With these five fragments, only one new special region was added. This meant Chen Xu was still seven special regions short of advancing to the eternal-tier. He needed to talk to Big Boss and tell him to stop spending all his time in the Land of the Undead developing those cities.
Going out to trade and getting the fragments Chen Xu needed was the real priority.
He pulled out his token and sent a message to Big Boss before continuing to inspect the newly added region.
【Underworld: The black soil within the Land of the Undead, containing an extremely high concentration of necrotic aura. If a fresh corpse is buried here, it will become a skeleton soldier after one minute.
Long-term residence on the Underworld will accelerate the growth of necrotic creatures.
(The feng shui here is great. This is the spot. Let's bury the ancestor here. Ah! Help! The ancestor is moving! It's a corpse transformation! It's a corpse transformation!)】
"Black soil?"
Chen Xu looked down; the ground of his Necrotic Kingdom had turned from its previous grayish-black to a pure, solid black.
This Underworld soil actually encompassed the entire Necrotic Kingdom.
The necrotic aura in the air had indeed increased significantly, but for Chen Xu, the Underworld didn't seem to have any immediate effect, at least none he could see right now.
"It's black soil, but I don't have any seeds to plant."
Just as he finished speaking, Chen Xu's gaze shifted toward the Ginseng Fruit Tree seedling. He found that the seedling was frantically driving its roots downward.
Moreover, the roots reaching into the earth looked quite ferocious, making distinct sucking motions. Chen Xu could clearly sense a massive amount of necrotic aura flowing through the root system into the Ginseng Fruit Tree's body.
This crude behavior made Chen Xu feel like he wasn't looking at a plant, but rather an animal.
"Surely it hasn't undergone Wild Beastification so quickly?"
The Tree-Born Worms had only been bound for a short time, so it shouldn't have reached that point yet.
Then again, this was a Heaven-Earth Spiritual Root; it couldn't be judged by the standards of ordinary things.
If a gourd could talk, it was only natural for a Ginseng Fruit Tree seedling to have a strong appetite.
While Chen Xu was still speculating, the Ginseng Fruit Tree seedling used action to end his thoughts.
The seedling pulled a branch out of the soil and firmly coiled it around the Yin Stone beneath it. Then, it hoisted the stone into the air, seemingly treating the Yin Stone as a weapon as it began to swing it wildly.
This swinging motion was very familiar to Chen Xu. It was exactly the same swinging motion used by skeleton soldiers, mixed with a bit of Patchwerk's corpse-cutting technique.
Furthermore, Chen Xu sensed an extremely faint soul ripple emanating from the Ginseng Fruit Tree seedling.
"FIGHT! BATTLE!"
Well, there was no doubt about it; it had definitely undergone Wild Beastification. These were absolutely not the emotions a normal Ginseng Fruit Tree should have.
Chen Xu leaned in closer, but he didn't expect the branch coiling the Yin Stone to lash out directly at him.
Only then did Chen Xu remember that the Ginseng Fruit Tree was not his summoned creature; it had been obtained from the Dragon Palace Treasure Box.
Thus, Chen Xu immediately released his mythic-tier aura while using Psychokinesis to pin the tree's branch in place.
He then forcibly established a soul contract with the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
In the face of Chen Xu's mythic-tier soul power and his authority as the Lord of the Undead, the Ginseng Fruit Tree was as weak as a toddler in a nursery, completely unable to resist.
After extracting a sliver of origin essence from the tree's soul, the contract was finalized, and Chen Xu withdrew his mental pressure.
The Ginseng Fruit Tree immediately dropped its arrogant posture, and the branch coiling the Yin Stone slumped powerlessly to the ground.
Chen Xu wasn't worried about the tree's sudden listlessness. The roots buried in the ground didn't slow their sucking rhythm for a second.
In fact, because it had formed a contract with Chen Xu, it was no longer restricted by the laws of the Necrotic Kingdom, and its absorption of necrotic aura became even smoother.
"I'll give you a name. Since you're a Ginseng Fruit Tree, let me think... Zhenyuan. How about I call you Zhenyuan?"
In Chen Xu's mind, the only figures associated with this tree, besides the four pilgrims on the journey, was the legendary Ancestor of Earth Immortals, the Great Immortal Zhenyuan.
What, you're asking about Qingfeng and Mingyue? They were just side characters with less screen time than Gold Horn and Silver Horn.
"ZHEN! YUAN!"
Hearing those two words, the Ginseng Fruit Tree became unexpectedly excited, and its drooping branch lifted back up.
"If you don't object, then it's settled."
"Zhenyuan! Zhenyuan!"
Seeing Zhenyuan repeatedly chanting its own name, Chen Xu felt it was likely satisfied.
"By the way, Zhenyuan, that stone in your hand is a rare rock that hasn't yet become a demon. It will develop sentience in the future, so you can't just use it as a weapon."
"Demon? Rock?"
Zhenyuan pressed the Yin Stone against its trunk, sensing it carefully, but found no soul ripples at all.
"Broken rock. No sentience. Solid. Useful."
