Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 115 The Twelfth Tree, the Tree of Death

"First-class spiritual roots!"

After hearing this, not only Zhong Cang was happy, but Shuang Lingxue and Qi Wei beside him were also overjoyed.

The spiritual roots becoming first-class meant that Zhong Cang was one step closer to becoming the most outstanding genius in the world.

In this transformation, Zhong Cang not only broke the upper limit, but also had two changes: first-class spiritual roots.

As his consciousness returned to the spiritual sea in his heart, Zhong Cang came to a beautiful and dreamy Cuicui dreamland.

The main body of this place is a twelve-meter-long flaming tree that continues to grow and climb.

Around this core tree, there are ten trees with different properties. Together with the big tree in the middle, they support Zhong Cang's inner world - the Emerald Dream.

The combination of many forces makes the Emerald Dream's range of influence reach a diameter of 300 meters.

And this is not the limit. As the Zhong Cang core tree continues to grow, the area of ​​the Emerald Realm affected by it will become larger and larger.

At the same time, after advancing, Zhong Cang inexplicably understood that the key he needed to comprehend for his next transformation was to make the Emerald Dream more real.

"My Emerald Dream is still too monotonous. It only has trees, water, soil, lakes, flowers, and lava... This is what a desolate little cave world looks like."

Yes, Zhong Cang’s current Emerald Dream is not even qualified to be a small world of cave heaven. If he wants to grow into the world in his mind, there is no doubt that the distance is very far and very difficult.

But this is normal. Zhong Cang, who wants to use the World Tree to build the foundation of his Taoism, naturally has to accumulate inhuman foundation.

"If you don't want to suffer, I can forge a Dao foundation now, and the quality of the Dao foundation will be a good Tree of Life..."

This idea appeared in Zhong Cang's mind for a moment, but only for a moment before it was abandoned by Zhong Cang.

If he wants to reach the top of the world, he can't just make do while laying the foundation.

……

Zhong Cang was very satisfied with his inner world - the Emerald Dream, but this time he came here not for the Emerald Dream, but for his Lesson 12 tree.

Yes, in this advancement, in addition to the eleven trees on the surface, Zhong Cang also gave birth to a twelfth spiritual tree, or in other words - a magic plant.

Thinking of this, Zhong Cang had an idea and felt as if the world was turned upside down.

But soon, he discovered that this was not an illusion, and the world in his mind was really turned upside down.

In the upside-down world, Zhong Cang was standing upside down with his head down and his feet up.

Through the thick soil, Zhong Cang seemed to be able to see the vibrant appearance of another world.

But soon, he no longer had the heart to pay attention to these things.

The moment he came to this upside-down world, the tortures of aging, withering, weakness, illness... that had originally left his body once again flooded into Zhong Cang's heart.

The skin of his soul was becoming dry, his face was full of wrinkles, and a sense of decay, aging, and old age appeared on Zhong Cang again.

Equally rotten is this world, and the core of this world—an upside-down, extremely dry tree of death!
The tree of aging, the tree of corruption, or the tree of death, this is Zhong Cang's twelfth tree.

It grew in opposition to the Emerald Dream, and is the inverted opposite of everything in the Emerald Dream.

Zhong Cang did not discriminate against this "magic tree" nor did he treat it differently.

He understood one thing very clearly: nature has not only a living side, but also a dead side.

Birth, aging, sickness and death, the survival of the fittest, are all natural cycles and part of the universe.

With such an idea, it is only natural to incorporate death into one's own spiritual world and make the Tree of Death the twelfth sacred tree supporting one's world.

The Tree of Death not only completes Zhong Cang's understanding of death, but also allows the cycle of birth, aging, sickness and death to continue.

Used for attack, this spell is extremely vicious and terrifying.

Especially when combined with the Wind of Fluidity and Change. "The Wind of Decadence is becoming more and more worthy of its name, and more and more terrifying..."

……

Breaking the old limits and being able to grow higher, the appearance of first-class spiritual roots, twelve spiritual trees, and especially the tree of death, all made Zhong Cang's strength and gains soar.

But the biggest gain for Zhong Cang in this transformation was not this, but what he expected - the power of time.

"It's not a death substitute, but this ability... I didn't expect it, but in some ways, it's even stronger than a death substitute!"

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Life and death, growth and decay, reincarnation and rebirth delayed Zhong Cang for a lot of time, especially in the end, in order to understand the five signs of decay of the celestial being, Zhong Cang was weak for more than ten days.

Once this time is delayed, there will not be much time left before the 100-day assessment.

Therefore, after his body recovered, Zhong Cang still did not leave Mi Garden, but instead devoted all his time to recovering his strength.

Every day, he would refine a large amount of mana to make his core tree and eleven subsidiary trees grow rapidly.

What made Zhong Cang feel fortunate again was:
"Contract Tess, this is the best decision I've ever made!"

The innate instinct of the spirit-hosting moss enables her to absorb spiritual energy very quickly, and as Zhong Cang's core spiritual pet, her spiritual energy is Zhong Cang's spiritual energy.

Relying on this endless supply of spiritual energy, the trees in Zhong Cang's emerald dream look different every day.

Soon, the trees grew to 33 meters.

Although they have not yet grown to their previous limits, Zhong Cang's strength has been largely restored.

"No, with the newly awakened talent, I am now stronger than before!"

Here, Zhong Cang's strength skyrocketed.

During this period of time, the atmosphere in Xuehu Taoist Temple became increasingly tense and anxious.

The 100-day assessment is about to begin.

For new disciples, this is an assessment that concerns their future path. If they pass, it's fine. If they fail, they will never be able to join the Taoist sect. In this situation, the students of Xuehu Taoist Academy are naturally nervous.

At the same time, the second-year prodigy at the Snow Lake Academy was also feeling a little anxious.

They were not afraid of failing the assessment, but what worried them was Zhong Cang.

As the assessment approached, teachers from each academy gathered together, called over their outstanding students, and issued warnings to them.

"Qin Xiuye, Mo Shuyu, Du Kui and others haven't given up yet. Zhong Cang is the chess piece they have cultivated with all their efforts. In this assessment, there is a high probability that he will challenge you by leaps and bounds."

At this point, a teacher said with a wry smile, "I think I don't need to explain the consequences of losing."

There was really no need for the teachers to say much. The second-year students gathered together all knew very well that once Zhong Cang successfully challenged them, all the resources they currently enjoyed would be stripped away.

Without resources, their progress would inevitably be greatly reduced, and if they were slow to make progress, all steps would be slow. The competition among the aristocratic families was extremely fierce, so no one could afford the consequences of failure.

What worries them even more is that suppressing the geniuses from humble backgrounds and preventing Mo Shuyu, Qin Xiuye ​​and others from regaining control of the Taoist academy is the common mission of their aristocratic families.

If they fail to complete it, they will not only lose resources, but may also be punished by the family.

Just as they were worrying about the consequences, Bai Ling, the current teacher at the Fu Xiu Academy, had already spoken bluntly: "We can afford to be successfully challenged by Zhong Cang, but you can't."

"Of course, teacher, I understand your dilemma. This matter is ultimately related to us. Therefore, we teachers will not ignore you."

As he finished speaking, a young monk wearing a green Taoist robe and a turquoise gourd hanging from his waist poured out three pills from the gourd with a smile: "This is the Barrier Breaking Pill. It can help you break through the bottleneck and advance to the next level. Take it. This is the help from the teacher."

Looking at the elixir called Barrier Breaking in front of them, none of the second-year students had a trace of joy on their faces. Some... looked ugly.

(End of this chapter)