Proofreader & Editor:Peter Pan
Within the Treasure Trove.
After practicing the spells from the Pure Yang Scroll to improve his proficiency, Chen Mobai began to practice the Immortal Longevity Scripture.
However, compared to the rapid progress of his fire-based spells, his advancement in this technique could only be described as lackluster.
Not only was his wood spiritual root nearly half as potent as his fire spiritual root, but he also lacked dedication.
It wasn't entirely his fault, though. After all, once he reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, the Immortal Longevity Scripture would be assimilated by the Pure Yang Scroll, serving as nourishment for the latter's Core Formation.
By then, the power of his spells would be greatly reduced due to the differing nature of his spiritual energy.
Therefore, there was no need to practice it diligently.
Chen Mobai only familiarized himself with the usage of tree seeds and the Heavenly Wood Talisman, as the "Heavenly Wood Divine Light Array" was the signature spell of the Divine Wood Sect.
However, the environment of the Treasure Trove was not suitable for practicing the "Heavenly Wood Divine Light Array."
He would choose to go to another small world for that.
Taking out his phone, he clicked on the teleport function.
***
The Divine Tree Secret Realm.
A flash of silver light, and Chen Mobai's figure appeared.
Ever since Turtle Treasure anchored this small world, he only came here to practice the spells of the Immortal Longevity Scripture, as he had yet to fully digest his previous gains.
Looking up, a towering ancient tree appeared before him.
It was the Treasure Tree.
In this small world filled with trees, practicing wood-based techniques was not as efficient as the boost the Treasure Trove provided for the Pure Yang Scroll, but it was still decent.
After placing the tree seed on the Heavenly Wood Talisman, Chen Mobai channeled the Immortal Longevity spiritual energy within his body into it.
A Red Sun Spirit Tree rose from the ground beside him, forming a domain that protected him within.
Chen Mobai ran his hand over the trunk, drawing out a strand of Heavenly Wood spiritual light, which he shaped with his consciousness into various forms such as knives, spears, swords, halberds, trains, planes, and so on.
This was the "Heavenly Wood Spiritual Light" from the Immortal Longevity Scripture, which at its highest realm becomes the "Heavenly Wood Divine Light."
If there were other Divine Wood Sect cultivators present, they would be astonished at his ability to freely shape the spiritual light into different forms.
Even Mu Yuan, the top disciple of the sect with exceptional talent, could only transform the "Heavenly Wood Spiritual Light" into six forms. Yet, even that was considered a marvel by the sect's cultivators.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Mobai had completed ten different transformations of the spiritual light.
This was not due to Chen Mobai's talent surpassing Mu Yuan's, but rather due to his gains in this Divine Wood Realm.
After the Heavenly Wood Spiritual Light, he practiced techniques such as the Spirit Leaf Art and Wood Arrow Art.
After completing his routine practice, he sat down and cultivated within the Heavenly Wood Divine Light Array for half a day. This small domain could also gather wood spiritual energy to aid in cultivation, truly versatile.
Although the spiritual vein grade of this world was not high, since it was all wood spiritual energy, the speed of cultivating Immortal Longevity spiritual energy was actually faster than both the Treasure Trove and Xiao Nanshan.
After concluding his cultivation, feeling the eleventh drop of liquid spiritual energy solidify within him, Chen Mobai opened his eyes with satisfaction.
The feeling of progress was utterly captivating.
According to the eleventh layer of the Immortal Longevity Scripture, after condensing thirty-five drops of liquid spiritual energy, one could attempt to break through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.
However, due to the vast differences between individuals, this number was only a reference.
It was said that in the past, Ancestor Zhou, with his profound foundation, had naturally broken through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment only after condensing fifty drops of liquid spiritual energy.
Chen Mobai, however, felt that the sooner he broke through, the better.
After all, all his Immortal Longevity spiritual energy would eventually be absorbed and merged by the Pure Yang spiritual energy, rendering any profound foundation useless.
He was very clear about his own capabilities.
He wouldn't wait for an overflowing of spiritual energy to break through naturally.
