"Thank you very much, teacher. Before I leave, I hope you can grant me permission to take a few books with me to read!"
The dragon greedily scanned the enormous tree hollow, which was filled with revised books, all personally written by its mentor, in an immeasurable quantity.
Knowledge is the most precious treasure in the world, and most of the books here are various cultivation methods. If they could pack them all up and take them away, it would bring unimaginable benefits to their entire Revolutionary Army.
He already had a plan in mind, but he needed to inform his mentor beforehand.
"Do as you please, but please register with Ain before you leave so I can add it later."
Wang Hao casually agreed; after all, it was just a few books, and they could take them without a care.
Dragon's purpose in coming here was simple: he wanted to receive his guidance, just like Kizaru and the others, and create his own unique martial arts technique.
Wang Hao naturally wouldn't refuse this, and not only tailored a set of exclusive techniques for him, but also had Long Cao draft a list of basic information on mid-to-high-level cadres in the Revolutionary Army. Based on this, he also created many supporting exclusive techniques.
After all, the Revolutionary Army was originally his intended target for deception, no, for winning over. Not to mention that their leader, Long, was a student of his predecessor. This teacher-student relationship was genuine, and he would surely become a Admiral under his command in the future.
Since we're all destined to be on the same side, there's no need to be stingy.
"That bookshelf has a catalog and descriptions of all the books here. Take your time browsing. I'll go deal with the Tree of Knowledge."
After saying that, Wang Hao got up and walked outside.
Although the Tree of Knowledge was pulled up, the behemoth was severely damaged. Most critically, its own consciousness was completely destroyed. It needs to recreate a new consciousness in order to truly revive the Tree of Knowledge.
Fortunately, he was prepared and unexpectedly obtained a treasure in the South Blue, which came in handy.
"Take care, teacher!"
Long Xinxi waved to Wang Hao, and after Wang Hao's figure disappeared from sight, he immediately closed the door, turned his head to look at the huge bookshelf that his mentor had pointed to before leaving, and couldn't help but sigh.
"As expected of a teacher, even just a table of contents and introduction requires thousands of books to record!"
This is a truly enormous bookshelf, filled with thousands of thick volumes. And this is just a catalog used to record the actual locations of the books—it's astonishing, which gives you an idea of just how enormous the number of books here is.
Even the former Ohara probably couldn't compare, but...
"Now all of this is at my expense!"
Excitedly rubbing his hands together, Long beckoned to a Shar Pei following behind him, lifted its hind legs and tilted it downwards, quickly dumping out a large amount of bagged grain.
He secretly procured this food for the Revolutionary Army, and this Shar Pei was no ordinary dog either; it had eaten a Devil Fruit and could create a huge space inside its stomach, which they had been using to transport supplies.
This grain was exactly what their Revolutionary Army desperately needed, but compared to the countless books here, it was nothing.
" Little Sha, open your mouth wide and get to work. If you swallow all the books here, I'll find you a hundred female dogs to serve you when we get back."
In order to pack up and take all these books away, Long went to great lengths, resorting to both seduction and bribery towards Little Sha.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Little Sha's eyes lit up, and its little tail wagged excitedly, creating a phantom-like motion.
"Get ready, I'm about to make my move!"
Fearing someone might come, the dragon didn't dare delay. He activated his Devil Fruit power, creating a tornado that sucked all the books together, forming a funnel that rushed towards Little Sha's wide-open dog mouth.
Three hours later, only a few hundred books remained.
"Xia Sha, you'd better live up to expectations! A hundred beautiful female dogs are waving at you!"
While cheering on his pet dog Little Sha, Long grabbed a book and forced it into Little Sha's mouth. Little Sha's body was stretched into a big ball, its round eyes rolled back, and it was breathing more out than in.
It simply couldn't swallow any more!
Seeing that his dog was indeed at his limit, Long sighed, took off his cloak, wrapped the remaining three hundred books inside, and carried it on his shoulder.
Even though we've already received so much, we can't let it go to waste.
"Hopefully, my junior sister, Ain, will be easy to talk to!"
With a muttered sound, Long carried his overfed dog in one hand and a huge package on his shoulder in the other, heading out and locking the door behind him to ensure that no one would notice anything amiss inside for a while.
"Why don't you just pack up all the books in the entire library and take them with you?!"
Looking at the enormous package that the dragon had placed in front of her, Ain was so angry she laughed.
How can this senior be so shameless!
"Ahem... These books aren't just for me to read; my men need to read them too."
Feeling guilty, Long coughed lightly and offered an excuse.
"Snort!"
With a soft hum, Ain didn't say anything more, accepting the reason. She then registered the books, intending to report them to the teacher later for supplementation.
Wang Hao, on the other side, was also very busy, but very happy, because after careful examination, he discovered a fragment of consciousness deep within the Tree of Knowledge, which was a remnant of the original consciousness of the Tree of Knowledge.
