My New Life As A Plant In A Cultivation World - Chapter 1

 

Spring was here.

New buds started to bloom on the old tree next to the cliff. Wild grasses covered the ground in a layer of green.

Zhou Ye woke up from his sleep. He felt the warm sunlight. It was very comfortable.

Instinctively, he wanted to stretch his back.

The moment he moved, he was shocked.

“Where are my hands?” Zhou Ye was a little confused.

Oh my god! Am I still dreaming?

Why did my hands suddenly disappear?

Zhou Ye lifted his arms and placed them in front of his eyes. But what he saw wasn’t his hands, it was two light green tender shoots.

He tried to wave his arms and the tender shoots moved.

“Are dreams so realistic now?” Zhou Ye’s small heart started pounding furiously.

He was unwilling to accept this. Hence, he started moving his legs.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to move them, as they seemed to be buried deep in the mud.

Just as Zhou Ye was feeling hopeless, the sky suddenly turned dark.

It was as though rain clouds had enveloped the sky.

He looked up anxiously.

Something white was covering a huge portion of the sky. There were some exquisite sunken lines on the surface of that thing.

Before the thing landed on him, Zhou Ye had already made some guesses.

“Could this be the sole of a shoe”

“Slap.”

Coincidentally, the ‘sole’ stepped on Zhou Ye.

His face was pasted directly on the soil. A huge force was felt from the sole, causing Zhou Ye to sink right into the soil.

At the same time, his small little body almost broke into pieces because of the huge force.

Was this person trying to kill him?

Zhou Ye was infuriated.

But when he remembered his situation, he sighed in his heart.

“It’s better to end this life earlier.”

The owner of the ‘sole’ seemed to have noticed the hopeless Zhou Ye.

He moved his foot away and squatted.

Zhou Ye lifted his head slightly and saw the man.

In his sight, there was a handsome face. His skin was smooth. There weren’t any hairs on his skin at all.

“You just sprouted but you already have intellect. You are an interesting plant.”

When the man with the big face opened his mouth, his voice sounded like thunder echoing in his ears.

Zhou Ye’s body shuddered because of the loud voice. He felt as though his brain was going to explode.

“With intellect, you are considered a real living creature. As such, it’s outrageous of me to step on you like this. So, as a form of compensation, I will save your life first.”

After he finished speaking, the man with the big face lifted one of his fair, white fingers and tapped on Zhou Ye’s body.

In that instant, Zhou Ye felt something strange inside his body warming his body up.

Within a second, all his injuries were healed.

The breeze blew past, and Zhou Ye’s body swayed along with the wind. His field of view became higher.

He had grown taller.

“A recently sprouted plant with intellect” the man with the big face muttered in a low voice.

The man was in deep thought until his face lit up.

“If that is the case, I will bestow you with some good fortune, but your fate shall depend on your own hard work.”

The man with the big face tapped his finger on Zhou Ye’s body.

When he tapped Zhou Ye, Zhou Ye’s vision turned black and he almost fainted.

His height rose once again. He felt as though he had been reborn. At the same time, some images appeared in his mind.

It was a verse of an advanced cultivation dharmic formula.

This person was quite generous.

The man with the big face touched his chin and smiled. “Now you won’t die so easily when someone steps on you, right?”

After he said that, the man wanted to give it a try.

He stepped on Zhou Ye’s body with his foot.

Zhou Ye was caught off his guard. He sunk deep into the soil because of the unexpected foot.

However, after he got reborn, Zhou Ye’s body became more durable. Thus, he didn’t suffer any serious injury like the previous time.

Nonetheless, his face was still pasted firmly on the ground. He felt very sad.

Why is the man acting like this? Is he treating me like his guinea pig?

My heart is broken.

Even if I’m just a wild plant now, you shouldn’t bully me like this, right?

This is outrageous.

No way, I have to become stronger. I have to teach this man with a big face what is called manners.

But since this fellow can give me my newfound strength so easily, he must be a mighty figure.

Therefore, I can’t afford to provoke him yet.

The man with the big face shifted his foot away and took a look at Zhou Ye who wasn’t the slightest bit injured from his foot. Looking at the flattened plant, he was extremely satisfied.

He adjusted Zhou Ye’s position back up right and reminded him, “Cultivate properly. When compared to the other wild plants, you are ahead of them by a few centuries.”

“If you cultivate properly, you might be able to manifest after ten years.”

