Chapter 229: Virtual Seeds, Real Roots (Begging for Monthly Tickets)

The thought took root in his mind.

Cang Fu decided to give it a try, to see exactly how Monster World differed from reality in the laws governing the world's operation.

Returning to the desk and sitting down, he began browsing through the Green Wood Clan's inheritance information.

Back when they had connected to the Star Net, the Green Wood Clan, in order to preserve their data, had uploaded a large amount of historical records and inheritance information to the Star Net database.

It contained detailed records of natural techniques.

After passing identity authentication, the inheritance information was listed before Cang Fu's eyes.

【Plant Guidance】:

Inheritance Technique Overview: By establishing a spiritual connection with plants, one can control their growth speed and form, usable for rapidly cultivating spiritual plants or repairing damaged ones.

【Water Flow Guidance】:

Inheritance Technique Overview: Guides the direction of water flow, adjusts water source distribution, usable for creating artificial rivers or lakes.

【Wind Language Art】:

Inheritance Technique Overview: By imitating natural wind sounds and interacting with atmospheric energy, one can control local airflow, used to regulate climate or disperse pollution.

【Ecology Weaving】:

Inheritance Technique Overview: Combines the characteristics of different plants to create entirely new hybrid species with special functions (such as glowing, purifying the air, etc.).

Natural material synthesis, energy seed cultivation, natural rune Ke Yin, green-plant ecological network construction, climate balance… Apart from functional techniques, the "Arts and Techniques" category within the inheritance information was the focus of Cang Fu's browsing.

This category recorded the various powerful abilities used by the Green Wood Clan's ancestors.

It was also the core technology for taming nature.

In the present era, even with detailed technical data, their generation could no longer master such abilities.

This was mainly influenced by two factors.

The first factor was the decline in life intensity.

Life intensity referred to an individual's affinity with natural energy, spiritual strength, and the body's capacity to bear energy.

The ancestors of Laozu Sect were born with high life intensity, able to easily absorb and manipulate spiritual energy.

Casting arts and techniques required powerful spiritual strength to guide energy; modern Green Wood Clan members generally had weaker spiritual strength and could not complete complex energy manipulations.

The database's contents explained in detail the series of impacts brought by the decline in life intensity.

The second factor was environmental influence.

If individual life was the vessel carrying energy,

then the energy drifting in the air was the core driving force for casting natural arts, an inexhaustible energy source.

Energy existed in the air, soil, water sources, and living organisms, serving as the bridge connecting individuals to nature.

But Earth was a weak spiritual-energy world; the energy in the air, or rather, the spiritual energy content, was extremely low.

Early industrialization, environmental pollution, destruction of natural ecology, and other reasons had left large amounts of polluting particles in the air; the thinness of spiritual energy combined with pollution led to insufficient energy sources needed for arts and techniques, unable to support complex energy manipulations.

The inheritance database's explanation of this factor was that every art and technique required reaching a certain ability threshold to activate.

To cast a natural art, the ancestors would release 1 point of spiritual strength, outline the trajectory for drawing in elements, and in the next second the art's content would be generated.

But casting the same art on Earth required releasing 100 points of spiritual strength, then beginning to load a progress bar.

The so-called progress bar referred to the time it took for elements drifting in the air to gather.

In a thin, weak spiritual-energy world, the speed of energy gathering was extremely slow.

During this period, one had to continuously release spiritual strength to maintain the art's framework, ensuring the energy continued to gather according to Ji De Xiang Fa.

Often, before the art's outlining could be completed, the caster would collapse from exhaustion.

Cang Fu found a video in the database, titled: Natural Art "Growth Guidance Art" Experimental Test.

Opening the video, the timestamp in the upper right corner read 120 years ago.

In the video frame, a Green Wood Clan man, bare-chested, had various soft tubes inserted all over his body.

In front of the man sat a flowerpot, in which a sprout of "Green Glow Grass" was planted.

