Chapter 1377 - 88: Yeguang Maple Tree

Chapter 1377: Chapter 88: Yeguang Maple Tree

Arena, inside the resting room, Su Xiao closed the arena information, his ranking fell from 9573 to 9576, which is the benefit of consecutive victories; being interrupted does not lead to a significant drop in rank.

After winning 98 consecutive matches, Su Xiao’s opponents are almost all ranked within 9000, and their difficulty can be imagined. Even with ample mana value, given his current strength, aiming for a rank within the fourth-tier arena’s 8000 is very challenging.

Su Xiao is not in a hurry; he has just advanced to the fourth tier, and there’s still a distance to go if he wants to break into the top five.

Leaving the arena, Su Xiao began to wander around the trading market. With ample recovery items and ammunition stocked before entering the Pirate World, he doesn’t need to purchase ammo or recovery items, only needs to supplement some emergency supplies like diving equipment and protective clothing with anti-radiation and gas functions.

Originally, Su Xiao had 70,000 Paradise coin left. The blue pendant appraised earlier at Reed’s place was given to Xia as compensation for Su Xiao’s dozen times of forgetting to pay; as for the pendant Reed considered unworthy of appraisal, Su Xiao sold it to a First Tier contractor for 3000 Paradise coins.

Su Xiao estimated that this item is likely of green quality, though the attributes are unknown. Including appraisal costs, as long as the contractor is not too unlucky, they should break even or even make a small profit.

After some purchasing in the market, Su Xiao had only 20,000 Paradise coins left; these are for emergencies. The image of Umbrella Brother unable to exchange for a parachute with Paradise coins before entering several worlds left a deep impression on Su Xiao; he is not prepared to experience a free fall.

During procurement, Su Xiao noticed that the prices for equipment and recovery items in the trading market have increased by at least 10%, which vaguely indicates that something is not right.

Returning to his private room, Su Xiao approached a wooden table with only a flowerpot on it; inside it was a 10-centimeter-tall sprout.

Initially, Su Xiao tried planting the Yeguang Maple Tree out of curiosity, not expecting it to actually sprout. Moreover, its growth was good, the root stem had already turned brown, with signs of hardening.

The survival rate of a sprout is on a completely different level than that of a small tree; hence this has at least a 10% possibility of survival.

10% may seem low, but in reality, it is quite high. Yeguang Maple Tree originally grows in the deepest part of the Black Abyss, and over 98% of the Void race has never seen this thing in person, merely heard of it.

Previously, Su Xiao spent 4000 Paradise coins to exchange for information about the Yeguang Maple Tree from Reincarnation Paradise.

[Yeguang Maple Tree]

Growth environment: Must ensure 1 to 2 hours of light exposure within 24 hours, no ordinary freshwater within five kilometers of the root system, no vine species plants.

Species classification: Plant Realm·Ank Plant Kingdom·Jia Wood Family.

Distribution area: Unique to the deepest part of the Black Abyss.

Growth cycle: Depends on the environment, the Yeguang Maple Tree can grow into a mature tree within 2 months, or it can take 4000 years to mature.

Reproduction method: Roots, branches, etc., can be used for translocation cultivation, survival rate is low, 90% chance of sprouting after cultivation, in most cases, it wilts within ten days after sprouting (environmental adaptation period). If it successfully adapts to the environment, it can grow vigorously if nutrients are sufficient.

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After understanding the Yeguang Maple Tree’s data, Su Xiao realized how precious a Yeguang Maple Tree dozens of meters tall is; ordinary Yeguang Maple Trees can barely grow to such height and cannot leave the deepest part of the Black Abyss.

Su Xiao’s success in cultivating this sapling is largely attributed to the mother tree’s vitality.

As for why cultivate Yeguang Maple Tree and its uses, that’s a long story.

Firstly, if Su Xiao now took this sapling to sell in the Void, he would definitely sell it for a sky-high price, as 99% of major factions have purchase intentions.

