Reincarnated as a Ginkgo Tree: I Create an Eternal Divine Kingdom - Chapter 17

“Divine Tree, I’m still doing well over here,” Su Yao respectfully reported to Su Mu. “But on the human side, there’s been a major event recently. It’s said that an ancient cave mansion has been unearthed in Cangzhou.”

“An ancient cave mansion?” Su Mu was slightly taken aback.

“Under normal circumstances, after three thousand years of spiritual decay, ancient cave mansions and secret realms are very difficult to preserve to this day.”

Su Yao continued, “Previously, the human race discovered many ancient cave mansion ruins, but those places had long since turned into rubble. The reason this ancient cave mansion has been preserved seems to be due to a natural spirit-locking array inside, which has kept the spiritual energy from leaking out over the years.”

Hearing this, Su Mu’s mind grew heavy.

Su Yao went on, “The forces that have entered the ancient cave mansion have already spread a lot of information. Inside the mansion, there are not only ancient talismans and artifacts but also ancient spirit mines.

During the golden age of cultivation, two things were considered the primary currency in the cultivation world: spirit stones and earth spirit stalactites. Now that this ancient cave mansion contains spirit mines, it means that the human race can mine spirit stones from it.

The discovery of this ancient cave mansion has led the major powers of Great Xia to foresee a great boom in the cultivation world.”

The air around Su Mu grew oppressive.

This was not good news for him.

If the human race obtained resources from the ancient cave mansion, their future development would undoubtedly outpace that of other spiritualized beings.

Su Mu immediately decided to tame more spirit beasts.

This way, he could speed up his harvesting of other wild beasts and increase his lifespan.

By the lake, more and more birds and beasts gathered.

During this time, Su Mu also selected a few targets from among them. His primary focus was still on birds. After all, birds were faster.

Su Mu tamed some Jade Swallows.

These Jade Swallows didn’t have any special abilities, but they were incredibly fast.

They could help Su Mu accelerate his hunting.

As for the Snow Spirit Mink, White Spirit Python, and Ironback Ape, they were very cunning, often feigning weakness to lure prey toward Su Mu.

This way, they didn’t even need to attack; they just had to disguise themselves as bait to continuously draw prey to Su Mu.

And without exception, all the prey that came near Su Mu were instantly killed by him.

With Su Mu’s current strength, he was absolutely invincible within a thirty-mile radius.

This speed of accumulating lifespan was already very fast.

But Su Mu still couldn’t feel at ease.

“I might as well go all out,” Su Mu’s eyes sparkled.

The discovery of the ancient cave mansion by the human race put a lot of pressure on him.

He had to advance to the third tier as soon as possible.

Only then would he feel secure.

Ginkgo Spirit Fruit!

Su Mu decided to use the Ginkgo Spirit Fruit as bait.

He condensed thirteen Ginkgo Spirit Fruits.

As soon as the Ginkgo Spirit Fruits appeared, the surrounding birds and beasts went into a frenzy.

Even the spirit beasts loyal to Su Mu could barely restrain themselves.

Su Mu, however, wasn’t worried.

He trusted in his control over the Snow Spirit Mink and the other spirit beasts.

Sure enough, with just a slight transmission of calming thoughts, they managed to suppress their impulses.

As for the other birds and beasts, they couldn’t control themselves. It wasn’t long before Su Mu encountered a second beast tide.

This beast tide was even larger than the previous one and it included many spirit beasts. He wasn’t just facing wild beasts fighting alone anymore.

There were even beast swarms, like swarms of bees and packs of wolves.

The most powerful spirit beasts were of the first tier supreme-grade.

Su Mu showed no mercy, slaughtering all the attacking birds and beasts.

This wave of the beast tide lasted for three days.

In those three days, Su Mu accumulated four thousand years of lifespan.

“Unfortunately, this method can only be used once,” Su Mu sighed.

Birds and beasts might be less intelligent than humans, but they weren’t completely without wisdom.

Now, the birds and beasts in the Ancient Wilderness Mountain Range clearly knew that his location was dangerous.

Even though the thirteen Ginkgo Spirit Fruits still floated in the air, no birds or beasts dared approach.

Moreover, after this lesson, it would be a long time before those beasts would be easily fooled again.

“Time to upgrade,” Su Mu thought, injecting three thousand years of lifespan into the Power of Mist.

Boom!

The third-tier ability instantly advanced to the fourth-tier.

[Species: Spirit Ginkgo]

[Height: 330 feet]

[Lifespan: 1,750 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, Fourth-Tier Power of the Mist, Third-tier Heart Peering]

His tier was still at the second-tier perfected stage and hadn’t broken through.

As expected, advancing to the third tier wasn’t easy.

Although Su Mu was eager to advance as soon as possible, he also knew that some things couldn’t be rushed.

Fortunately, the advancement of the Power of Mist further improved his safety.

He was able to relax a bit more.

Previously, the Power of Mist covered an area of twenty miles.

Now, it had expanded to thirty miles.

The mist had even spread beyond the Ancient Wilderness Mountain Range.

It had begun to drift into Su Family Village.

“Chieftain, the Ancient Wilderness Mountain Range is too strange.”

“How can there be such a dense fog?”

“I’ve lived fifty years and have never seen anything like this.”

“Should we heed General Wen from Nanjing City and move away from here?”

The villagers were anxious and uneasy.

Su Yan’s expression was also quite serious.

The Su Family Village had survived in the Ancient Wilderness Mountain Range for over a thousand years because they were extremely familiar with its environment.

But now, with the world changing, the Ancient Wilderness Mountain Range had become completely unrecognizable to them.

But moving was easier said than done.

After all, it was hard to leave one’s homeland.

“No need to panic,” Su Yan reassured them. “Recently, the frequency of wild beast attacks has decreased compared to before.”

The villagers, upon thinking about it, realized this was true and felt somewhat relieved.

They had no idea that the decrease in wild beast attacks was because Su Mu had been constantly harvesting the lives of the beasts within the Ancient Wilderness Mountain Range.

As the Power of Mist spread, Su Mu also rewarded the thirteen Ginkgo Spirit Fruits to the Snow Spirit Mink, White Spirit Python, Ironback Ape, and the Spirit Crows.

Meanwhile, in Cangzhou of Great Xia, at the foot of the Heavenly Cluster Mountain Range.

This place was once a Wilderness area, rarely visited by people.

But now, all the major powers had set up camps here.

The reason lay in a huge crack in the Heavenly Cluster Mountain Range. Passing through this crack led to an ancient cave mansion. At this moment, inside one of the camps, Wen Yuchao and Su Yao were present.

“Lord City Master, how is the progress in exploring the cave mansion?” Wen Yuchao asked.

Su Yao, standing nearby, remained silent, her clear eyes filled with curiosity.

Li Qianjue’s expression was heavy. “The progress is very slow. The situation inside the cave mansion is more complicated than we expected.”

“The unearthing of this ancient cave mansion has not only attracted humans but also spirit beasts. Now, spirit beasts from all over are converging here, creating a significant obstacle for our human forces’ exploration.”

“This is indeed troublesome,” Wen Yuchao sighed, his heart sinking.

After his experience in the Ancient Wilderness Mountain Range, he didn’t dare underestimate these spirit beasts in the slightest.

Inside the cave mansion, it was a separate, self-contained small world.

The human forces had used artifacts to measure it, and the internal space of this cave mansion was estimated to cover a thousand miles.

That area was equivalent to a medium-sized country.

Currently, human exploration of the mansion had only reached a depth of less than fifty miles.

Even so, the human cultivators were facing immense challenges.