Chapter 149: The Golden Apple and the Family Guardian Spirit Realm   Chapter 148

  The mechanical mount folded its wings and dived deeper and deeper into the muddy swamp like a giant snake.

  Although the Hydra likes to live in swamps, it even likes to completely immerse itself in the swamp mud when resting.

  But the Hydra needs to breathe, and it also likes the drizzle.

  So if the muddy swamp is divided into layers, there are countless Hydra monsters living in the surface layer, a large number of swamp catfish living in the middle layer, which are also the main food of the Hydra monsters, and finally there is almost no life on the bottom layer.

  Rosen shared the gray rat's ability to burrow underground, and then used it by riding a mechanical mount.

  In less than a few minutes, the mechanical mount had penetrated vertically tens of thousands of meters into the muddy swamp.

  At this depth, it was almost impossible to sense any life fluctuations, so Rosen drove his mechanical mount to the center of the muddy swamp.

  The closer you get to the center, the more you feel the spiritual concentration increasing.

  Rosen summoned some crypt demons. Dozens of sequence 7 crypt demons easily drained the moisture from the surrounding swamps, and then opened up a dry underground space. The place with a high concentration of spirituality scanned by the virtual world pupil technique was also revealed.

  Rosen was stunned when he saw a magic circle not far away and the territory buildings above the magic circle.

  There was a stone tablet in front of the territory building. After taking a glance at it, he knew what was going on.

  It turns out that this magic circle can continuously draw spiritual power from the spiritual world, and then continuously generate nine-headed monsters through military buildings. Most of the nine-headed monsters in the entire Muddy Water Swamp are slowly multiplied through this territory building.

  This magic circle and territory building were built by a former emperor of the Thunder Empire.

  Therefore, this place belongs to the official, and any acts of destruction will be wanted by the official Thunder Empire.

  Rosen shook his head. Sure enough, a place like the Muddy Water Swamp, which was well-known in the natural rainforest, must have been explored clearly by our predecessors. As for why the truth here had not spread, it was probably because I couldn't be the only one who was unlucky.

  Rosen was about to leave when he suddenly remembered that he had overlooked something.

  The surface of the spirit world of the Thunder Empire has become extremely dangerous because the Thunder God's kingdom collapsed there. Entering the spirit world without Sequence 5 strength is tantamount to seeking death.

  And this magic circle next to it can actually continuously absorb spiritual energy from the spirit world?

  And for so many years, no spirit life has sneaked into the real world from this magic circle?

  Although this is a magic circle left by a Sequence 2 demigod, in Rosen's opinion, the level of this magic circle is no higher than Sequence 5.

  Because you don't need a butcher knife to kill a chicken, the Muddy Water Swamp is not worthy of the higher-level magic circle left by the emperor back then.

  However, the stable magic circle of Sequence 5 that connects the real world and the spirit world is theoretically not qualified to block all threats from the spirit world.

  Therefore, there is a high possibility that the surface of the spiritual world that the magic circle penetrates is located in a very safe place.

  If he enters the spirit world from here, the danger level should be greatly reduced.

  Rosen thought about it. If he could think of this, could others not think of this possibility?

  He immediately studied the magic circle carefully. Although he was not good at magic circles, he knew the basics. The Divine Realm had also cultivated a Sequence 8 wizard who was good at magic circles.

  After several days of research, Rosen discovered the secret hidden in this magic circle.

  The level is indeed Sequence 5, but this is a one-way transmission.

  The spiritual energy from the spiritual world can be transmitted to reality through this magic circle, but those who want to enter the spiritual world from here will be disturbed by the magic circle.

  If you enter the spirit world near the muddy swamp, it is not easy to find the other end of the magic circle in the spirit world.

  However, these are not a problem for Rosen. His lazy feet allow him to ignore interference and enter the spiritual world here.

  Rosen released the power of Lazy Foot, and he slipped into the shadows and forcibly sneaked into the magic circle.

  Finding the passage between the inside and the spirit world, he followed the passage back to the spirit world under the protection of Lazy Feet.

