Above the mage

Chapter 309 The First Astral Trip

A month later.

Vallar Bay.

Two more months have passed, and the region centered around Yugathira is undergoing astonishing changes every day.

First, the area of ​​the spiritual land opened up by Yogg-Sarah is expanding at a visible rate.

The land covered by snow was awakened inch by inch under the nourishment of Yugathhira. The snow melted and the soil became soft and fertile.

At the same time, the number of saplings around Yugathhira is also increasing.

From above, this small area looks like an emerald on a white cloth.

However, the growth in the number of new saplings has slowed down considerably recently.

The reason is simple: the Zhenbing tribe's "first wave of potential" has been basically exhausted.

In the extremely harsh northern region, apart from those magical trees that contain magical power, there are no ordinary large trees.

The only batch of ordinary tree seeds was brought by Gaode from outside.

The batch of tree seeds he brought was already scarce, only a dozen or so in total. Once they were planted, that would be the end of it. The trees planted afterward were all magical tree seeds that Zhenbing's ice-born mages found on the snowfield.

However, it is clear that even if the North is rich in resources, the number of magic trees that exist around Phoenix and are easy to find is limited, and most of them are duplicates.

After this period of intensive, comprehensive searching and development, the number of Iceborn mages who were able to find suitable tree species and submit tree planting applications has gradually begun to decrease.

Therefore, half a month ago, Gaode decisively lifted the original restrictions and began to allow applications to be submitted for planting trees of the same species.

Although the growth bonus that duplicate tree species bring to Yugathhira is limited, in the current situation, every little bit helps.

Besides the changes brought about by Yugathira, another part of the changes came from Elder Gain and his hundred-man tree-protecting team.

With the foreseeable prospect of staying in this place for a long time, coupled with the continuous influx of wild beasts and ley line creatures that have been attracted, showing no signs of diminishing, the population is poised to remain here for an extended period.

Elder Guyon, along with the tree-protecting team members, began to diligently build camps and even sentry posts, constructing a solid defense and logistical support system.

"My king, you can rest assured that the sacred tree is in our care." Elder Gain led God to the foot of the sacred tree, his expression full of pride.

The Yogathira, standing a full fifteen feet tall, grew lush and vibrant, radiating a rich vitality.

Its leaves are covered with iridescent light, which is constantly flowing and changing endlessly, sometimes merging into dazzling spots of light, and sometimes scattering into gorgeous ribbons.

Even during the day, one is amazed by this scene, let alone at night; no wonder there is a constant stream of ley line creatures surging in.

On the one hand, this did cause some trouble for Elder Gain and the tree-protecting team, but on the other hand, it actually solved their food problem.

After all, transporting supplies from Phoenix to here is not an easy task given the poor infrastructure. Being able to be self-sufficient is naturally a good thing.

Gao De slowly took a step forward, slowly stretched out his hand, and placed his palm on the golden and woody trunk of Yugathhira.

In such an intimate situation, the connection between the tree and the person, through the bond of kinship, becomes unimaginably strong at this moment.

Gao De even had a strange illusion, as if the Yugathishira in front of him had become an extension of his own body, a limb connected to him by blood and mind.

Thanks to this close connection, Gaode's "precise perception" ability is also perfectly applicable to Yugathira.

The details of Yugathira's condition were instantly transmitted to Gao De's mind.

He then activated his third-order Mandela Eye and conducted a thorough observation of Yugathira.

Then, based on its own understanding and knowledge system, Gaode transformed the information it received and saw into its own self-made "panel data" that it could best accept:

【Yogathhira】

Rank: Tier 1 Magical Plant (196/1200 Months)

Growth gain coefficient: 1.4

Astral Teleportation: 1 (1/60 days)

Lifespan: (1/3600 years)

Area developed (land redevelopment): 14 mu

Height: 15 feet

Land magic concentration: 10-15 (basic spiritual land)

In the rank column, 1200 months means that if Yugathira grows entirely naturally without any external interference, it will take 100 years, or 1200 months, to break through its current rank and advance to become a second-tier magical plant.

This timeframe isn't actually that long for the magical plant.

Magical plants are inherently extremely long-lived and extremely slow-growing, not to mention that magical trees are the epitome of magical plants.

However, Yogg-Sarah possesses a unique and extraordinary ability: she can accelerate the growth of trees by planting them.

