Plants vs. Cultivation

Take your eyes away from those 4th-level spiritual plants, and Gu Mo continues to move forward. On the way, in addition to the abandoned spiritual fields, Gu Mo also saw some fences, and there were several skeletons in the fences.

This should be the area for raising spiritual beasts. Gu Mo approached a broken fence and immediately felt the weak but powerful breath emanating from the skeleton in the fence.

"This is..."

Gu Mo looked at the skeleton in the fence with a serious look. From the breath left on the skeleton, Gu Mo could conclude that the skeleton was at least at the level of a 4th-level demon king when he was alive, and it was not an ordinary 4th-level demon king, but a top-level demon king.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to have died for so long, and there would still be breath left on the skeleton. Such a skeleton of a top-level demon king would be a treasure if it was placed outside.

But Gu Mo knew what he needed most, or in other words, in this cave ruins, the most precious thing was not the 4th-level spiritual plant, nor the skeleton of the top demon king, but the core of the cave ruins.

Without hesitation, Gu Mo continued to move towards the center of the cave ruins.

But soon Gu Mo's steps stopped involuntarily, and his eyes turned to a spiritual field not far away. The spiritual field had been abandoned, and on the abandoned spiritual field, there was a big tree lying down.

The tree should have died, but the tree still exuded amazing spiritual power fluctuations. Gu Mo was very familiar with this fluctuation, because the 5th-level ancient tree in Shennong Valley exuded the same breath.

The big tree that fell dead in the spiritual field was actually a 5th-level spiritual plant. Even if it was a dead 5th-level spiritual plant, the trunk and branches were all 5th-level spiritual materials.

In the contribution exchange list of Shennong Valley, there is an exchange of 5th-level spiritual materials. Those are branches broken off from 5th-level ancient trees by the sect. Such 5th-level spiritual materials only appear once in a hundred years.

After all, breaking the branches of 5th-level ancient trees is also a kind of damage to the ancient trees. Once in a hundred years is the result of Shennong Valley's careful consideration.

This can not only stably produce 5th-level spiritual materials for Shennong Valley, but also not cause too much damage to the ancient trees.

To exchange for such a 5th-level spiritual material, the contribution required is frighteningly high, but even so, once the 5th-level spiritual material appears, it will be exchanged by the elders of the sect.

At this moment, the 5th-level tree that fell in the spiritual field is tens of thousands of 5th-level spiritual materials, and the size of this 5th-level spiritual plant is much smaller than the 5th-level ancient tree in Shennong Valley.

The smaller the size, the spiritual material of this 5th-level spiritual plant should have some special effects.

"No, the core of the cave is the primary goal!"

Gu Mo looked away with difficulty. To be honest, the whole 5th-level spiritual plant really made him excited. That is a 5th-level spiritual material, a treasure that all the gods desire.

But at this moment, Gu Mo is very clear-headed. The core of the cave is what he needs most. The 5th-level spiritual plant appeared in the ruins of the cave, so how powerful should the strength of the owner of the cave be.

Moreover, although these spiritual fields seem to be abandoned, who knows if there are any restrictions in them. If you collect treasures in the spiritual fields and trigger the restrictions above, you will miss the core of the cave. Isn't it like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons?

Continuing to move forward, this time Gu Mo no longer looked at the situation of the spiritual fields along the way, so as not to test his heart again.

Soon a small courtyard appeared in front of Gu Mo. This is the only building in the entire cave ruins. It should be the residence of the owner of the cave magic weapon.

If you want to say that the most likely place for the core of the cave is obviously the small courtyard.

When he came to the small courtyard, Gu Mo was blocked by a formation. Gu Mo is not a novice in formations now, but when he observed the formation in front of the small courtyard, he felt that he had become a novice again.

This formation is too mysterious, and Gu Mo can't judge the grade of this formation. However, this cave magic weapon is damaged after all, and many formation restrictions inside have different degrees of damage.

The formation in front of him was the same. Therefore, although this formation was extremely mysterious, the power it could exert at the moment was probably only at the level of a 4th-order formation.

"Not bad!"

After confirming the strength of the formation in front of the courtyard, Gu Mo let out a long breath. As long as it was not higher than the 4th order, he could break it.

Take out the 4th-order tombstone moss that had been prepared long ago.

"Xiao Hei, it's up to you!"

Gu Mo said as he threw the 4th-order tombstone moss in his hand. Like the sunflower and the torch tree stump, the 4th-order tombstone moss also gave birth to wisdom. Later, Gu Mo named it Xiao Hei. After all, this tombstone moss is black, and the name is very appropriate.

