"No! This conclusion is hasty."

"I at least need to ensure that the Ice and Fire Spiritual Qi can nullify and disperse the Great Illusion King Insect's hallucinogenic toxin to prove this point."

"But in reality, the reason why the Black Forest is so terrifying and why Grandpa Tree is so powerful and unapproachable is because it houses a supposedly First Grade Great Illusion King Insect..."

Upon thinking of this, Wang Wu felt uncertain in his heart.

After experiencing so many escapes, he never once thought of fleeing to the Black Forest, because he himself, including his Danger Perception, was very clear that going in other directions still held possibilities and uncertainties.

But going to the Black Forest, that truly spelled certain death, with no doubt whatsoever.

"So it's best to just stay quiet and hibernate in this Jade Mountain Manor for a few decades and then talk about it."

At this moment, Wang Wu continued to release the Companion Demon Vine, directing it to check the status of the Spirit Plant before him to determine if it could be healed.

This time, the Companion Demon Vine had no reservations and immediately set to work with great vigor.

In just a moment, the answer was perfectly conveyed. It turned out that this Spirit Plant had been chronically poisoned by the Five Poison Spiritual Qi, leading to severe damage to its core functions. Thus, ordinary Cyan Wood Spiritual Qi was no longer sufficient to heal it; surgery was necessary, along with a series of grafts to replace permanently damaged parts.

However, only one-third of the parts could be replaced with the root system differentiated by the Companion Demon Vine, while the rest had to be repaired with similar or analogous Spirit Plants.

It was quite complicated.

So without saying a word, Wang Wu picked the Hundred-Change Ruyi Demon Leaf and used his Level 12 Spirit Essence to sense and observe. He needed to ensure the Companion Demon Vine wasn't lying or harboring any other thoughts, such as having a little mistress clone outside or something.

Wang Wu didn't want to be accused of poor parenting.

The result was a relief; the Companion Demon Vine was obedient and smart enough to know that Wang Wu possessed investigative means on par with it.

That was good.

Wang Wu then continued to wander around the Spirit Medicine Manor using the Traceless Earth Escape method. Before long, he found a suitable target because, in this Spirit Medicine Manor, there were plenty of Spirit Plants, and he could use parts of similar ones as replacements, which wouldn't be noticeable.

Then, the Companion Demon Vine took on the roles of chief surgeon, anesthesiologist, nurse, and intern doctor.

Wang Wu was responsible for running errands and deliveries while supervising and monitoring.

A unique Spirit Plant transplant surgery was underway, and indeed, the Companion Demon Vine had a talent for this. Its delicate Demon Vine Tentacles could serve as CT scans and MRIs, as well as take blood samples, test, lavage, do enemas, provide oxygen, and dialysis. Its craftsmanship was so advanced it could perform nerve surgery, and its functionality was good enough to be used as a suture thread.

This unknown Spirit Plant had no idea how many years it had been eroded by the Five Poison Spiritual Qi, with permanent damage to hundreds of spots on its main root, which meant it was equivalent to hundreds of major surgeries.

The Companion Demon Vine managed to handle all of it by itself.

It released tens of thousands of tentacles, swish, swish, swish, swash, swiftly completing the task in less than an hour.

At this moment, it was as if this paralyzed, half-dead Spirit Plant with arterial congestion and a stroke of the brain recovered ninety percent of its vitality.

With renewed vitality, the main root's transport system was restored, and the effect was visible to the naked eye, as it began to greedily absorb the surrounding Cyan Wood Spiritual Qi and could feed itself.

By the time Wang Wu tidied up all the details, ensuring no traces were left, and then donned the Hundred-Change Ruyi Demon Leaf to transform into a big wooden lump and emerge, the outside was filled with cheers because, in such a short time, this Spirit Plant had bloomed, and it bloomed nine flowers.

Though he wasn't sure of its exact value, just by seeing the old lady, who's usually expressionless, smiling like a flower, he knew that the Jade Mountain Manor's debt crisis had been resolved.

Wang Wu transformed again into a wooden young man, bowed woodenly to the old lady, and woodenly left, returning to his previous large pit, transforming into a big wooden lump, indifferent to whoever. He needed rest.

No one would have any objections this time.

The old lady was overjoyed, even hanging a Jade Talisman on the wooden lump, and left happily.

It seemed that the item granted him the authority to navigate the Jade Mountain Manor freely, which was good, as the situation's progression exceeded his expectations.

Next, Wang Wu planned to honestly maintain his persona, lying low for three months first.

However, early the next morning, when the sun rose, the scene of countless Spirit Essence descending from the sky gave him a huge fright.

He knew that in the Human Race Territory, Spirit Essence descended every day, regardless of direction, not influenced by land, sea, or mountains.

He just didn't expect the Human Race Cultivators to scramble for Spirit Essence with such fervor.

Taking Jade Mountain Manor as an example, as soon as dawn broke, under the old lady's lead, the entire manor, from elders with white hair to young children, along with their Spirit Beasts and the manor's Mountain Guardian Spirit Beast, surged out simultaneously.

As the saying goes, a great banner stands in the center, three hundred small flags stand at the corners, men and women, old and young come out together, striving to gather Spirit Essence and get the job done!

