Chapter 4 First-level Spiritual Tree

After several days of running around, Ye Changsheng finally returned to the Ye family.

Time was urgent. Grandpa Ye Jiuhu's condition would worsen every day, and Ye Changsheng had no time to visit his grandfather and pay respects to his mother Cui Linglong.

Gently took off the sign of retreat outside the retreat room and entered the retreat room again.

Holding the core of the compassionate fruit in his hand, his mind moved slightly, and Ye Changsheng entered the fairy tree space again. Nothing changed.

Ye Changsheng carefully dug a small pit in the soil and carefully buried the dim spiritual core of the compassionate fruit in it.

He then went to the first stone platform and used the magic formula to gently draw out a drop of condensed first-level fairy dew. The fairy dew was aura and precious, like the condensation of liquid spiritual energy, exuding a rich spiritual charm.

With full of expectations and a hint of prayer, Ye Changsheng returned to the small pit that had just been dug.

He took a deep breath and slowly dropped the drop of celestial dew on the pit of the compassionate fruit. A shocking scene occurred:

The pit, which was dim in spiritual light, instantly glowed with vitality. An almost visible vibration emanated from the pit, followed by a subtle green light.

Under Ye Changsheng's astonished eyes, the pit slowly cracked, and a tiny green seedling broke out of the shell at an astonishing speed.

At the same time, several black slender whiskers also drilled through the pit and quickly penetrated into the ground.

As time went on, the seedling grew rapidly, and the root system expanded rapidly in the spiritual soil, absorbing the celestial dew and the rich spiritual energy contained in the spiritual soil.

Soon after, the seedling had turned into a small tree that rose from the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The trunk gradually became thicker, from tender green to dark brown, the texture on the bark was clearly visible, the new branches were tough and strong, stretching out in all directions, and the dense leaves were shining in the light and shadow.

As the small tree continued to grow upward, it soon reached a height of two meters.

Early flower buds began to grow on the slender branches. They bloomed quickly under Ye Changsheng's gaze, emitting a delicate fragrance.

Finally, the compassion fruit tree was full of flowers. Soon after, the flowers withered and produced early fruits.

These fruits gradually grew from small green dots, the skin turned from green to red, and finally matured into gorgeous compassion fruits.

Each fruit was full and round, with a gem-like red color and a faint spiritual light on the surface.

Ye Changsheng counted again and again, and the tree finally produced a full 72 precious first-level compassion fruits.

The compassion fruit is a top-grade spiritual fruit for cultivators to heal their injuries. In the world of immortal cultivation, a first-level compassion fruit costs 200 spiritual stones.

Ye Changsheng's family had to sell three magic tools to buy it, which was a bankruptcy.

But now, Ye Changsheng has a full 72.

If it is counted as spiritual stones, it is a full 14,400 spiritual stones.

Ye Changsheng's heart surged. The magic of the fairy tree had been verified. From now on, he would no longer lack resources for cultivating the immortal.

Ye Changsheng waved his hand, and under the effect of magic power, 72 red compassion fruits were picked from the tree and arranged in front of Ye Changsheng's chest.

He put the 71 fruits one by one into the jade box that had been prepared long ago.

Ye Changsheng was not in a hurry to go out and give his grandfather Ye Jiuhu the first-level compassion fruit.

Because the first-level compassion fruit could only barely keep Ye Jiuhu alive, and according to Ye Changsheng, this compassion fruit was a spiritual plant of multiple levels.

Above the first-level compassion fruit tree, there are second-level compassion fruit trees, and even third-level.

The first-level compassion fruit tree matures every three years, and each time it bears 72 fruits.

The second-level compassion fruit tree matures every nine years, and each time it bears 18 fruits.

The third-level compassion fruit tree matures every thirty-six years, and each time it bears six fruits.

If Grandpa Ye Jiuhu wants to recover from his injuries and make further progress in cultivation, he needs a second-level compassion fruit.

As for why he didn't produce a second-level compassion fruit at the beginning, Ye Changsheng was worried that the fruit core might be defective and might waste a drop of second-level fairy dew. Second, he felt that the Ye family lacked first-level cultivation resources. Now the cultivation level of the Ye family was too low, so it was not easy to sell second-level spiritual fruits.

Ye Changsheng peeled the remaining compassion fruit, put the fragrant flesh into the jade box, took out the core, and replanted it a few meters away from the first-level compassion fruit tree.

He took the second-level fairy dew that appeared with the space again.

He dripped it on the first-level compassion fruit core. This time, the compassion fruit tree grew more rapidly. In a blink of an eye, a three-meter-high compassion fruit tree rose from the ground.

There were indeed eighteen ruby-like fruits on it, the same size as the first-level compassion fruit, but the difference was that the second-level compassion fruit had obvious auspicious cloud spiritual patterns on it.

Following the same procedure, Ye Changsheng collected seventeen of the fruits, took the last second-level compassion fruit, and left the fairy tree space with a thought.

Ye Changsheng hurried to the room of his grandfather Ye Jiuhu in the backyard of the plum garden, and saw that his grandfather had a ruddy face and was lying peacefully on the bed.

"Changsheng, did you break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining during your retreat this time?"

Seeing Ye Changsheng coming, Ye Jiuhu opened his eyes and said.

"Yes, Grandpa, I broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining."

"Good, good, good, you are worthy of being my good grandson, Ye Jiuhu."

Ye Jiuhu sat up happily, with an excited look on his face.

"Alas! It's a pity that Changsheng has such a talent. You are also a genius in our Ye family. You should have stayed in the main peak to practice."

"Maybe you can break through to the late stage of Qi Refining in the future and become an elder of the Ye family."

Ye Jiuhu looked regretful.

"Grandpa, who said we are moving away from the main peak?"

Ye Changsheng smiled mysteriously.

"You still have the heart to laugh?"

"Do you think I don't know that your mother and the others bought their own magic tools to buy me the healing compassion fruit?"

"But those spirit stones can only buy the first-level compassion fruit, which can only prevent my injuries from getting worse. With my body, how can I get it if I don't move out in a few days?"

"Alas! The compassion fruit is a top-grade spiritual fruit for healing after all, and they haven't bought it yet."

Ye Jiuhu became worried.

Ye Changsheng continued to smile and said, "Grandpa, what do you think this is?"

After that, he took out a second-level compassion fruit from the storage bag.

"Is this a compassion fruit? No! It's actually a second-level one?"

Ye Jiuhu was shocked.

"Changsheng, how did you get this second-level spiritual fruit?"

"Grandpa, this is my chance. I just advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refining and activated the passage to a mysterious secret realm."

"There happened to be a patch of compassion fruit trees near the entrance of this passage. After deceiving the guarding monkey, I picked some and brought them back. There happened to be a second-level one."

"There are still dozens of first-level compassion fruits left."

After that, Ye Changsheng took out the jade box containing thirty compassion fruits and opened it to Ye Jiuhu.

"Okay, okay! I knew that my grandson was the reincarnation of a banished immortal. What's a small late stage of Qi Refining?"

"With this opportunity, you will definitely build a foundation and even go further in the future."

Ye Jiuhu was so excited that his eyes were filled with tears, his blood was boiling, and his hand holding the jade box could not help but tremble.