Time passed. Under Lu Ye's careful observation, he found that the Star Abyss aura could be divided into three parts. The first part was the impurities that were burned by the Talent Tree, which were useless or even harmful to cultivators.
The second part was normal spiritual energy. This kind of spiritual energy could be seen everywhere in the starry sky. Cultivators relied on this kind of spiritual energy to cultivate.
As for the last part … Lu Ye didn't notice it at first because the existence of this part was too small. However, it did exist.
What was strange was that this tiny part of existence actually merged into the Talent Tree as he refined and cultivated.
It wasn't absorbed by the Talent Tree, but integrated into it. Two hours later, Lu Ye found a small mark on a blank leaf of the Talent Tree. If he hadn't been concentrating on sensing, he wouldn't have noticed this change.
After calming down and investigating, Lu Ye keenly felt that this small mark was the condensation of an extremely mysterious power. However, it was too small, so it wasn't easy to notice.
This was … Dao power!
Although he had guessed it before, Lu Ye was still excited when his guess was confirmed.
Because according to the information provided by the Thunder Battle Fort, he wasn't a creature born in the Star Abyss. Before he established his Dao foundation, he couldn't have his own Dao power. Only by establishing his Dao foundation and entering the Dao Realm could he have Dao power enter his body.
But now, relying on the uniqueness of the Talent Tree, he could break this rule by refining the Star Abyss aura!
This had always been the unique advantage of the creatures of the Star Abyss.
This thin bit of Dao power wasn't complete. Even if it was activated, it wouldn't bring much improvement to Lu Ye. However, this was a good start. This was a leap from nothing to something, a qualitative change!
If he could possess more Dao Energy, then his safety in the front lines of the battlefield would be greatly guaranteed.
Slowly opening his eyes, Lu Ye said, "Senior Sister, I want to cultivate for a while."
Jiu Yan was startled for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, I'll protect you."
At this moment, her expression had returned to normal, as if nothing had happened before.
Lu Ye closed his eyes again and continued to maintain his previous state of cultivation.
As time passed, the traces of Dao power on the leaves of the Innate Tree became clearer and more complete.
After a full ten days, Lu Ye finally obtained a complete trace of Dao Energy. Under inspection, this trace of Dao Energy was like a golden thread, flowing and swimming on the leaves like a living creature. Just by looking at it, one could feel the endless mysteries contained within, and the profound strength inside seemed to be able to evolve the principles of the world.
Lu Ye finally understood why those strange visitors from the Star Abyss cherished their own Dao power so much. This thing was too difficult to cultivate. He relied on the power of the Talent Tree to construct countless small spirit gathering funnels on his body. The speed of his cultivation was beyond imagination, but even so, he still spent such a long time to obtain a trace of Dao power.
The other cultivators would definitely take much longer than him!
And once they encountered a battle, things like Dao Energy were still very easily consumed. No wonder those Star Abyss's guests would eat the enemy's corpses to replenish themselves after a fierce battle.
Of course, this was also related to the degree of density of the Star Abyss aura in this place. Although this place was not the edge of the battlefield, it was also not some central area. If one could be at a place where the Star Abyss aura was even denser, then the efficiency should be slightly higher.
Even if it was difficult to cultivate, one still had to cultivate. After all, in this kind of place, Dao power was the foundation of one's existence.
Lu Ye spent another twenty days and cultivated two more strands of Dao power before stopping.
These three strands of Dao power gathered on the same leaf of the Talent Tree, looking like three golden fish swimming back and forth.
This trip to the battlefield was mainly to help Jiu Yan forge her Dao foundation. He already had some progress on his side, so there was no need to be so anxious. He could go back and slowly cultivate to obtain more Dao power.
He had to first nurture the power of the Fire Gourd and Sword Gourd. To deal with those strange visitors from the Star Abyss who possessed Dao power, the power of these two treasures was also very important.
"Senior Sister, I'm done here." Lu Ye opened his eyes and said to Jiu Yan.
Jiu Yan turned her head and sized him up for a while, then nodded and closed her eyes to begin her own cultivation.
Lu Ye thought for a moment, then took out a drop of Treasure Blood and transformed it into a clone that lay dormant outside to be vigilant at all times. His main body began to nurture the Sword Gourd and Fire Gourd.
This matter was relatively simple. He only needed enough resources to complete it. As for the resources needed to nurture the two gourds, he had brought a lot of them with him, especially the Fire Gourd. On the giant red star, he had deliberately left enough Flaming Sun Essence to nurture dozens of Strange Flames.
After swallowing a large number of magic treasures of different quality, the Sword Gourd's Sword Qi gradually became complete.
After the Sword Gourd finished nurturing, Lu Ye began to nurture the Fire Gourd.
As the Flaming Sun Essence swallowed, the Strange Flames in the Fire Gourd slowly grew.
Lu Ye was about to put away the Fire Gourd when he suddenly thought of a question. Would the Talent Tree undergo another transformation? If it did, what were the conditions?
Ordinary fire-attribute resources obviously had no effect on the Talent Tree's transformation. They could only be used as fuel. The opportunity for the fourth transformation was to swallow a large number of Strange Flames. Would it also need this Strange Flame next time?
