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Now that Yang Rai had a Rank 9 tree he could relax a little. At least that's what he had hoped he continued to spend time in seclusion. He moved his focus to the flow of time once again. Even an extra year per year meant an extra 2 sets of resources from his Rank 9 Tree. This was something he would try to do no matter what. It would still take her time to grow and harvest the resources regardless. Yang Rai didn't know how fast she would improve her abilities either so no matter how looked at it, having a world that had a faster flow of time was going to be the single most important thing for him to do.

Yang Rai took his collective experience and focused on the flow of time. The differences between his Artifact and the outside world. He spent 500 years like this. In that time he had slowly been improving the flow of time. He did it this way so there wouldn't be any hidden dangers. He had now raised the rate to 200 years inside to 1 year outside.

"Master, you've worked hard these years. You should rest a little."

"I still need to synthesize another Rank 9 Dragon Source Tree. So I'll do that first before I rest. I know you worry about me and I appreciate it."

"Lord father, I heard you need to make another Dragon source Tree."

"Yes, I'm hoping that I'll have enough materials to complete it now. How was your improvement, Guolong?"

"You already knew about it? I was going to surprise you. I hoped you might fool around with me, lord father."

"That would be too much either way. You're like a daughter to me."

"Ah but I don't have to be in the moment."

"Calm down Guolong. I wasn't able to keep track of it myself in too much detail. I was hyper focused on other matters these last 500 years."

"Fine then I'll be your precious daughter for now. Lord father, this daughter of yours has improved her technique and is able to grow a set of fruits every 4 weeks."

"Impressive. With your improvement I'll be able to give you more sisters."

"Lord father? When am I going to get my vine? All the others have one."

"If we have enough gourds to make it I'll do it right after synthesizing your younger sister."

"I heard from my sisters that you let them watch as their sisters were born. I'd… I'd like to watch it too."

"Well then we should get right on it. I'll have to leave soon since my other children will be turning 15. I want to check up on their progress."

"Then stop dawdling father. I want to see my new sister's birth right now. I wanna see fathers power first hand."

"I'll go ahead and check the resources to see if there is enough for the fusion ritual."

Yang Rai checked the storage dimension and noticed there was quite a lot of the Rank 9 Resources. This pleased him a great deal. And when he counted the rank 8 he noted it was certainly enough for the fusion ritual. Leaving the gourds alone for the moment he fused the remaining needed Rank 9 Resources. The Spirits all watched on, they never got tired of this display. Yang Rai began the fusion ritual once again with far more control this time. He was able to finish the fusion in a matter of a few days. The second Rank 9 tree was born.