Beside the waterfall
Mu Chen was seated on a bluestone, with Luo Li quietly closing her eyes near the waterfall. Clearly, she was gradually entering a meditative state.
Shooting a look at Luo Li's alluring figure, Mu Chen started to focus his mind. Time was precious, and he had to make the best use of it to increase his strength. If not, with the most intense period of the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament approaching, it might not be an easy task for him to get the first place.
After all, there were still quite a number of hidden dragons and crouching tigers within the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament.
A look of contemplation appeared within Mu Chen's eyes. With a clench of his hand, spiritual light sparkled as the six Divine Wood Plaques hovered before him. As green light sparkled, exuberant life force started to radiate from them.
Casually grabbing one of the Divine Wood Plaques, Mu Chen closed his eyes to sense it, before flinging his mouth in slight disappointment. That's because he discovered that the majority of the information within the Divine Wood Plaques was already completely empty, including the methods of those Lesser Divine Arts. Clearly, the Lesser Divine Arts engraved within the Divine Wood Plaques could only be sensed by a single person. Once someone successfully comprehended it, the Lesser Divine Arts engraved within would disappear.
That's why it wasn't too difficult for Mu Chen to obtain the Divine Wood Plaques from Wu Yingying and the Four Seas Spiritual Academies. So it turns out that the majority of the value within them had already been squeezed dry.
However, although he was a little disappointed, it was still within Mu Chen's expectations. After all, the reason why he had gathered all six Divine Wood Plaques wasn't for the Lesser Divine Arts inscribed within them.
At this moment, an ancient tree pattern slowly surfaced on Mu Chen's forehead. The tree pattern radiated with a faint green light, bit by bit, before enveloping the six Divine Wood Plaques.
Humm.
At this moment, the six Divine Wood Plaques started to faintly tremble, while the green light radiating from them grew increasingly dense. Moments later, when the green light had reached its limit, Mu Chen saw that the six Divine Wood Plaques had unexpectedly started to melt bit by bit.
Droplets of green liquid dripped down, before floating in the air. In a short span of less than half a minute, the six Divine Wood Plaques had completely melted, transforming into a large clump of churning green liquid. The surface of the liquid was akin to ancient tree bark, with layers upon layers.
The tree rune on the centre of Mu Chen's brows grew even brighter as a jade-green beam of light shot out towards the lump of green liquid.
Chi Chi.
A sizzling sound was emitted from within the liquid. After which, Mu Chen saw that the liquid at the center of the liquid was actually solidifying. Faintly, it seemed to have transformed into a palm-sized green tree bark. The tree bark gave off an extremely ancient fluctuation and was overflowing with life.
Along with the appearance of the ancient tree bark, the tree rune on the centre of Mu Chen's brows slowly faded away, until it completely disappeared.
Mu Chen extended his hand, causing the green liquid to shatter apart. Within it, the green tree bark dropped down, before floating above Mu Chen's palm.
He curiously sized up the ancient green tree bark. On the surface of the tree bark, one could see densely packed ancient characters flickering. Every single character appeared exceedingly mysterious and profound.
"Is this the thing hidden within the Divine Wood Plaques?"
Mu Chen muttered to himself. In the next instant, a scorching hot glint surfaced within his eyes. With a furious clench of his hand, he grabbed the green tree bark within his palm.
Bang.
Green light radiated from his palm. As if it had seeped into Mu Chen's palm, it rushed towards Mu Chen's mind at an astonishing speed. At the same time, a low and deep rumbling sound rang out within Mu Chen's mind, as if it was about to explode.
Cryptic and majestic ancient information gushed out like a tidal wave.
Green light continuously flickered within Mu Chen's black pupils. After a long while, the green light within his eyes started to weaken bit by bit, while astonishment and joy surfaced on his face.
"Divine Wood Scripture." Mu Chen muttered to himself.
Within the ancient information that had gushed into his mind, there were two types of techniques. One of them was called the Divine Wood Scripture. Furthermore, the thing that caused Mu Chen to be shocked the most was that this Divine Wood Scripture had actually reached the level of a Great Divine Art.
Divine Arts were split into three grades, Lesser Divine Art, Greater Divine Art and Perfect Divine Art.
Although there was only a single word difference between a Lesser Divine Art and a Greater Divine Art, Mu Chen understood the disparity between the two. This was a true chasm. If a Lesser Divine Art could cause the hearts of Sovereign experts to waver, a Greater Divine Art could truly draw out the greed in the hearts of Sovereign experts.
As for this Divine Wood Scripture, it was a genuine Greater Divine Art.
This Greater Divine Art was said to be the foundation of the Divine Wood Palace. Even within the Divine Wood Palace, only Elder level figures had the qualifications to cultivate in this Divine Wood Scripture.
This Divine Wood Scripture was exceedingly profound. Upon success, one would be able to absorb the energy of the trees within a ten thousand mile radius. The strength of this technique would be judged by the practitioner's attainments in the Divine Wood Scripture. Naturally, there was another important factor, which was the geographical location. In other words, the surrounding environment.
