The flying bamboo landed in Ye Chu’s hands and began struggling madly. It wanted to struggle free. But although it was a demon spirit, it was powerless to resist. Caught by Ye Chu, its entire body was bound.
“If you follow me, I will cultivate you with Qingyuan Pills. Otherwise, I will refine you into a spirit medicine in an instant.” Ye Chu shouted at the flying bamboo.
The flying bamboo’s struggling movements instantly stilled. It trembled in Ye Chu’s hands in terror, and one could even feel its quivering.
The flying bamboo was a living creature and could not enter the space in Ye Chu’s belt. Just when Ye Chu had a headache about this, he saw the flying bamboo shrink. Very quickly it became only the size of a finger.
Ye Chu was overjoyed to see this scene. He took out a jade box, filled it with Qingyuan Pills, and placed the flying bamboo inside.
The flying bamboo entered it and took root on the Qingyuan Pills. The spiritual energy of the Qingyuan Pills flowed into its body. This made Ye Chu click his tongue in wonder. Freshly cultivating a demon spirit medicinal herb really required a bloody investment.
However, thinking of the flying bamboo’s value, Ye Chu’s face bloomed with joy again.
Ye Chu’s mind merged into the flying bamboo. He could sense the flying bamboo’s spiritual consciousness. “If you do not refine me, I am willing to follow you.”
Just as Ye Chu was examining it, this sentence suddenly transmitted into his mind. This made Ye Chu stare at the flying bamboo with wide eyes. He felt even more that this bamboo was extraordinary. It could actually understand human speech, absolutely extraordinary.
“What value do you have that would stop me refining you? What benefit is there for me in following whom?” Ye Chu asked.
The flying bamboo did not answer. Instead, it secreted a drop of crystal clear bamboo liquid from its bamboo body. The emerald green liquid carried a strange lustre, slowly falling into Ye Chu’s palm, then penetrating into Ye Chu’s body.
This drop of emerald green liquid had a strange lustre. Penetrating into Ye Chu’s arm, Ye Chu could feel a coolness. This coolness quickly spread throughout Ye Chu’s entire body, then diffused into Ye Chu’s Qi Sea.
The emerald green liquid penetrated into Ye Chu’s Qi Sea. Ye Chu felt his spiritual energy being baptised by it, beginning to become even purer. Moreover, the emerald green liquid also had extremely pure power surging into Ye Chu’s Qi Sea.
But this was not what shocked Ye Chu the most. What astonished Ye Chu was that the Green Lotus actually absorbed the flying bamboo’s liquid, merging into it. The Green Lotus appeared even more transcendent and emerald green, dark green like water.
Ye Chu’s Yuan Spirit was actually baptised by this, beginning to gradually strengthen. Even the Black Iron was vibrating unceasingly. Ye Chu’s Yuan Spirit was exceptionally clear and bright. It could flow slowly along with the Black Iron’s patterns. Every time it flowed one cycle, the flying bamboo’s emerald green liquid seeped out a strand of power, merging into Ye Chu’s Yuan Spirit.
The Black Iron’s vibration also opened up the Qi Sea, forming a virtuous cycle. The Green Lotus became even more extraordinary, seeming to become substantial.
This situation made Ye Chu dumbstruck. Cultivating the Yuan Spirit was extremely difficult. To strengthen it required step by step cultivation. And now with just one drop of liquid, it could not only increase the Yuan Spirit’s strength and help the Green Lotus solidify, but could also make the Black Iron more active, thereby opening up the Qi Sea.
Most importantly, the bamboo liquid could make him even clearer and brighter. This was an effect that made Ye Chu go mad. Ye Chu worried about losing himself to the Supreme Will. With the flying bamboo, his loss of self would be greatly reduced.
With it, Ye Chu would not fear at all even if he used the Soul-Devouring God-Refining Art. Because it could baptise those negative emotions.