Before the experiment began, an elder stepped before the camera:

"Today we are conducting a rather important experiment, a practical test of the Growth Guidance Art. Our previous tests all failed due to excessively long casting times. This time we have decided to continue in a different manner… The Growth Guidance Art is one of the most basic natural arts in the Green Wood Clan's inheritance. Our ancestors could cast it with ease, ripening a plant in mere moments, but with the decline of the environment and life intensity, this art has become extremely difficult…."

As he spoke, the elder turned and pointed at the man, continuing:

"This is our experimental subject. He possesses a relatively high spiritual energy affinity within the clan, and is currently one of the few clan members still able to sense faint spiritual energy. To ensure he can maintain the operation of the art's framework during the experimental process, we have crafted this energy assistance system for him."

The frame cut to the soft tubes on the man's body, and the scholar explained:

"These soft tubes will deliver purified natural energy to him, and also include functions such as spiritual strength consumption replenishment and spiritual invigoration, ensuring our experiment can be completed smoothly."

After the introduction ended, the experiment officially began.

The experimental personnel in the frame raised both hands, aimed at the Green Glow Grass, and a faint green glow shimmered in their palms.

The frame froze at this point.

Cang Fu summoned the progress bar and was immediately startled.

He then decisively dragged the video to the end.

At the end of the footage, the Green Glow Grass placed before the experimental personnel had successfully grown 3.3 centimeters.

Cheers erupted in the laboratory.

Closing the video, Cang Fu fell silent.

To ascertain the time required to cast a natural art on Earth, the older generation of the Green Wood Clan had conducted this experiment.

A very ordinary basic natural art ultimately took 5 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, and 29 seconds to complete.

In other words, an ability the ancestors could cast with a single clap of their hands required their generation to first wait five and a half days.

And this was with the support of complete equipment.

How could an ordinary Green Wood Clan member possibly stay awake for five days to cast a single art?

This is only the most basic natural arts among the inheritance records.

If the difficulty is raised even a little, the caster, even with the support of complete equipment, would have to stake their own lifespan.

It can be said that the Green Wood Clan's inheritance has already been severed.

Continuing to browse the database contents, Cang Fu actually found a lifespan-staking technique: the Cang Yuan Forbidden Art.

This technique can be called the Green Wood Clan's nuclear weapon.

It refers to providing complete energy-supply equipment, letting a selected Green Wood Clan member lie flat in a device shaped like a game pod, accumulating arts energy, and waiting to release it.

This process requires thirty years of preparation, after which the Green Wood Clan's combat-type art is released: Forest Realm Cang Yuan.

The effect is generating a super forest covered in greenery at the target location; the greenery will destroy every target within the target range.

Every twenty-seven years, five Green Wood Clan members are chosen to lie inside life-support equipment and become forbidden-art carriers.

But the arts now called forbidden arts were, in the historical records, not even considered the Green Wood Clan's peak combat techniques.

The Green Wood Clan has never doubted history to this day precisely because of the series of powerful techniques passed down, which more than prove the Green Wood Clan once had glory.

Nowadays, the Green Wood Clan's development of Laozu Sect inheritance has not even reached one percent.

They can only rely on technological means to assist release; many high-end natural arts, once cast, cost a clansman willing to sacrifice themselves a lifetime of effort.

After finishing this portion of the data, Cang Fu felt a surge of emotion in his heart.

This is precisely the reason their generation feels history is rather fragmented.

The glorious past is like a bubble.

To revive it — easier said than done.

Their generation has basically given up on developing Laozu Sect inheritance techniques, and has instead chosen to follow the Moon Eclipse Clan in climbing the technological ladder.

They want to combine mechanical technology with natural techniques and walk out a brand-new future path.

The countless experimental videos in the database made Cang Fu's heart ache.

The older generation had once tried hard; their final choice to give up was not unwillingness to keep working, but a helpless compromise with reality.

In the end, Cang Fu clicked open the natural arts category and began to select.

His gaze then locked onto the "Growth Guidance Art."

Although this art is basic, it contains the Green Wood Clan's most primitive connection with nature.

He clicked open the art's detailed data and began to devote himself to studying.

Lines of text records appeared on the light screen, accompanied by multiple dynamic diagrams.

