Chapter 197 - Spiritual Roots Of The Strange Bamboo (2/2)

Ou Yangming furrowed his eyebrows a little because he understood what was going on in the veins.

It was stealing-an out-and-out robbery.

‘But if this goes on, the plants that are being robbed would’ve died long ago instead of being half-dead.’

Struck with an idea, Ou Yangming focused again to identify one of the veins’ location, then he began digging with his military saber.

He Liangce and Ni Yinghong were bewildered, but they knew Ou Yangming must have noticed something to be acting like that. Once Ou Yangming pulled out his military saber from the ground, he took out some roots.

Ou Yangming exhaled deeply and curbed his mental power. When he paid attention to the roots in his hand, he could not help but look surprised.

The roots belonged to not one, but two plant species. One of them was negligible whereas the other one was clearly different from normal plants. In fact, the special root shone in rare gold l.u.s.ter in his hand.

“Hey, that… A spiritual root!” He Liangce exclaimed

“What are the uses of spiritual roots?” Ou Yangming was moved. “Spiritual roots have endless magical effects. It can be used for pill refinement or the smithing of pieces of high-level equipment,” He Liangce answered seriously and asked Ou Yangming, “Brother Ou, how did you notice it?”

Ou Yangming giggled and pointed at his eyes. “I saw it.”

He could confirm that He Liangce could not notice the spiritual roots.

Moreover, he was sure that the spiritual roots were the uncommon bamboo’s root system. When the bamboo stole energy from plants around them, it also gave back a part of its energy to the plants.

Although it only gave back a tenth of what was given to it, its energy was of a higher level, which was why the plants around it did not die.

It was a high-level theft or survival method, and Ou Yangming was in awe. After a moment of hesitation, instead of questioning Ou Yangming, He Liangce cut to the chase. “Brother Ou, since you can spot the spiritual roots, can you see the strange bamboo?”

Ou Yangming nodded and expressed, “Come with me.”

By releasing his mental power once more, he instantly found the veins’ direction of flow and followed it.

Before long, they arrived in front of some shrubs.

Ou Yangming stopped and said with an uncanny look on his face. “They’re inside.”

He Liangce and Ni Yinghong were speechless because they had come here earlier, but they left because they did not find anything. They did not expect the mystifying bamboo to be hidden in the shrubs.

It was worth noting that the shrubs were quite untypical too because they were more than 3.6 meters tall.

Nonetheless, there were numerous weird and rare beings in this dense forest and many of them were ten times more abnormal than the shrubs. Ou Yangming and his companions only studied the shrubs for a short while because none of them wanted to get to the bottom of it. Ou Yangming drew out his military saber and sighed. “I’ll do it.”

He moved his wrist and swung his saber at the speed of light like a cutting machine. With that, half of the shrubs in front of them were cut in a flash.

At the next instant, he changed his saber’s momentum upward and slashed with an unexpected angle.

He Liangce’s eyes glowed. “Eureka!”

Sure enough, a black bamboo was revealed at the spot where Ou Yangming had avoided on purpose. The bamboo grew amid the shrubs.

Ou Yangming bent over and cut faster with his military saber.

When the bamboo’s roots were finally exposed, his eyes turned bright and he slashed with his saber.

The bamboo’s bottom section snapped. Following that, Ou Yangming reached out to exert force on the broken part to pull it out.

It was a bamboo that was around 3.6 meters long. Even though its bamboo joint at the top was still present, it was tiny. Furthermore, the bamboo was peculiar because both of its ends were of the same thickness. If it was not because one of them had an obvious crack, it was hard to identify which one of them was the root.

Ou Yangming said, “The great ancestors said the bamboo isn’t tough at first, but it’ll quickly harden after it’s chopped off; it’ll turn into an indestructible material in an hour.”

As he explained, he retrieved a spear tip, which he had prepared in advance, and embedded it in one of the bamboo’s ends.

Subsequently, his Military Fire was vaguely seen.

It was then that Ou Yangming halted abruptly. He looked up and focused on the dark area ahead.

His muscles tightened, and he was also having gooseb.u.mps.

On top of that, Ou Yangming subconsciously released a rich aura. Almost at the same time, He Liangce’s face changed as well. His robe fluttered as if the wind was constantly blowing at it.

“That fella’s here.”

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