Chapter 377: Cyan Spirit Energy

As the various Violet-tier mentors arrived, the five Violet-tier teams followed them onto the Resonance Power Tree, heading upward.

Along the way, they encountered quite a few students cultivating on the Resonance Power Tree, and their group drew many gazes; these gazes were filled with envy and longing, as it was clear that news of the Violet-tier teams undergoing special training within the academy had already spread.

Being able to enjoy training resources that the academy did not casually open to others under such special training was what made other ordinary students the most envious.

Although this caused some people to feel unwilling, there was no help for it; with the Holy Grail War approaching, only the most elite students could receive the academy's attention and have scarce training resources brought out to cultivate them.

Under those many gazes, Li Luo and his group continued upward, finally arriving at a position near the top of the Resonance Power Tree, where they had already passed through the clouds; looking down, the entire Astral Sage College was reflected in their eyes, and gazing into the distance, one could even see the sprawling buildings within the Great Xia City.

Finally, the footsteps of Mentor Xi Chan and the others came to a halt.

Li Luo looked over and saw that they had stopped at a wooden platform carved out of a massive branch of the Resonance Power Tree; in the center of that platform stood a simple cyan wooden door, and upon the wooden door were engraved ancient runes, inhaling and exhaling the energy between heaven and earth.

Xi Chan, Shen Jinxiao, and the other Violet-tier mentors took out a violet seal from their sleeves, and immediately, these violet seals released violet rays of light that intertwined upon the cyan wooden door.

The cyan wooden door trembled slightly, and then, accompanied by a creaking sound, it slowly opened.

Behind the wooden door was a space wreathed in cyan light, making it impossible to see the scene within.

"Enter."

Shen Jinxiao reached out to retrieve his violet seal, spoke in a calm tone, and then stepped inside first.

Li Luo, Lu Qinger, and the other Violet-tier students, unable to suppress the curiosity and anticipation in their hearts, also swarmed inside.

The moment they entered, cyan light filled their vision, and there was a momentary sense of disorientation; when they regained their senses, they found themselves on a cyan wooden platform, and before them, a colossal cyan wooden pillar shot into the sky, standing straight within this peculiar small space like a heaven-supporting mountain peak.

Layer upon layer of cyan platforms extended from the cyan wooden pillar, winding upward until they were no longer visible to the eye.

"Is this the Holy Wood Realm Cave?" Li Luo looked at this huge cyan wooden pillar, his eyes showing astonishment.

Mentor Xi Chan nodded slightly and smiled: "Want to go up and try?"

Before Li Luo could reply, she waved her slender hand, and an invisible, immense force swept out from the void, directly pushing Li Luo out until he landed on a cyan platform.

Li Luo quickly steadied his body and lowered his hands, and two short blades fell into his grasp; these two short blades were temporary resonance tools he had taken, not even counting as low-grade White-Eye treasures, but they should be sufficient for now.

Li Luo looked around vigilantly; there was a faint cyan mist on this cyan platform, and then, suddenly, this mist began to gather rapidly, and after just a few breaths, everyone was surprised to see that the mist had actually formed several cyan human figures.

Swish!

The cyan human figures held wooden spears, and the moment they appeared, they directly wrapped themselves in cyan light and slashed toward Li Luo with lightning speed.

Li Luo held his twin blades, his resonance power rising, and blade light flashed as he collided directly with these cyan human figures.

Only upon close contact did Li Luo discover that although these cyan human figures had the appearance of people, their eyes were exceptionally hollow, as if they were some kind of puppet.

Swish! Swish!

Water radiance flowed at high speed over Li Luo's twin blades, and his figure moved as if treading on water; in the moment they crossed, the blade light swept across the necks of these cyan human figures.

He stood with his blades sheathed, his expression showing no ripples; the strength of these cyan human figures was only around the first pattern of the Pattern-Birth Stage, and they could hardly pose any threat to him.