【Growth Guidance Art, one of the Green Wood Clan's basic natural arts. Through spiritual force, establish resonance with plants, channel natural energy, and guide their growth…】

In the conceptual diagram, an elder of the Green Wood Clan gently placed his hand on a seedling; the seedling sprouted branches and put out buds at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally blooming into a gorgeous flower.

The first stage of study first requires possessing the Green Wood Clan's natural talent.

In this respect, Cang Fu had no problem at all.

Although life intensity has significantly weakened with the progress of the times, the bloodline of the Green Wood Clan ancestors still remains in his body, allowing him to sense the aura plants emit.

After entering Monster World, his main form's talent column also lists the ability "Nature Affinity."

After reading the contents for a long time, Cang Fu followed the guidance in the data and sat down cross-legged.

He closed his eyes and concentrated, attempting to sense the surrounding spiritual energy.

After waiting a long while, his vision was still a sheet of pitch black.

Where were any free-floating energy particles?

But he did not give up; he tried hard to concentrate his spiritual force, groping in the darkness according to the instructions' requirements.

This process lasted several hours.

Just as Cang Fu was about to give up, he suddenly sensed a wisp of faint, elusive aura drifting around him.

Unlike the energy particles described in the records, his vision did not switch to perception mode, nor did he see floating energy particles.

He could only sense a wisp of aura drifting past him, then quietly vanishing.

When he tried to catch that wisp of aura again, he could not sense it no matter what.

This made Cang Fu instantly feel disappointed.

"Try it directly in the game?"

Having an idea, Cang Fu acted immediately.

Although the contents of the inheritance database connect to the Star Net network, they have a confidentiality mechanism and clearly cannot be viewed inside Monster World.

He planned to first memorize this portion of the content, then try it directly in the game.

Spending half an hour committing all the content to memory, Cang Fu went to the game pod; still wearing his game suit, he lay straight into the pod.

Immediately, nutrient fluid tailored to the Green Wood Clan's constitution flowed out from the Kong Dong in the pod wall, wrapping his body.

After the neural hoses connected to various parts of his body, his vision was gradually shrouded in darkness.

Several minutes later, Cang Fu's figure appeared in a dense forest south of the Colorful Mist Coast.

He summoned the map, glanced at the distance between his location and the Colorful Mist Coast spatial node, and decisively chose the quick-return-to-village mode.

An hour later, Cang Fu arrived at the newly opened Forest Realm spatial node through the teleportation plaza.

He had learned about this beginner node on the forum.

This was still his first time coming here.

Unlike other scenes, where players were all running about outside.

The Forest Realm scene was utterly chaotic; the moment he teleported in, a flood of noisy sounds rushed at him:

"Party needs a statue-style player, five-person squad, you take 30% of the Shou Shou Jili gains, only statue-style, no rock-shield Painful Painful Minghun tanking-style."

"Party missing one Extraction Painful Painful Minghun player; the other brothers will switch to Extraction soon too, efficient hunting squad."

"Established party needs a wild tank, we've found a hidden monster grind spot, come quick, if the teamwork works out we can form a fixed party."

"The newbie guild is recruiting new players. Our future goal is the Imperial Tomb Village battlefield. Newbies, unite!"

……

Cang Fu decisively muted the regional voice channel.

But there were still plenty of voices shouting on-site, trying to recruit all kinds of players.

The newbies recruited in this round were similar to the situation when he entered Monster World.

He had obtained his game qualification when the Di Ku Shi Jie scene appeared.

At the time, the various player squads he ran into were mainly recruiting for the tank-statue build too. Basically every team was short on them, including top-tier guilds.

In Cang Fu's eyes, any player who could run the tank build was a tough one.

Without willpower beyond ordinary people, they'd give up before long.

By comparison, magic-class players had a far better experience.

If you won, it was because the magic-class players' damage output was high; if you lost, it was because the tank-build players couldn't hold the damage, causing the team's sustained output to break.

Weaving through the crowded mass of newbie players, with newbies actively sending party invites along the way, Cang Fu refused them all without hesitation.

He was an old player, after all. Partying with newbies was pointless — the process was basically babysitting.

After passing through the spatial barrier, Cang Fu arrived at his destination for this trip.

