Even though the conscious of that tree spirit should have been still immature, but that didn't stop it from recognizing the thing that acted as the best nourishment for it, the arrangements here weren't made on a whim, the opened dome allowed it to absorb Yin Qi from the moon .
It won't be an exaggeration to say that without it, it wouldn't have been able to grow, that Yin Qi was also the same attribute that wasp on the other day have, soul power is also inclined to Yin Qi attribute, that's why it wanted to eat it and that's why it was currently shocked to see a human wielding it .
But there were a few questions on my mind that I couldn't shake, even though recognizing it out of instinct wasn't that shocking, how come it knew that humans are trustworthy and why did it sound a lot older and mature when it communicated with me just now .
Luckily I was already here, so there shouldn't be a problem asking it about that stuff after I finish dealing what I came here for, its Aura started to get agitated and its energy did the same and my hand was directly pushed off and away from it .
Yet, without any surprises, a branch had stretched out and brought my hand again on its trunk, the first thing I heard after that was a question ringing in my mind like a huge bell, it was :
How in the world do you have this rich Yin Qi, are you born with an Innate Yin Qi body constitution ? .
Without me even answering the question, its mature voice sounded in my head again, this time it was an answer to its previous question, it asked and answered completely on its own .
It denied that this could be even possible and indeed it was correct, Innate Yin Qi constitution only appear on women, it gave them an abundant Yin Qi and allowed them to have massive boost to their strength and future, but only after it can be awakened .
If it can't be awakened, then the person with that special body constitution will only be bound for a lot of suffering and might not be even able to make it past 16 years of age, then the Yin Qi will burst inside her body and she will die .
At least that what the seal in my mind was telling me, seeing its shock and wanting to get this over with as quick as possible, since there would be very much a lot of things I needed to do, I had a new whole path that I needed to discover and be a Master in it in the shortest time possible .
Otherwise, the Dojo might really end up declining even more, I tried to negotiate with it again and this time it didn't act repulsively to me, it went silent for a few seconds, then it stated what it wanted from this deal, saying :
I want 7 strands .
It said this and fell silent instantly, but I was still able to feel how expectant and how eager it was to get those 7 strands of Yin Qi out of me .
This also helped me with a suspicion of mine, it seem that what I indeed suspected about how difficult it's for it to absorb the Yin Qi from the Moon, this city was very much filled with abundant Spiritual Qi, which shouldn't have been possible, unless that place was rich in Spiritual Qi or at least something in it was .
But even with how abundant it was, absorbing the Spiritual Qi was a slow and quite complicated process, I was able to sense that I was absorbing it without much of a problem thanks to that weird Force Sapling, but the process was indeed slow and its results were almost negligible .
I couldn't help but wonder whether was its absorption and refining speed was faster than me or slower, shaking my head and discarding these meaningless thoughts, made the tree in front of me mistook it for a refusal and it instantly panicked .
Then it modified her offer, it said that it will accept 5 strands, hearing this, I didn't grasp what changed its mind like this all of a sudden, but soon I understood its situation and it all made sense for it to act like this .
I still extracted 7 strands of Yin Qi and infuse it in the tree trunk, the second those strands of pure Yin Qi sunk into the tree, I sensed it shake out of happiness, those 7 strands will help it grow even more faster than before and will also help the fruits growing on it mature a lot quicker, so it was really a win-win situation .
After seeing that I gave it more than what we agreed on, it was now more than willing to give me some help, it directly started to transfer some of its strong Soul Power to me and like a dry land finally getting soaked by the rain, I felt my whole body getting nurtured, the strains I felt on my mind vanished and it didn't take more than a few seconds before I regained my consumed Soul Power .
I thanked it for the help, but it just kept silent for a minute or so, before a cry of pure satisfaction was released from it, it seem that it was completely satisfied by its meal, it even asked for more and seeing that there was no harm was going to be done even if I gave it a bit more, not to mention that I still have quite the abundant amount of Yin Qi thanks to Lu Hua .
I gave it 3 more strands and it directly made it hug me with it trunk and it started to treat me like a complete different person, completely in contrast to the cold-shoulder treatment it showed me a few minutes before .
