Chapter 172 The Reason for Blue Water Planet’s Thin Spiritual Energy

Chapter 172: The Reason for the Sparse Spiritual Energy on Blue Water Star

During lunch, Wang Guoli took out a bottle of festively colored Spirit Flower Wine from the New Year's gift package and invited the relatives at the table to try it.

Everyone at the table praised the taste of the Spirit Flower Wine.

After a glass, his younger sister's husband's face was filled with enjoyment. "Good wine! This must cost over a thousand yuan per bottle, right?"

Wang Guoli smiled, extended five fingers, shook his head, and chuckled, "Five thousand."

The smile on Wang Guoli's eldest brother's face grew even wider as he poured another half glass for himself. "Guoli, what's the name of that wine shop again?"

Although the price of the wine was a bit high, the taste was truly excellent. Five thousand yuan per bottle was still within his acceptable range. Buying a bottle to enjoy a small drink every night wouldn't be bad.

"Xuehe Small Shop."

"I'll go buy a bottle tomorrow!"

His niece said, "Big Uncle, Xuehe Small Shop won't be open tomorrow. They'll only start selling when the delivery drivers return to work on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and you have to be a member."

"You need to be a member?"

"Mhmm. To register as a member, you have to go to the physical store. You can go after the winter break, Big Uncle. I think they open on the 11th."

"Is that so? Alright then, I'll go another time."

Wang Meiling watched Wang Guoli, who had always been at the bottom in previous years, steal the spotlight at this year's family gathering, feeling very displeased.

But his New Year's gifts were indeed better than hers. Her son's year-end bonus and gifts suddenly lost their appeal.

However, she made a mental note of the name Xuehe Small Shop. She would go check it out with her son another day.

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Time flew by, and the winter break was about to end. The Jiang Peiyao sisters were also very driven and had both succeeded in drawing Qi into their bodies.

Jiang Peiyu took three weeks to successfully draw Qi into her body, and Jiang Peiyao succeeded three days after Jiang Peiyu did.

Having successfully drawn Qi into their bodies, the next step was learning and practicing basic Spells.

But since they were both students, when choosing between continuing their cultivation here and returning to school, they weighed various factors and ultimately chose to attend school.

As for cultivation, they could only use winter and summer vacations, as well as holidays.

Jiang Yingxue expressed respect and understanding for their choice.

On Blue Water Star, education is very important. If they gave up their studies for cultivation, their parents wouldn't agree either.

Although in Jiang Yingxue's eyes, academic studies couldn't compare to cultivation, this was Blue Water Star. She respected the views of the majority.

Jiang Peiyu went to high school in the city and could return to the village to study every weekend. Jiang Peiyao attended university in Y City and could probably only return for systematic learning during winter and summer breaks.

"This is a storage ring. The space inside is about the size of a basketball court. You can think of it as a giant suitcase for storing things."

Jiang Yingxue gave each of them a storage ring as a gift for successfully drawing Qi into their bodies.

"Drop a drop of blood onto the ring. After completing the blood-binding ritual, you can control this ring. Once bound, you can change the ring's style and color at will."

Under Jiang Yingxue's guidance, the Jiang Peiyao sisters successfully bound the storage rings.

Jiang Peiyu had a simple silver band ring on her hand, while Jiang Peiyao had a pink crystal ring.

"Wow, it's amazing! It's so big inside! Sister Yingxue, can I put a bed in there? I want to sleep inside at night." Jiang Peiyu looked at Jiang Yingxue with her bright, shining eyes.

Jiang Yingxue smiled lightly. "Living people cannot enter. Only inanimate objects can be stored."

Ordinary storage rings and storage bags are similar in nature; they can only store inanimate objects.

She paused, then continued, "A storage ring you can sleep in? I could probably research how to make one, but research takes time. Let that be your gift for reaching the mid-stage of Qi Refinement then. You mustn't stop cultivating while at school, understand? It's easy to stop, but hard to pick it up again."

"We understand, we will cultivate diligently!"

After returning to school, Jiang Peiyao also moved off-campus. She rented a small apartment outside for easier studying and cultivation.

During this period, besides focusing on her two younger cousins' cultivation, Jiang Yingxue also successfully refined the Immortal-Slaying Epiphyllum venom from those three Immortal-Slaying Epiphyllum plants.

Before the city's middle schools started their semester, she made another trip to the Fairy Maiden Peak in T City.

Arriving at the location where the Taowu was sealed, she first set up an array-within-an-array on the sealing formation.

The array-within-an-array acted as a conduit, ensuring the Immortal-Slaying Epiphyllum venom would accurately land on the Taowu.

After setting up the formation, Jiang Yingxue took out a small black porcelain bottle, uncorked it, and poured the white venom onto the array-within-an-array.

The venom flowed along the formation and fell onto the Taowu's body, corroding its flesh. In less than a minute, smoke began to rise from its body.

The Taowu's blood-red eyes glared at Jiang Yingxue through the seal. "It's you again, damnable Human Cultivators!"

Even though only some skin and flesh were corroded, a significant amount of pure spiritual energy was already emanating from its body.

Under Jiang Yingxue's Spiritual Sense, she could see a continuous stream of tangible spiritual energy surging towards the Taowu, but spiritual energy was also emerging from the corroded areas.

According to the records in the murals, ten thousand years ago, Blue Water Star also had Nascent Soul cultivators, and Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators were also common.

Why, ten thousand years later, is the spiritual energy on Blue Water Star so sparse, and the path of immortality in decline?

A terrifying thought emerged in her mind. Jiang Yingxue's eyes turned cold. "It was you who absorbed the spiritual energy of Blue Water Star!"

This was not a question, but a statement of certainty.

"Bringing harm to an entire realm, merely sealing you was far too lenient!"

"Kekeke!" The Taowu laughed maniacally. It did not deny it; absorbing the spiritual energy of a realm was indeed something it had done.

"A low-level realm, being noticed by me is your good fortune!"

"Hah! You are merely livestock I raise for sustenance. What is wrong with me consuming what is mine!"

Jiang Yingxue said coldly, "You deserve to die."

Her hands moved swiftly. After pouring out one bottle of venom, she immediately poured another.

From the three Immortal-Slaying Epiphyllum flowers, she had only refined two bottles of venom.

But it was enough.

The venom continued to corrode the Taowu's body. Its body was enormous and wouldn't be completely corroded anytime soon.

Realizing its body was being corroded and dissolved, and that its own efforts to heal were useless, the Taowu began to panic.

"Damnable human, what are you pouring on me!"

Jiang Yingxue said, "Just sit back and enjoy the thing that's going to end you."

As an ancient ferocious beast, it must possess many treasures. Jiang Yingxue refrained from mentioning the Immortal-Slaying Epiphyllum out of caution.

What if Taowu happened to have an antidote for the Immortal-Slaying Epiphyllum's venom?

After the two bottles of venom were emptied onto Taowu without a single drop wasted, the spiritual energy emanating from its body solidified into a tangible form.

Jiang Yingxue immediately sat cross-legged in meditation outside the seal. She closed her eyes and circulated her cultivation technique. As her technique operated, the tangible, pure spiritual energy surged into her body.

From a distance, she looked like nothing so much as a giant, softly glowing white cocoon.