Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 87: How to quickly improve

"Huh...it's been over a year, and you've only recovered this much. You can't even take a shower. Lao Shu, did you drink it secretly?"

"........."

"Not talking? It seems you're feeling guilty."

In the center of the misty swamp, on a lawn that was out of tune with the surrounding environment, Xiao Yichen was lying at the bottom of the pool, struggling hard in the water with his eyes closed, while Xiao Zi was floating on the water with the wind, constantly spitting bubbles into the water, looking unconscious.

On the shore, a large tree with a human face stood guard. It was looking at the man below and the spring water below him with a painful expression. After a long while, the strange tree slowly asked:

"Dad, why are you back again?"

After the Yin Spring in the pool was completely consumed, Xiao Yichen picked up Xiao Zi, who was foaming at the mouth, and then he weakly climbed back to the shore and said, "What else can I do? Can't I come back to see you?"

The big tree's face was full of black lines. He looked at Xiao Yichen, who was covered with scars and disfigured. It was obvious that he had not done well outside and was beaten like this. He still pretended to be stubborn in front of it, but the big tree did not expose him.

After more than ten minutes, Xiao Yichen had almost recovered his strength. He stood up from the ground and looked at the strange tree:

"Old Tree, you've lived for such a long time. Let me ask you a question. Have you ever heard of a heavenly tribulation?"

Upon hearing this, the strange tree was stunned at first, then looked at Xiao Yichen with a strange expression.

"Why are you asking this? You are not qualified to come into contact with these at your level."

Xiao Yichen was delighted, thinking that this guy really knew something, and immediately walked to the strange tree, acting like a good brother.

If the strange tree had been able to defeat him, it would have blown him away long ago. However, the two of them could be said to have become friends through fighting, and their initial grudge had long since faded.

"Eh...you humans are so disgusting." He pushed Xiao Yichen away with a branch and continued:

"Let me be clear first, what I say may not be accurate. After all, I have never left this place since I was born. All my information comes from devouring the memories of others."

"Okay, okay, just tell me what you know." Xiao Yichen urged.

"Before we talk about the heavenly tribulation, you must understand one thing. You cultivators and us, the spirits of plants and animals, are essentially competing with the heavens and the earth for energy. I think you understand this."

Xiao Yichen nodded, and the tree continued, "That's good to understand. Now let's talk about the Heavenly Tribulation. In my memory, it's a powerful force belonging to the will of Heaven and Earth. Every time it appears, it's often accompanied by a breakthrough for the powerful. As mentioned before, creatures like you and me are essentially competing with Heaven and Earth for resources. To prevent these resources from being taken away, the will of Heaven and Earth will send down disasters to prevent these powerful people from breaking through. This power is what most creatures call the Heavenly Tribulation."

Xiao Yichen listened to Dashu's explanation and felt a little disappointed. This was very similar to the heavenly tribulation described in the novel when he was on Earth. However, he soon noticed what Dashu had just said.

"You just said that this is what most living beings think of as a natural disaster. Is there any other explanation?"

When the strange tree heard him ask this, it fell into deep thought again, frowning as if it was sorting out its thoughts, and it took a while before it spoke.

"There is indeed another theory, but I think it is a bit too unbelievable."

Xiao Yichen showed joy on his face and motioned it to continue. He was really curious about the power of heavenly tribulation in his body.

The most important thing at the moment is to quickly improve his strength. Although he can now improve his realm by absorbing like other cultivators, it is still not enough. For some reason, ever since he met the mysterious man from the Beast Taming Sect, he has had an urgent desire to improve his strength. He always feels that something big will happen in the near future.

If one wants to speed up the pace of cultivation, one must at least first understand the basic situation of the power of heavenly tribulation in the body so that the right remedy can be prescribed.

Seeing his face full of curiosity, Dashu no longer kept him in suspense and said seriously:

"The other theory, which I also found in the memories of an old man, says that the heavenly tribulation didn't come from heaven and earth, but from a supreme being. That being is beyond this world, and the will of heaven and earth is under its control. The reason why it sent down the heavenly tribulation is to select creatures with extraordinary talents. As for what these gifted creatures are used for, it is unknown. The old man only has these few words in his memory. I don't know anything else."