They didn't use an array to seize the Spirit Essence, nor did they use means like the more advantageous Spiritual Essence Banner or Spiritual Essence Gourd, instead, they implemented direct physical isolation!

Nearly fifty Spirit Beasts, led by the Mountain Guardian Spirit Beast, were like barge haulers on the Volga River, hoisting up the massive banner stretching a hundred kilometers long and five kilometers wide on all sides. No, it should be called a great curtain.

Yes, along this hundred kilometers, ten flagpoles five kilometers high were erected, with hoisting rings attached to ropes. Anyway, pulling like this, they formed four curtain walls to the North, South, East, and West.

Perfectly sealing off the central hundred square kilometer area.

And the old lady led the other Human Race cultivators of the manor to patrol back and forth.

When the sun rose, and the moment Spirit Essence descended, the old lady soared to the center on sword control, holding a peculiar tripod, tossing it into the air, seemingly affecting some sort of field change in this area.

The next moment, all the Spirit Essence within a radius of 150 kilometers was absorbed completely. Then it was as if a golden torrent of Spirit Essence rain fell into the enclosed area, finally being collected into that small tripod.

Wang Wu watched in astonishment, surprised that such a method could be this much more efficient than even Great Demons using their Divine Techniques to capture Spirit Essence.

At this scale, the Jade Mountain Manor could collect at least three million points of Spiritual Qi every day.

Just thinking about possibly having access to so much Spiritual Qi, Wang Wu felt a rush of excitement.

However, just when the Spirit Essence was no longer descending, a big bird flew in from the horizon, carrying a gigantic tripod about five stories high in its claws, with radiant treasure aura rising from within, colorful and seemingly capturing the aurora itself.

This big bird hovered briefly outside of Jade Mountain Manor, while the old lady respectfully filled it to the brim with Spirit Essence collected earlier, pouring it into that great tripod, costing at least two million points of Spiritual Qi.

The entire manor, from top to bottom, seemed to take this for granted.

"Even a million points of Spiritual Qi is plenty; She Shoujiu's Third Grade Bright Demon Pill only has 1.2 million points of Spiritual Qi—uh!"

Wang Wu's hopes were dashed again, as the old lady was distributing Spirit Essence, or more precisely, she was leading the whole manor in their morning cultivation practice.

The Spirit Essence collected that day was concentrated in that small tripod, where it transformed into Spiritual Qi, automatically condensing into Spiritual Mist and erupting out to cover a 300-meter radius.

Then the people of the manor, according to their rank and status, lined up accordingly.

The closest spot to the small tripod was undoubtedly the best, where the Spiritual Mist almost turned into Spirit Liquid. Wang Wu had never seen such pure Spiritual Qi, so much so that he was nearly drooling.

Yet, he truly had no chance; even the old lady was not qualified for this circle.

Those eligible to cultivate here were just two teenage boys, a little girl around seven or eight, and another little girl around five or six.

They should be the children of the manor owner.

However, judging by the cushions placed here, there were actually about fifteen people in the manor eligible to cultivate in this circle, though they were currently absent from the manor.

In the second circle, the concentration of the Spiritual Mist significantly dropped by half, though it was still a rare treasure to Wang Wu.

There were only six cushions in this circle, one for the old lady, one occupied by an exceedingly beautiful woman, around thirty, with stately elegance and an impeccable aura. Her eyes naturally carried a captivating allure, and along with a hint of subtle melancholy, she truly was a masterpiece on earth.

She seemed to be the mother of the two girls mentioned earlier, and even the old lady treated her with utmost respect.

In the third circle were the rest of the manor's guards and servants, totaling twenty-seven.

The fourth circle was for the families of the guards and servants.

Beyond the fifth circle, the Spiritual Mist ended, but a number of Spirit Beasts watched eagerly, not qualified to cultivate within the mist, including that powerful, presumably Third Grade Mountain Guardian Spirit Beast—a massive Tiger Demon.

It was likely at least two thousand years old, its gaze like that of an elderly person nearing life's twilight, though aged, it remained loyal and devoted...

The morning practice lasted merely one hour, but the effect equaled a day of hard cultivation, especially for the four children in the first circle, whose cultivation speeds were at least 59.37 times faster than Wang Wu's current speed.

Thus, even though the eldest among them was only 13, they were already at the Earth Realm Sixth Grade.

Even the smallest girl was at Human Realm Eighth Grade.

What more is there to say, it's beyond words.

After the morning practice concluded, the beautiful lady left with the four children, and only then did the old lady start arranging the day's tasks, which were neither too tedious nor difficult.

Then the guards and servants left with their Spirit Beasts, not even a bone was handed out.

Finally, that old lady began to manipulate the small tripod, from which Spiritual Qi flew out, transforming into clusters of Spirit Clouds. One part meandered within the manor, like an irrigation spray, drizzling down Spiritual Rain, and another part drifted motionless above the large wooden log where Wang Wu was, revealing that this was how the daily Spiritual Qi allotment was entrusted for him to manage.

Wang Wu estimated it to be approximately one hundred thousand points.

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