Farming in a Parallel World and Becoming a God
Chapter 356 - 296 Alternative Purification_1

Chapter 356: Chapter 296 Alternative Purification_1

Thornspike had already refused to root itself within the manor, which meant that other Treants and Enlightened Trees were also unsuitable for long-term residence in the manor.

Just like when Gaven enlightened the Black Nanmu, as soon as he activated the Enlightenment spell, the willow’s initial consciousness actively approached him, greedily absorbing the remnant life force from Gaven’s body.

At the time he served as an energy conduit, a part of the Dragon Oak Mother Tree’s life force still lingered within his body.

Although the amount was small, it was like a life-saving straw for the willow at the end of its rope.

As the life force was absorbed, many leaves that were half-dark turned completely black and fell without any wind, while patches of verdant branches and leaves sprouted in their place.

Gaven’s Consciousness Sea stirred for a moment, as if something was eager to come forth.

Distracting a part of his mind, he felt the presence of none other than Weizemay Manor.

Just like the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, Weizemay Manor had not initiated its own independent consciousness but instead possessed a pan-consciousness.

It followed its own Attributes principle, and the choices it made were generally the most beneficial for itself.

Previously, when infusing life force into and transforming the Rose Tower, it was just such a scenario, with Gaven simply acting as an energy conduit.

This time, Gaven chose to do the same, as he was curious to see what new tricks Weizemay Manor could produce.

The phantom silhouette of Weizemay Manor emerged behind Gaven, and an instant flow of chilling energy passed through him, making him shiver uncontrollably.

Weizemay Manor was apparently ready to turn itself into an energy conduit, but not for infusion, rather for extraction.

It was extracting the Negative Energy from the willow.

Gaven was shocked.

This was not acceptable.

Like with Ghost Grape Wine, a small amount of Negative Energy could be used to adjust yin and yang, balancing one’s own yang energy.

If infused in excess, however, it would corrode physical functions, even altering body Attributes.

"Amanda," Gaven hurriedly called out to the little shadow follower.

Amanda’s slight figure stretched halfway out from the shadow, looking around confusedly, she had just heard her master’s call, but the master clearly had his eyes closed, appearing lost in thought.

"Amanda, this is Telepathy. Can you feel the Negative Energy in my body and extract it?" Gaven transmitted his thought again.

"I’ll try," Amanda replied softly, then concentrated her attention, seemingly sensing the Negative Energy in Gaven’s body, "I can sense it, but how do I extract it?"

She was a typical normal person who suddenly gained great power without knowing how to utilize it.

"Use my shadow, the Negative Energy comes from the willow behind me, try to intercept this Negative Energy, then pass it on to the manor," Gaven had not mastered Negative Energy, but the application of energy was universal, and he quickly thought of a solution in a blink of an eye.

Not only Gaven could connect with Weizemay Manor; Amanda could as well.

"Seems like it’s possible," Amanda, though lacking in skill, had a unique state that allowed her to manipulate Negative Energy with an advantage Gaven did not possess.

Once Amanda consciously began extracting Negative Energy, it naturally flowed towards her instead of Gaven.

When Weizemay Manor sensed that the Negative Energy was transmitted from Amanda, its silhouette naturally descended, directly overlaying Gaven’s shadow.

The Negative Energy from the willow immediately changed direction.

Passing through Gaven’s shadow and Amanda, it moved towards Weizemay Manor. This channel of Negative Energy was even more convenient than Gaven himself, for the shadow was part of the Shadow and bore a Natural Negative Energy Attribute.

At first, it was only the Negative Energy from the newly enlightened willow that was drawn away by Weizemay Manor.

But the problem was, doing so completely disrupted the balance of Negative Energy, causing the surrounding Negative Energy to begin flowing slowly towards the willow.

Weizemay Manor had quite an appetite, unerringly accepting all the Negative Energy.

In the end, a massive Energy Vortex formed around Gaven and the willow — a Vortex of Negative Energy.

The negative energy that was drawn in turned into tangible black mists, threads of which were extracted from the surrounding trees and the earth, flowing into Gaven’s shadow.

Amanda returned to Gaven’s shadow and focused on assisting in guiding the Negative Energy.

As a large amount of Negative Energy infiltrated, the silhouette of Weizemay Manor grew clearer and clearer.

The Thorn Spirit Leader, Deep, and Druid Ian, who had followed Gaven to apologize, saw this scene upon their arrival.

No sooner had they arrived when Olive and August, who were preparing for purification at the Land of Sealing, were also startled and hurried to inspect the situation.

Olive asked, dumbfounded, "What in the world is this?"

"We don’t know either; we’ve just arrived," the Thorn Spirit Leader, Deep, said, unable to hide his shock, "We previously had a small misunderstanding with the master, and we followed to apologize. When we got here, this is what we saw."

The Druid Ian uncertainly said, "Mr. Gaven must have been attempting to enlighten this willow tree. Normally, enlightenment would invoke Natural Power. This willow has been corrupted and cursed by Dark Powers, so it drew upon the Dark Powers here, but it doesn’t quite seem like a simple enlightenment because the Dark Power isn’t solely being injected into the enlightened willow tree..."

Ian was thoroughly baffled.

He had been a Druid for nearly three hundred years.

Upon reflection, he felt there was nothing forest-related he didn’t understand, particularly regarding enlightenment, a matter that involved Druidic Professional Abilities; he was an expert among experts.

