Reincarnated as a Ginkgo Tree: I Create an Eternal Divine Kingdom - Chapter 16

In Su Mu’s view, the Snow Spirit Mink should be the most powerful in terms of combat strength.

The Ironback Ape was indeed strong.

But the Snow Spirit Mink had its Phantom Snow Eyes and was incredibly fast.

If they were to truly fight, the Ironback Ape wouldn’t even have a chance to get close to the Snow Spirit Mink.

“It’s about time to give these guys some names,” Su Mu thought to himself.

Naming them didn’t seem difficult to him.

He could name them based on their abilities.

The Snow Spirit Mink would be called “Phantom Snow.”

The White Spirit Python would be “Mist.”

The Ironback Ape would be “Vajra.”

As for the ten Spirit Crows…

“The ultimate form of the Spirit Crows should be the Golden Crow,” Su Mu mused, “Might as well call you all Jin Da, Jin Er, Jin San…”

When Su Mu conveyed these names to the spirit beasts through his thoughts, they were all overjoyed, even excited.

The reason for their excitement wasn’t because the names were particularly good.

In their simple minds, Su Mu giving them names meant he truly regarded them as his own children.

The benefit of this was that they became more enthusiastic in their hunting efforts.

As a result, Su Mu’s lifespan also grew more rapidly.

In the days that followed, Su Mu also noticed the impact of spiritual flourishing on the world.

Even without the influence of his Ginkgo Spirit Fruit, the number of spirit beasts in the Ancient Wilderness Mountain Range continued to increase.

This was evident from the prey that the Snow Spirit Mink and the others caught.

Previously, they mostly caught ordinary wild animals.

But recently, more and more spirit beasts started appearing among their prey.

At this time, Su Mu’s foresight in creating a small lake nearby proved to be very wise.

The small lake had a strong appeal to both wild animals and spirit beasts.

Even though the Snow Spirit Mink and the others often hunted here, a large number of wild animals and spirit beasts still gathered daily.

Of course, the Snow Spirit Mink and the others had a certain level of intelligence.

Without Su Mu’s guidance, they already understood the need to control the scale of their hunting.

If they were to kill all the beasts around the lake, the number of creatures gathering there would surely decrease.

It would be like draining a pond to catch the fish.

By controlling the number of hunts each time, they greatly reduced the impact. For now, Su Mu didn’t plan on subduing any new spirit beasts.

The main reason was that he hadn’t encountered any abilities that truly captivated him. The Snow Spirit Mink, Ironback Ape, and White Spirit Python all had extremely special abilities.

As for the Spirit Crows, although their abilities were ordinary, Su Mu had personally raised them, so the bond was naturally different.

While focusing on the spirit beasts, Su Mu didn’t forget to keep an eye on Su Yao.

Su Yao had gained significant attention in Nanjing City. One could say she had become the top seed of Nanjing City. Various human cultivation methods and secret arts were at her disposal to choose and practice.

Moreover, the city lord of Nanjing, Li Qianjue, even used his connections to secure a disciple spot for Su Yao in the “Green Hills Mansion.”

Nanjing City was under the jurisdiction of the Great Xia Empire.

The Great Xia Empire was divided into thirteen provinces: Bingzhou, Luo Province, Zhong Province, Cangzhou, Jiangzhou, Wuzhou, Mozhou, Longzhou, Yuezhou, Luzhou, Qingzhou, Pengzhou, and Chanzhou.

Nanjing City was located in Qingzhou.

The most powerful cultivation force in Qingzhou was the Green Hills Mansion. Green Hills City was also the capital of Qingzhou.

To Green Hills Mansion, Su Yao’s emergence was like a rising star.

Su Yao’s constitution was extremely pure, practically the most top-tier cultivation material.

Moreover, Su Yao was from a place like Su Family Village, free from the distractions that others might have.

This allowed her to focus entirely on her cultivation.

With top-notch talent and undivided attention to cultivation, Su Yao quickly became the darling of the Green Hills Mansion’s upper echelons.

Green Hills Mansion directly imparted the “Green Hills Art” to Su Yao.

The “Green Hills Art” had an extremely ancient lineage.

Its exact history was unknown.

It was said that the founder of Green Hills, Lü Chunqiu, had a Daoist companion who was a nine-tailed fox.

