Chapter 18: Miraculous Seeds

“Not bad,” Lin Fan couldn’t help but praise.

“Quite sensible.”

Although its sneak attack had been discovered, the Blood Spirit Empress seemed to have no intention of stopping its advance, still wriggling towards Lin Fan’s position bit by bit.

“Truly courting death…”

Lin Fan took a rough look.

This Blood Spirit Empress’s cultivation wasn’t that high, at most at the level of an Immortal King.

A casual wave of his hand could swat it to death.

Of course, this was only from Lin Fan’s perspective.

After all, the strength of an Immortal King held an extremely high status even in the Celestial Realm.

“Brat, are you not afraid of me?”

The Blood Spirit Empress looked at the composed Lin Fan and asked with some surprise.

“Afraid?”

Lin Fan revealed a playful expression.
“Shouldn’t I be the one asking you that? Are you not afraid of me?”

“Hahaha—”

The Blood Spirit Empress thought Lin Fan had been scared silly and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Are you kidding me? An ant with no cultivation… what is there to be afraid of?”

“Ant?”

Lin Fan channeled his demonic power, releasing all the cultivation on his body.

“Are you sure?”

“You, you, you…”

Feeling the terrifying pressure released from Lin Fan’s body, the Blood Spirit Empress’s face changed drastically.

“Demon Lord Realm?!”

“What, is there a problem?”

Lin Fan asked with an indifferent gaze.

“No…”

At this moment, the Blood Spirit Empress was like a deflated balloon, her face full of dejection.

Suddenly, a red light flashed, tightly wrapping around the Blood Spirit Empress’s body.

After the red light dissipated, the Blood Spirit Empress’s original body had disappeared, replaced by a red-haired woman with a graceful figure.

“Hero, spare my life! As long as you let me go, I am willing to do anything for you…”

The red-haired woman struck a seductive pose, trying to entice Lin Fan.

Hiss—

Comparing the woman before him with the previous flesh-worm, Lin Fan immediately got goosebumps all over.

“So disgusting… I can’t stand it! Die!”

“No—”

Facing the terrifying palm wind coming at her, the Blood Spirit Empress let out a miserable scream, and was then slapped into a meat paste.

[Beautifully done!]

The System happily popped out to praise him.

“Alright~”

Lin Fan wiped his hands slightly.

“The Blood Spirit Clan has been eliminated, the restriction is broken. You can enter the cycle of reincarnation now.”

“Many thanks, Lord Lin Fan!”

Feeling the restriction in his body disappear, the black figure was overjoyed.

“This life-saving grace is a debt I can never repay. In my next life, I will surely go through fire and water to repay my lord’s kindness!”

“No need to wait for the next life, you can repay it now,”

Lin Fan said faintly.

“N-now?”
Hearing Lin Fan’s words, the black figure was a bit baffled.

“My lord, right now, I am just a lingering wisp of will…”

“Let me finish!”

Lin Fan interrupted.

“Recently… have a few young people been here?”

“Young people?”

The black figure thought for a moment, then stammered, “Y-yes… yes!”

Then, the black figure led Lin Fan into a tunnel.

“My lord, look… are these them?”

Lin Fan looked up.

On both sides of the tunnel lay four or five young men, their breath as faint as a thread.
On each of their chests was a badge with the word “Nebula” imprinted on it.

“It should be them…”

Lin Fan nodded in satisfaction, then turned around and said, “It’s fine now, you can go.”

“As you command! My lord, we shall meet again!”

Outside the cave, Xin’er and the others were anxiously watching the cave entrance.

“Why has it been so long with no news…”
A trace of worry flashed in Xin’er’s eyes.
“Nothing bad happened, right…”

“He’s out!”

Bai Ling’s eyes were sharp, and she caught sight of the black mist that Lin Fan had transformed into at a glance.

The group quickly ran forward, only to see Lin Fan standing there as if nothing had happened, with several unconscious and injured people lying behind him.

“Shen Feng!”

Seeing this, Xin’er ran directly to one of the men, tears streaming down her face.

“Shen Feng… Shen Feng, what’s wrong with you? Don’t scare Sister Xin’er, okay…”

“He’s fine,”

Lin Fan said faintly.

“They just fainted. They’ll be fine after some rest back home.”

“Th-thank you, Senior…”

Hearing Lin Fan say this, Xin’er’s emotions finally stabilized.

Boom!

As they were talking, a loud noise suddenly came from the cave.

In the next second, the entire cave began to collapse at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“What’s happening?!”

Seeing this situation, the crowd of onlookers was in an uproar.

“What on earth happened?!”

“Master, this is…”

Faced with the sudden situation, Bai Ling and the other were a bit confused.

“It’s nothing,”

Lin Fan said with a blank expression.

“After the lingering will of the secret realm’s master disappears, the secret realm formed by it naturally disappears as well.”

“Huh?!”

Bai Ling lowered her head and said aggrievedly, “But Master, Ling’er finally came here for a visit, and I didn’t even get to go inside and see…”

“See what? Go back and grow vegetables for Master!”

Lin Fan scolded in a low voice.

Lin Fan couldn’t wait to find out what kind of things that pack of moldy seeds could grow.

