Chapter 497 - Chapter 497: Chapter 489: The Power of a Single Finger (1/2)

Chapter 497: Chapter 489: The Power of a Single Finger

The Ancient Banyan Tree likely had developed a certain level of sentience, or perhaps, because of the long-time benefits it received from Qin Niu, it had come to consider him as a good friend. Helping Qin Niu become stronger allowed it to gain even more benefits.

Many plants and wild animals have this kind of symbiotic relationship.

For example, rhinoceroses rely on small birds to get rid of parasites on their bodies. Or the mongooses and drongos that utilize the drongos as sentinels.

Actually, when the drongo acts as a sentinel for the mongoose, it also expects a reward.

When the mongoose digs up insects from the ground, if it does not give any to the drongo, the bird will deliberately make an eagle’s warning call, giving the mongoose a false alarm. The frightened mongoose will drop its food and flee back into its burrow.

Then, the drongo would eat the insects the mongoose just dug up.

Plants also have such symbiotic relationships. There is a very special Hook Vine that has no roots and can only grow on large trees by absorbing nutrients from them. However, inside its leaves are natural insecticidal components. When some pests land on the tree to nibble at the leaves, the Hook Vine emits chemical signals to deliberately lure the pests to eat its leaves first.

Although its leaves would get damaged by the insects, those insects would quickly be poisoned and die, thus sparing the large tree from pest harm.

Over time, some pests that have suffered would pass on the information that this kind of tree is inedible to their offspring.

Their descendants, upon seeing this kind of tree, would automatically steer clear and not dare to nibble it.

Every day, as Qin Niu practiced the Everlasting Spring Technique beneath the Ancient Banyan Tree, some energy would seep out and be absorbed by it. This energy allowed the Ancient Banyan Tree to grow quickly.

Furthermore, every time he completed his practice and departed, he would repay the kindness by infusing a bit of the Everlasting Spring Technique’s cultivation power into the tree.

Having received benefits many times, the Ancient Banyan Tree had come to regard Qin Niu as a very important ‘friend’.

At this moment, benefitting from the continuous support of the Ancient Banyan Tree, Qin Niu came to understand the meaning of the saying that those who seek the path receive abundant help.

He firmly seized the opportunity and kept pushing against the threshold of the Spirit Qi Realm.

In the Innate Realm, the cultivation power is stored in the body in an initial state of True Qi, primarily within the Dantian and the meridians.

By the peak of the Innate Realm, the Dantian is utterly full of True Qi.

Qin Niu knew very little about the higher Spirit Qi Realm.

He only knew that an expert of the Spirit Qi Realm could easily kill ten at the peak of the Innate Realm.

Although the gap appeared to be slight, the difference in strength was vast.

Moreover, reaching the Spirit Qi Realm meant nearly stepping half into the Immortal Gate, having the ability to truly grasp many of the mysteries of an Immortal Master.

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As time passed, Qin Niu’s Alchemy Stove displayed three marvelous colors.

It had also grown to the size of a bushel, and when it rotated, its power was extremely formidable.

“Coalesce!”

He uttered a single word from his mouth.

The rapidly spinning Alchemy Stove began to shrink bit by bit. The energy of the three colors sank down respectively, eventually forming three legs.

One leg was azure, the cooling energy provided by the Ancient Banyan Tree at the critical moment. One leg was a fiery red, the essence of flame transformed from the Fire Lotus. The last leg was blue, the coldness condensed from the Ice Lotus.

The Alchemy Stove eventually shrunk to the size of three inches, with the three legs’ colors vividly defined, as the entire Alchemy Stove slowly entered Qin Niu’s Dantian in his abdomen.

The moment the Alchemy Stove was situated in the Dantian, his aura surged dramatically, his presence as if a deity descended to the mortal realm.

The entire ascension to the Spirit Qi Realm was surprisingly effortless.

Qin Niu felt the various changes brought about by the new realm.

Firstly, his spiritual power had more than doubled and was still growing. Secondly, he could feel the True Qi inside his body become more cohesive and lighter, and when he controlled them, it was even more flexible.

He snapped his fingers.

Chi!

A powerful aura shot out from his fingertip, striking the ground not far away.

Bang!