Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 66. Communication.

When Liu Shu woke up, she realized that she had been asleep for four more days. The reason she could tell was the messages coming from her energy-gathering technique. Since it activated automatically daily, she just needed to count how many times it activated to know how many days had gone by.

With this extra week of checking her surroundings and absorbing the knowledge, her experience made another small leap, increasing by 160 points and also gaining another 8 Sylvan Shards.

Liu Shu giggled, feeling happy. '1382 Experience Points! I'm really close to 1900!'

But what was more important was that Liu Shu finally learned how to create buildings! The world tree was happily humming in her mind, which spread around an aura of cheerfulness from her body.

The Rose Fairies trimming her branches and polishing her trunk smiled when they realized. One of them giggled as she carefully used her fingers to pull out crooked leaves. "Oh? You woke up, Liu Shu. How was your sleep?"

Liu Shu answered that fairy with a refreshed feeling. 'It was great~. I learned many new things! Hehehe.'

The Rose Fairy smiled. "I'm glad you slept well. It is great that you learned.... learned...." The Rose Fairy's eyes widened to the limits as the realization of what just happened hit her. "HUH!?"

Liu Shu was confused about the Rose Fairy's reaction, who suddenly showed a tremendously shocked face. 'What's wrong? Are you okay, little friend?'

The Rose Fairy snapped out of her shocked state. "F-Flor! QUEEN FLOOOOOR!"

She flew away while shouting, leaving behind a confused World Tree. 'Did something happen? Why is she so agitated?'

Out of curiosity, she extended her <World Tree Eye> to the limits, which had already reached 130 meters in radius. 'Oh? Flor is not around? Strange... Hm. Well, I can feel her Royal Pollination skill affecting me, so I guess she went do something?'

Liu Shu was quick to move on from those thoughts and began reviewing what she had learned. Those books contained a lot of information, and she had many new concepts swirling in her head.

While she was eager to start building, as she had gained enough knowledge actually to do so, there were changes she needed to check first. The first and most important one was the two extra abilities she had gained.

One was a <Talent>, and the other was a <Passive>. Liu Shu finally learned the proper distinction between the two. Talents were abilities that needed conscious thought to be used. For example, the movement of a hand was an active action taken with proper thinking.

Passive abilities, on the other hand, gathered all skills that were activated subconsciously, even if they could be activated consciously as well. A good comparison would be breathing. You can, if you think about it, breathe whenever you want. However, usually, breathing is done subconsciously.

Following these definitions, hand moving would be a <Talent>, and breathing would be a <Passive>.

Both skills she gained were F Rank, but they were prone to quickly increasing as she would utilize them often.

The first skill, her new <Talent>, was called <Land Modifying>. It was a F Rank skill that allowed her to manipulate the soil, mud, and rocks faintly. With her new understanding of how skills developed, Liu Shu knew that this skill could become something incredibly useful as long as it reached higher tiers.

While not all skills had the potential to become high-level skills, as they were limited by their original structure and the talent of their user, the possibility remained there. Moreover, as a World Tree, almost all the skills she unlocked would have enough potential to reach high levels.