"It just doesn't have sentience yet. Not everyone is a Heaven-Earth Spiritual Root born with innate spirit like you. Fine, if you want to keep coiling it, go ahead. But you have to transfer some of the necrotic aura you're sucking up into it."
"Boss. Orders. No problem!"
Poor Yin Stone; before it could even be born into the world, it had been sold out by Chen Xu to Zhenyuan.
Then, Zhenyuan took one percent of the absorbed necrotic aura and funneled it into the Yin Stone in its grip.
Even though it was only one percent, it was still an immense amount of energy. As the power poured in, the Yin Stone emitted a strange light.
Seeing this, Zhenyuan became even more excited, as if it were looking at some divine weapon, and began swinging it around again.
Chen Xu shook his head and turned to leave.
From the look of it, the tree had a very bellicose personality.
Chen Xu arrived at the location where Overlord's Castle used to be; it should now be called Overlord's City.
Based on Chen Xu's castle, a ring of majestic buildings had appeared around the perimeter, transforming the single castle into a fortified city.
【Overlord's City: The city of the Lord of the Undead. It possesses a large number of dwellings that can be bestowed upon your subordinates. To serve the Master at his side is the ultimate honor. Overlord's City can also be summoned in its entirety to the outside world to suppress the enemies of the Lord of the Undead.】
The functionality hadn't changed much; it could still be summoned to the outside world to grant buffs to the undead army.
However, the original castle was already massive; the suppression effect of this entire city would likely be staggering.
Exiting the Necrotic Kingdom, Chen Xu returned to Blue Star and immediately sent a message to Xia Qiming, asking if he had any spare Dungeon Space Fragments.
Then, while waiting for Xia Qiming's reply, he began browsing the Job-Holder Forum.
This new module released by the World Will was quite useful, being much easier to operate than the original Daxia forum.
The Job-Holder Forum could be controlled directly by thought, freeing up his hands.
As he scrolled, a post caught Chen Xu's interest.
The title of the post was 【Help! Urgently seeking a cultivation expert!】, and the poster was a cultivator named Feng Wuhen.
【Feng Wuhen: Urgently seeking a Soul Transformation expert to back me up. I found a Cave Heaven in the Immortal Island world, but the Path of Heaven's Heart interfered, claiming that the Cave Heaven was left behind by their ancestors and must be returned.
They gave me two choices. One is to give me a few spirit stones and have me leave so I don't walk away empty-handed. The other is to step onto the arena and fight them for it; the winner takes all.
Don't you guys think this is just bullying?】
【Sole Arbitrator of Eternity: OP, why are you looking for a Soul Transformation expert? You're not actually thinking of fighting the Path of Heaven's Heart, are you? Do you think you're a Sword Immortal?】
【Flame Emperor: Seconded. If it were any other sect on Immortal Island, you might have a chance, but against the Path of Heaven's Heart? Just forget it.】
【Feng Wuhen: No way. Is the mere Path of Heaven's Heart enough to scare you all like this? Where has the spirit of Daxia job-holders gone? If I wasn't afraid of hitting the young ones only to have the old ones show up, I would have already taken down those arrogant posers who look down their noses at everyone.】
【Romantic Scholar: OP, your courage is commendable; you're truly a model for our generation. How about you start a livestream when the time comes? Let everyone admire your majestic figure.】
【Passerby A: To the guy above, where would you get a signal for a livestream across worlds? If you won't support OP, then stop being so sarcastic.】
【Romantic Scholar: Look at you, getting worked up again. In the Destiny Mall, you can exchange 1 Destiny Point for an Otherworld Broadcasting Service. It automatically films and opens a livestream room. The fact that you don't even know this shows you don't even have any Destiny Points.
If you don't have Destiny Points, there's no need to challenge the Path of Heaven's Heart. You're just asking for trouble.】
【Feng Wuhen: [Image] Who said I don't have any? I bought the service long ago. I'm just waiting for an expert to show up and be my backer.】
【Romantic Scholar: Holy crap, Feng, you're for real?】
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This post was extremely popular, with over ten thousand replies.
After the spirit qi concentration in Daxia rose and the government began encouraging cultivation, many job-holders took up cultivation as a secondary path.
Cultivators who had previously struggled with a lack of resources had begun to flourish.
As a result, in the past six months, a large number of job-holders had entered the Immortal Island world, and interactions with that side had become frequent.
Everyone was well-acquainted with the situation there.
The Path of Heaven's Heart was the number one sect on Immortal Island; they followed an elite path and only recruited geniuses.
It was said that besides the Sword Immortal Ye Bufan, no one else had ever dared to provoke them.
It was no wonder that no one had any faith in Feng Wuhen.
"Heh, interesting."
【Lord of the Undead: @Feng Wuhen, don't panic, OP. I'm coming to help.】
Chen Xu immediately posted a reply and tagged the original poster.
Instantly, someone replied beneath him.
【Pure Heart and Few Desires: Wait, why is someone still trying to trick the OP? We finally convinced him to let it go.】
【Sole Arbitrator of Eternity: Holy crap, it's Mythic Chen!】
【Romantic Scholar: Holy crap, the legend himself is here!!!】
【Breathtaking Beauty: Big boss, mwah!】
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