Chapter 248: Chapter 236: Jade Wood Spirit Heart,
Qingyang Fire Seed_2
Translator: 549690339
From the Talent Tree, he withdrew his burnt hand, then employed the Extinguishing method from the Pure Qing Charm to seal the Qingyang Fire Seeds anew, storing them in his bag.
Just as he was about to stand up and leave, Chen Mobai hesitated a bit.
Checking the time, he felt that he could make it to the Dao Tree on time, so he sat back down again.
From beneath the layers of his storage bag, he pulled out a Wood Spirit Talisman that he had shelved, assuming he would never use it in his lifetime.
Wood Spirit Talisman!
Once activated, Chen Mobai could transform into a Heavenly Spiritual Root within an hour.
Just as he was about to try again, he suddenly furrowed his brow and looked towards the eastern sky.
He could sense a spiritual light approaching, causing fluctuations in the surrounding elemental energies.
Not wanting to risk exposure by continuing with the Wood Spirit Talisman, Chen Mobai put away the talisman and waited for about a quarter of an hour until a familiar spiritual light descended from the sky.
“Eh, Brother Chen is even faster than me.”
The person who arrived was none other than Yan Jinye. Although she left the Magic Treasure Tree earlier than Chen Mobai, her spiritual power was not as profound as his and she was delayed along the way, so she arrived later.
“Junior sister, have you encountered the other two?”
Chen Mobai stood there with a relaxed smile.
Since only the four of them were in this Secret Realm, each with their own fortune, there was no need for them to compete with each other, so everyone was quite generous.
“I didn’t run into them on the road, they should have gone to the Dao Tree first.”
Yan Jinye gave an honest answer. She noticed Chen Mobai’s burned right hand and couldn’t help but show a surprised expression on her face.
“I obtained the Qingyang Fire Seed from the Magic Treasure Tree. I got like this because I was careless when opening it.”
The Qingyang Fire Seed could be combined with the Red Flame Sword Jue to greatly enhance its power. It would certainly not be possible to hide it in the future, and every single flame seed born from the spontaneous combustion of the Qingyang Spirit Tree in the Giant Tree Ridge is recorded, which Chen Mobai could not afford to buy.
He decided to simply inform the sect that he had obtained a strand of Qingyang Fire Seed in the Divine Tree Secret Realm.
“Brother is truly fortunate.”
Hearing this, Yan Jinye looked at him with a face full of envy. This Qingyang Fire Seed was worth at least ten thousand Spirit Stones.
“May I ask what fortune the junior sister has come across?”
Chen Mobai ventured to ask a question, but Yan Jinye only smiled faintly without answering. The former didn’t continue to press the matter and tactfully bid her farewell and left.
Only after she confirmed that this Sword Cultivation Genius, who along with Hong He was known as the Twin Pearls of the sect, had left, did Yan Jinye let out a sigh of relief.
She had come across a rather tricky spiritual object.
It was because she had opened the fruit halfway and was shocked by what she saw inside that she had been delayed on the road for quite some time.
“Sigh, I don’t know if this is a blessing or curse.”
After sighing, Yan Jinye reached out to touch the Talent Tree.
After a long while, she stood up and flew towards the location of the Dao Tree.
Initially, Chen Mobai had planned to return to the Talent Tree after half a day, use the Wood Spirit Talisman to transform himself into a Heavenly Spiritual Root, and then try to exploit another bug to gain two secret techniques.
However, he later thought that the secret techniques given by the Talent Tree seemed to complement the fruits gained from the Magic Treasure Tree.
Since he had gained corresponding secret techniques for both Bi Mu Ling Heart and Qingyang Fire Seed, it would be a waste to use the Wood Spirit Talisman without having any corresponding spiritual objects, even if his spiritual root underwent a qualitative change and he gained more secret techniques through another attempt.
Moreover, should he be noticed by Yan Jinye when he hastily returned, wouldn’t she suspect that he was up to something?
After weighing the options, Chen Mobai decided to head towards the Dao Tree first.
As long as he didn’t demand too much from the Dao Tree and didn’t pass out, he should have time to make another trip to the Talent Tree and try again.
Having settled his thoughts, Chen Mobai didn’t hesitate any longer and flew towards the last Divine Tree at maximum speed.
When Yan Jinye landed, there was no one by the Dao Tree.
She hesitated a moment before heading towards this last and most mysterious Divine Tree.
