Chapter 898: Blood-Red Tree
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Han Sen was afraid something bad might happen, so he stuck to using the name San Mu . He had been there for a long time, so had grown accustomed to him under his assumed name . But once, during a conversation, he let slip that his real surname was Han .
Chu Ming and Qu Lanxi had been in the Third God's Sanctuary for far too long, so it was unlikely they had heard of the name Han Sen . They actually believed Han was a fake surname he was trying to use to trick them .
Qu Lanxi thought about it quite a bit, though, trying to think of which family could raise someone so powerful .
But she didn't let the thoughts consume her . All she knew, deep in her heart, was that Han Sen was a person she should cherish . It was worth being friends with him .
"San Mu, are you really going to try to tame this wind beast?" Chu Ming looked at Han Sen, who was squatting down near the wind beast . He believed him to be a madman .
"This beast hails from Thorn Forest . If I tame it, it can guide us through that knotted labyrinth, and help us avoid the more dangerous hotspots," Han Sen said .
"I suppose, but it is almost unheard of for humans to tame creatures . We aren't like the spirits, to whom it tends to come easily . If Yu Yan failed to tame it, how will you find success?" Chu Ming asked inquisitively .
"I either do it or I don't . " Han Sen stroked what remained of the beast's fur, and in response, it opened it bloody maw and tried to bite his hand .
But it was heavily injured, and it could barely move its head enough to reach . The best it could do was growl beneath its weakened, raspy breathing .
Han Sen continued to stroke the beast, and stroked its head . Then, he activated his holy light and used it to heal the wolf .
Qu Lanxi and Chu Ming both looked incredibly surprised, watching Han Sen heal it with a healing skill . Very few humans had this power, and women were the most likely to choose to learn that sort of hyper geno art . It was rare to see a big man like Han Sen choose such an ability .
But the power of the skill was still capped at Han Sen's first and only opened gene lock . In the Third Sanctuary, its effectiveness was not nearly as high as he wanted it to be . It didn't seem to do much good for the wind beast, at first .
After ten minutes of healing elapsed, however, there were some visible reductions to the severity of the wolf's wounds . It was getting better .
Energy returned to the wind beast, and it tried to chomp Han Sen's arm . He expected this, however, and so he made sure to dodge . He fired a coin at the wolf's head in retaliation, and pinned it to the ground .
The beast was ruthless, and it wasn't grateful for the healing it was receiving . It still wanted to attack Han Sen .
But it was still injured, and its movements had been inhibited by the weight of the coin . The wind blades were all crushed by Han Sen .
Han Sen fired a few more coins at the wolf, to completely suppress it . No longer could it cast wind blades, either . Alongside the continued healing, Han Sen fired more and more coins to prevent it from retaliating .
In this way, Han Sen spent the next few days . With it pinned, he continued healing the wolf and getting closer to earning its affection . But the beast was indeed wicked and cruel . If it wasn't being suppressed by the coin, Han Sen would already have been ripped to shreds . He knew this was a process he could not rush, so he diligently kept with it, for long stretches of time each and every day .
Han Sen went to a hidden spot along the river and placed the dry mutant seed in the soil . He gave it a waterdrop, and when he returned the second day, it had already started to grow .
Han Sen tried to provide it with more waterdrops, but it could not receive more than one year's worth of energy at a time . Providing it more energy would not help .
After it started to grow, it looked very much like a pine tree . But it was only one foot tall, and was beetroot red . Every day, when Han Sen came back, he gave the tree a year's worth of energy . Its size always remained the same, and the only visible change was how red the tree was becoming .
Still, Han Sen believed this to be for the best . If it was a big tree, it'd be discovered far more easily .
He didn't want it to end up like the Dragon-Blood Tree, which was discovered even within the confines of their yard . A small tree such as this would be difficult to find, and that was ideal for him .
But mutant gene plants took over a hundred years to produce fruit, and he only had thirty years worth of energy . He did not have enough to make it fully grow .
All the wild gene plants within a few dozen miles had been harvested by Han Sen . If he wanted to collect more, he'd have to venture further . Quite possibly, he'd have to venture beneath the rotten boughs of Thorn Forest .
"If I follow the stream, I should be fine . " Han Sen decided to follow the stream up through the forest to find the plants he wanted .
He walked another dozen miles and noticed the presence of many wild geno plants growing along the banks of the river . There were around thirty in total, and Han Sen managed to gather another twenty years of life-giving waterdrops .
After harvesting those, locating more only proved more difficult . This time, instead of continuing upstream, he went downstream . He stuck to following the river, as there would not be many geno plants if he ventured away from it .
"I need to tame the beast sooner, if I want to venture deeper into this forest . " Han Sen felt annoyed .
The wind beast soul had proven even harder to train than Han Sen first believed, and it failed to respond and become tame through the kindness he was showing it . If neither kindness nor cruelty quelled its hostility, Han Sen was going to run out of options .
"Hmm, so what other ways can I try to tame it?" Han Sen pondered, on his return to the quaint cabin of home . As he approached the wind beast, it cast gusts of bladed winds .
But as usual, Han Sen was able to break them all with a punch . He saw a coin on the beast had broken, so he made sure to add a few more .
"I have heard some people eat and sleep with creatures . If they lived with them long enough, the creature would believe it was of the same kind . Hmm, should I try doing that?" When he turned to look at vicious, drooling maw of the beast, Han Sen dropped the idea .
