Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

"It contains considerable vitality and spiritual power, which seems to be able to prolong life..." The girl peeled off the outer skin and put the fruit inside into her mouth.

The rich aroma lands on the tip of the tongue, followed by a refreshing sensation like mint.

The fruit inside is small and can be eaten in a short time.

A cool sensation spread throughout his body, making him more alert.

"The spiritual energy is quite abundant. The pure spiritual energy alone is comparable to a mid-grade spirit stone. It can extend the lifespan of an ordinary person by at least thirty or forty years... It can enhance spiritual consciousness and wisdom. It is very effective for cultivators in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages, but it is not very useful to me."

Xi Heng has already reached the Golden Core stage, so the boost from this spiritual fruit is truly negligible.

"But once the tree grows big enough, the fruit should also receive some boost, and then it will be of some use..." she murmured to herself.

While gazing at the sacred tree, something suddenly came to mind:

"Speaking of which, why hasn't the divine tree in Xiping City produced any fruit?"

This question arose, which sparked even more curiosity in her:

"Also, where does the spiritual energy within the divine tree come from... If it's inherent to the tree species, there must be a limit, right?"

"Will the tree wither when its lifespan is exhausted?" she asked herself.

Unable to get an answer in a short time, Xi Heng decided to return to the mortal world to ask Da Ling.

The moment a wisp of spiritual fire appeared from his fingertip, a gray-black spiritual fruit suddenly fell from the crown of the divine tree.

The spirit fruit fell to the ground and burrowed directly into the earth like earthworms and mole crickets, disappearing without a trace.

The girl tilted her head and began to use her spiritual senses.

Soon after, the soil through which the spiritual fruit burrows will gradually harden, as if petrified, turning into hard objects, gravel, or regularly shaped mineral resources.

“This spiritual fruit can change the soil quality…” Xi Heng looked up at the divine tree and muttered to himself, “And this divine tree itself seems to be a crop specially cultivated to create an environment suitable for human habitation.”

"If that's true, then what level of cultivator could cultivate such a giant tree with so many benefits, even capable of supporting an entire world?"

The highest level a being can reach in this world is at the Nascent Soul stage, which is insufficient to cultivate such a divine tree.

The Senluo Domain was also called Senluo when the Heavenly Dao was intact, or it may have been passed down from ancient times...

After a moment of contemplation, Xi Heng came to his senses and immediately exited this space to return to the real world.

He opened the wide-area network and asked Da Ling about his earlier confusion.

"The origins of the divine tree are perhaps only known to a handful of cultivators at the highest levels," the other party replied instantly.

"I can only answer about spiritual energy, which is something that needs to be explained—simply put, the divine tree sapling contains a little essence that can supply its early growth and fruition, but when it reaches the middle stage and grows to about a hundred feet tall, the essence will be gradually used up."

"At that time, you and I will need to nurture it and send enough spiritual energy to the roots of the divine tree. The divine trees in other cities will no longer bear spiritual fruit in order to conserve spiritual energy."

"Is that so..." Xi Heng did the conversion. One hundred zhang is more than three hundred meters. Not to mention the height of the divine tree, the current range of the entire spirit fire space is less than three hundred meters.

It will likely be a long time before the essence of the divine tree is exhausted, so there's no need to worry at the moment.

"It will probably take decades to grow that tall," she said casually.

“During this time, I will collect enough spiritual energy for future use,” Da Ling said.

“I have other methods as well. In short, there’s no need to use human lives to fill the spiritual energy needed by the divine tree, like in Xiping City,” Xi Heng said.

"So good."

"Speaking of which," the white-haired girl looked up in her courtyard, gazing at the sacred tree of Changpingjing:

"This city doesn't seem to exploit mortals too much, and there aren't many mortals. How do they obtain enough spiritual energy to nourish the divine tree?"

"..." Da Ling remained silent for a moment, then slowly replied:

"Of course, it is to replace mortals with spirit beings."

"Why can androids also generate spiritual light?" Xi Heng didn't quite understand.

"This is one of the deepest secrets of Changpingjing, and I am unaware of it," Daling responded.

"All we know is that each spirit creation can produce less spiritual light than a mortal, but their lifespan is only a few decades. This method is actually more efficient..."

……

Volume 1: Taking a break to organize the plot, no update today.

The outline is a bit incomplete; I'll take another break to tidy it up.

