Chapter 356: Li Ang: Hey! I Have a Brilliant Idea!

Ever since obtaining the hair from Kaguya, Li Ang had begun working on cultivating it back into a Divine Tree, but unfortunately the progress had always been very slow.

It wasn't until he obtained Otsutsuki's corpse that the cultivation progress of the Divine Tree began to accelerate significantly.

After all, although the two were quite different, they also shared many similarities, and of course the credit for this also went to 【Life Creation】.

The only thing that left Li Ang a bit regretful was that the Divine Tree cultivated this time did not inherit Otsutsuki's merits, and was merely the original version of the Divine Tree.

Fortunately, this variety would suffice for the time being.

Looking at the Divine Tree that showed no movement, Li Ang knew this was normal, after all the seedling before him was nothing more than an empty shell.

To transform it into a true Divine Tree and bear fruit, it still needed to absorb planetary energy, as well as be fed an Otsutsuki.

And the fruit it bore was also related to the two conditions mentioned above.

Unfortunately for Li Ang, both of these conditions posed some difficulty.

After all, firstly he currently had no suitable life-bearing planet to plant the tree on, and secondly, after extracting his own Ten-Tails, he was temporarily unable to perfectly suppress Kaguya.

'Speaking of which, feeding an Otsutsuki doesn't seem to be a necessary condition, it just speeds up the fruiting process and improves the Quality of the fruit.'

Recalling the information Kaguya had told him back then, Li Ang's gaze couldn't help but flicker.

If he set aside the condition of feeding an Otsutsuki, then he might be able to attempt it right now.

Don't misunderstand, Li Ang wasn't planning to just find any random planet to try it on, after all even an uninhabited planet was still federal property.

If he really dared to use the Divine Tree to drain a planet's energy, it probably wouldn't be long before the Group Army came knocking.

Moreover, using an uninhabited planet to plant the tree, without feeding an Otsutsuki, the time required to bear fruit would likely head straight for a thousand years.

With that kind of time, he might as well research how to raise his energy level through other professions.

What Li Ang was truly preparing to do was plant the tree directly on Morabis Star.

However, it wasn't the extremely violent method of treating the entire planet as nourishment, but a much gentler approach, one that didn't even require extracting much planetary energy.

'Wonder if it'll work.'

Although he already had a rough plan in mind, since this was his first time planting a tree, Li Ang wasn't sure if it would succeed.

Fortunately, failure didn't matter, after all with Divine Tree seedlings, he could now churn out as many as he wanted.

Thinking of this, Li Ang said to the maid standing nearby: "Pass the word down, the scenic area won't receive visitors for the next three days, and have Lu Ke and the others come up with a compensation plan."

"Yes."

……

The next day.

Lu Ke looked at Lord Duonuo's corpse, still rooted in the Chibaku Tensei in the distance, and asked his companion in a low voice: "What do you guys think Li Ang is preparing to do?"

"No idea."

Danika casually tossed out a quality answer, then began dozing off.

After spending some time together, Lu Ke had already grown accustomed to her behavior.

After all, the reason Danika was so drowsy was most likely related to her profession, though a small part of it was also because things had been really busy lately.

Secret Blood Company, new product development.

And that was already with many affairs being handled by artificial humans.

Unlike Danika, Papachi belonged to the category of Li Ang's little fangirl.

Facing Lu Ke's inquiry, she answered as a matter of course: "Lord Li Ang must have his reasons for doing this."

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Lu Ke twitched the corner of his mouth, too lazy to deal with this old friend whose attitude had done a complete one-eighty.

He still remembered what Papachi's reaction had been when he first brought her to meet Li Ang.

Just as Lu Ke was about to say something more, Li Ang suddenly appeared beside him: "Have you thought of the compensation plan?"

Hearing this, Lu Ke almost without thinking recited the preliminary plan the three of them had discussed overnight: "Our idea is to refund the tickets and reimburse the travelers' round-trip expenses, and throw in some small peripheral gifts."

After speaking, he asked somewhat hesitantly: "Is that too much?"

"No, do it just like that."

Li Ang shook his head slightly.

The scenic area's reputation concerned his upcoming experiment, so the compensation couldn't be skimped on, and in fact had to be intensified.

And upon hearing Li Ang's words, Lu Ke was first stunned, then nodded: "Understood."

Li Ang patted his shoulder, then flashed to a spot not far from Lord Duonuo's corpse.

Paying no heed to Lord Duonuo's corpse floating in midair, an alien seedling instantly appeared before him.

As a faint golden light shimmered in Li Ang's eyes, the soil swallowed the alien seedling like a wave, pulling it underground.

'Can begin now'

Thinking this, Li Ang formed hand seals and began guiding the growth of the Divine Tree.

Rustle rustle—

Amidst the slight tremors, thick veins resembling human blood vessels rose from the earth.