In the natural realm it has opened up, each new common tree species will increase the growth rate of Yugathira by 6 months, while a first-tier magical tree species can increase the growth rate by nearly 28 months at once.

That's why, even though only two months have passed since Yugathira advanced to the first tier of magical plant, its growth progress has already reached 196 months.

This progress is thanks to the newly sprouted and living magic trees that have emerged over the past two months.

Furthermore, in the realm of Yugathira, the more trees that survive and the higher their rank, the faster they will grow, meaning the higher their growth gain coefficient.

As it stands now, with a growth gain coefficient of 1.4, this means that for every natural month that passes, Yugathishira's growth progress doesn't just advance by one month, but rather by 1.4 months.

Astral teleportation is easy to understand.

It takes two calendar months for Yggdrasil to "fill" the vast astral energy required for one astral teleportation.

It has been exactly two months and one day since it advanced to a first-tier magical plant, so it has accumulated enough energy for another astral teleportation, making it 1 teleportation.

The new round of "recharging" has just begun, so the progress is 1/60.

As for lifespan, although Yugathira is currently only a first-tier magical plant, it already has a lifespan of up to 4000 years.

However, as the sacred object that formed the bond with Gaode's "Green Wood Longevity Scripture," it gave up one-tenth of its life essence to extend Gaode's lifespan when it was giving back to him. Therefore, it now only has a lifespan of 3600 years.

The land that Yugathira transformed, that is, the area of ​​the territory he opened up, has now reached 14 acres and has become a basic spiritual land, with a magic power concentration in the range of 10-15.

The closer you get to Yugathira, the higher the concentration of magic.

However, the magic contained in the peripheral areas barely reaches the bottom line of the basic spiritual land.

While the magical energy concentration in the basic spiritual ground is insufficient for a mage's cultivation, it is at least enough to ensure that the magical trees can grow healthily in their sapling stage.

In addition, magic also has a significant beneficial effect on the growth of ordinary saplings.

If the spiritual land reaches a higher level in the future, the dense magic power may even cause ordinary trees to mutate and be promoted to magical plants.

But that will definitely be a long time from now.

Gao De lowered his hand, took a deep breath, and was filled with anticipation.

This time, he naturally came for the astral journey that he had been preparing for for two months.

[North Wind] had already put on a specially made scabbard and sheath, which were fastened to his left waist.

This posture allows Gao De to draw his sword from its sheath at any time with his right hand.

For a mage, carrying a sword for emergencies is not a strange thing, so as long as the appearance of [North Wind] is well concealed, carrying a sword will not attract the attention of others.

In addition to the "North Wind" logo, Gaode also carried a large-capacity backpack made of tanned frost lizard skin, featuring a multi-layered design.

It contains many lightweight magical materials unique to the North, including valuable parts of leyline creatures and a small amount of magical ores that can be used to craft extraordinary items.

There are no magical plants because they are quite delicate and cannot withstand much stress. They often need to be preserved in special ways to prevent loss of vitality.

Who knows where Astral Teleportation will send him, so I'm not considering bringing that thing along.

In addition, the backpack also contained more than a dozen Sinon gold coins and three-leaf silver coins from the Principality of Sinon.

Having been in the North for so long, these coins had become useless, but God had always kept them safe—after all, it had taken a lot of effort to earn them.

These are preparations for external things.

Gao De closed his eyes slightly.

Lifespan: 15/190

[Mental Strength: 186, Mana: 24 drops of liquid]

[First Ring Origin: 12 points, Mastery of Tricks: 44, First Ring Spells: 14]

Using his "Precise Perception" ability, he sensed his current state and glanced at Feng Lingyueying's panel. He couldn't help but smile.

The original text can be found at 6#9@book/bar!

He was promoted to First Ring Mage in the Frostmoon (October) of Nolan Calendar 9656, and now it is the beginning of the Frostgold (September) of Nolan Calendar 9657.

In less than a year, his magical power has increased from 20 drops of liquid to 24 drops of liquid.

Moreover, upon closer reflection, the progress of cultivation in the first six months was negligible due to numerous affairs and the lack of the current conditions.

In other words, the world has only truly exerted its influence in the last six months.

In less than six months, he condensed four new drops of liquid mana.

Based on this pace, Gaode will be able to advance to the mid-stage of the first ring in another year and a half.

Moreover, this is under the condition that the most ideal state has not yet been achieved.