The four big characters "Forest Realm" appeared before his eyes, then slowly faded away.

The scene unfolding before him stirred an inexplicable pang in Cang Fu.

Looking out, everything was lush and green, as if he were standing in a fairy realm carefully sculpted by nature itself.

The vividly colored trees were thick with foliage, vines wound around their trunks, and leaves swayed gently in the breeze, rustling softly.

The ground was carpeted in soft grass, dotted with all manner of wildflowers.

As a member of the Green Wood Clan, he was born with a certain natural perception ability.

He could sense that the plants here were far more vibrant than those in other scenes.

The leaves were brighter in color, the flowers' fragrance richer, and even the vines seemed to have a spirit of their own, swaying gently with the wind's direction.

Though night shrouded the land, the air was suffused with a faint fluorescent glow, and combined with the weak light released by the plants, it bathed the whole environment in a dreamlike, illusory shimmer.

"Hiss~."

Drawing in a deep breath, Cang Fu was shaken once again.

The air here seemed to have been personally purified by Mother Nature — so pure it was almost unbelievable.

Taking a deep breath, he could clearly feel a cool current rushing into his lungs, carrying the faint green scent of plants and the moist fragrance of earth.

Not a trace of pollution or impurity lingered in the air; even the dust seemed filtered away completely, and with every breath he could sense the rhythm of life itself.

Compared to the real-world environment when he'd just logged off, this place was simply heaven.

The air quality here was even a notch better than the Colorful Mist Coast.

Once the Eagle-Headed Wraith Perception activated, countless pulsing life particles became clearly visible, and every breath brought a faint boost to his Body Tempering level.

Even without cultivating combat techniques, simply idling in this environment would yield a certain amount of growth.

This made Cang Fu think of the Green Wood Clan's life decline.

If back then they had descended not upon Earth, but upon this scene—

The Green Wood Clan's life decline would have been reversed; instead, they would have received nourishment from the environment, allowing the Green Wood Clan's vitality to steadily increase over time.

"Came too late."

Feeling the breath of nature flowing around him.

As if every wisp of wind, every leaf, were whispering to him.

His body resonated with this land in some way; every cell in him was leaping with joy, as if it had found its home.

He closed his eyes, letting that unprecedented sense of happiness flow through his heart, as if his whole being were wrapped in nature's warmth.

Before coming here, the Colorful Mist Coast region had been the number-one scene among the various spatial nodes in his eyes.

But now, first place belonged to the Forest Realm region.

For some reason, he even felt he was meant to belong here.

The only thing ruining the feeling was the newbie players around him, fussing and hollering — truly noisy.

Cang Fu immediately headed forward, planning to find an unoccupied spot and try unleashing his abilities within a Monster World scene.

Walking along the way, the natural scenery left Cang Fu utterly Tao Zui.

The elders used to say the Green Wood Clan were born as children of nature.

The power to resonate with nature flowed in their blood; their souls were tightly bound to the earth, the trees, the flowing water.

The ancestors of the Green Wood Clan could listen to the wind's song, read the language of flowers, and even hold dialogue with mountains and rivers.

They were not only guardians of nature, but a part of nature itself.

Cang Fu now understood this deeply.

His breath synced with the forest's rhythm; his heartbeat resonated with the pulse of the earth.

He could even sense the paths of tree roots spreading underground, hear the light sound of streams flowing over stones, and perceive the faint flow of spiritual energy in the air.

Though it was his first time here, everything about this place felt incomparably familiar to Cang Fu, as if he were meant to belong here.

Arriving before a massive ancient tree, he pressed his palm against its trunk.

The bark was rough, yet he could feel the life energy flowing within the trunk.

Closing his eyes, the faint pulse gradually grew clearer.

It was as if the ancient tree were telling him something.

But he couldn't decipher what these messages actually meant.

Of the Green Wood Clan's ability to communicate with nature, he only possessed the innate talent — no deeper understanding.

Continue forward, heading toward the mist-shrouded regions on the map.

Relying on the vehicle's high-speed mobility, he soon reached an area without newcomers.

