novelraw Chapter 234 : [Spirit Vein: lv3]; Millennium Spirit Milk
Chapter 234 : [Spirit Vein: lv3]; Millennium Spirit Milk
Chapter 234: [Spirit Vein: lv3]; Millennium Spirit Milk
Ji Yuan’s first order of business upon returning to Misty Island was, of course, to check on the big toad’s injuries.
He swept his Divine Sense over it repeatedly, several times, but found no fatal wounds.
Thankfully... Ji Yuan pulled out three or four bottles of Detox Pills from his storage pouch and poured them out—over a dozen pills in total—plus five Qi‑Blood Pills enhanced with Tempering Aperture Pearls.
He stuffed them all, in one go, right into the big toad’s mouth.
After that, there was no need to bother anymore. He would just wait for it to slowly recover on its own.
Then, Ji Yuan released the Ice Flood Dragon. Along the way, aside from letting it out once inside the ancient battlefield for a fight—well, technically, it only took a hit from a Stardust Kill and got injured...
The rest of the time it had been confined inside the Spiritual Beast Pouch, completely pent up.
So the moment it was released, it became extremely excited. It was about to run off to play with the big toad, but the moment it saw the wounds on the toad’s body... it looked up to the sky and let out a dragon’s roar.
Ji Yuan was its master, and the two shared a mental connection, so naturally, he could understand what the Ice Flood Dragon meant.
‘It’s fine if it’s the one who injures the big toad, but if someone else does it—no way!’
Ji Yuan ignored the Ice Flood Dragon’s wailing.
Because even if the big toad actually woke up, those two were born to fight each other.
“Come here.”
Ji Yuan waved to Tu Yue, who was feeding pigs in the distance. Tu Yue poured the remaining spiritual grain husks in her hands and walked over to Ji Yuan with a smile.
A year ago, when he hadn’t seen her for a while, Tu Yue’s body would always turn dry, her hair yellowing with it.
But ever since the [Grave Mound] was built, that never happened again.
Right now, Tu Yue was brimming with vitality—glossy black hair, dewy skin, and those bright, sparkling eyes.
Every time Ji Yuan saw her, he couldn’t resist the urge to pinch her cheeks.
“Let me see this year’s harvest.”
As Ji Yuan issued the command, Tu Yue obediently went to carry it out.
First, she handed Ji Yuan six storage pouches, then pointed toward the [Cave Dwelling], indicating she needed to go there.
Ji Yuan first scanned the six storage pouches with his Divine Sense... Good heavens—completely full, not a single gap, and most of them were packed with perishable Spiritual Pigs, Spiritual Chickens, and Spiritual Fish.
The rest—those that wouldn’t spoil—weren’t stored in these.
So without Tu Yue needing to explain, Ji Yuan already knew what was going on.
Having been away for a year, the output had exceeded the storage capacity of the pouches, so Tu Yue used the [Cave Dwelling] as a warehouse to store the excess.
“Let’s go take a look.”
Ji Yuan stepped forward, wrapped his arm around Tu Yue’s slender waist, and with a few steps, arrived at the [Cave Dwelling] entrance.
Unlike before, when Ji Yuan was home—
Back then, Ji Yuan mostly stayed inside the [Cave Dwelling], and Tu Yue wouldn’t come here unless ordered. But now that Ji Yuan wasn’t around, things were different.
The entire Misty Island was under Tu Yue’s control.
So she often came and went, clearing out the weeds around the Cave Dwelling and planting flowers instead. She even paved the ground with crushed stone, turning it into a small path of bluestone.
Ji Yuan looked at this scene, and before he even entered, he couldn’t help glancing at Tu Yue again.
This wasn’t some Corpse Servant—no, even a Dao Companion couldn’t compare to this.
Looking at her, Ji Yuan couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion.
“If only you had consciousness...”
But then again, if Tu Yue had consciousness, she probably wouldn’t go this far. Not to mention anything else—just feeding chickens and pigs and farming every day... what female cultivator could endure that?
Perhaps Dong Qian could—but likely only out of novelty.
A day or two might be fine, but over time, she definitely wouldn’t be happy.
“You really are the best.”
Ji Yuan sighed inwardly, gave Tu Yue’s cheek another pinch, and then led the way into the [Cave Dwelling].
As soon as he entered, Ji Yuan noticed something slightly different.
Clean. Tidy.
None of the structures or arrangements had been changed. After all, Ji Yuan’s command to Tu Yue was only to keep the place neat and clean.
With just a sweep of his Divine Sense, Ji Yuan immediately knew what was stored inside.