“Good stuff.” Ye Chu’s eyes heated up. If every day he had one drop of such bamboo liquid merging into the Green Lotus, Ye Chu felt his Yuan Spirit cultivation could double. This flying bamboo’s value exceeded his imagination, far stronger than what he had previously guessed.
Ye Chu even felt that this flying bamboo was not as simple as he had imagined. It could not be viewed as ordinary flying bamboo.
“You said you can produce such liquid drops for me every day? As long as I give you sufficient spiritual energy nourishment?” Ye Chu’s eyes instantly lit up. Seeing the flying bamboo nod in the jade box, Ye Chu felt his entire person was about to become excited.
Such a drop of liquid, if an ordinary person consumed it, would be enough to allow him to cultivate above the Yuan Spirit Realm. If his talent was a bit better, the Xuan Ming Realm would be no problem. That it could cause even the Black Iron to react, its value need not be said. It was simply priceless.
Most importantly, it could continuously produce.
“From now on you will follow me. Absorb as many Qingyuan Pills as you want. If it is not enough, I will rob them for you even if I have to rob.” Ye Chu said to the flying bamboo, throwing another handful of Qingyuan Pills into the jade box, filling it to the brim. The flying bamboo took root in it, and these Qingyuan Pills began to shrink.
Of course, this shrinking was partly due to it absorbing the medicinal effects, and another reason was that it could control these Qingyuan Pills to shrink.
This scene made Ye Chu stare blankly. He grabbed another handful of Qingyuan Pills and threw them in. Very quickly these Qingyuan Pills also shrank, becoming needle tip sized. Ye Chu was puzzled in his heart. He began throwing handful after handful of Qingyuan Pills in, but no matter how much he threw in, the jade box could hold it all, because the Qingyuan Pills would shrink upon entering.
Ye Chu threw in over ten thousand pills, and over ten thousand all became small.
“You have the ability to control the size of objects?” Ye Chu asked the flying bamboo, shocked in his heart. Although it was said that demons had all kinds of miraculous abilities, it was merely a medicinal herb that had become a demon spirit.
Medicinal herbs becoming demons and ferocious beasts becoming demons had essential differences. First of all, medicinal herbs that became demons had no killing power, and they were also unlikely to possess miraculous abilities. But the flying bamboo before him broke this tradition, actually able to change the size of objects.
The flying bamboo did not explain. It only controlled the jade box in Ye Chu’s hands to begin slowly shrinking.
Seeing this, Ye Chu was overjoyed. He only felt that he had truly grasped a treasure. The ability to make objects change size, just based on this ability alone, was enough to make people go mad.
Ye Chu’s mind merged into it, wanting it to enlarge the jade box. But the result was that the jade box could only become as large as before. Under the flying bamboo’s explanation, Ye Chu then learned that at present it only had the ability to make objects smaller, and was powerless to enlarge them. Moreover, it could only be dead objects. It was powerless to change living creatures.
Even so, Ye Chu still felt the flying bamboo’s ability was heaven defying. Looking at the over ten thousand Qingyuan Pills in the jade box, Ye Chu thought this quantity should be enough to sustain it for a period of time. This was good too, saving him from having to deliver Qingyuan Pills every so often.
Ye Chu sensed his Yuan Spirit’s clarity and activity, feeling pleased in his heart. He put the jade box back into his bosom. Seeing Ye Jingyun looking at him in puzzlement from the side, Ye Chu laughed heartily, not explaining to Ye Jingyun.
And just as Ye Jingyun was about to say something, a rumbling sound rang out. Ye Chu and Ye Jingyun’s gazes turned to look. They saw the original palace exploding, and something shooting out from within.
This object was emerald green, with light radiating in all directions. Clearly it was extraordinary. The group of people all chased after this object.
And just as everyone was chasing, the palace rumbled and exploded. Terrifying light shot out from within, and when Ye Chu saw the shape that the light condensed into, his face instantly changed, completely bloodless.
“It is that thing.”