Chapter 311: First Astral Travel

One month later.

Jianwan.

Another two months passed, and with Yujia Te Xila as the center, this area can be said to be undergoing amazing changes every day.

First of all, the area of the spiritual land opened up by Yujia Te Xila is continuously expanding at a visible speed.

The land covered by snow, under the nourishment of Yujia Te Xila, is awakened inch by inch, the snow melts, and the soil becomes loose and fertile.

At the same time, the number of saplings around Yujia Te Xila is also increasing.

Looking down from a high place, this small area is like a green emerald on a white cloth.

However, in recent times, the growth in the number of new saplings has slowed down a lot.

The reason is also very simple: the "first wave of potential" of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe has basically been exhausted.

On the northern realm where natural conditions are extremely harsh, except for those magic trees that contain magic power, there are no ordinary large trees at all.

The only batch of ordinary tree seeds was brought by Gao De from the outside world.

And the number of tree seeds he brought was small, totaling only a dozen or so. After planting them, they were gone, and the ones planted later were all magic tree seeds found on the snowfield by the Ice-Born mages of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe.

But obviously, no matter how rich the resources of the northern realm are, the magic trees that exist around Phoenix and are easy to find are limited, and the species are mostly repetitive.

After a period of high-intensity carpet-style searching and development, the number of Ice-Born mages who could find tree seeds that met the conditions and submitted tree-planting applications gradually began to decrease.

Therefore, half a month ago, Gao De decisively relaxed the original restrictions and began to allow repetitive tree species to submit tree-planting applications.

Although the growth gain brought by repetitive tree species to Yujia Te Xila is limited, in the current situation, it can only be said that even a mosquito's leg is meat.

In addition to the changes brought by Yujia Te Xila, another part of the changes comes from Elder Gaien and the hundred-man tree protection team he leads.

Foreseeing that they would be stationed here for a long time, plus the wild beasts and ley-line creatures attracted here are endless, there is no sign of attenuation at all.

Elder Gaien also began to seriously build camps and even guard posts with the members of the tree protection team, constructing solid defense and life support.

"My King, you can rest assured that the Holy Tree is guarded by us," Elder Gaien brought Gao De under the Holy Tree, his expression full of pride.

Yujia Te Xila, which is fifteen feet tall, grows lushly, exuding rich vitality.

Its leaves flow with colorful brilliance, and this brilliance is constantly flowing, changing infinitely, sometimes blending into bright light spots, and sometimes dispersing into gorgeous ribbons.

Even during the day, one would be amazed by this scene, let alone at night. No wonder there is an endless stream of ley-line creatures coming.

On the one hand, this indeed brought some trouble to Elder Gaien and the tree protection team, but on the other hand, it actually solved their food problem.

After all, transporting supplies from Phoenix to here, in the case of poor "infrastructure," is not an easy task. Being able to be self-sufficient is naturally a good thing.

Gao De stepped forward slowly, slowly stretched out his hand, and placed his palm on the trunk of Yujia Te Xila, which looked like gold and wood.

In such an "intimate" contact, the connection between the tree and the person, under the effect of the contract, is tighter than imaginable at this moment.

Gao De even had a strange illusion, as if the Yujia Te Xila in front of him had already become a part of his body extending outward, a limb connected to his blood and heart.

Thanks to this close connection, Gao De's "precise perception" ability also perfectly applies to Yujia Te Xila.

The detailed status of Yujia Te Xila was instantly conveyed to Gao De's mind.

He then unfolded the third-rank Mandra Magic Eye to observe Yujia Te Xila in detail.

Afterward, according to his own understanding and knowledge system, Gao De converted the information he received and saw into the self-made "panel data" he could best accept: 【Yujia Te Xila】

Rank: First-rank Magic Plant (196/1200 months) Growth Gain Coefficient: 1.4 Astral Transmission: 1 (1/60 days) Lifespan: (1/3600 years) Open Domain (Transform Land): 14 mu

Height: 15 feet

Land Magic Concentration: 10-15 (Basic Spiritual Land)

In the rank column, 1200 months means that if Yujia Te Xila relies entirely on natural growth without any external interference, it will take one hundred years, or 1200 months, to break through the existing rank and advance to a second-rank magic plant.

This time is actually not long for magic plants.

Magic plants are inherently long-lived and grow very slowly, not to mention that magic trees are the representatives of magic plants.

However, Yujia Te Xila has a unique and strange ability, which can be urged by planting trees.

