Chapter 586 - 182: [Divine Tree Juice’s Side Effects] (3)
Strangely, the Divine Tree of the Fierce Beast Race has also mutated.
During the era of the Shepherd Tree Tribe, the juice of the Divine Tree was merely an enhanced version of the Bone Pill. But during the era of the Fierce Beast Race, the juice of the Divine Tree suddenly transformed into a Holy Grade item that can significantly enhance the physical strength of Cultivators!
And it became a treasure that all in the Domain Realm longed for in their cultivation dreams.
If not for the Fierce Beast Race’s territory being covered by vast areas of Evil Spirit Trees with large regions devoid of any Primordial Qi, there would have already been a massive flock of Cultivators invading the Fierce Beast Race territory to seize such a Holy Grade item.
However, perhaps due to the marvels of creation, although the juice of the Divine Tree can greatly enhance physical strength, humans cannot directly consume it.
This Holy Grade item appears to naturally work best on the Fierce Beast Race, whose monsters can enhance their physical strength, increase their combat power, extend their lifespan, and more after drinking it.
But if human Cultivators were to drink it, even just a small sip of the raw juice could invade their body with chilling cold, making them suffer endlessly, potentially causing the cold poison to damage their limbs, bones, and entire meridian network, potentially leading to a blockage of Primordial Qi.
Gu Jinjia told Chen Yan that the juice of the Divine Tree had been carefully studied on the Immortal Platform, suggesting that its marvelous effects were related to the Evil Spirit Trees that stretched across the eastern and western sides of the Evil Land Mountain.
The Evil Spirit Trees suppress and extract Primordial Qi nearby over a span of miles, while the Divine Tree grows in this area—it’s highly likely that the Primordial Qi extracted by the Evil Spirit Tree forest nearby was completely attracted to the Divine Tree, acting upon it, and the juice of the Divine Tree underwent an unknown principle of mutation with this Qi.
Finally, what emerged was the current juice of the Divine Tree—concentrated from the Primordial Qi over miles.
Yet, the Evil Spirit Tree itself carries a chilling essence.
The Primordial Qi extracted by the Evil Spirit Trees across miles, gathering on the Divine Tree, means that the juice of the Divine Tree contains a massive amount of chilling poison.
For reasons unknown, this chilling poison does not cause significant harm to the Fierce Beast Race.
But humans are just not the same.
After researching the seized juice of the Divine Tree, the Immortal Platform devised a solution—using alcohol!
Strong liquor! Highly potent liquor to dilute the juice of the Divine Tree!
The strong liquor naturally induces a warming effect, which can slightly neutralize the chilling poison of the juice, while drinking the liquor can heat the bloodstream, accelerating blood circulation and metabolism, further reducing the poison’s impact on the body.
Once diluted to a sufficient ratio, the chilling poison’s damage to the human body becomes minimal—though still harmful, the miraculous effects of the juice can restore the body, strengthening the physique enough to offset that little damage.
Chen Yan, following the approximate ratio that Gu Jinjia mentioned, experimented several times to devise the best dilution method.
Approximately 500 milliliters of strong liquor with two drops of pure juice of the Divine Tree—roughly the volume of a cola can.
This concentration is quite suitable for Cultivators below the Celestial Human Realm.
And the reason Chen Yan tried multiple times was to adjust the concentration for ordinary human physiology.
In recent days, he had been arranging the Spirit Gathering Array by day, while testing the dilution concentration of the juice of the Divine Tree by night, eventually finding the right ratio: about 1500 milliliters of strong liquor, with a drop of juice from the Divine Tree stirred thoroughly, reached a level fit for common consumption.
Chen Yan eventually prepared two versions, one for Cultivators for his own use, and another for ordinary people he intended to give to Lu Sisi.
Though Lu Sisi consumed two-thirds of Bone Forging Pills twice, her constitution remains at ordinary human levels, not yet nourished by Primordial Qi, relying solely on those few Bone Forging Pills—which are not Immortal Pills.
Once ready, Chen Yan drank a sip of the "Cultivator’s diluted juice of the Divine Tree" liquor.
A sip down the throat, the spiciness of the strong liquor rushed like a fiery line from the throat to the stomach.
Chen Yan only lifted a brow, slowly sat down, and soon felt that familiar sensation—just like when he first tasted the diluted juice from the Wooden Bowl!
That comfort, as if every pore on his body was cheering, every cell reveling, and then the body temperature gradually rising—not in the feverish sense of illness, but the metabolism accelerating.
Physical growth began to gradually increase!
Several hours later, Chen Yan’s face, slightly red from body heat, began to fade in color, and the beads of sweat on his forehead evaporated away.
But looking down at his clothes, he noticed some sweat stains still remained—the sweat had dried, but a thin layer of white salt frost was left on his t-shirt.
This was the salt residue left after the sweat evaporated.
Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling an incredible lightness and pleasure throughout his body.
He immediately picked up the large bottle of electrolyte drink already prepared beside him, opened it, and drank deeply in one go.
Chen Yan quietly channeled Primordial Qi for a moment, and then experienced an even greater delight.
Previously, when he drank the juice from the Wooden Bowl, there was no Primordial Qi where he was in the Fierce Beast Race’s territory, so he couldn’t channel Primordial Qi.
But now, after drinking his own concoction of the juice, upon channeling the Primordial Qi, once the Primordial Qi entered the body, it was as if every cell in his body was eagerly welcoming the Primordial Qi, akin to competing to bond with the Qi!
Just like a sponge absorbing water, incorporating the Primordial Qi into the body, absorbing it completely, and constantly enhancing the physique!
This enhancement is not an increase in power in the traditional sense, nor in the physical sense.
Rather...
"It’s like my body’s affinity to Primordial Qi has increased!"
Chen Yan thought to himself with joy.
The juice of the Divine Tree, indeed a wonderful thing!
Several hours later, after tidying up his things, Chen Yan walked out the room and was met by Lu Sisi waiting in the living room.
Lu Sisi looked up at Chen Yan, her face immediately showing an expression of surprise: "Hey? Chen Yan, your hair..."
Chen Yan was taken aback, reached up to touch his hair, and also displayed a peculiar expression.
Over the span of a few hours, his hair lengthened from short to an additional three inches!
By feeling it with his hand, he could judge it had reached a length suitable for braiding.
"Hmm, has it accelerated my body’s growth metabolism?" Chen Yan pondered for a moment, then felt at ease—though his hair grew longer, it didn’t bother him much, he can get more haircuts later. This side effect wasn’t much of a concern.
But soon, the very next morning, Chen Yan discovered that the side effect wasn’t just limited to growing longer hair...
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