Setelah melemparkan Putik Cahaya Suci ke dalam ruang primal chaos, Long Chen hendak mencari tempat yang cocok di ladang obat pusat untuk menanamnya, tetapi Kuali Bumi menghentikannya.
"Benda ini tidak bisa ditanam di sini. Ia adalah spesies berelemen es, sedangkan tempat ini dipenuhi elemen api. Tanamlah di dekat perbatasan."
Setelah memikirkannya, Long Chen menyadari bahwa perkataan itu benar. Ruang primal chaos kini sangat luas. Namun, wilayah pusatnya dipenuhi Pohon-Pohon Fusang dan Pohon-Pohon Bulan raksasa. Mereka telah menyebar dan menempati wilayah masing-masing di bagian tengah.
Untungnya, setelah ruang primal chaos meluas, bagian tepinya tetap kosong. Karena itu, Long Chen dengan hati-hati menanam Putik Cahaya Suci di wilayah perbatasan.
Begitu menyentuh tanah, akar-akar halus seperti rambut muncul dari dasarnya, dan tanah langsung diselimuti embun beku. Embun itu dengan cepat menyebar hingga ribuan mil dan terus meluas. Putik tunggal itu menyerupai benih dan segera menghasilkan sehelai daun.
Hanya ada satu daun, tanpa tanda-tanda bunga. Daun itu berbentuk segi enam, dengan urat-urat yang perlahan terbentuk di permukaannya. Aura suci yang kuat mengalir melalui urat-urat tersebut.
Saat daun pertama lahir, peristiwa yang mencengangkan terjadi. Putik Cahaya Suci mendadak layu, membuat Long Chen panik. Mungkinkah benda ini tidak dapat tumbuh di tempat ini?
"Jangan panik. Inilah keistimewaan Teratai Salju Cahaya Suci Seribu Daun," kata Kuali Bumi, seolah sudah menduga hal itu akan terjadi.
Putik Cahaya Suci itu layu, lalu daun segi enam sebesar ibu jari tersebut perlahan jatuh. Begitu jatuh, sistem akar yang telah layu itu seakan terbangun dan terhubung dengan daun yang gugur.
Dengan nutrisi dari sistem akar, daun itu mulai bercahaya. Setelah itu, dua sisi di bagian atas daun menumbuhkan dua tunas kecil. Kedua tunas tersebut dengan cepat menghasilkan dua daun segi enam lainnya.
Satu menjadi dua, dua menjadi empat, empat menjadi delapan, dan delapan menjadi enam belas. Hal yang membuat Long Chen penasaran adalah Teratai Salju Cahaya Suci Seribu Daun tidak memiliki batang. Tumbuhan itu hanya terdiri atas daun-daun.
Daun-daun segi enam itu sebening kristal, dengan cahaya suci mengalir di dalamnya, tampak seperti kaca berwarna. Keindahannya mampu membuat seseorang melupakan segala keresahan.
"Berusahalah. Teratai Salju Cahaya Suci Seribu Daun harus memiliki seribu dua puluh empat daun sebelum dapat menghasilkan Putik Cahaya Suci. Itulah bahan utama untuk memurnikan Pil Teratai Salju Cahaya Suci," ujar Kuali Bumi.
Mendengar itu, Long Chen mengertakkan gigi dan berhenti repot-repot mengambil Neidan serta inti kristal. Ia langsung melemparkan seluruh persediaan bangkai Eternal ke dalam tanah hitam.
"Senior, apakah ini cukup? Kalau tidak, aku akan segera mencari pupuk lagi," kata Long Chen dengan tekad bulat. Jika jumlah bangkainya tidak cukup, ia siap berkeliling di dunia-dunia baru yang baru saja terbuka.
"Seharusnya cukup," jawab Kuali Bumi.
