My ancestors were spiritual plant growers, so it's not surprising that I hunt demons every day,

Upon seeing the golden soil, Cui Ying's small face was filled with unprecedented excitement.

After taking a deep breath, she immediately took it into her palm, then bent down and casually picked up a previously severed root from the nearby soil, inserting it directly into the clump of golden soil in her palm.

An incredible scene occurred.

The moment the tender, slender white roots touched the golden soil, they immediately stretched upwards and stood upright, gradually bursting forth with a shimmering green.

Then it began to sprout and grow leaves at a speed visible to the naked eye, gradually producing soft and tender branches.

"It really is the essence of the Creation Earth, otherwise those spirit peach trees would not have undergone such a transformation, and the spirit peaches they bear would not have such a strong effect of amplifying spiritual energy."

"If this clump of Creation Soil Essence were sold outside, I wonder how many plant masters and alchemists would go crazy for it."

After murmuring a few words of joy, Cui Ying plucked out the peach branch that had been transformed from roots and carefully put it into her storage bag.

Although the Creation Earth Essence is not named Breath Earth, its power to enhance various spiritual plants is a truly rare and precious treasure of heaven and earth.

After all, for soil essence to be formed, it must first transform from ordinary soil into spiritual soil, and then be washed and nourished by spiritual energy for ten thousand years before it can gradually take shape.

Take the spiritual fields her father rented, for example. Even with tens of thousands of acres of spiritual fields, it's not guaranteed that one or two Creation Earth Essences will be produced.

If she hadn't read about the characteristics of the Creation Earth Essence in a book in her previous life, she probably would have had no connection with this thing.

While seemingly insignificant, the essence of Creation Earth is valued at tens of thousands of spirits per tael by alchemists and plant masters.

Moreover, there's no market for it; nobody's willing to sell it.

Because the essence of Creation Soil not only has incredible uses such as increasing the medicinal effects and shortening the ripening period when planting spiritual plants, but it can also be used to refine third-grade or even fourth-grade alchemy furnaces.

A third-grade alchemy furnace can be considered a spiritual artifact, as it can not only communicate with the alchemist's mind and spirit, but also increase the alchemist's success rate of alchemy by about a quarter.

Pills refined by a third-grade alchemist are highly sought after by cultivators in the Qi Condensation and Golden Core stages. Each one is extremely valuable, and such a significant amplification effect makes them a coveted treasure in the Dao of Alchemy.

Moreover, the Creation Earth Essence was incredibly heavy. The lump that Cui Ying had just collected, which looked no bigger than an adult's fist, actually weighed five or six pounds.

The value of this lump of Creation Earth Essence alone is priceless. It could be exchanged for tens of thousands of spirit stones, or even ten or twenty grade-three spiritual artifacts.

Even though Cui Ying had seen many good things in her previous life, she suppressed her excitement. With a movement, she floated lightly out of the deep pit and returned to the ground. The moment she returned, her expression froze slightly.

The once vibrant peach orchard was now completely withered and bare, devoid of any green color.

With a thought, Cui Ying suddenly formed a hand seal, and countless fireballs rained down from the sky. In an instant, all the spirit peach trees were engulfed in flames.

But Cui Ying still showed no intention of leaving. She activated the Yi Mu Yan Chun Jue, and countless vines burrowed into the rock strata and began to stir wildly.

Suddenly, the peach orchard began to collapse, turning into rolling boulders that tumbled down the mountainside.

Only after destroying everything in the vicinity beyond recognition did Cui Ying finally withdraw her spell with satisfaction. She turned around and returned to the original stone cave, where she began to meditate and refine the pure spiritual energy transformed from the spirit peach she had eaten earlier.

Half an hour later, when Cui Ying opened her eyes again, her expression was both solemn and surprised.

The spiritual energy contained in the peach flesh was much purer than she had imagined. In such a short time, it not only restored her magic power to its original state, but also filled her dantian with magic power, giving her a faint feeling that she was about to break through.

Seeing that it was still early, Cui Ying simply took out a bunch of spirit peaches, washed and ate them, and after refining all the pure spiritual energy in her body, she immediately focused her mind and looked inward at the shimmering magical power that filled her meridians.

The abundance of this magical power even slightly exceeded the body's capacity, causing a faint, subtle stinging sensation throughout his body.

This is also the consequence of her finally breaking through to the fifth level of Qi Refining after consuming most of the spirit peaches, but just as she was about to leave, she found that the medicinal effect of the remaining half of the spirit peaches was starting to wear off rapidly. So, she gritted her teeth and spent several more hours consuming another ten or so spirit peaches.

The remaining spirit peaches had long since withered and rotted into mud, making them inedible and forcing her to discard them.

Feeling the abundant magical power within her body, Cui Ying secretly calculated the time and realized that she had been here for more than three days. It was time to set off and return to the village.

Fortunately, she had sent a telepathic message to Zhu Chaoyun beforehand, telling him that she was going to explore the stone cave. He should be home by now and know how to relay the message to her parents.

With these thoughts in mind, Cui Ying immediately stood up without hesitation, her skirt fluttering as she walked out of the stone cave. She looked around at her surroundings and then her divine sense stirred slightly.

"Bang" sound.

The golden scorpion burst from the rock beneath its feet and affectionately nudged the girl's arm with its front claws.

Just then, a faint sound of leaves rustling came from the dense forest nearby, followed by an extremely fast black shadow rushing towards the girl.

"Wang Wang"

"Haha~ Ta Xue, you've had some amazing experiences these past few days, haven't you? You've grown almost as tall as my shoulder."

Cui Ying grabbed the black shadow that pounced on her, ruffled its furry head, and hid the shrunken golden scorpion in her sleeve before leaving the place with Ta Xue, who had already broken through to the third level of Qi Refining.

Soon, Cui Ying rode the cloud to the basin where she had parted ways with Zhu Chaoyun. At the spot where she dug out the first Golden Frost Fruit, she found the wooden plaque that Zhu Chaoyun had left for her. She learned that he had followed her instructions and left along the route they had taken into the mountains. Only then did she feel half relieved.

Without further delay, she took to the clouds. But just as she rose into the air, she suddenly let out a soft "Eh!" and changed direction, flying towards a dense forest several dozen feet away.

In the dense forest at her feet lay the corpse of a large monster, over two zhang tall.

Its fur was glossy, and its limbs were incredibly thick. It was actually a giant brown-yellow bear, lying face down on the ground without moving, as if it had been dead for a long time.

After hesitating for a moment, Cui Ying still used her cloud to land on the open ground next to her. Finding that there was nothing unusual around her, she slowly approached.

After circling the brown bear spirit's corpse twice, she took one last look at the ancient trees that seemed to have been pushed down by a tremendous force, as well as the messy footprints nearby, and then suddenly lifted her foot.

"boom"

The brown bear demon's corpse was kicked over, revealing bloody claw marks on its neck and its ferocious expression as it died.

How strange!

Cui Ying frowned slightly, but after a flash of her eyes, she suddenly raised her hand and made a hand seal. She quickly used a secret technique to draw out a wisp of gray mist from the bear's huge paw.

"This... is ghostly energy!"