Hearing this, Xiying raised her head slightly and looked at Yuan Ming doubtfully.
Yuan Ming took a deep breath and slowly revealed his plan: "You should have seen the golden hall in the Tiantian Cauldron, right? I have a spiritual treasure in my hand, which is said to be able to forcibly break through the seventh-level magic circle. But just by myself
It is difficult for one person to exert its maximum power, and it is necessary to rely on the power of many powerful Dharma experts."
Hearing this, Xiying's eyes flashed with understanding.
She sat up straight and nodded seriously, expressing her willingness to help.
But her and Yuan Ming's strength alone was still insufficient.
Yuan Ming thought for a while and decided to call Wang Fulong, Zheng Heng and He Xiuwen to help.
For the sake of confidentiality, Yuan Ming first sealed off the five senses of the three people, and then arranged a phantom formation in the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron to cover up the scene in the cauldron, and then brought the three people into the cauldron.
Soon, Yuan Ming led everyone to the spirit-melting array that had been arranged in advance, and everyone found a place to sit down.
Yuan Ming looked far away at the golden hall, took a deep breath, waved his hand, and the Four Sacred Mountains rose into the sky.
Seeing this, Xiying and others immediately activated their magic power, and under the influence of the spirit-melting formation, they gathered the majestic magic power towards Yuan Ming's body.
At the same time, Yuan Ming had a thought in his mind, and saw a verdant World Tree instantly appearing behind everyone. Its branches and leaves swayed gently, emitting a faint spiritual light, and continuously injected majestic spiritual power into Yuan Ming's body.
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Relying on his last experience, Yuan Ming quickly guided the gathered power and began to use Xuanmen's fundamental qi method without waiting for bursts of severe pain from the meridians in his body.
His thoughts were like lightning and his magic power was flowing, and he had already reached the state of perfection.
The Four Mountains' seals rotated rapidly in the air, like a huge swallowing beast, frantically absorbing the mana gathered by everyone.
Soon, it made a deep muffled sound, and a huge cross formation suddenly appeared above everyone's heads, emitting a dazzling light.
The next moment, the cross magic circle suddenly fell down, heavily bombarding the invisible barrier outside the golden hall.
What is unexpected is that countless frost-white auras suddenly appeared on the barrier. These auras intertwined together and actually blocked all the power of the cross formation, preventing it from advancing even an inch.
Yuan Ming frowned slightly when he saw this.
He tried again several times, trying his best every time, but still failed.
The invisible barrier seemed impenetrable, and no matter how they attacked, they could not shake it even in the slightest.
"It seems that our combined power alone is not enough. Perhaps with the help of three or four Dharma Phase Stage monks, we can break through this formation." Yuan Ming sighed and helplessly led everyone away from the Tiantian Cauldron.
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A few days later, Xiying said goodbye and left, heading back to Tianpeng Chamber of Commerce.
Before leaving, she specially left Five Elements Boy in Baidi City to assist Yuan Ming in taking care of the medicine garden, paying special attention to the growth of the innate bitter bamboo.
Yuan Ming watched Xiying's retreating figure, feeling both reluctant and full of expectations for the future.
After her figure disappeared into the sky, he turned around and prepared to find the Five Elements Boy to ask about the progress of the cultivation of bitter bamboo.
As soon as he returned to the city lord's mansion, he saw Nan Shangfeng hurried over and said straight to the point: "Brother Yuan, I plan to return to the Daluo faction."
Yuan Ming was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that Nan Shangfeng had been worried about the situation of his masters and disciples who were taken away by the Three Realms Sect, so he nodded and said: "Since you have this plan, go back and have a look early. If you need my help,
Wherever you are, just open your mouth.”
"Thank you, Brother Yuan, for taking care of me during this time. However, the situation within the Da Luo sect is complicated. I can go back and handle it alone. If Senior Brother and the others see that I am following my advice, it will arouse suspicion and increase trouble." Nan Shangfeng shook his head.
, declined politely.
"Then you should be careful along the way. If you encounter trouble, feel free to call me." Yuan Ming heard this and no longer insisted, but just warned.
Nan Shangfeng saluted Yuan Ming, turned around and left.
Yuan Ming watched him disappear from sight, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Then, he walked towards the medicine garden.
Along the way, the scenery of Baidi City comes into view, with towering ancient trees and the fragrance of flowers. It is a peaceful and peaceful scene.
But Yuan Ming was thinking about the growth of the innate bitter bamboo, and his pace speeded up a bit.
Soon, he came to the medicine garden managed by Five Elements Boy.
I saw the Five Elements boy busy recording something, holding a jade slip in his hand, inputting information into it while talking.
"Master, you are here." When the Five Elements Boy saw Yuan Ming, he hurriedly came up to greet him.
Yuan Ming nodded and asked, "How is the cultivation of the innate bitter bamboo going?"
With that said, he walked towards the place where the bitter bamboo was planted.
The Five Elements Boy followed closely behind, and replied as he walked: "The bitter bamboo is growing well, but it is really difficult to shorten its growth time. I have tried various methods, improved the ratio of spiritual soil, and made a special
I also used many other methods, but they could only shorten the original five-year growth time to one year."
