Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 2114  A Tree

Alex didn't immediately return to his cave and instead visited Sunheart. He wanted to get to making those pills, but since he was already out, he could ask her for the materials to be used in the Mountain Crushing artifact.

"You want what now?" Sunheart was confused when she heard the request.

"Materials. Small, but rough ones. Strong too," Alex said, bringing out a bunch of the ores to show her. "Like these. I need them to completely surround me so I can cultivate my body."

Sunheart was still confused. "You can train your body with just that?" she asked.

"I have an artifact for it," he said. "But yeah, I need those strong materials. It's alright if you don't have any, Elder. I just came here for suggestions more so than anything on what I should get." n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Sunheart thought for a moment. "So you want something small and rough, but also very strong that they don't lose their roughness, right?" Alex nodded.

"I… might have something."

Alex was about to ask what Sunheart had when suddenly something appeared between the two of them. He took a few steps back from the sudden blinding light. Funnily enough, the light didn't hurt his eyes at all. They were quite strong after reaching Stage 3 of Demon Eyes.

Alex saw a large tree form from the light, taking its shape and solidity right in front of him. The trunk of the tree dug into the ground, spreading its roots into the ground.

The tree grew, but not too large. It was nearly twice as tall as Alex's, but that was still a shorter tree.

The tree had no features by which Alex could immediately recognize it. It was just a single trunk that grew out of the ground, the dozen or so branches spreading all around.

It looked like no tree, but rather a caricature of one. There were no leaves on that tree, no sense of life.

Alex reached out, touching the trunk of the tree, his hands caressing the bark.

'So weird,' he thought. He felt no aura from the tree at all. 'Why not?'

The tree had been created just now with Qi, wasn't it? Why did it have no aura of any sort?

"What is this?" Alex asked.

"In a way, that is me," Sunheart said, the smallest hint of tiredness becoming visible on her face. "You?" Alex asked, looking back at the tree. The tree had no leaves and was of a size that made it look fake. Once he focused away from those two features as being part of the tree, he recognized what tree it was.

Sunheart Amberwood Tree.

It was the same tree that Sunheart was before she became human. In a way, she was still the same tree. Alex moved his hands away after hearing that she was this tree. "Uhh… is that a figurative sense… or a literal one?" he asked. He had, after all, been caressing the tree.

Sunheart giggled a little. "No, that tree is not me, but a part of me," she said.

"Oh… so how did it grow?" Alex asked. "So quickly too. I don't think I've seen a tree grow so quickly. Do you know a technique or something?"

Sunheart smirked a little, having fun with the moment. "Try and see if you can tell what it is exactly," she asked.

Alex looked at the tree. "Do you mean what species of tree this is?" he asked. "In that case, I know the answer."

"No, not the species. Just what is this tree? I'll give you a hint. It's both a tree and not a tree," she said.

"Hmm," Alex thought, feeling curious about the entire thing. He placed his palm on the tree again. Was there a reason why his mind hadn't come up with the name instantly? It wasn't a tree tree at all.

Then… what was he looking at? Something that was made with Qi?

He placed his hand back on the tree trunk, trying to pour some Qi to see what was inside. His Spiritual sense wasn't allowed him to do so at the moment.

Alex's eyes narrowed when he realized that he couldn't put his Qi into the tree at all. It just wouldn't accept it. "Huh? Is this a real thing?" he asked. "My qi won't go inside."

"Of course not," Sunheart said, shaking her head. "You cannot force your Qi into someone else's Creation."

"Oh…" Alex said before the words fit into his mind. "Huh? Your creation?" "Yes, my Creation," Sunheart said. "This tree is my Creation."

"Creations can be trees?" Alex asked, curious. He knew they could be parts of plants, like vines or roots. But not the entire thing itself. A Tree was a living thing. Did that mean one could have something living be a Creation?

Could he create a Human as a Creation?

"Creations can be plants," Sunheart said. "But they are very rare and mostly impossible to get. The only reason I have this tree as my Creation is because I was a tree before I transformed into a Human."

"I see…" Alex said.

"You're… not surprised," Sunheart said. "Did people tell you I was a tree before this? I usually have disciples stunned with that information."

Alex gave an awkward smile. "I knew that for a long time, Elder," he said. "Anyway, what do I do with this tree, your Creation? You don't want me to take it away, do you?"

"What we're going to do now is make this tree real," she said.

Alex paused for a bit. "Huh?" Did he hear that wrong?

Sunheart ignored his confused look and placed her palm on the trunk of her own creation. She let out a deep breath and started pumping Qi into her creation.

Alex could feel the pulsing aura as a massive amount of Divine Qi was pumped into the tree, seemingly making it come to life. The dull brown exterior of the tree gained color, moving toward amber.

The Sunheart Amberwood tree was gaining life.