(＞人＜；) Sorry

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Volume 1: Chapter 302, Rising Sun

Changpingjing abandoned the practice of producing spiritual light from mortal lives and instead began to mass-produce spiritual beings to replace the functions of mortals. It expanded the city to ten times the size of other cities and then cultivated spiritual light like crops called spiritual beings in farmland to replenish the needs of the Supreme Heavenly Tree.

The above is what Xi Heng learned about the laws of the Lingguang Economy in Changpingjing during his conversation with Da Ling.

It was precisely because of the proposal and implementation of this plan that Yuansu Company surpassed Yuanyuan Huanyu Company, which created and operated the virtual world, and became the most powerful behemoth in Changping Jingzhong.

Meanwhile, the Lingxue Sect, a cultivator sect that cooperated with them, gradually gained momentum to replace the Jinyuan Sect as the leading sect in Changping Capital.

Although the recent news about the awakening of spiritual bodies has caused Far Expansion Company's stock price to drop significantly, the loss of mortal lives has little impact on their main business of spiritual light economy. Few upper-level cultivators have made any real accusations. As long as their spiritual body mass production line is still running and various resources are still sufficient, they will not be affected.

Even if ordinary people and low-level cultivators report it, Yuansu Company can easily reverse the direction of public opinion with capital, or create some big entertainment news to divert attention.

The matter of spirit-created beings harming people has gradually faded into silence as they continue their self-serving pronouncements.

Although the purchasing power of ordinary people has decreased somewhat as a result, as long as their spiritual economic activities are not affected, everything should remain stable.

Xi Heng had heard these things before, but didn't pay much attention to the rules and order in this regard. He only heard Da Ling talk about the lifespan of spirit-created beings and asked about his doubts in this regard:

"Is the lifespan of a spirit-created being truly limited to only ten years?"

She believes that this short lifespan is a limitation deliberately imposed by Far-Reaching Company, rather than a result of the limited craftsmanship of the spirit creation or the inability of the physical body to support it.

Xi Heng had also scanned the interior of the spirit creation body with his divine sense, and found that its various processes, tissues, and organ structures were all modeled after those made by humans.

Fresh blood was replaced with blue blood containing a small amount of spiritual light, and the skin was transformed into low-level puppet skin combined with some intelligent bionic skin made with novel technology. The same was true for the bones and internal organs, making them almost indistinguishable from those of humans.

From a cultivator's perspective, a spirit-created body is a rather special kind of low-level, high-tech spirit puppet.

Generally speaking, as long as they are not overused, the lifespan of such puppets should be hundreds of years.

Such a finely crafted and complete structure should not have a lifespan of only ten years.

Xi Heng also wants to develop his spiritual fire space into a city. If he doesn't break through this lifespan limit, he'll probably never be able to make it into anything, no matter how much time passes.

"I've also been looking for solutions regarding children's lifespans recently."

Ningzi replied, "I have secretly mobilized a small amount of the Great Spirit Computing Power, hoping to find a way."

"Hmm... Do you know where the detailed design plan, blueprints, or important data of the spirit creation are?" Xi Heng asked the all-powerful artificial intelligence.

"These are also deep secrets within the Far Expansion Company. Most of the data I have is in the public sphere and cannot access people's privacy or the important documents of the Changpingjing monk."

"Tsk, if we can find it, it should be easy to solve."

“I will allocate some computing power to search, but these things may not exist in the wide area network. At most, I will find some clues, and then I may need you to take action again.”

"It depends."

Xi Heng casually skipped over the topic, deciding to bring it up later, and then changed the subject:

"Could you please check my contribution points? How long until I can redeem a spirit fruit?"

Although she still had some Golden Core realm cultivation techniques that she had not yet mastered to perfection, she was already eager to advance to the next level.

"This is not recorded in the wide-area array network either; you can check it at the Duguang Pavilion," the other party replied.

“Artificial intelligence isn’t omnipotent either…” Xi Heng shook his head.

Most of the truly important matters in Changping and Jingzhong were not connected to the wide-area network.

The Great Spirit's position is more like a data processing center; it cannot control or spy on everything like the artificial intelligence in the movie, or even pull out the nuclear button.

She silently closed the network page and headed to Duguang Pavilion, the most central building in the city.

In the midst of his actions, he suddenly remembered something, opened the array again, and asked the other party:

"Speaking of which, Duguang Pavilion sounds like an official institution of Changpingjing. What does it do?"

Xi Heng has never actually been to Du Guang Pavilion; he has only received messages from them regarding his contributions.

"Duguang Pavilion is the most important of all the array formations in the world," Da Ling said. "The intricate array formations and patterns that you and I possess are derived from it."