Given his average talent and already slow cultivation progress, once he met the conditions for a breakthrough, he would use the various boundary-breaking elixirs available from the Immortal Gate to advance his realm first.
After clarifying his thoughts, Chen Mobai collected the tree seeds around him and looked again at the towering tree not far away.
He walked up to the Treasure Tree and tried again.
A new drop of liquid spiritual energy was injected into the trunk, but after a long wait, there was still no response.
"Indeed."
Chen Mobai murmured to himself.
Over the past six months, he had experimented with this Treasure Tree many times.
Any spiritual energy previously injected, regardless of whether his realm had improved or regressed, seemed to have been recognized and would no longer be drawn up to the canopy to pick fruit.
Unless, he practiced a new technique.
Chen Mobai had tested this theory as well.
After realizing this method, he deliberately practiced the Black Water Technique and produced a strand of Black Water spiritual energy.
It worked.
He was once again transported to the canopy of the Treasure Tree and obtained a black fruit.
However, upon opening it, he found it was just a drop of Immortal Longevity Tree Sap.
He tried a few more times and finally concluded:
The fruits given by the Treasure Tree are based on the injected spiritual energy, supplemented by factors like the spiritual root, to provide the most suitable spiritual item for the cultivator's development.
For example, Chen Mobai, who practiced the Immortal Longevity Scripture and had a powerful consciousness, was given the extremely precious "Green Wood Spirit Heart."
The quality of his Pure Yang spiritual energy was extremely high, encompassing almost all properties of fire spiritual energy, so the Treasure Tree gave him the "Green Sun Fire Seed."
In the history of the Divine Wood Sect, he was the first to obtain such a reward.
But Chen Mobai guessed that if he had injected Foundation-level Pure Yang spiritual energy, perhaps the Treasure Tree would have directly given him the true "Green Sun Fire."
Instead of just a seedling that required further cultivation.
The Black Water spiritual energy he cultivated overnight, although of decent quality, was considered the weakest spiritual energy ever injected into the Treasure Tree.
Therefore, it only gave him a drop of "Immortal Longevity Tree Sap."
Although this was also a good item, being a supreme substance for body tempering that could strengthen any part of the body, it was still too little.
After further attempts, Chen Mobai spent three days cultivating the Black Water Technique to the fourth layer of Qi Refining, hoping to gain something from the Treasure Tree again.
But since the spiritual energy had already been injected, there was no response.
After reaching this conclusion, he could only regretfully give up his grand plan of practicing multiple Qi Refining techniques to pick all the fruits from the Treasure Tree.
Compared to that, the Talent Tree was much more sensitive.
It could provide different things for even the slightest change in the spiritual root.
During the process of cultivating the Pure Yang Body, Chen Mobai went to the Talent Tree every time his spiritual root changed from the Three Suns to the Four Suns.
On the previous two occasions, he obtained the "Spirit Light Hundred Transformations Art," the "Search Heaven and Earth Technique," the "Fire Repelling Art," and the "Fire Serpent Technique."
Among them, the "Spirit Light Hundred Transformations Art" was to be used in conjunction with the Heavenly Wood Spiritual Light from the Immortal Longevity Scripture.
Within the Divine Wood Sect, the shaping and transformation of the Heavenly Wood Spiritual Light relied on the cultivator's own experience and combat history. Although there were records of predecessors' insights in the sect's library, they were mostly tailored to the individual, and successors could only draw inspiration from them.
However, the "Spirit Light Hundred Transformations Art" that Chen Mobai obtained was different; it was the authentic version from the Immortal Sect.
Perhaps in ancient times, the "Heavenly Wood Spiritual Light" was meant to be cultivated in conjunction with the "Spirit Light Hundred Transformations Art" to unleash its full power.
The "Search Heaven and Earth Technique" was a technique for the use of consciousness.
In theory, if consciousness was limitless, it could search out every speck of dust in the mountains and rivers of a realm, making it an essential skill for pursuing enemies.
