Chapter 16: Nature Spirit

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

In order to minimize the impact the tree roots caused to the ground, Ji Yu manipulated them with care.

He first extended the roots to the fallen oak trees, and then stretched the countless tiny ‘spikes’ on the roots.

Like black snakes that crawled out from the ground, the roots wrapped themselves around the oak trees and slowly straightened.

On the other side, Ji Yu used the other tiny roots to comb through the broken and damaged roots and pushed them out the soil. He then lifted the oak trees into midair.

After that, he moved the oak tree to a nearby pit that was prepared.

When the roots of the oak trees touched the ground, Ji Yu used his tiny roots to press them against the soil.

In just a short while, the 13 oak trees which were lying on the ground waiting for death were all settled.

Of course, this was not the end since there were still a few oak trees too close to Ji Yu’s roots. He moved those intact oak trees away too.

As before, these oak trees were arranged in two neat rows.

They stood on both sides of the gravel path, appearing unusually orderly.

However, the only difference from before was that Ji Yu’s sacred tree had already become exceptionally thick and tall.

The gravel path formed by the 20 meters tall oak trees looked less extravagant because of that.

Ji Yu’s actions once again shocked the nearby tribesmen.

Although they were quite some distance away from Ji Yu’s oak tree, they had been watching quietly.

Meanwhile, the tribe elder was currently looking up at Ji Yu with an even more devout and excited expression, his chants never stopping.

Looking at the scene before him, Ji Yu had long lost the sense of novelty he felt originally.

Therefore, he did not pay much attention to this tribe elder’s incessant chanting.

The so-called believers and rituals did not bring any practical benefits to Ji Yu’s oak tree manifestation.

Instead, these believers were the ones who would benefit from Ji Yu from the rituals.

The faith of humans seemed useless to the current oak tree.

Perhaps his life force level was not high enough?

Or has it always been like this?

Ji Yu was confused.

However, since this oak tree had the so-called ‘Ritualistic Enhancement’ characteristic, Ji Yu could also look forward to the possible changes in the future.

After dealing with the surrounding oak trees, he took a few glance at the tribal chief. Then, Ji Yu began to divide his thoughts and entered his pitch-black sea of consciousness.

Within the dark sea of consciousness, Ji Yu could easily see the fluorescent lights of the 28 oak trees closest to him.

By now, the fluorescent lights of these oak trees had already dimmed significantly.

Six of them were almost extinguished.

However, as the huge ball of light representing Ji Yu extended its white threads to connect to them, their radiance began to recover rapidly.

In the outside world, the oak trees that had sustained damage to their root systems and branches started to quickly recover.

The branches and leaves of the oak trees spread out, and the roots continued to regenerate and extend deeper underground.

In just a short while, these oak trees were all restored.

Some of them had even grown slightly.

When Ji Yu retracted the light threads in his sea of consciousness, he immediately felt a sense of emptiness.

“It seems that the ‘Guiding Resonance’ characteristic cannot be used casually!”

Ji Yu muttered to himself.

Although the consumption of 28 oak trees was very little, Ji Yu could distinctly feel the decrease.

Currently, although Ji Yu’s oak tree was big and strong, it was not at its maximum. Ji Yu did not want to use his vitality to exchange for the growth of other oak trees that were not of value yet.

At least for now, Ji Yu did not need them.

After doing everything, Ji Yu no longer paid attention to the situation under the tree and the surrounding rainforest.

Although he saw the helicopter in the rainforest and the group of outsiders coming from the dense forest, he didn’t pay too much attention to them either.

Because Ji Yu felt that the arrival of these people would not cause him any substantial harm.

Schemes? Conflicts of interest?

Let the people of the tribe deal with it.

Ji Yu would only help when necessary.

After all, no matter what, Ji Yu’s manifestation originated from this tribe. He would have to express his gratitude to his believers.

After the tribesmen settle down, another sacrificial ritual would definitely happen.

At that time, Ji Yu would give them some benefits.

His field of vision returned to the tree crown.

Ji Yu looked at the many birds and butterflies on the tree. He excitedly curled up the leaves to pat the more beautiful and cute small birds.

The leaves curled slightly and gently caressed the heads of these birds.

These birds were not afraid. Some of them were even chirping curiously at the leaves, while others seemed intoxicated, squinting their eyes as they hummed in enjoyment.

Ji Yu’s heart melted at the sight.

He continued to caress the birds for nearly twenty minutes.

When Ji Yu came back to his senses, he realized that he only had two hours of game time left.

The sky above the rainforest had already turned dark.

Ji Yu was originally going to go offline to grab something to eat.

But after thinking about it, there was no hurry since it would only be two more hours. In any case, with his current physical condition, he could completely ignore this hunger.

As such, Ji Yu decided to continue meditating.

After experiencing a life force level breakthrough, another guiding mission showed up on Ji Yu’s interface.

The guiding mission this time was obviously different from the previous meditation levelling up route.

[Guiding Mission (Stage 3): Using the ‘Guiding Resonance’ characteristic, allow lower oak trees to form their own Nature Spirits. For every 100 oak trees with a spirit formed, Vitality will increase by 10 (Medium Difficulty)]

(Note: While using guiding resonance, some of your knowledge must be slowly infused in a fragmented manner into the fluorescent light representing these oak trees.)

When Ji Yu saw this guiding mission, he paused for a while.

“It seems like the heavens are going against my wishes.”

This guiding mission was meaningful and Ji Yu could get some clues from it.

The reward of increasing vitality by 10 was generous, but for the mission to have such a reward meant that it would not be easy to complete.

Moreover, Ji Yu’s own growth required him to constantly meditate to support his vitality.

If Ji Yu used guiding resonance to promote the growth of lower oak trees to form nature spirits, it would obviously consume vitality and slow his growth.

If what was mentioned during the introduction of the game was true – that guiding missions were for players to have a better experience,

Then Ji Yu could draw a conclusion.

After the oak tree reached life force level 2, its growth rate would definitely slow down if it relied solely on meditation.

Therefore, the guiding mission must have been given to speed up the growth of the oak tree.

Ji Yu instantly understood.

“It’s imperative to guide the resonance! Although I don’t know what benefits I can get, this game wouldn’t give this guiding mission for no reason.”