Chapter 631: The Remnant Leaf of the Abnormal World Tree (First Update, requesting everything)

Li Zhangsheng rubbed his hands together vigorously, opening the Jade Box with a face full of anticipation.

Just like the wooden box, this extra-large Jade Box also had no Restriction, so it could be opened with peace of mind.

Setting it aside~

As the extra-large Jade Box slowly opened, a remarkably fresh aura immediately permeated the entire bedroom.

Li Zhangsheng took a deep breath, feeling refreshed all over, his spirit invigorated; it was as if all his fatigue had vanished, a sensation even a notch better than smelling the Universe Creation Pill.

Of course, as a top-tier Alchemical Pill, the Universe Creation Pill is not inferior in value to ordinary Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade treasures.

Upon seeing the treasure contained within the extra-large Jade Box, Li Zhangsheng couldn't help but widen his eyes, his mouth opening involuntarily, revealing a look of utter shock.

Li Zhangsheng rarely showed such an expression, especially after his horizons had broadened, and it was no wonder he was so shocked, for what lay inside the extra-large Jade Box was a green leaf.

No, this was not a whole leaf, but a remnant leaf.

Judging by the veins of the leaf, let alone a whole one, it didn't even reach half of a half; at most, it was 1/10th of a leaf.

If 1/10th of a leaf was this large, then how big must a whole leaf be?

It wasn't as if leaves four or five meters long and wide didn't exist; some leaves, such as palm leaves, coconut leaves, and giant water lily leaves, had even more exaggerated volumes.

However, the volume of the leaf was not the key to Li Zhangsheng's shock; rather, it was that this mere 1/10th of a leaf radiated energy fluctuations of the Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade, giving Li Zhangsheng the illusion that his special ability might have failed.

"That can't be right!"

Li Zhangsheng experimented for a long time, confirming that his special ability had not deviated in any way, and finally determined that this 1/10th of a leaf indeed radiated Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade energy fluctuations.

If 1/10th was this exaggerated, then a whole leaf could very likely reach the rank of Heaven and Earth Wonder.

Additionally, based on the veins of this remnant leaf, Li Zhangsheng roughly reconstructed the general appearance of the whole leaf and was astonished to find that its shape was not much different from ordinary leaves.

Whether it be palm leaves, coconut leaves, or giant water lily leaves, they might be large, but their parent plants only ever had a sparse few or a dozen leaves in total; how could they possess a massive quantity of leaves like ordinary trees?

This meant that the parent plant of this remnant leaf very likely possessed a large number of identical leaves.

"Could this thing be a leaf from the World Tree!"

Li Zhangsheng pondered carefully for a long time and found that the only thing that seemed to fit the requirements was the World Tree.

A Tree of Life grown to its extreme might perhaps produce leaves this large, but the energy contained in a single leaf would at most be of the Heavenly Essence grade, far from reaching even 1/10th of this remnant leaf, let alone a whole one.

Spiritual Plants higher than the Tree of Life, such as the Bodhi Tree or Fusang Wood, although stronger than the Tree of Life, could not possibly be stronger by such a large margin.

No matter how one looked at it, the only thing that fit the requirements seemed to be the World Tree that suppressed the Great Thousand World; it could be said to be a one-of-a-kind Spiritual Plant, far exceeding the category of Top-Grade Spiritual Root.

This was also the first time Li Zhangsheng had obtained something related to the World Tree, even if it was only 1/10th of a leaf.

Even so, it was extremely precious; just this 1/10th fragment, with the addition of some materials, could potentially be used to forge a Semi-Artifact or a Strange Treasure of the Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade.

"I wonder if it has any effect on the Tree of Life?"

Li Zhangsheng couldn't help but think to himself; legend had it that the World Tree nurtured ten different types of Top-Grade Spiritual Plants, among which was the Tree of Life.

Since it was a leaf of the World Tree, then theoretically, it should have an effect on the Tree of Life; it might enhance the origin of the Tree of Life, or it might allow the Tree of Life to grow rapidly, or perhaps both.

Regardless, Li Zhangsheng had to give it a try.

Rather than forging a Semi-Artifact or a Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade Strange Treasure, it would be better to use it to cultivate the Tree of Life, provided that it was useful to the Tree of Life.

Only at this moment did Li Zhangsheng pick up the final iron box.

Unlike the other two boxes, the iron box was fastened with a rusty, heavy lock and looked quite old, which was the reason Li Zhangsheng had left it for last.

Li Zhangsheng was about to break the iron lock by force, but his cautious nature led him to study it carefully first.

Suddenly, in the gap of the iron box, Li Zhangsheng discovered something unusual.

"A Restriction!"

Li Zhangsheng's expression changed, and he let out a sigh of relief; it was fortunate that he was cautious enough, otherwise, if he had forcibly broken the iron lock, he would very likely have triggered the Restriction inside the iron box.

As for what kind of Restriction was inside the iron box, that was not something Li Zhangsheng could know; the gap was so small that it was impossible to observe.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng activated the Heavenly Vision Secret Technique, but unfortunately, even after magnification, he could only see a deep blue color and could observe nothing else.

Li Zhangsheng struggled with the decision for a moment, but in the end, he gave up the idea of forcibly breaking open the iron box.

For such mysterious boxes, it was highly likely that a Self-Destruction Restriction had been set; Liu Zongtang had not broken open the iron box, likely because he had the same concern.

This did not mean there was no way; if he could find a treasure specifically for breaking Restrictions, even if the iron box had a Self-Destruction Restriction, he could delay the activation time or destroy the Restriction directly without damaging the contents inside.