Inside the stone chambers like the Formation Room, Enlightenment Room, and Talisman Room, large sacks were piled everywhere. And what were inside these sacks?
This year’s harvested “Spiritual Wheat,” and a smaller portion of “Spiritual Grain” harvested from the paddies.
As for items produced by the buildings, like “Water Essence Dew,” “Icy Soul Cold Dew,” “Blood Essence,” and the like—
Tu Yue had placed them all inside the [Spirit Vein], allowing the rich spiritual energy within to nourish them.
And what of Ji Yuan’s most cherished [Spirit Vein]?
Ji Yuan currently had a level 2 [Spirit Vein], capable of producing 10 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and 100 Lower-Grade Spirit Stones per day.
He had been away for about a year, meaning over 3,600 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones were generated—
Plus over 36,000 Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.
It had completely packed his already-not-spacious [Spirit Vein] to the brim.
Some Spirit Stones, unable to grow further due to space constraints, were even pushed out from the walls and fell to the floor.
As a result, the entire floor of the [Spirit Vein] was carpeted with Spirit Stones!
When Ji Yuan appeared in front of the [Spirit Vein] and saw this scene, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes.
This kind of sight... how many times can one witness it in a lifetime?
And the Spirit Stones covering the floor weren’t just Lower-Grade ones—there were quite a few Middle-Grade Spirit Stones mixed in.
Along with jade bottles containing Icy Soul Cold Dew and Water Essence Dew, jade boxes holding Blood Essence, and the Wishful Wine and Peerless Wine produced by the [Wine Cellar], all lying among the Spirit Stones—
This wasn’t a [Spirit Vein]—this was a treasure vault!
Perhaps Ji Yuan had arrived at just the right moment. He hadn’t even stood there long when he witnessed a new batch of Spirit Stones growing from the vein... today’s production.
10 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, plus 100 Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.
Thus, Ji Yuan watched with his own eyes as a “Spirit Stone Rain” fell inside the [Spirit Vein]!
Ji Yuan had to admit—his eyes turned red upon seeing this.
His eyes were practically glowing!
He even let out a howl and dove forward, flopping into the [Spirit Vein].
Rolling across the floor covered in Spirit Stones.
Was it uncomfortable?
No—this wasn’t discomfort—this was the aroma of Spirit Stones!
Brimming with joy, Ji Yuan rolled around a few times to release his excitement, then picked up a small bottle of Icy Soul Cold Dew from nearby—it contained five drops.
He downed it in one gulp, then immediately began circulating his cultivation method, absorbing the spiritual energy from the Spirit Stones beneath him.
“Damn it, this is what cultivation should be like!”
“What kind of miserable days was I living before!”
As he sighed inwardly, Ji Yuan also took out the wine from his storage pouch and had Tu Yue bring it to the [Wine Cellar].
After cultivating like this for four or five days, and finishing the five drops of Icy Soul Cold Dew, Ji Yuan finally emerged from the [Spirit Vein], thoroughly satisfied.
He also packed up all the Spirit Stones and various treasures that were stored inside.
Plus the items Tu Yue had previously handed him—by now, the resources Ji Yuan had on him were too many to count.
If Real Person Heaven Silkworm hadn’t risked everything to give Ji Yuan his storage pouch during the last journey...
With all this harvest, Ji Yuan’s own pouch would never have held it all.
But now, it wasn’t an issue. Even if it doubled, it would still fit!
Once everything was sorted, Ji Yuan didn’t rush to leave the [Spirit Vein].
One of his main reasons for returning this time was to upgrade the [Spirit Vein]—for which he had gone as far as spending a fortune to buy 10 drops of Millennium Spirit Milk at the Lanshan City auction.
At this thought, Ji Yuan summoned the panel for a look.
【Spirit Vein: lv3 (Upgradeable)】
【Spirit Effect 1: Spiritual energy concentration +200% within a five-li radius.】
【Spirit Effect 2: Produces 100 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and 1000 Lower-Grade Spirit Stones daily.】
【Spirit Effect 3: Produces 1 drop of “Millennium Spirit Milk” per month.】
【Upgrade Requirements: 80 Upper-Grade Spirit Stones, 1000 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, 10000 Lower-Grade Spirit Stones, 10 drops of Millennium Spirit Milk. (Fulfilled)】
Originally, even acquiring 80 Upper-Grade Spirit Stones was a difficult task, but unexpectedly, Real Person Heaven Silkworm still risked his life to deliver them to Ji Yuan.
With that, it was no longer a problem.
Ji Yuan took out the Spirit Stones from his storage pouch and arranged them one by one within the [Spirit Vein].
