novelzi Chapter 432: The Golden Tree Spirit Essence
Chapter 432: The Golden Tree Spirit Essence
Chapter 432: The Golden Tree Spirit Essence
However, for a spirit essence, successfully possessing someone was challenging, as they would almost inevitably have to take over a body of a different race. And what if they met a demon, an entirely incompatible existence?
But when Tang San first saw this spirit essence and observed it with his spiritual power, he immediately determined what it was—and once more, reinforcing his belief that his luck was quite literally out of this world.
He checked the seal on the mouth of the crystal bottle, a small sealing array. The spirit essence was locked inside, and without sufficient spiritual power to use its abilities, it could do absolutely nothing to get out.
Tang San let out a thread of spiritual power, bypassing the seal and quietly entering the bottle with his mind.
"Calm down first. Then we can talk."
Tang San conveyed his thoughts to the spirit essence in the bottle.
The spirit essence's thrashing stopped—clearly, it had not expected someone to actually communicate with it. Immediately after, a voice filled with anger resounded in Tang San's mind.
"Let me out, let me out!"
It was a strong roar, full of anger and resentment.
"I will let you out, but we need to talk first," Tang San said calmly.
"Talk about what? Let me out!"
The spirit essence's emotions were clearly unstable.
Tang San said deeply, "In your current state, we can't communicate. You will lose the opportunity for freedom and... rebirth, maybe. Calm down first."
The spirit essence did not respond this time, but it clearly heeded his warning. A light halo resembling an eye gradually formed, looking at Tang San from inside the bottle.
Tang San just let it look at him.
Tang San shook his head and said, "No worries, it won't take that long. With my help, you can achieve this goal in a much shorter time."
"What do you want me to do?" The spirit essence's intelligence finally came to the fore. When it saw the Golden Tree, all its anger transformed into joy. This was the best opportunity for its rebirth.
Tang San said, "I don't need you to do anything specifically. Just guard this area. In the future, I will give you more. All I want is that you consider this area your territory. That is your instinct anyway, so I don’t think it will be much of a problem."
The Golden Tree's instinct was to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and transform it into life energy. This life energy wasn't beneficial to the Golden Tree itself, but it benefited absolutely everything around it. Golden Trees were quite common in the Solstice Empire, and that was only natural—life energy was essential for vegetation to grow. However, it was rare for them to develop true intelligence. Moreover, the highest advancement for Golden Trees was just the tenth order, and for that reason, they were not regarded particularly highly in the Solstice Empire.
However, this status was based on the knowledge of this world. In Tang San's understanding, the Golden Tree was a completely different thing. The reason Golden Trees in this plane could only remain at the Nymph King level and not progress further wasn't due to the plane suppression or something like that, but because the Golden Trees hadn't found the right direction for further evolution.
They might take tens of thousands of years to evolve if left to natural development. Tang San, however, was very familiar with this species and understood deeply the benefits and functions it could bring.
"Then let me out!" the spirit essence said again.
"Sure."
Tang San smirked. Without any hesitation, he opened the crystal bottle directly, releasing the Golden Tree spirit essence from the seal.
As soon as the crystal bottle was opened, the yellow light ball shot up into the sky, attempting to escape.
Facing its escape, Tang San didn't move or attempt to chase it. He remained seated, smiling calmly.
The yellow light ball soared a hundred meters into the sky but stopped. After hovering for a moment, it slowly descended, returning to Tang San. A moment later, its voice echoed in Tang San's mind through divine consciousness.
"Hey, why aren’t you stopping me? Aren't you afraid I'll run away?"
Tang San smiled and shook his head. "Why should I be afraid? This is mutually beneficial for both of us. We are really deep within the Empyrean Dominion, so I hope you don’t expect to find your kind anywhere near here. My purpose in helping you is simple: the life energy you release during your growth will nourish everything here, and that is quite enough for me. You should be able to feel the Spirit Summoning Array I've set up here. With these arrays, your recovery and growth speeds will greatly increase. And this is just the beginning. In the future, as I grow stronger, I will provide more good things to help you grow faster."
The yellow light ball said, "If I grow to the god level in the future, you must not stop me from leaving."
Tang San said, "Of course, we can sign a contract. When you break through to the tenth order, you can leave and I will not stop you. I’ll even help you through the tribulation."