In the natural domain it opens up, every time a brand-new ordinary tree species is planted, it will increase Yujia Te Xila's growth progress by 6 months, and a first-rank magic tree species can increase the growth progress by nearly 28 months at once.

Because of this, it has only been two months since it advanced to a first-rank magic plant, but its growth progress has already reached 196 months.

This progress relies on the magic trees that have sprouted and survived in these two months.

In addition, in the domain of Yujia Te Xila, the more surviving trees and the higher the rank, the faster it will grow, that is, the higher the growth gain coefficient.

Just like now, the growth gain coefficient is 1.4, which means that for every month of natural time that passes, Yujia Te Xila's growth progress does not just advance by 1 month, but can increase by 1.4 months. Astral transmission is easy to understand.

Yujia Te Xila can only "fill up" the vast astral energy required for one astral transmission every two natural months.

And now it has been exactly two months and one day since it advanced to a first-rank magic plant, so it has accumulated the energy required for one astral transmission again, and the number of times is 1.

The new round of "charging" has just started, so the progress is 1/60.

As for lifespan, although Yujia Te Xila is currently only a first-rank magic plant, it already has a lifespan of 4,000 years.

It is just that as the contracted holy object of Gao De's 【Qingmu Changsheng Jing】, when feeding back to Gao De, it took out one-tenth of its life origin to increase Gao De's lifespan, so it now only has a lifespan of 3,600 years.

And the land area transformed by Yujia Te Xila, that is, the area of the domain opened up, has now reached 14 mu, and it has become a basic spiritual land, with the magic concentration in the range of 10-15.

The closer to Yujia Te Xila, the higher the magic concentration.

But the magic power contained in the marginal area barely reaches the bottom line of the basic spiritual land.

Although the magic concentration of the basic spiritual land is not enough for mage cultivation, at least it can ensure that those magic trees can grow healthily during the seedling stage.

In addition, magic power also has a significant gain effect on the growth of ordinary saplings.

If the rank of the spiritual land is higher in the future, the thick magic power may even make ordinary trees mutate and advance into magic plants.

But that must be a long time later.

Gao De put down his palm, took a deep breath, and his heart was full of anticipation.

Coming here this time, he was naturally for the astral travel that had been prepared for two months.

【North Wind】 had been tightly put on the special scabbard and sword cover, hanging on his left waist.

This posture is convenient for Gao De to draw his sword at any time with his right hand.

For a mage, carrying a sword for emergencies is not a strange thing, so just hide the appearance of 【North Wind】, and carrying a sword will not attract others' attention.

In addition to 【North Wind】, Gao De also carried a large-capacity backpack tanned from frost lizard skin, with a multi-layer design. It contained many light magic materials unique to the northern realm, including valuable parts of ley-line creatures, as well as a small amount of magic ore that could be used to create supernatural objects.

There are no magic plants because magic plants are relatively delicate and cannot withstand tossing, and they often need to be preserved in special ways to prevent the loss of activity.

Who knows where astral transmission will send him, so don't consider bringing this stuff.

In addition, the backpack also contained a dozen Saint Xi En gold coins and three-leaf flower silver coins.

After being in the northern realm for so long, although these coins have lost their use, Gao De has always kept them well—after all, it took a lot of effort to earn them.

These are the preparations for external objects.

Gao De closed his eyes slightly.

【Lifespan: 15/190】

【Mental Power: 186, Mana: 24 drops of liquid】

【First-circle Origin: 12 points, Cantrips mastered: 44, First-circle spells: 14】

Using the "precise perception" ability to feel his state at this moment, and glancing at the panel of the wind spirit moon shadow, he couldn't help but show a smile.

In the version with no errors!

He was promoted to a first-circle mage in the Fog Frost Month (October) of the Nolan Calendar 9656, and now it is the beginning of the Frost Gold Month (September) of the Nolan Calendar 9657.

In less than a year, his mana grew from the initial 20 drops of liquid to the current 24 drops of liquid.

And thinking carefully, because things were complicated in the first half of the year and there were no current conditions, the cultivation progress could basically be ignored.

That is to say, the time he really exerted effort was only less than half a year.

In less than half a year, he condensed 4 new drops of liquid mana.

According to this progress, in another year and a half, Gao De will be able to be promoted to the middle stage of the first circle.

Moreover, this is still in the state where the ideal state has not been achieved.