If one was to fight with someone in a forest, the might of the Divine Wood Scripture would be shocking. Furthermore, the more extraordinary the trees in the surroundings, the more terrifying the might of the Divine Wood Scripture would be. If it was in a desert, or on the surface of the sea, its might might not even be comparable to a little Divine Art.
From the information that had gushed into his mind, Mu Chen knew that in ancient times, there was an Elder of the Divine Wood Palace that had cultivated the Divine Wood Scripture. That Elder's strength was at the level of Fifth Grade Sovereign. When he went out to carry out a mission, he encountered an opponent at the level of Seventh Grade Sovereign. Furthermore, the location of their battle was within a vast primeval forest.
Coincidentally, within that forest, there was a small patch of trees known as the Spiritual Parasol Tree. That was a type of Spiritual Tree that possessed rather pure Spiritual Energy.
Therefore, the outcome was extremely clear. That Elder, whose strength was at the level of Fifth Grade Sovereign, had directly executed the Divine Wood Scripture, heavily injuring his opponent, who had reached the level of Seventh Grade Sovereign, to the point of nearly dying in a single strike.
From this, one could see how important a good combat environment was to the Divine Wood Scripture.
"Formidable."
Mu Chen couldn't help exclaiming in admiration, before giving a helpless smile. Indeed, this Divine Wood Scripture was extremely formidable. However, it had a slightly harsh requirement towards its environment. After all, it wasn't possible for one to encounter an opponent in a vast forest every single time. At that time, the might of the Divine Wood Scripture would be greatly reduced.
As for being surrounded by Spiritual Trees, that was even more harsh.
Mu Chen felt a little regretful. If it wasn't for the restriction of the environment, this Divine Wood Scripture might be able to become an outstanding Great Divine Art.
Harboring some regret, Mu Chen looked towards the second portion of the Divine Wood Scripture, which caused him to gawk.
The second portion of the Divine Wood Scripture wasn't strong. On the contrary, it was extremely weak. That's because it was called the Tree Planting Art. As its name implied, this Divine Art was used to plant trees. It didn't have the slightest bit of offensive power, and its ability was only to plant seeds, before catalyzing them to grow at an astonishing speed.
Mu Chen had a blank expression on his face. Clearly, he didn't understand why there would be such a weird Divine Art that was specially used to plant trees.
Was it trying to make someone become a farmer?
That's not right.
Mu Chen regained his composure. To be able to be placed together with such an important Great Divine Art like the Divine Wood Scripture, it would absolutely not be some trash Divine Art.
Tree Planting Art?
Mu Chen muttered to himself. Shortly after, his face faintly changed, while an incredulous expression gushed out from his eyes. Could it be that this Tree Planting Art was specially used to complement the Divine Wood Scripture?
The might of the Divine Wood Scripture depended on the combat environment, while this Tree Planting Art just so happened to be able to plant a vast forest at an astonishing speed.
If one were to first use the Tree Planting Art to plant trees before engaging in combat, wouldn't it be the most perfect combat environment?
Mu Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, as he involuntarily clapped his hands. This was truly perfect! The thoughts of the seniors of the Divine Wood Palace were truly unique, to actually be able to use such a method to make up for the shortcomings of the Divine Wood Scripture. With this, the might of the Divine Wood Scripture would also be able to maintain its stability.
Most importantly, if he was able to gather some seeds of spiritual trees, and plant them together, wouldn't it become even more terrifying?
Mu Chen was exceedingly intelligent, and had instantly thought of quite a few details. These things would undoubtedly cause the Divine Wood Scripture to become even more powerful.
However, thinking about how he would have to plant trees before engaging in combat, the smile on Mu Chen's face turned slightly stiff. Wouldn't that be too weird?
Giving a bitter laugh, Mu Chen shook his head, temporarily suppressing such thoughts. Although that action seemed slightly weird, as long as the might of the technique was sufficiently powerful, such details could be ignored.
"Looks like I'll have to comprehend the Divine Wood Scripture during this seclusion."
Mu Chen muttered to himself. Such a Divine Art wasn't easy to comprehend. However, it was fortunate that the information contained the experiences of the various seniors of the Divine Wood Palace, causing the difficulty to decrease by quite a bit. As for the Tree Planting Art, it couldn't be considered as a Divine Art at all. At the very most, it could be considered as a Middle Rank Divine Art. To Mu Chen, it basically didn't pose much of a difficulty.
Taking a deep breath, Mu Chen suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, before slowly closing his eyes. Forming a seal with his hands, he gradually entered a state of meditation.
In the next period of time, not only did he have to pass through his Spiritual Energy Disaster, he also had to make the best use of his time to successfully comprehend the Divine Wood Scripture.
(Due to the one chapter yesterday and the day before yesterday, there will be two chapters tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.)
(To be continued.)