Chapter Thirty-One: The Paradise of Wind Spirit Valley
Looking around, the place was filled with countless spiritual trees, along with a stretch of spiritual herbs and flowers. The trees were heavy with fruit, and the blossoms were in full bloom—a riot of colors in every direction.
“Damn, little brother! Your nose really is something else. You could smell all this from so deep underground,” Sleepy Bug exclaimed as he poked his head out from the earth. He took a deep breath, utterly intoxicated by the scent of the fruits surrounding him.
“Ding! Tier Two, mid-grade Azure Spirit Fruit discovered.”
“Ding! Tier Two, high-grade Azure Spirit Fruit discovered.”
“Ding! Tier Two, high-grade Azure Jade Grass discovered.”
“Ding! Tier Two, high-grade Thousand-Knot Flower discovered.”
“Ding! Tier Two, high-grade Scarlet Refined Vine discovered.”
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“Big Brother, there are so many Azure Spirit Fruits here! They smell even richer than the ones outside.”
“Yes, there are quite a lot of high-grade Azure Spirit Fruits here.”
“Big Brother, with all these treasures, where do we even start?” Faced with the abundance of precious things, Sleepy Bug was at a loss for how to choose.
“No rush. Let’s hide ourselves first and take our time.”
“Good idea, Big Brother, ha!” Their luck was excellent—while the orchard outside was heavily guarded, inside it was perfectly safe.
“Ding! Successfully devoured Tier Two, high-grade Azure Spirit Fruit. Gained 6,000 experience points, 600 evolution points.”
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“Haha! This feels amazing!” Qin Chuan found an Azure Spirit Fruit tree and began devouring its fruits. In the blink of an eye, over a dozen were absorbed, turning into his experience and essence.
Meanwhile, Sleepy Bug picked a tree of his own, climbing up and gobbling the fruits hungrily, clearly in total bliss.
When Qin Chuan had devoured his fourth tree, a pleasant chime sounded in his mind.
“Ding! Congratulations, Host has reached level 14. Gained new skill point. Phase Two of Blink skill unlocked.”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host has reached a set level. Navel Chakra activated.”
“Hm? Wait! The Navel Chakra is activated?”
At that moment, Qin Chuan’s consciousness felt a swirling vortex at his navel, radiating a soft orange glow.
He immediately stopped devouring and checked his status panel.
[Chakra Talents]
First Level Root Chakra: All attributes +10
First Level Navel Chakra: Permanently increases quality upgrade success rate by 5%
“Damn! That’s incredible—a five percent increase at just the first level!”
Qin Chuan was nearly ecstatic. Raising the chance of successful quality upgrades was always a challenge, but now, a sudden five percent boost felt like a dream.
“Surprise upon surprise! What an unexpected windfall!” Although activating the Navel Chakra didn’t bring a direct attribute boost, Qin Chuan was still thrilled—this was far more valuable than a mere stat increase.
“Haha, at last I can unlock the second phase of Blink. This is going to be exciting!”
“Activate Blink Phase Two!”
“Ding! Skill upgraded successfully. Blink Phase Two unlocked. After activation, immune to all damage for 0.3 seconds.”
“Damn! This...this is insane!”
Qin Chuan knew well what immunity to all damage meant: for 0.3 seconds, he was invincible!
Though the duration was short, used at the right moment, it could withstand catastrophic damage. As the skill leveled up, the duration would increase, making close combat almost effortless.
“Haha! Level 14 is really worth its weight in gold!”
With that, Qin Chuan reviewed his attributes with satisfaction.