The afforestation efforts on Yugathira's side have only just begun to get on track, and he has not yet enjoyed the benefits of the increased cultivation speed brought by the "Green Wood Longevity Scripture".

In addition, I am not considering drinking the "magic potion" for the time being.

If he could combine the assistance of these two factors, his cultivation speed would likely reach an astonishing and extremely exaggerated level.

As for the origin of the first ring, although there are only about ten kinds of first ring ley line creatures commonly found around Phoenix.

But for the past two months, under his orders, the hunters of the Zhenbing tribe have been tirelessly searching for prey on the snowfields.

After all that hard work, his source energy slowly but steadily accumulated to 12 points.

The stock at 12 o'clock is enough for him to use for a while.

Moreover, once he steps into the outside world through astral teleportation, the environment will change, and he will have all sorts of new leyline creatures to obtain his source.

As for the number of spells he has mastered, it is an extremely exaggerated figure.

Moreover, he actually still remembered eight of the first-level spell recipes in his head, but he was struggling to find the materials needed to concoct spell potions, which is why he had not mastered them.

With this thought in mind, Gao De's anticipation grew even stronger, and he couldn't wait to travel to the outside world via astral teleportation.

After all, only from the outside world can one obtain a large variety of different tree species needed for afforestation, as well as the materials needed for magic potions.

"Let's begin," Gaode thought to himself.

Then, with a thought, he communicated with Yugathira and activated "Astral Teleportation".

The next instant, the gray mark hidden in the bark texture on the trunk of the Yogg-Sarah suddenly lit up.

The light shifted from dark to bright, spreading rapidly and transforming into silver runes identical to those on the back of Gao De's hand.

Amidst the shimmering silver runes, a mysterious power surged forth from its source, meandering along the trunk like a powerful heart beginning to pump blood, extending along its veins to the entire Yogg-Sarah.

The dreamlike, iridescent light that had been flowing on the leaves suddenly seemed to be disturbed and began to surge about.

They converged rapidly from all directions toward the center of the tree trunk.

In an instant, the light crisscrossed and shone, illuminating the entire space with a dazzling array of colors, so brilliant and dazzling that the torrent of light roared and emitted a soft hum.

After about ten seconds of dazzling light and shadow, the colorful radiance on all the leaves of Yogathira disappeared.

Instead, a portal shimmering with colorful light appeared before Gaode's eyes.

It's like a pool of color in the celestial realm, pieced together from countless tiny particles of light, their rays intertwining and shifting, displaying a dazzling array of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple hues.

Through that dreamlike light screen, the world on the other side was indistinct and extremely blurry, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

Even when Gaode tried to open Mandela's magic eye, it was still the same; all that could be seen were shapes that were difficult to discern, shrouded in mist.

To find out what's on the other side, you must step into the portal yourself.

Without the slightest hesitation, Gao De decisively stepped out and entered the astral portal.

The instant his figure disappeared into the light curtain, colorful streams of light burst forth, and the light particles began to spin at high speed. What could have been distinguished by color was instantly churned into a dazzling halo.

The trajectories of light particles are complex and abstract, twisting and turning mysteriously in the void, locking onto some distant and unknown coordinates in a way that defies common sense.

In the blink of an eye, Gao De's figure had completely disappeared into the portal.

Then, the astral portal seemed to have exhausted all its energy. Its light suddenly contracted, and like fireworks that had burned out, it vanished without a trace.

Gaode Maps also disappeared along with it.

faint!

I'm so dizzy!

My head is spinning!

This was Gaode's first impression after the teleportation ended.

The long-distance teleportation, especially at such a rapid pace, even though it used the Astral Plane as a fast passage, still caused Gao De a strong sense of discomfort due to the instantaneous spatial jump.

Of course, all of this is because his mage level is too low and his abilities are insufficient.

If he were a second-ring mage, he probably wouldn't have felt much.

Gao De didn't dare to rest and wait for the discomfort to subside. Instead, he forced himself to wake up, his muddled eyes gradually focusing as he began to look around.

Everywhere you look, there are towering trees that block out the sun.

The tree trunks were incredibly thick, so thick that it would take several people to encircle them, and the rough bark was covered with moss and parasitic vines.

Beneath his feet lay a thick layer of decaying leaves, and a damp, musty smell rose up.

It seems I've been transported to a primeval mountain range?

This is a huge problem!

(End of this chapter)