Chapter 90: The Power of Forcing Growth, a Thousand-Zhang Giant Willow!

"Don't be afraid, I mean you no harm!"

Lu Chuan possessed the 【Language Mastery】 ability, so even though Xiaoliu only released wisps of consciousness, he could still understand what it was expressing, "I came here to invite you to join us."

"You are all alone here; to say nothing of anything else, you probably can't even compete with the other flowers and trees, can you?"

Hearing these words, Xiaoliu fell into silence.

It knew that Lu Chuan was indeed correct.

The place where it grew could already be considered good, but it was still too weak and simply could not compete with other plants when vying for nutrients.

Seeing this, Lu Chuan already had an idea in mind, "How about this: I will help you grow, and you will be responsible for watching the house for me when I am not home, how about that?"

"Really?"

"Of course it's real."

Lu Chuan nodded and gave a few instructions to the Fire Leopard.

Not long after, the Fire Leopard brought over the carcass of a Beast.

He then signaled for the Fire Leopard to place the carcass next to Xiaoliu, "If you agree, you will have food every day from now on, helping you grow up quickly!"

"Okay!"

Xiaoliu was young after all; moved by Lu Chuan's few words, it directly agreed to his request.

After a short while, Lu Chuan personally transplanted the small willow tree and brought it back to his own lair.

Once Xiaoliu was replanted in the soil, he instructed his Beast underlings, such as Xiaoqing and the Fire Leopard, "Go hunt the surrounding Beasts; kill as many as you can and pour their blood onto the willow tree!"

"Yes, Boss!"

With the help of Lu Chuan and the numerous Beasts, Xiaoliu soon obtained the nutrients for growth.

In just one day, it received the blood of dozens of Beasts, and its body developed rapidly, growing directly into a willow tree dozens of zhang tall.

"This is still too slow!"

That day, Lu Chuan watched the willow tree absorb the blood clean, yet it hadn't grown much, so he couldn't help but ask, "Xiaoliu, is there anything else that can make you grow faster?"

Ever since the Underground Palace was destroyed, he had begun to worry again about being bombed by humanity's Ultimate Weapon.

Although he himself was not afraid, there were so many underlings.

Not everyone could withstand humanity's Ultimate Weapon head-on.

The willow tree didn't quite understand his meaning and swayed its branches a few times, "What does this mean?"

"I only need to absorb the energy in the blood every day, isn't that enough? Is this not fast?"

In the willow tree's view, its growth speed was already faster than a rocket, but Lu Chuan still felt it wasn't enough.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Chuan said, "Then is there a way to speed up your absorption of the blood?"

"The root area is where the absorption is fastest."

Hearing this, Lu Chuan suddenly understood.

These past few days, he had been pouring Beast blood for the willow tree, but most of the time he let the willow tree absorb the blood inside the Beasts itself, and occasionally he would bleed the Beasts and drench it over the willow tree.

Furthermore, a portion of that blood seeped directly into the soil.

This made the willow tree's absorption speed slower.

Now that he knew the willow tree's fastest way of growing, he personally bled the hunted Beasts; this time it indeed made the willow tree absorb it faster, and almost in the blink of an eye, it grew taller and larger by several dozen centimeters.

【Ding!】

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining a new skill—Cultivation!】

The sound of this system notification made Lu Chuan marvel.

After checking the introduction for this skill, he directly invested some Evolution Value into it and quickly upgraded this skill to a Bloodline Divine Ability.

【Ding!】 【Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Bloodline Divine Ability—Forcing Growth Power.】

【Forcing Growth Power: Accelerate the growth of a Wood Spirit at an extremely fast speed, helping it grow taller and larger...】

"Good!"

Lu Chuan looked at this Bloodline Divine Ability, feeling a surge of joy in his heart, and felt even more that this was an ability tailor-made for Wood Spirits, "With this 【Forcing Growth Power】, the willow tree's growth will be even faster!"

In the time that followed, Lu Chuan signaled his Beast underlings to expand their hunting range, sending prey to the willow tree one by one every day, which he would then personally cultivate.

Before he knew it, the willow tree, which once looked like it could be blown over by a gust of wind, had grown to a thousand zhang tall, and its body was exceptionally massive; those countless willow branches were like a dome, capable of covering every part of Lu Chuan's lair.

"Xiaoliu, try out your strength!"

That day, Lu Chuan poured the last drop of blood onto the willow tree's roots and said with a smile, "You've eaten so much, yet you haven't made a move even once."

In truth, this couldn't be blamed on the willow tree.

Lu Chuan had many Beast underlings, and they had been hunting Beasts everywhere during this period, causing the nearby Beasts to receive the news and flee in terror.

This left the willow tree idle, allowing it to grow in peace.

Hearing this, the willow tree swayed its branches slightly, and shortly after, it suddenly lashed out violently.

Crack!

Boom—! In an instant, the sound of the willow tree lashing its branches was like lightning! Lu Chuan even saw with his own eyes a small mountain over a hundred meters tall in the distance being whipped into fragments by the willow tree, and the rumbling sound continued for a long time before gradually returning to calm.

"Good!"

Seeing the willow tree's strength was so powerful, Lu Chuan was incomparably happy in his heart, "With you here, I can rest assured leaving the house to you even when I go out in the future."

"Don't worry, I will give you more things to eat in the future."

"Thank you, Boss!"

"My god..."

Lu Chuan was not very surprised by the willow tree's performance, instead finding it a matter of course, but his underlings did not think so.

At this very moment, Lu Chuan's underlings stared blankly at the destroyed small mountain, dumbfounded, and their hearts were stirred with stormy waves, "That was a mountain!"

"Xiaoliu destroyed it just like that?"

"As expected, there's a reason for growing this big!"

"..."

Amidst the discussions of his underlings, Lu Chuan asked the willow tree, "How large of an area can you control?"

"Hmm... I can control any place my branches can reach."

Hearing this, Lu Chuan looked at the willow tree's branches.

The main trunk of this willow tree was a thousand zhang tall, and its branches were even longer, possessing great extensibility.

He made a rough estimate in his heart, then smiled and instructed, "In that case, do your best to keep watch over every place you can reach; if there are any Beasts you cannot handle, we will resolve them."

"Alright!"

In the following period of time, Lu Chuan directly allowed his Beast underlings to hunt Beasts or collect Spirit Fruit throughout Qinling without restricting their range of activity.

After all, with the willow tree there, even if the underlings got lost, they could return smoothly with its help.

This was simply even more useful than navigation.

"Boss, the remaining Beasts that didn't leave have all expressed their willingness to submit to you."

That day, Xiaoqing led a group of underlings, bringing a large quantity of Spirit Fruit, and came before Lu Chuan, "These are the Spirit Fruit they collected themselves; they have decided to give them all to Boss, and there are many more Beasts who want to see you!"

(End of chapter)