Here, greenery flourished, and not far away flowed a winding stream.

He casually found a patch of grass, sat cross-legged, and attempted to sense nature again.

Using the same method he had employed in reality, he sought out the free-floating energy particles in the air.

But the moment he closed his eyes, he was stunned.

The air was no longer empty darkness—it was filled with countless shimmering light points.

These light points resembled stars in the night sky, yet were far more lively.

Some glowed with a soft green hue—the life essence nurtured by plants.

Others emitted a warm yellow glow, like fragments of sunlight.

Still others flickered with a faint blue light, like ripples in flowing water.

Or burst forth in waves of heat, their light surging and leaping like flames.

These light points were not still—they flowed through the air with a wondrous rhythm.

Sometimes converging into bands of light, sometimes dispersing into veils of luminous mist—Cang Fu was utterly stunned by this sight.

This damn thing was exactly the detailed world perceived by the Eagle-Headed Demon!

Damn!

According to the game's explanation, these energy light points were the physical manifestations of natural energy—particles derived from plants, animals, elements, and more.

So the "sensing nature" described by Laozu was precisely the view seen through the Eagle-Headed Demon's perception.

Clearly, the Moon Eclipse Clan understood the fundamental structure of the world long ago, and had encoded it into the game.

This filled him with intense curiosity about the upcoming tests.

He summoned the Jiao Yi Xing Jie interface, filtered through options, and purchased a seed of Wood Spirit Flower.

After completing the transaction, he retrieved the seed from his personal inventory and placed it in his palm.

The seed was the size of a thumb, its surface shimmering with a faint green glow.

Closing his eyes, he attempted to establish a mental connection with the seed.

Instantly, the seed's internal structure appeared in his mind as an aggregation of light points.

There was not the slightest resistance—this smoothness made him feel it was unreal.

What was unattainable in reality was effortlessly achieved in the game.

This was clearly due to the high-energy environment of the Monster World and his body's attributes within it.

His primary Painful Painful Minghun level was currently at 33.

His spiritual strength might be over a hundred times stronger than in reality, though he had never calculated it precisely.

Adjusting his breath, he focused all his attention on the seed.

Gradually, Cang Fu sensed a faint pulsation—as if the seed were responding to his call.

Following the method in the data, he shaped his consciousness into a vast net, filtering the life particles from the air, drawing them into his body, then transforming them into special life energy and guiding it toward the seed in his palm.

Instantly, he felt his spiritual strength draining.

The seed in his palm began to change—trembling slightly, then cracking open a fine fissure.

"Holy shit, it actually works?"

The Wood Elf's natural techniques were truly being applied in the Monster World.

This proved that the Monster World game was far more than mere virtual reality.

Even the game's natural laws were not arbitrarily set—they were replicas of reality's natural principles.

Plant growth patterns, energy flow mechanisms, even the generation of spiritual energy—all had been replicated within the game.

Hence, natural techniques from reality could be applied within the game.

"Moon Eclipse Clan, so powerful."

Born on Earth, he had known since childhood of the Moon Eclipse Clan's might.

The elders always said each race looked up and saw a sky they could never cross—referring to the Moon Eclipse Clan.

Among all Earth Alliance races, including the new generation of Wood Elves, the Moon Eclipse Clan had always held a leadership position and was the origin of cutting-edge technology.

The Moon Eclipse Clan's power was never ostentatious, nor did it need to display itself—its influence permeated every aspect of every race's life.

Virtual technology, modern medicine, urban intelligence systems… every corner of daily life bore the Moon Eclipse Clan's imprint.

But now, Cang Fu's understanding of the Moon Eclipse Clan rose again.

The game created by the Moon Eclipse Clan had faithfully replicated the real world—and even upgraded it beyond reality.

The natural techniques the Wood Elves could not use in reality were now functional in the virtual world.

It was nothing short of a miracle—not merely building a physics engine, but integrating perfect natural laws.

The technical depth required for such detail was unimaginable to Cang Fu.

Emotionally stirred, Cang Fu immediately began various tests.

As a player, he had ample spiritual reserves to expend, and the Sen Luo Forest scene offered abundant energy to draw from.

