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Chapter 239 - 145: I planted myself in the ground_2

Chapter 239: Chapter 145: I planted myself in the ground_2

For a moment, Gu Shanhai fell silent. He always felt that he had missed out on a lot during this period.

"First to descend into the... *cough* underground palace, and after resolving the issue with the spiritual energy, then I’ll start to exploit it."

Gu Shanhai was aware that he had always been busy with too many research projects on hand, indeed leaving no time to handle these matters.

Dealing with just the responsibilities of the Marked Druid and the Green Knight positions had kept him so dizzy with work, let alone the need to perfect the "Green Emperor Longevity Scripture." It was only after arriving in this world that he had some leisure time, and even then, he had not been idle on the road, constantly refining "Heavenly Gang Child Skill."

"Little White, you go into the Magic Pet pocket first. You can’t be planted into the ground."

As a normal deer, Little White definitely lacked this function, so it could only be temporarily stowed away until the day it learned Earth Escape, or until Gu Shanhai learned Earth Escape himself. Then, through the special Magic Pet spell "Magic Pet Infusion," this ability could be temporarily imbued into Little White’s body.

Little White had no objections to Gu Shanhai’s words; in fact, it saved it some trouble and took it as a time to rest.

After tucking Little White away, Gu Shanhai dug a hole and buried himself in it.

"Lucky I don’t need to breathe to survive; otherwise, the first step to becoming a plant man would involve dying from lack of oxygen." Gu Shanhai thought he was still being quite scientific, at least... plants could root and sprout in the soil, not mutate in lava.

On the surface of his skin, a great number of spirit plant roots burst forth, each of different shapes and forms, as they came from different Spirit Plants. At that instant, Gu Shanhai looked just like a tentacled monster.

The spirit plant roots rooted themselves into the soil, constantly drawing nutrients from the earth, and then feedback to Gu Shanhai.

"This feeling, it’s a bit like soaking in a hot spring, the whole body feeling warm and cozy..."

"If I can use the spirit plant roots to absorb nutrients from the soil to replenish myself, then if I use roots to suck on people, oh, I don’t need plant roots for that, healing spells should do."

Gu Shanhai always felt his development was somewhat strange.

The roots kept extending downward at an incredible pace since it was Gu Shanhai who controlled them.

Soon, his tentacle-like roots reached the area of the underground palace. During this process, a huge network of roots formed, leaving Gu Shanhai speechless.

His growth couldn’t possibly be only downwards; it spread out like a web.

"I’ll cut all these roots later and stew them into pills for Huang Yanshan to eat. After all, he wouldn’t know what these things are if they’re chopped up." Gu Shanhai pondered for a while and quickly figured out how to deal with these roots.

After all, they were Spirit Plants—their medicinal value was much greater than that of ordinary herbs, and among them were roots from the likes of the King of Herbs, Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, and so on.

"It turns out I can use myself being planted in the soil to rapidly regenerate Spirit Plants. It’s just that this way, it’s easy to deplete the soil. Otherwise, I might find an opportunity to bring some soybean Spirit Plants to balance it out. In the future, I may even make a cameo appearance as ’sowing beans to summon soldiers.’"

Gu Shanhai keenly perceived that the surrounding soil’s fertility had greatly decreased due to the forced extraction of nutrients by the Spirit Plants on his body. It was uncertain how long it would take for the land to recover.

Spirit Plants are Spirit Plants; they are quite domineering to ordinary soil. Although they usually rely on Gu Shanhai’s nourishment and the spiritual energy within the Magic Domain for sustenance, when faced with this ordinary land, their ferocious side naturally comes forth.

"It should be about time." Gu Shanhai felt the expansive root network that had carved out passages and attempted to let the network of roots pull him downward.

And it worked remarkably well. Gu Shanhai, planted in the ground, was gradually pulled down, sinking little by little.

"It’s a bit cramped, but indeed there’s no disturbance."

