Chapter 1362

Arena, in the lounge, Su Xiao closed the arena information. His ranking dropped from 9,573rd to 9,570th. This was the benefit of a winning streak; there wouldn't be a large drop in ranking after it was interrupted.

After a 98-match winning streak, Su Xiao's opponents were basically within the top 9,000, and the degree of difficulty was imaginable. Even with sufficient mana, with his current strength, it would be very difficult to reach the top 8,000 in the Fourth Tier arena.

Su Xiao was not in a hurry; he had just promoted to the Fourth Tier, and there was still a long way to go to rush into the top five.

Leaving the arena, Su Xiao began to stroll in the trading market. Because he had stocked up on a large amount of recovery items and ammunition before entering the Pirate World, there was no need to buy ammunition and recovery items, just replenish some emergency items, such as diving equipment, and protective suits with anti-radiation and anti-poison gas functions.

Originally, Su Xiao had 70,000 Paradise Coins left. The Blue necklace identified at Reid's place earlier was given to Xia, as compensation for the dozen or so times Su Xiao forgot to pay the bill. As for the necklace Reid disdained to identify, it was sold by Su Xiao to a First Tier contractor for 3,000 Paradise Coins.

Su Xiao estimated that the thing was likely of Green quality, and the attributes were unknown. Adding the identification fee, as long as the First Tier contractor wasn't too unlucky, he wouldn't lose money and might even make a small profit.

After purchasing in the trading market, Su Xiao's Paradise Coins were left with only 20,000. These Paradise Coins were for emergencies. The scene where Umbrella Brother had no Paradise Coins to exchange for a parachute several worlds ago left a deep impression on Su Xiao; he didn't plan to try free-falling.

When purchasing supplies, Su Xiao discovered that the prices of equipment, recovery items, etc., in the trading market had increased by at least 10%. This made him vaguely feel that the situation was somewhat wrong.

After returning to his exclusive room, Su Xiao came to a wooden table, on which only a flowerpot was placed, with a 10-centimeter-high tender sprout inside.

Su Xiao had originally just planted the Black Maple Tree with a try-it-and-see attitude. What he didn't expect was that this thing had really sprouted and was growing well. The root and stem parts had turned brown, and there were faint signs of hardening.

The survival rate of a tender sprout is not at all on the same level as a small tree, so this thing had at least a 10% or higher chance of survival.

10% seems very low, but in reality, it is already very high. The Black Maple Tree originally grew in the deepest part of the Black Abyss. Over 98% of Void races had never seen this thing with their own eyes, at most having heard of it.

Previously, Su Xiao spent 4,000 Paradise Coins to exchange for some information on the Black Maple Tree through Reincarnation Paradise.

【Black Maple Tree】

Growth environment: Must ensure 1 to 2 hours of light exposure within 24 hours. There must be no ordinary fresh water or vine-type plants within five kilometers of the root system.

Variety classification: Plant Kingdom · Angke Plant Phylum · Jia Wood Family.

Distribution area: Unique to the deepest part of the Black Abyss.

Growth cycle: Depends on the environment. The Black Maple Tree can grow into a mature tree within 2 months, or it may take 4,000 years to grow into a mature tree.

Propagation method: Roots, branches, and leaves can all be used for soil transplant cultivation. The survival rate is relatively low. There is a 90% chance of sprouting after cultivation, but in most cases, it withers within ten days after sprouting (adaptation time). If it successfully adapts to the environment and ensures nutrients, it can grow vigorously.

After understanding the information on the Black Maple Tree, Su Xiao knew how precious that several-dozen-meter-high Black Maple Tree was. Ordinary Black Maple Trees simply couldn't grow to that height, nor could they leave the deepest part of the Black Abyss.

Su Xiao being able to successfully cultivate this sapling was 90% due to the vitality of the mother tree.

As for why he wanted to cultivate the Black Maple Tree and the uses of the Black Maple Tree, that is a long story.

First of all, if Su Xiao were to take this sapling to the Void to sell it now, it would definitely fetch a sky-high price. 99% of the major forces have the intention to purchase.

