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Chapter 681 Absorbing Earth Veins
Da Chun was completely bewildered and panicked by this situation, but he couldn't get in touch with Cheng Hua to ask. No, the goddess could contact Li Ya to ask, but Li Ya was sleeping during the day, so he wouldn't bother her.

What's next? Should we climb back up and just stand there watching them work on the project?
Da Chun suddenly remembered the house left by the Earth Mother. That house was built on the earth's veins. Since his vines also had the "absorption" special ability, he could go to the earth's veins to absorb energy to enrich his divine realm.

You can also check out Sister Xiaobai while you're at it.

So Da Chun climbed back into the slums, where a queue still stretched outside the clinic. The Tata War God was still standing there, lost in thought, beside the queue.

This? Never mind, this will do.

Da Chun believed in the Earth Mother's accurate site selection and started drilling directly underground.

Perhaps because it is the energy vent of the earth's veins, the soil here is looser than the surrounding area, making it easier to drill.

Actually, when Da Chun first came here, he felt that the soil was indeed loose and sandy. At that time, he thought it was a rotten land, only fit for slums to build shantytowns.

Now it seems that the reason for the rotten land may be due to the earth's veins. Maybe this is the real treasure land, just not suitable for building houses and planting trees.

—System notification: You feel that the temperature of the surrounding soil has increased.

Oh! That's a good sign, let's continue!

So, following the prompts, they descended nearly a hundred meters until Da Chun felt a warm current coming towards him from below!

System notification: Congratulations! Your vines have discovered ley line energy. Do you wish to activate the special skill to absorb it?

I came here for this very reason: to absorb!
System notification: You have activated the absorption of ley line energy. The current absorption progress is estimated at 0.001%.
Holy crap, the absorption progress bar has appeared again!
Speaking of which, what exactly is ley line energy? Is it earth magic? Underground swamp gas? After absorbing it, does it strengthen the physical body, the divine realm, or both?
I'll ask Old Cui when I get back. As for now, this is barely enough; I'll keep sucking as I continue to drill down.

Once it came into contact with the earth's energy, the soil became indescribable; the deeper it went, the more difficult it became. For a whole hour, the vines couldn't even penetrate more than ten meters.

However, the absorption rate increased 10 times, dropping to 0.01%!

Alright, let's stop messing around and just absorb the information here. I'll go back and ask Lao Cui.

Da Chun climbed back into the mansion. Nearly two hours had passed since he left, and Ellen and Little Liya were still on the second floor.

Then I'll just ask Old Cui in the mirror: "Old Cui, I've discovered a ley line energy in the slums. Is the ley line earth magic or a mineral?"

Old Cui exclaimed in surprise: "There are ley lines? Strictly speaking, this is the most concentrated and fertile power of the earth, including the earth magic or minerals you mentioned. Only in places with ley lines can I be born! However, I can only quickly reach the Tree Spirit stage and cannot become a god because the energy of the ley lines is too impure, which is not conducive to condensing a godhood. Therefore, rapid development in the early stages will become an obstacle to godhood later on. That will be the time to compete in the wisdom of each Tree Spirit and see who can eliminate impurities and condense a godhood first!"

It turns out that the earth's veins were the prerequisite for the birth of the tree god!
Da Chun immediately recalled the history of the tree god he had mentioned earlier: "Or perhaps it secreted oil and iron to coat the tree trunk, attracting lightning to burn its competitors to death?"

Old Cui said, "This is actually happening simultaneously, because the secreted oil and iron are the impurities of the earth veins that are being expelled."

That's it!

Da Chun immediately thought of himself: "Then my vines are absorbing the earth's veins, so can they also quickly grow into... a vine spirit?" Old Cui said: "The so-called quick growth is relative. Besides, most of the earth's veins have been absorbed by tree spirits over a long period of time, and there shouldn't be much left, until the human pioneers a hundred years ago... Anyway, I couldn't feel it then. But for you, no matter how much you absorb, it will be beneficial."

A hundred years ago, Mother Earth built a wooden house to cover it up! So, it's the power of the ley lines that gave this wooden house its somewhat overpowered attributes and special abilities? It seems that ley lines may really be running out.

Da Chun was a little conflicted: "Actually, my main goal is to consolidate the divine realm and nurture the two goddesses. As for my own growth... I don't have that much time to wait."

After all, I already have two goddesses, why would I waste my resources fighting for one? Besides, how much longer can I stay in this prison? Maybe tomorrow night's Nightmare War will use me as bait, and once I'm out, won't the problem be eradicated?
Old Cui said, "This is even easier, because your vine is different. It was born from your runic magic absorbing your wisdom, spirit, and mana. You can simply wait until the vine is fully absorbed and then cancel its physical form. At that time, the earth's energy will also be converted into spiritual energy and recycled by you!"

Da Chun got excited: "I see!"

Old Cui laughed and said, "Then let's speed up the absorption!"
Suddenly, Da Chun thought of the sixth tree god in the Southern Canyon Village. According to Lao Cui's explanation of becoming a god, the tree god didn't come first from the Demon Gold Meteorite, but from the earth's veins! Now it seems that the earth's veins came first! There are so many tree demons there, and below the tree demons, you can see hellish lava from the bottom of the water, so those are the earth's veins!
This news must be told to Bellena!

Da Chun immediately contacted them through the Divine Mirror: "Bilianna! Biliana!!"

Biliana replied, "What is it?"

no……

Da Chun reminded him, "Darling!"

"Oh! What's wrong, darling?"

Da Chun revealed the matter of the earth's veins.

Biliana exclaimed in surprise: "It seems that Southern Canyon Village is truly a treasure trove. I suspect that this one village alone could pay off my 20 billion!"

Da Chun chuckled in surprise: "So, we need to discuss this matter thoroughly with Shirley and Lao Liu!"

The sixth brother's singing voice also came from the mirror: "Actually, I've had a feeling for a while that there are good things in the lower levels. But these past two days, that fake elder from the Master's Merchant Guild has been scanning me with some little things, and I've also transferred all my divine power to Triguda, so it's not convenient for me to move!"

Da Chun frowned. This must be the Ten Elders' detection artifact. This is really troublesome!

Biliana said, "Actually, there is a way. I have also absorbed a lot of barren power. Plants should also be able to absorb the earth's veins, right? I will take action."

"Okay, thank you for your meticulous arrangements."

Just then, a cheer erupted from the second floor!

—System notification: Congratulations! Your master craftsman-level runeword "Mother Goddess Abundance" has been successfully engraved on the artifact-level modular building "Ancient Artificial Modular Crystal Core Mechanical Dance Arena" and is now in effect!
—System notification: Your vine energy absorption is enhanced by the "Mother Goddess's Abundance" effect, greatly increasing the speed of energy absorption.

Oh my!
Da Chun looked at it and saw that 0.01% had instantly increased 100 times to 1%!
Holy crap, speed is exactly what we need most! At this rate, it's possible to absorb all the remaining ley lines by tomorrow night!

(End of this chapter)