Massive Ancient tree

On some massive tree, one could see a figure sitting cross-legged, and his presence seemed to be ignored and unless he made moves to expose himself a lot of people would ignore him.

This person was Cheng Shan and compared to the night before, he seemed to have undergone some subtle change. His aura was not just restrained, he seemed very normal that when walking in the street, he would be a face everyone would overlook. This is the benefit of having evolved the turtle, he gained some trick he is currently referring to as turtle breathing, but he has yet to master it well. It just required him to use it continuously and he would be able to restrain all the overwhelming aura on him.

For the most important aspect, his attributes had all changed greatly. From the defense being improved on the clone's scales, at the moment it seemed to resemble some carvings of the tortoise shells. The only thing that made him more or less feel he had lost something was that the turtle breathing method could only be improved by his practice, unlike the other abilities.

The good thing was that the level could be enhanced as long as he had enough attribute points, but this ability was already good enough for the moment. Even the menacing aura of the clone seemed to be hidden at the moment. It could in this way hunt others secretly, and by the time they noticed him, they already had become his meal. More importantly, it had the function of strengthening his body and spirit. He seemed to have a new means of practice for the clone and even the body could use it too.

The effect however would not be the same for the main body when it came to the aspect of strengthening the body and spirit. But he would find out with time, at the moment he was just happy with the other functions of hiding his aura.

Name: Chang Shen

Lifespan: 139

Physique: 97

Spirit: 86

Martial arts: Wu Qin Xi(Entry 1000/1000)

Basic Sword technique(617/1000)

Clone: Siamese fighting fish: (3rd evolution chance)

Abilities:

>Enhanced strength(Ordinary level+): Ability to exert 10 times body strength.

>Eye of true sight(Primary level +) : Ability to see through illusions. Are within hundred meters of the body under observation.

>Turtle breathing. (Primary level+) HIdding Aura. Strengthening body and spirit.

Attributes: 0

Looking at the attributes, he could not help but sigh, his physique has almost doubled, but he did not seem to feel any unique changes or acquire some abilities like he previously thought. He could only sigh. "It seems that the information online can't be trusted easily. My current physique should be stronger than the human limit right? But wait, it was said on the internet that at least if one were to be able to break through the biological limit, changes would appear in their bodies. More importantly, even lifespan should at the very least double, nothing like this has happened."

As much as he did not truly believe the theoretical knowledge posted online, he was not dismissive of them as he had proved that some of the theories that had been posted seemed to be true. In a way, it was most of them, and he was more or less expecting that the body would at least have a double lifespan. At this moment though, he did not seem to even experience any of this at all.

What he realized was that at this time the spirit had increased more than the physique, but he did not know the reason. Perhaps one more time he would be able to see if this was the case or if he was just assuming things.

In the jungle, at this moment he had only one goal, which was to capture some meal. But the moment he moved close to 6 kilometers ahead he saw an elk. This was more like a deer, it is just from a different branch, but he was still astonished. He had gotten some chance, but how to use it was also an issue. Instead of rushing there, he wanted to slowly observe it, but with the rusting of the trees, the elk seemed to be scared and burst out in speed, he could only use the eye of true sight.

The movement kept reappearing in his mind and this was probably the only way for him to gain some insight, but something seemed to be missing, as such he also moved fast, to catch up.

In this period he had even forgotten about the food he wanted to eat and rushed straight into the direction of the elk. Even so, he still failed to gain what he wanted, but by the time he stopped. he was near a massive dried tree. The bark had already cracked, and in this forest, it was obvious that the tree had such a condition due to other reasons other than the environment.

At this moment, Cheng Shan was already standing close to the massive tree, and in the distance, he could see huge elephants, but he lost interest in them as the elk he had been following seemed to have disappeared when he focused on this massive tree. But he had no interest in going after it. based on his thoughts, the elk had no real use to him at the moment as he did not even know what he needed to observe to gain insights.

Throwing the issues aside, he seemed to focus on the tree, he found that it seemed ancient, and even though it was more like a dead thing, it gave off that aura of time. He has not seen anything like this all the way, and at the very bottom, some other small stem less than ten centimeters seemed to have sprouted from the dry tree.

"It seems that this tree is not planning on going extinct." He commented plainly as he shifted his gaze to the other side. He could see a green pool, it seemed stagnant, and what he was sure of was that some creatures probably live in that water, if the clone had been brought to this place perhaps he could know, but he did not plan on entering the water at all.

The reason for his not being willing was indeed not just because of the kind of bacteria present in this water, but rather the creatures that might be lying dormant just waiting for a fool to jump in. All around he could see that this water surface had not been disturbed in a way, nor even the other creatures around trying to drink the water from the pond. It was already a red flag, and he thus did not have any motivation to become the test subject.

Even more so, he could see some creatures cast their eyes at him before focusing back on eating either leaves or grass. They did not bother with him anymore, and he also looked all around, eventually refocusing on the tree.

Massive close to six meters wide, he had to keep rotating around to see it from all angles but in the moment he could see a massive hole in the tree, but it was now covered with some mud. This did not seem like it had been made by the animals, but he had no interest in going in, because of the passage of time since it was created.

When he was thinking about his next course of action, an idea seemed to pop into his head, since he was able to move across the stream, could be passed on the surface of the pond too. It was the only way to continue unless he was going to retreat from this place. He had not gained anything substantial and thus very unwilling.