Chapter 292: Planting Trees

Walaer Bay was a deep-water bay. Its vastness was something Gao De had felt when he saw its abbreviated outline on the map, but when he witnessed it with his own eyes, he still felt an indescribable shock in his heart.

Calling it a bay, in Gao De's view, it was actually a vast sea; the coastline was boundless, connecting with the horizon.

The seawater was deep and dark blue, like a huge sapphire embedded on the silver-clad permafrost tundra, flashing with charming light.

Sheltered by the land on both sides of the bay, the seawater here was calm, like a mirror.

It was early morning, but the full moon hung high, and the bright moonlight spilled down without any obstruction.

The seawater reflected the full moon in the sky, and the water surface was even more sparkling.

At the edge of the bay, one could also see patches of scattered sea ice.

These sea ice pieces varied in size and color, from crystal clear blue to deep mysterious black.

"Most bays in the northern realm are frozen for at least eight months of the year, but Walaer Bay is an exception."

"Even in the frozen period when all things are silent, it still maintains its unique vitality. I don't know the specific reason, but in short, the seawater of Walaer Bay is much warmer than seawater in other places, gathering a large number of fish schools." Su Nai was introducing the detailed situation and unique features of Walaer Bay to Gao De.

"So, when food is occasionally scarce in the tribe, we also send people here to fish for emergencies."

Su Nai didn't know the reason, but Gao De understood as soon as he heard it: what else could it be? Isn't this because Walaer Bay is located on a warm current? Ocean currents flowing from low latitudes to high latitudes are warm currents.

Although he didn't know where this warm current originated, the abundant heat it carried gathered in Walaer Bay after crossing the vast sea area, significantly increasing the water temperature of Walaer Bay, forming a warm water layer under the water surface, effectively preventing the severe cold from directly invading the seawater.

This was the so-called warm current effect, which should be the key to Walaer Bay remaining unfrozen.

"If a port could really be built here, it would be an ice-free port." Gao De's eyes lit up, and he was even more satisfied with Walaer Bay.

But his satisfaction was not important; what was important was that Fu Luo La had to be satisfied.

"Let's go down and take a look." Gao De, who understood this, suggested.

The two followed the winding mountain road, completely leaving Walaer Mountain, and arrived at the vast coastline.

The sea breeze was biting, bringing a bone-chilling cold feeling across the cheeks.

The severe cold weather made the estuary of Walaer Bay and the land on both sides barren, with no plants to be seen, desolate and barren.

But Fu Luo La didn't care about these.

Even the lack of weeds was an advantage for Fu Luo La; otherwise, she would need to spend effort and energy to clear them.

What she cared about was the vast and flat land.

The land on the coastline was flat, as if carefully polished by nature, without too many hills and gullies, only thick layers of snow covering it.

"Can all of this be used by Lady Fu Luo La to plant trees?" Her eyes were bright, like a kitten that had seen a cart of dried fish, happy but not quite daring to believe it.

"Yes, as long as Lady Fu Luo La likes it, it all belongs to Lady Fu Luo La." Gao De nodded affirmatively.

"Does Lady Fu Luo La like it?"

"Like!"

"Then shall we choose a suitable place here to plant Yujia Te Xila?"

"Good!"

Gao De heard this and actually let out a long sigh of relief, feeling a sense of relief.

His initial purpose for entering the northern realm was to plant trees. Who would have thought that there would be so many twists and turns, but fortunately, in the end, it returned to the right track.

"Has Lady Fu Luo La chosen a suitable place?" Gao De asked again.

"Right there!" Fu Luo La pointed to the distance.

That was the location of the estuary, the intersection of the sea area and the land, which was the apex of the entire bay.

Whether going left or right, or backward, there was a large area of extendable land, which was just suitable for planting trees.

As an "expert" in the field of tree planting, Fu Luo La's vision naturally didn't need much doubt.

"My King, let's wait until the main force led by Elder Gaien arrives before planting the trees." Su Nai reminded softly.

On this matter, she had sufficient caution and consideration.

When they left Phoenix, Su Nai also instructed Elder Gaien to take a hundred elite Ice-Born mages to leave the city together and come here.

