Chapter 299

The Sacred Tree is Yujia Te Xila.

The sacred object of the King of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe is naturally the Sacred Tree of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe.

In the eyes of the Enduring Zhenbing tribespeople, there is absolutely no problem with calling it that.

Gao De did not pedantically correct this way of addressing it, but accepted it calmly.

Hearing the news brought by Su Nai, Gao De's spirit was immediately lifted.

Most of the miraculous effects of the "Qingmu Changsheng Jing," whether it is the increase in lifespan or the increase in mental power, actually stem from the bonded sacred object.

But Yujia Te Xila is still a green sprout, its foundation is unstable, so naturally, it cannot talk about bestowing lifespan upon Gao De.

But waiting for Yujia Te Xila to grow naturally is too slow and not a viable path; it must be spurred to growth.

The method to spur Yujia Te Xila to growth is to plant trees and create forests.

The higher the rank of the trees around it, the more varieties, and the greater the quantity, the faster Yujia Te Xila's growth rate will be.

It is just that the environment of the snowfield itself is not suitable for tree growth.

Before this, the vegetation on the permafrost was limited to mosses and lichens, with occasional low shrubs, and there were almost no traces of large trees ever existing.

At least until now, the only known large trees in the northern realm are the Norway Spruces within the Viking territory.

The hope of planting trees against the environment relies on Yujia Te Xila's ability—it can take itself as the center and gradually transform the surrounding land into a spiritual land where magic gathers and is suitable for plant growth.

Now, because Yujia Te Xila was just planted not long ago and is still in the budding stage, its ability is weak, so the speed at which it transforms the land is still very slow.

However, after a month of accumulation, the land transformed by Yujia Te Xila is barely able to plant some other trees.

Gao De's line of thought is also very simple: for now, don't worry about planning or anything, and don't worry about overly dense tree planting affecting Yujia Te Xila's growth.

Anyway, if there is space, plant trees first to provide growth bonuses to Yujia Te Xila.

When the area of spiritual land transformed by Yujia Te Xila becomes larger in the future, then re-plan reasonably; transplant what can be transplanted, and if it really can't be transplanted, just cut it down.

Gao De immediately pulled Elder Lanwen and "Minister Fu Luo La," who had been busy to the point of exhaustion during this time—which could be considered giving her a public holiday—and left Phoenix without stopping, heading straight for Valar Bay.

Even though he was already familiar with the route, it still took Gao De nearly four days to arrive at the distance of four hundred li.

This road must be built, and tunnels must be built... This made Gao De raise the priority of road construction in his heart once again.

Valar Bay.

Compared to a month ago, there had been some small and not-so-small changes here.

The most direct change was that, with Yujia Te Xila as the center, dozens of simple tents had been set up around it, forming a small camp.

The hundred-man tree-guarding team led by Elder Gaien had never left during this time, guarding the Sacred Tree day and night; this small camp was built by them.

This was the change on the surface; deeper changes required walking in to take a closer look.

That green sprout the size of a little finger had almost not changed at all after a month of growth, still having only three leaves, blooming with colorful light.

For a tree that is known for its long lifespan, especially a high-rank magical plant species, a month is really too short.

But with Yujia Te Xila as the center, the land within a circular area with a radius of about ten meters had undergone earth-shattering changes in this month.

The thick layer of snow on the surface had melted, revealing the soil underneath.

Within the soil, there was a faint magic power surging.

The current Yujia Te Xila is still "small," and its ability is not enough to directly transform the land into a spiritual land in one step, but such land is already fine for planting ordinary trees.

A circle with a radius of ten meters actually has a total area of about half a mu of land.

For half a mu of land, if used to plant tree species with larger crowns, it can only plant between 30-50 trees; any more would affect the growth of the trees.

But in reality, the number of trees that can be planted is even fewer than this.

Because although Yujia Te Xila is still a seedling on the surface, its root system under the soil has actually expanded and extended to the surroundings.

Therefore, the land area that can truly be used to plant other tree species is only the outermost circle, the area where Yujia Te Xila's root system has not yet expanded.

Gao De made a rough estimate that these areas could at most plant ten or so trees.

It's a bit small, but it just so happens that he only has ten or so tree species on hand; he will plant one of each tree species and harvest a wave of "first-charge rewards" first.

"My King!" As soon as he saw Gao De arrive, Elder Gaien, who was guarding near the Sacred Tree, hurriedly came up to meet him and said respectfully.

"How is the situation this month?" Gao De asked casually.

In fact, Elder Gaien had been reporting the specific situation here in a timely manner through Su Nai's magic falcon "Cang Lan."

