Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 172 The First Spirit Tree

The reason why the Spirit Blossom, a spiritual flower that communicates with the spirit world, can be born in the Ionia region is due to the unique characteristics of the Ionia region.

As mentioned before, Ionia is a place where the spirit world and the real world meet, thus creating a special world—the spiritual world. The spiritual world and the real world often intersect almost indistinguishably, making it easy for them to influence each other.

The Spirit Blossom is a spiritual flower born in this special world.

According to modern biology, a species emerges because it initially possesses a certain ability that allows it to adapt well to the environment and survive and continue.

The spiritual world is filled with "spirits" and spiritual power that have detached from the spirit realm. So, if the spiritual power of Douluo Continent and the spiritual power of Rune Continent are the same, then...

From the observations drawn from the experiments on those spirit-type soul beasts, we can conclude that spiritual power is a complex energy body that is a mixture of biological consciousness, soul power, and bioelectric current that can be projected outwards.

Therefore, when mental energy is also a special kind of energy, it can also be absorbed from the mental energy floating in the environment as an energy source for biological growth.

The Spirit Blossom Flower may have started as an ordinary flower, but one day, one of the Spirit Blossom Flowers in the spiritual world accidentally developed the ability to absorb spiritual energy... or conversely, the initial Spirit Blossom Flower plant that could absorb spiritual energy was accidentally born.

Ultimately, it survived, then blossomed and sowed seeds, and through generations of environmental selection, it selected individuals that were better able to absorb the spiritual energy that roamed the spiritual world.

Its ability to absorb free spiritual energy also gave rise to a "side effect"—the ability to communicate with the spirit world.

Then it became the Spirit Blossom Flower, which could communicate with spirits.

This process would, of course, take an unknown amount of time, and Ning Feiliu could not possibly cultivate the Spirit Blossom Flower using such primitive and natural methods.

However, the reward for the mission is the cultivation method for the Spirit Blossom Flower!

"By reviving a century-old tree that was on the verge of death and then infusing it with a large amount of spiritual power, one can obtain the initial Spirit Blossom Tree," Ning Feiliu said softly. "For an old tree to come back to life, cross the boundary between life and death, and then be reforged into a tree spirit by infusing it with spiritual power, it is indeed quite a challenge."

but……

With Dugu Bo's Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire, it shouldn't be difficult to bring an old tree back to life.

But the most crucial thing is finding a century-old tree...

Suddenly, Ning Feiliu remembered the old tree in her yard. "Right, that old tree... I remember it's about a hundred years old, isn't it?"

"Then let's cultivate this old tree into a Spirit Blossom Tree. But first we need to find a way to move it to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Should we just dig up the roots and move it there? That would be too conspicuous." He had a headache.

The key issue is that if the old tree dies during the relocation process, it's truly beyond saving.

To cultivate a Spirit Blossom Tree, you need a century-old tree that is about to die, not a century-old tree that has already died.

The distance from the clinic to Dugu Bo's Sunset Forest is so far that this old tree will probably wither and die.

Moreover, the key point is that Ning Feiliu's Ruyi Baibao Pouch can hold living things, but the storage space of the Ruyi Baibao Pouch itself is not very large.

It only has about one cubic meter of storage space, while it would take at least ten cubic meters to fit that old tree in the yard.

"But there's a way. Let's find a way to 'expand' the capacity of the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch," Ning Feiliu said thoughtfully.

Then another line of small print appeared before his eyes...

……

Two days later.

Inside the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire.

"Kid, why did you transplant this tree here?" Dugu Bo looked at the sickly tree in front of him with some helplessness and said helplessly.

The key point is that, in his opinion, the tree that Ning Feiliu moved over was an ordinary tree, not some rare and precious treasure.

And he looks like he's about to die.

During this period, Dugu Yan was mostly at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy because she was training and getting used to the team members of this year's Heaven Dou Royal Academy team. However, she would occasionally appear in front of Dugu Bo and Ning Feiliu.

"Teacher, this is a Spirit Blossom Tree that I found in an ancient book." Ning Feiliu smiled and once again used the ancient book as an excuse, saying, "The flowers of this Spirit Blossom Tree—the Spirit Blossom Flower—are said to have the ability to communicate with the spirits of deceased relatives in ancient legends... I want to... help Sister Yan and Teacher see... Uncle and Aunt one more time."

He felt it was a bit strange to call Dugu Yan's parents "uncle" and "aunt," because as Dugu Yan's student and disciple, he should have been of the same generation as Dugu Yan's parents.

However, during this period of time, he, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan all tacitly acknowledged that he and Dugu Yan were of the same generation.

Therefore, the way they address each other by generation is a bit strange.

But Dugu Bo didn't care about that. Instead, he stared at Ning Feiliu with wide, red eyes and said, "Feiliu... what are you saying?! Is it true? You can... you can let me see Xin'er and Zilin again?!"

The loss of his wife at a young age and his son in middle age dealt him a heavy blow. In particular, the deaths of his son Dugu Xin and daughter-in-law Duan Zilin from poisoning after his wife's death became a thorn in his heart that was hard to remove, and any slight touch would cause him excruciating pain.

Now that Ning Feiliu says there's a way for him to see his deceased son and daughter-in-law, how could he not be excited!

"This is just what the ancient books say; I can't guarantee it will definitely succeed," Ning Feiliu said with a wry smile.

To be honest, he really wasn't confident this time.

After all, the situation in Douluo Continent is completely different from that in Valoran Continent, and even from Ionia.

The continent of Valoran has a place where the souls of the dead and "spirits" reside—the Spirit Realm. Ionia, in particular, is the birthplace of a unique spiritual world on the continent of Valoran.

Only then can the Spirit Blossom Flower be used to allow people to see the spirits of their deceased loved ones.

But what about Douluo Continent?

Without even a clear destination for the deceased's soul, it's really hard to say whether the Spirit Blossom Flower will be effective.

However, if the souls of the deceased in Douluo Continent remain in the same place with their obsessions, just as Ning Feiliu had previously guessed.

For example, if Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin, because of their powerful cultivation in life, still have souls that haven't dissipated, and if they stay by Dugu Yan's side because they are thinking of her, then the blooming spirit flower... might also allow Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to see Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin.

After all, in a face-to-face setting, the Spirit Blossom Flower would allow Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to directly meet Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin.

What I fear most is that the souls of Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin have completely dissipated, or that they have wandered to an extremely yin land called the Dark Continent.

Then the Spirit Blossom Flower will be unable to function.

"Can't we be sure...?" Dugu Bo was somewhat disappointed.

He could tell that Ning Feiliu seemed genuinely unsure of himself this time.

But… he said, “No matter what… I want to see Xin’er, I want to see Zi Lin… So, Fei Liu, feel free to ask for anything, I’m determined to protect this Spirit Blossom Tree!”

"What I need now is to restore this Spirit Blossom Tree to life..."

Spurred by the possibility of seeing his deceased son and daughter-in-law, Dugu Bo suddenly went to great lengths to help Ning Feiliu bring the "Spirit Blossom Tree" back to life.

However, Ning Feiliu and Dugu Bo's medical skills were unparalleled, and with the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, this century-old tree, which was on the verge of death, truly came back to life.

Next, Ning Feiliu poured in a large amount of his own spiritual power, but he didn't expect that this large amount of spiritual power... would actually be a very large amount.

He poured his mental energy into it for three consecutive days, and his face turned pale.

But seeing the old tree in front of me emitting a strange light, and its trunk becoming somewhat translucent, made it all worthwhile!

He also had a feeling that his spirit was closely connected with the first Spirit Blossom Tree in Douluo Continent.

(End of this chapter)