Teratai Salju Cahaya Suci Seribu Daun itu segera menumbuhkan lima ratus dua belas daun, lalu kumpulan daun baru kembali tumbuh dengan cepat. Pada saat ini, ukuran Teratai Salju Cahaya Suci Seribu Daun sudah lebih besar daripada manusia.
Bentuknya terus berubah, menyerupai gadis cantik yang sedang menari. Selain itu, sebuah dunia es raksasa telah muncul di sekelilingnya.
Anehnya, es itu tidak memancarkan hawa dingin. Sebaliknya, ia memancarkan sensasi seolah-olah cahaya suci sedang memurnikan jiwa.
Setelah melalui serangkaian perubahan, total seribu dua puluh empat daun akhirnya muncul. Teratai Salju Cahaya Suci Seribu Daun pun mencapai bentuk akhirnya.
Sebuah bunga teratai putih salju kemudian muncul. Ketika sembilan kelopaknya terbuka, tampak tiga putik bunga yang lembut, dan tiga pilar cahaya suci menjulang ke langit.
Pada saat yang sama, seluruh bangkai yang telah dikumpulkan Long Chen habis dilahap. Pohon-Pohon Fusang dan Pohon-Pohon Bulan raksasa kembali tumbuh sangat besar.
Namun, yang mengejutkan Long Chen adalah api mereka justru sedikit melemah. Kekuatan mereka mulai ditarik kembali ke dalam tubuh.
Setiap daun pohon itu memiliki rune api yang kuat. Jika satu daun dipetik lalu diledakkan, kekuatannya sudah cukup untuk melenyapkan seorang Raja Dunia biasa.
Pohon-Pohon Fusang dan Pohon-Pohon Bulan masih terus menjadi lebih kuat, tetapi tampaknya mereka masih jauh dari Pohon-Pohon Fusang dan Pohon-Pohon Bulan yang ada dalam legenda.
Long Chen tidak terlalu memperhatikan mereka karena perhatiannya tertuju pada Teratai Salju Cahaya Suci Seribu Daun. Ia mengulurkan tangan dan dengan hati-hati memetik ketiga putik bunga itu.
Begitu ketiga Putik Cahaya Suci dicabut dari tubuhnya, Teratai Salju Cahaya Suci Seribu Daun itu langsung runtuh dan berubah menjadi pecahan es.
"Tidak apa-apa. Meskipun kehilangan semua Putik Cahaya Sucinya, ia tidak akan mati di tempat ini. Hanya saja, perlu waktu untuk terlahir kembali. Abaikan dulu. Keluarlah. Kita akan memurnikan Pil Teratai Salju Cahaya Suci," desak Kuali Bumi.
Saat meninggalkan ruang primal chaos, Long Chen menggenggam tiga Putik Cahaya Suci.
Kuali Bumi muncul di hadapannya. Tanpa perlu diminta, Huo Linger juga muncul dan mulai memanaskan Kuali Bumi.
Kuali Bumi berkata, "Kekuatan Spiritual-ku tidak cukup untuk memurnikan pil ini. Selain itu, kekuatanku sulit dipulihkan, jadi aku harus mengandalkan Kekuatan Spiritual-mu untuk memurnikannya."
"Tidak masalah. Kekuatan Spiritual-ku masih berlimpah," jawab Long Chen acuh tak acuh. Ia sangat yakin pada Kekuatan Spiritualnya.
"Kali ini berbeda. Kita sedang memurnikan Pil Suci. Kau tahu apa itu Pil Suci?"
"Jangan-jangan..."
"Benar, ini adalah pil yang digunakan para Suci. Kekuatan Spiritual-mu memang kuat, tetapi masih belum cukup untuk memurnikan Pil Suci sepenuhnya. Karena itu, selama proses pemurnian, kau harus menggunakan pil penutrisi jiwa untuk memulihkan Kekuatan Spiritual-mu. Aku akan mengatur tempo pemurnian agar kau memiliki waktu untuk memulihkan diri. Namun, kita juga tidak punya banyak waktu. Jika proses pemurnian berlangsung terlalu lama, spiritualitas pil obat akan merosot dan pil yang dihasilkan akan berkualitas rendah. Itu sama saja dengan menyia-nyiakan harta karun," kata Kuali Bumi dengan sungguh-sungguh.
