Chapter 191 - 137: Golden Ancient Tree Breaks Through the Soil, Hidden Attributes Skyrocket

Chapter 191: Chapter 137: Golden Ancient Tree Breaks Through the Soil, Hidden Attributes Skyrocket

"When I have a moment, I’ll send an escort to Black Iron City to bring your family here."

With that said, he turned his wheelchair and wheeled himself away.

Logan remained where he was, staring blankly at the Lord’s retreating back.

A moment later, he came to his senses and took a deep breath. "Yes, Lord! Logan will work his hardest for you!"

[Recruitment successful! Logan the Stonebreaker has joined your territory...]

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Shen Xing made his way to an empty plot of land on the south side of his territory, not far from the well.

Before him lay a clearly tilled patch of land covered in damp, red soil.

This was where he had buried the Golden Ancient Tree Seed.

’According to the system prompt, I just need to drip the Tears of the Rain God on the spot where I planted the seed.’

Shen Xing took the first tear from his backpack and gently poured it out.

The clear liquid silently seeped deep into the soil, vanishing in an instant.

At first, nothing happened.

But just a few seconds later, a dazzling golden light erupted from the soil!

The light was like a miniature sun rising from beneath the earth, instantly illuminating a good portion of the territory and even plating the distant walls in a layer of gold.

The light then gradually receded, returning deep into the soil.

Immediately after, Shen Xing saw a tender seedling push its way out of the dirt.

It unfurled two tender seed leaves, which trembled slightly in the air.

Then, it began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Its trunk shot upward as branches extended from its crown, with sparse green leaves sprouting at their tips.

Three meters...

Five meters...

Eight meters...

In the blink of an eye, a great tree over ten meters tall with sparse branches stood firmly rooted in the red earth.

However, the tree looked nothing like the pictures Shen Xing had seen on the forums.

The Golden Ancient Tree in the pictures was a brilliant, glittering gold, its leaves shimmering with a radiant halo, like an exquisitely carved golden masterpiece.

This tree, however, had simple, grayish-brown bark and only a few young leaves on its sparse branches. It looked no different from any other large tree.

As for the Special Abilities the Golden Ancient Tree was supposed to have, there wasn’t a single sign of them.

Did it grow? It certainly grew. It’s just that this growth was no different from not growing at all.

’From the looks of it, a hundred years of accelerated growth only took the Golden Ancient Tree from its germination phase to its growth phase.’

’If I want this ancient tree to display its true power, I’ll have to let it keep growing.’

After a moment of contemplation, Shen Xing made up his mind. ’In that case, I’ll just keep accelerating it. I’d like to see just how many years this Golden Ancient Tree needs to grow!’

He gritted his teeth, took out the second Tear of the Rain God, and poured it onto the soil.

The familiar golden light flashed, and the entire tree began to shoot up once more.

Fifteen meters...

Eighteen meters...

Twenty meters...

In the blink of an eye, it had grown to over twenty meters tall.

However, other than its trunk growing thicker and more branches sprouting from its crown, the tree hadn’t changed much.

’Oh, wait, that’s not right. There was a small change.’

A few fresh green leaves had sprouted at the tips of the branches, their edges tinged with a dark gold sheen.

If it weren’t for that tiny detail, Shen Xing would have started to suspect he’d planted a fake Golden Ancient Tree.

’I’ve already used two Tears of the Rain God. That’s equivalent to accelerating its growth by a full two hundred years.’

’And yet this ancient tree still looks like it’s just getting started.’

Shen Xing was secretly speechless, marveling at the sheer length of the Golden Ancient Tree’s growth cycle.

Under normal circumstances, the seed probably wouldn’t even have sprouted by the time he was six feet under.

But since he had already invested so many resources, he might as well go all in. He decided to just use the last Tear of the Rain God.

With this thought, Shen Xing winced at the cost but dropped the last tear onto the soil.

VMMMM...

The golden light flashed and vanished.

This time, there was silence for nearly half a minute. The entire ancient tree seemed to have fallen into a deep slumber, completely still.

Just when Shen Xing was thinking the tear had failed to work its magic, the ground suddenly began to tremble.

RUMBLE... RUMBLE RUMBLE...

A deep rumbling seemed to emanate from the depths of the earth, causing the ground beneath his feet and the nearby walls to tremble.

Before Shen Xing’s astonished eyes, the entire tree began to skyrocket in height.

From just over twenty meters, it rapidly shot up to twenty-five meters, then thirty...

It didn’t stop until it was nearly forty meters tall.

Now, the ancient tree stood on the southern side of the territory, its trunk nearly two meters in diameter and its dense canopy spreading out like a gigantic, ornate umbrella.

Its bark was still the same unremarkable grayish-brown, making it look no different from an ordinary large tree.

But Shen Xing could sense a vast and majestic Divine Power awakening deep within its trunk!

[Ding! You have successfully accelerated the growth cycle of the Seed of the Golden Ancient Tree by 300 years!]

[The Golden Ancient Tree has passed its seedling stage and has officially entered its growth period. Ancient Tree’s Blessing activated: Golden Child.]

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’Finally... it worked!’

Shen Xing was ecstatic. He had almost thought his three Tears of the Rain God would go down the drain.

After all, nobody knew how long the Golden Ancient Tree’s growth cycle was, and no one on the forums had ever planted one before.

If its cycle was measured in thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, his resources wouldn’t have been nearly enough.

Thankfully, his persistence had paid off. The Golden Ancient Tree was finally beginning to show its power!

’Let’s see what kind of abilities an ancient tree that cost me three Tears of the Rain God just to enter its growth period actually has!’

Shen Xing took a deep breath and opened the ancient tree’s panel.