  The moment he arrived in the spirit world, Rosen saw the magic circle that existed in the spirit world under his feet.

  The surrounding spiritual energy was continuously extracted and then transmitted one-way to the muddy swamp through the magic circle under the feet.

  The surrounding area is a world of thunder covering dozens of miles. Thunderstorms are generated everywhere, illuminating the entire world in blue and purple. Not far from the magic circle, there is a lake flashing with thunder. In the lake, there is a golden apple tree several hundred meters high that is constantly struck by lightning.

  "Golden apple tree?"

  After observing it again and again, Rosen rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

  Looking at the big golden tree not far away, he resisted the urge to move forward.

  Instead, he immediately used the Nightmare Shackles to contact the Gray Mouse who was still in the snowy mountains of the Frost Coast.

  On the other side, Gray Mouse received the message and immediately logged into the virtual world to search for clues.

  It turns out that when the emperor of the Thunder Empire who built the magic circle in the Muddy Water Swamp was in office, the Thunder Empire was much closer to the border of human territory than it is now. At that time, the Thunder Empire was very easy to be attacked by alien gods.

  The emperor at that time had very bad luck. He was surrounded and killed by two alien gods.

  Rosen knew this information and roughly understood what was going on.

  The God of Thunder should have planted a golden apple tree in his kingdom.

  When it finally fell, the golden apple tree was scattered along with the fragments of the kingdom of God on the surface of the spiritual world corresponding to the muddy swamp.

  The king at that time discovered the golden apple tree, but it was probably impossible to transplant it at that time.

  So he set up a magic circle to draw away all the spirituality around the golden apple tree and transfer it to the muddy swamp in reality.

  Before he could make any further arrangements, he was surrounded and killed by alien gods.

  As for why such a magic circle is set up, the reason is that the growth of the golden apple tree does not require any spiritual attributes other than the thunder attribute. Excess spiritual attributes are harmful rather than beneficial to the golden apple tree.

  In the following years, many people must have discovered this magic circle.

  However, the extraordinary people who come to the Muddy Water Swamp to hunt the Nine-Headed Monster will not be stronger than Sequence 5.

  The extraordinary people of this strength discovered the magic circle and thought that there might be benefits at the other end of the passage. They did not have the ability to pass through the passage, and those who had the ability to pass through the passage would not come here to take risks.

  Besides, if he accidentally destroyed the magic circle, wouldn't it be unfair for him to be wanted by the Thunder Empire for no reason?

  Rosen spent two days carefully searching the space where the golden apple tree was.

  Then, through the main god network, search for various information about the golden apple tree at all costs.

  The results were both good and bad. The bad thing was that the golden apple tree was not as valuable as imagined.

  This is not the golden apple tree of Sequence 0 quality as described in myths and legends. At best, it is a third-generation plant grown from the seeds of a golden apple tree, so the level of this golden apple tree is only Sequence 2.

  Rosen melted a large amount of gold and used the Morning Star Divine Power to shape it into a pair of scissors.

  Then, from a distance of thousands of meters, he used the golden scissors to cut off the nine sequence 2 golden apples on the tree.

  The moment all the golden apples fell, they were caught by golden net bags.

  Rosen carefully stored the nine golden apples in nine golden boxes, and then began to think of a way to cut down the golden apple tree.

  Not all offspring of legendary sacred trees can continue their cycle like their mother trees.

  The saplings of the golden apple tree can only bear fruit once after they grow up, and will never bear fruit again. However, the golden apple tree itself is an extraordinary material with the five top-level attributes of gold, wood, thunder, life and god.

  It took Rosen half a month to cut down the golden apple tree at the roots.

  Only then did he open up the scavenging space and take away the golden apple tree. As for the roots of the tree and the Thunder Lake underneath, he had to give up.

  After returning to reality, Rosen first considered how to deal with this unexpected surprise.

  The trunk, branches and leaves, the only ones that can be used for now are the leaves.

  Using this kind of leaves as drawing paper should be able to create spiritual paintings with special effects.

  Then maybe some of the branches can be sold, and finally the trunks can be kept for future use.

