He's a minor cannon fodder character who transmigrates into a novel and cultivates immortality,

Chapter 157 Grade 9 Mutant Enlightenment Bamboo

Xiao Yun closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the Dao Asking Sword.

Xiao Xuan took a step forward and stood in mid-air.

After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he was able to stand in the air high in the sky.

Walking in mid-air is as easy as walking on flat ground.

With a slight beckoning of her hand, Xiao Xuan sent the demonic infant from Xiao Yun's hand flying into Xiao Xuan's hand.

His gaze swept around the valley where the Dao Asking Sword had been.

The valley is surrounded by towering cliffs that reach into the clouds, steep and precipitous.

Rare and precious spiritual plants, known as the 'Resurrection Root', grow on the cliff.

There is a naturally formed cave halfway up the cliff.

A waterfall cascades down, sending up white mist hundreds of meters high, forming an irregularly shaped lake at the bottom of the valley.

The lake water shimmered with a silvery-blue light, the water flowed gently, and it was crystal clear.

The lake was shrouded in white spiritual energy, and scattered throughout it were spirit stones of varying sizes and concentrations of spiritual energy.

Along the shore are scattered large and small pieces of Qingling jade, with smooth surfaces and rounded edges, shining brightly in the sunlight.

The cascading sunlight shone on the lake surface, and the white, ethereal mist refracted into a seven-colored halo.

Along the edge of the lake grew a patch of water-attribute spiritual herbs called 'Autumn Wave Grass', with emerald green leaves, light yellow stems, and pale yellow flowers.

The growing conditions for the Autumn Wave Grass are very demanding, and the conditions for flowering are even more demanding, requiring a particularly high level of environmental conditions.

The flowers of the autumn wave grass have a calming and tranquilizing effect and are often used to make soul-nourishing pills.

Beside the lake is a dense bamboo forest, where the bamboo shadows sway and the leaves rustle in the breeze.

The green bamboo in the forest is not ordinary bamboo, but the legendary Enlightenment Bamboo.

The Enlightenment Bamboo is tall and straight, with a light green main stem and a smooth, glossy surface.

Fine golden lines are distributed along the main stem.

"This place is nice."

"It would be more accurate to call it a blessed land rather than a valley in the Monster Forest."

Xiao Xuan thought to himself.

As time passed and Xiao Yun's enlightenment progressed, a dazzling golden light appeared around him.

The spiritual energy in the valley and lake gathered into wisps of mist, converging towards Xiao Yun.

The Enlightenment Bamboo beside the lake moved swiftly without wind, golden light flowing across its stalks. It split in two, one part flowing into Xiao Yun's body and the other converging towards the center of the Enlightenment Bamboo Forest.

Driven by curiosity, Xiao Xuan used his Shrinking Earth to reach the center of the bamboo forest where golden light converged.

Within a radius of 100 meters in the center of the bamboo forest, there is only a patch of slightly damp, fertile soil and a small bamboo shoot that has just sprouted.

A cold, mechanical voice rang out, "Ding, congratulations to host 006 for triggering side quest twenty-two: watering the ninth-grade mutated enlightenment bamboo. Complete the quest and you will be rewarded with points."

"Ding, side quest twenty-two: watering the ninth-grade mutated enlightenment bamboo has been added to host 006's quest list. Please complete the quest as soon as possible."

Xiao Xuan gathered the power of the Heavenly Profound at his fingertips, lightly touched the tip of the small bamboo shoot, and whispered with focused mind, "You will not grow up."

The little bamboo shoot, now possessing sentience: "..."

Just as the little bamboo shoot was about to order the bamboo army around it to throw away this annoying two-legged beast, a mysterious aura entered its body, and the originally sullen little bamboo shoot instantly fell silent.

She said arrogantly, "Hmph, I'll let it slide this time since you fed the bamboo shoots such delicious aromas."

Xiao Xuan was slightly taken aback when he received the telepathic message from the little bamboo shoot, but then he understood.