Chu Zhiyuan returned to the Qing Wang Manor, where a flurry of activity filled Tingtao Courtyard.
A pile of jet-black stones had already been arranged into a circular altar in the courtyard. This was the place he would use to cultivate the Ziyang True Scripture.
The circular altar, ten meters in diameter, was located in the center of Tingtao Courtyard, in what had originally been a flower garden, now cleared. The other arrangements in the courtyard would have to be changed accordingly.
Mo Yi and the other four maids were extremely busy.
They had to redesign the layout of the new courtyard and supervise the construction, striving for speed and quality, with no delays.
They shared a belief: Chu Zhiyuan's cultivation was of utmost importance, and no delay could be tolerated. Chu Zhiyuan entered the courtyard, surveying the transformed Tingtao Courtyard.
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Mo Yi approached, giggling, "Young Master, what do you think?" Chu Zhiyuan nodded.
Mo Yi said, "If the Young Master wants to change anything, we can change it all at once while they're here."
Chu Zhiyuan's gaze fell upon the jet-black circular altar, and he pondered in silence.
This dark altar seemed somewhat out of place in the courtyard, too conspicuous. He thought for a moment, "Let's move them underground."
They were dozens of meters underground in the valley and didn't hinder the absorption of the purple light from the void.
"Yes," Mo Yi readily agreed.
She had also considered this, but hesitated to make changes without permission, fearing it might affect Chu Zhiyuan's cultivation.
With a sway of her willow waist, she immediately went to instruct the manor's servants to first measure the dimensions of the circular altar, then move the ink stones and dig the ground below.
Chu Zhiyuan stopped watching, as Mo Yi and the others were clever and capable and would do a beautiful job.
Wanqing Courtyard.
A new sapling had appeared in the center of the courtyard, about a meter tall and as thick as a thumb. It was emerald green and crystalline, as if carved from jade.
They were amazed by the sapling's growth rate, having never seen anything grow so quickly. Li Suyue, seeing him, still couldn't help but feel shy.
Chu Yi quickly waved her small hand, "Big brother, big brother, come and see this divine tree!"
Chu Zhiyuan went over for a look and nodded, "It seems other than growing fast, there's nothing particularly special about it."
"So fast isn't special?" Chu Yi said unhappily, "Look at these flowers!"
She pointed to the surrounding flowerbeds. Chu Zhiyuan had already noticed the difference.
In the void, invisible to the naked eye, wisps of aura sprinkled onto these flowers and plants, like a gentle drizzle. These auras made them more vibrant.
With increased vitality, their growth speed naturally increased, and they became stronger. Before this tree, these wisps of aura were absent.
He couldn't help but look at the tree, a hazy light enveloping it. But this hazy glow couldn't stop his perception.
The interior was clear, no different from ordinary trees.
The only extraordinary thing was the faint, strange patterns, appearing and disappearing.
These patterns were somewhat similar to the patterns on the Azure Nether Robe and also somewhat similar to the patterns of the Golden Vertical Pupils. He could conclude that these strange patterns were the source of the hazy glow.
After thinking for a moment, he slowly reached out his hand.
"Pa!"
Chu Yi quickly slapped his big hand, scolding, "Big brother, what are you doing!"
"Touching it to see."
"Not allowed to touch!"
"...You two have already touched it, haven't you?" Chu Zhiyuan smiled, looking at the two girls. Li Suyue pursed her lips, smiling shyly, and lowered her head, her cheeks flushed.
Chu Yi huffed, "Precisely because we've touched it, you're not allowed to touch it again."
"...I need to figure out what exactly is going on," Chu Zhiyuan said.
"What's there to figure out?" Chu Yi said, "Anyway, this divine tree is great, look at my courtyard!"
She was both surprised and proud.
The flowers and plants were as if they had taken miraculous medicine, each full of vitality. Some flowers and plants that had been sick were now healed without medicine, incredibly magical.
With this divine tree, she no longer had to fear her rare flowers and plants dying.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "We need to see if there are any problems. Too much spiritual energy is something to be cautious about."
As he spoke, he continued to reach out his hand.