It was just that there were only a few rare treasures specifically for breaking Restrictions, and they were quite scarce; at the very least, Li Zhangsheng had never obtained one.

After finishing the inspection of his harvest, Li Zhangsheng went to the backyard.

After several expansions, the backyard had grown dozens of times over, with an area of nearly 200,000 square meters.

Although it looked large, Li Zhangsheng still felt it was too cramped; there was no helping it, one only had to look at the size of his Demon Pets to know why.

The Crowned Flame Bird was forty meters, while Aixi, Adai, and the Black Dragon were all over thirty meters; the round and chubby ones had too much lateral surface area, and there were nearly ten Demon Pets exceeding twenty meters.

Such a backyard was naturally cramped for them.

Li Zhangsheng first came before two cages, in which Di Zhuo and the Zixiao Leopard-Lin Beast were imprisoned respectively.

Among them, the Zixiao Leopard-Lin Beast remained in a comatose state.

Di Zhuo, off to the side, looked at the Zixiao Leopard-Lin Beast with a sense of shared misery; its mood had actually improved a little, after all, it had a companion now.

It is better to live in misery than to die; this was also true for Demon Pets, which was why Di Zhuo had never committed suicide.

The greatest benefit was being alive; besides, Li Zhangsheng had never abused it, only drawing some blood every once in a while.

For Di Zhuo, the only unpleasant thing was living a stifled life in the Steel Cage, unable to go out for activities, spending every day eating and sleeping.

Di Zhuo had become accustomed to this life, but as time went on, it still felt lonely.

Because it was Cai Yangqian's Demon Pet, and Cai Yangqian had a monstrous hatred for Li Zhangsheng, even if Li Zhangsheng had killed Cai Yangqian, his Demon Pets still could not communicate with Di Zhuo; not abusing it was already considered good.

The one who communicated with Di Zhuo the most was Xiaoguai; usually, after Li Zhangsheng left, Xiaoguai was responsible for the entire backyard, but unfortunately, Xiaoguai's focus was mainly on taking care of the Spiritual Plants and rarely communicated with Di Zhuo.

Now with the Zixiao Leopard-Lin Beast, Di Zhuo felt that the quality of its future life would be better.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng opened the Steel Cage, directly severed the artery of the Zixiao Leopard-Lin Beast, and collected all the spurting blood to refine the Zixiao Qilin Essence Blood.

Li Zhangsheng's Mental Power was constantly observing the state of the Zixiao Leopard-Lin Beast, and upon seeing that the Zixiao Leopard-Lin Beast's state had reached the critical point of being Healthy, he immediately had the Brightness Heavy-Pupil Bird heal the wound.

At this moment, Xiaoguai gathered several spirit plants that restore blood and Qi in the Medicine Garden and, with Adai's help, placed them into the mouth of the Purple Firmament Leopard-Lin Beast.

Crack—

Adai grabbed the Purple Firmament Leopard-Lin Beast and shook it vigorously several times until it swallowed the spirit plants.

The poor Purple Firmament Leopard-Lin Beast was almost shaken until its bones and tendons snapped by Adai.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng came before the Tree of Life, and when he took out the remnant leaf of the World Tree, a resonance seemed to occur between the two, both radiating a fluorescent green brilliance.

The moment the World Tree remnant leaf touched the Tree of Life, the World Tree remnant leaf suddenly shone brightly, and in the blink of an eye, it enveloped the Tree of Life.

The next moment, countless tangible Wood Energy surged and gathered, forming a funnel shape, pouring down crazily toward the Tree of Life.

It was also at this time that the Tree of Life climbed rapidly like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, its growth speed far exceeding that of the previous Glazed Pure Water.

During this process, the energy of the World Tree remnant leaf gradually dimmed.

At the same time, the Wood Energy within a radius of one hundred miles was also completely drained, unable to sustain it for long.

Under these circumstances, Li Zhangsheng could only repeat his previous method, shattering a large number of Wood Element Demon Cores in one go to provide the conditions for the growth of the Tree of Life.

Only sufficient Wood Energy could allow the World Tree remnant leaf to exert its maximum efficacy.

However, the number of Wood Element Demon Cores shattered this time far exceeded that of the previous Glazed Pure Water, and correspondingly, the growth of the Tree of Life far exceeded the last time.

This was even more exaggerated than forcing a crop to grow by pulling it; before the World Tree remnant leaf had completely withered, the height of the Tree of Life had already exceeded one hundred meters.

Fortunately, Li Zhangsheng had activated the Strengthened Breath-Concealing Restriction and the Imitation Demon Refining Pot in advance, which suppressed such an intense energy aura.

"It seems I need to continue increasing the height of the perimeter wall!"

Looking at the increasingly massive Tree of Life, Li Zhangsheng could be said to be in pain and happy; what made him happy was that, just as he had expected, the Tree of Life was growing rapidly, while what pained him was that his reserve of Demon Cores was vanishing rapidly.

Crack—crack—crack—

Fortunately, before all the Wood Element Demon Cores were exhausted, the World Tree remnant leaf finally withered completely, eventually turning into a pile of sand-like substance and becoming fertilizer.

The Tree of Life, which was originally only twenty meters tall and over one meter in diameter, had now become 110 meters tall and nearly seven meters in diameter.

Li Zhangsheng did a quick calculation; the efficacy of the World Tree remnant leaf was almost equivalent to the effect of five bottles of Glazed Pure Water, shaving off two hundred years of the growth cycle of the Tree of Life.

Today's goal: Three, pigs, verified!

(End of this chapter)