Transmigration: Children of The Plane

Yggdrasil

The first one to see was Xue Bai, and he instantly recognized it, not because the item was common but because he remembered it from the game.

The item that was in his Stone was a fruit tree, specifically a fruit tree that helped one of the protagonists in the game rise to glory.

But seeing this tree here on the southern continent confused him because the protagonist found this tree on the central continent, hundreds of thousands of miles away.

The tree was extremely unique and had many odd points about it, but there was one consensus about it for "Children of The Plane" players. The tree was stupidly overpowered.

The tree was a relic from ancient times, and because of that, its name wasn't known. But in the game, the protagonist who owned it named it Yggdrasil, after the sacred tree of life.

Yggdrasil was a fruit tree that, every ten years, would bear five fruits. These fruits each had the effect of compressing and purifying Spiritual Qi. Those effects were simple, but they could turn any cultivator into a genius and could overcome the lack of potential in cultivators.

Martial Veins dictated your future potential. For example, a Low Yellow Grade Martial Vein would only allow someone to cultivate to the lower stages in the Houtian Great Realm before peaking. This happened because your Marital Veins would only be allowed to absorb Spiritual Qi pure enough to match its rank. And unless you could find a treasure that could purify the Spiritual Qi you held within your dantian, you'd stay at your peak for the rest of your life.

However, these treasures are extremely rare and are only given to geniuses trying to reach the 4 Purification stages. Most cultivation realms in "Children of The Plane" had nine stages. However, after every stage, there were 4 extra realms known as the 4 Purification stages. In this stage, you could condense and purify your Spiritual Qi making it purer and giving you more in the long run, and also perfect the Realm and reach its utmost limit.

As no matter how well one cultivated each Realm, they couldn't reach the limit with only 9 stages.

But the Yggdrasil Fruits helped cultivators overcome this. What the fruits did was simple. It took all the Spiritual Qi in your dantian and compressed it to its limit while purifying it to its limit as well. So if someone in the 7th stage of the Law Engraving Realm ate a fruit, their realm would decline to the 1st stage. However, they would keep the same strength as when they were at the 7th stage. While also giving you the chance to reach the 4 Purification Realms.

And with Yggdrasil, this protagonist raised armies of untalented people that helped him become the powerhouse he was.

But the protagonist found the tree in a secret realm, and it was much bigger than this tree in front of him. The only reason Xue Bai recognized it was because of the three purple-colored fruits hanging from a branch.

Also, the tree looked much weaker, too, currently. In the game, it was easily tens of meters tall and had the look that "The Sacred Tree of Life" should have. Now it was barely three meters tall and looked like a tree one could find in a park.

However, Xue Bai didn't care what its current strength was. Its potential was heaven-defying and was the core treasure of a protagonist. Now that he had it for himself, he wanted nobody to know about it.

"Uncle Li, block their vision!" Xue Bai shouted loudly. Though some of the crowd might've already seen Yggdrasil, it could've only been a few, and Xue Bai wanted to keep that number as low as possible.

Xue Bai's shout confused Li Huo. However, hearing the urgency in his nephew's voice swept his hand and created a gust of wind that blocked any sight of Yggdrasil from outsiders.

After seeing Yggdrasil be covering Yggdrasil with a shield of wind Xue Bai turned to the two Stone Gambling Pavilion workers with a not-so-sincere smile and spoke.

"Shopkeeper, Blacksmith Guo, while I wouldn't have liked you two to see this item, some circumstances aren't up to me. So I will give you a choice, you can come and join our Dukedom or mysteriously disappear after this windshield dissipates."

Seeing the amicable Young Duke suddenly turn hostile made two workers' hearts go cold. They knew if they turned Xue Bai down, they would die. He had the ability to do it as well. The two workers were still middling in the Houtian Great Realm, so just the Wang Twin could kill them, let alone Marquis Li.

And while the workers were angry at first under the invisible coercion of Marquis Li, they both submitted with a deep bow. "We are grateful to work under you, Young Duke."

"You two may stand." Xue Bai paused for a moment before continuing. "While we haven't started on the right foot, I can guarantee you both won't regret this decision."

"Nephew Bai, while I know you need to talk to your new subordinates, tell me what's going on with this fruit tree. Yes, an Earth Grade treasure is something special but to do all this to hide it from a bunch of hunters and commoners seems a little too much." Li Huo's calm voice came from behind.

