Kunlun Mountain Range, where ancient trees stand tall.
Since the establishment of the Divine Kingdom chat group, Gu Qingyang explored the Kunlun Mountain Range, searching for some ancient trees, and then condensed Divine Fruit, nurturing their intelligence.
If it had been before the Beast Tide, Gu Qingyang certainly wouldn't have wasted Evolution Value to stimulate the ancient trees. But now, after the Beast Tide, he believes that nothing in the world can threaten him.
Under such circumstances, Gu Qingyang doesn't mind expending some Evolution Value to cultivate a batch of ancient trees.
After all, ancient trees are born as Saint Apprentices and can contribute some faith to him every day.
It can be said.
An ancient tree of the second order can provide 3,650 points of faith in a year, equivalent to more than three thousand ordinary believers.
Furthermore, the strength of the ancient trees isn't constant. If an ancient tree can break through and advance, the faith it provides will be even more.
Moreover.
Ancient trees can instinctively absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to cultivate. In places where ancient trees gather, the attracted Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi will be much richer, which is also a great help to Gu Qingyang in the long run.
Given the current concentration of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and the innate ability of the Divine Tree Spirit Root, Gu Qingyang roughly gains ten points of Evolution Value passively every day.
During this period.
Gu Qingyang also considered using the Divine Kingdom to evolve the legendary Heaven and Earth Spirit Vein.
But unfortunately, the so-called Heaven and Earth Spirit Vein evolved by the second-order Divine Kingdom is pathetically weak, and Gu Qingyang can easily absorb it completely.
Thus, it is evident.
The true Heaven and Earth Spirit Vein is of extraordinarily high rank.
The Heaven and Earth Spirit Vein evolved by the second-order Divine Kingdom is merely a sub-branch of a sub-branch, extremely weak to the utmost.
Therefore.
Gu Qingyang did not waste faith to evolve the so-called Heaven and Earth Spirit Vein. Instead, he searched the entire Kunlun Mountain Range and found four ancient trees with a decent foundation and directly cultivated them.
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Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree: Second-order Mid-grade
Earthly Evil Ancient Tree: Second-order Mid-grade
Dubhe Ancient Tree: Second-order Low-grade
Shaking Light Ancient Tree: Second-order Low-grade
...
These are the full ranks of the four ancient trees. Compared to the Evergreen Ancient Tree, the four ancient trees that emerged later are much weaker.
Furthermore.
Gu Qingyang discovered that these ancient trees were fundamentally different from himself in that they couldn't devour Fierce Beasts to evolve.
For this.
Gu Qingyang suddenly came up with an idea to condense the so-called Realm-Breaking Pill to let the ancient trees consume it for breakthroughs.
As a result, the Realm-Breaking Pill was indeed condensed, but the faith it consumed was ten times that of other items of the same rank.
Thus.
Gu Qingyang understood that although the Divine Kingdom could condense some special items, the price paid was not small.
However, even if it surged tenfold, it wasn't a serious issue for Gu Qingyang now.
So.
Gu Qingyang directly exchanged for two pieces of second-order mid-grade Realm-Breaking Pills, four pieces of second-order top-grade Realm-Breaking Pills, and five pieces of second-order perfect-grade Realm-Breaking Pills.
These eleven elixirs cost him a total of four million and one hundred thousand points of Faith Power.
Thus.
Including the Evergreen Ancient Tree, all ancient trees reached the second-order perfect grade, just a step away from breaking through to the third order.
Gu Qingyang originally intended to impart third-order cultivation techniques to the ancient trees to accelerate their breakthrough to the third order. Unfortunately, the second-order Divine Kingdom cannot evolve third-order cultivation techniques, so this matter is temporarily set aside.
Of course.
Even without the inheritance of cultivation techniques, ancient trees can rely on instinct to refine the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and subsequently make corresponding breakthroughs.
Without a corresponding cultivation technique, merely relying on instinct to break through would take considerably longer.