Hati Long Chen bergetar. Mereka akan memurnikan pil obat yang digunakan para Suci? Dengan kemampuannya saat ini, tingkat kesulitannya mungkin benar-benar menentang langit. Tidak berani bersikap ceroboh, Long Chen memusatkan perhatian dan memasuki kondisi puncaknya.
"Mari kita mulai."
Api keemasan bangkit dari dalam Kuali Bumi, sementara tiga Putik Cahaya Suci di tangan Long Chen terbang masuk ke dalamnya.
Chapter 4422 Refining the Sacred Light Snow Lotus Pill
After throwing the Sacred Light Pistil into the primal chaos space, Long Chen was about to find a suitable place in the central medicinal field for it when the Earth Cauldron stopped him.
“It can’t be planted here. It is an ice element species, whereas this place is filled with fire elements. Plant it near the border.”
Thinking about it, Long Chen realized that it was right. The primal chaos space was now incredibly vast. However, the central region was filled with the immense Fusang Trees and Moon Trees. They had already spread out and occupied their own territories in the central region.
Fortunately, after the primal chaos space expanded, the edges of the primal chaos space remained empty. Hence, Long Chen carefully planted the Sacred Light Pistil in the border region.
Upon contact with the soil, delicate hair-like roots emerged from its base, and frost instantly covered the ground. The frost rapidly extended over thousands of miles, persistently growing. The single pistil was like a seed and quickly produced a leaf.
There was only a single leaf and no sign of a flower. The leaf had a hexagonal shape, with veins gradually forming on its surface. A potent sacred aura coursed through these veins.
Upon the birth of the first leaf, an astonishing event unfolded. The Sacred Light Pistil rapidly withered, causing Long Chen to panic at the sight. Was it unable to grow in this place?
“Don’t panic. This is the particularity of the Thousand Leaf Sacred Light Snow Lotus,” reassured the Earth Cauldron, as if anticipating this outcome.
The Sacred Light Pistil withered, and that thumb-sized hexagonal leaf slowly fell. Once it fell, the withered root system seemed to awaken and connect to the fallen leaf.
With the nourishment of the root system, the leaf started to glow. Following that, two edges on the top of the leaf produced two tiny shoots. Those two shoots quickly produced two more hexagonal leaves.
As a result, one gave birth to two, two gave birth to four, four gave birth to eight, and eight gave birth to sixteen. What Long Chen found curious was that the Thousand Leaf Sacred Light Snow Lotus had no stalk. It consisted of leaves only.
The hexagonal leaves were crystalline, with sacred light flowing within them, looking like colored glass. Their beauty could make a person forget all their vexations.
“Toss all the corpses into the black soil. Don’t hold back,” instructed the Earth Cauldron.
Only then did Long Chen manage to pull himself out of his rapture. He had a large stock of Eternal corpses, and many of them had Neidans or crystal cores. Since they were treasures to Xia Chen and Guo Ran, directly decomposing them would be a waste.
Hence, Long Chen did a quick extraction. After taking out those cores, he tossed the corpses into the black soil. As more corpses fell into the black soil and were devoured, vast life energy filled the primal chaos space.
Sensing so much life energy, the Thousand Leaf Sacred Light Snow Lotus started to grow even more rapidly. However, after it reached one hundred and twenty-eight leaves, its growth speed clearly slowed down.
Its leaves didn’t go straight up but spread in every direction, looking like a holy ice spirit flower vase.
“Work hard. The Thousand Leaf Sacred Light Snow Lotus must have one thousand and twenty-four leaves to produce the Sacred Light Pistil. It is the main ingredient to refine the Sacred Light Snow Lotus Pill,” said the Earth Cauldron.
