Chapter 648 - 407: Tree of Wisdom

Chapter 648: Chapter 407: Tree of Wisdom

"What’s wrong?"

"Is there a problem?"

At this moment, his Sea of Consciousness had not yet changed due to Luoti’s reminder. It retained its previous appearance: a vast continent upon a vast ocean.

On the continent stood the various structures within his Sea of Consciousness, created by his many Level 5 Professional Masteries.

All in all, it was rather plain.

’In any case, it shouldn’t have been enough to provoke such a reaction from Lu Luwei.’

"It’s just that."

"It’s a bit... too spectacular."

Lu Luwei lifted her gaze toward the distance.

’Spectacular?’

Lu Cang didn’t think there was anything spectacular about his current Sea of Consciousness.

Lu Luwei looked up.

Gazing into the distance of Lu Cang’s Sea of Consciousness, her pupils reflected a colossal tree of seven-colored crystal, its branches stretching to the heavens and expanding into infinity!

The tree looked exactly like the one from the legends.

Legend said the Tree of Wisdom could bestow Spirituality upon all things, and that the Spirituality of all sentient life in the world originated from it.

It was said that during the process of Reincarnation after death, souls would pass by the Tree of Wisdom.

Just before a fetus was born, its corresponding Spirituality would find it. The moment the fetus received this Spirituality was the moment the baby was ready to be born.

Although the Tree of Wisdom was merely a legend among the common folk, for High-Level Reincarnators, its existence was a near certainty.

And within the White Tower, led by Yug and renowned for its wisdom, there were even accurate illustrations and descriptions of the Tree of Wisdom.

A tree of seven colors.

Its roots, stems, leaves, and branches were all as transparent as flowing light, like countless overlapping streams of luminescence. Though its foliage was lush, one could still clearly trace the paths of seven different currents of light within it.

Lu Luwei gazed up at the sky of Lu Cang’s Sea of Consciousness, looking into the distance.

"Lu Cang..."

"That... in your Sea of Consciousness... is it the Tree of Wisdom?"

Lu Cang’s Spirituality was very high.

Although he had since been increasing his Spirituality through constant upgrades, the truth was that Lu Cang’s Spirituality had already been exceptionally high when he first became a Reincarnator.

Izparut had told Lu Luwei as much.

Everyone was curious about Lu Cang.

Lu Luwei was one of them, so she had also sought out Izparut to learn more about Lu Cang.

However, Lu Cang’s strength was incomprehensible to ordinary people, an unbelievable power. No one knew why his initial Spirituality had been so high.

Even though Yuna had also become a Reincarnator early, and was around the same age as Lu Cang—in fact, she had even become a Reincarnator a few months before him—her Spirituality was far lower than Lu Cang’s.

Why Lu Cang possessed such high Spirituality had always been a mystery... but now, seeing this Tree of Wisdom standing within his Sea of Consciousness, Lu Luwei felt as if her questions had been answered.

"The Tree of Wisdom?"

But Lu Cang was only confused by her question.

"What Tree of Wisdom are you talking about?"

"In my Sea of Consciousness?"

Lu Luwei was taken aback and asked, "You... you don’t know? You can’t see it?"

She pointed in a direction behind Lu Cang.

"Over there, at the edge of the sky in your Sea of Consciousness."

"Don’t tell me... you can’t see it?"

Lu Cang looked into Lu Luwei’s eyes. There was no reflection of any tree in them.

Then, he looked where Lu Luwei was pointing.

But he saw only an expanse of azure sky.

"An Su."

"Do you see anything?"

After allowing Lu Luwei into his Sea of Consciousness, Lu Cang had hidden An Su away in a more distant part of it.

An Su also looked in the direction Lu Luwei had indicated.

But she also saw only an expanse of azure sky.

"No, I don’t see anything."

’How could it be that only Lu Luwei can see it?’

Lu Cang shook his head at Lu Luwei. "No, I can’t see it."

"Can you describe to me exactly what you saw?"

’Lu Luwei, you really are strange.’

’An Su can’t see it, and I can’t see it. Only you can...’

"It is. It’s the Tree of Wisdom."

"The Tree of Wisdom. It’s one of the Three Great Divine Trees I saw in the compendium of world flora that Kumironi lent me."

’After that, I obtained the Divine Level - Deepest Truth Talent.’

’But I still didn’t see the Tree of Wisdom.’

’Of course, by that time I had already met Luoti and transformed my Sea of Consciousness into the Cloud Palace Sea of Consciousness.’

’If the Tree of Wisdom has always been there, and it’s just that my Perception was clouded and I couldn’t see it...’

’After obtaining the Deepest Truth Talent, I should have been able to see it.’

’What’s more, An Su, an outsider, couldn’t see it either.’

’It seems the problem must lie with Lu Luwei.’

’However, I can’t jump to conclusions.’

Lu Cang nodded slightly, showing no major emotional fluctuation, and just replied, "Mm, I understand."

Lu Luwei left Lu Cang’s Sea of Consciousness, still in a state of shock and confusion.

After his conversation with Lu Luwei ended, Lu Cang went to the White Tower to find Yuna.

Yuna was leaving today. He decided to respect what he had originally done and see her off again.

This time, however, Lu Cang also let Yuna see his Sea of Consciousness. The strange thing was, Yuna also saw the Tree of Wisdom within it.

Immediately after, Lu Cang went to find Leng Qingying.

Leng Qingying entered Lu Cang’s Sea of Consciousness and also saw the Tree of Wisdom hanging high in the sky.

’So it wasn’t Lu Luwei’s problem?’

’Is the problem really with me?’

’But then why can’t even An Su see it?’

Lu Cang’s mind churned with doubt, but he continued to complete the tasks he was supposed to have done.

Repeating things he had already completed made him more proficient, but he also felt a wave of tedium.

Next was his Profession advancement.

After the advancement, he bought a ticket for the ship to Moonfall Island.

This time, however, Lu Cang had no intention of taking the slow boat ride. Instead, he directly extracted the ship’s attributes to acquire the corresponding Enchantment Effect.

BANG!

Lu Luwei and Leng Qingying were still on the ship.

But Lu Cang, traveling alone, reached Moonfall Island in just a few short hours.

Then, at the port on Moonfall Island, he directly extracted Enchantment affixes from a Moon Sea Ship.

In just one day, Lu Cang traveled from Moonfall Island to the Empty Valley.

It was only April 30th.

The Purity Moon hadn’t even arrived, and he hadn’t had any interaction with Luoti whatsoever.

「Half an hour after arriving in the Empty Valley.」

Lu Cang arrived before that door once more.

This time, however, Lu Cang had not undergone the advancement to Level 6 Decryption Scholar, nor had he obtained the Deepest Truth Talent.

But it was worth noting that...

his two wishes had not been undone. They had not been reset when Time reversed at the very beginning.

One wish was, "I can return to the normal timeline."

The other wish was, "Use the Talent of a Level 6 Decryption Scholar to solve the problems within the Time Relic."

This was the only Talent that hadn’t been reset when time went back.