But in any case, after breaking through to the second-order perfect grade, the five ancient trees, together with Gu Qingyang's Divine Domain, can almost manage the entire Kunlun Mountain Range.
Subsequently.
Gu Qingyang ordered the five ancient trees to dispatch and annihilate the remaining Fierce Beasts in the Kunlun Mountain Range and then offer all their corpses to him.
Indeed.
Offer.
Gu Qingyang simply added the five ancient trees to the Divine Kingdom chat group. After nurturing their intelligence, the ancient trees were no different from normal people.
"Evergreen Ancient Tree offers a first-order top-grade Fierce Beast, gaining seventy-five points of Evolution Value!"
"Evergreen Ancient Tree offers a first-order mid-grade Fierce Beast, you gain fifty points of Evolution Value!"
"Dubhe Ancient Tree offers a second-order low-grade Fierce Beast, you gain two hundred and fifty points of Evolution Value!"
"Earth Fiend Ancient Tree offers a second-order mid-grade Fierce Beast, you gain three hundred points of Evolution Value!"
"Earth Fiend Ancient Tree offers..."
Information overflowed in abundance, and Gu Qingyang just filtered it out, only observing the continually rising Evolution Value on his data panel, feeling very satisfied.
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Name: Gu Qingyang
Essence: Divine Tree
Lifespan: 15/25000
Rank: Third-order Perfect (36,510/1,000,000)
Divine Kingdom: Second-order (4,785,500/100,000,000)
Innate Divine Techniques: Ancient Tree Roots (Third-order), Divine Tree Spirit Root (Third-order), Divine Fruit (Third-order), Divine Whisper (Third-order), Eye of True Sight (Third-order), Divine Kingdom Domain (Third-order)
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"A part of the Fierce Beasts in the Kunlun Mountain Range has been cleared. This wave of clearing brought me over twenty thousand points of Evolution Value, effectively replenishing what was consumed in cultivating ancient trees.
It's just a pity that the Kunlun Mountain Range is too vast. Even cultivating several ancient trees couldn't truly cover the entire range. Otherwise, if all roaming Fierce Beasts in the Kunlun Mountain Range were cleared, I believe I could gain quite a few more Evolution Value points."
Gu Qingyang glanced at his data panel, then paid it no more heed.
According to the records of the Human Federation, the Celestial Blood seems to descend once every fifteen years. If the Celestial Blood descends again in fifteen years, Gu Qingyang can use it to directly break through to the fourth order.
Of course.
This is the worst-case estimation.
Now that the Divine Kingdom chat group has been established, with more than twenty million people joining, so many believers offering him Fierce Beasts doesn't make breaking through to the fourth order take too long.
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Outside the Kunlun Mountain Range, when an armored vehicle intended to drive inside, roots suddenly rose from the ground, a thousand-meter-tall ancient tree swaying its branches and leaves.
"This is the Kunlun Divine Realm, unauthorized personnel must not enter!"
The voice of the ancient tree was sonorous, causing the air to tremble lightly. The people inside the armored vehicle changed their expressions upon hearing the ancient tree speak.
An ancient tree speaking!
This is the first time they've witnessed this.
Until now, the only non-human entity capable of communicating with humans has been the self-proclaimed Cyan Yang Divine Tree in the Kunlun Mountain Range.
Unexpectedly, apart from the Cyan Yang Divine Tree, there are now other ancient trees capable of verbal communication.
Anyone can understand what it means for an ancient tree to speak, indicating that it has gained wisdom, and apart from its appearance, it's no different from humans.
After a while.
The door of the armored vehicle opened, and Gu Fang, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, stepped out, looking at the ancient tree in front of him and saying, "I am Gu Fang, former Marshal of the Ninth War Zone of the Human Federation. I've come to the Kunlun Mountain Range today to meet the Cyan Yang Divine Tree. Could you grant me passage?"
"Please wait a moment!"
After the ancient tree's voice fell, there was no further sound, and Gu Fang had no choice but to wait in place.