The “Green Hills Art” was created by Lü Chunqiu based on his companion.

Cultivating this technique not only enhanced one’s cultivation but also granted the “Nine-Tail Power.”

The Nine-Tail Power allowed a person to awaken nine times. With each awakening, one would obtain a life-bound magical ability.

Su Yao, with her exceptional talent, mastered the basics of the “Green Hills Art” in just seven days.

The first ability she awakened was called “Heart Peering.” This ability allowed Su Yao to vaguely perceive others’ thoughts and capture their intentions.

This amazed Su Mu.

Su Yao’s talent was indeed exceptional, and although his Ginkgo Spirit Fruit had undoubtedly played a role, it was not the decisive factor.

This showed that Su Yao inherently had a true gift for cultivation.

In Su Mu’s eyes, Su Yao almost felt like the protagonist of a story.

However, Su Mu was not alarmed.

After all, he possessed the Supreme Panel.

No matter how powerful Su Yao became, she couldn’t surpass someone with a panel like his.

Unknowingly, two months passed by.

In this time, Su Mu accumulated 5,000 years of lifespan.

He spent 1,000 years of lifespan to upgrade the second-tier Phantom Snow Eyes to the third tier.

He then spent 1,500 years of lifespan to upgrade the first-tier Heart of Faith to the third tier.

The biggest benefit of upgrading the Heart of Faith was that the lifespan provided by Su Yao increased.

Previously, it was only one or two years per day, but now it had increased to five years.

With 1,800 years of lifespan remaining, Su Mu copied Su Yao’s Heart Peering ability and upgraded it to the third tier.

This dramatically changed Su Mu’s panel information.

[Species: Spirit Ginkgo]

[Height: 300 feet]

[Lifespan: 750 years]

[Tier: Second-tier, Perfected]

[Abilities: Complete Spirit Infusion, Congeal Spirit Ginkgo Fruit, Innate Talent Duplication, Third-tier Phantom Snow Eyes, Third-tier Heart of Faith, Third-tier Power of Mist, Third-tier Heart Peering]

“The next challenge is to advance to the third tier.”

Advancing to the third tier wasn’t easy.

In Su Mu’s opinion, the path to advancing to the third tier was undoubtedly to upgrade one of his abilities to the fourth tier.

“Upgrading a second-tier ability to the third tier requires 1,000 years of lifespan.”

“To upgrade a third-tier ability to the fourth tier would require 3,000 years of lifespan.”

The amount of lifespan required was undoubtedly enormous.

Su Mu wasn’t even sure if upgrading to the fourth tier would necessarily elevate his overall tier to the third level.

According to the human standard, the third tier of other races was equivalent to the human race’s Golden Core experts.

There was a saying among humans: “Once a Golden Core is swallowed, my fate is mine, not heaven’s.”

After reaching the Golden Core stage, a person’s life essence undergoes a significant transformation.

Similarly, advancing to the Golden Core stage was also extremely challenging.

For other races, advancing to the third tier was certainly not easy.

“But I already have an unparalleled advantage over other beings.”

At least his path to advancement was clear.

As long as he continued to accumulate lifespan, even if the advancement was difficult, he would eventually break through.

On the other hand, other beings faced a high failure rate in their attempts to advance.

Looking around, the environment had changed significantly.

With Su Mu’s continuous efforts to reshape it, the small lake had expanded to three miles in circumference.

The number of wild animals gathering by the lake was increasing.

And now, Su Mu’s height had reached 300 feet.

Although he was still not the tallest tree in the Ancient Wilderness Mountain Range, there were fewer and fewer trees that could rival him in height.

Su Mu also worried whether the other towering trees might awaken their spiritual intelligence.

Fortunately, he had sent other spirit beasts to test them.

These towering trees were indeed undergoing spiritualization, but they had not yet developed spiritual intelligence.

“I wonder what changes will occur after I advance to the third tier?”

Su Mu was filled with anticipation.

While enhancing himself, Su Mu didn’t forget to learn about the human race’s movements through Su Yao.

To him, the greatest threat still came from the human race.

In the Ancient Wilderness Mountain Range, he was already the absolute ruler.

Moreover, he would always maintain a leading growth rate.

No matter how the other spiritual beings grew, they wouldn’t surpass him.

But the human race, with its deep foundation and intelligence, was not to be underestimated and had to be guarded against.