  Whether it is used to upgrade and strengthen territory buildings or to build extraordinary buildings, it is the top-level material.

  As for the nine golden apples, Rosen took out one without hesitation and prepared to eat it.

  Ordinary people can eat golden apples. After eating them, their physical strength will be greatly improved, and even their extraordinary bloodline can be greatly strengthened. They can also regenerate broken limbs, wash away all negative curses and negative damage on their body, and finally gain special golden divinity.

  Rosen could clearly feel that his physical limit had doubled.

  Then look at the three abilities derived from extraordinary bloodline. The upper limits of gluttony, greed, and laziness have all changed from below Sequence 3 to below Sequence 2. This level upgrade represents the leap between extraordinary and demigod.

  This is still the majority of the power of the golden apple, which is lurking deep in the extraordinary bloodline and has not been released.

  After his sequence level is upgraded, his extraordinary bloodline will gradually become stronger.

  These are the only changes on the physical level. Then the spiritual strength instantly increases from 31 points to 34 points.

  Of the three extra points of spiritual strength, one came from Count Fritz's special mutually destructive damage, and two came from his two deaths and resurrections. The three points of spiritual strength that were once permanently reduced have now been restored thanks to the golden apple.

  Finally, Rosen sensed his own sequence ancient tree, where a golden lightning was entwined.

  This is the golden divinity brought to him by the golden apple. Activating the golden divinity can temporarily transform his spirituality into divinity.

  In a sense, the Golden Divinity is similar to the transformed state of Quetzalcoatl.

  However, this ability of golden divinity is only a supplement. If he reaches the limit of Sequence 4 in the future and wants to become a Sequence 3 demigod, this golden divinity can reduce the difficulty of becoming a demigod and also give him a higher chance of obtaining a pseudo-divine power after becoming a demigod.

  If eating too many golden apples was useless, he would have wanted to eat all of them in one go.

  Rosen was thinking about what to do with the remaining golden apples when he found someone had left him a message through the main temple.

  It turned out that when he was searching for information about the golden apple tree, he had posted several bounty notices on the Lord God Network. Someone saw it and suspected that he had golden apples grown on the saplings, so he wanted to make a deal with him.

  The entire transaction is conducted through the main temple, so both parties to the transaction do not have to worry about any consequences.

  Rosen took a look at the transaction conditions proposed by the person who left the message and was immediately excited.  

  The one who wanted to trade with him was a Sequence 2 painter. If he could produce three golden apples, provide a branch that once grew golden apples, and provide some sap from the heart of the golden apple tree.

  Then this Sequence 2 painter can paint him a spiritual realm painting of Sequence 3.

  Through this painting, he was able to plant the seeds of golden apples and continue to cultivate four and five generations of golden apples.

  After the cultivation is completed, the spiritual realm painting can also be used as a spiritual realm for planting.

  The cost of painting this picture is two golden apples, and the remaining golden apple is the reward for this person.

  Judging from the terms of the transaction, Rosen did not suffer a loss, because he could eventually obtain 81 sequence 3 golden apples, 729 sequence 4 golden apples, and finally a sequence 3 spiritual realm painting.

  But after careful consideration, Rosen refused.

  Firstly, the golden apple tree matures very slowly, and the fourth generation of offspring will take at least a thousand years to mature. After a thousand years, he won't know what sequence he is at, and by that time he will no longer need a mere sequence 3 golden apple.

  By that time, he would be able to easily draw Sequence 3 spiritual paintings.

  Unless you are establishing a family and leaving it to future generations, this kind of transaction is too disadvantageous in the short term.

  Rosen had originally let the matter go, and spent every day in the divine territory adapting to the surge in strength he gained after eating the golden apple.

  As a result, someone in the reward post sent him a private message, and it was the painter of Sequence 2.

  It turned out that the painter was in urgent need of a treasure like the golden apple. After realizing that the painter might not be interested in the spiritual paintings, he proposed to trade other treasures for a golden apple, and even listed the things he could trade in a private message.

