61 God’s Left Hand Part 2 (1/2)

Nailisi’s eyes were staring straight at the leaf in Saleen’s hand without concealing her greed. That was something really great! If she ate it, would she evolve?

Saleen was also staring at the leaf in his hand. What was this thing? Could it have been a legendary leaf from the Tree of Life?

The Goddess of Nature had possessed four trees: the Tree of Life, the Tree of Elements, the Tree of Knowledge, and the Tree of Taboo. The descriptions of them were seen in many magic notes. Mages had not concealed their envy of these four trees. It was a pity that after the fall of Goddess of Nature, these four trees had withered too.

Possession of the Tree of Life would give one eternal life. Possession of the Tree of Elements would allow one to master powerful magic. Possession of the Tree of Knowledge would allow one to grasp this world’s past and future. And lastly, possession of the Tree of Taboo would allow one to become a deity.

”Master.” Nailisi subconsciously licked her lips. As her tongue had been stuck out far enough, its tip had touched her nose.

”What do you want to do?” Saleen warily held onto the leaf in his hand tightly, fearing that Nailisi would swallow it into her stomach. If it were eaten by Nailisi, it would be futile to even cut open her stomach. The digestive powers of a demon were scarier than any acid created by mages.

It was said that the saliva of some supreme demons could even corrode mithril.

”Master, you can try to heal your hand!” Nailisi suppressed the desire in her heart and said something insincerely.

It suddenly dawned upon Saleen that since this leaf was so precious, its vitality would be exhausted sooner or later. It would not be a long term solution to use it to improve his magic; he might as well use it to heal his hand.

He stretched out his left hand. His left hand was withered like a dead branch in the winter, and he could not even curl his fingers.

If this hand did not heal soon, it would be meaningless even if he advanced. Newly learned spells required two hands to sustain their mantra. Otherwise, he would not be able to master them efficiently, not to mention practice them.

At this thought, Saleen placed the yellowish leaf in his left palm and deployed the half-spell Gift of Life. A soft green light diffused from within the leaf and enveloped Saleen’s left hand.

Saleen felt a pain in his palm and was thrilled. If he had felt pain, it meant that he was beginning to regain sensation. He observed it carefully and was shocked to see the yellowish leaf shatter without any sound, leaving behind only webbed leaf veins. The shattered leaf turned into a glorious green light and completely seeped into the center of his hand. The remaining leaf veins started to move and dove into his hand.

Saleen hurriedly used his right hand to try and grasp them, but the silky veins had led the stalk into the palm of his left hand in the blink of an eye.

Saleen stared at his left hand blankly. His left hand was no longer like a lifeless creature. It had turned green in color, and its structure was transparent. The muscles had firmed up again and were no longer disgustingly shrivelled. After the leaf veins had entered his palm, they had continued to penetrate into the bones of his palm. It was not painful this time around, but was rather itchy instead.

The leaf veins penetrated his bones and then continued to spread to the middle section of his arm before stopping. The green debris in the muscles of his left hand began to absorb his bones, seeping through them before slowly fading away. They were no longer transparent, having turned a pure white instead.

Saleen noticed that his palm was now soft like a baby’s and grew suspicious. Although his palm was not transparent anymore, Saleen was able to feel the leaf veins continuously changing the bone structure of his hand.

A trap?

This ring of his had been won from Baron Minghui and had not been a necessity. He had only discovered the secret of the ring when that ascetic had shot at it and revealed the truth behind the Ring of Gifts.

Even after giving it careful thought, Saleen had absolutely no idea what his relationship with the Ring of Gifts was. Everything that had happened had been accidental, but why would this leaf penetrate his body?

If this was a leaf from the Tree of Life, would there be any awful side effects since it had now merged with his body?

Nailisi saw the leaf enter Saleen’s body, and the voice in her heart came up again – Eat master up, and not only will you receive freedom, but you will also acquire great power…

Time gradually passed. The leaf vein finally stopped changing his bone structure and the feeling of itchiness disappeared. Saleen gently curled his left hand, feeling for the changes that the piece of leaf had brought.

It did not feel too bad. His left hand and left arm felt as though they were connected by blood veins, and had not been transformed into something else by the leaf veins. Saleen’s fingers and wrist were rotating and curling in a nimble manner with no discomfort. It was just that deep in his bone marrow, Saleen could feel that familiar sense of vitality.

There were no similarities between this vitality and elemental energy, for it was even more complicated and difficult to replicate.

If elemental energy could be described as a singular thing, then this vitality could be described as extremely complicated. It was as though all the elemental powers had been merged together, completely removing the repulsion between elemental energies.

Saleen thought blankly, was this hand still his?

He searched for the books and notes that he had previously read, hoping to find an answer.

The number of books that Saleen had previously used memory magic to read was numerous. He had not been able to digest them completely, and could only use the time he had when practicing with the mysterious badge to revise the contents he had memorized. Just like now, when he wanted to search for knowledge related to something, he could only recall things book by book and was unable to instantly bring to mind the answers he sought.

This was the limitation of reading magic. A person could only memorize things by rote and could not immediately make the knowledge their own.