Chapter 63: Seed of the Life Tree

A moment later.

All the spoils had been fully inventoried by Gune.

Fourteen Black Iron-tier超凡装备, three Magic Copper-tier超凡装备.

And three Green Leaf Bracelets.

Among the three Green Leaf Bracelets, the dark green one had an internal space twice as large as Gune's own one-cubic-meter Green Leaf Bracelet, holding a full two cubic meters.

This led Gune to directly replace his original one-cubic-meter Green Leaf Bracelet.

Besides that, inside these three Green Leaf Bracelets there were also a considerable number of potions, materials, and other daily necessities.

These超凡装备 and Green Leaf Bracelets

were all handicrafts, possessing considerable collectible value and no small practical value.

All told, Gune had made a killing of roughly six or seven thousand gold pounds.

The bulk came from the three超凡 storage devices.

"Once this blows over, I'll sell these items scattered through the black market and the internal channels of the超凡协会, convert them into gold pounds, and then I can buy plenty of good stuff."

"First, I need to expand my source pool, even though my source pool's growth rate isn't slow."

"But there's still a huge gap from a vast amount of source power."

"Also, I need to equip a high-quality mithril soft armor."

"And if there's gold pounds left over, I'll see if there's a suitable mid-tier attack-type spell."

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Gune, who was inspecting the dark green Green Leaf Storage Bracelet on his wrist, felt a slight stir.

Then, with a flip of his hand,

a green wooden box brimming with dense life energy appeared in Gune's hand.

"Such dense life energy?"

"This is..."

Gune narrowed his eyes.

Then Gune slowly opened the green wooden box.

As soon as it opened, Gune felt a wave of dense life energy almost rushing toward his face.

A peculiar seed, about the size of a fist, entirely dark green like agate, and wrapped in a layer of leaves, appeared before Gune's eyes.

Even through the wrapping green leaves, the dark green light of this seed radiated brilliantly, dazzling to behold.

This brightness was probably seven or eight times stronger than Gune's faintly glowing night pearl.

"This is... a seed of the Elven Life Tree?"

Gune's eyes widened, and his heart was full of shock.

"It can't be this coincidental!"

"Breathe... in... breathe... out... breathe... in... breathe... out..."

After a few light breaths, Gune temporarily steadied his surging heart.

His right hand gathered a catalyst rune, then he reached out to touch the dark green jade-like seed.

The moment he touched it!

Hum~~

The dark green jade spread like ripples, filling the small secret room with vibrant life.

Gune felt as if he were amidst a landscape of mountains and forests.

Looking out, the Elven Life Tree, towering like a mountain peak, stood among the mountains.

Mist and clouds swirled around its roots.

Under the sunlight, it absorbed everything, radiating extraordinary vitality.

The luster of life gathered in its branches and leaves.

The entire world was transformed by this colossal Elven Life Tree into a vibrant green ocean of life.

Then, the dark green jade world scene quickly contracted.

Gune's hand also detached from that dark green jade-like Life Tree seed.

"Ah..."

Gune breathed out softly, his chest heaving, and his heart couldn't help but start pounding violently.

"This... is indeed a seed of the Life Tree."

"Hahaha..."

Then Gune burst into loud laughter.

After a moment, Gune finally stopped laughing.

Composing himself, Gune opened the [Planting] page of his system.

At this moment, the second "planting slot" on the [Planting] page was about a third open, and would be fully open in another four or five days.

And the "Dragon Blood Wood" in the first planting slot, after a few days of idling, had already grown to over five meters tall.

The sturdy blood-red trunk, the blood-red leaves, and the dense超凡 traits all indicated that the Dragon Blood Wood was in rapid, vigorous growth.

Through research, Gune had generally learned that Dragon Blood Wood grows relatively slowly, requiring a hundred years to fully mature.

This height of over five meters would normally take at least a dozen years.

But in reality, Gune had only planted it a few days ago.

Gune roughly inferred that the超凡 plants in these planting slots grew at about a thousand times the normal speed.

This [Planting] system's planting slots, besides allowing plants to grow at extreme speed,

also had a series of gardener functions: pruning, harvesting, cutting, logging, resetting... and so on.

"This dozen-year-old Dragon Blood Wood, if I log it now, won't be of much use."

"And in a few days, the second planting slot will open."

"It won't be too late to plant the Elven Life Tree seed then."

Gazing at the Elven Life Tree seed in his hand, Gune closed the box again and placed it into his system space.

For a "dominant-level"超凡 plant like the Elven Life Tree,

planting it is extremely difficult.

It's not just a matter of digging a hole, burying some dirt, and counting one, two, three, four, five.

Even activating the seed requires very peculiar超凡 power.

After activation, it needs a very special planting environment and enough soil rich in超凡 traits to thrive.

It even requires fertile "pure soil layers."

Because of this,

such "dominant-level"超凡 plants exist only in a few places within the territories known to humanity.

However, for Gune, sending this seed into the planting slot and clicking the plant button—everything would be handled by the system.

Not to mention this "dominant-level"超凡 plant, even a "world-level"超凡 plant, Gune believed the system could plant it.

...

Over the next few days, Gune's life returned to a calm and stable routine.

School in the morning, after school in the afternoon, then brewing potions, and at night studying rune analysis.

During this time, Gune also went to see Alex once to check on his new alchemy laboratory.

The alchemy laboratory was located in a castle estate, the castle having been built not long ago.

It was said to have been built by a noble with a hereditary title and fief.

That noble, apparently facing an economic crisis, sold this newly completed castle.

The new alchemy laboratory was more spacious than Gune had expected, and many超凡 steam machines were already in place.

A high-temperature small furnace, high-pressure distiller, elemental energy extraction tower, steam engine furnace—all were already installed.

In a few days, the entire alchemy laboratory would be fully constructed.

...

155 Old Stone Street.

Underground Alchemy Laboratory.

"You must remember, this Purple Gold Vine must be distilled at high temperature to this level for its超凡 traits to be fully extracted."

...

"When mixing in the crucible at high heat, watch for subtle changes. When their超凡 properties fully merge, there will be a slight, fine change—pay attention to that point."

In Gune's vision, the fusion of超凡 traits unfolded perfectly.

"Did you see?"

"I think I saw a little, and felt a slight fluctuation, but I'm not sure," Alex said, frowning uncertainly.

"It's fine. I'll be brewing a lot later; you can observe more."

Gune said calmly.

Then Gune quickly picked up the crucible and poured the over-300-degree potion into several potion bottles.

Five bottles in total, all high-grade premium potions.

"Alright, that's all for today's lesson."

After finishing the potion, Gune said.

The subsequent sealing and packaging work would naturally be done by Belle and Hawk.

These past few days, Alex came here every afternoon to report on the alchemy laboratory's progress and also observe Gune brewing potions.

For the eager-to-learn Alex, Gune naturally held nothing back.

Whatever he could teach, Gune explained in full.

Arriving in the living room, the temperature was already a bit chilly.

Gune went to the fireplace, picked up some wood, and added fuel to the fire to raise the room temperature a little.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

A knock suddenly sounded.

"Oh? A visitor?"

Gune looked toward the door, his eyes narrowing slightly.