Finally, he retrieved the jade bottle containing the 10 drops of Millennium Spirit Milk.
Looking at the multitude of Spirit Stones before him—saying he wasn’t heartbroken would’ve been a lie.
Especially those Upper-Grade Spirit Stones—converted to Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, that would be 8000 pieces. Adding the rest, just the stones alone had cost him nearly 10,000—and that was excluding the 10 drops of Millennium Spirit Milk.
But there was no helping it. For greater benefits in the future, he had to invest now.
‘Panel, give me... Upgrade!’
Ji Yuan gritted his teeth, and just like that, over 10,000 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones’ worth of resources turned into ashes before his very eyes.
And literally, turned to ashes.
It made his heart clench.
But the changes that followed were immediately evident. First, the spiritual energy within the [Spirit Vein] surged for an instant, and the released aura became noticeably denser.
Quantitatively speaking, it had doubled.
Then came the Spirit Stones inside the [Spirit Vein].
100 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and 1000 Lower-Grade Spirit Stones directly sprouted from the walls, like bamboo shoots breaking through the soil.
Ji Yuan turned his head just in time to see a drop of milky white Millennium Spirit Milk appear out of thin air at the center of the [Spirit Vein].
He casually summoned it to his hand and stored it in a jade bottle, placing it together with the remaining three drops he had.
Success!
[Spirit Vein] upgraded to level 3. Ji Yuan then looked at the upgrade effects for level 4.
【Spirit Vein: lv4 (Not Upgradeable)】
【Spirit Effect 1: Spiritual energy concentration +500% within a 20-li radius.】
【Spirit Effect 2: Produces 1 Upper-Grade Spirit Stone, 1000 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, and 10000 Lower-Grade Spirit Stones daily.】
【Spirit Effect 3: Produces 1 drop of “Ten Thousand-Year Spirit Milk” per year.】
【Upgrade Requirements: 1 Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone; 800 Upper-Grade Spirit Stones; 10000 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones; 100000 Lower-Grade Spirit Stones; 5 drops of Ten Thousand-Year Spirit Milk; 100 drops of Millennium Spirit Milk. (Not Fulfilled)】
Ji Yuan glanced at the panel and saw a long string of zeroes.
Alright, the last time he saw so many zeros was... he instinctively frowned and shrank his head back.
Ten Thousand-Year Spirit Milk... It wasn’t that the milk literally required ten thousand years to form—just like the Millennium Spirit Milk or the millennium herbs used to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.
It referred to the immense spiritual energy contained within.
A single drop of Ten Thousand-Year Spirit Milk was said to instantly replenish more than half of a Nascent Soul cultivator’s spiritual energy.
Let alone a Golden Core cultivator—one drop would be enough to make it overflow.
As always, the upgrade conditions were ridiculously difficult.
Upon closer thought, the long string of zeros wasn’t too bad. Comparatively, the hardest part was that one Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone, along with the Millennium and Ten Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.
Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones—those might not even be produced by high-quality Spirit Veins.
To put it plainly, even Nascent Soul cultivators might not have one in hand.
So as far as Ji Yuan was concerned, he didn’t need to even think about upgrading the [Spirit Vein] during Foundation Establishment Stage.
He would at least have to wait until after the Golden Core Stage.
But for now, a level 3 [Spirit Vein] was more than enough to sustain his cultivation needs.
Closing the panel, Ji Yuan—now in great spirits—pulled out a pot of Wishful Wine, took small sips, and began inspecting the other buildings.
All of them had been filled by Tu Yue with Spiritual Wheat and Spiritual Grain, and that was still last year’s harvest.
This year’s harvest... would probably come very soon.
Earlier, when Ji Yuan entered the cave, his Divine Sense had swept across the [Spiritual Fields] on the mountain.
With the “Spiritual Soil” produced by the [Chicken Coop] as cultivation medium, the crops were thriving luxuriantly, and among them were several Corpse Servants at work.
Some weeding, some pest-removing, others fertilizing.
Oh right—speaking of Corpse Servants.
Ji Yuan suddenly remembered he still had quite a few corpses in his storage pouch.
Among them was the injured Yin Child who needed to return to the [Grave Mound] for recovery—and also Real Person Heaven Silkworm, whose body was only half left... Could that still be considered a Golden Core Real Person’s corpse?
If so, and with some luck, if Real Person Heaven Silkworm’s corpse underwent Corpse Transformation and became a Corpse Servant...
Wouldn’t that mean he’d have a mid-Golden Core level enforcer by his side?
The more Ji Yuan thought about it, the more wonderful it sounded.
