Chapter 1816: Chapter 3: Spirit Seed Skill Accomplished, Beihai Lord’s Request!

The Seven Realms True Spirit Bamboo suddenly became listless.

Even though it’s an Emperor Level species, its fragile seedlings are easily affected without spiritual energy supply.

"Absorption Fog Transformation!"

At that moment, the vines within 5241 suddenly trembled.

A massive amount of spiritual energy was extracted from his body, to nourish the Seven Realms True Spirit Bamboo.

Three days later, under the nourishment of abundant spiritual energy, the surrounding rocks turned into fertile black soil.

[You cultivated the Jiling Hua Sheng Skill and gained 1 point of proficiency.]

[You cultivated the Jiling Hua Sheng Skill and gained 1 point of proficiency.]

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Half a year later, the plants on the mountain increased, and there was a complete array of flowers, grasses, and trees, creating a pastoral scene on the once-barren hill.

"It’s wrong." Zhao Xing looked at the motionless panel, no longer moving. "I still can’t extract the ’spirit’ within him, but rather the mana he cultivated."

Spiritual energy transformed into mana, with 5241 acting as a massive reservoir of spiritual energy.

It’s enough to support the growth of many seedlings, but this is not the effect Zhao Xing wanted.

"The reason the Spirit Seed Skill is called the Demon Seed Technique is because it extracts the spirit from the target, which is an innate part of life, not cultivated spiritual energy, much less mana."

"This technique was devised for extreme environments; assuming there’s no spiritual energy around, capturing a bunch of weak mortals of low realms can still generate a large amount of spiritual energy, nourishing plant life."

"After plant life’s conversion, blooming and bearing fruit, I can absorb spiritual energy that can be used for cultivation by eating the fruits."

There are different definitions of spirit and spiritual energy in Qi theory, and Zhao Xing quickly encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation.

The main issue is the difficulty in capturing the spirit within life forms, while easily mistaking oneself for successfully cultivating it.

If not for the panel’s verification, Zhao Xing might not have even started.

"I can only drain 5241’s spiritual energy first to eliminate interference."

Doing so will be somewhat painful, Zhao Xing looked at him, who still showed no reaction.

Aside from saying a word at the beginning, there was no further interaction.

"It will take at least 50 years to drain his mana; this person’s foundation is too deep," Zhao Xing noted to himself.

In the Tao Domain Realm, mana is vast and boundless, especially when the other party is of a genius level.

Even if not as great as Du Yun, he would still be among the top ten at the Primordial Conference.

"5241, please release your mana outside, rest assured I won’t harm your life," Zhao Xing said.

There was still no response, but he cooperated quickly, with a large number of mana talismans wafting out.

They seemed like three-dimensional characters, with many flowing lines, akin to an array in operation.

Each mana talisman, if thrown onto a low-level boundary star with a Spiritual Energy Index of about 10, could instantly raise the Spiritual Energy Index to over 100.

Given enough time, it could even transform the low-level boundary star into a mid-level boundary star.

The genius-level Life and Death Dao Domain Realm has such terrifying foundations.

Placed in the former Xuanhuang Realm, a corpse of this person could support dozens of ascended dynasties.

"108, a total of 108 mana talismans, truly formidable, it really is him," Zhao Xing noted internally.

Now if he crushed the 108 mana talismans of the other, he would fall in realm.

He might fall all the way down to the Origin Realm, or even the Ascension Realm.

"Aren’t you worried about becoming a cripple?" Zhao Xing couldn’t help asking.

"Doesn’t matter, even death doesn’t matter." The bald man spoke for the first time, "The Origin Realm can shake my life essence, you must be a very capable genius of the Primordial Realm."

"If your cultivation benefits, it’s worth becoming a cripple, or even dying in your hands can be considered a form of redemption."

Listening to his words, Zhao Xing couldn’t help but recall the other’s files.

"Accidentally killed over a hundred comrades, among them surely some deep friendships."

"He keeps pushing stones to do such futile work, probably as a way of punishing himself," Zhao Xing thought.

"5241 was the top rank of the Mechanical Array Master division at the Primordial Conference two epochs ago, named Fan Daoyou."

"After committing a mistake, the Empire’s punishment wasn’t originally this severe; he insisted on entering the Ice Star Prison to be punished."

"His master even comes to visit him occasionally, so I can’t really let him die."

Zhao Xing remembered that soon Fan Daoyou would break through to the Reincarnation Realm and be released, sent to develop the Desolate Domain, given his unparalleled talent in array formations, especially adept at deciphering formations from the White Bo Era of the Mesozoic, soon gaining world renown.

Of course, for now, he’s just a criminal who got comrades killed due to his arrogance, with no intentions of being released.

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Time passed as Zhao Xing cultivated at the Ice Star Prison, reaching the ninth year.

"Boom~"

Zhao Xing collected the Five-Finger Mountain, revealing the exhausted Fan Daoyou underneath, now breathless, devoid of spiritual energy, and his life force flickering like a candle in the wind, seeming ready to perish at any moment.

"Go!"

Zhao Xing propelled the 108 mana talismans in the sky into Fan Daoyou’s body.

The other’s aura quickly became robust.

"Swish~" Zhao Xing descended to the pit’s bottom, helping Fan Daoyou up.

"Daoist Brother, I’ve temporarily concluded my cultivation, thank you for your cooperation."

"My life is worthless, you needn’t feel guilty." Nowadays, Fan Daoyou occasionally answered some of Zhao Xing’s questions with a few words.

"No, I must explain clearly to you, Daoist Brother," Zhao Xing said, "The magic technique I practice is the Demon Seed Technique; it seems to do no harm to you, but in truth, it damages one’s lifespan, costing you much of your years over this decade."

"I know." Fan Daoyou scoffed at himself, "It was researching forbidden spells that got so many killed, how could I not know the Spirit Seed Skill of the Minister of Agriculture."