[Host]: Qin Chuan
[Species]: Mutant Black Iron Sword (1)
[Tier]: Tier Two, Supreme (Sharpness +10%)
[Quality]: Rare (All Attributes +5%)
[Level]: 14
[Attributes]
Sharpness: 182 + 81.9 (45%) + 9.1 (5%)
Toughness: 159 + 31.8 (20%)
Speed: 159 + 31.8 (20%)
Evolution Points: 37,600 / 204,800
Experience: 5,000 / 1,638,400
Rage: 20 / 100
[Innate Talents]: Devour Essence, Basic Mimicry
[Skills]
Flow Strike: Phase One Level 3, Phase Two Slide Level 1
Blink: Phase One Level 3, Phase Two Immunity Level 1
Enhance: Phase One Level 3, Phase Two Freeze Level 1 (Freeze Chance 4%)
Falling Heaven Flow Strike: Level 2
[Chakra Talents]
First Level Root Chakra: All attributes +10
First Level Navel Chakra: Permanently increases quality upgrade success rate by 5%
[Bonus Attributes]
Critical Strike: 10%
Burst: 3%
“Experience...damn this endless climb!” The sight of needing more than a million experience points made Qin Chuan’s scalp tingle, but with so many Azure Spirit Fruit trees here, he was sure his reserves would soon swell.
At that moment, a wicked thought crossed his mind—he wanted to devour the entire orchard.
But his gaze drifted to the broad expanse of flowers and herbs. He decided to see what charms these plants might hold.
“Devour Essence!”
Without hesitation, Qin Chuan began devouring the field of flowers and herbs.
“Ding! Successfully devoured Tier Two, high-grade Azure Jade Grass. Gained 0.1 Toughness.”
“Ding! Successfully devoured Tier Two, high-grade Thousand-Knot Flower. Gained 0.1 Speed.”
“Ding! Successfully devoured Tier Two, high-grade Scarlet Refined Vine. Gained 0.1 Sharpness.”
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Qin Chuan was so excited he nearly jumped up. “Damn! So that’s how it works—I’ve hit the jackpot!”
“Hahaha! Free gains—devour, devour, devour!”
“Ding!...”
“Ding!...”
In no time at all, Qin Chuan had devoured the entire field, leaving what had once been a tapestry of blossoms bare and empty.
“Heh, maybe that was a bit much. But it feels so good.”
This time, he had devoured at least several hundred stalks of spiritual flowers and herbs, his core stats surging upward.
Sharpness: 200 + 90 (45%) + 10 (5%)
Toughness: 170 + 34 (20%)
Speed: 174 + 34.8 (20%)
Now his Sharpness had reached an astonishing 300 points—a level only typically seen in third-tier spiritual beings.
Qin Chuan was deeply satisfied. “Not bad at all, almost as good as two evolution upgrades combined!”
Devouring the spiritual flora of an entire orchard would please anyone.
With more than half the Azure Spirit Fruit trees still untouched, Qin Chuan turned to Sleepy Bug. “Little brother, hurry up and devour as much as you can.”
Sleepy Bug, busy gorging himself, mumbled his assent, “Mmm!”
Qin Chuan moved ahead a little and continued devouring.
In an instant, an invisible vortex of consumption swept through the area, and the Azure Spirit Fruits vanished at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At last, the orchard guards outside noticed the anomaly. Rubbing their eyes in disbelief, one exclaimed, “Hey, look! Did those Azure Spirit Fruits just disappear in a blink? Am I seeing things?”
“Huh?! No way. How did they vanish all at once?”
“Damn! Could it be thieves?”
“We’re in trouble—go report to the Lord! I’ll go in first!”
“Right!”
The guards shivered with alarm.
“Catch the thieves! Everyone, catch those fruit thieves!”
“This is bad, we’ve been robbed! Quick, don’t let them escape!”
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In moments, over a hundred guards surged into the orchard.
Since reaching level 14 and devouring a field of flowers and herbs, Qin Chuan’s power and courage had grown considerably.
“Ding!...”
“Ding!...”
The pleasant chimes of system notifications rang incessantly in his mind as he quickly devoured all the Azure Spirit Fruits, except those he had left for Sleepy Bug.
“Ding! Tier Two, mid-grade Sky-Flying Sable detected. Quality: Excellent. Level: 15.”
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At this moment, not a trace of panic showed in Qin Chuan’s consciousness. Instead, a beautiful smile curved at the corner of his lips.