The sparrow could not even make a sound before it was devoured by the vine.
"It's just a normal sparrow. It wouldn't show the might of the Boston Ivy at all."
Jiang He could not help thinking about the Sky Demon Cult again, but then thought, 'What a shame. The Sky Demon Cult seems to have toned down quite a bit recently. If a few of their elites tried to climb over the wall and sneak into my house, they would definitely be able to test the power of my mutated ivy.'
"However, I reckon that my Boston ivy shouldn't have much of a problem dealing with a Rank-7. Against a Rank-8 … it might be slightly weaker, but those thorns that curl backward and the vines that entangle are enough to give a Rank-8 martial artist a hard time."
Staring at the Boston Ivy before him, a bunch of data appeared before Jiang He's eyes.
[Cloudscraper Vine Larva]
[Attribute: A mystical plant lifeform from outer space.]
[Ability: Strangulation, Guard, Evolution]
"What the hell!"
Jiang He was stunned. The Cloudscraper Vine?
That goes against the ancient law of reaping what you sow. I planted a Boston Ivy, and you grow a Cloudscraper Vine?
"The Cloudscraper Vine, the Cloudscraper Vine … maybe it's a plant lifeform like the Boston Ivy?"
Jiang He appeared thoughtful.
That might be possible, just like how cats and tigers were two completely different species, but both were felines.
Still, Jiang He had a vague feeling that the Cloudscraper Vine was quite familiar, as if he had heard or seen it somewhere before.
Not bothered to think too much about it, he continued studying the Cloudscraper Vine.
It now had nine vines, each of which was fifteen meters long and as thick as an arm. Its tender green leaves were very similar to the leaves before it was planted, although the green was a little darker and more alive.
What was more special was that the 'needles' that were originally hidden in the branches and leaves had completely disappeared.
No.
They did not vanish, but were withdrawn.
The Cloudscraper Vine would not be able to see the spikes at all if it did not attack, but the spikes would immediately appear when it did, and a single stab would pierce through the True Qi of a rank-eight who was caught off guard.
"Strangulation?
"Guard?
"Evolution?
"I can understand strangulation and evolution, but what about body protection?"
Musing to himself for a moment, Jiang He carefully extended his senses and suddenly realized that there seemed to be a special connection between him and the Cloudscraper Vine. Reaching out, he placed his hand on it.
Vines curled towards him, rubbing the back of Jiang He's hand intimately.
Obviously …
The Cloudscraper Vine had already given birth to a spirit, but it was still in its infancy, equivalent to a newborn child. It still didn't know how to communicate with humans.
Jiang He was the one who planted it, so it was naturally its master.
After rubbing the back of Jiang He's hand for a moment, the vines suddenly tunneled into his skin.
Jiang He was startled.
However, he soon discovered that … he didn't feel any pain at all. Furthermore, he didn't feel any swelling pain after the Cloudscraper Vine entered his body. Instead, the friction when the Cloudscraper Vine entered his body gave him an indescribable sense of comfort.
In mere moments, the entire Cloudscraper Vine had burrowed into Jiang He's skin.
With a single thought from Jiang He, green leaves and vines crawled out of his pores and blood vessels in the next split second, forming a green vine armor over his body.
Even his legs and head were covered, leaving only his hands, feet, and eyes exposed.
"Meow ~!!!"
Trumbo shrieked sharply, arching its body in fright while all its fur stood on end.
Yip!
Dumbo shrieked weirdly as well.
It had been digging a hole, and appeared to be startled by Jiang He's change. It hugged the shovel and shuddered, and when it heard Trumbo's barking, it threw away the shovel and hugged each other, shuddering.
"…"
Jiang He scowled and was at a loss for words. "It's not like the Cloudscraper Vine ate me. What are you two afraid of?"
He cursed. Both Dumbo and Trumbo breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Jiang He's voice, and circled Jiang He curiously, studying him.
"Master, you look so beautiful now!"
Dumbo praised.
"Cut the crap. Get a mirror for me!"
Jiang He said. Dumbo opened its mouth and spat out a stream of clear water, which condensed into a water mirror in the air.
Jiang He studied himself in front of the mirror.
The armor that the Cloudscraper Vine had turned into fitted him well, although it was a little glaring green.
With a single thought, the helmet that the Cloudscraper Vine had turned into promptly dispersed.
Putting the Cloudscraper Vine back in his farm, Jiang He smiled. "You're too weak right now, and your armor wouldn't even withstand a rank-nine's attack, so it wouldn't be of much help to me … by the way, you could eat Feral corpses if you could eat even sparrows, right?"
With a wave of his hand, Jiang He threw the remaining half of the Leopard Python and the half-rank-six Feral wolf corpse to the Cloudscraper Vine, and its many tendrils rapidly contracted to cover the flesh and blood.
He had been eating those two types of meat for a long time, and now that his System Backpack had stored a lot of food, it was time for a change.
Jiang He turned to look at the spot where he had planted the rank-nine Origin Fluid, and when he did …
He felt terrible all at once —
A large crystal bottle had grown out of the locust tree's Origin Fluid … it was around two meters tall and a meter in diameter, and it was filled to the brim with Origin Fluid.