And the moment these cyan human figures were slain by Li Luo, everyone present clearly saw that these cyan human figures began to distort, finally turning into wisps of mysterious cyan airflow that rose up and flew toward where Li Luo was.

"Absorb them."

Li Luo had originally intended to dodge, but Mentor Xi Chan's voice sounded at this moment, which made him steady his posture; after a slight hesitation, he allowed those cyan airflows to surge toward him.

The moment the cyan airflow touched his body, it rapidly merged into him.

The instant it merged, Li Luo clearly felt an exceptionally pure energy flowing through his body; that energy was so pure and gentle that it merged directly into Li Luo's two resonance palaces with almost no effort, and was then absorbed by his two resonance power seeds at the fastest possible speed.

It was as if it didn't need to be refined at all!

Moreover, what shocked Li Luo the most was that, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that after absorbing this wisp of mysterious cyan airflow, his "Wood-Earth Resonance" seemed to have quietly become a bit more active and refined; that feeling was just like having refined and absorbed a wisp of Spirit Water and Strange Light.

This mysterious airflow could not only easily merge into his resonance power seeds to strengthen his own resonance power, but it actually also had an effect similar to Spirit Water and Strange Light?!

What kind of magical energy is this?!

A look of shock emerged in Li Luo's eyes.

"These cyan shadows can be called 'Cyan Spirit Puppets'; they are refined from the power of the Resonance Power Tree absorbed by this Cyan Spirit Wood. The higher the platform, the more the number and strength of the Cyan Spirit Puppets will increase. If you can defeat them all, you can absorb the 'Cyan Spirit Energy' they transform into."

"This Cyan Spirit Energy is extremely pure and gentle, and will not conflict with resonance power of any attribute, so as long as you absorb it, you can convert it into your own resonance power foundation at the fastest speed. Additionally, this Cyan Spirit Energy also has a slight effect of evolving one's own resonance; in a sense, it counts as a kind of alternative Spirit Water and Strange Light, though the effect is much weaker than Spirit Water and Strange Light—it's better than nothing, I suppose," Mentor Xi Chan's calm voice came, simultaneously reaching the ears of the other Violet-tier students.

Unsurprisingly, it triggered shock in everyone.

Everyone needs a refining process to absorb the energy between heaven and earth, and the efficiency of refining depends on the energy-guiding technique one cultivates; yet, the so-called "Cyan Spirit Energy" present here could actually skip this process? This would undoubtedly greatly increase cultivation efficiency.

As for the so-called effect of evolving one's own resonance, it was even more breathtaking; after all, as everyone knew, only Spirit Water and Strange Light possessed such a magical effect, but Spirit Water and Strange Light were expensive, and long-term use was an extremely massive consumption. Although Mentor Xi Chan also said the effect was much weaker than normal Spirit Water and Strange Light, it was free after all—who wouldn't like it?

Li Luo also couldn't help but sigh; no wonder this place was generally not open to the public—it turned out to possess such an effect. But one could also imagine that to condense this so-called Cyan Spirit Energy must surely require paying a not-insignificant price, otherwise the academy wouldn't need to keep it hidden so deeply.

"However, while Cyan Spirit Energy is indeed magical, you need to be aware that the daily amount of this energy is limited, and the portion allocated for us in the First Star Hall is even smaller. Therefore, if you want to obtain more Cyan Spirit Energy every day, your respective teams must climb upward layer by layer as quickly as possible."

"Simply put, there is only so much Cyan Spirit Energy each day; the faster a team climbs, the more Cyan Spirit Energy they will naturally obtain. You all understand what that means, right?" Shen Jinxiao also said calmly at this moment.

The five Violet-tier teams all felt a chill in their hearts.

This meant... that if they ate one more bite, the other teams would have to eat one less.

In this Astral Sage College, it really was impossible to escape this kind of intense competition anywhere.

Shen Jinxiao waved his sleeve.

"There is no need to say anything more; if you are ready, your special training can begin immediately."