Chapter 120: Space Upgraded Again (4)_1
"What is that?" Situ Xin exclaimed in surprise upon seeing a fruit that resembled a little doll.
Unconsciously, Situ Xin walked under the tree bearing the doll-like fruits and reached out her hand instinctively. When her hand touched the tree, knowledge about it suddenly surfaced in her mind.
It turned out that the fruits looking like little dolls were Ginseng Fruits, something Situ Xin had heard of before. Various fruit stalls sold them, but the Ginseng Fruits from her space were different. Not to mention anything else, their shapes alone were completely different. The ones sold outside were oval-shaped, while the Ginseng Fruits in her space looked exactly like little dolls.
"Could these really be the legendary Ginseng Fruits said to exist only in the Heavenly Realm?" Situ Xin knew from the knowledge that had surfaced in her mind that these must be the legendary Ginseng Fruits, but she was still astonished as she spoke.
The effects of the Ginseng Fruit that appeared in her mind were such that when ordinary people ate them, they would extend their lifespan and alleviate aging. If martial artists consumed them, they would increase their Inner Strength, with small increases of three to four years, and significant ones ranging up to decades. For cultivators like Situ Xin, the effects were not significant. Nevertheless, there were still benefits to eating them.
Knowing that the Ginseng Fruit would not harm her, Situ Xin decided to taste it to discover its flavor. She tried to pluck a fruit from the tree using her thoughts, but after many attempts, the Ginseng Fruit remained motionless. Deflated, Situ Xin said, "What’s going on? Why doesn’t teleportation work, and even mental commands are useless?"
As Situ Xin ascended from the base to the peak of the mountain, she felt that the higher she went, the denser the Spiritual Energy became. She could now sense the Spiritual Energy permeating through her skin’s tiny pores. Situ Xin had a premonition that the white mist swirling around halfway up the mountain might be Spiritual Energy. If it really was condensed Spiritual Energy, she did not know what that entailed. Moreover, the Jade Token in her mind, which contained knowledge about Cultivation from the space, made no mention of condensed Spiritual Energy.
Nevertheless, it was precisely this that made Situ Xin think it strange; the mountain interior possessed such abundant Spiritual Energy, yet since she had reached its base, she had been able to absorb only the Spiritual Energy from her surroundings and was unable to utilize the Spiritual Energy inside her body. Moreover, all the spells she had learned had become ineffective here.
"Could there be some strange mystery to this mountain?" The first thing Situ Xin thought of was possible dangers on the mountain, but she reconsidered, as she was the owner of this space, there should be no unstable elements here. "Forget it, I just need to be more careful."
Since she could not use mental commands to pick the Ginseng Fruit, Situ Xin resorted to Qinggong and leapt onto a branch of the Ginseng Fruit tree. After picking a fruit, she jumped down safely to the ground.