Having understood a bit more about Little Shrubby and his bloodlines, Lin Mu was now sure of what route to take for the beast.
While Little Shrubby will be able to grow and cultivate on his own too, having extra help from Lin Mu and Xukong will be critical in several aspects. Plus Lin Mu knew it was important too as Little Shrubby was a big part of his strength too.
Just little Shrubby's speed alone was a huge advantage that he could have. Being able to traverse large tracts of land at once would allow him to reach his goals quicker, too. After all, he couldn't just use teleportation arrays everywhere.
'Little Shrubby's current speed should be comparable to that of an Immortal expert, but it won't be able to match up against the stronger experts.' Lin Mu understood.
He had seen several of them and had also seen the abilities of Lanbao who was at the very peak of the Immortal realm. If she wanted to she could very well cover several hundred kilometers in a few minutes. Little Shrubby hadn't reached that point either.
But he did know that his breakthrough will help him increase his speed again.
"The next bloodline we should focus on should be the Thunderbolt Cheetah. It's speed will be the greatest advantage for Little Shrubby." Lin Mu stated.
"Indeed. But not just that, the offensive abilities of the Thunderbolt Cheetah are no less either. Not to mention, Lightning is one of the four heavenly elements and Little Shrubby having control over it will only increase his power." Xukong agreed.
"Yes, senior. I'll focus on that from now on." Lin Mu nodded his head, knowing that he'll have to look out for special treasure that could help bloodlines progress.
He had read about them before and knew about them even back in the Xiaofan world. The only thing was that finding them in a mortal world would be very difficult, but it was not the case for the Rust Sky world.
'I'll keep an eye out for any of them. Plus, Lightning elemental resources should help Little Shrubby too.' Lin Mu thought to himself.
~rustle~ rustle~
The plants around them kept on swaying as they basked in the precess of the Wood Dao Traces.
"Hmm… Seems like Little Shrubby being here might be beneficial to them too." Lin Mu muttered and took note of it for later.
The sentient herbs were definitely useful to him and he would want them to continue getting stronger. The Wood Spirit Tulip was already good even now, since it could produce Pure Wood Essence, but the Purple Sickle amaranth was falling behind.
Even the Spirit Apple tree had improved and turned into an Immortal Apple tree.
There were, after all, very few plants that could grow here and Lin Mu wanted more of them to be added.
'There should be a lot more of them here too, I should keep an eye out for them as well.' Lin Mu thought.
With all this done, Lin Mu decided it was time to wake up.
~huu~
"This was an exciting few days of rest for sure…" Lin Mu said to himself as he closed his eyes.
Xukong returned to the ring while Little Shrubby remained in the Sleepscape. Lin Mu had asked him to do so, as he wanted to know if others could stay in the Sleepscape even while he was awake, as well as if he could bring them out on a moment's notice.
If he could, it would provide him with another advantage and the value of the Sleepscape would rise again.
A few moments later, Lin Mu opened his eyes in the real world as the ceiling of the room appeared in front of him.
~shua~
But just as he had woken up, he saw the air in front of him blurring as the figure of the Saintess appeared.
"What did you do?" She questioned, her elegant brows furrowed under the veil.
"Mm?" Lin Mu was confused by her question, not understanding it. "What do you mean Saintess?" he asked.
"Your cultivation… it has risen. But you consumed no immortal Qi… and yet you have more than what you had before." The Saintess asked for clarification.
Hearing this, Lin Mu was a bit shocked.
'She could actually sense all those changes?' this was the first time someone had actually been able to tell that Lin Mu could cultivate in his sleep.
The Sleepscape was his hidden advantage that he didn't wish to reveal to anyone. It was simply too rare and Xukong had already told him that there were just four such people even recorded to have it.
They didn't know if someone might come to covet it.
Thus, just like the Saintess had not revealed her name as it held Karma, Lin Mu decided to do the same.
"It's an innate ability I have, Saintess." Lin Mu though, had a perfect excuse for the Sleepscape.
"An innate ability?" A hint of interest could be felt in the Saintess's voice.
"A bloodline ability to be accurate." Lin Mu elaborated a bit more.
"You have a bloodline?" this time the Saintess was surprised too. 'How does he have a bloodline? I should have known it the first moment I saw him.'
"I do… it's a beast bloodline." Lin Mu said before taking a pause. "It's the bloodline of the Great Slumber Bear." He revealed.
As soon as the Saintess heard this, her eyes widened. "Impossible…" She said lightly.
"I know… about its side effects." Lin Mu nodded his head at her reaction. "But I've managed to control them to some extent." He continued before releasing his aura.
~HONG~
His aura that was usually in a contained state, started to erupt, and the bloodline of the Great Slumber Bear was also revealed.
A faint figure of the beast was formed behind Lin Mu, towering greatly.
The Saintess could truly feel the bloodline at this moment and knew that Lin Mu wasn't lying.
'He truly assimilated it…'
