Chapter 227 - Spirit Tree (2/2)

Then, there was a sudden change!

The branches and leaves on the withered wood grew upward at a speed visible to the naked eye. The branches became thicker and long roots grew underneath them. Ye Chen felt the drastic change in the wood in his hand and was startled. He quickly tossed it from his hands.

It really came back to life!

It was growing way too fast to a point where Ye Chen could not believe it. Ye Chen had thought that after urging the dead tree to grow a little bud, he could bury it in the soil and nurture it carefully every day for it to grow slowly. He did not expect that it would grow several meters high in the blink of an eye. The long roots spread like countless tentacles, making people shiver.

After being tossed away by Ye Chen, it landed on the ground. The moment its roots touched the ground, a loud rumble sounded. The roots plunged into the soil and grew thicker like inflating balloons. When the roots hit a hard rock in the soil, a loud crack sounded, and the rock was instantly pierced by the roots. One root grew a distance of several meters and extended to the nearby lake. Rumble rumble. For a moment, Ye Chen felt that the water level of the lake had dropped greatly.

The roots grew at a wild and fierce speed. The speed which the trunk and leaves were growing was also astonishing. The trunk of the three grew rapidly from the thickness of a finger to an arm, to a thigh, to a point where a person could hold it up, and until three people were needed to lift it. In less than half a minute, the height of the tree had risen from several meters to tens of meters, to several dozens of meters. In just a moment, it had become a towering tree.

Heavens!

The clansmen saw with their own eyes how this towering three grew up in half a minute. They thought that they were dreaming.

Ye Chen looked at the tree in front of him and exclaimed in his heart. His Astral Body had enveloped it and observed it carefully, afraid that it was some sort of monster. He had even circulated Fire-type Celestial Chi and was ready to destroy it at any time. However, his Astral Body did not discover anything strange. This towering tree had nothing special except its vitality.

When it grew to about thirty meters, it stopped growing and became extremely quiet.

Ye Chen sighed in relief. If the tree continued to grow at that speed earlier, it would not be long until the homes the Ye Clan had painstakingly built in the valley would be destroyed. Perhaps there was a limit to its growth.

“Chief, what kind of tree is this?”

The clansmen gathered in succession.

“I don’t know either.” Ye Chen shook his head. The tree grew so fast that Ye Chen was caught off guard. Before he could look up the data and see what kind of tree it was, it had already grown into this.

The tree was shrouded in extremely rich Wood-type Celestial Chi. There should be some benefits to Wood-type Celestial Chi cultivation but the people of the Ye Clan only cultivated the Thunder Emperor Technique, so it seemed useless.

The clansmen were deep in discussion. It was the first time they had seen such a fast-growing tree.

“The old chief is here.”

Ye Zhantian and Ye Changxuan were slightly shocked to see such a large tree here.

“Little Chen, what’s going on?” Ye Zhantian asked cautiously.

“Father, I bought a piece of dead wood when I was at Jadeite City. I found the wood still had some vitality after infusing some Wood-type Celestial Chi, so I thought of bringing it home and cultivating a little seedling before studying what kind of tree it is. I just didn’t expect that when I gave it Celestial Chi, it would suddenly grow violently after hitting sunlight. In just a few moments, it had become such a big tree,” Ye Chen explained.

“Just a few moments?” Ye Changxuan froze for a moment. He had never heard of a tree species that could grow so big in just a few moments. “I’ve never heard of a tree that grows so fast. Could it be a type of spirit tree?”

“Seems like we have to go back and look at the Book of Knowledge.” Ye Zhantian was interested.

They were also somewhat curious about this large tree and wondered what it was for. It would be a pity to waste it if it were a rare treasure.

The clansmen gathered around the tree and continued to discuss.

“Will it continue to grow again?”

“I think it will.” The clansmen were still rather afraid of its terrifying growth rate.

“Before we find out what it’s called, let’s just call it the Spirit Tree,” a clansman said.

The rest of the clansmen accepted the suggestion.

Ye Chen did not participate in the discussion. Instead, he carefully observed the branches and leaves with his Astral Body while searching through the descriptions of various trees left behind by the armguard owner. The armguard owner had recorded tens of thousands of mysterious tree species with different uses. Some could be refined into medicinal pills, some could detoxify, and some were highly toxic.

After more than an hour, Ye Chen still could not find out what kind of tree it was. His Astral Body paid close attention to the leaves of this large tree, which were an odd star shape. Water drops seemed to be contained on the green leaves. Under the sunlight, they glimmered like little stars.