After he finished speaking, the man with the big face left.

Zhou Ye sent this powerful person away with his gaze. He then heaved a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that this master would step on him once more for good measure.

Although it wasn’t a huge problem, it still felt uncomfortable.

Zhou Ye started reading the cultivation dharmic formula in his mind.

After viewing it once, Zhou Ye learned some details about it.

This advanced cultivation dharmic formula was known as ‘Little Green Asthenia Sutra’.

Moreover, there wasn’t just the cultivation dharmic formula written in it. There was also some basic explanation inside.

For instance, Zhou Ye now knew that a plant would need a millennium to reach its manifestation state; it was a long journey.

A normal person would need only less than a hundred years to reach their manifestation state. The difference was huge.

However, it was normal that a wild plant would need a millennium to manifest. After all, it might need a few hundred years before its intellect could form.

However, Zhou Ye didn’t need to wait a few centuries.

In addition, he had this advanced cultivation dharmic formula so the next few centuries would be halved too. The man with the big face might be right. He might reach manifestation in less than ten years.

“There’s no need to think too much. Let’s cultivate first.”

The moment he said this, something happened.

A ball of blue light suddenly appeared in front of him.

Before Zhou Ye could react, the blue light started congregating until it formed a ball with many small words with a blue glow around them.

‘System has been activated.’

‘Host is confirmed: Zhou Ye.’

‘Currently scanning the Host’s body condition’

‘Ding! The Host’s original form is a plant. This foundation makes it hard for the system to start its work. It doesn’t welcome the Host to use this system. Currently unbinding the system’

“Hey, hey, brother, don’t cancel it first.” Zhou Ye was stunned for a few seconds before he regained his senses and started panicking.

He knew clearly what this thing was.

It could definitely be able to bring him to the peak of his life.

This was an extremely powerful cheat. He must grab onto it tightly.

‘Unbinding in progress’

“Are you looking down on a plant? A wild plant can dream of fighting heaven too.”

‘Unbinding failed. The system is having a breakdown. The system is depressed.’

“Oh my god, what is happening now?” Zhou Ye was confused.

The system would rather self-destruct than help him?

Honestly speaking, this was slightly depressing.

Zhou Ye was annoyed. However, he noticed that the ball of blue light hadn’t disappeared yet.

The system had a breakdown but the blue light of the system was still here.

“Could it be that it’s still alive?” Zhou Ye frowned as he made a guess.

‘Beep, the activation of the system’s spare cheat is successful. We welcome the host to use it.’

Bloodline: Wild Plant

Cultivation State: None

Physical State: A wild plant that can’t die easily from being stepped on.

Sutra: Little Green Asthenia Sutra Foundation

Skill: None

All-purpose Points: None

Lucky Draws: None

“Luckily, it’s fine.” Zhou Ye heaved a sigh of relief.

Now, he was a wild plant with a cheat.

Noon wasn’t a good time for cultivation. Zhou Ye started experimenting with his cheat.

In a blink of an eye, it was the middle of the night.

The round moon hanging in the sky shone brightly. The Milky Way encompassed the whole view.

Moonlight sprinkled on the ground and formed a thin shaw over the hill far away.

Zhou Ye didn’t care about all these.

He was preparing to cultivate.

Based on his current body condition, he wasn’t able to absorb Qi that was too strong. He couldn’t take in the rays of the Sun just yet, so he had to settle for the gentler moonlight.

He was really still too weak.

He closed his eyes and emptied his heart. He started reciting the sutra silently.

The moonlight that landed on the tender shoot started congregating. They slowly diffused into the leaves.

Far away, a man in green appeared without a sound. He looked at Zhou Ye who was cultivating, looking very satisfied.

He came silently and left quietly. Zhou Ye didn’t notice his appearance.

Zhou Ye sighed after he cultivated for some time.

Based on what was written on the Little Green Asthenia Sutra, the first time he cultivated, he should be able to congregate a drop of moonlight essence in his body. He would then be able to direct this drop of essence around his body to stimulate some minute changes in his body.

Although Zhou Ye’s body had already undergone a minor change, it shouldn’t stop him from gathering the moonlight essence in his body.

However, Zhou Ye’s face turned black when he felt nothing in his body.

“Where did my moonlight essence go?”

He didn’t want to give up so he continued cultivating.

Finally, there was a change.

A row of blue words shone in front of him.

All-purpose Points +0.1.