But as he did, another idea cropped into Han Sen's mind . He spoke to the beast and said out loud to himself, "Perhaps this might work . "
Chapter 898: Blood-Red Tree. Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Han Sen was afraid something bad might happen, so he stuck to using the name San Mu . He had been there for a long time, so had grown accustomed to him under his assumed name . But once, during a conversation, he let slip that his real surname was Han . Chu Ming and Qu Lanxi had been in the Third Gods Sanctuary for far too long, so it was unlikely they had heard of the name Han Sen . They actually believed Han was a fake surname he was trying to use to trick them . Qu Lanxi thought about it quite a bit, though, trying to think of which family could raise someone so powerful . But she didnt let the thoughts consume her . All she knew, deep in her heart, was that Han Sen was a person she should cherish . It was worth being friends with him . San Mu, are you really going to try to tame this wind beast? Chu Ming looked at Han Sen, who was squatting down near the wind beast . He believed him to be a madman . This beast hails from Thorn Forest . If I tame it, it can guide us through that knotted labyrinth, and help us avoid the more dangerous hotspots, Han Sen said . I suppose, but it is almost unheard of for humans to tame creatures . We arent like the spirits, to whom it tends to come easily . If Yu Yan failed to tame it, how will you find success? Chu Ming asked inquisitively . I either do it or I dont . Han Sen stroked what remained of the beasts fur, and in response, it opened it bloody maw and tried to bite his hand . But it was heavily injured, and it could barely move its head enough to reach . The best it could do was growl beneath its weakened, raspy breathing . Han Sen continued to stroke the beast, and stroked its head . Then, he activated his holy light and used it to heal the wolf . Qu Lanxi and Chu Ming both looked incredibly surprised, watching Han Sen heal it with a healing skill . Very few humans had this power, and women were the most likely to choose to learn that sort of hyper geno art . It was rare to see a big man like Han Sen choose such an ability . But the power of the skill was still capped at Han Sens first and only opened gene lock . In the Third Sanctuary, its effectiveness was not nearly as high as he wanted it to be . It didnt seem to do much good for the wind beast, at first . After ten minutes of healing elapsed, however, there were some visible reductions to the severity of the wolfs wounds . It was getting better . Energy returned to the wind beast, and it tried to chomp Han Sens arm . He expected this, however, and so he made sure to dodge . He fired a coin at the wolfs head in retaliation, and pinned it to the ground . The beast was ruthless, and it wasnt grateful for the healing it was receiving . It still wanted to attack Han Sen . But it was still injured, and its movements had been inhibited by the weight of the coin . The wind blades were all crushed by Han Sen . Han Sen fired a few more coins at the wolf, to completely suppress it . No longer could it cast wind blades, either . Alongside the continued healing, Han Sen fired more and more coins to prevent it from retaliating . In this way, Han Sen spent the next few days . With it pinned, he continued healing the wolf and getting closer to earning its affection . But the beast was indeed wicked and cruel . If it wasnt being suppressed by the coin, Han Sen would already have been ripped to shreds . He knew this was a process he could not rush, so he diligently kept with it, for long stretches of time each and every day . Han Sen went to a hidden spot along the river and placed the dry mutant seed in the soil . He gave it a waterdrop, and when he returned the second day, it had already started to grow . Han Sen tried to provide it with more waterdrops, but it could not receive more than one years worth of energy at a time . Providing it more energy would not help . After it started to grow, it looked very much like a pine tree . But it was only one foot tall, and was beetroot red . Every day, when Han Sen came back, he gave the tree a years worth of energy . Its size always remained the same, and the only visible change was how red the tree was becoming . Still, Han Sen believed this to be for the best . If it was a big tree, itd be discovered far more easily . He didnt want it to end up like the Dragon-Blood Tree, which was discovered even within the confines of their yard . A small tree such as this would be difficult to find, and that was ideal for him . But mutant gene plants took over a hundred years to produce fruit, and he only had thirty years worth of energy . He did not have enough to make it fully grow . All the wild gene plants within a few dozen miles had been harvested by Han Sen . If he wanted to collect more, hed have to venture further . Quite possibly, hed have to venture beneath the rotten boughs of Thorn Forest . If I follow the stream, I should be fine . Han Sen decided to follow the stream up through the forest to find the plants he wanted . He walked another dozen miles and noticed the presence of many wild geno plants growing along the banks of the river . There were around thirty in total, and Han Sen managed to gather another twenty years of life-giving waterdrops . After harvesting those, locating more only proved more difficult . This time, instead of continuing upstream, he went downstream . He stuck to following the river, as there would not be many geno plants if he ventured away from it . I need to tame the beast sooner, if I want to venture deeper into this forest . Han Sen felt annoyed . The wind beast soul had proven even harder to train than Han Sen first believed, and it failed to respond and become tame through the kindness he was showing it . If neither kindness nor cruelty quelled its hostility, Han Sen was going to run out of options . Hmm, so what other ways can I try to tame it? Han Sen pondered, on his return to the quaint cabin of home . As he approached the wind beast, it cast gusts of bladed winds . But as usual, Han Sen was able to break them all with a punch . He saw a coin on the beast had broken, so he made sure to add a few more . I have heard some people eat and sleep with creatures . If they lived with them long enough, the creature would believe it was of the same kind . Hmm, should I try doing that? When he turned to look at vicious, drooling maw of the beast, Han Sen dropped the idea . But as he did, another idea cropped into Han Sens mind . He spoke to the beast and said out loud to himself, Perhaps this might work .