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Chapter 41: The Vegetation Spirit

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"What's a Vegetation Spirit?" Shen Ying questioned. No matter which angle she looked from, the thing still looked like a radish to her.

"A Vegetation Spirit is a spirit formed from Vegetation Spirit Qi," Lonemoon explained. "While spirit herbs contain Spirit Qi, they have no way of gaining sentience. But if they grow in a place with an exceptional population of spirit herbs, the thick Wood Spirit Qi can cause the spirit herbs to turn into a Vegetation Spirit. The chances of that happening are negligible, though. This is the first time I'm coming across one myself."

"Oh, then what use are they?" It's a radish after all.

"Of course they're useful!" Lonemoon exclaimed agitatedly. Fixing his eyes on the Vegetation Spirit in her hands, he continued, "It's formed from the Spirit Qi of many spirit herbs. Naturally, it'll be able to sense other spirit herbs. In other words, as long as we keep it with us, we'll be able to locate all the spirit herbs in the mystic realm."

"Well..." It seemed that what Shen Ying was holding was a special GPS for vegetables.

"It's said that we can use its flower to refine and upgrade our pills," Yi Qing chimed in as he, too, studied the Vegetation Spirit.

"It flowers?" Shen Ying's eyes widened. It's a potted plant?

"But this Vegetation Spirit doesn't look like it's about to bloom anytime soon."

"Ji ji ji..." But just as Yi Qing finished speaking, the radish began to twist and turn in Shen Ying's hands. She had no choice but to release it and the Vegetation Spirit fell to the ground. Immediately, it began to contract its entire body. Even its leaves began to roll up and it looked like it was using every ounce of energy it had. It began to cry out in spurts, "Ji... ji..."

Er... Is it constipated?

"Ji!" After all this while, the radish suddenly stood upright. Its leaves unfolded as out of its head sprung something white as snow...

"A dandelion!" How did this dandelion come out of the radish? Is it mutating?

"It's... it's flowering!" Yi Qing exclaimed.

"Ji." The radish rolled its leaves back in and plucked the dandelion off of its head. It then handed the dandelion to Shen Ying as if begging for her approval. "Ji ji."

"I don't want it." A dandelion would get all over her clothes.

"This is... a Thousand Leaves Vegetation Spirit!" Yi Qing was now even more excited than before. Regular Vegetation Spirits could upgrade pills, but the flower of a Thousand Leaves Vegetation Spirit was synonymous with a supreme-grade pill. Any pill that was refined with this flower would automatically be upgraded to a supreme-grade one.

"No wonder even a Traveling Immortal from the Upper Azure World was sent to this mystic realm." Lonemoon finally understood what the three people who entered the mystic realm just before them had been looking for.

"They are here to find this Vegetation Spirit?" Yi Qing asked.

"I think so." Lonemoon nodded. "I've heard that among the top four aristocratic families in the Upper Azure World, there is one that specialises in refining pills. The cultivators from that family are mostly core cultivators who specialise in refining pills. The family owns the only Thousand Leaves Vegetation Spirit in the world and it's their treasure."