a pity. If I had the means to transplant it now, I would definitely move one to my residence."

"But... what can I do when I don't have the means right now?"

"My storage bag is full, and I need to find a place to stay. How can I have the mind to take care of these flowers and plants?"

Ning sighed and stroked the glowing flower in front of her, her fingers inadvertently touching something unusual as they moved.

"Hmm? There's something inside the flower? It's so hard."

Withdrawing my gaze from the distance, I parted the petals with both hands to look inside, and saw a spherical seed growing there.

The seeds are not as white as the petals, but have a slightly pale yellow color, and their shape resembles peeled lotus seeds.

This discovery has once again overturned his understanding of biology!

"Huh? What is this flower? It grows seeds like this?"

All the plants he had seen and knew before were those that bloomed, pollinated, and produced seeds after the flowers fell; he had never seen a plant where the fruit and flower were in one place.

Looking at the plump lotus seeds in the flower, Ning Chang unconsciously swallowed.

All things considered, he hadn't eaten lotus seeds in a long time, and now that the flowers and seeds had grown to this size, they didn't seem inedible.

Moreover, in his perception, more than 70% of the spiritual energy rising from the bottom of the island to nourish the spiritual plants was stored in the "lotus seeds" of this flower!

The spiritual energy contained in each lotus seed is equivalent to several spirit stones!

The thought, once it arose, grew uncontrollably.

He plucked one with his hand, examined it closely, and then ate it.

The lotus seeds were crisp yet not hard, tender yet not mushy, slightly sweet and fragrant. However, before he could savor them, they were swallowed down his throat.

In an instant, all the spiritual energy contained within flowed out, clashing and swirling through his meridians.

However, within two cycles, it was quietly refined and integrated into his own spiritual power.

At the same time, Ning Chang also felt his thoughts become clearer, even more so than when he smelled the fragrance of flowers!

"Hmm~ Not bad, but..."

While enjoying himself, Ning Chang noticed another key point.

"This single seed contains more spiritual energy than a spirit stone, yet it was absorbed in just a few breaths. In contrast, even if a spirit stone is broken, it would still take several hours to absorb..."

While thinking, he picked another "lotus seed" and took out a spirit stone to compare between his two hands.

However, no matter how he observed, he couldn't figure it out.

"I don't understand. I really don't understand."

"It's smaller than a spirit stone, yet it contains more spiritual energy, and it's easier to absorb... But a spirit stone is pure compressed spiritual energy!"

"Not only is the spiritual energy density higher than that of spirit stones, but it's also attached to a material basis, which doesn't make sense in terms of space!"

Ning Chang only stopped thinking when his head started to get hot.

Since you can't figure it out, there's no need to worry about it anymore. It's just a matter of seeking knowledge, and it doesn't contribute to your progress.

Looking up at the spiritual plants in front of me, I saw that each open flower contained a seed.

Ning Changyun moved lightly, constantly picking seeds from the flowers and swallowing them directly without harming the blossoms.

After all, this spiritual plant was born from the creation of heaven and earth, gathering wandering spiritual energy, and it took countless years to transform into a spiritual being.

Having already achieved the desired result, there is no reason to repay kindness with ingratitude and further damage the foundation.

As for the flowers that haven't yet bloomed, there's no need to bother them either.

In the end, Ning Chang kept five pills and put them into a small elixir bottle, intending to try cultivating them later to produce fragrance.

Fortunately, these seeds were several sizes smaller than the Spirit Gathering Pills, and all five could be contained in just one pill bottle.

During this time, the spiritual energy contained in the seeds he swallowed directly filled most of his meridians! And he also advanced to the second level of the Spirit Platform!

At this moment, he began to feel fortunate about the size of his meridians.

After all, if it were an ordinary dantian, absorbing so much spiritual energy at once would probably make it feel uncomfortable for quite some time.

It even requires channeling one's inner energy to actively refine it.

After planting the seeds and surveying the small island in the middle of the lake to make sure there was nothing else special, he finally took a deep breath of the floral fragrance.

Sensing the spiritual energy released earlier and confirming the direction, it then released another marker and continued heading north.

However, from then until dawn, no more strange objects or phenomena were observed.

However, a wisp of that exotic fragrance from the island would occasionally drift into Ning Chang's nostrils.

After several verifications, he finally confirmed that it was because he ate the fruit that his body was covered in the fragrance of the flower.