After it completely absorbed the new 3 strands and what was left for it to do is to digest it completely, but this too was a process that required time, so while it was trying to digest the energy, I was trying to find out questions to my answers .
The first question was related to how was it sounding so mature, the answer was pretty simple to understand, unlike us humans who learn communication through experience, these trees already inherit such experience or better to say that the Will of Heaven and Earth was responsible for granting them an inherited experience and even memories .
They would be granted knowledge, the second they awaken their conscious, but it wasn't omnipotent, they only get access to some of the knowledge stored and granted by Heaven-Earth and as they increase their soul power and mature, the much of knowledge they have access to will also keep increasing .
It was a fascinating thing to hear about and understand, that allowed me to have a clear idea on why was it acting all mature now, so it had inherited memories and knowledge already, I couldn't help but asking it to confirm if whether was these memories and knowledge responsible for its hatred towards Humans .
But the answer was surprisingly negative, well partially negative, since even though nothing in its inherited memories say that it should hate humans, it still spoke volumes on how humans had always uprooted trees just so that they can monopolize the benefits, those trees that uprooted might even die to the lack of suitable circumstances afte it gets replanted .
As for why it personally hated humans, well, the answer is closely tied to the incident from yesterday, this was also a question that I wanted to ask, who was responsible for the situation yesterday, its answer was a bit baffling, a human was behind agitating the situation yesterday .
It said that he managed to get inside, so that meant he must have been a disciple of the Dojo, I was about to say something, but then my consciousness was pulled suddenly into a memory it had and was currently showing me .
A cloaked figure sneaked inside the Garden and it released something on the ground, that thing was that weird hornet that we found and killed, the hornet dissolved into the ground and then the memory was cut off, but the tree mentioned that it had no clear memory of what happened after that .
All that it can remember was trying not to injure the disciples, but that thing was already forcing its actions on the tree, so it wasn't able to do much than this, the thing too came here with the intention of absorbing its soul power, so this is why it was so alarmed .
That hornet had actually the ability to sink into the underground and even siphon Soul Power and from how it tried to escape, I can be certain that it was either an intelligent lifeform or someone was controlling it .
The identity of the cloaked figure was still a mystery, the only clue regarding his identity was related to how he had managed to sneak into this place without a problem and more than a few times it seem .
The tree explained that it could normally suppress that weird alien consciousness that was trying to subdue it, but every time that guy came, he appeared and disappeared like as if he was nothing but a wisp of smoke .
The memories it showed me after this, made me realize that it was indeed not its fault, that culprit kept spreading something on the floor and most likely he was helping the hornet get enough nourishment, until it was finally able to do what needed to be done .
We both had no clue what exactly was he after by doing all this, but I had some suspicions regarding who might be behind this, there was currently no one other the those cursed people from the Evil Tigers group, also Lu Chiang being absent all this time, made me understand one thing clearly .
That guy might have already started to act against the dojo, he could have already betrayed us and spread a word about Master's death, if that was indeed the case, then the situation will get much more problematic to deal with .
Not only will it make the Dojo current matters worse, but it would alert those that already bore enmity towards the Dojo and its disciples and with Master gone, these guys will no longer have anyone to act as a deterrent, so their actions might become even more cruel and direct .
Whether he did betray us, or not yet, it didn't change the fact that I will need to find a way out of this deadlock like situation, but isn't that why exactly was I here .
After feeling that I have fully recovered my Soul Power, I scanned the tree for any traces of that hornet or maybe even the person who was behind it, but nothing seem to be out of place, so in the end, I let go of that matter, bid the two farewell and was about to leave the Garden .
But Senior Sister suddenly called for me just as I took the first step towards the gates, I turned to the side and saw that her expression was speaking of embarrassment and wondered what was going on .
I was surprised that she was actually asking me if I was able to communicate with the tree just now and got something from it, I nodded my head, but was inwardly surprised, only those with Soul Power should be able to perceive what just happened .
Even Uncle Li didn't have a clue about what was going on, this was confirmed by how he seemed to become quite curious about knowing what exactly did I just do and what my answer was going to be .
