Chapter 575: World Tree Seed (1/2)

”Hmm…”

Raven hummed as he viewed the recent headlines about the sect. Kyrie made sure to keep him updated with the news and as he saw the reports, he wasn't so surprised to see that nothing much seems to have changed.

”Right, it's unwise to create unnecessary panic amongst the disciples by announcing it. We don't have much information anyway.” Raven murmured to himself as he stared at the window while resting his back against his chair.

”But Sect Master wouldn't be Sect Master if he just left it like that. He probably already discussed it with the Grand Elder and are now preparing a trump card. I wonder what they have in mind?” Raven wondered to himself.

Many thoughts crossed his mind but he ended up discarding all of them.

”Ey, no need to busy myself thinking about these things.” Raven sighed, ”What matters the most is my personal strength.”

He could still remember the dreadful feeling washing over him when he laid his eyes on the Devil Emperor's Finger.

The current him had no way of facing that thing. Even though it's just a mere finger, it still contained an overwhelming strength. Even the Sect Master himself struggled against it. He's only safe due to the Heavenly Sacred Doctrine interfering, had it been not the case, the  he'd probably be severely injured by now or worse, dead.

”In the end, I couldn't depend on anyone else aside from myself.” Raven whispered, ”Some people are depending on me too. I can't let them down. I have to become stronger.”

A glint appeared on his eyes. Raven stood up from his seat and returned to his personal quarters at the Pocket Dimension.

Once he entered, he sealed the entire room properly to make sure that not even an ounce of energy would be able to escape this room. He also fortified it heavily just in case he made a mess out of things.

Once he made his preparations, he sat down in the middle of the room, having cleared it from all furniture beforehand. There is a ritual circle in the middle of the room, Raven sat down at the center of it and took out a box made out of what looked like a white jade.

Raven methodically and gently opened the box, whatever's inside was incredibly precious and important so he made sure to not be hasty with his actions.

Once he opened the lid of the jade box. It's contents were finally displayed to him.

Nestled in a white silky cloth, was a black seed, it almost looked like it's charred instead.

The seed was very ordinary in appearance, it fits the center of his palm perfectly. It didn't have any fluctuations of energy or whatsoever. At first glance, no one would even pay attention to it had it not been kept at a box made out jade.

Nevertheless, to Raven's eye, this seed is one of the most precious item he had ever received ever since coming here at the Sect.

”Seed of the World Tree.” Raven sighed in wonder. ”And since this is a complete seed and not a shard, it would cost somewhere within 1 billion Merit Points to 2 Billion.”

”Thanks to the Sect Master though, I get have it for free.” Raven murmured as he admired the seed on his hand. ”No time to waste, I better start the integration. The sooner the better.”

With that in mind, Raven placed the jade box away and concentrated his focus onto the seed.

Normally, not just any disciples would be able to receive a whole seed of the World Tree. Even in the Ancient Elysium Sect, this is a very scarce resource that most disciples could only stare at but not acquire.

According to the price tag, the seed is set a 10 million Merit Points price, however in reality that's just a shard. A whole seed is composed of more than 10 shards, some could even go up to a 100 pieces just to complete one. It all depends on the quality of the seed and the degree of compatibility,

The reason why it is sold in shards is because the sect didn't want it's disciples to waste unnecessary time and effort into something that they'd fail at in the long run.

Saying that cultivating the Seed of the World Tree to bloom is a pain in the ass, might even be considered as an understatement.

It takes a lot of work. A. Lot. Of. Work.