Because Su Nai knew the importance of Yujia Te Xila to Gao De, she was afraid that something might go wrong.

Although she was very confident in her own combat power, she was only one person after all, and there would always be times when she couldn't take care of everything, so she needed a guard team of sufficient size to protect Gao De while planting trees so she could be at ease.

But Gao De was in a hurry to investigate the actual situation, so they took a step ahead and did not wait for the main force led by Elder Gaien.

Now that it was decided to plant trees here, it would be safer to wait for the main force to arrive before taking action.

The place had been found, so naturally, there was no rush for a moment, and Gao De nodded in agreement.

After waiting for about half a day, figures began to appear on the mountain road they had come down.

It was the hundred-person "Tree Protection Team" led by Elder Gaien.

"My King, War Mother!" Elder Gaien brought people to Gao De and Su Nai and saluted respectfully.

Everything was ready, and it was time to start planting trees.

Gao De took a deep breath, calming his slightly excited mood.

Subsequently, he nodded to Fu Luo La.

Fu Luo La flapped her small wings and flew up from Gao De's shoulder. In her palm, she didn't know when a flat, dark brown oval seed had appeared.

The edges of the seed had unobtrusive ridges, and the surface was covered with a thin layer of seed coat.

It looked like an ordinary ash tree seed.

But Gao De knew it was not simple.

It was Fu Luo La's seed of life, the tree seed of Yujia Te Xila, and he had fully felt Fu Luo La's extraordinary nature.

"Mage, you first form a contract with Yujia Te Xila. Lady Fu Luo La has already talked to it, and it will not refuse you." Fu Luo La said to Gao De with a rare serious face.

Gao De nodded slightly, took a step forward, and took the tree seed from Fu Luo La's hand.

Subsequently, he took a deep breath and performed the soul-communication method attached to the Green Wood Longevity Scripture.

Gao De slowly closed his eyes, devoting himself entirely to communicating with the tree seed.

A mysterious and profound fluctuation radiated from Gao De's body and then soaked into the small tree seed.

This fluctuation was like a trickling stream, gently penetrating every part of the tree seed, establishing an indescribable connection with it.

Thus, the depths of Gao De's heart began to receive various subtle emotions.

Those were the emotions expressed by the tree seed.

There was welcome, kindness, friendliness, vigorous vitality, and the joy and expectation of breaking out of the shell. These emotions surged like a tide, infecting Gao De, making Gao De's heart begin to give birth to the same emotions.

Fu Luo La had already communicated well with Yujia Te Xila, and Yujia Te Xila was Fu Luo La's seed of life, which was inherently related to Fu Luo La, and Fu Luo La was Gao De's magical pet, which also had a deep connection.

From this perspective, Gao De and Yujia Te Xila were inherently close.

Therefore, the entire contract-forming process had no twists and turns, and it was smooth and successful.

Just a moment later, Gao De felt an indescribable deep connection with the tree seed, and he could even feel its faint "breathing," as if the tree seed was one with him, and the life forces between them were constantly blending and resonating.

Gao De opened his eyes and nodded gently to Fu Luo La, "Okay."

He handed the tree seed back to Fu Luo La.

Fu Luo La carefully held the tree seed and flew lightly to the snow.

"Mage~"

Gao De immediately responded, used the Mage Hand to dig open the thick snow, and then used Earth Shaping to dig a suitable tree pit for Fu Luo La.

Fu Luo La, as if holding a treasure, carefully put the tree seed into the tree pit, and then gently buried it.

After doing all this, Fu Luo La extended her right index finger and drew a circle in the air.

With the movement of her finger, a circle of green spiritual light was generated and solidified with Fu Luo La's index finger as the center.

Fu Luo La flicked it gently, and the circle of green spiritual light swam out, like a meteor dragging a long tail flame, and drilled into the land where the tree seed was located.

The next instant, with the Yujia Te Xila tree seed buried underground as the center, a ripple shook, like ripples on the water surface, suddenly spreading in all directions, spreading toward the entire vast and boundless snowfield.