And the three spots where he had planted the willow tree's Origin Fluid had grown out of each of them …
A large mineral water bottle.
Judging from the size of the mineral water bottle, the Origin Fluid in each bottle would not be less than the crystal bottle.
Jiang He smiled begrudgingly, shaking his head …
The System.
It's just giving people jobs to do.
Why don't you just grow a tree, bloom, and bear hundreds of crystal bottles and mineral water bottles? Wouldn't that be nice?
Given the current situation, he had to find his own bottles to store them separately …
"Still, I could drink this Origin Fluid for a year and a half if I use it sparingly. When that happens, I might be able to find higher-grade and tastier Origin Fluid."
[Ding!]
[+ 1000 Farm Points]
[Ding!]
[+ 1000 Farm Points]
"…"
Jiang He walked up and 'plucked' the three large mineral water bottles and the crystal bottle, putting them inside his System Backpack, earning him a total of 4,000 Farm Points and 400 EXP.
"I'll buy some bottles from the city later. I'll have Sora pack them when I get back."
After some thought, Jiang He took out a purple-gold sandalwood box from his System Backpack with a turn of his hand.
Inside the box was the half of the incomplete immortal art that Murong Buyi had given him.
Jiang He opened it and read it carefully … he even took out his pen, ready to complete it himself. Even so, after studying it for half a day, he realized that he did not recognize a single word that was written on it.
All of it was written in ancient Xiaozhuan.
"Complete, my foot! I'm not going to complete it!"
Feeling rather upset, Jiang He cursed and promptly threw the half of the incomplete immortal art into the hole. Taking out the remaining half of the bag of Mysterious Soil, Jiang He poured in half of it before burying the hole.
"I can plant cultivation manuals three times now that my farm is at level four. Though it's one more than before, I still have to use it sparingly … after all, leveling it up to level five requires 50,000 EXP."
Jiang He hence gave up on planting the Jiang-Clan Physical Beast-Taming Manual that he wrote.
It was fine even if he did not plant it since he felt comfortable using it, and the black panther on Mount Helan was proof of that.
Jiang He stared closely at the spot where he planted the incomplete immortal art.
In fact, he was feeling very nervous …
He had thought about planting the immortal art before, but the System notification stated that his farm was at level four. Still, Jiang He was not sure if he could plant it now that his farm was at level four.
However, the anxiety in his heart was quickly dispelled.
An immortal light shone from the ground.
At first, it was only the size of a fist, but it broke out of the soil and hovered at the center of the farm. Soon, it shone brightly, and the fist-sized immortal light shone with a myriad of colors as it rapidly expanded.
In just around an hour, the fist-sized immortal light had become a massive cluster of light that was almost two meters in diameter.
Within the ball of light, a jade scroll floated quietly.
Jiang He walked up and grasped, and the scroll landed in his hand.
[Ding!]
[+ 10000 Farm Points.]
Jiang He did a double take at the System Notification jingling beside his ear … a single immortal art actually earned him 10000 Farm Points?
He looked at his level panel to find that his EXP had increased by a thousand as well.
"Is planting immortal arts that awesome?"
Jiang He could not help laughing when he came to his senses. "And here I was thinking that the EXP needed to level up my farm to level five was too much. Now, it seems that my worries were unnecessary."
"The higher my farm level, the higher the quality of the items I could plant … and naturally, the more Farm Points and EXP I would gain when I harvest them.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang He looked at the jade scroll in his hand.
There were no words recorded on it.
Still, Jiang He was not panicking at all.
That was child's play. After all, cultivation techniques and legacies in xianxia and fantasy novels were usually recorded in jade scrolls, and one could read them by injecting one's spirit into it.
It was a matter of common sense, just like how mystic items needed to be forged with blood.
Jiang He's spirit slowly extended towards the jade scroll.
In the next split second, Jiang He felt the world spinning around him, and his spirit soon 'saw' a pitch-black space.
Starlight abruptly arose from the darkness, and many stars abruptly appeared in the night sky. Their radiance interweaved like luminous pillars, turning into a cultivation manual composed of starlight.
"Nine Heavenly Stars Body Formula?"
Jiang He scowled when he saw the name of the cultivation manual.
An immortal physique art?
Was he going to walk the path of physique refinement all the way to the dark?
Still, Jiang He soon thought it through.
A physique cultivation manual …
Wasn't that nice?
His physique was already strong, but now that he had mastered the Invincible Vajra Divine Art, it would be very difficult for him to improve his physique. Cultivating the Nine Heavenly Star Body Forging Technique would be able to improve his physique further. At that time, the Vicious Beast King's all-out attack wouldn't even be able to break through his defense …
He was a little excited just thinking about it!
Of course.
An immortal physique art would not have such little effect.
Jiang He studied it carefully, and realized that …
"Mastery over the Nine Heavenly Stars Body Formula would allow one to pluck the sun, moon, and stars?"
"Is it really that awesome?"
(PS: Brothers, I'm ranked over 130 in the Monthly Votes. Could I make it to the top 120? I've been updating ten thousand words a day lately, and I'm quite diligent.)
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