But many times, the purpose of asking is not for the answer, but to give the other party an opportunity to take credit.

"My King, except for occasionally discovering some ley line creatures and beasts wandering nearby, there have been no abnormal situations. As for those ley line creatures and beasts that appeared nearby, we have also killed them all, never giving them a chance to approach the Sacred Tree, ensuring that no accidents occur."

"You've worked hard." Gao De patted the latter's shoulder with satisfaction and then brought Fu Luo La to Yujia Te Xila.

The closer he got to Yujia Te Xila, the stronger that mysterious sense of connection became.

In Phoenix, Gao De could not perceive any connection with Yujia Te Xila at all.

And at this distance, through the connection after bonding with Yujia Te Xila, Gao De could clearly feel its joy at the arrival of him and Fu Luo La, as well as a certain sense of longing.

Gao De bent down and gently stroked the small seedling, also expressing his own sense of closeness.

What he could feel, Fu Luo La's connection with Yujia Te Xila was even closer, so naturally, she could also feel it, and even more specifically.

"Yujia Te Xila is longing for the tree seeds on Lady Fu Luo La," Fu Luo La said.

She reached into her small space, and several tree seeds of different shapes appeared in her palm, all of which Gao De had collected when he was in Ailahaimu.

The oval-shaped brown seeds with irregular stripes on the surface are pine seeds.

Larger than pine seeds and with a smoother outer skin are fir seeds.

Relatively slender and small ones are birch seeds.

Upon seeing the tree seeds, Yujia Te Xila immediately became joyful and encouraged, and the feeling of longing became even stronger.

"Don't be anxious... I'll plant them for you right away," Gao De said to the small seedling, "talking to himself."

The small seedling seemed to have human nature and could understand what Gao De said; that intense emotion actually calmed down a lot.

Gao De was not just making empty promises, and he immediately took action.

On the outermost edge of the land transformed by Yujia Te Xila, he used 【Shape Earth】 to dig a circle of tree pits with moderate depth and appropriate size.

Fu Luo La took the tree seeds out of her small space, flew over the tree pits Gao De had dug, and put the tree seeds in one by one.

Gao De then used 【Shape Earth】 to cover the tree seeds with soil and tidied the soil to be loose and breathable yet tightly fitted.

This is the convenience of magic. Seeing that all the tree seeds were planted, Gao De immediately cast the "Nature Art" to spur these tree seeds to growth.

These large trees are all very long-lived; if they are in a suitable growth environment and are not affected by natural disasters or diseases, living for more than five hundred years is easy.

Long lifespan also means that the time required for growth is extremely long.

To grow from a tree seed into usable timber, it generally takes more than ten years, unlike barley, which can be harvested in three or four months.

However, Gao De did not need to spur them to that point; he only needed to let the seeds germinate, break through the soil, and be able to grow stably.

At this point, Yujia Te Xila could obtain the corresponding growth bonus.

With the continuous casting of the "Nature Art," the tree seeds buried in the soil seemed to be summoned by nature and began to stir.

At first, it was a subtle tremor; immediately after, fine cracks began to appear on the surface of the soil; finally, accompanied by a slight "pat" sound, tender green buds broke through the soil.

With the breaking through of these tree seedlings, Yujia Te Xila also began to change.

In Gao De's consciousness, he could feel at this moment that strands of peculiar power were surging out from these newly sprouted buds, sinking into Yujia Te Xila's root system along the soil.

In the version with no errors at all!

This power was like a special kind of nutrient; after Yujia Te Xila's root system absorbed it, it immediately began to extend and grow rapidly, drilling into the deeper parts of the ground.

With the expansion and growth of the root system, the buds of Yujia Te Xila exposed on the ground also began to grow violently.

The green sprout, which was originally only the size of a little finger, quickly became larger and taller.

The bean-sprout-like stem was also thickening.

Four inches, five inches, six inches, one foot... In an instant, Yujia Te Xila grew from a green sprout into a small sapling over three feet tall, and its leaves changed from the original three to fourteen, all wreathed in colorful light, indescribably miraculous.

However, at this point, Yujia Te Xila's rapid growth also stagnated.

This meant that the growth bonus brought to Yujia Te Xila by the newly planted tree seeds ended here.

Next, Yujia Te Xila returned to its previous state, relying on its root system to absorb the power needed for growth and growing slowly.

Gao De was just about to say something to Fu Luo La when, the next moment, his expression changed slightly.

Because a stream of extremely pure vitality was surging into his body.