Once the Black Maple Tree grows into a mature tree, its value is almost immeasurable. When Su Xiao sat under that Black Maple Tree to meditate before, he felt that his meditation efficiency had increased dozens of times, and his understanding of blade technique had also begun to change.

Before, he only meditated for about half an hour. What if he cultivated his own Black Maple Tree and often meditated under the tree?

Not only is it an enhancement to meditation and blade technique, but the leaves of the Black Maple Tree are almost top-tier conductors and can be used as materials for magic, alchemy, etc. The Lomiya tribe of the Void even eats these leaves when they reach adulthood to assist in the awakening of their racial talents. And this is the treatment for the Star Clan (Royal Clan) among the 'Lomiya tribe'; ordinary Lomiya tribe members simply cannot obtain the leaves of the Black Maple Tree.

As for the trunk of the Black Maple leaf, this is one of the things that spellcasters dream of. A magic power loss rate of 0.0012 and almost perfect energy storage determine that the trunk of the Black Maple Tree is the main material for top-tier spellcasting auxiliary tools, none other.

If it were only spellcasters who needed the trunk of the Black Maple Tree, it would be fine. The Demon race can also use this thing as the hub of their demonic power, which will speed up their mobilization of the demonic power in their bodies. Some old demons can even turn a small piece of Black Maple Tree trunk they swallowed into a part of their own body, forming organs specifically used to assist in combat postnatally.

After long-term development, at least over 1,300 races in the Void have a demand for the Red Maple Tree. Unfortunately, the yield of the Red Maple Tree is too low, and it grows in the extremely dangerous place of the deepest part of the Black Abyss.

Even so, under long-term logging, the Black Maple Tree is on the verge of extinction. The Aofa Eternal Star issued a mandatory regulation, setting private logging of the Black Maple Tree as a capital crime, a capital crime of soul-slaying.

To this day, there are three Black Maple Trees in the deepest part of the Black Abyss. One is possessed by the Abyss Dragon, another is protected by the Aofa Eternal Star—twenty-seven mage sages joined forces to tear off a large piece of space in the deepest part of the Black Abyss to transplant the Black Maple Tree away—and the last one is located in the center of the Sea of Living Flowers. This is the tallest Black Maple Tree known in the Void, reaching 27.54 meters. No one can obtain it, or rather, no one can enter the Sea of Living Flowers.

If Su Xiao could cultivate a Black Maple Tree, he would be rich. His only advantage is the constant environment in his exclusive room.

Even so, the survival rate of this sapling does not exceed 10%, or even lower, otherwise the Black Maple Trees in the Void would not be so scarce.

"How come it feels... a bit taller than when I left last time."

Su Xiao picked up a ruler on the side. After measuring, he found that this sapling had indeed grown by about 2 millimeters.

"Did you water it?"

Su Xiao turned his head to look at Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang.

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's dog face was bitter, meaning: 'Watering this thing is expensive, 10,000 Paradise Coins at a time.'

Not only did Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang pay out of his own pocket, but Amu also paid. Su Xiao watered it once, Xiang Bubu twice, and Amu once.

Su Xiao took two Soul Crystals (Medium) out of his storage space. After hesitating for a moment, he decomposed the two Soul Crystals (Medium) into 19 Soul Crystals (Small) and inserted them in a circle around the sapling with the Soul Crystals (Small). He was afraid that the nutrients of the Soul Crystals (Medium) would be too sufficient and burst the Black Maple sapling to death.

Just as Su Xiao inserted the Soul Crystals (Small) into the flowerpot, five slender roots slowly extended from the soil, and these five tender white root hairs wrapped around the five Soul Crystals (Small).

Crack, crack...

A subtle breaking sound came. The five tender white root hairs pierced into the Soul Crystals. In a moment, the five Soul Crystals were absorbed, and the root hairs retracted into the soil.

Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Amu looked at each other. They simultaneously had a feeling that this thing seemed to have hope of survival.

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