Translator: AnubisTL
Jiu'er had built a nest among the Medicinal Field Peaks and was still sound asleep, utterly undisturbed by any commotion.
"Hmm, these spirit herbs are growing remarkably fast. Could it be because we're in the spirit realm?"
Li Qing quickly noticed that the spirit herbs planted in the medicinal gardens had grown significantly taller, their vitality surging with extraordinary vigor.
"Indeed, the spirit realm truly is a treasure trove. No wonder the great dao flourishes here."
"I've only been in this realm for a short time, yet these spirit herbs, which grow painstakingly slowly in the lower realm, already possess nearly a century's worth of growth!"
Deeply astonished, Li Qing found this phenomenon almost unbelievable. While a single day-night cycle in the spirit realm was equivalent to several days in the lower realm, such rapid growth still seemed impossible.
"If the spirit realm's environment is like this, must high-grade spirit herbs be as common as weeds?"
Frowning, Li Qing sensed something amiss.
"Could this be due to the immortal mansion itself?"
Having only cultivated the third layer of the Universal Treasure Manual, he hadn't yet fully mastered the Heavenly Wonder Immortal Mansion. He couldn't definitively determine if this was the cause.
Just then, Li Qing realized Jiu'er wasn't merely asleep. Though her breathing was long and steady, she was undergoing a metamorphosis!
"Hiss... So she's beginning her metamorphosis. It seems even in the spirit realm, she's gained significant benefits."
With a thought, Li Qing appeared in another medicinal field, where Qilin Purple Blood Ginseng was cultivated.
These ginseng roots had now grown into small humanoid shapes, no longer resembling their initial fibrous, root-like form.
"While they've changed somewhat, their growth rate still lags far behind other spirit herbs. Could it be because they were planted relatively recently?"
Probably not!
Li Qing descended to the base of Medicinal Field Peak, where a beehive had been established. The Fire Jade Beehive he had brought from the lower realm was now housed here.
The Fire Jade Bee Queen had already reached the third-tier spirit insect level, still some distance from the fourth tier, but not too far off.
"Although the Fire Jade Bee Queen has also undergone some changes in the spirit realm, she hasn't experienced a full metamorphosis like Jiu'er."
"The same goes for the Golden Silk Silkworms I brought here—their transformations have been minimal."
After assessing the condition of all the spirit herbs and spirit insects within the Heavenly Wonder Immortal Mansion, Li Qing's mind raced. He seemed to be grasping something crucial.
"The reason these spirit insects and herbs are undergoing such transformations likely isn't due to the Heavenly Wonder Immortal Mansion itself, but rather their origins."
"Whether it's the spirit herbs in the medicinal field or Jiu'er, they share one thing in common: they all originate from the World of Eternal Night!"
"That's right! Time flows three times faster in the World of Eternal Night compared to the human realm, while seven days in the human realm equal only one day in the spirit realm!"
"Calculating the time flow difference between the spirit realm and the World of Eternal Night, it's approximately twenty-one times faster."
Li Qing boldly made a deduction: he speculated that ancient spirit herb seeds brought from the World of Eternal Night to the spirit realm would mature at twenty times the normal rate!
In other words, planting them for just ten years would yield spirit herbs with a medicinal age equivalent to two hundred years!
After another fifty years, the spirit herbs in his medicinal garden would become exceedingly rare millennial spirit herbs!
This hypothesis made Li Qing's heart pound wildly. He took a deep breath to calm himself.
"Indeed, when objects from the World of Eternal Night are brought to the human realm, they undergo changes. However, because the great dao environment in the lower realm isn't particularly flourishing and time flows only three times faster, the changes are relatively minor and difficult to detect."
"Still, whether this theory holds true will only be confirmed after observing them for a few more years."
"If these spirit herbs continue to grow at such an astonishing rate, then my hypothesis should be about eighty to ninety percent accurate."
With this thought, Li Qing suddenly remembered something and quickly descended to the space beneath the Medicinal Field Peaks.
This was where he had planted the blood lotus. The blood pool was once again empty, but as Li Qing had anticipated, the lotus had undergone a significant transformation. The entire underground space was now dominated by its petals, with a massive crimson lotus throne occupying the bottom.
However, due to the lack of fresh blood, the eerie blood lotus appeared somewhat withered, desperately craving blood of all kinds.
Seeing this, Li Qing remained silent for a long moment before expanding the space slightly and layering multiple restrictions to seal it off.
"The immediate priority is to repair my meridians and restore my cultivation and mana. Then, I'll make full use of that fifth-tier weasel to earn enough merit points for Old Man Jian to refine a Dustfall Pill for me."
"After everything settles down, I'll need to devise a proper plan to exploit the resources of the World of Eternal Night."
Li Qing had never imagined that the World of Eternal Night would remain so valuable even after reaching the spirit realm—even surpassing its worth in the lower realm.
The time dilation alone, and its impact on the growth of spirit herbs and ancient seeds, would likely benefit him for life.
If not for the formation's surveillance within the city, Li Qing would have already teleported to the World of Eternal Night, turned the entire realm upside down, and collected every ancient spirit seed to plant in the spirit realm!
After leaving the Heavenly Wonder Immortal Mansion, Li Qing carefully stored the mansion away and began to heal his injuries.
For the next twenty days, Li Qing remained in his cave abode, never stepping outside.
Finally, his meridians were just one step away from fully reconnecting, but Li Qing forcibly suppressed the process.
He feared that if his mana fully recovered to the divine transformation realm, it would immediately trigger a heavenly tribulation.
Though he was eager to witness the power of a tribulation amplified several times over, the risk of death deterred him. He ultimately kept his mana at the peak nascent soul stage.
Just as Li Qing retrieved the weasel, preparing to dismantle it completely and refine it into a spirit treasure, another idea struck him.
"If I plant some spirit herb seeds in the World of Eternal Night and let the realm's environment erode them for a time, then bring them back, would the seeds become assimilated by the World of Eternal Night's environment?"
The thought took root and quickly spiraled out of control. Li Qing genuinely believed this idea held great potential.
Even if he failed, the worst that could happen was losing some spirit herb seeds—a relatively minor loss.
Compared to high-grade spirit herbs, Spirit Seeds weren't particularly valuable and could be easily collected in large quantities.
With this in mind, Li Qing resolved to check the city for Spirit Seeds as soon as he returned.
Although it was a small frontier city of the human race, it was still located in the spirit realm. He figured that rare spirit herb seeds wouldn't be too scarce.
(End of the Chapter)
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