After giving some basic instructions to his new subordinates, Xue Bai turned to Li Huo and explained. "Uncle Li, while I can't explain to you much about this tree, all you need to know is that this tree can turn any cultivator into a genius."

"Xue Bai, don't you dare lie to me. I'm not a child who doesn't understand the meaning of your words." Hearing Xue Bai's words, Li Huo was at first astonished, then became enraged.

He might've believed Xue Bai if the fruit tree was a Heaven Grade Natural treasure. But the tree in front of him was at most Low Earth grade, and it was on its last legs too.

"Uncle, while I know that this tree doesn't look like anything special right now, give me at most ten years, and I'll back up my words. But now make sure if anybody has seen the tree to make a Dao Oath to never speak of the tree. They can speak of me opening up a Low-Earth Grade Natural treasure but don't say what it is." Xue Bai spoke solemnly to Li Huo, surprising the Marquis.

And seeing his cheerful nephew speak to him like that, Li Huo started to believe Xue Bai, but whether he'd back up his words or not would only be figured out with time. So with some faith in the child, Li Huo rounded up the crowd and made sure to find anyone who saw too much and silence them with a Dao oath.

A Dao Oath was something simple. You swore an oath with your Dao on the line, and if you broke the oath, you'd cripple yourself, losing any cultivation you had. And with almost every person in the Stone Gambling Pavilion being a hunter, that was practically a death sentence.

Seeing Li Huo handle the work so easily, Xue Bai remembered his father's words and shouted, "Uncle, I had planned to stay in town longer, but this has changed things, so I'm going to go home now. I'll trust you with this. Bye-Bye!" Not wanting to stay any longer, Xue Bai ran out with his bodyguards.

"This kid is just like his father, leaving me to do all the work while he goes off and has fun. But today has been a good day. Maybe I should have a kid of my own." Seeing Xue Bai run off so cheerfully, Li Huo was somewhat jealous.

While he fought alongside Xue Feng before becoming a noble, Li Huo never had any romantic interest, let alone thoughts about kids. But spending a day with Xue Bai sprouted the idea into his head.

While Li Huo was thinking about marriage and parenthood, the Wang Twins were trying to convince Xue Bai to stay with Li Huo.

"Young Duke, you can't just leave Marquis Li with all the work and run home to have fun with your new tree." Big Wang spoke.

"Yes, Young Duke, like what big brother said, Marquis Li spent the entire afternoon with you. You should at least help him with the work at the end." Little Wang commented.

"Don't worry, you two. Father said Uncle Li is great with cleanup work. So if anything, I left Uncle Li in his element. So he'll be fine." Xue Feng had indeed told Xue Bai this before he left, among other things.

"Little Wang, where did you leave the carriage? We have to go back to the estate quickly. This tree needs some Spiritual Soil." Xue Bai said currently, Big Wang was just carrying Yggdrasil. However, that was only a temporary fix. In order to grow Yggdrasil to its peak potential, they need high-grade Spiritual Soil.

"Young Duke, it's at the entrance of the City Lord mansion. Would you like me to bring it here?"

After thinking about it, Xue Bai nodded. His small seven-year-old body was tired after walking all afternoon. So he planned to rest a little until Little Wang brought the carriage over.

Little Wang didn't take long, and after getting inside the carriage, Xue Bai commanded the two, "Don't wake me up until you get to my courtyard."

And after seeing the two nod, Xue Bai didn't take long to fall asleep.

Seeing the Young Duke fall asleep so heavily, Little Wang drove the carriage slower, this time to lessen to let Xue Bai get more sleep. So the half-hour journey this time took almost two hours.

After reaching Xue Bai's courtyard, the Wang Twins woke up Xue Bai, handed Yggdrasil, and left with the carriage as they couldn't stay in the core region.

Xue Bai then called over a nearby maid who was sweeping, "Miss, call over Xiao'er and have her bring some Spiritual Soil to my courtyard. Also, tell her not to allow anyone other than my parents within 100 meters of it."

Hearing the Young Duke call her over, she was excited and went to relay the command as fast as her little legs could take her.

After seeing her run off, Xue Bai ran into his bedroom to take a look at his grand prize from the Stone Gambling Pavilion.