Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 546 - 547 Blazing Sunburn Grass_1

Chapter 546: Chapter 547 Blazing Sunburn Grass_1

Under the detection of spiritual power, everyone saw an overly large ’grass’ bush before them, shrub-shaped in appearance, with all the slender grass leaves converging onto a small patch of ground. Those slender leaves danced wildly in the liquid energy, with clusters of flames fluttering and flickering along with the leaves’ movements.

At the convergence of the grass leaves, possibly the plant’s root system, there was a large, luminous sphere emitting white light that covered the land. Blazing Sunburn Grass, this was the name of the plant shown in the information Guo Huai found.

"Why can’t it be called grass? Although it’s a bit large, its overall structure is still quite similar to grass, isn’t it~"

"You call this a bit large..."

Guo Huai said speechlessly, the Blazing Sunburn Grass before him – not considering its width – was as tall as a seven or eight-story building. Standing in front of it, a person seemed rather minuscule. Feng Yuan smiled slightly and said,

"Don’t you think it’s far less impressive compared to some kelp in the Star Ocean?"

"Is that even comparable..."

Guo Huai said speechlessly. He knew what Feng Yuan was referring to. In some water-covered planets in his past life, kelp akin to those on humanity’s home planet would sometimes be called Star Ocean kelp; among these, some exceptionally large specimens could grow from the deep sea bed to the surface.

"Why can’t we compare? It’s at least a legacy from the Radiant Sun Worm, having some peculiarities is not strange."

Feng Yuan said in a tone suggesting that Guo Huai was making a fuss over nothing, and while talking, he glanced at the Sun-Scorch Insect and said,

"No wonder you sought me out, Nagna’s Life Force can indeed extend its lifespan, but that’s not limitless. You still need to prepare early."

As he spoke, Feng Yuan chanted something and waved his staff. Rings of fresh green runes slowly revolved around him as tendrils of emerald energy, resembling tree roots, stretched from his side into the surrounding area. The fire liquid energy around them started to dwindle, and Guo Huai and the others felt the buoyancy rapidly diminishing as they swiftly swam toward the bottom of the hole. Halfway there, the floating force in the cave was no longer enough to support them.

As they slowly descended, Guo Huai ’looked’ towards Feng Yuan and noticed that he seemed unaffected, still chanting and apparently not reacting to the surroundings.

At the bottom of the pit, sprouts of new green energy plants burst through the rock layer, stretching freely. The appearance of the Blazing Sunburn Grass also began to change, with ancient patterns glowing with a verdant light creeping up the slender leaves from the base. The flames floating on the leaves intensified dramatically as the patterns reached them.

The previously declining Blazing Sunburn Grass gradually began to show signs of new life, and the Sun-Scorch Insect seemed to joyfully fly around the rejuvenated grass. Guo Huai exclaimed in surprise,

"You can actually extend its lifespan?!"

"It’s just a plant. Nagna’s Life Force can extend the lifespan of non-sentient beings, but only once, and the extended life will not exceed the original maximum lifespan of the target. So, in reality, it’s not that significant."

"Aside from some special Spiritual Medicines and Plants, there aren’t many plants with life spans worth using the power of Nagna to extend, and Legendary Level Wood Spirit Beasts themselves have similar abilities, though not as effective. The lifespan they can extend is nowhere near as long as that granted by Nagna’s power," explained Guo Huai in amazement.

"There’re such things?"

"Wood Spirit Beasts are already adept at caring for plants; after reaching the Legendary Level, all Spirit Beasts undergo a transformation. Is it that strange for a Wood Spirit Beast to gain this ability?"

"But I’ve never heard of such a thing..."

Glancing at Guo Huai, Feng Yuan said irritably,

"Using such an ability will cause a Wood Spirit Beast’s strength to decline for a while, and it can’t be used multiple times in a short period. It’s generally reserved for precious plants. Do you think you would have heard about matters related to those precious plants?"

"This..."

Hua Yiyou thought for a moment and said,

"Indeed, this ability would be wasted on ordinary plants, since it’s only extending the plants’ lifespans, which is meaningless for ordinary plants."

Wei Dongcheng chuckled and said,

"That may not be the case. Some medicinal herbs grow stronger in medicinal properties the older they get, so if..."

"It’s useless, the extended lifespan is not just added on directly, but is more like a rejuvenation process. Therefore, if used on medicinal herbs, their potency would also be reverted."

