Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 263 Tree Man

"Is this thing of yours really reliable?"

Outside the distant city of Tatunbuto, Du Yi looked at the immortals from all walks of life who had gathered there.

"Did it die from being raised like this?"

"No, no."

The immortals all nodded in agreement, clearly proud of their skills.

However, Du Yi did not let his guard down. Instead, he kept a close eye on the flowerpot in front of him, afraid that something might go wrong.

After all, he only had one of these rare seeds.

As for the source of the seed, it was naturally the mud ball from before. After popping the mud ball, he picked up this thing from the ground—just like in a story, if a gun appears, it will definitely fire, or if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Now that I have a seed, I should definitely plant it and see what happens. After all, it's obviously an alien seed, and who knows what it will grow into.

So at the very beginning, Du Yi planted this thing next to himself. At that time, he thought it was just a seed and there shouldn't be any big deal. It wasn't until the ground next to him started to tremble that Du Yi realized something was wrong. When he dug up the seed, the root system that had grown from it was already over a hundred meters long.

The entire process took less than a minute; Du Yi hadn't even had a chance to water the plants.

Startled, Du Yi immediately uprooted the seed.

Fortunately, after losing the nourishment of the soil, the seed eventually withered, which relieved Du Yi a little. However, the terrifying growth of the seed left a very deep impression on Du Yi.

That's why we have this meeting now.

Having the seeds, they were bound to plant them, but planting them in the ground was obviously a bit dangerous—so after the group of immortals discussed it for a quarter of an hour, they took advantage of the fact that the pottery immortal who jumped into the furnace hadn't been fired yet, and worked through the night to make a huge flowerpot.

"That's no problem."

These immortals from all walks of life patted their chests and guaranteed that those roots could absolutely not break this high-strength ceramic.

So Du Yi planted the seed again.

This time, however, the seed was planted, but the seed itself did not react at all. There was not even a tremor in the flowerpot. The seed seemed to be dead.

"So are you really sure you won't let it die?"

Du Yi was still somewhat worried, even though these immortals from all walks of life still patted their chests and guaranteed that the nutrient soil and nutrient solution they produced were absolutely top-notch, and even foxtail grass could grow into a big tree if planted in it.

But the flowerpot in front of me showed no signs of life even after using the best fertilizer.

"That's not right, it was so fast just now..."

Recalling the terrifying surge just now, Du Yi still felt that something must have gone wrong.

This prompted a group of immortals from all walks of life to offer their advice.

"Although I'm not a flower-growing master, but a carpentry master, I still deal with trees all year round... Even if this kind of thing takes root quickly, it takes a long time for it to sprout. It's not surprising that it sprouts in one or two years, let alone in less than a night."

These words were spoken by Beska, the second-generation carpenter of Tatunbuto, and his remarks naturally garnered widespread approval.

Even Du Yi felt the same way. He thought the carpenter's words made sense, so he simply put the flowerpot back on the shelf. Yes, the shelf was specially made for Du Yi. After the first planting experience, Du Yi always felt that planting this thing in the ground would be too dangerous—so, with the idea of ​​either not doing it at all or doing it thoroughly, Du Yi simply didn't let the seed's roots touch the soil at all.

"After all, this is an alien seed. Who knows what it might grow into? It's better to be cautious."

With that in mind, Du Yi sent the immortals back, leaving only himself to watch over the flowerpots.

However, the immortals clearly didn't want to go back just like that. They really wanted to ask for some of the seed's roots. According to them, such a rapid growth rate could potentially yield remarkable results if used in other ways. But Du Yi still refused them righteously and sternly, while repeatedly emphasizing the danger of this alien seed.

"Do you think I don't know what you're doing? You can burn yourself in the furnace while firing pottery... I don't want to be roasting some meat and then turn around to find you all up in the trees like monkeys."

Seeing the snake god's resolute determination, the immortals had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

Du Yi, on the other hand, also vaguely sensed a sense of gratitude.

"……Um?"

Du Yi subconsciously looked at the flowerpot.

Yes, that inexplicable sense of gratitude seemed to emanate from this flowerpot. The seed he planted was expressing its thanks to him for not cutting its roots.

Although there were no words or even any actions, the feeling of gratitude reached the depths of Du Yi's heart.

"This...is it alive?"

Du Yi's gaze towards the flowerpot immediately changed.

If it's just about planting trees, then it's really not very interesting. After all, no matter how big a tree is, it's just something that stands there. But if you plant a tree, then it's a completely different story.

"Can you stand up and walk a few steps?"

Du Yi couldn't help but feel curious, as he had never seen a tree-man before.

Unfortunately, the seed never managed to stand up and show him. But while looking at the flowerpot, Du Yi also felt some other emotions—that if he were to replant the seed in the ground, it would be happy to stand up and walk a few steps to show him.

Du Yi laughed at this response and casually moved the flowerpot a little higher.

He could see the danger of the alien seed; he would be crazy to actually bury such a thing, which could extend roots hundreds of meters long with a turn of its head, in the ground—this thing might even be a biological weapon from some civilization in the starry sea, and if he actually planted it, his whole family would be wiped out.

However, when Du Yi thought of biological weapons, he also thought of the God of Life with whom he had a grudge.

"So... how much longer?"

The thought of the God of Life's methods weighed heavily on Du Yi's mind.

The unknown is the most terrifying, especially since the God of Life hasn't made a move yet. This is a god who has already entered the sea of ​​stars; who knows what terrifying methods he might use?

"I'm not strong enough. I'm still far from being good enough."

The thought of being unable to even leave a planet filled Du Yi with shame.

But this only strengthened his resolve to become stronger.

(End of this chapter)