Hearing this, Xiying raised his head slightly and looked at Yuan Ming suspiciously.

Yuan Ming took a deep breath and slowly said the plan in his heart: "You should have seen the golden hall in the Heavenly Tripod, right?" I have a spiritual treasure in my hand, which is said to be able to forcibly break through the seventh-level magic circle. However, with the strength of me alone, it is difficult to exert its maximum power, and I still need to rely on the power of many strong people. ”

Hearing this, a hint of realization flashed in Sunset's eyes.

She sat up straight and nodded earnestly, offering to help.

It's just that with her and Yuan Ming's strength alone, it is still insufficient.

Yuan Ming thought about it for a while, and decided to call Wang Fulong, Zheng Heng and He Xiuwen to help.

For the sake of secrecy, Yuan Ming first closed the five senses of the three of them, and then arranged a phantom array in the Stealing Heaven Ding to cover up the scene in the Dingzhong, which brought the three of them into the Dingzhong.

Soon, Yuan Ming led everyone to the Soul Melting Array that had been arranged in advance, and each found a place to sit down.

Yuan Ming looked at the golden hall from afar, took a deep breath, and with a wave of one hand, the Siyue Lianyin rose into the air.

Seeing this, Xiying and the others immediately activated their mana, and under the effect of the Spirit Melting Array, they gathered the majestic mana towards Yuan Ming's body.

At the same time, Yuan Ming's heart moved, and he saw a verdant World Tree instantly appear behind everyone, its branches and leaves gently swaying and emitting a faint spiritual light, continuously injecting majestic spiritual power into Yuan Ming's body.

Yuan Ming relied on his experience last time, and this time, without waiting for bursts of severe pain from the meridians in his body, he quickly guided the gathered power and began to cast the Xuanmen Fundamental Qi Method.

His mind was like electricity, and in the flow of mana, he had already reached the realm of perfection.

Siyue Lianyin spun rapidly in the air, like a huge devouring beast, frantically absorbing the mana gathered by everyone.

Soon, it let out a low, muffled sound, and a huge cross circle suddenly appeared above everyone's heads, emitting a dazzling light.

The next moment, the cross magic circle fell with a bang, and it bombarded the invisible barrier outside the golden hall.

Unexpectedly, countless frost-white spiritual lights suddenly appeared on the barrier, and these spiritual lights intertwined, blocking all the power of the cross circle, making it impossible to advance an inch.

Yuan Ming frowned slightly when he saw this.

He tried again several times, each time with all his might, but to no avail.

The invisible barrier seemed impregnable, and no matter how much they attacked, they could not shake it.

"It seems that with us alone, the gathered strength is still not enough, maybe three or four more Dharma Phase Stage cultivators can assist in breaking through this formation." Yuan Ming sighed, and reluctantly led everyone to leave Stealing Tianding.

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A few days later, Sunset Shadow said goodbye and left to return to the Tianpeng Chamber of Commerce.

Before leaving, she specially left the Five Elements Boy in the White Emperor City to assist Yuan Ming in taking care of the medicine garden, especially paying attention to the growth of the innate bitter bamboo.

Yuan Ming watched the figure of the sunset shadow disappear, and his heart was both reluctant and full of expectations for the future.

When her figure disappeared into the sky, he turned around and prepared to go to the Five Elements Boy to inquire about the progress of Kuzhu's cultivation.

As soon as he returned to the City Lord's Mansion, he saw Nan Shangfeng coming in a hurry, and said straight to the point: "Brother Yuan, I plan to go back to the Daluo Sect." ”

Yuan Ming was slightly stunned, and then remembered that Nan Shangfeng had always been concerned about the situation of the master and the master who had been plundered by the Three Realms Sect, so he nodded and said, "Since you have this plan, then go back and have a look earlier." Where I need help, just ask. ”

"Thank you Brother Yuan for taking care of me during this time, but the internal situation of the Daluo Sect is complicated, so I can go back and deal with it alone. If they see that I am obedient, it will lead to suspicion and increase the trouble. Nan Shangfeng shook his head and politely refused.

"Then you should be careful all the way, and if you encounter trouble, even if you have a message, even if you call me along." When Yuan Ming heard this, he no longer insisted, but just admonished.

Nan Shangfeng saluted Yuan Ming and turned to leave.

Yuan Ming watched him disappear from sight, and couldn't help but feel emotional.

Afterwards, he walked to the medicine garden.

Along the way, the scenery of the White Emperor City comes into view, the ancient trees are towering, the fragrance of flowers is overflowing, and it is a peaceful and peaceful scene.

It's just that Yuan Ming was thinking about the growth of the innate bitter bamboo in his heart, and his pace unconsciously accelerated a little.

Soon, he came to the medicine garden in charge of the Five Elements Boy.

I saw that the Five Elements Boy was busy recording something, holding a jade slip in his hand, and entering information into it while talking.

"Master, you're here." When the Five Elements Boy saw Yuan Ming, he hurriedly greeted him.

Yuan Ming nodded and asked, "How is the cultivation of the innate bitter bamboo?" ”

As he spoke, he walked towards the place where the bitter bamboo was planted.

The Five Elements Boy followed and replied as he walked, "The bitter bamboo grows well, but it is too difficult to shorten its growth time. I have tried various methods, improved the ratio of spiritual soil, made a special spiritual liquid, and used many other methods, but I can only shorten the original growth time of five years to one year. ”

Yuan Ming frowned slightly, took the jade slip handed by the Five Elements Boy and looked at it.

