Grand Ancestral Bloodlines
chapter-1829

1829 Ice Lily (2)

Consuming these Spiritual Herbs would certainly come with a great deal of benefit. If Ryu was correct, even he would benefit from it, and that was despite having the Ice Phoenix Bloodline running through his veins.

This herb could deepen his connection with the Ice Element, and also help to increase the Grade of his Inheritance, but this was only a small part.

There was also a small chance of forming a unique Ice Elemental Natural Enlightenment, or forming a unique Ice Elemental Manifestation.

The number of branching and winding paths was nigh endless. It was like a cheat code and was invaluable.

With all of these benefits to be had, who would be worried about finding more? Even Ryu was tempted by this.

Of course, his Inheritances had now been tied to his eight trigram diagrams, and thus increased smoothly so long as his Dao improved. As such, he hadn't needed to meditate on an individual element or anything of the sort for a while. Though, it was likely also because of this that his Ice Element had become so sloppy.

But a Natural Enlightenment or a Manifestation… those were things that were incredibly enticing to even Dao Gods, let alone Ryu.

However, looking beyond all of that, Ryu could see a benefit that was greater than all of this.

That subtle perfection the flower was exuding…

It represented the pinnacle of what was possible in the True Sky God Realm. If there was a so-called "perfect foundation", this ice lily embodied it.

'Well, perfect at least in regard to this world. If there are stronger worlds out there, it would still be incomplete. Even so, this is still a sub-level higher than what would be possible in the True Sky God Realm in the Martial World. Its value for this alone is invaluable…'

Ryu continued to stare at the flower, not making a move immediately.

At the moment, he was still considering exactly what to do.

Taking the flower was already a foregone conclusion. But there were still two things to decipher.

The first was how exactly to harvest it. As an Herbologist, he knew better than most how important it was to properly harvest a Spiritual Herb. For some, if you did it wrong, you would ruin its efficacy entirely.

But he was less worried about this. He felt that he could decipher the proper method in a few minutes at worst.

What really occupied his mind was exactly how to use this ice lily.

There were likewise two options for this. The first being to plant it in his Inner World and then meditate on it, and the second being using it as a conduit to reflect on his Beyond Perfect Extreme Spiritual Foundation.

In the first case, the gamble was almost non-existent and he was certain to benefit greatly in what was likely a very short time.

In the second, he was playing with fire. The Infinity Mist in his Beyond Perfect Extreme Spiritual Foundation was maybe the most dangerous of the Natural Treasure he had collected. But it was likewise incredibly powerful.

Ryu was already leaning toward the second. It only took him minutes to find this flower thanks to his senses and his affinity for the element. Who cared if he ruined the ice lily in his attempt?

Of course, there was still the danger, but when had he ever feared danger?

However, just as quickly, Ryu shook his head.

'One step at a time.'

He forcefully reeled in himself in. Constantly chasing higher and higher goals wasn't going to help him succeed in solidifying his foundation like he wanted.

All things would come in due time and he had to temper his patience. Plus, even though this world was on a higher level than the Natural Treasures he had gathered, there was probably no True Sky God in existence that could survive against these God Grade Spiritual Herbs.

Having made his decision, Ryu made a move to harvest the ice lily. In the time he had been thinking, he already figured out how to harvest it.

In a swift motion, he actually slapped out and shattered the ice lily into a falling rain of sparkling icy blue shards.

What remained in the end were the pulsing blue patterns, and suddenly, the beautiful ice lily looked more like a weed than a Spiritual Herb. And yet, its delicate coolness belied these thoughts.

He reached a hand forward, pinching each of these veins one by one as though looking for something. When he was satisfied, he pinched down harder and suddenly pulled.

At that moment, the complex root system that had embedded itself into the icy lake was pulled out branch by branch.

In a beautiful, swift motion, the entire Spiritual Herb, spreading dozens of meters, was uprooted, spreading out like a sparkling constellation of blue.

'Fascinating. It's like a formation… in fact, if you deployed it like one, you could probably find a powerful technique hidden within. It seems that I even missed a shocking matter…'

It looked like other than Natural Enlightenments and Manifestations, these herbs also held the secrets of incredibly powerful Dao Charm techniques.

Just looking at the profundity, Ryu couldn't help but feel inferior.

He had already succeeded in creating two Dao Manipulation Methods of his own, both of which used incredibly complex and profound abilities to rewrite reality.

And yet, this Dao Method that seemed to only be the ice element alone and nothing else actually felt far more profound to him.

'More complicated isn't necessarily better…'

He could rewrite Heaven and Earth, and even warp time and space, but that was still inferior to this root system that outlined a spine-tingling method of Ice Qi usage.

Ryu nodded to himself. It was truly more than worth it to come and find these.

Without studying the herb for much longer, Ryu began going around to find more.

Not all of these special herbs were as profound, but each one still carried its own hint of uniqueness that he could learn from.

Ryu felt that if he digested all of this, one would be hard-pressed to find another True Sky God in existence with attainments in Ice comparable to himself.

It was as he was lost in this world that the situation began to change once more.