He had no need to worry about depletion.

The process of releasing natural abilities required no lengthy loading bars as in the real world.

During this process, Cang Fu's consciousness gradually sank into a profound, mystical state.

Sensing the free-floating life particles in the air, they flickered like fireflies with faint light, slowly gathering toward him under the pull of his awareness.

His spiritual strength became an invisible net, capturing and filtering these life particles, drawing them into his body, transforming them into special life energy, and guiding them toward the seed in his palm.

Suddenly, Cang Fu sensed a faint pulsation—like a heartbeat, or a breath.

He knew that was the seed's response.

The seed's shell began to tremble slightly, its surface patterns gradually lighting up and emitting a faint green glow.

Cang Fu did not relax; instead, he focused even more intently as he poured life energy into the seed.

At this moment, the seed's shell slowly cracked open, and a tender green sprout tip emerged from a thin fissure.

The sprout tip was slender and soft, like a newborn infant, carrying a vitality that was both fragile and tenacious.

It swayed gently, as if testing the surrounding environment.

As Cang Fu's spiritual power continued to be consumed, life energy kept pouring in.

The sprout tip grew rapidly; its stem gradually thickened, and leaf after leaf unfolded.

Every leaf was crystal clear, its edges shimmering with a faint silver light.

Then, a small flower bud swelled at the top of the stem.

Initially the size of a grain of rice, the bud rapidly expanded under the influence of the special life energy Cang Fu released; it gradually became transparent, with a faintly visible light flickering within.

Finally, the flower bud slowly bloomed.

The joy in Cang Fu's heart unfolded alongside the petals, each one seeming carved from the purest jade, emitting a soft glow.

At the flower's center, a golden halo slowly rose.

The Wood Spirit Flower fully bloomed, its petals layered upon layer, emitting a faint fragrance.

The scent was neither strong nor cloying; the patterns on the petals shimmered with a faint light, like a flowing galaxy, so beautiful it took one's breath away.

Cang Fu sat quietly there, holding the newly bloomed Wood Spirit Flower in his palm.

His gaze was somewhat dazed; through the petals, it was as if he had pierced the barrier of time and seen distant ancestors.

That was a scene pieced together from stories he had heard as a child.

The ancestors of the Green Wood Clan used the power of nature to revive the earth, conversing with forests, rivers, and mountains.

He lowered his head, looking at the flowing faint light on the petals, and a complex, indescribable emotion surged within him.

After descending to Earth, the ancestors had countless times done things similar to what he had just done.

For such ability flowed naturally in their bloodlines; it was the root of their souls.

Yet in reality, every attempt had never truly succeeded, only managing to barely assist in completion.

Every attempt ended in failure.

That sense of helplessness was like a heavy stone pressing on the hearts of the Green Wood Clan.

It made them realize that their former glory had long vanished, and historical memories were beyond recovery.

But in this virtual world, he had accomplished a technique never before realized.

Feeling the Wood Spirit Flower bloom in his palm, this subtle yet shocking power reminded him of the words the elders often spoke:

"The glory of the Green Wood Clan is the glory of dancing with nature."

His eyes moistened; Cang Fu's fingertips gently brushed the petals, and an indescribable mix of bitterness and relief filled his heart.

The bitterness lay in the reality of the Green Wood Clan's decline, with nothing but the helplessness of drifting further and further from nature.

The ancestors could make barren land burst with life overnight, yet these abilities had long become legends, leaving only fragmented words from the elders and vague records in yellowed crystals, ultimately transformed into data and preserved in the digital world.

The thin spiritual energy in the air made their efforts like dry, cracked hands trying to cup a spring of clear water, only to watch helplessly as it slipped through their fingers.

The relief came from finding here a way to reconnect with nature, reliving the ancestors' resonance with nature.

"So this is how it feels."

He murmured softly, his voice so quiet it was barely audible.

The light of the Wood Spirit Flower reflected on his face, as if responding to his words.

The warm flow transmitted from the plants, that feeling of merging with nature, made him feel as though he had returned to the Golden Age of the Green Wood Clan.

