A fist-sized object fell to the ground.

Su Mu bent down, picked it up, placed it in his palm, and examined it closely. He found its surface was of a mysterious yellowish color, shaped like a chestnut, and upon closer inspection, one could see layers of patterns on it.

Moreover, he could feel a vast energy emanating from these layers of patterns, circulating continuously from inside out.

At this time, Su Mu operated his cultivation technique, his divine sense bursting forth, beginning to explore these patterns intricately.

Soon, he suddenly discovered that the interior of this tiny chestnut-shaped object contained millions, even billions, of spiritual power veins. Most terrifying of all, he sensed multiple independent small spaces layered within this chestnut-shaped object!

Since Su Mu had mastered the Space Law and had elevated it to two levels, he could not be mistaken. There were indeed multiple independent spaces contained within.

Apart from these, Su Mu could also sense a vast vitality power, akin to the vitality of plants.

At this moment, Su Mu's pupils contracted—could this be a seed?!

...

Holding the seed in his palm, Su Mu gazed at the dejected wild boar in front of him and asked coldly, "What is this thing?"

Seeing that this wild boar could break into his garden with such speed that even Nannan at Purple Mansion Great Perfection couldn't catch up, it was clear this wild boar was definitely a spirit beast, and its strength certainly surpassed Nannan, so it surely understood what he was saying.

As his words fell, a weak divine thought transmitted into Su Mu's mind.

Though it was very weak and intermittent, the general meaning could be discerned.

"Did you steal this from elsewhere?"

...

To verify his guess, Su Mu brought the seed to the backyard of the stone house.

At first, his vegetable garden only grew White Kui Medicine King and Lycoris Radiata, but over the past two years, while patrolling the river, he found some good spirit plants. If he came across particularly good ones, he'd bring them back to plant.

The current garden, in fact, played quite a role in his life, offering holy medicines for cultivation, edible spirit fruits, as well as some healing herbs—a dazzling array.

Like the Ganling Flower and Purple Healing Grass, because in the past two years, the river had not been as peaceful as before, or rather, it wasn't very peaceful.

Sometimes the treasure fish that appeared were extremely fierce. For example, a year ago, while Su Mu was repairing a dyke, a five-meter-long Red Crocodile was lurking in the water and took a fierce bite on his calf, almost breaking his leg.

Moreover, the beast swam away almost instantly after biting him, disappearing without a trace.

Later, it was only after summoning all the water beasts and spending a full three days that they managed to capture the Red Crocodile.

The outcome, of course, goes without saying: crocodile leather sandals, braised crocodile meat, steamed fish fillets, even its ashes were scattered.

Luckily, his physical body was strong; otherwise, that bite would have laid Su Mu in bed for at least ten days to half a month. However, he still needed half a day to recover fully.

Still, the Red Crocodile brought him substantial growth, allowing him to break through four small realms consecutively, and his vital blood force increased by tenfold!

.....

Of course, by unrest, Su Mu wasn't only referring to these extremely fierce treasure fish.

The number of people causing trouble on his river also increased, but Su Mu welcomed them because not only could he earn a lot of Favor Points, but he could also conduct a bit of plundering.

Some might ask, didn't anyone resist?

Since he transmigrated to this Long River, he'd been at it for many years, and essentially, things went as he intended. If he didn't want someone to pass, they couldn't.

Did those crossing the river object to him?

Some did, but very few, unless they didn't care about their lives.

....

Su Mu walked into the garden and found that the three-acre garden was already full.

Let's cultivate an acre first.

Due to the special and very robust soil quality here, even Su Mu had to dig one hoe at a time. The advantage of doing so was retaining the soil's spirit charm to the maximum extent.

To save energy, Su Mu turned to the cowshed next to the backyard.

He opened the wooden fence and found a Cyan Ox lying inside asleep.

This is the Cyan Ox from two years later. By now, it no longer carried the air of old seriousness. Its once white horns had turned into silver ones shimmering with immortal light, and its size had grown larger.

Since following Su Mu, the Cyan Ox has had a great life.

But it has indeed been very diligent.

Since Su Mu sometimes rides it for patrols, plowing fields, developing wastelands, etc., it is also known as Uncle Niu in the eyes of Nannan, often carrying Little Nannan for a stroll.

Due to accompanying Su Mu on river patrols these two years, it is very familiar with the river sections in this area. Most importantly, it can sense when fog is approaching, which saves Su Mu a lot of trouble, and he feels at ease when Nannan goes out to play with it.

In terms of reliability, the Cyan Ox is arguably the most dependable among all spirit beasts under Su Mu.

...

Su Mu harnessed the silver plough he crafted onto the Cyan Ox, then began cultivating the wasteland, spending a full five hours to cultivate half an acre.

Oh well, half an acre it is.

The Cyan Ox was panting heavily, so Su Mu picked a stalk of spirit grass from the garden to feed it, and it instantly regained its energy.

Then Su Mu dug a small pit in the ground and planted the seed.

With a wave of his hand, he diverted a couple of streamfuls of river water to irrigate it.

Over the two years of tending to the garden, Su Mu had discovered that using river water for irrigation made the spirit plants grow very quickly, sometimes maturing in just a second, significantly enhancing their quality, and sometimes even altering their species!

For instance, recently Su Mu caught a Seven-Leaf Thousand Bone Flower, and with just a sprinkle of river water, it mutated into the legendary holy medicine recorded in ancient texts—the "Nine-Leaf Holy Bone Flower."

However, not all spirit plants could be irrigated with river water. For some average ones, just a drop of river water could kill them instantly.

So for the more ordinary spirit plants, Su Mu just used ordinary spiritual spring water for irrigation.

....

After irrigating with a couple of streamfuls of river water, several minutes had passed, and the seed surprisingly hadn't germinated yet!

Based on previous experience, let alone a couple, just a few drops of river water were enough to make most spirit plants germinate within seconds and fully mature within minutes.

With no change, there were only two possibilities.

One, this thing isn't a seed.

Or two... this seed is far more advanced than any spirit plant or holy medicine Su Mu had encountered, beyond his imagination.

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