Cultivation Tree Backlash Against the Half-Sage Body

"If we dig any deeper, the roots will hit the clan grounds' original water veins."

Bai Ye stood at the edge of the training ground, his bone blade pierced into the soil as he sensed the resistance below.

Chiba pressed a wooden seed into the bottom of the pit.

"I'm connecting it to the water veins."

"Natural energy exists in water too?"

"Water is only a channel. What I really need to connect to is the earth."

Haku crouched on the other side and inserted several ice needles into the wall of the pit.

"These ice needles can record temperature changes. Once natural energy enters the root system, the surrounding moisture will react first."

"What if the temperature drops?"

"That means your Frostwood is absorbing outside chakra."

"What if it rises?"

"Stop immediately."

Bai Ye withdrew his bone blade.

"Why?"

"The root system has started rejecting him. If it keeps absorbing, the natural energy will enter his body directly."

Chiba formed hand seals with both hands. The wooden seed buried at the bottom of the pit pushed through the soil and grew into a Cultivation Tree that reached only just below the eaves.

The trunk was pale in color, its bark threaded with Metal Wood patterns. Underground, its roots spread along the old water veins throughout the clan grounds.

Haku raised a hand and touched the bark.

"It doesn't have the temperature of an ordinary tree."

"The chakra connection hasn't been severed yet."

"You plan to maintain it continuously?"

"Once the Root Network stabilizes, it will absorb on its own."

Bai Ye looked toward the main residence.

"The people in the clan grounds will be affected too."

"The Root Network will avoid the rooms."

"Akizuki is still in the confinement room."

"Avoid her too."

The sound of someone pounding on