Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 281 Mother Tree and Demonic Energy

Wiping his eyes, Li Ye was not in a hurry to approach the mother tree of the Sky Realm Tree.

Just around this tree, there is a circle of magic rituals that seem to be magical means, which is suspected to be used by Wu Yuan to assist in refining the Void Tree.

He extended his spiritual consciousness and carefully observed the ritual, then sent out three puppets, including his own natal puppet, to test it from different directions.

After confirming that its function was indeed mostly auxiliary and posed no threat, he simply swept it with the Qingmu Divine Light, first disconnecting each node to render it ineffective, then splitting it up and shoveling it up for collection.

On the way here, Li Ye had already taken a brief look at Wu Yuan's relics and was quite interested in his method of refining the Void Tree.

The mother tree of the Void Tree lost its life early on. Although it still has the power of the void, it can only be fully utilized in this secret realm condensed by its realm.

Once outside the secret realm, it is just a fifth-level spiritual wood whose actual power may have declined.

Although it involves the power of the void and is quite precious, it is not a spiritual object that Li Ye can truly control and use.

Originally, the only direction of thought was to refine the magic weapon of one's own and upgrade the materials for the puppet of one's own. Only in this way could one make use of some of the refining methods that were connected with one's heart and soul. Not to mention completely turning its power into one's own use, at least one could make use of some of its characteristics to give the magic weapon and puppet a sufficiently high foundation.

On the one hand, it is more magical, and subsequent improvements can be faster, and the need for true essence cultivation may also be reduced.

But if Wu Yuan's secret method can also be applied to those who do not practice magic, perhaps it can also help him in refining the mother tree of the Sky Realm Tree.

With his thoughts turning, he used up all the remaining means here. Li Ye sent three puppets behind him to be on guard, then walked to the Sky Realm Tree and slapped the huge tree with his hand.

For a moment, the operation of the Wood God Technique in his body seemed to have subtle changes, and his magic power became greatly active, as if it was faintly resonating with the tree.

This is almost exactly the same as the situation in front of the Sky Realm Tree, except that it is a little more intense this time.

But in the perception, although there is a deep accumulation of power in the Sky Tree, it is completely dead and silent. The vitality in it is more of an accumulation of its origin, rather than its current state.

This tree was indeed completely dead after it collapsed due to the attack of Zixuan and Feiyu and the backlash from the channel to the lower world.

In the past period of time, it has also suffered from the erosion of demonic energy and the loss of power. Compared with the giant tree in Li Ye's perception, the Sky Realm Tree now looks a little dry.

It's not just the appearance, but its origin. Except for the core part that actively shrinks and condenses, the outside has almost been lost.

With this induction, Li Ye was able to gain a certain perception of the surrounding realm through the mother tree of the Sky Realm Tree, and seemed to be able to manipulate it slightly.

Although it is not very flexible, if he is willing to keep practicing the Wood God Technique to interact with it, he might be able to deepen the connection and call upon the power of the secret realm like Wuyuan.

And now that we have come to this point.

There are also inharmonious factors within this tree.

In one part of the tree trunk, there is a spot covered with magic patterns, which then spread and extended, sparsely occupying a part of the tree trunk.

This is probably the result of Wu Yuan's refining.

Compared to the entire Sky Realm Tree, it is just a small corner, so it will not pollute the entire tree trunk material, so it should be fine to continue to be used as fertilizer.

"what……"

Li Ye's senses gradually faded and his expression calmed down.

He looked up at the giant tree, whose remaining debris was as big as a hill, and his expression was filled with emotion.
"Even though it has lost its vitality, most of its power has been lost, and all its essence has shrunk inside, the outer tree has become a gradually abandoned existence..."

"But its value is still immeasurable!"

If this secret realm hadn't been formed over countless eons by the expansion of the Void Realm Tree's domain, now that the Void Realm Tree has died, the secret realm would have collapsed without support. I'm afraid that relying on the Void Realm Tree to defend this place, becoming the master of the secret realm, could even achieve some of the wonders of cultivating in the legendary paradise of caves and paradises.

"Furthermore, due to the infestation of demonic energy, the spiritual energy in the secret realm has become unbalanced. Even if I have the [Adapt] key, it will take a lot of effort to adjust the environment here..."

"If we had that much time, I'm afraid this place would have already shrunk and collapsed!"

Shaking his head regretfully, Li Ye's mind moved, and the three puppets immediately moved towards the mother tree of the Sky Realm Tree and began to split it.

Since the tree is no longer alive, it is useless to keep the broken main body of the giant tree. It is better to directly remove the external dead parts, take out the precious core parts, and then collect and use them separately!
The puppet was busy, causing a lot of noise.

Li Ye walked around the Sky Tree and entered the depths of the cave, coming to a stone house.

This place is probably where Wu Yuan usually practices.

Although the house is plain, the formation here is made of branches of the Sky Realm Tree, which gathers the spiritual energy and demonic energy of the secret realm. The top of the house actually condenses into a black gas that keeps swirling and circling like a black snake.

There seemed to be runes emerging from time to time, with a pure and domineering nature.

This transforms pure demonic energy, making the environment here almost like the demon world!
"This……"

Li Ye's eyes moved slightly, "It is indeed the essence of demonic energy!"

He had read some of the ancient books left by Wu Yuan, which recorded this formation.

From the very beginning, one can gather strength and condense the essence of demonic energy. With the first achievement, the effectiveness of the formation will be improved.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to create a spiritual object that would be of great benefit to Jindan demon cultivators in just a few decades.

But with the aid of the Sky Realm Tree, the effectiveness of the formation is improved, and this can be achieved more quickly.

Although refining the essence of demonic energy has a great tonic effect, in this environment, using this demonic energy as a catalyst to transform the spiritual energy of the secret realm into pure demonic energy is more beneficial for long-term practice.

Wu Yuan was most likely waiting for the second wisp of demonic essence to condense before refining and practicing.

Now... of course I can’t wait any longer!
Li Ye snapped his fingers and broke the formation here, then took out a black diamond-like thing from Wu Yuan's remains, chanted a few spells and directly absorbed the essence of demonic energy that was about to fly away on its own.

The black diamond suddenly became turbid, and the demonic energy within it flowed, which was truly extraordinary.

After receiving the item, Li Ye walked into the stone house and took a look.

Apart from some simple items needed for cultivation, the furnishings here are extremely simple, which shows Wu Yuan's ascetic nature.

After a thorough investigation and search, even tearing down the house and collecting the many small puppets that had been spread out, Li Ye still didn't find any more valuable items.

"It seems that's all I have. Wu Yuan probably has a constant sense of crisis in his heart and doesn't have the habit of leaving valuables in seclusion..."

Li Ye shook his head and didn't feel sorry.

At this time, the Space-Time Tree has been completely disassembled. The dead part of the entire tree has occupied most of the tree trunk after layer by layer of disassembly. Although the remaining tree trunk with condensed essence inside is not much, it is lush green and purple, with silver lines winding around it, exuding a magical look.

"The purpose of this trip has been achieved. It is unnecessary to seek more. It is better to return..."

Joy spread from his heart, Li Ye smiled faintly, and immediately turned into a blue-purple light and floated away.

(End of this chapter)