Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 351 White Mist
"You've arrived at the Tree Man Base? I've applied for a spot for you to cultivate under the trees. Starting tomorrow, you can cultivate for one hour every day after sunrise."

"Only tree people can cultivate in the first session, so I've reserved the second session for you."

“Cultivating under the Tree of Life yields exceptional results, not only aiding in Qigong but also enhancing body-refining and healing techniques.”

"The first round of slots lasts for 10 days, and the next one will be a month later."

"Once you recover from your injuries, earn more merits in battle and build a good relationship with the Tree People. Through your connections with the Tree People, you can apply for a 'permanent cultivation spot under the tree' so you can cultivate every day. There's even a 'tree person cultivation spot' available."

"When the treant cultivates, it releases a rich spiritual energy, which greatly enhances the cultivation effect."

"Unfortunately, such fellow cultivator spots are scarce. I didn't even get one when I was at the Innate Realm. Now that I've advanced to Grandmaster, I'm too embarrassed to compete with Innate Realm cultivators for a spot."

"Keep trying. If you need anything, feel free to contact me."

After thanking Chen Shouhu, Zhou Leng sent a message: "Brigadier, I want to join the battle now. My injuries are almost healed."

"Stop talking nonsense. Do you think I'm blind? You were like a porcelain bowl that had fallen to the ground, ready to shatter at the slightest touch. It's nothing for a True Liquid Innate cultivator to fight against an ordinary Bone Forging Innate cultivator, but daring to fight against a flesh and blood chariot? You two are even crazier than I was back then. Enough talk, I'll assign you a mission in three days. Take good care of your injuries."

Seeing that there was no other way, Zhou Leng had no choice but to give up participating in the war and travel all over the Treant Demon City base to find out the situation.

Occasionally, they would observe the battles inside and outside the city walls from a distance.

As the sun rose, Zhou Leng finally felt a little sleepy.

Just as I was looking for a place to sleep, I saw groups of tree people walking to the Tree of Life, forming a forest around the Tree of Life and the Spring of Life.

At the moment the sun rises, a thin white mist rises from the canopy of the Tree of Life.

White mist descended, enveloping the tree-man.

People from various tribes in the distance looked on with envy at the tree people, as well as the three non-tree people among them.

Those who can cultivate at this time are either tree beings or have extraordinary backgrounds.

Zhou Leng glanced at the three people: a magic master, a dwarf, and a young human he didn't recognize.

An hour later, it will be the second training session.

Zhou Leng simply sat cross-legged on the ground, leaning against the treehouse, covered himself with a thin blanket, and took a nap.

When the time comes, open your eyes.

Then the tree-man and the other three people left one after another.

People from other ethnic groups entered the venue.

Zhou Leng opened the Martial Arts City, showed his cultivation quota to the treant guard for inspection, and entered.

At this moment, a thin wisp of white mist still lingered beneath the Tree of Life.

After everyone entered, they sat down near the Tree of Life without saying a word.

Zhou Leng activated the Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique, transforming his internal energy into wisps of red threads that cleansed his body.

The red lines gathered at the center of the chest, transformed into phoenix feathers, and settled in the spine.

Before I knew it, the ground where I was sitting was warm.

Threads of life force flowed from the ground into the body.

As mentioned before by Lush Roots, there is a root cave beneath every Tree of Life.

That is where the Tree People live.

The Tree of Life inside is filled with an extremely rich aura, and only those born as Tree People or those of other races who have made great contributions to the Tree People are qualified to live in the Tree Root Cave.

This feeling comes from the power of the tree root cave being transmitted upwards.

Zhou calmly cultivated himself.

One, two, two and a half...

The bell rang, the cultivation stopped, and two and a half star phoenix feathers were condensed.

Zhou Leng left reluctantly, carefully recalling the cultivation process he had just undergone.

The experience of cultivating here is different from that under the Frosty Giant Tree or at Mammoth Lake.

