"What's going on here?"
San Liu, standing above, saw the anomaly occurring below, his eyes widened in disbelief.
The freshly grown sapling suddenly vanished; it might have fallen into the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring below, so he didn't see it, but such a magnificent scene of gushing spring water was extraordinary.
Why did Mu Jinyu's strength and momentum remain unchanged? And where did all that Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring go?
San Liu's astonishment was unknown to Mu Jinyu, who was gradually sinking deeper into his cultivation state.
At this moment, as he sank deeper into cultivation, he was unaware that the tree seed in his hand had turned into a sapling and then vanished.
Mu Jinyu's eyes were tightly closed, focused solely on persisting a bit longer and absorbing more Dragon Qi from the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring to enhance the concentration of his bloodline.
Then, while in cultivation, he suddenly perceived a brilliant azure glow bursting forth within his body. After the light gradually faded, he saw a small tree, the size of a palm, appear in his Dantian.
This small tree, although palm-sized, had lush foliage and a twisting, sturdy trunk resembling an ancient tree of hundreds of years, only miniature in appearance.
Right when Mu Jinyu found this strange, he was shocked to discover that with the appearance of the sapling within his body, the speed at which his body absorbed the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring surged to a terrifying extent!
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
It was like a floodgate had opened, unstoppable!
"It's over, it's all over!"
Mu Jinyu, seeing the bizarre rate of his absorption, was terrified, thinking he was about to be burst alive.
However, he quickly realized something was off.
He found that the roaring Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring flooding into his body was not being refined into his Dantian and transformed into True Yuan, but was being endlessly devoured by the small sapling!
"This sapling..."
Having realized this, Mu Jinyu momentarily panicked but then calmed down as he understood what the sapling really was.
Without a doubt, it should be the germinated tree seed he held in his hand, which he had planned to grow!
Unexpectedly, it had already grown into a small sapling, and even burrowed into his Dantian!
What in the world?
Mu Jinyu felt absurd yet curious and worried about what the intrusion of this sapling into his Dantian would bring, be it benefit or harm.
"Boom, boom!"
At this moment, due to the absorption of sufficient Spiritual Power, the sapling began to grow more robustly. Its roots extended from the Dantian, spreading towards the Rushing Spring Acupoint at his feet.
Its branches and crown also began to stretch upwards, the lush foliage covering Mu Jinyu's chest cavity, with two of the stoutest branches, like roots, extending into his arms.
"Hmm?!"
Mu Jinyu watched this scene internally with a bizarre feeling.
At first, as the sapling extended beyond the Dantian and its branches reached towards his chest cavity, he thought his viscera would be smashed by the foliage, but that did not happen.
It was as if the strange tree he saw internally didn't have a physical form but was a kind of energy body.
"In that case..."
Mu Jinyu calmed down, pondering this strange situation, thinking how he could gain the most benefit from it!
"With this situation, wouldn't it be most suitable for me to switch to the Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art?"
Inspired by a bold idea, Mu Jinyu's thoughts raced!
"Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art," was one of the numerous Cultivation Techniques passed down to Mu Jinyu upon his awakening, after the Jade Pendant of his master, Mu Shao'ai, shattered.
It was also the best among those Cultivation Methods!
It was countless times better than the Cultivation Method he was currently cultivating!
"Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art," was a Cultivation Technique created by the Five Ancient Emperors.
As the name implies, "Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art" is the purest and most direct method aiming towards the origin of the wood attribute!
After obtaining this technique, Mu Jinyu coveted it immensely, but he had to reluctantly give it up because the conditions for cultivation were too harsh for modern times to achieve.
Because this method required the cultivator to have the strongest wood attribute constitution, and during cultivation, it also required obtaining a rare and unparalleled Spirit Root, merging it with oneself, controlling the Yin and Yang of the wood element, and completing the original cycle of one of the five elements of wood!
However, when Mu Jinyu obtained the "Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art," although his cultivation aptitude was good, his True Yuan had no attribute, which prevented him from cultivating the "Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art" as the first condition was not met!
But now, he had activated the Azure Dragon Bloodline, making his True Yuan contain Yi Wood Azure Dragon Qi, and with this strange ancient tree, if he refined it and completely integrated it with himself!
Then he would possess a body coveted by all wood element cultivators, the Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Body!
He would control the origin of the Five Elements Wood System!
By then, all cultivators of the wood element techniques would be suppressed by him!
"Hmm, let's give it a try," he said.
Mu Jinyu actually thought about switching to "Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art" after activating the Azure Dragon Bloodline, but had not done so because he couldn't find the suitable Spirit Root for cultivation. However, considering this bizarre tree's ability to penetrate into his body, it clearly wouldn't be inferior!
Having made the decision, Mu Jinyu no longer hesitated, immediately recalled the operational routes of "Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art," and began to change his Cultivation Technique!
"Boom, boom, boom!"
As Mu Jinyu was changing his Cultivation Technique, San Liu, standing above, looked on with some concern, but then, he discovered that Mu Jinyu's speed of absorbing the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring had increased!
If earlier his absorption rate of the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring was like a water pump, now it was like a whale gulping down a feast!
In just one second, the level of the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring dropped by a meter, dramatically causing San Liu to click his tongue in wonder.
"Has he really been refined by the Dragon Master? Or is someone digging a pit below, causing the Fountain of Youth to flow downwards?" San Liu murmured, goosebumps on his scalp.
"Boom, boom!!"
San Liu had barely finished speaking.
When he looked down, the originally nearly five hundred meters large Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring had been completely drained by Mu Jinyu, not even a drop of water left.
Afterward, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth crazily rushed towards Mu Jinyu!
"Whoosh!"
At that moment, San Liu astonishingly saw a robust stream of True Qi suddenly rising from Mu Jinyu's body, making his entire body shimmer with a luminous green light, like a figure carved out of jade.
Then, this wood attribute True Qi, when it reached the top of Mu Jinyu's head, suddenly split into two, showing two starkly different transformations. One stream of True Qi appeared lush and dripping with vibrant masculine energy, while the other was tinged with a touch of pale yellow, resembling tender new shoots sprouting from a tree, swaying weakly in the spring breeze, exuding a beautiful femininity!
This all belonged to wood attribute True Qi, yet it had divided into Yin and Yang!
San Liu watched in amazement, knowing that Mu Jinyu was cultivating a Great Divine Power!
As time slowly passed, the two streams of True Qi above Mu Jinyu's head began to gradually condense into two silhouettes.
Those silhouettes, from their appearance, were a man dressed in dragon robes and a woman in phoenix attire. Although their specific faces were indistinct, both exuded an aura of boundless majesty!
They were none other than the Green Emperor and the Wood Emperor!