"It's my Lord!"

Soon Xiao Hei's low voice came.

Afterwards, Xiao Hei attached himself to the formation light curtain and began to spread rapidly. About half an hour later, a hole appeared on the formation light curtain.

This speed is much slower than Gu Mo imagined, but considering the true grade of this formation, it is definitely not level 4. It is already very remarkable that Xiao Hei, who is level 4, can break it.

After the formation was broken, Gu Mo quickly got in and came to the door of the courtyard.

"Huh!"

Gu Mo took a deep breath, then stretched out his hand and pushed open the door.

"Who are you and how did you get in!"

When Gu Mo stepped into the courtyard, a scream came, and then a scarecrow appeared in front of Gu Mo in an instant. The scream came from the scarecrow. Of course, the scarecrow has no mouth, and the sound is directly transmitted to Gu Mo's brain through the soul fluctuations.

"So fast!"

Feeling the scarecrow appearing in front of him in an instant, Gu Mo was shocked, but Gu Mo still suppressed the shock in his heart and bowed his hands and said: "The junior naturally walked in."

"Impossible, how can you come in if you haven't passed the trial!" The scarecrow seemed a little excited at the moment.

"Trial?"

Hearing this, Gu Mo was stunned. There is a trial in this cave ruins?

"Yes, if you want to get the master's legacy, you must pass the trial." The scarecrow said as a matter of course.

Then, the scarecrow told Gu Mo the rules of the trial. This trial starts after the outermost formation restriction is triggered.

The situation Qian Tao encountered before was actually the content of the trial, but unfortunately Qian Tao did not pass it.

Therefore, Qian Tao was not able to enter the cave ruins at all. Only by resisting the attacks of those puppets could he be considered qualified to enter the cave ruins.

After that, those spiritual fields were all tests one by one. If you pass the test, you can get the treasures in the spiritual fields. After passing at least three tests, you are qualified to come to the courtyard and get the legacy left by the owner of the cave.

But Gu Mo directly broke through the formation restriction through the moss on the tombstone and entered, and did not trigger the trial mechanism at all. Later, Gu Mo was not distracted by the treasures in the spiritual field on the way, and came here directly, continued to break the formation restriction with the moss on the tombstone, and stepped into the small courtyard.

The scarecrow was also shocked to find someone after Gu Mo entered the small courtyard.

Gu Mo's sudden appearance made the scarecrow seem at a loss, because this had conflicted with the rules set by the master.

Although it has intelligence, it is not a real creature, and everything needs to follow the rules set by the master. Now there is a rule-breaking existence, which makes the scarecrow panic and not know how to deal with it.

"Entering here is considered passing the trial, right?" Gu Mo asked.

"Yes!"

The scarecrow nodded.

"Then I am standing here now, have I passed the test?" Gu Mo continued to ask. After discovering that there is a guardian in this cave ruins, and this guardian is not weak, Gu Mo knows that if he wants to get the core of the cave, he needs to deal with this scarecrow first.

"But you haven't participated in the trial." The scarecrow hesitated.

"Do you think standing here is a sign of passing the trial?" Gu Mo asked.

"Yes!"

The scarecrow could not violate the rules set by the master, so he could only nod, but his intelligence told him that the cultivator in front of him did not come through normal means.

"You have admitted it, that's it." Gu Mo nodded. In terms of nitpicking, how could he, a living person, lose to a weapon spirit?

"No, it's not!"

The scarecrow was probably confused by Gu Mo and seemed a little angry. In an instant, Gu Mo felt a strong palpitation.

Thinking of what Qian Tao said, that all his companions who came here with him died, it means that the test of this cave ruins will kill people.

In other words, this scarecrow will take action!

"The master does not allow harming the trial-taker." Seeing Gu Mo's alert posture, the scarecrow quickly restrained his breath.

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"It seems that someone died in the trial before." Gu Mo asked.

"Because the cave is damaged, some mechanisms have problems. Of course, the people who came last time were too weak. I didn't have time to rescue them before they couldn't hold on. However, I still let one of them leave smoothly." The scarecrow explained.

The scarecrow's explanation surprised Gu Mo. Qian Tao was able to leave because of the scarecrow. If the scarecrow didn't take action, would Qian Tao be unable to escape even with the life-saving props?

This cave ruins trial has a life-saving setting, so naturally, the trial-taker is not allowed to use other life-saving props to affect the trial results.

It's just that the cave ruins are damaged at this moment, and the life-saving setting has a malfunction, but there is no problem with the setting of prohibiting life-saving props. Therefore, if the scarecrow didn't take action at the end, Qian Tao couldn't escape even if he used the life-saving props.