  Rosen was just looking around casually, and actually found something that interested him.

  It was a miracle treasure of no rank, an ordinary-looking crystal bottle containing magic potions.

  This miraculous treasure called the Potion Bottle can synthesize potions of perfect quality according to the potion formula. More importantly, this thing gives him a feeling similar to the Dragon Blood Bottle.

  Rosen pondered for a long time, then replied to the private message and proposed to trade the magic potion bottle, this miraculous treasure.

  Finally, after some bargaining, he exchanged a golden apple for a potion bottle and five thousand gold coins of the Lord God.

  After Rosen got the potion bottle, he immediately took out the dragon blood bottle and put it together.

  Upon closer inspection, they are indeed very similar, and look very much like separate parts that originally belonged to a set.

  Rosen immediately searched for relevant information on the Lord God Network and easily found the relevant information.

  It turns out that this is indeed a set of miraculous treasures, and the name of this set of miraculous treasures is the Original Magic Potion.

  The first bottle of Sequence 9 potion created in the world was made using this set of nine bottles.

  There are a total of nine bottles in a set, and all of them have become miracle treasures without level.

  No one knows how these nine bottles were separated, but each bottle has a special miraculous effect.

  Many people believe that when the nine bottles are put together, they have incredible effects.

  After all, the emergence of today's supernatural system, potions and sequences is the starting point of the glory of the current era.

  However, it is almost impossible to collect all nine bottles.

  Because someone once collected six bottles, and then disappeared with the six bottles and never appeared again.

  The remaining three bottles have all appeared in history, but because of their single effects, only the Dragon Blood Bottle has the highest value.

  Compared to the Dragon Blood Bottle's ability to restrain dragons, the Magic Potion Bottle's value is somewhat useless, because anyone can ask a wizard or a scientist or pharmacist to prepare the potion, so there is no need to use the Magic Potion Bottle at all.

  This is also why the Sequence 2 painter had to compensate him with the Lord God's gold coins worth 500 million spiritual crystals.

  Rosen was just about to put the two vases away when he suddenly thought, would the two vases create a chain reaction?

  Nine bottles have incredible effects, could it be that two have no effect at all?

  Rosen pondered for a moment, then took out a Sequence 9 Hunter Sequence Potion Set from the Divine Realm.

  Hunter-series potions are special because there are countless choices for the core ingredients.

  He poured out a portion of diluted dragon blood of only Sequence 9 quality from the Dragon Blood Bottle, and then used it as the core material to prepare the potion with the Potion Bottle. During the preparation process, he only needed to think about the potion formula in his mind, and the Potion Bottle would be able to prepare it according to what he had in mind.

  Soon, a bottle of sequence 9 potion was prepared. Rosen checked it through the Lord God's computer and was slightly surprised.

  This sequence 9 hunter potion is not only of perfect quality, but can also allow people to obtain a faint dragon extraordinary bloodline. This means that the effect of the potion configured with two miracle bottles has exceeded the limit of normal potions.

  It is hard to imagine how terrifying the effect would be if the magic potion was prepared by combining nine miracle bottles.

  If those six vases had not been lost for tens of thousands of years and never reappeared, he would have no chance of exchanging them for the potion vases, which was probably the core of the nine miracle vases, at a low price.

  Rosen put away the two miracle bottles, summoned the nightmare slime and gave it a golden apple.

  The Nightmare Slime gained more benefits than him. Although the Hands of Greed and the Feet of Laziness were not activated, the Nightmare Slime obtained the Gluttonous Stomach, and this Gluttonous Stomach was somewhat different from his Gluttonous Stomach.

  Rosen's gluttonous stomach can imprison beings below Sequence 2, and the nightmare slime's gluttonous stomach can digest beings below Sequence 2.

  One focuses on sealing, and the other focuses on digestion.

  Now that they were sharing with each other, Rosen could clearly feel that his gluttonous stomach had become stronger.

  Also a pet, Rosen left a golden apple for the gray mouse.

  But he can't give it to him now. He will never let the gray mouse's strength recovery speed exceed his control.