Looking at the scene before him, Li Ang's expression remained calm as his hand movements shifted, changing from guidance to suppression.

The next moment, the thick veins that had been spreading endlessly into the distance came to an abrupt halt, even showing signs of retracting.

'This is good.'

Along with this thought flashing through Li Ang's mind, a bizarre plant with a massive flower bud at its tip suddenly burst through the earth, growing into a towering tree in mere seconds.

Looking at the Divine Tree emanating a hungry aura before him, Li Ang placed his hand on it and began altering its factory settings.

Soon, the Divine Tree, which had been crudely siphoning planetary energy, gradually became gentle.

As an energy collector crafted by the Otsutsuki clan, the Divine Tree was designed for foolproof operation.

Moreover, Li Ang's research on it far surpassed that of most Otsutsuki, so he could naturally easily alter the Divine Tree's settings.

But merely changing the settings still wasn't enough to complete his plan.

Li Ang withdrew his hand from the Divine Tree, then immediately entered the Six Paths mode and released a technique.

Infinite Tsukuyomi · Modified!

This time he didn't need to pull the entire world into the genjutsu—only the creatures controlled by 【Divine · World of Trees Birth】 needed to be pulled in.

Therefore there was no need to project ocular power onto a cosmic celestial body; it was enough to let the Divine Tree draw planetary energy to sustain this technique.

And this sapling of the Divine Tree, cultivated from Kaguya's hair, could accomplish this with ease—in a sense, it shared the same origin as Li Ang.

As 【Infinite Tsukuyomi · Modified】 began to operate, the bud at the top of the Divine Tree gradually bloomed, beginning to emit a faint red glow.

Looking at the scene before him, Li Ang immediately released a second technique.

Divine · World of Trees Birth!

Ssssk—

Amid the whistling sound, countless branches instantly sprouted from the Divine Tree's trunk.

Just like 【Infinite Tsukuyomi · Modified】, the Divine Tree could likewise draw planetary energy to sustain the operation of 【Divine · World of Trees Birth】.

And with the range of effect restricted, the energy consumed by these two techniques was practically nothing to the planet.

After successfully completing his conception, Li Ang exited Six Paths mode and returned to Lu Ke and the others: "This is the new attraction after the scenic area—【Simulated Life】."

"Huh?!"

Lu Ke glanced at the bizarre towering tree in the distance and for a moment wondered if he'd misheard.

Seeming to read his thoughts, Li Ang offered an explanation: "This attraction lets visitors experience the life of their dreams, hence the name."

"??"

Lu Ke still couldn't quite grasp it.

Seeing this, Li Ang tapped a finger lightly, and the next moment the young master was bound into a white zongzi and hung from the tree.

One minute later, Lu Ke reappeared beside Li Ang.

He only saw him with a dazed expression, muttering: "Ninth energy level. Father, I've made something of myself. Heh heh heh hahaha"

'Seems like the dosage was turned up a bit too much.'

Li Ang furrowed his brow slightly and silently lowered the intensity of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

That's right—he planned to use 【Infinite Tsukuyomi】 and 【Divine · World of Trees Birth】 to collect visitors' life energy.

But unlike Kaguya, what he was doing was sustainable development, so the life energy each visitor paid for experiencing 【Simulated Life】 was very, very small—on the level of recovering after a few hours of rest, basically no impact on health.

And Li Ang's reason for doing this was also very simple: the fruit the Divine Tree bore was related to the energy it absorbed.

So he was extremely curious what kind of fruit the Divine Tree, serving as a scenic-area attraction, would bear after absorbing countless bizarre and strange energies.

On top of that, doing this not only brought in ticket money, but after visitors finished the experience he could also sell Qinglie-series functional beverages to relieve their fatigue—a true one-stop service.

Therefore Li Ang chose to plant this Divine Tree on Morabis Star on a trial basis; fortunately, the results weren't bad.

The only thing he was uncertain of now was how receptive travelers would be to this attraction.

At this moment, Lu Ke gradually recovered from his daze.

He looked at the Divine Tree in the distance, his eyes growing brighter: "Li Ang, you're an absolute genius!"

It seemed there was no need to worry about receptiveness either.

Watching the lab rat Lu Ke's reaction, Li Ang thought so to himself.

Meanwhile.

Christine, who had been keeping close watch on Li Ang's movements, couldn't help a flicker of puzzlement crossing her face upon noticing his actions.

"What is he doing?"

She had never seen Naruto, of course she had no idea what Li Ang was doing.

But Christine knew that what had just happened was certainly unusual—this was her judgment based on the other's personality.

After all, ever since that planetary Viceroy took office, Morabis Star had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Gazing at the towering tree emitting a faint red glow in the distance, Christine couldn't help narrowing her eyes.

'Interesting.'

There's still one more chapter tonight, but I haven't eaten dinner yet—let me go out and grab a bite first.

It'll probably be late, so don't wait up.