At this time, some dead plants appeared around Wang Daoyuan, and they were all of high quality. Many of them were second-rank spiritual plants.
As he continued to walk forward, the living plants were still first-rank high quality, but the dead plants were getting higher and higher in quality. Some second-rank high quality dead plants had already appeared.
He also found something wrong. After walking for dozens of miles into the secret realm, he didn't see a single demonic beast or native spiritual insect.
Could it be that demonic beasts and spiritual insects couldn't survive in this secret realm?
However, he had been here for so long and didn't feel any discomfort.
The Soul-chasing Bees that he released to scout the way also didn't do anything abnormal.
He released his Divine Sense to explore the surroundings, even the underground, but he still didn't find any living things other than plants.
The strange environment made his hair stand on end.
He took out the Sharp Gold Sword and put the jade pendant on his body, ready to deal with any sudden danger.
However, since he was already here, he really didn't want to leave without a big harvest.
He braced himself and continued to walk forward. After walking for more than ten miles, he finally found something related to demonic beasts — the skeleton of a second-rank demonic beast, the Iron-Horned Bull.
If it weren't for the iconic big horns that were still shining with a metallic light, he really wouldn't have recognized the skeleton.
He carefully walked over and touched the skeleton with the Sharp Gold Sword. The skeleton instantly collapsed, and even the big horns were broken.
It might have been dead for too long, and the skeleton had long decayed. It was just that it wasn't affected by the outside world, so it was still in its original state. Once touched, it shattered.
The Iron-Horned Bull had been dead for a long time, and it didn't die in a secret place, but it hadn't been touched for a long time.
From this phenomenon, it could be inferred that after this Iron-Horned Bull died, there were almost no demonic beasts or spiritual insects in this place.
Now, this place could support demonic beasts and spiritual insects, which meant that this place had suffered a great change and then slowly recovered.
For a secret realm to recover, it would need a huge amount of spiritual energy, so it could be explained that there was a place with no spiritual energy outside.
Of course, this was just speculation, and there was no sufficient evidence.
He walked to the side of a withered spiritual tree and gently poked it with his sharp golden sword. The withered spiritual tree instantly turned into a pile of debris.
Wang Daoyuan sighed and said, "As expected, it's a spiritual tree that's been dead for a long time. It seems like my guess is quite accurate."
After traveling for another fifty or so miles, they encountered many withered spiritual trees and demonic beast skeletons along the way. Similarly, they all shattered upon contact.
The concentration of Spirit Qi here had already reached the level of a low-grade Level Two Spirit Vein, and the living Spirit Plants nearby had also appeared to be Level Two.
In front of him was a bamboo forest. This was a Rank Two mid-grade spirit plant — Green Jade Bamboo.
The Green Jade Bamboo was not considered rare in the outside world. It was often used to refine second-tier wood-attribute magic tools, and its value was quite high.
When he saw the Green Jade Bamboo, he thought of the Wood Attribute Dharma Artifact. Only then did he realize that there was a problem with this Arcane Realm. The Spirit Qi here was actually of the Wood Attribute.
Even when he had just entered this secret realm, the Spirit Qi was still of the Wood Attribute and had not been converted into Spirit Qi of other attributes.
There should be something in this secret realm that was suppressing the transformation of the five elements.
It was no wonder that there were no living demonic beasts or spirit insects here. In an environment where the five elements were incomplete, it was difficult for demonic beasts and spirit insects to survive.
This did not mean that other living creatures would die when they entered, but that the Spirit Qi here could not support the survival of demonic beasts.
When demonic beasts from outside came in, they would not die immediately, but they would also not be able to reproduce here.
Demonic beasts and Spirit Plants were different. Spirit Plants only needed Wood Attribute Spirit Qi to survive and reproduce normally.
On the other hand, demonic beasts, and even humans, needed an environment with all five elements to be able to reproduce.
The five elements could be unbalanced. For example, near the Earth Fire, fire Spirit Qi was rich, but the Spirit Qi of other attributes still existed.