As Gu Shanhai was pulled downwards, the original void was filled back up with soil. As he burrowed deeper, there wasn’t much disturbance on the surface above—there might have been some, but it wouldn’t raise suspicions. That was enough.

"Next time I definitely need to find a Spirit Plant that can double as clothing, the robes I’m wearing are still quite lacking," Gu Shanhai mused after choosing a bean-like Spirit Plant and pondered getting a protective Spirit Plant for himself.

The descent lasted for nearly half an hour, partly because the distance was quite far, and partly because Gu Shanhai was relying on the pulling of spirit plant roots rather than doing it himself, naturally, it took longer.

And this was just the beginning; he had only just made contact with the underground palace. If he wanted to get in, he would still have to find the entrance.

"This soil is ridiculously thick; even ’Detect Secret Door’ can’t penetrate it. I’ll have to try ’Prophetic Divination’ and see if I can locate it accurately," Gu Shanhai felt somewhat helpless. It was impossible to use ’Internal Organ Divination Skill’ underground, so he was unclear about the chances of success.

However, there shouldn’t be too much of a problem, it’s just divining the entrance after all. He was already there, not completely clueless, and now he just had to spend a bit of life force to get in.

"???"

"No entrance? What kind of operation is this?"

After Gu Shanhai conducted the ’Prophetic Divination,’ the result left him quite astounded.

"An underground palace without an entrance? How am I supposed to get in? Burst in with a targeted explosion?" Gu Shanhai pondered whether he was expected to revert to previous methods.

Even though he was skilled in killing and arson, the current environment wasn’t suitable for that—his roots were everywhere, and if something exploded, he too would feel it to some extent.

"Strange thing, seems like I’ll have to forcefully break in with brute strength."

Gu Shanhai sighed; explosive entry was not an option, whether beating it into submission was another matter, as that could hurt himself too.

He knocked on the metal of the underground palace floor beneath his feet, the feel suggested it was some kind of metal, and not just any kind but a precious metal. Otherwise, his money-sniffing instincts wouldn’t have reacted. In short, it was valuable.

"Tough, digging by hand seems a bit too much to bear." Gu Shanhai reached out to dig forcefully and found it immovable. Only after pushing himself to the limit could he barely scrape off a small piece.

"Exceptionally tough, no idea if there’s a weak spot." Gu Shanhai further engaged in ’Prophetic Divination’ and, to his surprise, actually found a weak spot, right under... his feet.

"Well, now, because I dug this small piece, this place has become a weak spot? Surely the entire palace isn’t cast from bronze and iron."

Gu Shanhai casually pocketed the unidentified metal, certain it was a valuable item; it couldn’t just be discarded.

"Forget it, might as well dig. It’s just spending a bit of life force, no big deal." Gu Shanhai wasn’t too concerned as his roots, laden with Spirit Plants, plunged into the soil, crazily absorbing various nutrients to sustain him. This process, coupled with his extreme state, formed a cycle.

The land was the one paying the price, not Gu Shanhai. With such rampant extraction, it would take longer and longer for the soil to regain fertility, and it could even become completely barren.

But at that moment, Gu Shanhai couldn’t afford to worry about such things as he continued to dig at the metal layer on the surface of the underground palace, which made him feel as if he was picking up money.

Moreover, his danger instinct, the knack for seeking fortune and avoiding disaster, and various other types of perceptions were continuously flashing.

"Opportunity, damn it, there’s actually an opportunity!!!" Gu Shanhai was ecstatic.

Of course, apart from the opportunity, there was danger as well, but compared to the danger, it was the opportunity that excited him more.

He had long known about the risks, otherwise, he wouldn’t have gotten an ominous divination, but he hadn’t expected an opportunity.

In a Middle Martial World, the chance of someone like him coming across something applicable was extraordinary, it could be some peerless divine technique... oh, that might not be very useful, perhaps some kind of rare natural treasure, which could be used in medicine to craft pills to enhance his strength.

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