Chen Changxuan held this set of formation flags with some excitement. If it weren't for the fact that his injuries were not healed, he would have wanted to refine them immediately.
"This thing is really useful to me."
"The market price of this set of formation flags is around three thousand spirit stones."
"But I only have thirty-seven spiritual stones on my body now." The old patriarch said, rubbing his hands in embarrassment: "Why don't I owe you the rest first, and I will replenish them for you later."
Chen Nianzhi felt inexplicably trembling in his heart. In order to subsidize the family over the years, the old patriarch had almost exchanged all the spiritual stones for family merit, and basically sold all the magical artifacts that could be sold to support the family.
So much so that today, as one of the only three late-stage foundation-building monks in Yu County, he only has a few dozen spiritual stones in total for all his wealth.
A foundation-building monk is so strapped for money that no one else would believe it if he told it.
His eyes were slightly red, he turned his head away, swallowed and said.
"I will sell this set of formation flags to the family treasury for three thousand meritorious deeds."
"Although my great-uncle doesn't have enough spirit stones, my family has a lot of merits. There is no need to owe anything first."
"..."
When coming out of Lingquan in the back mountain, the sky was getting dark. Chen Nianzhi told the third elder about the general history of his trip and left Qingyuan Mountain.
When he returned to Lingzhou Lake, he found that it was already the end of July, nearly eight months since he left.
"Xiao Nianzhi, you are back."
As soon as he arrived at Lingzhou Lake, he saw an acquaintance who turned out to be his old uncle Chen Changyan.
Chen Nianzhi was stunned at first, and then quickly realized that the person who took over his duties at Lingzhou Lake during this period was this old uncle.
When he thought of this, he quickly walked over to help his old uncle and said with a frown.
"How did Uncle Qinghao do this? He actually asked you to come all the way to Lingzhou Lake."
Chen Changyan's old face tightened: "What's the matter? You still think that I'm such an old man that I can't do things well?"
"How could that be possible?" Chen Nianzhi laughed repeatedly: "I just feel sorry for you as you are getting older. Traveling so far will hurt your body."
"That's pretty cool."
The old uncle showed a smile: "I'm not like your seventh uncle. He had hidden injuries on his body in his early years and left without being able to swallow a breath."
"My health is still good. I can still hold on for a few more years. I can help you juniors by the way."
He took Chen Nianzhi into the island in the middle of the lake, and then said seriously: "I came to Lingzhou Lake mainly to take care of those two children. They are very talented. If their training is wasted, I am afraid they will regret it for the rest of their lives."
"As for taking care of the spiritual fields and elixirs, it's just a matter of convenience."
Chen Nianzhi nodded. The old uncle has brought the younger generations to the family for decades. Most of the monks of Chen Jiaqing and Nianzi have led the path of practice. He is indeed more suitable to enlighten the two brothers and sisters than him.
The two of them walked forward and soon arrived at the courtyard where he lived, and the peach tree in front of the courtyard was already emitting a strong fragrance.
At this moment, the spiritual peach tree is already covered with spiritual peaches. With Chen Nianzhi's current cultivation level, it can be seen at a glance that the number of spiritual peaches produced this year is much larger than in previous years.
"This spiritual peach tree..."
Looking at the peach tree, Chen Nianzhi said with some joy.
The old uncle nodded: "This spiritual peach tree has broken through the first-level mid-level, and it has produced 103 spiritual peaches this year."
"I'm afraid this spiritual peach tree is no longer an ordinary spiritual plant."
"This tree must have received great blessings and turned into the legendary spiritual roots. The roots and feet have been greatly different."
The old man has lived for more than 110 years and has seen a lot. He knows much more than Chen Nianzhi, so he said with some joy in his eyes.
From his words, Chen Nianzhi roughly understood what spiritual roots were.
Spiritual roots are a general term for a special type of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, which are usually divided into innate spiritual roots, acquired spiritual roots, and heaven and earth spiritual roots.
Needless to say, the innate spiritual root is a truly supreme treasure. Even in the legendary fairy world, it is a treasure used by top powers to suppress luck.
Acquired spiritual roots are also called immortal plants. Although they are not as good as innate spiritual roots, they are still the treasure that the immortals long for. In the entire Ziyin world, there is only the Ziyin sacred tree, the most precious treasure in the world.
Legend has it that the Ziyin Sacred Tree will drop a divine fruit every three thousand years. The divine fruit can assist monks in the Yuanshen Realm to ascend and break through to the realm of immortal gods.
The spiritual roots of heaven and earth are much inferior to the spiritual roots of acquired heaven, but they are also very rare in the Ziyin world. They are basically occupied by major sects and powerful forces.
After the old man finished speaking, Chen Nianzhi showed a look of ecstasy: "Is this tree really the spiritual root of heaven and earth?"
"About the news about spiritual roots, I only learned about it by occasionally reading ancient books." Chen Changyan shook his head and said uncertainly: "But it is said that after the spiritual plant is promoted to the spiritual root of heaven and earth, before it reaches the fifth level, the growth rate will be
Soon."
"It takes ten years to reach the second level, fifty years to reach the third level Zifu level, and even to reach the fourth level Jindan level, it only takes two hundred years."
"We just need to see if he can be promoted to the second level within ten years."
After hearing what he said, Chen Nianzhi calmed down: "It seems that Lingzhou Lake needs to be kept more secret in the future and not allowed to be exposed to too many tribesmen."
The old uncle also nodded: "The spiritual roots of heaven and earth have the effect of transforming spiritual energy. If this is really a spiritual root, after it breaks through the second level, the spiritual veins of Lingzhou Lake will gradually reach the second level."
"When the time comes, let the clan leader set up a second-level killing formation here, then we should be able to ensure that this place is safe."
The two chatted for a while, both smiling with joy. It was hard to say whether this spiritual peach tree was the spiritual root of heaven and earth, but the harvest in front of them was real.
This year, one hundred and three spiritual peaches were produced, which is worth more than 500 spiritual stones. When the peach tree reaches the first-level high-grade, the number of spiritual peaches produced every year will increase by 70 to 80%, and then the annual income will increase.
Reach eight or nine hundred spirit stones.
Seeing the great harvest of spiritual peaches, Chen Nianzhi was in a good mood. He personally picked a few ripe spiritual peaches to entertain Chen Changyan.
The old man was a little reluctant and took only one spiritual peach. He only took a small bite of it and gave the rest to the two brothers, Xian Ling and Xian Yan.
While feeding the two brothers and sisters, he had a smile on his face.
"It is said that precious spiritual trees are valuable assets. Many immortal clans can ensure long-lasting prosperity if they have one."
"I didn't believe it before, but after seeing your peach tree, I realized that what you said was true."
Chen Nianzhi said helplessly: "Old uncle, there is nothing else in my Lingzhou Lake except that there is not a lot of shortage of Ling peaches."
"It's rare for you to come here, so you'd better try it more often. Just think of it as my return to you for the grace of preaching."
It has been more than nineteen years since he came to this world, and the people Chen Nianzhi is most grateful for are actually Chen Changyan and his seventh uncle Chen Changqing.
The seventh uncle Chen Changqing has always been very kind to Chen Nianzhi. The three treasures he left behind, namely the Green Leaf Sword, the Golden Armor Talisman, and the Red Flame Talisman, helped Chen Nianzhi survive several difficult battles.