Understanding One's Identity

"The Forest Veins ... the mountains, no, even larger creatures!... The two are completely overlapping..."

After Linsey reminded him, he realized the truth.

Green Fir paced back and forth, muttering to herself as her expression grew increasingly uneasy.

Then her gaze fell once again on the crack in the ground in front of her...

"In short, this is not something I should get involved in."

Green Fir sighed.

She waved her hand, manipulating the surrounding soil to close it off, burying the unimaginably massive tree root back deep into the mountains.

At the same time, the twisted trees around the open space suddenly stopped their ghostly swaying.

They were also captured by Green Fir's skills and escaped the forest's mutation.

These settled trees even stretched out their branches to form a bench in front of the two of them.

Green Fir sat there naturally, continuing to ponder.

Linsey had a guess, so she asked, "Green Fir, do you think that this plant grew in the earth veins and eventually completely occupied the entire Forest Veins pattern? You also say that the Forest Veins were born because of it?"

Upon hearing this question, Green Fir glanced at Linsey with great interest.

She shook her head slightly, then said in a drawn-out tone, "This is actually not important."

"Linsey, do you know what skills are required for the Eighth Stage of our Life School? And what methods are needed to advance to that stage?"

The skills at the Eighth Stage can be described as transcendent.

Let alone ordinary people, even ordinary awakened individuals have absolutely no chance of making contact with them.

Linsey, of course, would never know:

"I haven't read any books that contain this kind of content."

Green Fir then answered:

"There are several Eighth Stage members in the Law Codex Compilation Society."

"Depending on the path they take, their advancement methods vary greatly."

At this point, Green Fir pointed to herself:

"For someone like me who follows the path of unification, the existing method to advance to the Eighth Stage is to assimilate a world into a unified whole of life, making everything an extension of its will."

Linsey immediately thought of the Dragon Beast of Black Mountain:

"So this method of advancement requires plundering the world's Essence?"

Green Fir shook her head:

"It's not plunder, it's assimilation."

"Simply plundering will only invite the world's hostility. It might even lead to some random hero coming to punish you as a threat to the world. This method is too dangerous. But if you integrate yourself into the world, you can avoid a lot of trouble."

After explaining, Green Fir lowered her head.

Her gaze was directed at the soil beneath her feet, but it actually pierced through dozens of meters of earth, reaching the roots that extended from that enormous life form.

"Regardless of this guy's situation."

"If it truly transcends the seventh level, then it means that our life skills have a new way to advance. At that time, Volcano City's attention to the Courtyard in the Forest will have to change."

Green Fir's words carried an unexpected confidence.

Volcano City is undoubtedly one of the most powerful forces in the entire universe. If interests have reached this point, attracting the attention of important figures from the Law Codex Compilation Society...

All the problems at hand will become insignificant! Linsey said:

"But those merchants from the Riverbank Merchant Guild also seem to covet the Forest Veins?"

Upon hearing this reminder...

Green Fir showed great vigilance and immediately smiled at Linsey, saying, "You silly child."

"Because of their poor relationship with the merchants, they want to use the power of Volcano City to deal with them?"

"..."

Linsey fell silent for a moment.

Green Fir then posed another question, "Linsey, what do you think is most important to the scholars of Volcano City?"

Volcano Codex?

Cultivating Essence? Techniques? Many things flashed through Linsey's mind, but in the end, he thought of...

"It is knowledge."

"That's right! The most important thing is knowledge!"

Upon hearing Linsey's answer, Green Fir was overjoyed and even stood up from the bench.

"You inherited Master Yang Ye's knowledge, and before leaving Lookout Point City, you did your best to pass it on to us. Therefore, in the eyes of Volcano City, you are one of us."

"Dealing with merchants is now our common goal!"

His attitude towards Green Fir.

Linsey also frankly expressed her thoughts. "For me, dealing with businessmen is secondary. It's just that their actions are affecting the normal lives of people all over the world, which is really unacceptable."

Green Fir remained noncommittal about Linsey's attitude.

Is the focus on ordinary people?

"Awakened beings have different views on ordinary people, but we all ultimately come from this, so your perspective is not bad."

As soon as she finished speaking, Green Fir stretched her body on the spot.

The next second.

A faint breeze swept through the forest, and powerful Essence surged from the Life Scholar's body.

Just like when he got angry at Linsey's shop that day.

The surrounding things, under the influence of his skills, exhibit a revitalized response.

The trees affected by the forest mutation stopped twisting and instead grew strong, while grass and flowers sprouted in the open spaces, and the surrounding air became fresh.

After the vibrant life force spread, Green Fir's voice rang out again:

"Since those merchants are also eyeing the Forest Veins, we can't continue to be so leisurely."

The words had barely left his lips.

Green Fir closed her eyes, and her life perception extended into the distance along the earth's veins.

Instead of targeting the massive plants that were difficult for her to detect, she focused solely on probing the Essence.

It didn't take too much time.

Perception traveled across vast distances, Green Fir vaguely sensed something.

"Um..."

"That's interesting."

Green Fir opened her eyes again and sent a confirmation to Linsey:

"Linsey, you are also a holder of Life Source Material, so you shouldn't need to rest for a while, right?"

Linsey replied confidently, "Of course!"

Green Fir made a decisive decision:

"Time is of the essence, let's set off now!"

The two abandoned the campsite they had just found and sped forward into the night.

As Linsey continued on his way, he asked Green Fir, "What did you sense?"

Green Fir countered with a question, "You should know about the Life Secret Realm in the forest, right?"

Seeing Linsey nod, Green Fir continued to explain:

"I discovered this place in front of the ley lines. And unlike the other known secret realms, the Essence it contains is more active, and its quantity and quality are unprecedented!"

Linsey's eyes narrowed. "The merchants are there?"

Green Fir nodded:

"At least the atmosphere of unrest in the forest is coming from there."

With the same goal in mind, they moved even faster.

However, the Life Scholar was not concerned with the businessman, but rather with her initial goal in entering the forest:

"What I hope for now is not to run into Mu En City Lord or Han Si Ke."

"Even though they are seriously injured, they are still at the Seventh Stage. They are the real destabilizing factors..."