Chapter 1474 - 1059: We Three Are Truly Destined!

Chapter 1474: Chapter 1059: We Three Are Truly Destined!

As if she sensed the doubt in his heart, Lu Ya giggled and took out a pitiful little sprig from her bosom.

It was clear this little sprig had been away from its main body for quite some time. It was a bit wilted; on the stem that still shimmered with bright vitality, there were only two or three leaves, like a tiny tip hastily snapped off from a long branch.

[Tree of Life Sprig: A tender shoot from the Tree of Life, ranked first among rare wonders, containing surging Life Energy. Lu Ya uses the Tree of Life sprig, warming and converting it with her own self, to serve as the Wilderness World Sprout of the Human World, maintaining the stability of this world so it does not collapse]

Jiang Yuan:!!!

The three wondrous trees, gathered together in such a way!

"I get it now! You two seniors nourish the Tree of Time’s root and the Tree of Life’s sprig with your own selves, letting them serve as World Sprouts!" Jiang Yuan looked at the obviously bigger and fresher World Tree branch in his own hand and exclaimed, "In other words, this World Tree branch can do it too!"

"And the branch in Fellow Daoist’s hand is filled with rich Energy, looks like it hasn’t been off the World Tree for long, so it’s more suitable than our two to act as the Sprout." Lu Ya added, "Because the Treasures in our hands are too old, their Energy is lacking, so we have to slowly disperse our own Cultivation to warm them.

If it can be swapped for Fellow Daoist’s World Tree branch, its Energy could easily sustain things for several decades.

Then the two of us, first, wouldn’t need to swallow Spirit Medicine whole; second, wouldn’t need to keep scattering our Cultivation, and could live a few more decades, winning more time for the two worlds to settle safely."

Xuanyuan Yangguang stroked the tree root and laughed. "We’ve been together for so many years, I’m indeed a bit reluctant, but Lu Ya is right. Anyway, once the two of us enter the World Core, we’ll no longer have any chance to leave.

For me, I also shouldn’t keep relying on it to dodge the passage of time.

Besides, Fellow Daoist excels at Shennong arts; you can even replant and revive the decayed World Tree, so perhaps this tree root may bloom anew in your hands. Would Fellow Daoist be willing to exchange?"

More than willing!

Say nothing of anything else—since the System wrote "can be planted," once it’s in his hands he’s guaranteed to make it grow!

The two sides immediately reached an agreement, so Jiang Yuan used one cut-off branch to trade for the other party’s small tree root. The instant the Tree of Time root was in his hand, the System popped up a string of prompts—

[Achievement: Obtained a plantable Tree of Time root! Reward: Tree of Time Special Fertilizer +10; Accelerator +1]

[Tree of Time Special Fertilizer: After planting the root, fertilizer can be applied once every three days. Each application will allow the Tree of Time to grow sturdier by a bit]

[Accelerator: A Divine Artifact for courtyard construction. You can load Spirit Stones or other high-value items as fuel, then freely select targeted acceleration, including but not limited to farming, animal husbandry, workshop manufacturing, cooking, and other production lines]

[Side Quest Triggered: Tree of Time]

[The Tree of Time was destroyed over the long God-Demon War; its trunk and branches were refined by fortunate Cultivators into various Magical Treasures. Fortunately, the one remaining root was found and well preserved by Xuanyuan Yangguang. Please use the obtained root to plant the Tree of Time and receive abundant special rewards]

[Quest 1: Find a suitable location to plant the Tree of Time. Reward: Accelerator Special Fuel +1]

Today really is a great day!

Looking at the rewards he’d "picked up for free," Jiang Yuan was so excited that his heart was pounding. He’d finally gotten his hands on the acceleration Divine Artifact ahead of time! The main quest for the Second Home, Conch Island, could finally be pushed fiercely forward—best if he could push it straight to Level 100!

If he remembered correctly, the small courtyard’s Accelerator seemed to be a quest reward you only got once the courtyard reached around Level Eight. Once he got it, it was like adding wings to a tiger. Now, when it came to construction Divine Artifacts on Conch Island, the only thing he was missing was the Courtyard Communicator.

"Such dense Energy! As expected, freshly taken from the World Tree, it really is more suitable than the root to shoulder this duty." Xuanyuan Yangguang was extremely well-versed, and now that he served as the "foundation" of a World Sprout, the moment he got it, he could sense how worthwhile this thing was.

Lu Ya raised her brows at him a bit proudly and sent a Secret Communication, "Don’t underestimate the power of the world’s barrier. Even though the two worlds we guard are riddled with wounds, it’s still not a place just any random stray cat or mangy dog can enter the World Core.

You just wouldn’t believe it and kept your guard up everywhere. Well? Almost missed out on a great deal, didn’t you? You can’t go wrong listening to me!"

"Yes, yes, yes, it was me being petty and worrying about a trap, not daring to reveal my trump cards too early." Xuanyuan Yangguang also replied via Secret Communication, apologizing, "Thanks to the lady’s righteous help, getting the World Tree branch really made things much easier than before.

We promised him Spirit Medicine, and you can also trade him for another branch; that way we can take it easy for a few decades, and the Human World might still be saved."

"Who’s ’we’ with you? All that Spirit Medicine was painstakingly planted by Yuan Man and gifted to you. If I used it to trade for branches, wouldn’t I just be falling deeper into debt? Even though, having entered this place in this life, other than my vitality running dry and body and Dao both perishing, there’s no chance of Ascension, I still don’t want to owe others."

"If you bring up ’debt,’ then we have to tally it carefully. For three hundred years, you’ve been steadily holding up the Wilderness World every night. If we really count it, I’m afraid both I and the Wilderness owe you far more. Besides, this Fellow Daoist has gained quite a few benefits you left behind. Though it’s ’the fated one who obtains,’ since he’s the original owner’s successor, shouldn’t we factor that in as well..."

The two continued speaking by Secret Communication, having yet another couple rounds of silent eyebrow duels.

Jiang Yuan was indeed coveting the achievements. He’d gotten an Accelerator just from a tree root—if he could get the Tree of Life sprig next, what would the generous System reward him with?

Impatient and burning with anxiety, he hurriedly took out a fresh World Tree branch from his Storage Bag, stared at the slightly wilted little sprig in the other’s hand, and asked, "Senior Lu Ya, your Tree of Life sprig really is a bit small. How about we swap?"