Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

Furthermore, judging from the other party's furtive actions, if one did not know that the other party was a senior investigator who was a mainstay of the Investigation Bureau, one would really think that the other party was going to do something bad and had some evil intentions.

The footage shows Huang Feng and Bai Lu acting suspiciously, but the high-definition hidden surveillance system reveals their smug expressions as they believe they haven't been detected by security personnel or the system...

Therefore, Lei She, who always understood human relationships, naturally did not want to embarrass them. If the alarms sounded on a large scale, where would the two senior investigators put their faces?

Even in the realm of martial arts, one must be mindful of human relationships and social etiquette. Lei She did not allow them to embarrass themselves in public.

Who could imagine that, from Huang Feng and Bai Lu's perspective, the security personnel, surveillance systems, and monitoring, etc., were utterly useless...

It turned out that Resher was only turning a blind eye, or rather, completely closing his eyes.

In fact, a whole hidden surveillance system was in place, detecting more than just their facial expressions and movements as they entered the area…

There were also some subtle movements, and Bai Lu even took the time to pick his nose and scratch his butt... all of which were recorded by the 8K ultra-high definition virtual display screen.

If Zhang Chaoqiang knew all this, he would be glad that he and Bai Lu had no physical contact.

Even so, Lei She still had to call Lao Chen to ask if he knew about the situation.

At this moment, Old Chen was taking a walk with Manager Liu, who was off his early shift that day. They had already made plans for the evening: to go to Wudang Mountain, which borders Zhongzhou City and the neighboring Wuji City, to watch fireflies…

These insects are different from fireflies. They are a creation of the Animal Protection Bureau, possessing the genetic sequences of both fireflies and the monster Starfire Moth.

They are not aggressive, and their light is more obvious and brilliant than that of fireflies. They can even change the light source on their bodies according to the climate, wind speed, and temperature.

A very few can even emit a shimmering light in the form of tassels. These insects are also not easy to kill and have no offensive capabilities or toxicity.

The conservation authorities have placed them in various tourist attractions in order to promote the development of the tourism industry.

On the way, Lao Chen and Lei She confirmed that they knew Zhang Chaoqiang had gone to the Investigation Bureau, and Lei She was relieved.

Zhang Chaoqiang had already arrived at the Bureau of Exotic Beast Investigation. In the bureau's lobby, he saw a spiritual plant placed on a table...

This Ganoderma lucidum has a very peculiar appearance, resembling a tree branch that emits its own light.

Chapter 230 Guangxuan Branch

"This is?"

Upon entering the hall, Zhang Chaoqiang was immediately drawn to what was happening.

"This is a purple-grade spiritual plant, scientifically known as a naturally luminescent agarwood variant of the Xuanmu tree branch, which we generally call the Guangxuan tree branch."

"Guangxuan Branch?"

Zhang Chaoqiang stepped forward and saw that, just as its name suggests, this spiritual plant was not much different from ordinary tree branches, with many branches, but it had no leaves.

However, the most obvious difference between it and ordinary tree branches is that the current Radiant Tree Branch will emit light on its own.

Furthermore, the texture and details of the trees are clearly visible, and they are all clearly visible under the yellow light.

This light did not seem to be the effect of spiritual power, and it was fundamentally different from ordinary demon beast crystal cores or the artificial crystal cores that he was currently working with and mastering.

That pure light was completely different from the light representing spiritual power within the crystal core.

Furthermore, as a rare purple-level spiritual plant ranked in the third tier on Earth, its value is already evident.

Therefore, under the current circumstances, Zhang Chaoqiang could not resist his curiosity and stretched his head over to take a closer look.

He observed, scrutinizing the entire branch with the most careful examination, using the soft, natural light emanating from it.

Like humans, the tree branch seemed to possess a life of its own. Perhaps sensing the approach of other creatures, the Guangxuan tree branch cunningly dimmed its own light by two points.

Huh? You can do that?

Zhang Chaoqiang believes that this should have triggered the self-protection mechanism of the spiritual plant. It is said that spiritual plants are formed or transformed over countless years by the spiritual power of heaven and earth.

Having withstood the test of time and the trials of survival, the more advanced and rarer the spiritual plants, the stronger their "anthropomorphism," or intelligence, becomes.

The spiritual plants that have evolved over time also possess the same protective mechanisms to ensure their survival in nature.

Sometimes, you can't be cunning.

Just as Zhang Chaoqiang took another step forward, the already dimmed Guangxuan tree branch became even dimmer once more.

When the two were two meters apart, the light emanating from the tree branch had gradually dimmed completely, its originally dazzling yet gentle and obvious yellow glow fading away. It was as if what was standing in front of Zhang Chaoqiang was not...

That so-called Guangxuan branch was nothing more than an ordinary branch.

And the magic it had just contained gradually lost its effect.

Zhang Chaoqiang took another step forward, and the branch of the Radiant Tree was able to dim again. This dimming was not just a change in color, but a change between the solid and the illusory...

In other words, the change in distance not only allows the light-emitting tree branch to shift between luminous and dim states, but also enables it to move between a physical state and an illusory state.

Zhang Chao strode forward, reaching the tree branch of the Light Profound Tree directly in front of him, but at that moment…

Where was the Guangxuan tree branch in front of Zhang Chaoqiang?

It had already vanished into nothingness. Even when Zhang Chaoqiang reached out and grabbed at the thousand-year-old agarwood where the Guangxuan tree branch had once been placed, he only grasped air.

Interesting, really interesting...

Zhang Chaoqiang adjusted his position back and forth. The farther he was from the Guangxuan tree branch, the more the branch gradually took on a substantial state and shape from its original formlessness.