Although he had never directly enlightened a Treant like Gaven had, with his assistance, Treants that awakened on their own numbered not ten, then at least eight.

What Gaven did today completely shattered his understanding.

It began with the transformation of Rose Tower, allowing it to directly connect to the Fairy Wilderness, the Dragon Oak Dream Realm.

This, reluctantly, could be explained by the unique nature of the Fairy Wilderness and the formidable strength of the Dragon Oak Mother Tree.

That matter was less about Gaven’s strength than it was about the power of the Dragon Oak Mother Tree and the Fairy Wilderness.

Now, turning around, he tried to enlighten a willow tree that was about to die from dark energy erosion,

and it caused an uproar beyond imagination.

Now Ian began to wonder, is there really such a thing as different types of Enlightenment?

Was the Enlightenment spell used by Mr. Gaven not the same as the one he knew?

"Mr. Gaven can use the Enlightenment spell? Isn’t he a warrior?" Olive said, dumbfounded.

Although Gaven was accompanied by two Treant subordinates, they always thought it was thanks to the Yaling Lord.

"Mr. Gaven himself said, it’s a blessing from forming an alliance with the Fairy Wilderness," the Thorn Spirit Leader, Deep, explained.

"Can someone explain what’s going on with the shadows on the ground? Especially the one that looks like a manor, it seems like the negative energy here is being absorbed by it," Olive couldn’t help but ask, pointing at the shadow of Weizemay Manor.

August thoughtfully said, "This shadow, it’s not the first time we’ve seen it. Earlier, underground, when we were confronting Chiaranlisha’s Ruptured Palm, I remember seeing this shadow, and not just it but also a huge tree shadow."

At the time in the Land of Sealing, everything happened so fast that Olive and August, whose main focus was on combating the soul suction from the Demigod Ruptured Palm, didn’t get a clear view of how Gaven was fighting against the Demigod Ruptured Palm.

Some things were once suspected to be illusions of out-of-body experiences.

With August’s reminder, Olive seemed to recall something too and couldn’t help but nod, "It seems like I really have seen it!"

"Weizemay Manor is now known as the Ghost Manor, and Brother Gaven is the master of this manor; so, tell me, could this shadow be related to that manor?" August boldly speculated.

Olive looked at the Holy Warrior in surprise, "Your speculation is indeed bold, but it does make some sense because those ghost castles or manors are usually filled with various types of negative energy and have close connections to the Shadow Plane.

Theoretically, it’s feasible to project shadows through an underlying connection, just as Mages can summon their Mage Towers from thousands of miles away to strike from a distance."

The Thorn Spirit Druid, Ian, couldn’t help but ask worriedly, "Won’t absorbing so much negative energy affect Mr. Gaven?"

He was one of those who deemed negative energy to be evil.

"It should be no problem; right now, Mr. Gaven is channeling the negative energy to other places through the shadow, the negative energy he absorbs himself is very limited." Olive explained patiently, "In this way, cleansing this place will be much easier. However, to completely absorb all the negative energy from this land is not a matter of one or two days, and I hope your side can send a few people to protect Mr. Gaven."

"There’s no need, the young brother Gaven has his own bodyguards. Let’s continue to be busy with our own things; we can’t let the young brother do everything alone." August gestured towards the figure lurking behind Gaven.

The colossal shape of the Dog Demon lurked in the shadows.

It was only because they were a group of acquaintances that they had the opportunity to approach.

If it were those predators in the forest, they had better worry about becoming prey themselves.

Stimulated by Gaven in such a way, Olive and August were fully motivated.

Previously, as there was no time constraint, they seemed somewhat leisurely and unhurried.

Now, that was no longer acceptable. If they didn’t act swiftly, Gaven would purify this evil land using his unconventional methods.

Their divine grace would then be at stake.

Of course, what mattered most was not wanting to be outdone.

Purifying evil lands has always been the professional domain of Priests and Holy Warriors.

That very afternoon, they began to cast the first and second Sanctums—Olive and Ian, one each.

The full version of a Sanctum, being quite complex to perform, requires a full twenty-four hours of continuous holy ceremonies devotedly drawing positive energy from the Positive Energy Plane.

The time to complete such a ritual would be incomparable, lasting an entire year.

Olive intended to use eight Sanctums connected together to form a Great Sanctum that was even more formidable, the duration of which would become permanent.

Once successful, this evil land would be reversed, transformed into Holy Land and Blessed Land.

Cleansing was the same goal for both.

Olive’s method differed significantly from Gaven’s.

Olive used Sanctums to communicate with and guide the positive energy from the Positive Energy Plane, persistently neutralizing the land’s negative energy with positive energy.

This was the most common method used by Priests and Holy Warriors.

This approach had no side effects, but its downside was clear—time consumption.

Cleansing a piece of evil land often took years, or even decades, depending on how deeply the land was tainted by evil.

Gaven’s method, on the other hand, was simple and crude.

He directly drained the land’s negative energy without interruption, serving as a conduit, and as for the pump, it was those five willow trees.

Indeed, as it progressed to the end.

The other four willows were also involved.

Not only did the shadow of Weizemay Manor become more solid, but even Gaven’s own shadow began to look a bit unusual, growing several times larger and then stretching by itself into shadow conduits that were inserted into the other four willows.

He pulled them into an enlightened state together.

Enlightening five trees at once.

This was an unprecedented experience.