All Heavens: Starting as a Sacrifice

"It's alright, it's alright," Li Yi hurriedly replied.

"The clan leader is getting old, and using this kind of spiritual technique takes a lot of effort from him," Xi explained.

The clan leader has now returned to his ancient tree and begun to slumber. The Wood Spirits are not trees, but they spend their entire lives dwelling in large trees.

If the wood spirits do not die inside the tree, they will stand in place and transform into a new tree.

And it extends its roots toward the ancient tree it inhabits, until the two merge into one again.

Even if this process takes a thousand years or ten thousand years, they will never give up.

However, if the ancient trees that inhabit them are destroyed, they will directly transform into a rich source of life force to give back to heaven and earth.

It's not that they can't transform into trees and stay in the same place, but rather that they believe that if they cannot return to the ancient trees they inhabit, they would rather transform into life and give back to heaven and earth.

For the wood spirit, the ancient tree it inhabits is not only its home, but also its birthplace.

This is an extremely important place, and it must not be allowed to be damaged.

"Please follow me," Xi said. The area occupied by the Wood Spirit Clan was vast and expansive.

The area is teeming with life, but they strongly discourage large, predatory animals from entering.

Therefore, there are only many small animals or birds here.

Li Yi was quite satisfied with this place, and he felt that they could discuss things further.

Moving Nannan here will undoubtedly improve her safety.

With so many wood spirits here, she should be able to survive even if she knows nothing.

After all, even if you can't eat meat, you can eat some spiritual fruits, which are even better than eating meat.

"These seeds might be of some help to you, and I hope you will accept them." Li Yi took out several seeds of spiritual fruit.

These are the seeds left over from the spiritual fruits he collected earlier. He originally planned to find a stable environment to plant them.

The environment here seems quite stable now, and besides, they've helped me so much; a few seeds are nothing.

"Thank you." Xi didn't refuse and took it directly.

Li Yi was not surprised. After a brief encounter, he found that the Wood Spirits might have little contact with people, and were quite straightforward and sincere in their dealings with others.

There's absolutely no pretense of politeness or feigned refusal; if you don't want it, you'll refuse directly, and if you do want it, you'll accept it directly.

You must do the same when interacting with them; don't make too many excuses.

Li Yi took a bite of the fruit, paid it no further attention, and directly put the fruit into his storage space.

There's no need to hide too much from these wood spirits; they are too innocent and kind.

I have 100% curiosity about anything new or from the outside world.

Li Yi took out some things that were perfectly normal in the outside world, but they regarded them as very novel things.

For example, any colored fabric was torn into small pieces and hung on the tree.

Li Yi didn't care about this; he was preparing to clear out his storage space to some extent.

Leave more space to load up the specialties of this world, and then transport them back to the world that devours it.

"Do you live on that hillside over there?" Cang asked, gazing into the distance.

“Yes. My sister and I will be staying there for the time being.” Li Yi nodded.

"Can I go see her? Can I meet your sister? I want to give her my leaves." Cang was very happy and excited.

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Chapter Forty-Four: Rare Treasures

Several wood spirits followed Li Yi. Cang, the youngest of the wood spirits, wanted to visit the place where Li Yi lived.

Besides the clan leader, the two oldest wood spirits, Xi and Yu, decided to accompany him.

The four of them started walking and headed out towards the hillside.

Upon reaching the pool at the top of the mountain, for some reason, they all took a half step back, seemingly somewhat wary.

"What's wrong?" Li Yi asked, puzzled.

Cang shook his head. "It's too cold, I'm not comfortable."

The water in the pool was indeed very cold. Li Yi often practiced his cultivation in the pool, and the cold chilled him to the bone.

The Wood Spirits yearn for the sun and life, so it's normal that they dislike this cold.

Li Yi was even more curious about what was in the pool that made them all feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, the pool was too deep. He had dived to a depth of over a hundred meters with all his might, but he was still quite far from the deepest point.

"There's something inside, but I can't tell," Xi whispered. It was quite powerful.

Li Yi estimated that it should be around the intermediate level of War God, and its power burst should be even stronger due to the characteristics of the Wood Spirit race.