Mammoth Lake is more like the air that nourishes silently, healing the body without you even realizing it.

The aura of the Tree of Life, like water flowing through the body, makes perception clearer.

The power of Mammoth Lake is even weaker.

The power of the Tree of Life is more intense, purer, and more focused, as if it exists solely to increase the power of life.

This makes cultivating the Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique under the Tree of Life more efficient than in Mammoth Lake.

"Truly worthy of being called the Tree of Life."

"Muscle activity seems to have increased slightly."

"Training in Mammoth Lake is like making your muscles stronger."

"Practicing under the Tree of Life is equivalent to enhancing the muscles' own self-healing ability."

Zhou Leng walked outside and found people from various ethnic groups sitting outside the fence cultivating.

The people who went in together earlier came out and sat directly outside the fence.

Zhou Leng also found a place to sit down and continued to cultivate the Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique.

Adding the previous two and a half feathers, after accumulating four Star Phoenix feathers, he stopped cultivating.

Zhou Leng glanced at the time, puzzled.

Why does it feel the same whether you're practicing outside or inside the fence?
There was still a warm feeling under my buttocks, as if the power of the tree roots and the underground cave was dissipating upwards.

He glanced furtively at the others, then looked down at where he was.

Could this place be different from others?

Zhou Leng first memorized this place, then went to other places near the fence to cultivate.

The effect is the same.

"We'll investigate later, but let's use it now..."

So Zhou Leng sat by the fence and continued to cultivate the Star Phoenix Returning to Heaven Technique.

It wasn't until he had accumulated six Star Phoenix Feathers that he felt his body had reached its limit.

“In Mammoth Lake, you can accumulate a maximum of four roots in one training session, but here you can accumulate six. Let’s try other techniques.”

They successively cultivated techniques such as the Star-Gazing Technique, the Undying Star Body, and the Supreme Purity Sea Robe.

Even though the Star Conch was in the Magic Spirit Bag, it could still be directly absorbed by the Undying Star, although the effect was slightly weaker.

The effects of practicing other techniques here are significantly enhanced.

However, the most significant improvement is still in the Star Phoenix Resurrection Technique.

Zhou Leng compared the effects of cultivation inside and outside the railing, and the difference was roughly 90 to 100. The 10 difference came from the residual white mist from the Tree of Life.

Zhou Leng pretended to chat with someone to learn about the situation here.

As a result, everyone said that the effect was ten times different inside and outside.

Moreover, no one has claimed to be able to sense the life force underground during cultivation, even when they enter the enclosure.

This led Zhou Leng to conclude that he possessed a related talent or some treasure that triggered this change, allowing him to steal the power of the Tree of Life.

So, they rummaged through the magic bag.

There are eight-cornered bone fragments obtained from the dwarven world, the Eye of the Ancient God, the Tiger Talisman and Star Refining Furnace obtained from Hundred Peaks Valley, the Incense Burner awarded by the state, and some other miscellaneous items.

It's unclear what exactly is at work.

After putting his things away, Zhou Leng got up and walked to the martial arts arena, starting with the Wave Palm technique, which he was most familiar with, to practice his external martial arts.

The more Zhou Leng practiced his boxing, the brighter his eyes became.

While practicing punches and moves, I could even sense the power of the Tree of Life, some of which came from the air and some from under my feet.

This results in a continuous flow of vital energy, physical strength, and mental energy.

From beginning to end, everything was in perfect condition.

This feeling is somewhat similar to cultivating in the Flying Moon Hall of the Ancient River Sect.

Zhou Leng found the cultivation increasingly enjoyable.

Previously, he hadn't mastered the killing move of the Overlapping Wave Palm, so he hadn't practiced the Heavenly Tide Palm, but he had been studying it.

Now that the ultimate move, Thousand Seas, is complete and the palm technique has reached its divine peak, it's time to cultivate the Heavenly Tide Palm.