Of course, this was under the premise that the opponent had no means to shield against consciousness.
The Fire Repelling Art and Fire Serpent Technique were much simpler; with Chen Mobai's current spiritual root and realm, he learned them all at a glance.
He was just curious about what the change in his spiritual root would bring this time?
With such thoughts, Chen Mobai rode the Red Dawn Clouds and soared into the sky like a fiery cloud.
He had also conducted many experiments with the Talent Tree.
He once tried to inject that barely detectable strand of Black Water spiritual energy within him, but the Talent Tree simply did not respond.
It seemed to indicate that such mediocrity was not worthy of the great teachings of the Immortal Sect.
After landing, Chen Mobai confidently injected his essence, energy, and spirit into the Talent Tree.
Before long, he obtained two more techniques from the Immortal Sect.
The "Spirit Light Enlistment Art" and the "Fire Chain Technique."
After closing his eyes and understanding them, Chen Mobai couldn't help but marvel.
The Immortal Sect, as an ancient major sect, had countless ingenious and wonderful techniques.
The "Spirit Light Enlistment Art" was another way to enhance the Heavenly Wood Spiritual Light.
It involved using the Heavenly Wood Spiritual Light to absorb the essence of various wood-based magical instruments, transforming them into the cultivator's personal magical treasure. As the cultivator's realm increased, the treasure could theoretically be upgraded indefinitely.
This reminded Chen Mobai of a prehistoric tradition from the Immortal Gate.
After Foundation Establishment, he had the authority to consult some prehistoric data in the Weapon Dancing Academy's library.
One of the traditions was called the "Ruyi Gate."
The cultivators of this tradition refined a Hun Tian Yuan Essence, gathering the elemental energy of heaven and earth, all metals and stones, and the essence of living beings, which could transform into any magical treasure, considered the number one in miraculous techniques.
The idea behind the "Spirit Light Enlistment Art" was similar to that of the Ruyi Gate.
However, compared to the Ruyi Gate's indiscriminate approach, this seemed to only absorb wood-based magical instruments.
Chen Mobai took out his Divine Wood Sword, intending to give it a try, but eventually put it away.
He felt that after the Heavenly Wood Spiritual Light absorbed the Divine Wood Sword, its power might not even match the sword itself.
Moreover, he didn't have many second-tier magical instruments on him at the moment, and the Divine Wood Sword was his public disguise, so it was better not to waste it.
After looking at the Fire Chain Technique, which involved shaping fire into ropes or chains to bind enemies, he felt he had mastered it after one practice. Chen Mobai then began the main topic of the day.
He took out the Wood Spirit Talisman from his storage bag.
He had been wanting to try it for a long time.
But he never had the time, so now was the perfect opportunity to explore it with the completion of the Four Suns Body.
Without hesitation, he infused spiritual energy into the talisman, which turned into a lush green glow that enveloped his entire body.
In an instant, he gained a new understanding of the Immortal Longevity Scripture, realizing that his previous comprehension was somewhat one-sided. It should be like this…
Moreover, he also found that there might have been issues with the direction of his practice of the related spells, leading him down some wrong paths.
Is this the Heavenly Wood Spiritual Root!?
Incredible.
While Chen Mobai marveled at the effect of the talisman, he didn't forget to take out the Spirit Root Tester to check his current spiritual root attributes.
【Spiritual Root: Metal 23, Wood 100, Water 19, Fire 53, Earth 10】
According to the owner of the Wood Spirit Talisman shop, after activating the talisman, it would directly grant the user 80 points of wood spiritual root. Since Chen Mobai originally had 28 points, the total should be 108 points.
But the display limit of the Spirit Root Tester was 100, so it showed Wood 100.
Although he knew it would only last for an hour.
But when he actually saw the wood spiritual root filled up on the screen, Chen Mobai still felt a sense of satisfaction.
However, he didn't forget the main task at hand.
He reached out to the Talent Tree once more.