He was both a participant in nature and its guide.

Closing his eyes, he recalled the instant the Wood Spirit Flower bloomed.

Nature's whisper was like an ancestor's call.

That power, that beauty, filled his heart with emotion and awe.

"So beautiful."

Cang Fu spoke softly, a hint of choking in his voice.

He raised his head, gazing at the stars in the night sky; starlight sprinkled across his face.

Here, he had regained the power of the Green Wood Clan, and more importantly, the pride and faith belonging to the Green Wood Clan.

Here, he was able to prove that the legends of the Green Wood Clan truly existed.

Holding the Wood Spirit Flower, he stood up; under Meng Yuan Chu's night sky, the silhouettes of trees loomed in the faint light, as if beckoning to him.

To Cang Fu, this land was no longer merely a game world, but rather a bridge connecting the Green Wood Clan's past.

His dissatisfaction with the Moon Eclipse Clan vanished completely in this moment; only gratitude remained in his heart:

"Thank you for letting me witness such a miracle."

Holding the Wood Spirit Flower, Cang Fu walked slowly across the ground where green plants bloomed profusely.

The grass beneath his feet was soft and warm; every step felt like treading within nature's embrace.

The surrounding plants swayed gently in the night breeze, as if playing a silent hymn in his honor.

Every plant on this land seemed to communicate with him; their energy fluctuations intertwined with his spiritual power, forming a strange resonance.

As Cang Fu passed through a patch of thorny vines, normally fierce plants slowly parted, making way for a small path.

Flowers that released poison mist closed their petals, as if showing him goodwill.

Even the carnivorous plants retracted their sharp leaves, becoming docile and quiet.

They seemed to sense the natural power within themselves; this harmony of all things coexisting stirred an indescribable emotion in Cang Fu's heart.

It was as if he belonged here, his feet upon what had once been the Green Wood Clan's homeland.

In the distance, several players were cautiously exploring this area.

They watched the surrounding plants with wary expressions — the flora here was extremely ferocious, and one careless moment could spell trouble.

However, when they caught sight of Cang Fu's figure, they couldn't help but freeze.

"Hey, look over there!" one player gaped, pointing in Cang Fu's direction.

The others followed his finger and were likewise stunned by the sight before them.

Cang Fu walked slowly through the thicket, cradling a faintly glowing flower in his hands.

Those ordinarily ferocious plants now behaved like tame pets, one after another clearing a path for him.

This scene completely exceeded their understanding.

Among existing Painful Painful Minghun, not a single trait could let a player avoid monster attacks.

There was, however, one Painful Painful Minghun called "Taunt" that could amplify a monster's aggression.

Just as the members of this player squad were struggling to make sense of it, Cang Fu walked farther and farther away, his figure seeming to merge into nature itself.

He crouched down at this moment, planted the Wood Spirit Grass in his hand into the soil, then pressed his palm against the ground.

The soil felt warm and moist, as if he could sense the vitality hidden within it.

His spiritual force seeped down through the cracks in the soil, intertwining with the energy of the underground roots, microorganisms, and even the rocks.

At once he felt a flowing power — the flow of life, and also the circulation of energy.

He saw how seeds awakened within the soil, how they absorbed nutrients, how they broke through the earth.

He also saw how roots spread beneath the ground, how they connected with other plants, how they merged with the earth as one.

This flow of life left Cang Fu utterly awestruck.

It also let him understand that nature was not static, but a constantly flowing, changing whole.

Every life contributed its own strength to that whole, and at this moment he too had become a part of it.

His spiritual force spread outward, starting from the ground beneath his feet.

His consciousness, too, gradually merged with the surrounding environment in this process — he could feel every plant's breath, every drop of water's flow, even the path of every wisp of wind.

His consciousness was like an invisible great net, linking all of this together.

The life particles drifting in the air swiftly gathered toward him, seeped into his body, and were converted into a special life energy that was released.

His spiritual force drained rapidly during this process, like a spring being drawn from at speed.

Just then, a miracle occurred.

With Cang Fu at the center, the surrounding plants grew rapidly.

