The first level of all Laws remain the same. While the ancient names for each Law level are completely different from one another, the first level of all Laws in the modern era are referred to as "Law Creation".
It is a realm of comprehension where one can use the power of Law to influence the world around them to an extremely minor degree. The first level of Laws, allows a Fae Master to create the Attribute around them, even if they were in an environment which shouldn't normally support such an Attribute.
From a barren earth, Arthur could force a seed to flower. And in a cold, unfeeling blizzard, someone could create a flame to nurture their freezing body. Emotion Laws couldn't create something that wasn't there, however it did allow Arthur to amplify emotions that were already there. He could also "feel" what emotions a person was feeling on their surface of their mind.
In other words, unless they had unique Fae or also practiced Emotion, Desire or Thought Laws, they couldn't hide their feelings in front of Arthur.
"But the second level of Laws....".
The first level of Wood Laws was Flowering Seed. It allowed Arthur to push a plant back from the brink of death, and force it to flourish once more. If he overexerted the ability, he could force the plant to use up its own lifeforce in exchange for such a heaven-defying ability. All manner of trees, flowers and moss could be affected by this ability.
And to some degree, Arthur could use it on himself, in the event that he needed to heal some grievous wounds.
Flowering Seed would definitely shorten his lifespan by a few years, but he could heal himself right up no problem.
The second level of Wood Laws however, possess a different sort of ability.
All plants receive their nutrients from either the sun or the environment around them. Unlike Flowering Seed, which could push a plant from infancy to maturity quickly, Gluttonous Roots increases the absorption rate of nutrients and spiritual essence around a plant or oneself.
If Arthur wanted to, he could use the first level of Wood Laws and the second level of Wood Laws in tandem with one another, in order to perpetuate a cycle of growth, so long as there existed nutrients and spiritual essence around him or the target.
From Arthur's second-hand experience of Wood Laws, he knew that they delved into notions such as vitality and lifeforce quite a bit. At higher levels, it was possible for an experienced Fae Master, or even a newborn Fae Immortal to create an entire forest within the span of an hour or two if their attainments in Wood Laws were high enough.
This wasn't just a mortal forest either. If there were enough base Fae materials, they could create a forest made up entirely of Wood Attributed Fae materials! As one of the most common Attributes within the Thirty Three Heavens, such a Fae Master would be in high demand practically everywhere!
Gluttonous Roots focused on the powers of absorption and devouring that all plants possessed. Some types of trees could turn the dirt around the base of their trunk into a barren earth, just by absorbing all of the water and nutrients within the soil. While other types of plants could extend themselves several kilometres away, like vines or mangroves.
Even at the second level of Wood Laws, if Arthur was given between fifteen to thirty minutes, he could create an entire Fae material from scratch, provided that the soil and spiritual essence quality in the air wasn't trash.
A Fae material of the same quality that could be found within the Winter Rain Mountains.
One might forget how much vitality and lifeforce that plants possessed. They possessed lifespans even longer than Humans, and could grow from tiny, fingernail-sized seeds to towering giants, that seemed to pierce the heavens....
Not to mention, Arthur could use the ability to heal himself if he wanted to.
Laws didn't just have to be used on plants, but they could be used on oneself even without the use of Fae.
"Even if I remove this Alchemical Flame from my Origin Essence Sea and give it to Nyssa or something, with our proximity, the Boundless Forest Yearning will unconsciously seek the Flame Essence out. It'll tear itself from her origin essence sea and try to return to my own.... I could just abandon it but....".
If Arthur could push his Law attainments to just a sliver before the second level, then he would try and do so. After that, he himself could gradually improve his own comprehension of Wood Laws, leading to a relatively easy breakthrough from the first level to the second level.
By that stage, the powers of Flowering Seed would've increased dramatically, letting it improve as Arthur's attainments did as well.
Closing his eyes and picturing the the detailed image of the Azure Envy Continent in his mind, Arthur focused on the regions closer to the White Dominion Sect. Considering it had been six months since they left the Winter Rain Mountains, and entered the nearby Empty Region, there should be about a month or two before they enter the territory closest to the Yellow Springs Famous River.
The White Dominion Sect was placed between two Fae Grounds.
The Corpse Attributed; Yellow Springs River.
And the Thought Attributed; Enlightened Bodhi River.
They only ever intersected once, despite their several million kilometre length, leading to the strange creation of sentient Corpses. The White Dominion Sect, very much like Milena, practiced and walked the path of Corpses.
But unlike her, who knew only of the School of Mummification, they had incorporated several Buddhist Attributed Fae, in addition to Thought Attributed Fae into their Corpses, hoping to strength their spiritual intelligence.
As a result, unlike the Poisons Milena tried to cultivate, these Corpses possessed an immensely strong physical and mental fortitude. They were used an remote controlled, mobile war machines by the White Dominion Sect. The School of Transfiguration was what they specialised in instead.
Arthur had already managed to interact with a relatively dangerous woman from the White Dominion Sect. He needed to figure out a way to separate himself from the others and take his three children away, letting them grow up on their own.
From there, his travel arrangements to the Viridian Greed Continent would also need to be completed as well. That was the dangerous part.
"If I were to try and get there on foot, with my current abilities it would take me at least 150 years. With a flying-type spirit beast, perhaps that number would be halved, possibly even only a third of the original time. If I can make use of the transmission arrays used by Immortal Clans and Sects, I could get there in a single day....".
Arthur noticed Dagen return from relieving himself, letting out a small sigh before rolling over and closing his eyes.
The formless image of the Affection Tree Fae within Arthur's origin essence sea grew slightly more distinct as time passed. Only the pink sections of the tree, remained completely unaffected....