Then, as it grew further and further away, the branches went from not emitting any light to giving off a faint yellow glow, and finally regained the light that the Guangxuan branch emitted when Zhang Chaoqiang first saw it...

Interesting, very interesting. The self-protection mechanism of the Guangxuan tree branch is actually quite interesting?

Zhang Chaoqiang commented on this habit: "This effectively stops those demonic beasts that want to bite the branches of the Guangxuan Tree..."

As he examined the Guangxuan tree branch in front of him more closely, Bai Lu and Huang Feng began to explain the origins and history of the Guangxuan tree branch.

First of all, this thing was found by a colleague from the Bureau of Exotic Beast Investigation while handling an incident involving exotic beasts on the northern border between humans and monsters…

He secretly infiltrated the territory of the demonic beasts, and with a bit of luck, after eliminating some smaller demonic beasts along the way, he discovered the so-called strange beast incident...

However, this only happens when some exceptionally powerful monsters frequently cause trouble on the border between humans and monsters...

He then began to plan his return.

However, he happened to be in one of those powerful monster lairs...

"A tree trunk called agarwood has been discovered. This agarwood tree emits a special fragrance that is safe and suitable for calming the mind; it is also a rare, white-grade spiritual plant..."

On the branches of the agarwood tree, one of the paper strips was found that emitted its own light!

"Immediately, we found this spiritual plant called the Guangxuan Tree Branch in the spiritual plant chart passed down from our ancestors!"

"The Light Profound Tree Branch can improve the living environment of humans and demon beasts. In short, living under the radiance of the Light Profound Tree Branch can promote the physical development and strength of all creatures that are in the developmental stage and possess spirituality!"

"Although this cannot be achieved overnight, according to our investigators' exploration, those monsters are currently in their developmental stage."

You know about the Red-Eyed Porcupine and the Iron-Skinned Beast Boar. Generally, these kinds of monsters that are thirty years old are about the same age as your classmate Zhang Chaoqiang, in the growth and development stage.

The two types of monsters at this stage were originally about two meters tall and weighed around five tons...

However, the light emanating from the branches of the Radiant Tree promoted their physical growth and increased their strength during their growth period…

Therefore, when they were discovered, they had grown to a full three meters tall and weighed approximately eight tons!

"They've boosted their physique by a whole level! As second-tier demonic beasts, even if they were to fight a third-tier demonic beast head-on, given their abilities, it wouldn't be a difficult task!"

"so smart?"

After Huang Feng and Bai Lu explained the situation, Zhang Chaoqiang finally understood just how valuable the Guangxuan tree branch in front of him truly was.

What excited and surprised him the most was that the thing that had been bothering him all along was precisely his own frail body.

The current abilities and effects of the Guangxuan tree branch can, to some extent, greatly enhance his physical body, which can truly elevate Zhang Chaoqiang's mood to an extreme level!

Bai Lu and the other person had basically finished explaining the details of the Guangxuan tree branch.

Most importantly, they told Zhang Chaoqiang that the Guangxuan Tree Branch, this special spiritual plant, only works on spiritual beings that are in their growth stage!

Bai Lu also emphasized one point: "It is important to note that these are spiritual beings that are in their growth stage, that is, humans or demons that have already clearly developed spiritual power."

Because only creatures that have already cultivated spiritual energy within their bodies, whether martial artists or demonic beasts, secrete a substance scientifically known as growth enzyme during their growth period.

"This substance is a growth hormone that organisms in their growth stage produce themselves through their own physical development and the circulation and nurturing of spiritual energy within their bodies."

The growth enzyme is a substance that is constantly produced in humans or demonic beasts during their growth period.

"This is also an enzyme molecule that plays a significant role in promoting our development during puberty and in our spiritual power and other abilities."

"The light emitted by the Guangxuan tree branch can react with the growth enzyme emitted by spiritual beings, thus forming a hormone substance called 'growth-promoting enzyme'."

This can maximize the improvement of physical development during the growth period!

Therefore, the Light Profound Tree Branch primarily affects the strength of the physical body and has little to do with spiritual power!

At this point, Zhang Chaoqiang had developed a much stronger interest in the Guangxuan tree branch than at the beginning.

His only weakness lies in his physical body; if his physical body were to fail, then the amount of spiritual energy he could hold would be reduced…

When combined with martial arts techniques, the physical attacks following spiritual power will undergo an even greater transformation in power!

This is incredibly frustrating!

However, there was one more thing that piqued Zhang Chaoqiang's interest and puzzled him...

"Since the light of this luminous tree branch dims and diminishes rapidly upon approach, even transforming from a substantial entity into nothingness..."

Doesn't that mean it can't be touched or held at close range? How did the uncles manage to bring it back?

Could it be... that the clue lies in the agarwood supporting it?

With a thud, Bai Luhuang Feng snapped his fingers at Zhang Chaoqiang and the Guangxuan tree branch in front of him.

This reaction precisely proves that Zhang Chaoqiang's guess was completely correct.

"You guessed right. The secret to bringing the Light Profound Tree Branch back lies in the sandalwood platform beneath it that supports it!"

Then, Huang Feng and the other person began to explain that the Guangxuan tree branch was actually a mutated state.

The original form of the Guangxuan tree branch is actually the so-called white rarity grade agarwood tree.

Through a certain genetic mutation, only one out of 100,000 agarwood trees will exhibit the mutation.

This mutation does not refer to a change in the original genes of the entire tree trunk, but rather to the erosion over a long period of time, perhaps due to some geographical reasons.

Perhaps it's due to the climate and the monsters living around...

It is extremely rare for an agarwood tree to mutate in a certain branch and grow a shiny new branch.

Therefore, if you need to move the Guangxuan tree branches, you must also take the agarwood tree branches that support the entire Guangxuan tree branches with you!