“Huh? Grow vegetables?”

This time it was Bai Ling’s turn to be stunned.

“Master, Ling’er doesn’t eat green vegetables…”

“It’s not for you to eat, hey!”

Lin Fan slapped his forehead helplessly.

‘Why is this child always thinking about eating?’

“Huh? You want Ling’er to grow vegetables but won’t let Ling’er eat them? Then Ling’er is even less willing to do it!”

Hearing Lin Fan say this, Bai Ling puffed up her cheeks in anger.

…

Lin Fan was completely speechless.

‘Is the thought process of a foodie always this bizarre?!’

“Senior, Xin’er needs to take them back to rest as soon as possible, so I won’t disturb Senior any longer,”

Xin’er walked over and cupped her hands towards Lin Fan.

“Alright,”

Lin Fan nodded lightly, then turned around and called to Bai Ling and the other.

“Let’s go too.”

Originally, on this trip, Lin Fan wanted Bai Ling and the other to broaden their horizons in the secret realm.

In the end, they didn’t see any new sights, but they did see a big disgusting worm.

“It’s a good thing I didn’t let my disciples go in. Otherwise, they’d probably have nightmares for a couple of nights…”

Returning to the courtyard, Lin Fan took out the pack of moldy seeds and began to examine them closely.

Just from the packaging, this pack of seeds didn’t seem to have anything special about it.

Lin Fan carefully tore open a small opening and poured out a few seeds.

“Ah, this…”

Looking at the few pitch-black seeds in his palm, a trace of doubt flashed in Lin Fan’s mind—‘can something this ugly really grow anything?’

[What? Looking at the Host’s expression, it seems you don’t believe in the value of the seeds~]

The System popped out from Lin Fan’s mind and said.

“I really want to believe you…”

Lin Fan said with his eyes tightly closed.

“But this ghastly appearance really makes it hard to believe…”

[I can’t be bothered to explain to you~ If you don’t believe it, why don’t you just try planting them?]

The System replied huffily.

“Alright,”

Lin Fan stood up and stretched.

“Seeing as you’re praising it so much, this lord will reluctantly give it a try.”

However…

Five minutes passed, and Lin Fan still hadn’t made a move.

[Aren’t you going to try? What are you standing there stunned for?!]

The System asked with some confusion.

“So…”

Lin Fan scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

“How do you plant this?”

[…]

The System was instantly speechless.

[Find a piece of land and just sprinkle them on top.]

Following the System’s instructions, Lin Fan went to the empty space in the backyard and threw all the seeds from the bag in.

It had to be said, these seeds were indeed not ordinary.

The moment the seeds touched the soil, tender shoots grew directly from the ground.

Then, the tender shoots turned into branches and leaves, and then grew into one medicinal herb after another.

“Golden Phoenix Blazing Sun Flower, Nine Rites Icy Grass, Netherworld Equinox Flower, Earthly Flame Blood Heart Fungus…”

Looking at the heavenly materials and earthly treasures covering the ground, Lin Fan’s eyes revealed a deep look of shock.

“Holy-grade immortal herbs, they’re all holy-grade immortal herbs…”

To make sure he wasn’t dreaming, Lin Fan even pinched his thigh hard.

“Holy-grade immortal herbs? Where? Ling’er wants to eat!”

Hearing there were holy-grade immortal herbs, Bai Ling instantly became energetic and trotted to the backyard.

“Wow! There really are so many immortal herbs!”

Arriving in the backyard and seeing the scene before her, Bai Ling cried out in pleasant surprise.

She then dove into the pile of immortal herbs and began to eat with great gusto.

“Ling’er, stop! Stop it—”

Lin Fan shouted anxiously from the side.
“These are holy-grade immortal herbs that are hard to come by in ten thousand years!”

[Just let her eat. Why are you being so stingy?]

The System said with some contempt.

“Easy for you to say, these are holy-grade immortal herbs!”

Seeing that his persuasion was ineffective, Lin Fan stomped his feet in anxiety.

[Uh… Host, why don’t you… take a closer look?]

The System said somewhat playfully.

“Hm? What do you mean?”

With doubt in his heart, Lin Fan widened his eyes and looked again in Bai Ling’s direction.

This glance didn’t matter, but Lin Fan was shocked to discover—these immortal herbs seemed to have a regenerative ability.
Wherever Bai Ling had picked, a brand new patch of herbs grew back within ten seconds.

Gulp.

Seeing this, Lin Fan couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.

Regenerating holy-grade immortal herbs…

Lin Fan knew very well what this concept meant.

Let alone a whole patch, even just one regenerating holy-grade immortal herb would be enough to cause a reign of terror across the entire continent.

However…

Seeing these immortal herbs, Lin Fan suddenly had a bold idea.

“Ahem—”

After adjusting his breathing slightly, Lin Fan cleared his throat and called out to Bai Ling, who was eating voraciously.

“Ling’er.”

“Hm?”

Bai Ling responded, lifting her head blankly, her wine-red pupils filled with confusion.

“Come here,”

Lin Fan beckoned to Bai Ling.

“Master will show you something good.”