Star Gate

Chapter 886: Li Hao’s Scheme (I)

Chapter 886: Li Hao’s Scheme (I)

“Have Senior Jujube’s primary body come here as quickly as possible,” Li Hao declared after some thought. “It needs to come absorb energy as soon as possible. Otherwise, this overly dense concentration might create some issues.”

There were six more plant spirits that existed nearby, but energy levels were rapidly rising in the territories of the five that were dead. An energy tide was inevitable if nothing depleted them. The tide might engulf the entire central region.

It was only now that Li Hao realized the issues this entailed. He hadn’t paid attention to this detail before as they hadn’t killed that many plant spirits. With five dead in one go today, and five gluttons at that, the issues were easily apparent.

“So... we stop killing?” Sky Sword asked in a strange tone. “And... is there a use to shifting the jujube tree over?”

That plant spirit was very weak, what was the point in transplanting it?

“And will an energy tide erupt at my Sky Sword Manor if the jujube tree is moved?”

“...no,” Li Hao said after a long pause.

“Why not?”

Li Hao really didn’t want to answer that question; it was Hong Yitang who coughed gently. “We can tell from the skin and bones condition of your little tree that there’s insufficient energy at your mountain. It’s almost starving to death, how is an energy tide possible?”

“......” An awkward expression crept over Sky Sword’s face. You say that like it’s my fault. Do I have any money? I’ve only accumulated several million mysterious power stones over these years and exchanged them for cultivation resources. And it’s not like there’s anyone wealthy in Silver Moon. If it wasn’t for all of us latching onto Li Hao, how would any of you have the right to laugh at me for being poor?

As poor as I am, I’m still richer than you guys! You can’t even bear to spend one mysterious power stone!

Frowning, Lin Hongyu understood their conversation. “So this means that we can’t kill any of the other plant spirits?”

“Not that!” Li Hao grinned. “Just that we can’t kill them today. Wait for me to transplant some starving plant spirits, that will stave off the energy tide. We’ll be able to kill the rest at any time then. There are plenty of hungry plant spirits in the world!”

Battle Heaven was one such place, there were thirty-six starving plant spirits there on the verge of death! If they could be transplanted to places of abundant energy, that would naturally prevent an eruption of energy.

How laughable! They were almost dying, how would there be additional energy to spare? Silver Moon constantly fretted over this problem. There were thirty-seven plant spirits in one major city, how many in all eight? And they were all starving to death.

None of them could outcompete their peers for energy. It was an amazing feat that the little tree had been able to claim any for itself. It’d only taken a little, of course. The little tree wouldn’t be so poor otherwise and run off with Li Hao as soon as it saw how rich the young man was.

There wasn’t a drop of energy left in the great void of Silver Moon! The province’s supernaturals wouldn’t all run for the central region otherwise. Although there were numerous plant spirits in the central region as well, they were so much fewer compared to Silver Moon. Added to that a great mine in the region, it might be possible that the plant spirits could maintain their functions. Supernaturals could also absorb some energy from the dregs in the air.

“Those guys are getting off lightly!” the redwood remarked with regret. “Everyone who offends the commander deserves death!”

Li Hao didn’t know if it truly thought that, or just wanted to benefit from Li Hao collecting too much indestructible matter. But for now, he chose to halt the slaughter.

This operation opened his eyes to the fact that the presence of plant spirits wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Their furious consumption of energy delayed the second awakening, which was wonderful. Another point was the plant spirits of Skystar Town. He could not randomly kill them if he didn’t resolve the matter of the mine first!

Once they did and a vast quantity of energy wafted out, the mine would easily collapse without plant spirits being present to deplete it. Thankfully, he hadn’t done anything brash last time. If he’d taken up Chen Zhongtian’s offer to kill the man’s plant spirit, he might have already caused enormous trouble.

Not only that, but there was the Wind and Cloud Pavilion! There was a ninety-nine percent chance that a plant spirit existed in their ruins. Although its strength was unknown, a great deal of energy would float freely once it was dead. Therefore, he needed to make full preparations to prevent an energy tide from developing.

It was best if he took a starving plant spirit with him and installed it there as soon as he killed Chen Zhongtian’s plant spirit. That would cut off any problem at its root. As for starving plant spirits... there were plenty in Silver Moon!

Li Hao laughed. He finally had a use for the province’s numerous, starving plant spirits. They would instantly suck an area dry whenever they were transplanted! That would permanently end the chances of a premature second awakening unless the mine exploded.

If he could move all of Silver Moon’s plant spirits over, it would probably take several hundred years before the second awakening was possible. Those guys could devour as much energy as the world produced.

......

The group quickly returned to the Lin family manor. Li Hao sent the redwood tree inside the ruins before departing.

Lin Hongyu couldn’t help herself on their way to the City of Supernaturals, or perhaps she just didn’t want to rein in her curiosity. “Is the commander... worried about the revered redwood? Is that why you stopped killing?”

“I do not want to test the plant spirits,” Li Hao said calmly. “The redwood grew unstable when I put away the trunk of the fifth plant spirit. It made no difference to it whether we killed more plant spirits because it could no longer absorb core origin. Killing more was an unnecessary risk, but it was still urgent for me to kill more. You guess at what would’ve happened if I continued?”

“Those not of our race will certainly have different thoughts in mind!” Lin Hongyu nodded. “Unless we suppress them by strength... the commander is right. Although you are strong, it will still be difficult to manage a fully awakened Immortal. You are a rare genius favored by heaven indeed!”

“No, it is you who are the rare genius favored by heaven!” Li Hao tilted his head at her with a smile.

“You praise me too highly, commander!” Lin Hongyu smiled bashfully.

The young man cursed to himself. This woman’s mind worked faster than anyone. She was as shrewd as they came! She guessed his intentions as soon as he stopped killing. Li Hao was wary of the redwood and cautious of being embroiled in the plant spirit’s ambitions. Hence, she immediately said that those not of the same race will have different motivations. It was a clear indicator that she hoped Li Hao would look at her separately from the redwood tree.

Of those present, the two puppets likely didn’t see through Li Hao’s thoughts, and neither did Sky Sword. Perhaps the rest could, but Lin Hongyu understood the young man’s concerns with a single glance. No wonder she was the city lord.