Yuan Ming frowned slightly, took the jade slip handed over by Five Elements Boy and looked through it.
He knew that even one year's growth time was still too long for him to wait for the bitter bamboo to mature.
"After calculating this, it would still take more than 40,000 years for the bitter bamboo to grow to 100,000 years. It is too slow." Yuan Ming sighed.
"Master, I have tried my best. The growth rate of Bamboo Bamboo is limited by the laws of heaven and earth. Even I can't find other ways to increase its growth rate." When the Five Elements Boy heard this, he also showed a look of embarrassment.
While the two of them were talking, they had already arrived at the place where the innate bitter bamboo was planted. Five Elements Boy had specially built a residence here to study and observe the bitter bamboo. It could be said that he was careless.
"That's all, you go ahead and do your work first. I'll take my time to figure out the rest and see if I can find another way." Yuan Ming sighed, knowing that his request might be a bit too much, so he said to the Five Elements Boy.
The Five Elements boy nodded respectfully, saluted Yuan Ming, then turned and left, continuing his patrol work in the medicine garden, taking good care of every spiritual material.
Yuan Ming stared intently at the innate bitter bamboo, observing its growth.
After a while, he walked into the simple residence built by the Five Elements boy.
There were all kinds of classics placed in the house, all of which were the spiritual planter's experiences collected by the Five Elements Boy.
Yuan Ming picked up a book and immersed himself in the sea of books, savoring the wisdom of his predecessors.
When the Five Elements Boy returned from inspecting the medicine garden, Yuan Ming was still immersed in the world of classics, seemingly forgetting the passage of time.
When the Five Elements boy saw this, he didn't dare to disturb him. He just sorted out the classics gently and put them back to their original places one by one so that Yuan Ming could read them at any time.
I don't know how long it took, but Yuan Ming suddenly put down the book in his hand, pointed to a certain content in the book, and asked the Five Elements Boy: "Have you ever carefully studied the secret method of grafting recorded in this article?"
The Five Elements Boy looked in the direction pointed by Yuan Ming. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and replied: "Master, I have indeed read this secret method. However, this method has extremely high requirements for both parties involved in the grafting process.
It can be successful only if it has a good fit. Although I have tried to improve it and lowered the requirements for fit, there are still two major drawbacks.”
"Oh? I'd like to hear the details." Yuan Ming flipped through the research records of Five Elements Boy while showing strong interest.
Five Elements Boy explained: "First, this method requires the spiritual plant to be grafted onto a mother body with a higher age in order to exert its growth-promoting effect. Second, this method will cause great damage to the grafted party. I have experimented many times.
After coming down, not a single spiritual plant can last for more than a month, and then it will quickly wither."
After hearing this, Yuan Ming nodded slightly and fell into deep thought.
After a moment, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he proposed a bold idea: "If the World Tree is used as the grafting matrix, is it feasible?"
As the ancestor of all trees, the World Tree is naturally far older than the Innate Bamboo.
What's more, the vitality contained in it is so powerful that Yuan Ming has only seen it in his life.
Even if a master in the Mahayana realm takes action, he may not be able to hurt him at all.
The Five Elements boy was stunned when he heard this and then thought carefully.
After a while, he also felt that Yuan Ming's idea was quite reasonable and worth a try.
Therefore, Yuan Ming and Five Elements Boy no longer hesitated and immediately started trying.
The grafting process is extremely cumbersome and requires great care to avoid damaging the spirituality of the innate bitter bamboo.
The two of them used a large amount of spiritual fluid as assistance, and each step was carried out carefully.
After spending a month like this, they finally successfully transplanted part of the roots of the Innate Bamboo Bamboo onto the roots of the World Tree through the secret method of grafting.
Fortunately, as Yuan Ming had expected, after the grafting was completed, the power of the World Tree was not damaged at all.
What makes them even more delighted is that the growth rate of the innate bitter bamboo has been greatly improved.
Time flies, and another month has passed.
When Yuan Ming stepped into the medicine garden again, the sight before him surprised him.
It was originally just a solitary root, but now it has turned into a tall and straight green bamboo. Although it is only as long as the forearm and very slender, the aura it exudes is extremely rich, and the ancient aura lingers in it, as if it has gone through countless years.
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After the Five Elements boy observed carefully, he stroked his beard and smiled: "Master, this innate bitter bamboo seems to have undergone some wonderful changes after transplantation and grafting. This change is not bad, but is very beneficial. According to my guess, the bitter bamboo now has
With each year of growth, the spiritual aura accumulated is probably no less than the accumulation in the past hundred years."
"In this way, it only takes a thousand years for this innate bitter bamboo to grow to a hundred thousand years." Yuan Ming was overjoyed when he heard this.
While thinking about it, he circled the green bamboo several times, his eyes full of anticipation.
Afterwards, he solemnly told the Five Elements boy to take good care of the bitter bamboo and report anything unusual to him as soon as possible.
After the arrangements were made, Yuan Ming turned around and left the medicine garden, preparing to continue practicing in seclusion.
However, when he stepped into the quiet training room, he unexpectedly received good news.
"The Moon God Ring has been refined." Kong's voice sounded in his sea of consciousness, with a hint of joy.