  There were five golden apples left, and Rosen decided to keep them.

  There is no shortage of market for this kind of treasure. You can keep it and exchange it for something good you need in the future.

  Moreover, when one's origin is seriously damaged, the golden apple can be a life-saving trump card.

  Through this harvest, Rosen deeply realized that there were countless treasures hidden in the spiritual world of the Thunder Empire.

  However, it takes strength to obtain these treasures, and not all treasures are as danger-free as the golden apple tree.

  Rosen was just about to hunt more nine-headed monsters, but suddenly he felt something was wrong with his condition.

  Mysterious whispers appeared in his ears and hallucinations appeared before his eyes. This feeling was very similar to the crazy whispers of the fallen true god that he heard when he took the Hunter Sequence Potion, which came from the source of the sequence.

  Rosen's first reaction was that there was something wrong with the golden apple, but the whispering in his ear soon disappeared.

  And if there really was something wrong with the golden apple, wouldn't the Sequence 2 painter have noticed it when they were trading it in the Hall of Truth?

  So the problem wasn't with the golden apple, but with his spiritual strength increasing to 34 points.

  Rosen carefully recalled the illusion he had just seen. It seemed to be a space vortex formed by the entrance to a spiritual realm.

  After eliminating all the impossible, Rosen thought of a possibility.

  He thought of the spiritual realm guarded by the Howard family, the spiritual realm that caused the death of little Rosen's parents, and the murdered fifth-generation Lord Howard. Could this abnormality be related to that spiritual realm?

  Even if he didn't recite the spell to activate that spiritual realm, it seemed that problems would arise when his strength approached the limit of Sequence 7.

  Normally, for a noble of Sequence 7, the upper limit of spiritual strength is 33 points.

  His spiritual strength is now 34 points. Perhaps this is the reason why he suddenly heard whispers in his ears and had hallucinations in front of his eyes.

  Since that spiritual realm will not let the Howard family go, it seems that he can only face the challenge head-on.

  But they can't go in for the time being, so Rosen is going to make some preparations.

  Being able to produce mumblings similar to those caused by taking potions, the spiritual realm guarded by the Howard family is likely to have some connection with Sequence 0. Otherwise, the effect of the golden apple in washing away the negative curse would not be completely ineffective.

  Or it could be said that it has already been brought into play, so he is not forced into that spiritual realm now.

  Rosen posted the reward through the Lord God Network and quickly arranged two transactions.

  Two golden apples were exchanged for two life-saving treasures.

  Rosen tore up a fixed-point return scroll and quickly disappeared into the natural rainforest and teleported back to the wizard tower in Frost City.

  This kind of scroll of returning to town has advantages in every way except its slow transmission speed.

  Rosen waited for two hours, and the gray mouse had already rushed back from the depths of the snow-capped mountains.

  On the way, Rosen also discussed the mysterious spiritual realm with Gray Mouse.

  Knowing that it was related to the mysterious whispers, the gray mouse was more nervous than Rosen.

  Because he was once a demigod, he knew better than Rosen what the mysterious whispers meant.

  He now only hoped that the mysterious whispers Rosen heard were fake.

  After the gray mouse returned to the hotel, it followed Rosen into the main temple again while digesting the golden apple.

  Although he already has two life-saving trump cards, Gray Rat is more knowledgeable than Rosen.

  So after carefully selecting from the countless treasures in the main god's temple, he spent another thousand main god's gold coins to buy a supernatural item, the Void Guardian, which reached Sequence 4. Only then did he leave the main god's temple with Rosen feeling unsatisfied.

  Having already maximized his ability to save his life, Roger then began to paint in seclusion in the time-loop spiritual realm.

  He would try his best to collect all kinds of spiritual paintings that might be used and play a role before he was completely unable to resist the mysterious whispers and had to enter that spiritual realm.

  After struggling to hold on to reality for two months, I finally returned to the spiritual realm after several years of time cycling.

  Rosen could no longer resist the mysterious whisperings, and had to open the Atlas of Life and recite the secret words to enter the spiritual realm.

  (End of this chapter)