The Wood Spirit Clan does not have any cultivation techniques; their strength mainly comes from daily accumulation. By basking in the sun and feeling the breeze every day, they can increase their strength by one point each year they live.

"Hmm." Li Yi nodded slightly, deep in thought. What exactly was in the pool? He had to find out.

He crossed the pool and walked towards the mountainside, where the tigers and bears he had tamed also appeared.

Without hesitation, Xi stepped in front of Li Yi the moment he saw the two ferocious beasts.

As far as he knew, this kind of beast, while it wouldn't attack him, would attack other living beings.

The reason why there are no large beasts in the territory of the Wood Spirits is that these beasts would attack other living beings and make a mess of the land.

“It’s alright, I’ve already tamed them.” Li Yi nodded gently and stepped forward.

The tiger, like a big cat, was directed to roll around, and even willingly opened its belly for a pet.

As for the bear, it performed a ball-throwing game under his direction, although it was throwing a few tree branches.

Even so, it was enough to amaze those wood spirits.

"Can I touch it?" Cang looked at the tiger with great anticipation.

After receiving Li Yi's permission, he reached out his hands and tentatively touched the tiger's head.

At that moment, Nannan stepped out of the wooden house and looked at the wood spirits with great curiosity. She had not seen any strangers for a long time.

Cang was quite happy and skipped over to her side. "Are you the little girl named Nannan? I'm your brother's friend."

Nannan took a small step back and looked at Li Yi. Only after seeing the certainty in Li Yi's eyes did she lower her guard.

"Here you go, this is my leaf." It excitedly took out a leaf.

"Take it." Li Yi walked over.

"Thank you." Although Nannan didn't know what the leaf was for, she still thanked her earnestly.

The other two wood spirits also came over, each giving their own leaves.

Li Yi also quietly explained to Nannan that these wood spirits lived in the forests in the mountains, and that they would be neighbors from now on.

After such a detailed explanation, the sun gradually set.

Xi bid farewell to Li Yi and returned with the other Wood Spirits.

They must return before nightfall to their own trees.

Li Yi then took out the remaining fish meat from his storage ring and cooked it, while also taking out a spiritual fruit and eating it.

Now that the Wood Spirits are here to protect us, the training of the two ferocious beasts can be temporarily suspended.

Although he didn't need them, Li Yi didn't kill them. He simply let them continue to guard the area and hunt in the surrounding mountains and forests.

As night fell, Li Yi held Nannan in his arms and coaxed her to sleep.

After she fell asleep, he went to the pool.

He planned to spend some time figuring out what was in the pool, since he couldn't actually dive down into it, but he had a simpler and more direct method.

fry.

Choose a suitable location, blast open the mountainside, drain the water from the mountainside, and then dive down.

Without much thought, he wielded his shovel and began digging downwards into the ground.

With his physical abilities, he could dig much faster than the average person.

Even as they went deeper, the soil became much more compacted.

Li Yi only needed to tap the iron shovel twice, and then he could continue digging.

Even if there's a landslide, it's no problem; we can just dig out another road.

Even without breathing, a martial artist of his caliber could sustain himself for a considerable period of time.

In one night, he dug nearly 500 meters underground.

As dawn broke, Li Yi chose a spot near the pool where the earth's veins were located.

They placed the previously unused nuclear bombs inside and went outside to press the button.

"Boom!" An extremely violent sound shook the mountains and forests.

Extremely high temperatures rose from underground, blasting a small portion of the mountain into collapse.

An endless pool of water, exuding a chilling aura, gushed forth.

Li Yi looked at the continuously flowing spring water, which emitted a chilling aura.

Many things around seemed to freeze, even the grass and trees were covered with a layer of white frost.

He walked towards the depths of the pool, but after only a few steps, he felt a chill run through his body.

He took out a spiritual fruit, put it in his mouth, and continuously consumed its power.

He then felt much better and continued walking inside.

This is why he chose to train in the pool; the cold allows him to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth more quickly, further strengthening his physical body.

He had dug a pool hundreds of meters deep, and although he hadn't reached the bottom yet, he could vaguely detect something unusual at the bottom.