Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1659: Chapter 1018: Ownerless Object

“Senior!”

A gentle voice rang out. He slowly raised his head, his blue-gray eyes meeting the amber eyes of Qingyuan Fox Venerable.

Enduring a bit of injustice was nothing; Yang Zhenshan could bend and stretch and wasn’t someone who couldn’t tolerate grievances.

But if the other party forcefully probed his secrets, then he could only fight desperately.

The Divine Tree before him just happened to give him a chance to fight desperately.

A lifespan of three thousand two hundred years, with a consumption ratio close to ten to one.

An unusual glint flashed in Yang Zhenshan’s eyes.

Indeed, the lifespan of the Demon Clan cannot be calculated by the rules of the immortal cultivators.

This big shot in front of him actually has a lifespan of three thousand two hundred years, and if Yang Zhenshan wanted to erase all of her lifespan, he would need to spend more than thirty thousand years of his lifespan.

When Qingyuan Fox Venerable raised her eyes, her amber pupils shimmered like honey, her eyeliner arching as if gilded, a faint blush washing over, like glowing clouds resting at the tips of her eyelashes. Her elegant nose pointed gracefully with a natural touch of red at the tip, harmonizing with the gentle curve of her jawline, a perfect balance of softness and strength.

Her lips were a natural crimson, with full lip pearls that when slightly parted revealed half-biggle of a glowing white tooth, her smile extending from the corners of her mouth to the depths of her eyes, yet the smile carried three parts laziness and seven parts enchantment. Her skin was like peeled lychee, with a pearly pink hue along her neck, her azure hair cascading down to conceal her sharp ears, the tips of which were covered with golden fuzz that trembled slightly with every breath.

Such a visage, seemingly mixed with moonlight and flower essence, so vividly beautiful it’s soul-tugging, yet so clear like dew that makes one dare not desecrate it, but still can’t avert their gaze.

But at this moment, Yang Zhenshan’s eyes were exceptionally clear, without a hint of desire.

Qingyuan Fox Venerable’s gaze collided with his, “You’re quite good, haha, you have my approval!”

“Please, senior, issue your instructions!” Yang Zhenshan cupped his hands and bowed.

Qingyuan Fox Venerable withdrew the power of her Divine Soul, smiled lightly, “Your Divine Skill is strong, but you probably don’t know, you cannot extract the vitality from the Holy Tree!”

Yang Zhenshan’s composed expression froze.

Damn, this old fox was really a troublemaker, she actually guessed his intentions.

But it also makes sense, since she knew about his Withered and Flourishing Divine Power, how could she take him to the Holy Tree without any defense?

“It is ill. I hope you can heal it!” Qingyuan Fox Venerable said softly.

Yang Zhenshan was slightly stunned, then once again looked at the Divine Tree in front of him.

Clear Spirit Amber Holy Tree!

Healing trees wasn’t new to him; he had done it plenty of times with the Spirit Plants transplanted into the Spirit Source Land.

But healing a Fourth-order Divine Tree was indeed a first for him.

“The Clear Spirit Amber Holy Tree grows above the central focus of the grotto heaven’s Spirit Vein, able to connect nature’s spiritual energy, embodying the essence of all things, and is the foundation of my Fox Clan’s continuity.”

“The amber crystal embedded in the trunk is the Demon Core of our first-generation Fox Venerable, absorbing the celestial energy every day with the rising sun and setting moon, condensing Qingyuan’s spiritual energy into substance, transforming into gilded fog enveloping the tree’s crown.”

“The Holy Tree bears fruit once every three hundred years, yielding three hundred and sixty fruits each time. Those whose lifespan is nearing its end may consume them to extend their lives by a century! Ordinary people can use it to extend their lives by millennium.”

At this point, Qingyuan Fox Venerable looked at Yang Zhenshan with a half-smiling gaze.

Yang Zhenshan’s heart stirred; he vaguely understood Qingyuan Fox Venerable’s meaning.

This Holy Tree, being able to extend lifespan, indicated that it also caused an imbalance between life and death. The essence of Withered and Flourishing Divine Power also contained the implication of such imbalance, hence there was a close connection between the two.

Therefore, Yang Zhenshan was unable to use the Withered and Flourishing Divine Power to extract the vitality from this Holy Tree.

Qingyuan Fox Venerable’s expression immediately became serious and said, “But it has not borne fruit for a thousand years! Do you know why?”

“Why?” Yang Zhenshan asked in confusion.

Qingyuan Fox Venerable stared at him, her amber eyes devoid of any emotion.

Yang Zhenshan awkwardly touched his nose, “Well, let me first check the situation!”

When people ask you why it’s not to let you ask questions but to have you find the issue.

Faced with circumstances stronger than himself, Yang Zhenshan had no choice but to hope he could solve this problem so he could leave safely.

Spirit Plants are powerful beings, especially the Holy Tree in front of him, which is a Fourth-order Spirit Plant.

However, Spirit Plants are also delicate beings, having very demanding requirements for their growth environment.

In terms of potential ailments for Spirit Plants, Yang Zhenshan had some experience.

The first is environmental changes, which includes changes in spiritual energy concentration, Spirit Vein Rank, and changes in surrounding auras, etc.

The second is an anomaly within the core energy system; all Spirit Plants have their own energy systems for absorbing, storing, releasing spiritual energy, nurturing fruits, etc., all requiring a thorough energy cycle system.

The third is external factors, such as being attacked or invaded by some evil qi, etc.

Since this Holy Tree has had problems with bearing fruit, Yang Zhenshan’s first step is to inspect its core energy system.

He pressed his hand on the Holy Tree and his Spiritual Sense infiltrated the tree’s interior.

The Holy Tree belongs to a Void Spiritual Object; in theory, it has already detached from the characteristics of an attribute Spirit Plant, meaning it is not simply wood attribute, and may not even contain wood attributes.

More accurately, it’s the evolution of rules, rather than a plant.

Though it can bear fruit, it cannot nurture seeds.

Nor did it come to be through the germination and growth of seeds, but derived from the evolution of rules.

This discussion needs to begin with the generation of Void Spiritual Objects.

The Void seems empty, lacking material, but in reality, it conceals the entire real world.