Once the Yeguang Maple Tree grows into a mature tree, its value is almost incalculable. When Su Xiao meditated under the Yeguang Maple Tree previously, he felt his meditation efficiency increased dozens of times, and his realization in Sword Technique was also different.

Previously, he merely meditated for half an hour. What if he cultivated his own Yeguang Maple Tree and frequently meditated under it?

Not only does it augment meditation and Sword Technique, but the leaves of the Yeguang Maple Tree are nearly top-level conductors, usable as materials for magic, alchemy, etc. The Romya Tribe of the Void even consumes these leaves upon adulthood to aid the awakening of their racial talent, and this is a privilege of the Star Race (Royal Family) among the Romya Tribe; ordinary Romya Tribe members cannot obtain Yeguang Maple Tree leaves.

As for the trunk of the Yeguang Maple Tree, it’s one of the things spellcasters dream of, with a Magic Guide loss rate of 0.0012 and nearly perfect energy storage. This definitively makes the trunk of the Yeguang Maple Tree the primary material for top-level spell casting support tools, without equal.

If only spellcasters needed the trunk of the Yeguang Maple Tree that would be fine, but the Demon Clan can also use it as the center of Power of the Demon, accelerating their speed of mobilizing demon power within their bodies. Some old demons can even ingest a small piece of the Yeguang Maple Tree trunk to transform it into part of their own body, creating a specially battle-assisting organ.

Through long-term development, the Void has at least 1300 races requesting Yeguang Maple Tree; however, its yield is too low and grows in an extremely dangerous place like the deepest part of the Black Abyss.

Despite this, after long-term logging, the Yeguang Maple Tree is on the verge of extinction. The Eternal Magic Star issued a mandatory decree, defining privately logging Yeguang Maple Trees as a capital offense, a soul-executing capital offense.

To this day, there are only three Yeguang Maple Trees in the deepest part of the Black Abyss; one is occupied by the Dragon of the Abyss, another is protected by Eternal Magic Star—where twenty-seven Mage Sages worked together to tear a large chunk of space from the deepest part of the Black Abyss and transplant the Yeguang Maple Tree away. The last one is located at the center of the Spirit Flower Sea; this is the tallest known Yeguang Maple Tree in the Void, standing at 27.54 meters, unattainable by anyone, or rather, no one can enter the Spirit Flower Sea.

If Su Xiao can cultivate a Yeguang Maple Tree, he will be prosperous. His only advantage is the constant environment within his exclusive room.

Even so, the survival chances of this sapling are not above 10%, possibly less; otherwise, the Yeguang Maple Tree wouldn’t be so rare in the Void.

"Why does it feel... taller than the last time I left?"

Su Xiao picked up a ruler from the side and measured, discovering the sapling indeed grew about 2 millimeters.

"Did you water it?"

Su Xiao turned to look at Bubu Wang.

"Wang."

Bubu Wang’s dog face was bitter, meaning: ’Watering this thing is expensive, one time costs ten thousand Paradise coins.’

Not only did Bubu Wang contribute, A Mu also chipped in, with Su Xiao watering once, Bubu twice, and A Mu once.

Su Xiao took two Soul Crystals (Medium) from the storage space, hesitated for a moment, then decomposed the two Soul Crystals (Medium) into 19 Soul Crystals (Small), inserting them in a circle around the sapling. He worried that the rich nutrients from the Soul Crystals (Medium) might be too much and kill the Yeguang Maple sapling.

As soon as Su Xiao planted the Soul Crystals (Small) in the soil surrounding the sapling, five slender roots slowly extended from the soil, entwining around five Soul Crystals (Small).

Crack, crack...

The sound of fine breaking came, as the five slender roots pierced into the Soul Crystals, consuming them completely within moments, and then the roots retracted into the soil.

Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and A Mu exchanged glances, simultaneously feeling that this sapling seems to have a chance of survival.