Although these fragments of consciousness are far from comparable to the complete consciousness of the past, they represent a qualitative leap.
His original idea was to rely on his own strength and a rare treasure he obtained in the South Blue to reshape a consciousness that would merge with the Tree of Knowledge. Although this would have flaws, it was the best method he could think of.
But things are different now. With this fragment of consciousness as a foundation, given enough time, it can be developed into a complete consciousness, allowing it to once again control the Tree of Knowledge.
Wang Hao carefully placed these fragments of consciousness into the Water of Life to nurture them, and then entrusted them to Binz for safekeeping.
He has done all he could. Now, Binz needs to use his Shove-Shove Fruit power to accelerate the recovery and growth of the Tree of Knowledge until it reaches its former peak size.
Wang Hao didn't rest either; he went to an open space to teach Nico Robin.
Since he had promised to teach this girl without reservation, he naturally wouldn't be stingy. When he brought her back that day, he had a set of Lotus Precious Manual custom-made for her.
"How is your comprehension of the Lotus Precious Manual going?"
He sat down on the ground and asked with a gentle smile.
"I've only grasped a tiny bit!"
Nico Robin lowered her head and replied shyly in a low voice. Although she had been working very hard these past two days, the Lotus Precious Manual was indeed quite difficult, and she had only grasped a little bit of its basics so far.
"It's already quite good that you've grasped even a little bit. Your comprehension is not bad; it's almost comparable to Borsalino's. It's just that you haven't found a cultivation method that suits you yet."
However, compared to your comprehension, I value your Devil Fruit ability even more. Your Flower-Flower Fruit) is the Devil Fruit with the strongest potential I have ever seen.
Wang Hao said solemnly, but these words made Ain, who had just come over to report on Long's book borrowing, roll her Byakugan cutely.
She had heard similar things many times before. This teacher seemed to have a high opinion of all Devil Fruit, and the more useless Devil Fruit seemed, the more optimistic she was about it.
Just like Nico Robin now, she also knew some information about this Devil Child. His Flower-Flower Fruit really not that great. It can only condense some arms to interfere with the enemy. It is easy to deal with those novices, but it is useless against the real powerhouses.
"The essence of the Flower-Flower Fruit is a flower. It is true that you can use it by condensing parts of your body such as hands and feet to mimic the appearance of a flower, but you have gone astray."
The flower may seem small, but it contains incredible power. I once saw an ancient book in Ohara. According to it, our universe was in Chaos at the beginning, and within it, a Chaos Green Lotus was conceived.
After the universe took shape Chaos Green Lotus shattered, and the fragments evolved into countless treasures. The five most important lotus seeds evolved into the World-Destroying Black Lotus, the Merit Golden Lotus, the Pure World White Lotus, the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, and the Green Creation Azure Lotus, respectively.
Each of the five lotuses has a different function. The World-Destroying Black Lotus follows the Dao of Destruction, while the Creation Azure Lotus follows the Dao of Creation. The Merit Golden Lotus can condense merit and has Invincible defense. The Karmic Fire Red Lotus Karmic Cause and Effect to ashes.
The final Pure World White Lotus can purify all things, including our hearts, and is the most powerful auxiliary treasure for cultivation.
The Lotus Precious Manual I created for you Simulation the visualization of the five great lotuses and the cultivation of the five great Great Dao. As long as your comprehension is sufficient, and you have good opportunities and Yi Li, you will eventually be able to condense the true five great lotuses, and it's even possible to return to your origin and condense the Chaos Green Lotus..."
That's right, he's just bluffing.
He had never seen the Five Great Lotuses, but that didn't stop him from imagining them!
In any other world, such cultivation would certainly not yield any results, but this world is different. Devil Fruit are manifestations of the world's primordial power. As long as the method is appropriate and one firmly believes that the imagined objects truly exist, the world itself will assist in their evolution.
For example, Illya directly developed a Rinnegan and even created Susanoo.
The same applies to the Infinity Stones phantom that the Sovereignty guy manifested.
Therefore, as long as the deception is convincing enough, even the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe can be created in this world.
Of course, if it were to evolve into something truly powerful, it would definitely be a simplified version with infinitely reduced power.
After all, although Devil Fruit are said to have unlimited potential, they also have an upper limit. The highest limit is the limit of this world, and it is impossible to manifest something powerful that surpasses the limit of this world.
It's impossible for Chaos Supreme Treasure like the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe to materialize.
However, he doesn't need to set his goals so high; lowering them by countless levels would be enough.
Furthermore, he created a Lotus Precious Manual, divided into five chapters, each cultivating one of the five systems: life, destruction, merit and Fortune, purification, and Karma, enough to condense an infinitely weakened lotus.
This is also the most suitable development path for Nico Robin's Flower-Flower Fruit, in no way inferior to the Rinnegan version of the Infinity Stones from the Sovereignty or Illya's Rinnegan and Byakugan.