After I gave my answer, I saw the embarrassment on Boa'er's face become even more intense and I couldn't help but look at Uncle Li, wondering if he could give me some help in understanding what was going on, his only response to me was to slightly raise his eyebrow at me and he shrugged his shoulder .
The explanation luckily came directly after that and the situation was explained by none other than Chen Boa'er, who held my hand and with much enthusiasm, she said :
So trees do indeed have spirits and can communicate ? .
Seeing her squeezing my hand like this, I couldn't help but look at her overexcited face and my hand which was being held in hers, she realized that what she did was indeed quite impulsive and her face turned red instantly and she let go my hand and explained everything to me .
Master had always told her that all things in this world have spirits, even trees, she didn't believe him at all back then, he even told her that he can communicate with this willow tree and hear its thoughts and that in the future she should be able to do the same too .
But once again, she didn't take his words to the heart back then, but she was now startled by the realization of me truly able to do so, she couldn't contain her curiosity and excitement at finding some way to confirm her late Father's words .
What she wanted to ask me, was to let her communicate with the tree if possible as well, I nodded my head, extended my head towards the tree trunk and my other hand reached for her hand .
She understood what I was trying to do and eagerly held my hand, the second she did, the whole room was filled with an eerie silent, before the wind and leaves started rustling, then after a while, we both opened our eyes and I managed to see that her eyes had tears in them .
Whether it was out of comfort or the tree own disbelief, what it kept repeating was that there was no reason for Boa'er to feel sad, her father was still alive, which did indeed helped in warming the girl's heart, a dam of tears and mix of quite different emotions was suddenly broken down .
She tried to keep a strong and straight face, but the tree's words were just more than she could manage to handle, the tree had also taught her a method that she can use to contact it, which should have been more of a happy occasion .
But end up causing her heart to falter instead, in the end Chen Boa'er had directly retreated from the garden after she thanked me for my help, with tears swirling in her eyes, Uncle Li didn't know about what occurred exactly, but that didn't stop him from glaring at the only remaining suspect in the room, me and go after here .
I was left there in the Garden with the tree, I couldn't help but shrug my shoulders at what just happened and look in the direction of the tree and say :
" I would be glad, if you were to refrain from saying such thing .
As if it understood me, a branch extended from it and after shaking left and right, trying to say something, it finally stopped and instead made contact with me through that branch and its voice appeared directly in my mind, saying :
Show me the treasures in your hand ? .
I was instantly startled by it asking me to handover my things, but then it clarified that it only wanted to help with replanting of those treasures, making me sigh in relief while also wondering how exactly was it able to know that I had come here with the intention of replanting those things .
As if it can read and understand my thoughts, it said that it can sense a Medicinal aura on me, one quite heavy too, only their kind of lifeforms and through other supernatural means can one perceive it .
Hearing this, I couldn't help but become soaked in cold sweat, I had walked around these past few days having not even the slightest bit of clue about this, wasn't this the same as seeking death .
With the branch twirling around me and after it gave me a bit tight squeeze, it mentioned that there should be no problem with me, I thanked it and indeed extended my pouch towards it with no fear of it stealing them .
Even though it was powerful, but I had quite the deterring element that could completely allow me to deal with it cleanly as well, one after another, it kept withdrawing one treasure after another, I sensed its uneasiness after sniffing the aura on those herbs and plants .
It was a bit alarmed about the sort of place where I acquired these materials, telling it what occurred and let to the current situation, it said that it was for the best for the tree to take care of them, seeing no issue with what it was proposing, I told it to go for it .
Instantly the ground beneath us started to shake and after a while, a hole like entrance appeared and was leading to the underground, this was where these plants and herbs would be planted and they were the responsibility of the tree to take care of their needs and tend to them .
After arranging this new place, I was shocked at its appraisal of the Yin Soul Grass, it said that the seed couldn't be planted because its vitality was dead, seeing it already making sighing like sounds at how much of a waste that was .
I cut a wound on my thumb and stopped the tree from trying to heal me and instead started to run the technique that I had memorized, the Evil Blood Nourishing Method and heard the buzzes of notifications in my head .
Then magic happened with the first glimmering droplet of blood falling on the supposed dead seed on the semi dried fertile land .