Starting as a spiritual plant master, may I eventually become the master of all lands.

Chapter 105 The Origins of the Woodcutter

"Fellow Daoist Dai, are you also here to borrow the Earth Spiritual Vein?"

Song Chuan asked, "This woman shouldn't be an earth-elemental cultivator. Could she be practicing some kind of earth-elemental magic here? It's quite rare to see a woman practicing earth-elemental magic!"

"Fellow Daoist Song, I...I...I'm taking my leave now!"

Having said that, the woman flashed away, escaped from the spiritual vein, and actually slipped away.

Song Chuan scratched his head, somewhat bewildered. Who were these people? Everyone was here to steal the spiritual vein; it was enough to keep it a secret. There was no need to be so timid.

I've never heard of Dai Lingjun before. There must be some gatherings among the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the sect; I should attend more of them in the future.

After the woman disappeared, he didn't waste any more time. He first extracted a small amount of earth element from the core node of the Wutu spiritual vein, and then extracted some scattered from other parts of the spiritual vein. After obtaining a wisp, he returned to his cave.

In a few more days, when the month of Chenyue arrives, he can go and draw the first Four Seasons Earth Element.

A few days later, Song Chuan left the cave again and returned in just over half a day.

Wood-type spiritual veins are plentiful in Vine Flower Valley. However, the wood-type spiritual vein he was looking for was the kind that was closely connected to the earth's veins. Fortunately, he encountered no accidents and successfully extracted it.

As for the second type of seasonal soil, Wei soil, we'll have to wait until the last month of summer.

During this period, he first needs to make a trip to Yuewei Hall to check some things he has been wanting to know for a long time.

He took out the green leaf magic artifact and slowly flew towards the Yuewei Hall, grumbling all the while, much like Cheng Tu complaining about the sect's flying magic artifact back in the day. It's best to use the Azure Mist Shuttle sparingly within the sect.

Song Chuan strolled leisurely on the giant petals of Yuewei Hall.

There are no fees charged on the first floor; he wants to find the Wood Clan and the demonic forces on this floor first.

I had only briefly passed by the Wood Clan's bookshelf before, and only knew that such a race existed. At that time, I was in the Qi Refining stage and felt that this race would never cross my path in my life. I never expected to later learn that my great-aunt's Wood Release Talisman originated from this race, so I need to learn more about it.

According to historical records, the Muke people originated from the human race!

In ancient times, wars raged between nations year after year, and most of the weapons used by ordinary people were made of metal and wood.

To manufacture siege ladders, repeating crossbow shafts, and warship keels, emperors of various countries issued the "Forest Demolition Order": "All men and women aged sixteen to sixty must enter the mountains to collect timber, and must pay a tribute of one thousand trees per year. Those who disobey this order will be executed along with their entire clan."

Initially, able-bodied men were used for logging, but due to too many casualties on the battlefield and insufficient manpower, the logging order repeatedly adjusted the age of loggers, eventually lowering it to ten-year-old children and fifty-year-old women.

In the end, the fighting became so fierce that even logging tools became extremely scarce, and the young loggers had to dig down trees with their bare hands. Later, many of the young loggers went into the mountains and never came out again.

The phenomenon of lumberjacks hiding in the mountains and never coming out occurred almost simultaneously in various countries.

They ate wild fruits and drank spring water in the mountains and forests, and fought with wild animals. Although life was very difficult, a group of them still survived.

The survivors established their own tribe in the mountains, and for some unknown reason, after many years of evolution, their bodies grew green hair, and their hands almost turned into claws. Although they were still human, they were no longer human.

Some ordinary people happened to see them and thought they were mountain spirits and wild men, so they called them "wooden guests". This name has been used ever since.

The Muk people call their capital the mountains, and refer to their territory as "Mountain Capital".

But they always needed essential food items such as salt, so they secretly traded with ordinary people using wooden tools they made themselves and herbs they collected.

This kind of transaction is very peculiar. In some mountain forests, the woodcutter will place items with the items to be traded written on them. When ordinary people who know about this come here, they will choose what they want and then put down the item that the woodcutter has specified. However, the woodcutter will not appear.

If a mortal violates the rules, they will not be allowed to trade here in the future.

Later, the Muke even obtained the method of cultivation and became a force in the cultivation world. However, their appearance was completely different from that of humans, and they did not call themselves human.

They have a close relationship with the demon race, but are relatively distant from the human race.

Their wooden magical artifacts and talismans are quite powerful, and they even have a special wooden craft market that opens regularly. The people trading in this market are not ordinary people, but a mix of humans, demons, and wooden craftsmen.

There was a group of wooden knights on the east side of the State of Qi, in the mountains east of Baiquan County.

Song Chuan was amazed, never expecting that Mu Ke had such a tortuous and bizarre story.

The fact that humanity could give rise to such a "race" is truly astounding!

It was rather tragic, he sighed softly.

When her aunt gave her the Wood Release Talisman, she said she didn't know its origin. It seems she didn't know about Wood Crafters, and it wasn't bought from the Wood Crafters Market.

Perhaps it was passed down from other markets; it's a pity that we can't get to the bottom of this matter.

He suddenly sneered. Song Chang probably didn't know about this talisman, otherwise he might have kept it for himself.

In the Woodcraft Market, Song Chuan pondered, "Since both Teng Hua Valley and Woodcraft are involved in woodworking, is there no cooperative relationship between them?" He decided to find some time to visit Steward Wang and inquire about it.

The thought of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage and being able to gradually unveil some of the sect's secrets filled him with excitement.

This floor is dedicated to human geography. There are some demonic forces mentioned, but not many. Could it be that the details are on the third floor?

The second floor of Yuewei Hall contains cultivation techniques, spells, and some low-level secret arts for Qi Refining stage cultivators. Qi Refining cultivators need to pay three spirit stones to go up, but Song Chuan does not.

There is a "Spirit Cultivation Secret Technique" here. Cheng Tu mentioned it to me before, telling me that I could exchange it for spirit stones once I had enough.

He glanced at the description of the secret technique, but the rest was obscured. To obtain the complete version, he would have to spend two or three hundred spirit stones, which was more than his annual salary.

However, this secret technique is actually somewhat like a spell, similar to the Spring Rain Transformation, which can slightly accelerate the growth time of first-tier spiritual plants, but it is useless to a Foundation Establishment cultivator like myself.

Of course, there is an advanced version of "The Secret Technique of Spirit Cultivation," but I wouldn't spend a lot of money to exchange for it.

The "Earth Cultivation Technique" given to me by the sect is much better than this "Spirit Cultivation Secret Technique," as it is a pure earth-based secret technique.

The three layers of petals are the areas open to Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Even Foundation Establishment cultivators have to pay ten spirit stones before they can enter. Goodness, the sect's various small expenses are enough to make a cultivator's life difficult.

The third floor must contain introductions to items from various sects that surpass the top-tier magical artifacts. Logically speaking, the Four Pillars Sect has Thunderclap Talismans, the Hanging Gourd Pavilion has Magic Pills, and the Vine Flower Valley, Beast Taming Sect, and Crossing the Sea Tower must also have them.

When I was in the Qi Refining stage, the best treasure I obtained from Teng Hua Valley was the Fire Cultivation Hoe given to me by Duanmu Jingyi. So what is something from Teng Hua Valley that surpasses even the top-tier magic artifacts?

This time, I came to Yuewei Hall to make up for the lack of knowledge I had during my Qi Refining period.