Chapter 1326: Soul-nourishing Wood Fragments
While flying away, Ye Chunyang played with a black wood chip in his hand.
This piece of wood was brought back by Xiaobao from the Sutra Pavilion. It is only the size of a baby's palm. The surface is covered with ancient wood grains. It looks a bit rough, but it is warm and cool in the hand. It feels like spiritual purity when you carry it on your body.
"I didn't expect that there is a fragment of a spirit-nurturing tree in the Cangyuan Sect. Could it be that there is a spirit-nurturing tree here too?"
Ye Chunyang murmured.
The Spirit-nurturing Tree is a magical tree that can gather spiritual energy. He once cultivated one when he was in the human world.
However, the most important magical function of this tree is not to gather spiritual energy, but the spiritual nourishing wood cut from this tree can nourish the soul, which is of great benefit in practicing spiritual arts.
After arriving in the Demon God Realm, Ye Chunyang came into contact with the practice of soul arts for the first time. He had already planned to find a soul-nurturing tree, but unfortunately he found nothing.
Unexpectedly, during the retreat, he used his clone to travel to the Sutra-Tiding Pavilion and unexpectedly found a fragment of a spiritual tree. How could he not be surprised?
However, when Ye Chunyang got this object, he found that the soul power on it was weak and he could no longer use the soul technique to practice, so he came out and planned to ask Qingmu about the origin of this object.
"Fellow Daoist Ye, why are you interested in coming to my Cang Yuan Peak today?"
Just as he was thinking about it, Aoki's hearty laughter could be heard from Cangyuan Peak.
Ye Chunyang's figure swayed and fell towards the place where the sound came from.
Cang Yuan Peak not only has one main hall, but also a magnificent sea of clouds on the back mountain, surrounded by white mist, making it look like a fairy mountain or a divine peak.
"Ye took the liberty of visiting. Didn't he disturb fellow Taoist Qingmu?"
Ye Chunyang put away his escaping light and saw an old figure meditating on a cliff on the mountain.
It was Aoki.
"Haha, fellow Taoist Ye said this a bit out of line, but I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. Fellow Taoist has been in seclusion for a long time, and suddenly I came here. What's the matter?" Qing Mulang said with a smile.
Ye Chunyang didn't say much. He directly took out the fragment of the spirit-nurturing tree and asked, "I found this thing in the Sutra Collection Pavilion a few days ago. I'm a little interested in it. I wonder where it came from?"
"Huh?"
Qingmu stretched out his hand to take the piece of spirit-raising wood. After looking at it for a while, he looked puzzled: "This thing has no aura, it is just an ordinary thing. Why did Fellow Daoist Ye suddenly fall in love with this thing?"
"Ordinary things?"
Ye Chunyang raised his eyebrows slightly.
Could it be that Aoki didn't know that these were fragments that fell off the spiritual tree?
He smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just that this thing looks a little strange, so it's a little strange."
Aoki looked suspicious.
But he didn’t think much about it, and after carefully measuring the fragments of the spirit-nurturing wood, he shook his head slightly and said, “To say that the origin of this thing is indeed a long time ago, it should have existed before the previous generation of great elders passed away. "
"oh?"
"Does Fellow Daoist Qingmu know where the previous great elder got this thing from?"
Ye Chunyang asked again.
"This old man has heard a little bit about it."
Aoki pondered for a moment and said: "As far as I know, this object seems to have appeared in our sect hundreds of years ago. At that time, the previous great elder saw that this object was somewhat unique, so he kept it. However, he studied it many times but never found it. I found out what use this thing had, so I simply put it in the Sutra Collection Pavilion."
"This is just a dead object. Not only the previous great elder, I also took it out and examined it after cultivating the golden elixir, but found nothing strange. Could it be that fellow Taoist saw something?"
At the end of his words, Aoki couldn't help but said strangely.
"I don't see anything here, I just feel that this thing is a little different, so I came to ask fellow Taoist Qingmu about it." Ye Chunyang took back the pieces of the spirit-nurturing wood and said calmly.
Aoki looked suspicious.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly said: "If Fellow Daoist Ye really wants to know the origin of this thing, you might as well go down the mountain to Luo City and have a look."
"Lo City?"
Ye Chunyang's eyebrows gathered slightly.
There's something familiar about this name.
"Yes, according to what the previous great elder said, this object was paid tribute to our sect by a family in Luo City hundreds of years ago, but there is no record in our sect of which family it was."
Qingmu said: "If Fellow Daoist Ye is interested in this thing, you can check it out."
Ye Chunyang's emphasis on this object made Qingmu deeply puzzled, but thinking that this fragment was indeed a dead object since it was placed in the Sutra Pavilion, he stopped asking any more questions.
"That's fine."
Ye Chunyang thought for a moment and nodded.
Judging from Aoki's performance, he really didn't know the wonders of the spirit-nurturing tree. If this was the case, he didn't need to explain it.
What's more, whether there really is a spirit-nurturing tree in the Demon God Realm will be discussed after he has verified it.
Then, he bowed, said goodbye and left.
Qingmu felt even more strange, but since Ye Chunyang was interested in this thing, he would not interfere.
After leaving Cangyuan Peak, Ye Chunyang did not leave the mountain gate directly, but returned to Lookout Star Peak.
Although he had some clues about the spirit-nurturing tree, he had just reached the Daoji realm and needed to be stable in the cave for a while before leaving the sect when everything was fully prepared.
After returning to the peak, Ye Chunyang was surprised to find that there was no one in the cave, and both Ye Yao and Bai Feng were missing.