Lush green spread outward; wildflowers on the meadow bloomed one after another; tree trunks grew thicker; branches and leaves unfurled in the night breeze.

The nearby plants sprouted new shoots and put forth buds at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Vines wound around the tree trunks and swiftly climbed upward; fruits in the thickets ripened rapidly, releasing an enticing fragrance; even the green grass and moss on the ground grew denser, as if laying a soft, thick carpet over the earth.

It was an ability branded into his bloodline — Cang Fu hadn't even needed to learn it; he wielded it naturally.

His spiritual force acted as a catalyst, awakening the slumbering land; under his guidance, all things displayed an unprecedented vitality and vigor.

The players secretly observing from next door were instantly dumbfounded.

Because this simply wasn't an ability that existed within the player system — they suspected he was cheating.

But Cang Fu at this moment was pondering a question.

Whether the natural abilities wielded within a virtual environment could be used to drive the development of natural techniques in reality.

Conditions in reality were limited; conducting a single experiment required an enormous price, and many powerful natural abilities cost dozens of years of a clansman's lifespan to cast even once.

Even the peak techniques in their inheritance couldn't be unleashed no matter how much the Green Wood Clan saved up over a lifetime.

But if the experimental site were chosen in Monster World, this problem would be easily solved.

After all, the virtual world was a highly controllable environment, able to provide ideal conditions for practicing natural techniques.

And the accumulation of proficiency was a gradual process requiring extensive practical feedback — the Monster World, this virtual setting, could provide the Green Wood Clan with immediate practice feedback, helping them rapidly optimize their techniques.

He didn't aim to master the ancient peak techniques — after all, Earth's environment didn't support it.

But many foundational techniques, once practiced to proficiency in Monster World, could be perfectly applied in reality.

Having formed an idea, Cang Fu immediately decided to report the discovery to the Administrator.

He lifted his hands from the earth, and immediately felt an intense wave of dizziness wash over him.

He summoned his status panel and discovered that that brief commanding of natural growth had bottomed out his spiritual force.

Without thinking further, he decisively chose to log off.

……

One hour later.

Administrator No. 3, who was browsing the Monster World forum, once again received a connection call from the Green Wood Clan Administrator.

This gave him a guess.

The Green Wood Clan had made another new discovery in Monster World.

Most likely, a passage from real history had once again violated a taboo in the Green Wood Clan's fabricated history, making them feel insulted.

But he still picked up the connection.

A light-screen image popped up before his eyes, and the Green Wood Clan Administrator within wore an excited expression.

Before the Green Wood Clan Administrator could even speak, Administrator No. 3 inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

From the other's expression alone, he could tell this wasn't a call to denounce them.

"Administrator No. 3, I once again apologize for my earlier impulsiveness."

"That matter is already in the past. What can I do for you now?" Administrator No. 3 asked bluntly.

"We do not want the D-rank extra subsidy, but I have one request."

"Speak," asked Archon No. 3, puzzled in his heart.

"In light of the centuries-long friendship between the Green Wood Clan and the Moon Eclipse Clan, I hope to obtain player qualifications for 100 Monster Worlds..."

Before the Green Wood Clan's Archon could finish, Archon No. 3 interrupted:

"I'm sorry, I am powerless."

"50 player qualifications."

"I'm sorry..."

"10. Can you agree this time!"

Archon No. 3 shook his head again, leaving no room for negotiation:

"Enough, let's end our conversation here. It's not that I won't help, but I am powerless. I have other matters to attend to."

"You are the Archon of the Moon Eclipse Clan; you can speak on the Star Net. I don't want more, I just want 5 player qualifications..."

Ignoring the Green Wood Clan Archon's persistent pestering, Archon No. 3 decisively cut the video connection.

Looking at the Monster World forum on the light screen, Archon No. 3 switched the page to the player qualification lottery page, which had not yet opened, and sighed in his heart.

It could be confirmed that the Green Wood Clan had made a surprising discovery in the Monster World.

This discovery could obviously bring new opportunities for the development of the Green Wood Clan; this was also the reason why the Green Wood Clan's Archon was so excited.

But who does not want player qualifications?

(End of this chapter)