"This is the foundation of the Spring Breeze Wood Spirit Art, but it is far more profound than the Wood Spirit Art, even more high-level than the Heavenly Wood Grand Magic. It should be a kind of top-tier divine ability of the wood attribute. This Fang Han is truly not simple. It seems he is about to transform his magic power into true energy; for it to be this fast is also beyond my expectations." Jialan beckoned with her hand, and a stream of medicinal Qi sprayed out from the pill furnace, coalescing into several pale blue pills in her palm, looking like sapphires.
These pills were entirely poured into a medicine gourd by her, packed away, and handed to Long Xuan.
"Fang Han harbors secrets on him, do not investigate, lest you incur Fang Qingxue's displeasure. The vast majority of true disciples have secrets; if you pry into others' secrets, they will harbor hostility toward you. Leaving Fang Han aside, you have cultivated to the Divine Ability Realm and have trained bitterly here with me for three months. Your application of magic power is essentially proficient, and the Transmission Elder has also imparted the 'Ten Thousand Waters Divine Formula' to you. Paired with the True Dragon bloodline within your body, they bring out the best in each other, like adding wings to a tiger. Cultivating it will inevitably yield twice the result with half the effort. This is a gourd of Blue Crystal Pills; not only can it condense the physical body, replenish physical strength, and provide powerful primal energy, but it can also assist your cultivation of the Ten Thousand Waters Divine Formula. Take it with you; you will find it useful when you go out to gain experience. I heard that out in the ocean, the ancient ruins of the Returning Ruin have once again produced some miracles. You can go explore it; who knows, perhaps there will be some marvels."
Long Xuan took the gourd. "Many thanks, Senior Sister Jialan. Why doesn't Senior Sister go to the Returning Ruin yourself? The Returning Ruin is an ancient relic, a battlefield from the war between immortals and demons. Many experts have found fortuitous encounters within it. Even Fang Qingxue obtained some leftovers from the ancient Lightning Emperor from within, greatly advancing her divine abilities."
"I have been there a few times, but the situation at the Returning Ruin is complex. The ancient war between immortals and demons back then was earth-shattering, punching through the channel between our world and infinite other worlds. If one wishes to venture deep inside, it is extremely dangerous. As for exploring the outer periphery, it is of no use to me." Jialan shook her head.
"Senior Sister has grand ambitions, desiring to also learn from Immortal Venerable Linglong and establish a Linglong Blessed Land after cultivating to the Longevity Realm. Back then, three thousand years ago, Immortal Venerable Linglong was a disciple of the Taiyi Sect. Because she learned an evil path Dao art, she was shouted down and set upon to be killed by the Taiyi Sect, intending to cripple her magic power. She escaped, and out of anger, she established her own faction, unexpectedly creating the Linglong Blessed Land and ultimately becoming one of the ten great sects of the immortal path. Even the Taiyi Sect can do nothing to her. Three thousand years ago, there were only nine great sects of the immortal path," Long Xuan said.
"Precisely because of the Linglong Tribulation three thousand years ago, the current immortal path sects have been somewhat more relaxed about disciples learning other cultivation methods. Aside from the Taiyi Sect which remains as rigid as ever, none forbid sect disciples from learning other divine abilities anymore. However, Hua Tiandu wants to reform the Yuhua Sect, reorganize the sect, and emulate the rigidity of the Taiyi Sect in every aspect, laying down even stricter sect rules. If he cultivates to the Longevity Realm and becomes the fully justified acting headmaster, my days will likely be restricted as well. Sooner or later, I will also have to learn from Linglong and establish my own sect. I believe Fang Qingxue has this idea too." Jialan let out a soft sigh. "However, for your expedition to the Returning Ruin to search for immortal destiny this time, you can go together with Fang Han. This person Fang Han possesses great serendipity. Added to his vigorous and mighty strength, he will be a good helper for you."
Just as they were speaking, boom!
On Jialan Peak, the vegetation primal energy faintly fluctuated. A clear fragrance permeated everywhere, and the spiritual medicines across patches of medicinal fields withered slightly. Blood Ginseng fields, Glossy Ganoderma fields, Poria fields, Vermilion Fruit fields, Gastrodia fields, Dragon Snake Grass fields, Snow Lotus fields… the vegetation spiritual energy from the spiritual medicines across thousands of acres of medicinal fields leaked away in massive amounts, surging mightily. They all converged toward the spot in the purple bamboo forest where Fang Han was sitting cross-legged, then integrated into his own magic power.
Jialan Peak was one of the five great true disciple mountain peaks, harboring over a thousand kinds of spiritual medicines within it. The quality of the medicinal fields was also much better than those of the other true disciples' mountain peaks. Being triggered by Fang Han for its vegetation spiritual energy like this brought an enormous benefit!
Various kinds of spiritual medicine vegetation spiritual energy surged mightily, all converging into Fang Han's magic power. Fang Han only felt his magic power filled with the aura of thousands of different spiritual medicines, spiritual woods, spiritual herbs, and spiritual roots, and even with the warm and melting life force of spring! These auras merged into a mass, staining his magic power into a paste-like state, causing his entire body to become completely lignified, while the ten thousand woods growing in his mind felt as if they were going to explode.