Just when he was surprised, a burst of fire flew from the hall.
Ye Chunyang's eyes narrowed, and he grabbed it casually. It was a transmission note. After hearing the content, Ye Chunyang looked strange.
"Yao'er actually went down the mountain with Bai Feng privately, but that girl has my spiritual mark on her body, and the Qing Huang Sword was also passed on to her, so there shouldn't be any danger."
Ye Chunyang whispered, and the firelight dissipated in his hands.
This sound transmission note was left by Ye Yao. The little girl might have felt bored staying in the cave, so she followed him down the mountain to play under Bai Feng's instigation.
Although Ye Chunyang was a little worried, this girl had a unique physique, and she also had the Qinghuang Sword that he had sacrificed and refined. The ninth level of Qi Refining could completely compete with the tenth level. With Bai Feng by her side, there would be no danger.
Moreover, the spiritual record left on her body could sense any abnormality at any time no matter where the other party was.
So in the next few days, Ye Chunyang was immersed in studying the fragments of the nourishing spirit wood.
Although the soul power contained in this thing was so thin that it was negligible, it was still an orthodox fragment of the nourishing spirit wood. If there was a nourishing spirit tree within a certain range, it could be sensed by this.
"This fragment of the nourishing spirit wood has been sealed in the Cangyuan Sect's Sutra Pavilion for hundreds of years. If it is allowed to maintain its power to nourish the soul, it must be able to regain its vitality."
"I don't know if the ripening effect of the spirit spoon can achieve this step?"
Ye Chunyang weighed the fragment of the nourishing spirit wood, thought for a moment, and then offered the spirit spoon to water it.
A spoonful of clear water, with the spirit spoon as the medium, instantly turned into a magical spiritual water that the spiritual springs of heaven and earth avoided. As it fell into the fragment of the nourishing spirit wood bit by bit, the black wood grain on it seemed to be alive and began to wriggle faintly.
Ye Chunyang carefully observed the changes in the fragment.
Although the spirit spoon can ripen any spiritual flowers and herbs, that is under the premise that the latter still has vitality. Now that the fragment of the nourishing spirit wood has been separated from the body, the vitality has long been cut off. If this wood does not have a long preservation period, I am afraid it will not be much different from the firewood used for chopping wood and burning.
Under such a thin vitality, Ye Chunyang cannot guarantee that the ripening of the spirit spoon will be effective on it.
As Ye Chunyang watched, the wood grain on the fragment moved a few times, and suddenly a faint fragrance was emitted.
This fragrance is different from other natural treasures. It makes people feel refreshed and all fatigue is eliminated.
"It really works."
Ye Chunyang's face was happy.
However, after checking the fragment for a while, he shook his head with some disappointment.
"It's a pity that this thing is just a fragment after all. Even if the spirit spoon has the magic of ripening, it can only keep the last ray of vitality. If it is really cut from the branches of the nourishing spirit tree, it should be able to add more vitality."
"Forget it, for now, let's use the spirit spoon to keep it alive temporarily, and try to find clues about the nourishing spirit tree after a few days when we go down the mountain."
Having made a decision in his heart, Ye Chunyang no longer thought about it and threw the fragment of the nourishing spirit wood into the jade gourd.
Although it is impossible to ripen this thing and restore its effect of nourishing the soul, as long as it can maintain its vitality, there is a great chance to find the real nourishing spirit tree.
In the following days, Ye Chunyang would take out the pieces of the nurturing wood every day and use the spirit spoon to keep it alive. The rest of the time he continued to stabilize his realm and comprehend the soul technique.
Two months passed unknowingly.
In these two months, the news that Qi Fei challenged "Ye Yun" and was beaten back by his disciples gradually subsided. Even if some disciples still talked about it, it was no longer as popular as it was at that time.
Shortly after the challenge ended, another shocking news came out.
Elder Lian Qing of Lianyun Peak had his arm cut off, but he was very taboo about it and no one knew the reason.
But on the day when it was reported that Elder Lian Qing's arm was cut off, it was heard that he ordered Qi Fei to be expelled from the sect and sent back to the Qi family in Lindu City, and he was not allowed to step into the Cangyuan Sect again.
Once this news came out, not only the disciples of Lianyun Peak were puzzled, but the disciples of other peaks were also stunned.
It is said that Qi Fei was Lian Qing's favorite disciple in the past few years, but now he was cruelly expelled from the sect and his arm was broken. Everyone speculated that this matter was most likely related to the mysterious "Ye Yun".
Unfortunately, there was no evidence for this matter, and it became the first unsolved case in Cangyuan Sect.
When Qi Fei heard the news that he was expelled from the sect, he vomited blood on the spot and fainted again immediately after waking up from a serious injury.
Ye Chunyang did not pay attention to the news circulating among these disciples. After resting in the cave for two months, he finally left Lookout Star Peak after finding that the vitality in the fragment of the Yangling Wood was gradually stabilizing.
According to the clues told by Qingmu, this fragment of the Yangling Wood came from Luocheng. This time he planned to go there to take a look, maybe there would be some gains.
When he left the sect silently, two figures stood opposite each other in the disciple attic of Lianyun Peak, looking a little solemn.
"Xin'er, are you really going to go down the mountain to practice?"
Chen Xue looked at Nie Xin and asked with a look of surprise.
She could have practiced peacefully in the Cang Yuan Sect, but the other party suddenly wanted to leave the sect, which made her a little puzzled.
"Yes, the sect is good, but it is too comfortable. To truly improve, you must practice."
Nie Xin looked into the distance with a firm expression.