"What should I do now?"

Seeing that the scarecrow was still a little stubborn, Gu Mo asked.

"How about you make up a trial? If you pass it, you can get the master's legacy." The scarecrow looked at Gu Mo with expectation, so that he could report to his master. Otherwise, it would feel guilty to hand over the master's legacy to someone who did not participate in the trial.

"Is it dangerous?"

Gu Mo asked. After learning that the safety measures of the cave ruins had failed, Gu Mo had to consider this issue.

"Not dangerous."

The scarecrow quickly promised, and then the scarecrow said the content of Gu Mo's trial, which was to let Gu Mo complete the cultivation of spiritual plants, which was the content of the trial of a spiritual plant master.

This trial was indeed not dangerous, but letting a sword cultivator participate in the trial of a spiritual plant master, the scarecrow was obviously trying to increase Gu Mo's strength.

No wonder he only needed to make up one trial, and he dug a big hole for him.

"How is it?"

The scarecrow looked at Gu Mo. Gu Mo's incarnation had an obvious aura of a sword cultivator, and the scarecrow naturally sensed it clearly.

The master is a powerful spiritual plant master. The person who inherits his legacy must be a spiritual plant master. A sword cultivator who only knows how to fight and kill cannot make good use of the legacy left by the master.

"Yes!"

Gu Mo nodded. If it were an ordinary sword cultivator, this level would not be passed at all, but the scarecrow met Gu Mo.

"As long as the junior passes the trial, all the treasures in this cave will belong to the junior? Including the core of the cave?" Gu Mo confirmed to the scarecrow that this time the rules must be set.

"Of course!"

The scarecrow nodded.

Then, the scarecrow brought Gu Mo his trial content, a seed of a level 3 spiritual plant. What Gu Mo had to do was to let the seed germinate and grow, and let it grow to level 3, even if it passed the trial.

Cultivating a level 3 spiritual plant is a piece of cake for Gu Mo now, but the effect will be worse because the incarnation is not practicing the Taiyi Qingmu Sutra.

But the problem is not big. The Dayan Zhoutian Gong practiced by the incarnation is a method without attributes. If it is a method with gold or fire attributes, it will be troublesome.

Of course, if there is really an attribute problem, Gu Mo can also force the incarnation to run the Taiyi Qingmu Sutra and temporarily change the power attribute, but the cost of doing so is not small. But for the core of the cave, Gu Mo thinks it is worth paying some price.

Fortunately, the Dayan Zhoutian Gong has no attributes, so there is no need to pay any price.

Using plant perception, a vein map appeared on the seed in his hand. Then, Gu Mo mobilized the power of the elixir and used accelerated growth to promote the germination of the seed in his hand.

"Ah!"

The scarecrow was a little confused when he saw a sword cultivator actually using the methods of a spiritual plant master. Moreover, looking at the appearance of this sword cultivator, it was obvious that he had extraordinary attainments in the field of spiritual plant master.

However, what shocked the scarecrow even more was still to come. Gu Mo saw that the power of the Great Evolution Zhoutian Gong was a little slow in promoting the germination of the seeds, so he suddenly had an idea and used the Great Sun Sword Intent.

It must be said that under the stimulation of the Great Sun Sword Intent, the seeds sprouted quickly. Using sword intent to promote the growth of spiritual plants was an eye-opener for the scarecrow.

As the seeds sprouted, Gu Mo found a piece of land in the courtyard to plant them. Next, Gu Mo continued to use the methods of a spiritual plant master to ripen them. With the cover of the Great Sun Sword Intent, the spiritual plants grew rapidly.

"Sword Intent, can actually be used like this!" The scarecrow murmured. Even its owner had never thought of this path, but at this moment someone personally showed it how sword cultivators cultivate spiritual plants.

"This should be eligible to inherit the master's legacy." The scarecrow looked at Gu Mo with a complicated expression.

Although the 3rd level spiritual plant has not yet grown to its peak state, the scarecrow knows that the sword cultivator in front of him has passed this trial.

"You passed this trial!"

Without further delay, the scarecrow directly announced that Gu Mo passed the trial.

"Passed?"

Gu Mo, who was studying the Great Sun Sword Intent to promote the growth of spiritual plants, looked up when he heard the words. His flash of inspiration was definitely a topic worth studying.

It's not just the sword cultivator incarnation who can use the Great Sun Sword Intent. I can also do it, and I am a real spiritual plant master. If I cooperate with the Great Sun Sword Intent, it will definitely take Gu Mo's spiritual plant master attainments to a higher level.