Chapter 180

(I understand why Grandpa can't use elemental energy, because Grandpa in Sumeru used the canned knowledge of single-handed sword combat technique eight, and then the canned knowledge got into his brain, and then using the sword made him go crazy, haha, I'm really a genius!)

I can't figure it out.

No matter how Nadixa looks up the information, she still can't figure out why the Great Merciful Tree King turned into a Patisharan flower.

The only explanation.

It is the Three Gods Covenant of the past.

Nadixa did not inherit the Great Merciful Tree King's memories, and she also does not know what agreement the Great Merciful Tree King reached with the Flower God and the Scarlet King when the three gods jointly ruled Sumeru.

For now, we can only tentatively guess whether the Flower God Nab·Maliyata once gave some special gift to the Great Merciful Tree King, and then this unknown gift, combined with the Grass King's ability to be reborn through reincarnation, achieved the current life‑from‑death effect.

But now is not the time to discuss these.

What needs to be done now is how to make this Patisharan bloom smoothly and awaken the Great Merciful Tree King's consciousness.

Nadixa's demands are not high.

The Great Merciful Tree King would be quite satisfied as long as it could recover to that state in the conscious space.

Of course.

If the Great Merciful Tree King could recover even better, that would be even better.

As for the nutrients this Patisharan needs while growing,

It's simple, grass elemental energy.

Luo De and Nadixa each tried it in turn.

The elemental energy inside the Gnosis works, Nadixa's elemental energy works, even the elemental energy of a grass slime works.

In short, it accepts whatever comes.

The only thing that gives Nadixa a headache is.

This Patisharan's demand for elemental energy is like a bottomless pit.

No matter how she pours elemental energy on it, the only change is that the leaves become greener and brighter, while the flower bud enveloping the Great Merciful Tree King's consciousness shows no change at all.

Regarding this point.

Luo De roughly guessed.

It is very likely because the Great Merciful Tree King's original accumulation far exceeds Nadixa's, causing this seemingly unsatisfiable state.

In other words.

To awaken her, the required grass elemental energy is immensely huge.

Given the current situation.

Even if Nadixa pours elemental energy on it every day, it would probably take a long time for this flower bud to bloom successfully.

This guess also far exceeds Luo De's original expectations.

Originally he thought that with the help of this Patisharan and his own Vision, the Great Merciful Tree King's awakening should be just a consciousness form.

But judging from the amount of elemental energy this Patisharan demands,

It might turn out that the one who awakens is the true Great Merciful Tree King, not the Great Merciful Tree King of the Seven Archons of the mundane world, but the Archon Great Merciful Tree King who once ruled the rainforest region.

It's just unknown what she will use to reconstruct her divine body.

The branches of the World Tree? Or this Patisharan?

"We'll talk about later matters later."

Luo De lightly shook his head, turned his head and asked Nadixa: "Did you find that thing?"

That's what he asked.

It is the fire seed that can cure Apep.

Earlier, after confirming that the Great Merciful Tree King had a chance to awaken, Luo De told Nadixa about the fire seed and had her go to the Purification Palace to look for it.

No matter how you say it.

Apep is now a time bomb, a super huge bomb that could at any moment blast all of Sumeru into the sky.

Her matter is also urgent and needs to be resolved.

"As you said."

"Indeed, I found something very similar."

Speaking, Nadixa took out a piece of fluorescent‑glowing green crystal.

As soon as she took it out.

Luo De immediately felt the pure, extraordinary grass elemental energy contained within.

However, this elemental energy is not quite the same as Nadixa's elemental energy or the elemental energy dispersed across the Teyvat continent.

How to describe it.

It basically gives a feeling of ancient vicissitude.

"It is filled with pure grass elemental energy."

"But it's strange; I never knew before that there was such a thing in the Purification Palace, and none of the past Great Sages ever mentioned it."

Speaking of this, Nadixa slightly furrowed her brows.

After she was imprisoned five hundred years ago, the Great Sages were not polite, searching every corner of the Purification Palace, big and small.

But they never mentioned anything about the fire seed, as if they had not searched for it at all.

The problem is that the fire seed's location is not hard to find.

Normally speaking.

It should be impossible not to see it.

"Probably because they lacked confidence in being able to control this thing."

Luo De said with a smirk.

Fire Seed is not an ordinary elemental energy storage item.

This thing was created together by the Great Merciful Tree King and the group inside Apep's body back then, simulating the operation of Apep's power source, the 'Heart of the Oasis'.

Don't let its size fool you; the concentration of elemental energy inside it is unusually high.

Moreover, the Fire Seed itself is very fragile, roughly equivalent to a one‑time use item.

If used improperly, the elemental energy inside the Fire Seed will spread out, instead causing very troublesome consequences.

So Luo De tends to believe that the Academy actually discovered the Fire Seed long ago, but they dare not use it rashly, so they have merely kept it stored in the Palace of Pure Goodness.

After talking about this.

Nadixa held the Fire Seed in her hand and carefully stirred the grass elemental energy within it a little.

She dared not exert too much force.

She feared that this fragile Fire Seed would crack before it could even be used.

Regarding the Grass Dragon Apep.

Luo De has already told Nadixa about it.

His source was a fragment of the Great Merciful Tree King's consciousness.

Anyway, that consciousness fragment is hidden in his Vision, so there's reason either way.

Nadixa also had no questions about this.

And after she activated the Fire Seed, she indeed sensed a faint, fluctuating disturbance.

This is the resonance between the Fire Seed and the Heart of the Oasis.

Relying on this connection, Nadixa successfully locked onto Apep's hiding place.

"In the desert, let's go now."

Having confirmed Apep's position, Nadixa was eager to set off.

The Grass Dragon's passing's effect on Sumeru.

She understands this even better than Luo De does.

Before Nadixa could even move, Luo De spoke up to stop her impulse.

"Wait a moment."

Luo De stroked his chin, pondered a bit, and said: "Apep's attitude toward gods and humans isn't friendly at all, especially since this guy has been tormented by forbidden knowledge for so many years, his negative emotions have been amplified to the extreme; we'd better find some help, at least so she doesn't attack us the moment she appears, otherwise we'd have no way out."

"Help?"

What Luo De said made perfect sense, and Nadixa's impulsive heart also calmed down for a moment.

Forbidden knowledge does indeed cause living beings to generate large amounts of negative emotion and infinitely amplify it.

Just like the negative emotions in the Great Merciful Tree King's consciousness space earlier that even Nadixa would feel mentally oppressed by.

In other words, Apep's current emotional state is one of extreme instability.

If, before they could get the Fire Seed into Apep's body, this Grass Dragon were to go mad and attack them, Nadixa believes she could not withstand Apep.

"Then who are you planning to find?"

"Other gods?"

Nadixa asked Luo De, while mentally reviewing the information about the other few Rulers, seeing who would be more suitable to ask for help.

"No."

To Nadixa's surprise, Luo De shook his finger and said: "The help we need is a group of Fungus Beasts."

(End of chapter)