Chu Yi was about to slap him again, but Li Suyue gently stopped her, shaking her head. Chu Zhiyuan's left palm had already pressed against the tree trunk, and his eyes closed.
In an instant, he felt dazed.
Before his eyes was a towering giant tree, stretching endlessly.
He had never imagined that a tree could have such long branches, extending from one mountain to another, seemingly without end. Beneath the giant tree, everything had to be looked up to.
This giant tree was located on the summit of a mountain, standing tall against the wind and snow, enduring the vicissitudes of time, seemingly eternal in the flow of time.
It saw the mountain peaks change from grassy green to dark green, to cyan, then to red, then to yellow, then pale, and finally covered in white snow. Then, season after season, the cycle repeated, never stopping.
And the stones on the mountains also became smooth in the wind and rain, becoming soft, eventually turning into powder. Everything was changing, everything was being born and dying, only it remained eternal.
It would eventually bloom and bear fruit.
After experiencing thousands of seasonal cycles, it grew flowers, and after experiencing thousands more seasonal cycles, it bore fruit. The fruit eventually condensed into a seed, which was caught by an old man. The old man, on his deathbed, handed it to another old man, and then, hand after hand, it eventually fell into the hands of a handsome young man.
Eventually, the handsome young man became a down-and-out middle-aged man, and it was handed over to a young girl's jade hands. It was thrown into the earth and began to grow again.
A new cycle was about to begin...
Chu Zhiyuan slowly opened his eyes.
Li Suyue was stunned by the look in his eyes.
She was instantly deeply shocked, unable to describe what kind of eyes these were.
These were the eyes of an old man who had experienced the world, unlike the eyes of a young man. Chu Zhiyuan quickly regained clarity, and his eyes returned to normal.
Thousands of years had almost made him lose himself. The Everlasting Spirit Tree.
This was the Everlasting Spirit Tree.
The location of the Everlasting Spirit Tree was likely the secret place where the Everlasting Spirit Sect was located. Within the secret place, there were mostly plants, and few animals.
All kinds of rare flowers and exotic plants created a magical world that opened his eyes. The Dragon Mountain secret place was far less shocking to him than this Everlasting Spirit Sect secret place.
Chu Yi huffed, "Big brother, did you see anything? Is there anything wrong?"
"There's nothing wrong," Chu Zhiyuan nodded.
Chu Yi frowned, staring at him.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "Do you want it to grow faster?"
"Even faster?"
"Yes."
"How to make it faster?"
"Ahem," Chu Zhiyuan smiled.
Chu Yi immediately stepped forward and punched him in the back a few times. Then, she softened her expression and squeezed out a smile, "Big brother——!"
Her small hands clenched into fists, quickly massaging his back from top to bottom, then from bottom to top, twice, quite perfunctorily, "Is that okay?"
Chu Zhiyuan said with satisfaction, "Inject it with inner Qi. You've only cultivated inner Qi, so the effect is much less. True Qi is stronger, and Gang Qi is even better."
"Is that possible?"
"You'll know once you try."
"...Okay!" Chu Yi didn't disbelieve Chu Zhiyuan's words, but she just found it amazing. Could there really be such a way to stimulate the sapling to grow faster?
"You might as well try it now," Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "It's best not to have two people at the same time, as they will inevitably repel each other. One at a time."
"Then I'll try," Chu Yi eagerly tried, reaching out her small hand and pressing it against the tree trunk.
Her palm pressed against it, injecting inner Qi.
When her small face turned pale, she withdrew her hand and quickly asked, "Sister Li, how is it, how is it?"
Li Suyue compared it to her waist in surprise, "It has indeed grown taller."
She pinched the last section of her white little finger, "It has grown this much."
Chu Yi also gestured and immediately cheered.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "Take it easy, don't tire yourself out."
"I know, I know, I need to practice quickly," Chu Yi waved her hand, "Big brother, go get busy."
"You can practice the Great Return Step now."
"I know, the Great Return Step," Chu Yi had already pulled Li Suyue to the back to practice. Chu Zhiyuan looked at the sapling, vaguely feeling its joy.
It was indeed spiritual, and its spirituality was far superior to other trees such as pine trees and jujube trees.