One step, two steps, three steps…
Her consciousness began to feel an inexplicable pressure, as if she had been laden with a thousand pounds. Her consciousness grew fuzzy, her eyelids drooping slightly as an overwhelming fatigue surged in her heart.
Finally, as she took the fifth step towards the Dao Tree, she lost all consciousness and collapsed on the spot.
Afterward, a flicker of silver light appeared, and she completely disappeared from the spot.
Probably around two days later, Yuan Chiye and Wu Zeyang also descended.
They glanced at the Dao tree, nodded simultaneously, and headed towards the immense trunk.
Yuan Chiye also fell unconscious on his fifth step, Wu Zeyang stepped onto the sixth step, but he only lasted one step longer before collapsing.
Witnessing the disappearance of all three people, a puppet jumped down from a nearby tree.
It was the Faceless Puppet controlled by Chen Mobai.
The cultivators of the Tianhe Realm were always cautious. If Chen Mobai himself was peeping nearby, they could possibly reveal him.
However, a puppet with no life heartbeat, especially a Faceless Puppet made using techniques from the immortal realm, went completely undetected by the three when Chen Mobai put his Divine Sense into it.
“Probably need to take thirteen steps to reach the Dao tree’s body.”
Chen Mobai’s real body flew over, estimating the range of the Dao Tree’s unconscious-inducing field.
According to E Yun, he had taken seven steps, and Zhou Wangshen had taken seven and a half. And before the two of them fainted, they saw that Hong He had taken the ninth step.
It’s just not known what the judging standard of this Dao Tree is, to what extent one has to reach, in order to gain related opportunities.
Chen Mobai took out his mobile, first checking the spiritual energy value in the area.
Upon discovering it was not very high, only a Rank-2 Spirit Vein.
However, he guessed this might be because most of the Spirit Energy in the Secret Realm was suppressed by the three Divine Trees.
“I’ll test it again with the Faceless Puppet.”
Chen Mobai murmured to himself. Earlier, he himself tried to approach it, but by the fourth step, he already felt like he couldn’t endure anymore.
Knowing that if he took one more step, he might faint. He directly had the Faceless Puppet, which was outside the Dao Tree’s range, drag him out when his body was numb and unable to move.
Then he found a place to recover, only to see Yan Jinye flying over.
He used his remaining energy to control the Faceless Puppet to observe, wanting to see if they could obtain the Dao Tree’s opportunities while he recovered.
Unfortunately, the test of this Divine Tree was somewhat harsh, no one was favored by it.
He used a portion of his divided mind to control the puppet to cross himself, and stepped into the Dao Tree’s range.
Instantly, a bizarre, inexplicable touch emerged on his divine sense. He barely managed to resist its collapse and lose control.
“Activate Spiritual Barrier.”
However, this puppet was Che Yucheng’s peak work, naturally had means to resist a Divine Sense Attack, Chen Mobai directly activated all these functional parts.
An invisible layer suddenly appeared on the puppet’s head, wrapping the divine sense where Chen Mobai’s consciousness was attached.
In an instant, he felt an immense relief, as if a burden had been removed, leaving him feeling invigorated and refreshed.
Delighted, Chen Mobai maneuvered the Faceless Puppet to take another step forward.
The transparent spiritual barrier slightly distorted, but remained intact.
Two steps, three steps… all the way to the seventh step, the spiritual barrier started to show signs of strain and began to deform violently.
Chen Mobai had a feeling that if he took one more step, the spiritual barrier would shatter.
However, in order to save the spiritual energy from high-quality Spirit Stones, he had been operating the Faceless Puppet at minimum efficiency. Now, for the opportunities from the Dao Tree, he didn’t care about the consumption of Spirit Stones.
He glanced at the spiritual energy progress bar at the top right corner of the screen, which displayed the number sixty-seven percent.
That represented the amount of unused spiritual energy within the high-quality Spirit Stone.
Although the progress bar was not full, Chen Mobai knew that this corresponded to 67 intermediate-grade Spirit Stones, which was a considerable amount of Spiritual Energy for a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
“Full power consumption, activate the Spiritual Barrier!”
After transmitting the command, Chen Mobai saw the previously 67% Spiritual Energy bar instantly decreased by 2%, dropping down to 65%.
However, the effect was indeed amazing. The spiritual barrier that was about to shatter was restored to normal, and he managed to take another two steps forward.
Then, the tenth step was taken!