Chapter 1709 Consuming the Lily

Chapter 1709 Consuming the Lily

Alex and Zhou Linfan arrived on the old island a day later when most of the soldiers had gone far away. They quickly made their way to the location where Zhou Linfan had found the Spirit Cleansing Lily.

When Alex did arrive, he couldn't help but show a small glimpse of shock on his face. The place where the Spirit Cleansing Lily grew was a massive flower field with dozens of Spirit Cleansing Lilies at the least.

Counting the flowers alone, there were thousands that were clumped together at about 20 to 40 flowers in a single clump.

Alex slowly landed next to the flower field and looked up close at one of the clumps in front of him.

"You don't have a spiritual sense, so I'll help you," the old man said. "I don't really know how one picks the right lily though, so you will have to help me. I'm expecting you know ho—"

lightsnοvεl Alex reached for one of the flowers and picked it. The red lily was easily torn away from the batch of lilies it was in, the flower and stalk lying simply on Alex's hand.

The batch of flowers below him did not wilt immediately. They would in a few days of time, but the lack of it right now proved that Alex had picked the right one.

Alex couldn't help but smile.

"You picked the correct one?" the old man asked from behind with a look of confusion. "Was I wrong? Do you not need a spiritual sense for this?"

"You do... normally," Alex said, failing to hide his grin.

"What was abnormal about this one?" the old man asked.

Alex shook his head. "I'm making use of a body cultivation technique that changed part of my physique," he said. The Demon Eyes were still working perfectly fine.

He could see the slight difference in the energy that was in the flowers and knew which one to pick. He didn't even need to get help from the Intent hidden in his mind.

He stood up and looked at the other with his glowing purple eyes. It was annoying that there was a layer of haze in front of him that was formed from the simple energies that were ever present in the air.N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.

If he could somehow train himself to ignore them, then his Demon Eyes' usefulness would skyrocket immediately.

As it was right now, he had to walk over to the individual clumps of flowers and crouch down to see them clearly enough to see which one it was that he needed to pick.

He picked the correct one and moved on.

Along the way, he also taught the old man the way to pick Spirit Cleansing Lily. All one really needed was a strong spiritual sense and a bit of practice.

The old man had to look into the group of flowers and find the flower from amongst it that was different enough that only it could be the real one of the bunch.

Once he figured out which one it was, the job was all but done.

"I'm fine," Alex said as he held his head. "What did I reach?"

"Saint Condensation realm," the old man said. "Maybe the 2nd or 3rd realm. It's not very accurate."

Alex slowly nodded as he understood something. "I see," he said. "So a Spirit Cleansing Lily has enough energy in it to send a person's spiritual strength directly to a Saint level."

A few things started to make sense and a few more questions emerged in Alex's mind.

It was likely that a cultivator could unlock their spiritual sea with this because of the amount of energy it held within it. As for why they didn't reach that level of strength when opening it, or after their second and third consumption, it may have something to do with their cultivation base being low.

'They don't open their dantian until they are in the Saint realm,' Alex thought. 'Maybe that is what is blocking their improvement through the flower. But at the same time, when you do end up opening the dantian, you're already strong enough to open a Spiritual sea on your own.'

That did bring up the question of why only 3 were allowed. Was there some sort of limit to how many a body could handle before it rejected the lily?

'Or maybe the Heavens just don't want it to happen,' Alex thought. A lot of things could be attributed to the Heavens. 'And this one is descended from the plant that the Moon Goddess blessed.'

Alex wondered what the original plant was and could do.

"I'll eat another one," he told the old man and proceeded to do so. The feeling he got from this one was not as liberating as the last one, but it was still fun.

The old man reached down and grabbed one of the lilies and ate it as well. There was no flavor to the flower, so he chewed down on it with a dull expression and swallowed it.

And then... nothing happened.

"Should I be feeling something?" the old man asked.

"I... have a somewhat special body," Alex told the man. "Maybe only I can do it."

"Huh? You should've told me before," the old man said with a grunt as he spit out the bits of flower petals in his mouth.

Alex ignored the man and waited until he didn't get the feeling of his mental strength improving. Once it stopped, he waited for a few minutes just in case and ate another one.

One after another, Alex ate a total of 42 Spirit Cleansing Lily and by the end of it, he felt almost as good as he did when he was a cultivator.

He made Zhou Linfan run the formation again and tested his strength. He had reached the late Saint Core realm in terms of strength.

That was still quite far from where his spiritual strength had been, but this would have to do.

"This will be enough," Alex said with a look of expectation on his face. "It's time I got my cultivation back."