"The organization of array masters in this world..." Xi Heng understood: "They also created the wide-area array network?"

"That's natural. Ninety percent of the array formations in the world were developed within the Duguang Pavilion, and the remaining ten percent of array masters were gradually incorporated into the pavilion afterward."

"That's it."

Before Xi Heng arrived in Changpingjing, he had heard Jin You mention that the three major organizations in Changpingjing were Lingxueguan, Jinyuanzong, and Duguangge.

At the time, they only listened carefully to the information about the Jin Yuan Sect, which had a Nascent Soul cultivator, and did not ask much about the other two.

"I'll go take a look today," she said casually.

After saying goodbye to Da Ling, I opened the map software of the array network, found the location of Du Guang Pavilion, and clicked navigation.

A spiritual light materialized in his vision, guiding him in a direction visible only to himself. Xi Heng transformed into a fiery red light, emitting a roaring sound, and disappeared into the distance.

The distance of several thousand meters was covered in an instant. When the girl materialized from the firelight, she was already standing on the white jade stone slab square in front of the Duguang Pavilion.

Looking ahead, one can see numerous towering buildings, surrounded by a spiritual aura.

Numerous towering trees, tens of meters high, stand among the buildings in a regular and orderly fashion, as if arranged according to a star chart.

This place isn't opulent or magnificent; there are no glazed tiles or dazzling pearls. The walls are dark, and the tiles are light green. However, the carvings on the walls and roof are incredibly exquisite, as if the most skilled sculptors in the world have been working here for hundreds or thousands of years. Even the roof ridge beasts that no one looks at are carved so lifelike that they seem about to leap down.

The lotus platform, fountain, and snake carvings on the beams and pillars are exquisite. If this were modern times, even a small piece of it could be stolen and passed down as a treasure.

Xi Heng looked at the snake-shaped ornaments coiled around the beams and muttered to himself in confusion.

"Shouldn't it be dragons...? Is there any snake worship custom in this world?"

"It's to avoid any taboos." A cultivator dressed in a blue robe with star patterns walked up from behind, holding a bamboo tablet like a court official, seemingly there to greet him: "This Golden Core senior must be here to inquire about your contributions, right?"

The girl blinked: "The backup came so fast?"

She clearly didn't give any prior notice.

“When you searched for Duguang Pavilion on the Niantian Map, we already knew you were coming,” said the cultivator from Duguang Pavilion.

"Is the map search system connected to yours...?" Xi Heng said "Oh".

"Not only that, but we will know if the name 'Guangge' appears anywhere on the wide-area network," the other party said.

"Won't they be bombarded with news?"

“There is naturally a screening mechanism.” The blue-robed cultivator shook his head and got down to business: “Please come this way, senior, to receive your contribution token and check what you can redeem.”

Xi Heng went straight to the point: "I came for the Five Elements Spirit Fruit. How much contribution do I still need?"

"...The Phoenix Register Company founded by the senior has enabled a small number of cultivators to obtain their own spatial storage ability, which is a great contribution to opening up new fields, but it still needs to be developed slowly to obtain the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit."

How long will it take to develop?

“Perhaps it will be enough when most sectors, companies, and individuals in Changping and Kyoto are connected with the spatial storage capability,” said the cultivator from Duguang Pavilion as he led the way.

"So it'll be a long time from now." Xi Heng rubbed his temples.

“Although Changping Capital is large, most of its outer urban areas are inhabited only by spirit beings, so it won’t affect contribution accumulation. Senior, you only need to develop the central city and work with other companies to create some more applicable products to accelerate the process,” the other party suggested.

"So, it means I'll have to work for a while longer." Xi Heng looked up at the sky.

Looking at the towering golden tree trunk, he asked again:

"Speaking of which, there are currently a few Five Elements Spirit Fruits available for exchange. May I choose their attributes?"

Generally speaking, no.

"Is it unusual?" Xi Heng tilted his head.

"More than a decade ago, a fruit embryo was born on a branch of a Five Elements Ivy tree inside the Divine Tree. The embryo was nearing maturity and only needed to be nurtured with spiritual energy for a year to transform into a spiritual fruit. The spiritual energy used for nurturing might influence the attributes of the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit when it matures and is born." The other party explained:

"If you wish for attributes to favor yourself, you can exchange for this embryo. The price is lower than that of ordinary spiritual fruits, but the quality will fluctuate after it matures."

"There's another option..." The girl pondered for a moment, but made no choice.

My current contribution is still insufficient. I'll decide which type to exchange for later when it's enough.

As the two walked, they entered an attic related to contributions.