Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Heart of the Millennium Tree

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  It was unknown when the rain outside the window had stopped. The quiet night only had the sound of 'drip drop' water droplets lingering around.

  Zhao Yang had not slept at all, but was leaning on the sofa, allowing Lin Xueqi to wrap her arms around his neck and sit in his lap.

  In a daze, Lin Xueqi murmured and her eyelashes trembled slightly as she opened her eyes hazily. She rubbed her cheek against Zhao Yang's chest in a daze, feeling warm and comfortable leaning into his embrace. After a while, Lin Xueqi slowly began to wake up.

  "Ah ha~"

  Lin Xueqi's sleepy eyes suddenly opened wide, she yawned and blinked her bleary eyes, and was suddenly startled awake.

  "Huh? Zhao Yang?"

  Lin Xueqi was shocked to find herself leaning against Zhao Yang's chest. She suddenly jumped up from Zhao Yang, subconsciously wrapping her arms around her own chest, looking at Zhao Yang with a hint of fear.

  At this moment, the sky outside had gradually turned white, and when Zhao Yang saw Lin Xueqi's actions, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, rubbed his numb and stiff arm a few times, and said in an ill-tempered tone: "I'm saying, do you have to make such a big deal out of this? People who don't know what's going on would think I've done something to you!"

  At this moment, Lin Xueqi also slowly remembered the events of last night. Being scolded by Zhao Yang like that, her pretty face suddenly turned bright red, and she felt a wave of embarrassment. "Th-thank you, Zhao Yang!"

  Zhao Yang also stood up, slightly loosening his stiff body, and said to Lin Xueqi: "Alright, it's nothing. As long as you don't think I'm taking advantage of you on purpose."

  Lin Xueqi smiled awkwardly and looked at Zhao Yang exercising his joints, suddenly feeling very embarrassed and said: "Are you okay? Do you want me to help you massage it?"

  "Alright, I'll just take a walk by myself. It's still early now, why don't you go back to your room and catch up on some sleep, so you won't feel tired."

  Zhou Yang said casually. After moving around a bit, the numbness and stiffness on his body had slowly disappeared.

  Upon hearing Zhao Yang say that, Lin Xueqi also didn't force the issue anymore. She nodded her head and said: "Then I'll go back to sleep for a while, you should also go back to your room to rest."

  "Hmm." Zhao Yang nodded slightly.

  Lin Xueqi then picked up the teddy bear that had been left on the sofa last night, yawning as she walked towards her own room.

  However, when she walked to the door, she suddenly turned her head and asked: "Zhao Yang, didn't you sleep all night last night?"

  Zhao Yang was taken aback and said: "Why ask this? Are you so moved that you want to offer your body in return?"

  "Get out! A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory, and a ghost would rather die than marry you! Humph! I'm too lazy to bother with you, I'll just go back to sleep!" Lin Xueqi scrunched up her nose and lightly swayed her small waist as she entered the room.

  Zhao Yang smiled slightly and looked at the time, it was already past 5 o'clock in the morning. He didn't feel like going back to sleep either. For him, not sleeping for a day or two wasn't a big deal.

  He walked into the bathroom and simply washed his face. Zhao Yang didn't go back to his room, but instead went directly to the lakeside of the park where he usually practiced.

  Due to the heavy rain that fell for most of last night, the early morning was shrouded in mist and fog. Especially on the lake surface, a thin layer of fog hovered like a light gauze, creating an atmosphere that seemed like a mystical realm enveloped by clouds and mist.

  As usual, I came to the original practice place and was about to find a dry corner to practice. Suddenly, I found that not far away, a tree that needed three or four people to hug together was struck by last night's thunder and lightning, fell to the ground, and crushed all the flower beds and shrubs below. The broken branches and leaves were scattered all over the ground.

  Zhao Yang was slightly stunned, staring fixedly at the large tree that had been split in two, a hint of surprise and delight gradually rising from the bottom of his eyes.

  Zhao Yang immediately walked quickly over, standing in front of the broken tree, and couldn't help but close his eyes, carefully sensing that all around him was a pure and abundant wood-elemental spiritual energy, along with the power of thunder and lightning, and the source of it all was the place where the big tree had been split apart.

  "What a rich spiritual energy! If I can take advantage of this spiritual energy before it completely disperses and refine it, perhaps I can directly help myself enter the 'Condensation Period'!"

  However, Zhao Yang did not rush to practice and absorb the surrounding spiritual energy, but instead cast his gaze towards the place where the tree trunk was split, his eyes deeply attracted.

  Only in the center of the tree trunk, a section as thick as a fist was exposed, with charred black wood, but beneath that charred surface, a hint of green vitality and moisture was faintly visible.

  Heart of the Millennium Tree!

  Zhao Yang judged at a glance that this section of wood, charred black by lightning, was the essence and crystallization of this thousand-year-old ancient tree, where the quintessence of the wood lay.

  "Unexpectedly, this ancient tree has condensed the essence of wood! Moreover, it has reached a thousand years of fire, no wonder it will attract heavenly thunder to burn its body."

  The moment Zhao Yang saw that piece of 'thousand-year wood heart', he was immediately moved. If it were on the 'Land of Immortal Lü', a thousand-year wood heart would be precious, but not enough to make Zhao Yang eager to possess it. But on Earth, this piece of thousand-year wood heart was extremely rare.

  "Thousand Year Wood Heart" can be used not only to make wooden magical instruments, but also to assist cultivators of wood-type techniques in their practice, providing pure wood-type essence.

  In today's world where spiritual energy is scarce and resources are rare, it is an absolute treasure that can be encountered but not sought!

  It must be taken out immediately!

  Zhao Yang didn't hesitate for a moment, and immediately ran back home at the fastest speed, taking out the kitchen knife used to chop bones. He was afraid that other cultivators would pass by and discover this piece of thousand-year-old wood heart, and someone would get there before him.

  After taking the kitchen knife, Zhao Yang immediately split open the tree trunk. Although the kitchen knife was not very useful, Zhao Yang had already become a late-stage foundation-building cultivator, and with his internal energy bursting out, splitting open that half of the tree trunk was no difficult task.

  After bustling back and forth for five or six minutes, they finally managed to extract that piece of 'thousand-year-old wood core'.

  That section of 'thousand-year wood core' was as long as a baby's arm, three fingers thick. Except for the top half being charred black by lightning, the lower half was a brilliant green, with a jade-like luster, crystal clear and translucent, containing infinite wood essence and vitality.

  He casually threw the kitchen knife aside, and Zhao Yang hastily washed the 'Thousand Year Wood Heart' in the lake water, washing away the half-burnt black surface. He then took off his own sports jacket and carefully wrapped it up.

  Then Zhao Yang found a dry place to sit down, put the clothes wrapped with 'Thousand Years Wood Heart' on his legs, and began to meditate with closed eyes to cultivate the 'Mixed Yuan Five Elements Mysterious Classics', preparing to refine the abundant wood-based spiritual energy around him and those lightning powers.

  If these spiritual energies are not refined and absorbed as soon as possible, they will disperse in a few hours, and that would be a waste of this rare opportunity.

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