Chapter 695: Peculiarities Of The Hong Lin Trees (1/2)

Having learned of the identity of the spirit herb, Lin Mu felt a bit satisfied. It was as if an itch he was unable to scratch for a long time was finally relieved. And it was not any normal itch, it was the itch of curiosity which could only be satisfied by knowledge.

”What do we do it now? Are we not going to eat it?” Little Shrubby questioned.

”Oh we will, but not so fast. It is still not fully grown, when it does it will have a flower on top of it.” Lin Wu spoke.

”A flower? Then will it get a fruit too?” Little Shrubby questioned as drool started to drip from its mouth.

”Um… I don't know. The book doesn't mention it since the author never got to see a Wood Spirit Tulip that was beyond that stage. But perhaps it can grow beyond that and grow a fruit.” Lin Mu spoke.

”Okay,” Little Shrubby replied.

”We'll just have to wait and see.” Lin Mu said before storing the Wood Spirit Tulip that was whipping around back into the ring.

”That was getting annoying…” Lin Mu muttered to himself.

With that out of the way, Lin Mu decided to focus on the task at hand.

”Oh yeah, did you find anymore Hundred year old Hong Lin Trees?” Lin Mu questioned.

”YES! Yes, I did! I found two of them when I saw this spirit herb.” Little Shrubby answered.

”Excellent,” Lin Mu praised while patting his head, ”where are they?” He asked.

”Follow me,” Little Shrubby said and the two of them flew away.

Little Shrubby went back to the north and brought Lin Mu there to a tree that was hidden between tens of similar. If it were anyone that passed by, they would find it indistinguishable from the others.

But to Lin Mu who used his spirit sense, he could tell that it was hundred year old Hong Lin tree.

”Yup, this is a Hundred Year Old Hong Lin Tree alright.” Lin Mu said as he placed his hand over the tree's trunk.

He could sense the vital essence deep within the tree and the warmth that was hidden in it as well.

'Is that fire attribute spirit Qi as well?' Lin Mu wondered, but didn't pay much attention to it.

He didn't have any particular skill that needed fire attribute spirit Qi and thus he didn't really care for it as much. Perhaps in the future when he got more of it he would, but at that point, Lin Mu reckoned he may as well refine the fire attribute spirit Qi himself.

Lin Mu had learned that once his Spleen was fully refined into a five treasured Organ, his rate of refining earth attribute spirit Qi had increased substantially. Thus, with that in mind, he reckoned that each organ that is refined would increase the rate with which elemental spirit Qi can be refined.

Overall it was a rather pleasant surprise to him and he knew that cultivating the Five Treasures realm was a truly good decision. Not only did it increase his body cultivation, but it also boosted his spirit Qi cultivation.

'Body cultivation really was the progenitor of cultivation methods for all humans…' Lin Mu thought to himself.

With that done, he sat down with his back against the Hong Lin Tree and used the cultivation technique to absorb the vital essence. The First King who had made this cultivation technique had named it the 'Embrace Of Hong Lin' and it really was like that.

Not only could the Hong Lin Trees help one in the body tempering realm by providing Vital energy and vital essence. From reading further ahead, Lin Mu knew that one could also cultivate using the fire attribute spirit Qi.

Although the spirit Qi aspect of this technique was far weaker than that of the body cultivation one. There were very few techniques in the world that covered both the body and Qi cultivation, and the 'Embrace Of Hong Lin' could be considered one of the rare few.

Though it wasn't fully efficient seeing as how the spirit Qi that could be obtained from it was less than 10% of the vital essence.

Time passed and when an hour was finally over, Lin Mu had finished absorbing the vital essence from the Hong Lin tree.

”Hmm… the amount this time is less. Barely above a percent taking it to a total of 33% now.” Lin Mu muttered to himself.

He then stood up and looked at Little Shrubby, who had been patiently waiting for him.

”Where's the next tree?” Lin Mu asked.

”Follow me,” Little Shrubby replied, and took him to the next location.