"This, so many spiritual medicines on Jialan Peak, well over half have been caused to wither by him!" Long Xuan hurriedly flew out, and seeing this situation, she was startled.
"This is of no significance, just replant them; it won't take much effort." Jialan also teleported out, looking toward Fang Han in the purple bamboo forest. "He absorbed the spiritual energy of a hundred herbs, a thousand medicines, and ten thousand woods all at once, without fearing the wood Qi would conflict and cause Qi deviation. It appears his body is already lignified, suffering form Qi deviation. Let's see how he resolves it. Watching his process of refining Qi into true energy can add quite a bit of experience for you, allowing you to take fewer detours in the future."
As she spoke, Jialan also looked deeply at Fang Han, watching the spiritual energy of ten thousand woods converge into his body, wondering how he would resolve it.
"If I cannot push through this Qi deviation this time, I am finished!" At this moment, feeling the spiritual energy of ten thousand woods enter his body, Fang Han was extremely uncomfortable. His entire body was now truly lignified; the skin of his entire person displayed a woody texture, looking like the annual rings of trees!
His whole person looked like a lifelike wooden carving.
Just now he had felt the aura of spring returning to the earth outside, knowing he had sat here fully withered for over three months. Coupled with spring, the vegetation was flourishing and life force was vigorous, making it the best season to cultivate the Green Emperor Wood Sovereign Art. Challenging Hua Tiandu had only a ten-year limit; with every passing day, the matters of life and death, dignity, glory, and disgrace were drawing closer. With three months passing all at once, Fang Han could not help but feel a bit anxious in his heart, so he circulated his art agitatedly. As a result, he triggered the spiritual energy of ten thousand woods to come pay respects, frantically surging into his magic power, to the point where he couldn't stop it even if he wanted to.
With no options, he could only grit his teeth, rigidly hold out, and comb through the spiritual energy to prevent it from descending into chaos.
But eventually, that spiritual energy of ten thousand woods became increasingly ferocious, and he was forced to utilize the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle to suppress it!
Hiss! A needle-shaped clear light slowly rose from the top of his head, expanding in the blink of an eye. It unexpectedly transformed into a giant green tree that spun ceaselessly, absorbing all the vegetation spiritual energy inside it.
Seizing this opportunity, Fang Han immediately began circulating the Yama Golden Body, fiercely tearing through the barriers!
Pop!
The woody texture on his body popped endlessly, revealing crystalline, tender, and smooth skin. But after breaking through just a single barrier, Fang Han felt his physical strength failing and hurriedly swallowed a blood pill! Right now his hands and feet couldn't move; he could only use magic power to swallow the pill.
As soon as the blood pill entered his abdomen, it was dissolved by magic power, immediately boosting his physical strength and the circulation of Qi and blood! Then another layer of "lignified" joints was broken through.
At this time, Fang Han gained experience; whenever he felt his physical strength failing, he would swallow a blood pill. Ultimately, the Qi and blood in his body circulated faster and faster, like a great river unleashing a flood, surging and howling. Even people several zhang away could hear the sound of the surging blood with their ears, which was simply astounding.
"How has his body reached such a tyrannical level of strength, lignified to this extent, yet he breaches the barriers in an instant! The circulation of his blood actually creates a surging sound that emanates through his body. Such a degree of tyranny is simply unheard of. At the very least, he commands the strength to restrain twenty Xuanhuang horses." Long Xuan said in shock. Her calculations regarding strength were extremely precise, because this related to magical combat; whatever amount of strength someone else used, you would use that much strength to neutralize it, keeping reserve strength to wait for a chance to counterattack. Exhausting one's strength or using too little would court a fatal disaster.
There were currently one hundred and ten true disciples in the Yuhua Sect—originally one hundred and eight, with Fang Han and Long Xuan advancing. There were quite a few people at the first and second levels among them. But solely relying on physical body strength, it would be impossible to command the power to restrain twenty Xuanhuang galloping horses. Even Long Xuan herself, possessing the True Dragon bloodline in her body, which was exceptionally noble, did not possess this level of strength.
"Watch carefully and do not get distracted, he is about to condense true energy!" Jialan abruptly shouted.
"Bang bang bang…" Bang bang!
While Long Xuan was caught in her amazement, Fang Han had already broken through all barriers. His body stood up, and the wooden pillar of the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle atop his head exploded all at once, transforming into streams of green air currents that sank into his body.
Subsequently, Fang Han felt his magic power undergo a sudden shift! Tightly bound with the spiritual energy of ten thousand woods, no longer distinguishing between one another. At the same time, his magic power also changed color, becoming a pure green woody hue, mixed with traces of shining, noble, and bright yellow Qi within it. This was the "Wood Sovereign True Energy"!
After three months of cultivation and melting the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle, Fang Han had finally stepped into the second level of the Divine Ability Realm, the True Energy Realm, transforming magic power into true energy, refining the false into the true.
Moreover, the quality of his true energy was exceptionally high. It was the sovereign of ten thousand woods, Wood Sovereign True Energy, a cultivation method that suppressed all vegetation spiritual energy in heaven and earth!