The imbalance of the five elements could be as severe as it wanted, but it must not be lacking.
In an environment where there was only Wood Attribute Spirit Qi, cultivators who cultivated Wood Attribute Cultivation Techniques or Wood Attribute demonic beasts could still survive, although they could not reproduce.
Cultivators and demonic beasts who did not cultivate Wood Attribute Spirit Qi would not be able to survive for long here.
This should be the reason why there were no demonic beasts here despite the lush vegetation.
This kind of environment did not affect Wang Daoyuan much.
He possessed the Five Elements Spiritual Roots and had also cultivated the Five Elements Cultivation Method.
As long as the Spirit Qi's attribute did not exceed the range of the five elements, he could use his Cultivation Technique to refine Wood Attribute Spirit Qi into Wood Attribute Spirit Qi, and then convert it into Spirit Qi of other attributes.
The Spirit Qi in his body was also of the five elements.
The Soul Chasing Bee was a non-elemental Spirit Insect, which meant that it had all five elements. It could refine Wood Attribute Spirit Qi. Although it could not change the attribute of Spirit Qi at will, it could still survive normally.
However, this kind of special environment with Spirit Qi of a single attribute was especially suitable for cultivation.
If a cultivator who majored in Wood Attribute Cultivation Techniques came here, even if he had multiple Spirit Roots, his cultivation speed would not be much slower than a Celestial Spirit Root, and the quality of the condensed True Essence would be similar.
What Wang Daoyuan was more interested in was what suppressed the mutual generation of the five elements.
If he could use it for cultivation, he would be able to cultivate completely pure Spirit Qi and condense high-quality True Essence, and the difficulty of Foundation Establishment would be greatly reduced.
He could not let go of the Green Jade Bamboo in front of him. This was a Rank Two Spirit Plant, and its value was extremely high.
He planned to dig up a few stalks of Green Jade Bamboo and transplant them into the space of the Spirit Pearl.
However, he underestimated the difficulty of this matter.
Bamboo was a Spirit Plant of the same origin, and the roots of a large bamboo forest were all connected together.
To transplant a bamboo stalk, one had to cut off the bamboo whip.
How could a Rank Two Spirit Bamboo's bamboo whip be so easy to cut off?
He could only use Rank Two Low-Grade Golden Saber Talismans to attack the bamboo whip, and three Golden Saber Talismans were needed to cut off a bamboo whip.
In the end, he only transplanted one stalk of Green Jade Bamboo and did not dare to use too many Golden Saber Talismans.
After all, he was in a dangerous place and had to leave some Rank Two Spirit Talismans to save his life.
Next, he had to carefully look for something that suppressed the mutual generation of the five elements.
He had a hunch that this thing was definitely not simple and might be of great use to him.
Walking into the bamboo forest, he found that the concentration of Spirit Qi here was still increasing.
The thing he was looking for was very likely to be in the place with the richest Spirit Qi.
After walking in the Green Jade Bamboo Forest for half a quarter of an hour, the concentration of Spirit Qi in the surroundings was comparable to that of a Rank Two Mid-Grade Spirit Vein.
He ordered the Soul Chasing Bee to find the place with the richest Spirit Qi.
The Soul Chasing Bee brought him to a peach tree.
This peach tree was only about three feet tall and was not conspicuous in the Green Jade Bamboo Forest.
However, this peach tree was luxuriant, and there were two or three branches with peach blossoms on the tree crown.
The concentration of Spirit Qi near the peach tree was higher than other places, and it was comparable to that of a Rank Two High-Grade Spirit Vein.
Other than that, there was nothing special about this peach tree. It did not even have a trace of Spirit Qi fluctuation, and it was just like an ordinary peach tree.
Using his Divine Sense to probe, he did not find any clues.
He used the Sharp Golden Sword to lightly poke the peach tree. This luxuriant peach tree, full of vitality, and even blooming flowers, actually turned into debris like the dead wood he had encountered before.
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