Hearing this, Long Chen clenched his teeth and stopped bothering with the Neidans and crystal cores. He directly tossed all his stock of Eternal corpses into the black soil.
“Senior, do you think this is enough? If it’s not, I’ll get more fertilizer right now.” Long Chen was determined to make this work. If the number of corpses wasn’t enough, he was ready to take a stroll through the new worlds that had just opened.
“It should be enough,” said the Earth Cauldron.
The Thousand Leaf Sacred Light Snow Lotus quickly gave rise to five hundred and twelve leaves, and a new batch of leaves quickly grew. At this moment, the Thousand Leaf Sacred Light Snow Lotus was already bigger than a person.
Its form underwent a continuous transformation, resembling a beautiful maiden in a dance. Additionally, a colossal world of ice had manifested around it.
Surprisingly, this ice didn't exude coldness; rather, it emitted a sensation akin to sacred light purifying the soul.
After a sequence of changes, a total of one thousand and twenty-four leaves emerged. Finally, the Thousand Leaf Sacred Light Snow Lotus had achieved its ultimate form.
A snow-white lotus flower then appeared. When its nine leaves opened, they revealed three tender flower pistils, and three pillars of sacred light soared into the heavens.
At this moment, all the corpses that Long Chen had gathered were devoured. The giant Fusang Trees and Moon Trees had once more grown immensely.
However, what surprised Long Chen was that their flames had actually weakened slightly. Their power was starting to withdraw inside of their bodies.
Every single leaf of the trees had a powerful flame rune. If you were to pick off a single leaf and detonate it, it would be enough to wipe out an ordinary World King.
The Fusang Trees and Moon Trees were still growing stronger, but it seemed that they were still a far cry from the Fusang Trees and Moon Trees that existed in the legend.
Long Chen didn’t pay much attention to them, as his focus was on the Thousand Leaf Sacred Light Snow Lotus. He reached out and carefully plucked the three flower pistils.
When the three Sacred Light Pistils were extracted from its body, the Thousand Leaf Sacred Light Snow Lotus instantly crumbled, transforming into ice fragments.
“It’s fine. Even if it loses all of its Sacred Light Pistils, it won’t die in this place. However, it will take some time for it to be reborn. Ignore it for now. Come out. We’re going to refine the Sacred Light Snow Lotus Pill,” urged the Earth Cauldron.
When Long Chen left the primal chaos space, he was holding three Sacred Light Pistils.
The Earth Cauldron materialized in front of him. Without him needing to say anything, Huo Linger also appeared and started to warm up the Earth Cauldron.
The Earth Cauldron said, “My Spiritual Strength isn’t enough to refine this pill. Furthermore, my strength is difficult to replenish, so I will need to rely on your Spiritual Strength to refine this pill.”
“That’s fine. I have plenty of Spiritual Strength,” said Long Chen indifferently. He had absolute confidence in his Spiritual Strength.
“It will be different this time. We are refining a Saint Pill. Do you understand what a Saint Pill is?”
“Could it be…?”
“Yes, it is a pill used by Saints. Your Spiritual Strength is powerful, but it’s still not enough to fully refine a Saint Pill. Thus, during the refinement, you will need to use soul nourishing pills to recover your Spiritual Strength. I will control the tempo of the refinement to give you some time to recover. However, we also don’t have that much time. If the refinement time is stretched out too much, the medicinal pill’s spirituality will plummet, and the produced pills will be of low quality. It would be a waste of treasure,” said the Earth Cauldron solemnly.
Long Chen’s heart shook. They were going to refine a medicinal pill used by Saints? Then the difficulty would probably be heaven-defying with his current abilities. Not daring to be careless, Long Chen focused and entered his top condition.
“Let’s begin.”
A golden flame rose in the Earth Cauldron, and the three Sacred Light Pistils in Long Chen’s hand flew into its body.
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