Gao De sat cross-legged involuntarily, operated the "Qingmu Changsheng Jing," fell into a state of concentration, and earnestly absorbed and digested this stream of vitality.

A great tonic!

He subconsciously let out an exclamation.

This vitality was like a warm current, flowing through his whole body and melting into his flesh and blood, making his vitality and blood energy vigorous.

As time passed, a layer of moist fluorescence began to appear on Gao De's original skin, and his already young body radiated a lively vitality.

"Lifespan extension..." A very clear feeling surged into his mind.

He could perceive that under the infusion of this vitality, his lifespan had increased by ten years, from the 150-year lifespan limit of a first-circle magic user to 160 years.

This is the ability to increase lifespan possessed by the "Qingmu Changsheng Jing."

It doesn't look like much, but one must know that the sacred object can actually only take out one-tenth of its own vitality to convert into the lifespan of the bonded person, and the ratio of the conversion process is only one-tenth.

That is to say, the vitality possessed by Yujia Te Xila at this time had reached a terrifying 1,000 years of lifespan.

And this was just a small sapling three feet tall.

It is simply unimaginable how terrifying the vitality a fully-grown Yujia Te Xila will possess.

Moreover, it was not over yet.

Besides lifespan, Gao De also felt that a kind of strange mental power was contained in this stream of vitality; after enhancing his life vitality, this power surged directly into his mind and began to nourish his soul.

Following that, Gao De discovered that his mental power, which had soared to 132 after drinking the Ice Jade Wutong water and reached the limit of an early first-circle magic user, unable to be improved further, had actually begun to grow and improve slightly under the nourishment of this strange vitality.

With a first-circle magic user's precise control over their own condition, this perception could not be wrong.

After a long time, the 132 mental power finally increased to 133.

It seems like an increase of only 1, but in fact, it is far more than that, because a mental power value of 133, under normal circumstances, is already what a mid-first-circle magic user can possess; this is a bottleneck.

It was visible to the naked eye that after crossing this hurdle, the growth rate of Gao De's mental power suddenly soared.

134, 136... 150.

It increased all the way to 150 before this strange power was exhausted.

Gao De also opened his eyes at the right time and stood up, a look of surprise flashing across his face: Lifespan: 160 Mental Power: 150 Mana: 21 drops of liquid.

This is his current state; looking at it, his magic user level has not improved, but in fact, great changes have already taken place.

"Feedback," Gao De muttered.

He knew that this stream of vitality that appeared in his body came from the feedback brought by Yujia Te Xila after growing to a new stage.

And every time Yujia Te Xila grows to a new stage and every time it advances, he, as the person who bonded with it through the "Qingmu Changsheng Jing," can receive feedback from Yujia Te Xila.

But at the same time, if something happens to Yujia Te Xila, the vitality he obtained through feedback will also dissipate completely.

This is sharing honor and disgrace; after bonding, the fate trajectories of Gao De and Yujia Te Xila have already intertwined, forming an inseparable bond.

While enjoying the various benefits brought by Yujia Te Xila, he must also remain vigilant at all times, protect Yujia Te Xila well, and at the same time do his best to help Yujia Te Xila grow and advance rapidly.

"160 years old, I am 16 years old now, I have only lived one-tenth, such a long lifespan, I can't use it up at all!"

This is just the beginning; if he is promoted to a second-circle magic user, the lifespan limit can be increased by another 75 years.

And as Yujia Te Xila grows, it can continue to feed back vitality and constantly increase Gao De's lifespan limit.

"And as long as I work hard to plant trees and create forests, the more vigorous the vegetation essence, the faster my cultivation speed will be... Plus the sufficient lifespan, my future upper limit will be unimaginable!"

Rustle! Rustle! Rustle!

Just at this moment, all fourteen leaves of Yujia Te Xila began to tremble, making a rustling sound, and a faint emotion came along with it, reaching Gao De's mind directly.

"More... advanced ability..."

It still wanted Gao De to plant more saplings so that it could continue to grow.

And upon growing to the next stage, Yujia Te Xila would also awaken certain unique abilities; it was very eager for new abilities.

"Then you must first work hard to transform the land so that I can plant more tree seeds." Gao De, in a great mood, although also looking forward to Yujia Te Xila's new abilities, still stroked Yujia Te Xila's leaves to soothe its anxious emotions.

"Grow up quickly."

Now that Yujia Te Xila has grown into a three-foot-tall sapling, there is no doubt that the speed at which it transforms the land into spiritual land will also increase significantly.

It is truly a scene of prosperity! (End of chapter)