Chapter 327: Distributing the Porridge (1/2)
Chapter 327: Distributing the Porridge
Translator: IreneEditor: TYZ/CakeHermit
Duanmu Huanghun was feeling unreasonably nervous, but he was also somewhat excited.
What would the Wood Elemental Tribulation be?
He had no idea since he’d never heard of Tribulations. The three that had happened earlier really widened his horizons. Tension, anticipation, and the feeling of the unknown were foreign, yet stimulating.
He thought of Jadeite Forest all of a sudden. Over there, he had power, a high status, countless servants, and inexhaustible wealth, but living with that rigid lifestyle full of fake smiles and etiquette meant that corner fights were inevitable. Comradery was dirt cheap and virtues were dazzling gold leaves attached to decayed, dried up bones.
That beautiful cage was the battleground for ravenous wolves and hyenas.
In Jadeite City, everything could be made into a deal. Emotions like hatred could be balanced against benefits and interests, but Duanmu Huanghun did not know how to convert such emotions.
He preferred it here, where the air was filled with joy and gratitude.
The intense wood elemental energy waves pulled him back to reality.
Blades of grass broke through the ground and grew at crazy speeds. They struggled free from the soil and flew toward the big pot like green darts.
Everyone responded very quickly as they reached out their hands to stop the incoming grass.
The grass blades released blood-curdling shrieks and transformed into balls of mist upon being struck. Everyone’s hair stood on end; it was their first time hearing such miserable shrieks coming from grass blades.
When the last blade was struck down, the cries stopped.
The green mist rose in spirals within the training hall. It did not dissipate, but surrounded and circled the big pot instead. They spun faster and faster, causing an ear-piercing, mournful whistling sound that resembled the bawling of a certain wild beast.
What in the world?
Everyone was bewildered.
It was even more strange that no matter how hard they tried, they were unable to break up the green fog. The gale only heaved it upward without dispersing it. Tian Huzun had initially thought that his flames could restrain the green fog, but who knew that they would be ineffective!
The faint fog thickened and squirmed about like a monster, revolving non-stop around the Eight Treasures Porridge.
Duanmu Huanghun’s eyes, which had been shut a moment ago, opened wide as shock filled his face.
He automatically shifted his gaze to Lou Lan. What kind of porridge was he cooking exactly?
Not only him, but other wood elementalists in the hall were also startled.
When he saw Ai Hui and Shi Xueman’s distrusting gaze, he spoke up. ”These wood elemental energies have changed. To be precise, a certain vitality contained within them has been activated so general methods used against wood elemental energy will be useless.”
Shi Xueman looked on pensively. She was homeschooled and had solid and practical knowledge.
Ai Hui, on the other hand, was baffled. Other than metal elemental energy, he was only familiar with earth elemental energy, and this was only because of Lou Lan.
Duanmu Huanghun understood that to other elementalists, the wood elementalists’ field of ”vitality” was very difficult to understand. The ”vitality” that wood elemental energy contained was something that differentiated it from the other elemental energies and it was also the most profound aspect of wood elemental energy..
After some thought, Duanmu Huanghun explained, ”That certain vitality has been aroused by the elemental energy odor from the Eight Treasures Porridge. It can undergo metamorphosis if it swallows this porridge. The wood elemental energy will then regroup and form a new life. To put it in layman’s terms, it could become an entity like that of the ancient flower demon.”
The green fog surged and released a head-numbing howl. As if knowing that the porridge wasn’t ready, it only continued circling around the big pot.
Ai Hui recalled the written accounts from the ancient books. ”It’s developing spiritual consciousness?”
”It’s similar, but not completely identical.” Duanmu Huanghun added, ”These wood elemental energies can only exist for a short period of time. If they do not seize the porridge successfully, they will dissipate. I’m not too sure what will then become of the entity, but the wood elemental energy will reorganize its body constitution.”
The audience was horrified upon hearing Duanmu Huanghun’s explanation.
Together with the fear, however, was also anticipation, since the Five Elemental Eght Treasures Porridge had far exceeded their expectations.
Tong Gui and Yu Jin made eye contact and detected the same shock in each other’s eyes. They’d been in the battleground for a long time and had seen and experienced all sorts of strange things, but it was their first time seeing the scene that was unfolding before them.
Ai Hui asked, ”Any solutions?”
Duanmu Huanghun nodded. ”Yes, but we have to wait a little while. It can only cause chaos now since its spiritual consciousness has not yet been activated. When the Eight Treasures Porridge is about to finish cooking, its energy waves will intensify and that will be our chance.”
He stopped talking and started preparing by sprinkling something in certain positions.
The surging green fog did not seem to see or care about what Duanmu Huanghun was sprinkling.
Tong Gui squatted down, moved closer out of curiosity, and realized that they were bamboo stems. He was quickly stunned to see that these shoots were all dried up and did not have the least bit of life in them.
What’s so useful about dried up bamboo stems?
Everyone looked on curiously.
Duanmu Huanghun then proceeded to drop a drip of rootless water on each dried-up shoot, a process that puzzled everyone.
The gluey and thick Eight Treasures Porridge bubbled as the red color gradually disappeared. The elemental energy that each burst bubble released was exponentially stronger than the ones before.
The storm-like green fog started to intensify, its cries ear-piercingly high and loud.
Just then, Duanmu Huanghun’s every movement caused a ball of green glow to light up under his feet. Immediately following this, viridescent flower vine traces made their way out of the green glow like swimming green dragons.
A bamboo stem was wrapped within each viridescent flower vine.
Eh?
Tong Gui’s pupils shrank. Each bamboo stem’s position had been calculated carefully. If one were to look down from the sky, it became apparent that each vine was like the flower petal of a viridescent fresh flower that was blooming, and Duanmu Huanghun was standing right in the middle.
Duanmu Huanghun’s pupils became two mini viridescent flowers that rotated unhurriedly. An indescribable coldness oozed out from his body.
[Viridescent Flower Eyes]!
He raised his palms suddenly and the vines wrapping around the shoots flew up from the ground and floated in midair.
Whoosh. The blossoming flower beneath his feet started spinning.
Hisssss!
The dried-up bamboo shoots absorbed the green fog ferociously, and as if sensing danger, the fog’s screech became even more mournful. In spite of that, it continued to be sucked into the shoots.
The shoots turned plump at a speed observable to the naked eye.
The green fog slowed down and its howls gradually vanished.
[Viridescent Flower Command]!
Thick vitality seemed to overflow from within the bamboo shoots. Suddenly, green buds sprouted out of them. Verdant, glistening bamboo shoots rose up little by little, shedding off their skin and growing leaves.
In the blink of an eye, the training hall became a verdant bamboo sea.
The leaves and branches swayed along with the rustling of the wind. It was a beautiful scene.
Everybody’s jaws dropped. They wondered, was this whole scene still part of the illusion from earlier? There had been all kinds of inconceivable changes that did not make sense to them!