The afforestation here at Yujia Te Xila has just gotten on the right track, and he has not yet enjoyed the cultivation speed improvement gain that 【Qingmu Changsheng Jing】 can bring.

In addition, there is no consideration of drinking "magic potion" for the time being.

If these two can be superimposed, his cultivation speed will probably increase to a degree that makes others tongue-tied and extremely exaggerated.

As for the first-circle origin... Although there are only a dozen common first-circle ley-line creatures around Phoenix.

But in the past two months, under his instructions, the hunters of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe began to work tirelessly to search and hunt on the snowfield.

After such hard work, his origin still accumulated to 12 points at a slow but steady speed.

12 points of stock is enough for him to use for a period of time.

What's more, once he steps into the outside world through astral transmission, the environment changes, and there will be all kinds of brand-new ley-line creatures for him to obtain origin.

As for the number of spells mastered, it is also an extremely exaggerated number.

Moreover, he actually remembers eight first-circle spell formulas in his head, but he is troubled by not being able to find the materials needed to prepare spell magic potions, so he has not mastered them.

Thinking of this, Gao De's anticipation became even more vigorous, and he couldn't wait to go to the outside world through astral transmission.

After all, only in the outside world can he obtain a large number of different types of tree seeds needed for afforestation and the materials needed for spell magic potions.

Then let's start, Gao De thought to himself.

Then, his mind moved, communicating with Yujia Te Xila, and started "Astral Transmission."

The next instant, the gray mark hidden in the bark texture on the trunk of Yujia Te Xila suddenly shone.

The light turned from dark to bright, spreading rapidly, turning into a silver rune identical to the one on Gao De's back of the hand.

In the flickering of the silver rune, a mysterious power surged out from its source, winding and wandering along the trunk, just like a powerful heart starting to supply blood, extending along the veins to the entire Yujia Te Xila.

The dreamlike colorful brilliance originally flowing on the leaves instantly seemed to be disturbed and rioted.

They gathered rapidly from all directions toward the center of the trunk.

For a time, the light crossed and intertwined, and the entire space was illuminated with colorful colors, gorgeous and dazzling to the extreme. The torrent of light roared, making a slight buzzing sound.

After about ten seconds of light and shadow feast, the colorful brilliance on all the leaves of Yujia Te Xila dissipated.

Replacing it was a portal flashing with colorful light appearing in front of Gao De.

It is like a colorful pool in the astral world, pieced together by countless fine light particles, the light intertwined and changed, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, colorful enough to make people dazzled.

Through that dreamlike light curtain, the world on the opposite side was shadowy and blurred to the extreme, and nothing could be seen at all.

Even if Gao De tried to open the Mandra Magic Eye, it was still the same, only seeing indistinguishable shapes shrouded in heavy fog.

To know what is on the opposite side, one must step into the portal personally.

Without the slightest hesitation, Gao De stepped out decisively and entered the astral portal.

The moment his figure disappeared into the light curtain, the colorful light stream sprayed out wantonly, the light particles began to rotate at high speed, and the original colors could be distinguished, but in an instant, they were stirred into a dazzling halo.

The trajectory of the light particles is complex and abstract, twisting strangely in the void, and they are locking onto a distant and unknown coordinate in a way that transcends common sense.

In the blink of an eye, Gao De's figure had completely disappeared into the portal.

Subsequently, the astral portal seemed to have exhausted all its energy, the light shrank suddenly, like burnt-out fireworks, and dissipated with a bang, leaving no trace.

Together with it, Gao De also dissipated.

Dizzy! So dizzy!

My head is so dizzy! This was Gao De's first feeling after ending the transmission.

Long-distance transmission, or such a fast transmission, although it took the fast channel of the astral world, this instantaneous space jump still brought Gao De a very strong feeling of discomfort.

Of course, all this is because his mage level is too low and his functions are insufficient.

If he were a second-circle mage, he shouldn't have had too much feeling.

It's just that Gao De didn't dare to rest, waiting for the discomfort to slowly recede, but forced himself to wake up, his chaotic eyes gradually focused, and he began to look around.

Everywhere he looked, there were towering trees that blocked the sky and the sun.

Those trunks were surprisingly thick, and a few people might not be able to surround them. The rough bark was covered with moss and parasitic vines.

Under his feet was a thick layer of rotten leaves, and a damp and moldy breath rose.

Did he seem to have been transmitted to a primitive mountain range? This is big trouble!

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