Xiao Xiao had no idea how a tree could look like "a child wearing an adult's clothes."
But as he watched the Xuanhuang Wood below grow rapidly and sensed the aura it gave off, he inexplicably thought of the battle formations they often used during hunting team training.
Once deployed, a battle formation released a different qi signature depending on its configuration. This qi intertwined with magic power, forming a layer of visible "active magic power" around the formation, known as its "envelope." For instance, the Long Snake Formation's envelope was a long snake; the Bofu Battle Formation's envelope was an actual Bofushi Giant; the Room Lodge Formation's envelope was a Room Fire Pig, and so on.
That little Xuanhuang Wood downstairs.
An aura resembling such an "envelope" now suffused its entire body.
Only, that envelope still took the shape of a large tree.
Perhaps that was why Jiang Yu had described it as "a child wearing an adult's clothes."
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"Was it that gem?" Xiao Xiao answered uncertainly.
Realization dawned on Jiang Yu.
Of course. Only the aura emitted by that Black Gem fragment, refined from a Legend's thought, could easily envelop the Xuanhuang Wood. Earlier, she had been wondering where the stone had ended up after merging into the tree.
She climbed onto the window.
Braced herself against the frame.
Turning toward the dumbstruck male wizards in the hall, she smiled brilliantly. "
"It's always hard to get a clear look through windows and screens. Come down with me, everyone. Let's take a look beneath the tree!"
With that, she let go and dropped straight down.
The Central Base was a Wine-Vessel Shaped Brass Building floating above the basin at the center of the world. Originally, it had been several thousand zhang above the ground. Although years of