So after leaving the [Cave Dwelling], he headed westward straight to the western [Grave Mound].
Along the way, he passed the [Fish Pond]. A quick scan with his Divine Sense revealed it was full of Spiritual Fish. Some had even mutated into ice-type Spiritual Fish, but no new Ice Flood Dragon had been born.
It seemed he would have to rely on the two bottles of Flood Dragon Essence Blood in his storage pouch.
Stimulate them a bit and see if a new Ice Flood Dragon could be bred.
But once Ji Yuan arrived at the western part of Misty Island, it was a different story. The buildings here were mainly just two: the [Grave Mound] and the [Bee Nest].
The [Grave Mound] accumulated Yin Energy that permeated the surroundings, so much so that a faint mist drifted through the forest.
The temperature here was noticeably lower than the rest of the island, and even the sky seemed a bit darker.
Walking here, Ji Yuan got the feeling that a ghost could leap out at any moment.
He released his Divine Sense for a scan—on the hillside, the Corpse Servants were already numbered up to “Twelve,” but aside from Yin Child, there still wasn’t a second Foundation Establishment-stage Corpse Servant.
The few at the Qi Refining stage weren’t very useful—he could only leave them on the island to tend to the fields.
Ji Yuan took the injured Yin Child out of the storage pouch and instructed: “Dig a hole and bury yourself.”
Yin Child obediently complied, even producing a voice from his throat, manipulated by Ji Yuan.
“Th... thank you.”
Then he began casting spells to dig into the forest soil.
“Oh right—dig one more hole and bury this corpse, too.”
Ji Yuan then took out the corpse of Real Person Heaven Silkworm. Although only half remained, there was no harm in burying it and trying it out.
“Remember to dig deep—bury this body deeper. You two can be neighbors, keep each other company.”
With the instructions done, Ji Yuan no longer bothered.
Corpse Servants should behave like Corpse Servants—he couldn’t be expected to handle everything himself.
Then, Ji Yuan turned to the nearby [Bee Nest]. As soon as he entered, he was swarmed by the sky-darkening Spirit-Devouring Bees.
Accompanied by a loud buzzing sound, Ji Yuan felt like his chest was about to be shattered.
He quickly summoned the Queen Bee to calm the swarm, and only then did the pressure ease. A quick Divine Sense scan—
Previously, Ji Yuan had taken 16,000 bees with him, leaving 6,000 behind.
But now?
Nearly 20,000 more had been birthed inside the [Bee Nest]...
There were also 5 Second-Tier Spirit-Devouring Bees.
Ji Yuan released all the Spirit-Devouring Bees from his Spiritual Beast Pouch in one breath. In an instant, the sky was darkened.
36,000 First-Tier Spirit-Devouring Bees, plus 12 Second-Tier Spirit-Devouring Bees.
As for the Queen Bee—it had consumed who knows how many Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, and its cultivation had reached the late Second Tier, the same level as the Great Toad.
Had it not stayed within the [Bee Nest] the whole time... even the Great Toad would have avoided it.
‘Not to mention anything else—just unleashing these Spirit-Devouring Bees would be enough to dominate the Foundation Establishment Stage.’
‘As for those two thieves who barged in the other day, heh...’
These past few days, Ji Yuan had purposely stayed on the island to cultivate and hadn’t rushed to seek out Dong Qian, partly for this reason.
He wanted to see if that “Senior Brother Huang” would seek out Real Person Hunter Owl and come back for revenge.
But several days had passed without any movement—seemed they wouldn’t be returning.
Ji Yuan first had the Spirit-Devouring Bees circle a few laps over the forest to get a feel for them and let them become familiar with being controlled.
Then he fed them 100 pieces of Middle-Grade Spirit Stones.
‘Hmm... The older Spirit-Devouring Bees are fine to control, but the newly born ones are still unfamiliar. I’ll need to schedule a separate session to train them, otherwise they won’t be able to fight at full strength when the time comes.’
Having finished inspecting the [Bee Nest], Ji Yuan walked up the slope to stroll through the [Spiritual Fields].
The crops were growing robustly. Ji Yuan even patted the Corpse Servants’ shoulders in a very “supervisory” fashion, urging them to work hard.
Then he headed to the peak of the mountain and leapt down with a single jump.
With a loud “bang,” both his legs sank deep into the soil.
Doing something he hadn’t done in a while—Ji Yuan had only one word to say: 爽!
And by jumping down from the mountaintop, he landed once more beside the [Fish Pond].
Since he was already here, it was time to test whether the Flood Dragon Essence Blood could cultivate a new Ice Flood Dragon.