Chapter 361: Plants from the Sacred Realm

After bidding on that item, Ye Feng said goodbye to Pearl and the others, then went straight to the back to collect his things and left immediately.
His departure drew a lot of attention, but no one dared to snatch a mysterious object from him.
Since Ye Feng’s strength had already been proven to be on par with that of Zi Ji Zunzhe, anyone in the Heavenly Realm who wanted to take his things would need to be significantly stronger than Zi Ji Zunzhe and the others to have a chance. Such people weren’t completely absent in the Heavenly Realm, but they were certainly not something ordinary people could easily encounter.
Most importantly, Ye Feng had previously clashed with Zi Ji Zunzhe over Pearl, a fact known throughout the Demon Realm. Yet now, because of this woman named Pearl, Ye Feng and Zi Ji Zunzhe got along peacefully. Pearl was originally Ye Feng’s friend, and if Ye Feng encountered trouble, she would surely ask Zi Ji Zunzhe for help. Not only was Zi Ji Zunzhe extremely powerful, but his disciple was also the greatest immortal emperor in the Immortal Realm—the Green Emperor—who enjoyed high prestige and popularity throughout the Immortal Realm. Provoking him was almost tantamount to declaring war on the entire Immortal Realm, something no sensible person would do.
“The second batch of street stalls is set up for the first time today. I need to check if there are any good items!” Ye Feng strode away from the auction hall.
Unlike the days when he walked slowly while searching, back then he was with Pearl and the others, especially with Zi Ji Zunzhe around, so he didn’t want Zi Ji Zunzhe to notice anything unusual about him. Now, with no one following, he could search through those street stalls at full speed.
In fact, the method of searching was simple—any item from the Divine Realm would appear yellow, while those from the Heavenly Realm held no interest for him.
At his speed, he scanned over 300 street stalls in just one minute. In an hour, that amounted to nearly 20,000 stalls.
In just over six hours, he had scanned 100,000 stalls. In reality, scanning took only about five hours; the transaction part took a bit more time.
Among those 100,000 stalls, Ye Feng discovered an ancient Heavenly artifact, two herbs from the Divine Realm, five minerals from the Divine Realm, and a sealed piece of Divine metal.
Actually, these findings weren’t as many as Ye Feng had expected. He had thought that with 100,000 stall owners, there should be quite a few good items.
However, Ye Feng understood the principle that one shouldn’t be too greedy.

Although six hours had passed, the auction still hadn’t ended. Ye Feng didn’t intend to return to the auction venue; instead, he planned to head straight back to his lodging to check out what he had purchased at the auction. Upon returning, he set up a restriction spell and then used his mental power to explore the storage ring, carefully examining that oddly shaped, pitch-black object. After nearly ten minutes of investigation, he found nothing, so out of desperation, he turned to the Feather Emperor in the Virtual Realm for help. “Feather Emperor, help me figure out what this thing is,” Ye Feng said as he transferred the object from the storage ring into the Virtual Realm. When the Feather Emperor saw the black object, he showed surprise and immediately asked, “Where did you get this?” “From an auction,” Ye Feng replied, seeing no need to hide it. “I spent 300,000 high-grade magic crystals on it! If I hadn’t known it belonged to a realm above the Divine Realm, I would never have bought it.” “You have that many magic crystals?” The Feather Emperor wasn’t expecting that either. “I killed over twenty Absolute Demon-level warriors and took all their relics,” Ye Feng said nonchalantly. “I’ll tell you the details later. First, tell me what this pitch-black thing is.” “It’s a plant seed from the Sacred Realm,” the Feather Emperor replied directly. “The Sacred Realm? Is that another realm above the Divine Realm?” Ye Feng asked curiously. “If you hadn’t obtained this seed, I wouldn’t have told you such things so early,” the Feather Emperor said with a wry smile, shaking his head. “But I can’t reveal too much about the Sacred Realm.” “I understand!” Ye Feng nodded. He knew the Feather Emperor must have his reasons for keeping it secret and wouldn’t press him. “But there’s one thing I don’t understand!” Ye Feng raised another question. “You mean this black, ball-shaped object, about my height, is a plant seed? How can a plant seed be this big?” “That’s right. It’s a seed of the most basic plants in the Sacred Realm—similar in nature to weeds on Earth,” the Feather Emperor confirmed. “So, after all this effort, I just bought a seed of a weed from the Sacred Realm?” Ye Feng was speechless. “You could say that,” the Feather Emperor replied, his expression indifferent. “Does that mean there’s no need to cultivate it either? Even if it grows, it’s of no use?” Ye Feng asked further.