"No way!"

Wei Dongcheng said, somewhat surprised. Feng Yuan poked the little belly of Xiao Ji, who had swum up to him and deliberately shook its body, commenting,

"Why not? You didn’t think this ability could be used to cultivate medicinal herbs, did you?"

"Cultivating medicinal herbs?"

Guo Huai was somewhat puzzled, after all, the lifespans of Spiritual Medicine are incredibly long, and there is no need for lifespan-extending measures, unless it is like the Blazing Sunburn Grass before him with special uses. Feng Yuan saw the dusky aura that enveloped the Blazing Sunburn Grass had completely dissipated, waved his long staff, and the Rune Circle around him shattered, transforming into green butterflies that scattered in all directions, while the energy root system turned into emerald petals that slowly drifted away. Witnessing this scene, Guo Huai exclaimed,

"What a beautiful technique..."

"Right, why did you say that extending the lifespan of plants can be used to cultivate medicinal herbs?"

Feeling the buoyancy around him rapidly increasing, Feng Yuan glanced at Guo Huai and said,

"Hold onto the rope tight, we are preparing to leave."

Hua Yiyou gripped the rope and followed Feng Yuan’s departing footsteps while saying,

"The medicinal herbs he’s talking about are different from the Spiritual Medicine you mentioned; they can only be considered ordinary plants. The older they are, the stronger their medicinal effects, but their lifespans are limited, hence his comments."

"It’s a pity it can’t be done that way."

Wei Dongcheng said regretfully. Although there were many undeveloped deep mountains and old forests during this period, there was much less Spiritual Medicine and Materials compared to the future. Even for wanderers like him, who traveled through wilderness for long periods, the amount of Spiritual Medicine and Materials in hand was limited, and most of the time ordinary medicinal herbs were used for treatment.

"Ordinary medicinal herbs can be cultivated. If they could also break through their lifespan limits, that would truly be remarkable, because it’s highly possible for ordinary medicinal herbs to transform into Spiritual Medicine after breaking through their lifespan limits."

"Is that really possible?!"

"What else? It’s like Spirit Beasts. Although most of them are born naturally, there are a very few Spirit Beasts that are born from ordinary creatures breaking through their own life limits due to prolonged contact with a certain type of energy or other reasons."

Guo Huai, remembering something, asked Feng Yuan,

"How much longer can the Blazing Sunburn Grass hold up?"

"Probably around seven hundred years, since it’s using the power of Nagna. If it were to restore the Blazing Sunburn Grass’s lifespan to its greatest extent, it would be a huge strain on Nagna, and there’s no need for that."

"What’s the use of the Blazing Sunburn Grass, actually?"

Hua Yiyou was somewhat puzzled; the plant seemed remarkable to him, but it didn’t appear to have any special significance. Guo Huai took another glance at the information and started to explain,

"The Blazing Sunburn Grass itself doesn’t have much use, but its greatest value lies in its ability to gather Fire Energy from the space around it. This lake of Liquid Energy, if I’m not mistaken, should be completely assembled by the Blazing Sunburn Grass, right?"

"That’s precisely why the Sun-Scorch Insect was so anxious. Once the Blazing Sunburn Grass dies, the Liquid Energy lake will gradually disappear."

"And then the entire ecosystem within the cave will face a catastrophic impact."

Guo Huai said with some concern,

"Only seven hundred years... Can it change the cave dwellers’ dependency on Liquid Energy? Why does it want to change that instead of simply leaving it alone?"

"It answered that already, didn’t it? I guess the ecosystem here was gradually established by it, and one would naturally want to protect one’s own achievements..."

"Anyway, this doesn’t have much to do with us~"

While talking, the group swam out of the cave mouth and quickly headed towards the lake surface. After bursting out of the water, Guo Huai wiped his face and took a deep breath, saying,

"It feels more comfortable to see with eyes."

"I think it’s pretty much the same."

Guo Huai, glancing at Feng Yuan, said in annoyance,

"That’s because you are used to it. I can’t adapt to such a wide range of perception."

At that moment, a violent tremor came from the lake’s bottom, rippling waves across its surface. The creatures that had been peaceful inside the cave were startled awake by the sudden disturbance and scrambled around in panic until the tremors ceased and they tentatively returned to their hiding places.

"I see, that really takes guts."

Feng Yuan muttered to himself.