At this point, Li Yan and Zhao Min no longer hesitated. Yet as they stepped into the tree hollow, both quietly released a layer of spiritual power around themselves as a protective barrier.
Once inside, Li Yan discovered that the hollow was nowhere near as cramped as he had imagined. At the same time, he lost all perception of the outside world.
The space within felt far larger than the enormous tree itself.
A pearly white glow filled the hollow. Rather than being dark and gloomy, it gave him a sense of sudden openness.
The space was roughly seventy feet across, and lake water shimmering with milky-white light reached Li Yan's thighs.
The softly glowing water carried the distinctive, refreshing fragrance of trees.
The moment Li Yan entered, he felt streams of wood spiritual energy, dense as flowing water, swarm toward his pores.
They seemed eager to seep into his body immediately, but his protective barrier repelled them all.
Wood spiritual energy was the finest spiritual energy for refining pills and healing injuries, possessing a unique aura of life.
Although Li Yan had not yet drawn any of it into his body, he could already feel the circulation of his five-element spiritual power abruptly accelerate, becoming unusually lively.
His wood spiritual power was especially active, and the lotus throne within the violet palace of his dantian emitted dazzling rays of green light.
After sweeping the surroundings once with his divine sense, Li Yan flicked his sleeve. A purple array flag flashed and vanished, establishing the Great Dragon-Elephant Array within the hollow.
Feeling the rich wood spiritual energy rising from the water around his submerged legs, Li Yan did not immediately begin absorbing it. He simply stood in the lake.
After pondering for a while with knitted brows, he sighed inwardly