His heart stirred. Lu Ye prepared to give it a try. In any case, it was just consuming a Strange Flame. As for whether or not this was the opportunity, he would know once he tried.
Urging the Talent Tree, invisible roots probed into the gourd. However, in the next moment, Lu Ye's expression changed and he hurriedly withdrew the Talent Tree's power.
In that instant of contact, he felt that something was wrong.
The Talent Tree … seemed to want to devour the Fire Gourd!
Thinking carefully, Lu Ye was sure that it wasn't an illusion. If he hadn't reacted quickly, the Fire Gourd would have been devoured by the Talent Tree. Even if it couldn't devour it completely in a short time, once the Fire Gourd was damaged, its power would be greatly reduced.
The Talent Tree that had undergone four transformations could actually devour treasures?
Although he knew that the Talent Tree would undergo some unusual changes after this transformation, but he hadn't noticed it yet, such a change … was still unexpected.
Frowning, Lu Ye didn't dare to let the Talent Tree have any direct contact with the Fire Gourd. Although he was sure that he would gain a lot of benefits after devouring the Fire Gourd, the Fire Gourd was still very useful.
He could only activate the Fire Gourd and release the mystical fire within it. Only after it was suspended in front of him did he activate the power of the Talent Tree. Invisible roots pierced into the mystical fire, and in an instant, the mystical fire disappeared without a trace.
Lu Ye calmly sensed it and soon revealed a disappointed expression. The Talent Tree didn't have much of a reaction. It could even be said that there was no reaction. This undoubtedly meant that even if it could transform again, the opportunity wasn't the Strange Flame.
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
Because after this Strange Flame was devoured, the fuel reserve of the Talent Tree actually didn't change.
Logically speaking, if devouring the Strange Flame wasn't a condition for transformation, then it would increase the fuel reserve. But the fuel reserve didn't increase, so where did the Strange Flame go? It couldn't be that it disappeared into thin air. That was a treasure nurtured by many flaming sun essences.
Calming his mind, he carefully examined it. Soon, Lu Ye discovered a change in the Talent Tree.
On the leaf that carried the three strands of Dao power that he spent a month cultivating, there was now an additional golden strand, turning into four strands.
The Dao power increased …
Was this brought about by devouring the Strange Flame?
Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was the only explanation. He had previously speculated that the power exerted by the treasures contained Dao power. Otherwise, it would be impossible for it to be such a big threat to those strange visitors from the Star Abyss. It was just that this speculation couldn't be verified, but now this evidence was directly placed in front of him.
The extra strand of Dao power couldn't have appeared out of thin air, and the Strange Flame couldn't have disappeared without a trace. It was transformed into this strand of Dao power by the Talent Tree!
Although he was very sure that it wasn't wrong, this kind of thing still needed to be verified.
Lu Ye used some flaming sun essences to nurture another ball of Strange Flame and let the Talent Tree devour it. This time, he carefully observed the leaf that carried the Dao power. Sure enough, after that ball of Strange Flame was devoured, there was an additional strand of golden Dao power on the leaf, turning the four strands into five …
Lu Ye was extremely happy.
With his own cultivation efficiency, in this environment, he could only obtain a strand of Dao power after ten days. But if he borrowed the power of the treasures, the efficiency would be much higher. The only restriction was the supply of resources. Even if he exhausted all the treasures and flaming sun essences he had on him, he could obtain more than a hundred strands of Dao power.
A hundred strands of Dao power, according to the information provided by the Thunder Battle Fort, was the capital that only experts who entered the Dao Realm had. Those who didn't enter the Dao Realm, even the strange visitors from the Star Abyss, didn't have so much Dao power to use.
In other words, if Lu Ye converted all the resources he had into Dao power, then even if he wasn't in the Dao Realm, he would be comparable to it.
Was there anything in this world that was more profitable than this?
Also, a ball of Strange Flame in the Fire Gourd was a strand of Dao power. Then, what if he let the Talent Tree devour the Fire Gourd? How much Dao power would it obtain? It was definitely not as simple as a strand. Treasures were the condensation of Dao, and treasures were the derivatives of treasures. Then, the treasures were also the condensation of Dao power. No matter what kind of treasure it was, it would definitely contain a lot of Dao power!
Dao Tree … So that's how it is. The name of the Dao Tree has such a deep meaning. In a trance, many things seemed to have been made clear. Lu Ye had never understood why the Talent Tree was called the Dao Tree. Only today did he have a clue.
He indeed wouldn't let the Talent Tree devour the Fire Gourd and the Sword Gourd, but he had more than these two treasures!
With a thought, he took out a palm-sized broken umbrella.
Heaven Luo Umbrella.
This thing couldn't be repaired in Hua Ci's place, and it couldn't be repaired in the Constellation Hall either. Because it didn't fit, Lu Ye originally planned to put it in the spirit jade mine, but he forgot about it.
Since this treasure was broken, it was just right to take it out and devour it!
However, just as Lu Ye was about to do so, he stopped and pondered for a while. Then, he channeled his Dao power into the Heaven Luo Umbrella. (End of Chapter)
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