【Wood Spiritual Power without pill poison, top-grade.】
【Single attribute Heavenly Wood Spiritual Root, Immortal-grade.】
【Consciousness stable, Purple Mansion spacious, top-grade.】
【Overall evaluation, top-grade, eligible for Saint Son or Saint Daughter candidacy, awarded the complete set of "Dual Phase Rotation Technique."】
A verdant green light descended from the sky, landing on Chen Mobai's forehead.
When he saw that the reward was the Dual Phase Technique, he almost couldn't help but curse.
He had already exchanged for this technique at the Divine Wood Sect.
But after all, he was of higher realm now, and his temperament had improved.
Noticing the two additional words, he thought it might be different from the Divine Wood Sect's Dual Phase Technique and read on carefully.
After finishing, Chen Mobai's eyes opened wide, his expression invigorated.
Indeed, it was different.
This "Dual Phase Rotation Technique" included an upper volume that filled in a very important key that the Divine Wood Sect's "Dual Phase Technique" lacked.
That key was how a cultivator, with limited lifespan and while still at their peak, could cultivate both Foundation techniques to completion.
According to the research on the Immortal Gate side, breaking through major realms had the highest success rate before half of one's lifespan had passed.
For example, Foundation Establishment had a limit of sixty years.
And naturally, the same applied to Core Formation.
Foundation cultivators had a lifespan of four Jiazi, which meant it was best to form a core before the age of one hundred and twenty, so that their essence, energy, and spirit were at their peak, maximizing the probability of a successful breakthrough.
However, the Dual Phase Technique, a supreme profound technique that could increase the probability of Core Formation, was generally only valued by the Divine Wood Sect lineage within the Five Elements Sect, and they would let their true disciples practice it.
This was because the extra Jiazi of lifespan added after the Foundation Establishment of the Immortal Longevity Scripture was too crucial.
Without this extra Jiazi of lifespan, basically no cultivator in the Eastern Wasteland could cultivate both Foundation techniques to completion while their essence, energy, and spirit were at their peak.
But even so.
From the Five Elements Sect to the Divine Wood Sect, those who could link the two techniques of the Dual Phase Technique and cultivate them to the completion of Foundation Establishment before the age of one hundred and eighty were few and far between.
And the Immortal Sect, as an ancient major sect, naturally also noticed this issue.
They included the solution to cultivation in the upper volume of the Dual Phase Rotation Technique.
Or to put it another way, this upper volume recorded the prerequisites for cultivating the Dual Phase Technique.
It aligned with Chen Mobai's thinking.
First, use all means to enhance the technique that would ultimately be devoured and turned into nourishment by the other technique, without worrying about a shallow foundation or weak spiritual energy, since it would all be consumed by the other rotating technique.
And how did the Immortal Sect rapidly enhance it?
By consuming the fruits of the Immortal Longevity Tree!
This posed a problem, as consuming the fruits of the Immortal Longevity Tree to break through would indeed increase one's realm, but it would also consume lifespan and even lock the cultivator at the new realm for a long time.
The Immortal Sect's solution was simple.
If lifespan was consumed, then consume life-extending elixirs.
If the spiritual energy realm enhanced by the tree fruit was locked, then consume higher-grade tree fruits to override it.
These were the contents recorded in the upper volume of the Dual Phase Rotation Technique.
From the initial stage of Foundation Establishment to the mid-stage, consume the Immortal Longevity Tree Fruit (Small) to break through.
From the mid-stage to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, consume the Immortal Longevity Tree Fruit (Medium).
From the late stage of Foundation Establishment to the False Core realm, consume the Immortal Longevity Tree Fruit (Large).
Small fruit, medium fruit, large fruit.
The progression route was clear and straightforward.
Finally, when it came time to form a core, the spiritual energy of the Foundation Establishment completion realm obtained through the quick method of the Immortal Longevity Tree Fruit would be devoured by the spiritual energy of the other technique cultivated properly through the Dual Phase Technique.
With the spiritual energy gone, the shackles of the Immortal Longevity Tree Fruit on the realm would naturally disappear.
Chen Mobai couldn't help but admire the Immortal Sect for coming up with this method.