After listening to the big tree's words, Xiao Yichen lowered his head and thought again. The two statements were nothing more than arguing about the origin and purpose of the heavenly tribulation. One came from the heaven and earth itself and was used to suppress the development of all spirits, while the other came from a supreme being and was used to screen the strong and provide the necessary training. From some aspects, these two statements seemed to be completely opposite, and it was unknown which one was true and which one was false.

Seeing his frown, the big tree beside him was also puzzled. Although it was shocked by Xiao Yichen's current strength, it still didn't understand why the other party asked about the heavenly tribulation. This was not something he should consider at all.

Suddenly, a look of shock appeared on its face. It thought of the scene when it first met Xiao Yichen, and the power in the other's body that could resist the Yin Spring. The eyes on its torso slowly widened, and the trunk was shaking uncontrollably.

The leaves fell on Xiao Yichen's head. He knocked them down with an annoyed look on his face and said unhappily:

"Why are you bald at such a young age?"

The big tree was still immersed in its previous guess and ignored Xiao Yichen's words. Seeing that the other party did not respond for a long time, Xiao Yichen turned to it, but found that the other party's expression was very strange.

"What's wrong with you?"

Slowly recovering from the shock, Dashu swallowed his saliva in a very human way, staring intently at Xiao Yichen, and asked, "The power in your body?"

Having said that, Xiao Yichen knew that the other party should have guessed it, but he did not want to hide his intention from the other party. He nodded without any concealment. After all, he still needed the other party to explain it.

When Dashu saw him admit it, the shock he had just suppressed surged into his heart again.

"A mysterious person said that the power in my body comes from the heavenly tribulation. Have you ever heard that the power of the heavenly tribulation exists in the body of a cultivator before?" Xiao Yichen asked.

Another pile of leaves fell from the top of the strange tree. Seeing its head shaking like a rattle, Xiao Yichen felt a little helpless. But when he thought about it, it made sense. It was incredible that the power of heavenly tribulation appeared on a cultivator.

Just when Xiao Yichen was about to improve his strength through training, he heard the strange tree ask:

"Are you having trouble with your cultivation?"

Nodding helplessly, Xiao Yichen sighed lightly. According to his current cultivation speed, even with the powerful weapon of Heavenly Tribulation, he would have to at least reach the state of concentration to reach the strength for revenge. This would probably take him ten years, which was too long.

"I've noticed that since you came here, the nearby wood elements have been unconsciously gathering into your body. Logically, your cultivation speed should be very fast."

After briefly explaining the matter of revenge to it, the tree roughly understood what was going on and said:

"So, you are looking for a way to quickly improve your strength?"

"Nonsense, what else?" Xiao Yichen replied unhappily while lying on the ground.

Seeing his bad look, Dashu didn't continue arguing with him and his brows slowly furrowed.

"Since you are improving your cultivation by absorbing elemental power, why don't you look for a place with rich elemental power?"

Xiao Yichen, lying on the ground, waved his hands with a helpless tone.

"This area is either jungle or plains. The wood element is slightly denser, but not much. At this speed, although it is faster than that of ordinary cultivators, it is still too slow for me now."

"You don't necessarily have to rely on the environment. Have you ever thought about other things?" Dashu suggested.

"Of course I haven't thought about that. I've tried things like magic crystals and spirit crystals before. Although it's faster than self-cultivation, that only applies to high-quality magic crystals. Magic crystals of this quality aren't cheap, so how can they be easily obtained?"

Pulling a piece of green grass from the ground and putting it in his mouth to chew, Xiao Yichen's brows unconsciously frowned a little more. He was thinking in his heart whether he should rob the magic crystals of other sects. After all, this would be much faster than hunting the monsters one by one by himself.

The man and the tree fell into silence. Now the problem had been identified, but no solution had been found.

After a long silence, Dashu's eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at Xiao Yichen with some excitement.

"It's not that there's no way. Have you heard of... Fairy Core Crystal?"