He knew that even a year's growth time was still too long for him to wait for the bitter bamboo to mature.

"In this way, it will take more than 40,000 years for the bitter bamboo to grow to 100,000 years, which is too slow." Yuan Ming sighed.

"Master, I have done my best. The growth rate of the bitter bamboo is limited by the laws of heaven and earth, and even I can't find any other way to increase its growth rate. When the Five Elements Boy heard this, he also showed a look of embarrassment.

While the two were talking, they had come to the place where the innate bitter bamboo was planted, and the Five Elements Boy had specially built a residence here to study and observe the bitter bamboo.

"That's it, you go get busy first, and I'll think about the rest slowly to see if I can find another way." Yuan Ming sighed, knowing that his request might be a bit excessive, so he said to the Five Elements Boy.

The Five Elements Boy nodded respectfully, saluted Yuan Ming, and then turned to leave, continuing his patrol work in the medicine garden, carefully taking care of each spiritual material.

Yuan Ming stared intently at the innate bitter bamboo, observing its growth.

After a few moments, he walked into the humble dwelling built by the Five Elements Boy.

I saw that there were all kinds of classics in the room, all of which were collected by the Five Elements Boy.

Yuan Ming took a copy casually, and immersed himself in the sea of books, savoring the wisdom of his predecessors.

When the Five Elements Boy returned from his inspection of the medicine garden, Yuan Ming was still immersed in the world of classics, as if he had forgotten the passage of time.

Seeing this, the Five Elements Boy didn't dare to disturb, but just lightly sorted out the classics and put them back one by one, so that Yuan Ming could access them at any time.

I don't know how long it took, Yuan Ming suddenly put down the book in his hand, stretched out his hand to point to a certain content in the book, and asked the Five Elements Boy: "Have you carefully studied the secret method of grafting recorded in this article?" ”

The Five Elements Boy looked in the direction Yuan Ming pointed, nodded after a moment of thought, and replied, "Master, I have indeed read this secret method. However, this method has extremely high requirements for both parties to be grafted, and both parties need to have a very high degree of compatibility to be successful. I've tried to improve and lower the requirements for fit, but there are still two major drawbacks. ”

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. Yuan Ming flipped through the research records of the Five Elements Boy and showed great interest at the same time.

The Five Elements Boy explained: "First, this method needs to graft the spirit plant on the mother body of a higher age in order to exert its growth-promoting effect. The second is that this method is extremely damaging to the grafted party, and after many experiments, none of the spirit plants can last for a month, and they will quickly wither. ”

Yuan Ming bowed slightly after hearing this, and fell into deep thought.

After a moment, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he came up with a bold idea: "If you use the World Tree as the grafting matrix, I wonder if it is feasible?" ”

As the ancestor of ten thousand trees, the year of the World Tree is naturally far above the innate bitter bamboo.

What's more, the vitality it contains is so powerful that Yuan Ming has only seen it in his life.

Even if a master of the Mahayana realm makes a move, he may not be able to hurt him in the slightest.

The Five Elements Boy was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then thought about it carefully.

After a while, he also felt that Yuan Ming's idea was quite reasonable and worth a try.

So, Yuan Ming and the Five Elements Boy no longer hesitated, and immediately began to try.

The grafting process is extremely tedious and requires care so as not to damage the spirituality of the innate bitter bamboo.

The two of them used a large amount of spiritual fluid as a support, and every step was carried out carefully.

It took a month to finally transplant some of the roots of the Innate Bitter Bamboo to the roots of the World Tree through the secret method of grafting.

Fortunately, as Yuan Ming had predicted before, after the grafting was completed, the power of the World Tree was not damaged in the slightest.

What makes them even happier is that the growth rate of the congenital bitter bamboo has been greatly improved.

Time flies, and there is more than a month.

When Yuan Ming stepped into the medicine garden again, he was pleasantly surprised by what he saw.

Originally, it was just a lonely root, but now it has turned into a tall green bamboo, although it is only as long as the forearm, very slender, but the aura emitted is extremely rich, and the ancient atmosphere is lingering in the meantime, as if it has gone through countless years.

After carefully observing from the side, the Five Elements Boy stroked his beard and smiled: "Master, this congenital bitter bamboo seems to have undergone some wonderful changes after transplantation and grafting. Far from being bad, this change is beneficial. According to my speculation, every year that this bitter bamboo grows now, the spiritual aura accumulated is probably no less than the accumulation of the past hundred years. ”

"In this way, it only takes a thousand years for this innate bitter bamboo to grow to 100,000 years." When Yuan Ming heard this, he was overjoyed.

While thinking about it, he circled around the green bamboo a few times, his eyes full of anticipation.

Subsequently, he solemnly told the Five Elements Boy to take good care of this bitter bamboo, and if there is any abnormality, he must report it to him as soon as possible.

After the arrangements were made, Yuan Ming turned around and left the medicine garden, preparing to continue his retreat and cultivation.

However, when he stepped into the quiet cultivation room, he unexpectedly received good news.

"The Ring of the Moon God has been refined." The voice of the empty sounded in the sea of his consciousness, with a faint hint of joy.

(End of chapter)