Clear Spirit Tree
Surviving the Uncanny: With My Dual Talents, I Just Want to Farm in Peace
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Clear Spirit Tree |
| Original Name | 清灵树 |
| Species/Race | Mutated plant originating from an ordinary pine tree 21 |
| Tier | First Tier; fused specimens can reach Second Tier 21 41 |
| Habitat | Woods affected by the Silent White Fog; also cultivated around Blazing Sun Shelter 21 44 |
| Occupation/Role | Protective timber, living defensive barrier, and source of plant vitality 26 43 48 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 21 21 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| First-Tier Clear Spirit Tree | 21 | An ordinary pine undergoes a beneficial mutation while resisting the Silent White Fog. Its trunk, branches, and leaves acquire resistance to eldritch and evil erosion. |
| Second-Tier Clear Spirit Tree | 41 | Five closely planted cuttings grow together under plant vitality nourishment. Influenced by the Purification Land, they fuse into a tree capable of resisting Second-Tier and weaker strange entities and evil beings. |
| Second-Tier Clear Spirit Tree Wall | 48 | Trees cultivated around the shelter merge into a continuous barrier. The information panel adds “Wall” to the name; its tier and stated resistance remain unchanged. |
Background / History
Tang Zhixue identified Clear Spirit Wood as a promising shelter material after discovering that the alternative, Thorned Strange Black Wood, released poison when burned. The Clear Spirit Tree’s resistance description initially left him uncertain whether it protected only the plant itself or could also protect people using its materials 20 21.
Gathering the timber was initially slow: Tang Zhixue collected seven trunks during a day’s work. Improved strength later let him fell four trees in an hour, while applying Vitality Absorption increased his rate to ten per hour, including hauling. This supplied the materials for Blazing Sun Shelter’s Level 2 upgrade 22 25 26.
He subsequently cultivated living trees as defenses rather than simply harvesting them. A fused specimen first blocked the entrance, followed by a complete surrounding wall. During the shelter’s Level 3 upgrade, the transformation engulfed that wall; afterward, Clear Spirit Tree branches formed part of the new treehouse’s walls 41 44 48 49.
Appearance
- Harvested specimens: First-Tier trees are described as having thigh-thick trunks; the trunks Tang Zhixue initially stored were twelve or thirteen meters long 22 25.
- Fused specimen: Multiple trunks grow together until their original separation becomes indistinguishable 41.
- Tree wall: Intertwined trunks and interlacing branches form a dense green barrier. Tang Zhixue eventually grows the entire wall to four meters high 48.
Abilities & Skills
Resistance to Supernatural Erosion
The tree’s defining property is resistance to erosion by eldritch beings and evil entities 21.
- The trunk, branches, and leaves all carry the same resistance description; the First-Tier description does not explain its mechanism or precise limits 21.
- Second-Tier fused trees and tree walls explicitly resist the encroachment of Second-Tier and weaker supernatural entities and evil beings 41 48.
- Resistance does not make the tree immune to vitality extraction: Tang Zhixue can wither and remove its wood using Vitality Absorption 26 43.
Propagation and Fusion
Clear Spirit Trees can be grown from branch cuttings and rapidly developed through plant vitality nourishment 39 41.
- Closely planted trees can fuse during growth; the documented Second-Tier mutation occurs under the influence of the Purification Land 41.
- Cuttings taken from the entrance tree provide enough planting material to surround the shelter when divided into small pieces 44.
- Continuous nourishment allows the surrounding trees to merge into a single wall 48.
Plant Vitality Source
Tang Zhixue extracts the tree’s vitality for cultivation, recovery, and energy production 26 43.
- Early applications wither only two or three centimeters of wood at a time, requiring repeated passes around the trunk to fell it 26.
- Extracted vitality helps transplanted mutated plants take root and grow 26.
- The Second-Tier tree contains richer vitality than First-Tier specimens. Carving a passage two meters high and one meter wide yields enough vitality to produce twenty Plant Vitality Crystals through Jade Flowers—equivalent to 1,000 shelter energy 43.
Mutated Variants
When Tang Zhixue nourishes twenty-three Clear Spirit Tree cuttings, three develop into distinct mutated plants 39.
| Variant | Tier | Documented Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Mist Spirit Tree | First Tier | Releases mist within a three-meter radius that disrupts creatures’ sense of direction. It does not distinguish friend from foe 39. |
| Martial Arts Tree | Second Tier | Bears fruits activated with a drop of blood to produce a Martial Arts Clone of equivalent strength 39. |
| Spirit Clarity Tree | Second Tier | Increases comprehension within three meters; later selected as material for the shelter’s next upgrade 39 44. |
Uses
- Clear Spirit Wood: The shelter requires fifty trunks for its Level 2 upgrade and can absorb them directly as stored upgrade materials 22 26.
- Clear Spirit Evil-Repelling: A shelter built with this timber gains resistance to mental erosion from First-Tier supernatural entities and a small comprehension increase for occupants 26.
- Living fortification: Fused trees can seal an entrance or surround the shelter, though an entrance-blocking specimen requires a passage to restore access 41 43 48.
- Treehouse construction: Clear Spirit Tree branches become structural components of the Level 3 shelter’s walls 49.
Trivia
- Tang Zhixue estimates the local ratio of Clear Spirit Trees to Thorned Strange Black Trees at roughly one to five 25.
- Both originate from ordinary pines exposed to the Silent White Fog: Clear Spirit Trees mutate while resisting its erosion, whereas Thorned Strange Black Trees result from corruption 20 21.