Just like a wooden barrel, when you pour water into it, eventually it fills up, and even if you have more water, it can’t hold any more.

Divine Tree Juice allows you to pour more water into the barrel.

As for this root...

It can break the limits! It can expand the barrel itself once it’s full, allowing you to hold more water!"

Chen Yan’s expression turned serious after hearing this.

"It’s not surprising that guy from the Gu Family doesn’t understand this—they follow the path of Combat Technique, not skilled in Elixirs, the whole family is a bunch of roughnecks!

Ah, can’t blame them, though.

The Fierce Beast Race is a major enemy of our Domain Realm, and the Divine Tree has always been in their Holy Land. The environment of Evil Land Mountain is harsh, a lifeless land without Primordial Qi.

No matter how strong a cultivator is, they can’t even use a tenth of their strength there, so the Domain Realm has never managed to conquer the Fierce Beast Race.

Though Divine Tree Juice is rare, we sometimes manage to obtain a little through raids.

But the root of the Divine Tree, we’ve never obtained it, so even the Alchemy Masters of the Domain Realm probably don’t know its effects."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Then how do you know?"

Shi Lu glanced at Chen Yan, saying coldly, "When I was young, I went to Evil Land Mountain. Though I never infiltrated the Holy Land of the Fierce Beast Race, I stayed in those mountains for several years, enduring harsh cold, and even intentionally got captured by them to be a slave for three years.

In those three years, though I never came into contact with the Divine Tree, I observed it from afar.

I deduced various characteristics of the Divine Tree based on the traits of the Evil Spirit Tree, conducting various experiments.

I even took a risk to obtain two leaves of the Divine Tree for meticulous study and validation.

If anyone in the Domain Realm knows the most about the Divine Tree of the Fierce Beast Race, I’m the second, no one dares claim to be the first!"

Chen Yan understood!

He gleaned two points from the fat old man’s words.

First, this fat old man is really awesome! He voluntarily went to a place where he couldn’t use Primordial Qi, infiltrated the Alien Race, and became a slave to gather intelligence.

Chen Yan had also been to Evil Land Mountain and had been a slave to the Fierce Beast Race for a few days.

The term "harsh" doesn’t even begin to describe those days.

The fact that this fat old man went there and managed to escape alive is truly amazing!

As for the second point... turns out, the effect of the Divine Tree’s root on breaking a cultivator’s physical limits is just his speculation!

"This root is mine! I want to use it to verify some of my theories. If successful, I’ll return you an elixir that can break physical limits!"

Said Shi Lu, his eyes glinting, "Moreover, kid, you don’t understand, this root has greater uses beyond being made into a medicine!"

"Oh?"

"The Divine Tree itself is a rare Heavenly and Earthly Treasure. The tree itself is rare, and it can absorb the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to create a ’dead zone’ without Primordial Qi.

The reason the Fierce Beast Race has remained strong and unconquered by the Domain Realm is because their territory is a place without Primordial Qi! Though cultivators in the Domain Realm are powerful, they can’t invade the heartland of the Fierce Beast Race and thus can’t destroy them.

Evil Land Mountain has no Primordial Qi because of the Evil Spirit Tree, and the Evil Spirit Trees are descendants of the Divine Tree.

The Divine Tree is the core of everything. With the Divine Tree, there are millions of Evil Spirit Trees, and with them, they drain the Primordial Qi from that land, creating a dead zone without Primordial Qi.

And this dead zone becomes a natural barrier for the Fierce Beast Race, making them a headache for the Domain Realm.

But if this ’dead zone’ could disappear..."

Chen Yan, being smart, immediately understood: "So, when you infiltrated the territory of the Fierce Beast Race, you wanted... to study the Divine Tree!"

"That’s right!"

Shi Lu spoke slowly, "If we could study the Divine Tree, understand what it’s truly about, its habits, characteristics, and how it grows.

What it likes, how to feed it, what it fears, what it avoids...

If we can figure all this out, perhaps we could find a way to restrain the Divine Tree!

If we could restrain it..."

Chen Yan got it.

Restraining the Divine Tree would destroy its characteristics!

If we could eliminate its ability to absorb Primordial Qi, Evil Land Mountain’s dead zone would disappear!

Is the Fierce Beast Race strong? Not necessarily! They’re just relying on the dead zone as a barrier.

No matter how strong a cultivator is, entering Evil Land Mountain would only allow for physical contests against the Fierce Beast Race.

Body Cultivators might fare a bit better, but they’re also cultivators, needing Primordial Qi to exert full strength.

If there were no ’dead zone’ as a barrier.

The Fierce Beast Race, to a cultivator, would merely be a group of slightly stronger ants.

"We’ve agreed!

This section of the Divine Tree’s root, I’ll use half of it for research and medicine-making. If I can make an Elixir, I’ll give it all to you.

The other half, I’ll use for my research! I want to see if I can cultivate a Divine Tree!"

Alright, alright, alright!

Chen Yan nodded without hesitation.

Shi Lu the Alchemy Master has grand ambitions, that’s his aspiration.

If he can cultivate a Divine Tree, he can research its mysteries during the cultivation process, and if he can find a way to restrain it...

In the future, if Evil Land Mountain is reclaimed, and the Fierce Beast Race conquered, he’d be the Domain Realm’s greatest hero—worthy of the history books.

By then, there would be no more wars at Snow Cliff Pass, and the lives of many in the Domain Realm could be spared.

However, for the Fierce Beast Race, it might be a disaster...

Chen Yan thought of this and immediately restrained himself from thinking further.

He’s not altruistic, nor is he part of the Domain Realm, so there’s no need to worry excessively about the life and death of these races.

The Fierce Beast Race has opposed the Domain Realm for too long, with deep-seated hatred and too many dead.

This kind of animosity will only vanish with one side’s complete conquest or destruction.

Cheap compassion or altruism are just idle jokes.

The last thing Chen Yan took out was the Heavenly and Earthly Treasure he acquired on the way to the Black Wood Tribe: the Glazed Purple Treasure Vine.

This time, Shi Lu’s reaction wasn’t as dramatic.

The fat old man merely raised an eyebrow, looking somewhat surprised, but not as exaggerated as when he saw the Divine Tree’s root. He simply took it, examined it in his hand, gently pinched a purple fruit with two fingers, and sighed.

"A good item, its age is quite nice, but..."

Shi Lu looked at Chen Yan, his gaze becoming much more complex, "Kid, what’s your fate or constitution? How do you come across so many treasures?"

Chen Yan grinned, "Just a bit luckier than others, I suppose."