Zhou Leng recalled the divine runes of the Heavenly Tide Palm in his mind once again, and then began to cultivate it.

The first three times, I performed the Twelve Forms of Heavenly Tide Palm slow fist, without any real energy, and there was nothing special about it.

On the fourth attempt, I started at normal speed, but still no true energy was produced.

First move: The tide rises; second move: The waves crash against the shore...

"Huh...huh...huh..."

This time, even without using true energy, the attack was accompanied by the sound of wind.

Nearby martial artists, upon hearing this, looked over, secretly alarmed, and wondered who this person was.

To generate wind without any external force, and to strike with a slow palm strike, requires an extremely high level of skill.

After punching three times at normal speed, Zhou Leng punched three more times at a fast speed.

Then, he began to channel his energy into his palm strikes.

This time, the sound of each palm strike had transformed into the sound of ocean waves.

With an inexhaustible flow of internal energy, the Heavenly Tide Palm technique became increasingly exhilarating.

Zhou Leng practiced his punches again and again, and the divine text of the Heavenly Tide Palm in his mind spun faster and faster, causing his understanding of the Heavenly Tide Palm to soar.

Having already mastered top-tier palm techniques and with the "Overlapping Waves Palm" at the Divine Realm as a foundation, the Heavenly Tide Palm's level rapidly improved.

After practicing it thirty times, you'll have mastered the Heavenly Tide Palm technique.

After practicing it a hundred times, the Heavenly Tide Palm technique became proficient.

After practicing five hundred times, you will master the Heavenly Tide Palm.

After practicing two thousand times, one achieves minor mastery of the Heavenly Tide Palm technique.

I fought for a full seven hours, and my internal energy, physical strength, and willpower were near their limit.

Zhou Leng slowly finished his practice, and when he looked up, night had fallen.

His face showed a hint of fatigue, but his eyes shone brightly.

A small achievement in a day.

This is an achievement that we never dared to dream of in the past.

It took me a full ten years to master the Overlapping Wave Palm technique.

Now, even more complex innate palm techniques can be mastered in a single day.

No wonder Master Song said he wanted to master the Overlapping Wave Palm technique before learning a new one.

Having a solid foundation in palm techniques makes all the difference.

Throughout the training process, past experiences kept resurfacing, and the two sets of palm techniques echoed each other.

With each shared and similar point grasped, the mastery of the Heavenly Tide Palm technique rapidly increases.

If one's foundation in the Overlapping Wave Palm and basic palm techniques is insufficient, it will take at least a year to achieve minor mastery, and at the slowest, it may take two or three years.

Sharpening knives does not miss woodcutters.

At that moment, Zhou Leng deeply understood the importance of basic skills.

Having made up his mind, he resolved that he must perfect the basics of other types of martial arts.

This will not only speed up the cultivation of the new technique, but also make it more powerful.

"I may achieve minor success in a day, but if Master Song were here, he might achieve great success or even perfection in a day."

"Zhou Leng!" a familiar voice rang out.

Zhou Leng turned his head and saw Zhang Feng, Ren Yuan, and other disciples of the Ancient River Sect standing not far away, looking over with smiles.

In the presence of outsiders, they cannot casually call someone "senior brother".

"How long have you been standing here?" Zhou Leng walked towards them.

After walking a few steps, I suddenly broke out in a thick layer of sweat all over my body, soaking my clothes.

Zhou Leng swayed slightly, feeling a bit weak, but a moment later, his senses returned, and his whole body felt as if he had been electrocuted.

A tingling, numb sensation spread throughout my body, as if countless tiny hands were massaging every tissue.

Strange forces flowed endlessly through the muscles, bones, and tendons.

Some muscles bounced slightly.

"This is..." The fellow disciples were filled with surprise and doubt.

"Is this night sweats or excessive sweating?"

Zhou calmly and quietly sensed her body.

(End of this chapter)