“If judged by this thing’s grade, that’s indeed the case. After it’s cultivated, at most its leaves will contain some energy from the Holy Realm—it can neither attack nor defend.” Yu Huang pondered for a moment before looking at Ye Feng with a peculiar expression. “Unless…”
“Unless what?” Hearing this, Ye Feng felt that things might take a turn for the better.
“Actually, plant life also has levels. If you use the grade-up privilege on a small weed in the human world, it might grow into a huge tree or even turn into a carnivorous flower…” Yu Huang stopped speaking there.
“You mean…” Ye Feng immediately understood what Yu Huang was implying.
“Plants in the Holy Realm are divided into four grades: low, medium, high, and supreme. These grades determine many things, such as the quality and quantity of energy absorption, the level of intelligence, and whether they possess special abilities… Of course, the starting point in the early stages is different, as is the ultimate evolutionary endpoint.”
“The plant seed we have now is just a low-grade plant from the Holy Realm. Even if cultivated to its fullest potential, it won’t be of much use. But if you had a supreme-grade plant seed, cultivating it to its peak might give you a chance to break through the barriers of the Holy Realm.”
“Moreover, in the Holy Realm, plants and animals are equal. Among plants, there are also extremely powerful ones. The Golden Vine in the Holy Realm, when it reaches its peak, can cover an entire star system. Within that system, it’s almost invincible. Even the strongest beings in the Holy Realm dare not provoke it easily. Just a single vine from a peak Golden Vine can give those strongest beings a hard time. Imagine what would happen if millions or even tens of millions of vines attacked at once.”
“That terrifying?” Ye Feng found it hard to believe just by hearing about it.
“Then there’s the Holy-grade Death Thorn, a thorny plant whose thorns contain terrifying toxins. Even the strongest beings in the Holy Realm risk death if pierced by them without timely antidote. This plant feeds on animals—once trapped, its thorns will pierce deep into the body, absorbing nutrients until the victim dies. Since the toxin can paralyze the soul, once trapped, there’s no way to escape.”
“There are such things?” Ye Feng was speechless. He had always thought that plants were either edible or not, never imagining that there were plants that fed on humans. Of course, he had heard of carnivorous flowers before, but he had never taken them seriously.

“The world is full of wonders, not to mention places like the Holy Realm,” said Yu Huang with a smile.
“Unfortunately, I no longer have the privilege to raise my rank,” Ye Feng said. As soon as the words left his mouth, he realized something. “Though I no longer have it, I can convert other privileges into the rank-raising privilege.”
“One Ultimate Pardon can be converted into two rank-raising privileges. Would you like to proceed with the conversion?”
“Yes!” Ye Feng checked how many Ultimate Pardons he still had and found he had four in total. Using two wouldn’t be a problem.
“Please confirm the number of privileges to be converted!”
“Two Ultimate Pardons, converted into four rank-raising privileges,” Ye Feng replied without hesitation.
“Conversion successful! Two Ultimate Pardons used to obtain four rank-raising privileges!”
“Let’s see just how far you can grow!” Ye Feng said, filled with anticipation.
“Use the Ultimate Repair Power to repair this seed!” Judging from Ye Feng’s attitude, it seemed he intended to invest heavily in cultivating this plant.
“Ultimate Repair Power used successfully! Repair completed!”
As the text appeared before his eyes, the pink interior of the originally exposed black seed was once again covered by a layer of black, returning to its original appearance.
It was an irregularly shaped sphere, entirely black with an uneven surface full of pits.
However, after being repaired by the Ultimate Repair Power, Ye Feng could clearly sense a special connection forming between him and the seed. But since the seed was like an animal embryo and not yet fully developed, it lacked a complete mind or consciousness. Ye Feng could only sense this connection but couldn’t communicate with it.
“Use the three rank-raising privileges to raise its rank!” Seeing that the repair was complete, Ye Feng wasted no time and immediately started using the rank-raising privileges.
“Rank increase successful! Three rank-raising privileges consumed!”
The black seed slowly shrank from adult height to the size of a palm and landed in Ye Feng’s hand.
Ye Feng glanced at Yu Huang in surprise. “After the rank increase, it has a faint consciousness!”
“That’s natural. The little thing in your hand is a top-tier plant seed from the Holy Realm. It’s normal for it to have consciousness during its embryonic stage,” Yu Huang said nonchalantly.
“Will this seed grow into a powerful being like the Golden Vine in the future?” Ye Feng stared at the seed in his hand as if talking to himself.

“I can’t be sure about this, because there are already few varieties of top-tier plants, and the one you’ve induced is clearly a new species. Moreover, not all top-tier plants possess strong offensive capabilities. Some can produce top-quality sacred fruits, but the plants themselves only have basic defensive abilities, no offensive ones. Yet their sacred fruits are the finest materials for alchemy in the Sacred Realm. As for which direction this little thing will evolve in, I’m not quite sure. But personally, I think whatever it becomes will bring you endless benefits.” The Feather Emperor also didn’t know what kind of plant the seed in Ye Feng’s hands would grow into in the future.
“Another question: how can this seed germinate?” Ye Feng raised his doubt. “Do we have to plant it in soil?”