This ripple expanded rapidly at a speed that could not be described in words, and in an instant, it affected every inch of land in the northern realm, not only the western region, but even the central region, and the eastern region of the absolute forbidden zone.

It was just that this ripple was too weak and too calm.

It was like a gentle spring breeze brushing across the earth, without any noise or publicity, and it was underground, spreading only in the soil, so it did not attract much attention.

But weak did not mean useless.

Under this land that had been frozen for I don't know how many years and seemed to have fallen asleep, a vigorous life force was now beginning to gestate and grow.

"Wake up the sleeping earth!"

"Oh, north wind!"

"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"

It did not attract much attention, nor did it mean that it did not cause any waves.

Northern realm, the eastern region regarded as a forbidden zone for life.

A dark space somewhere underground.

A pair of eyes suddenly opened, and the deep blue eyes were like two blue fireflies in the dark underground.

"What is this feeling? Although weak, it makes me uncomfortable." An ethereal, cold voice that did not seem to belong to a human echoed in the underground space.

"It seems to be from the distant west?" The voice muttered: "But it flashed and disappeared, and I can no longer trace the source. No, I must send someone to see."

Northern realm, central region.

Inside a towering volcano.

Magma was flowing like molten red metal.

The sound of clanging echoed endlessly, echoing in the volcano all day long.

But at this very moment, the sound of forging iron stopped abruptly for a few seconds.

"It seems that something extraordinary has appeared in the west..." A moment later, an extremely vigorous and thick voice sounded, spreading throughout the volcano and then spreading outside the volcano.

Walaer Bay.

Plop.

The tree seed had clearly just been planted, but the next moment, the buried soil was pushed open.

A tender green sprout pushed open the soil layer and grew rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Its appearance was surprisingly similar to the state of the Enduring Zhenbing Wutong when it advanced.

A moment later, the sprout grew into a green sprout the size of a little finger.

The sprout had only three leaves, but the three leaves were blooming with colorful light.

What was even more strange was that the stem, which was as thick as a bean sprout, was actually carved with complex and tiny runes, flowing with mystery and profoundness, and contained mysterious power.

Part of its roots drilled out of the soil, winding and coiling like a dragon. Although small, there was no sense of tenderness at all; instead, there was a sense of vigor, as if it were not a newly born green sprout, but a ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree.

The other half of the tree roots went deep underground.

As his sacred object, Gao De could feel that the roots of Yujia Te Xila underground had already extended to a very deep place, far from what the part above ground could compare to.

Although it was still just a small green sprout, its root system could already be compared to a hundred-year-old ancient tree.

And these roots were constantly drawing power from underground, and at the same time, it was also releasing a special kind of power.

The whole process was somewhat like plant photosynthesis, but what Yujia Te Xila released was not oxygen, but something more miraculous.

This thing could not only change the geology of the land, transform the land into fertile soil, but also fix the surrounding magic power in the land, turning it into a spiritual land.

And this change was already happening.

On the snowfield about the size of a pizza around the small green leaves, the thick snow had melted, exposing the black soil.

And this circle was still expanding.

Of course, Yujia Te Xila was just born, and its ability was not obvious, so the speed of this circle expanding was still very slow, and it was almost invisible to the naked eye.

"One year, it only takes one year for Yujia Te Xila to grow into a sapling."

One year is not short, but it is not long.

Sometimes, haste makes waste, and patience is also a virtue.

Because they waited for Elder Gaien for half a day, it was just from the early morning to the morning.

The sun in the distance had just risen from below the sea level, the sky was cloudless, and the morning glow rendered the sea and the sky into a golden color.

Gao De looked up, shifted his gaze from the sapling of Yujia Te Xila to the intersection of the sea and the sky, full of light.

At this moment, as Yujia Te Xila was planted, the various oppressive and frustrating feelings that had accumulated in his heart due to the various unfair things he had encountered in the past few months—the death of his mentor, being forced into prison, being bound, being threatened—all dissipated at this moment.

A divine tree rises from the earth, and the jade universe clears ten thousand miles of dust.

A surge of heroic spirit rose in his heart, and the scene before him was already bright and cloudless.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 293 =====