Chapter 691: Ancient Tree Transformed into Stumps
Chapter 686 – Stump Transforming Ancient Tree
“It was in ……” Li Fan frowned slightly, seemingly trying to remember.
Ximen Yu stared at him dead on, listening intently.
“Can’t remember.” After half a day, Li Fan but shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly.
“You …… “Ximen Yu’s face stiffened, “How can you easily forget such a strange thing?”
His face was full of disbelief as he sized up Li Fan.
“Fellow Daoist Ximen, why don’t you tell me what this withered branch is again. Maybe after telling me about it, I’ll remember it.” Li Fan then suggested with a smile.
When Ximen Yu heard this, his eyes narrowed and his sight swept back and forth over Li Fan.
Li Fan, on the other hand, was not afraid in the slightest, and met his gaze with a calm demeanor.
Seemingly unable to feel Li Fan’s strength, Ximen Yu ultimately did not choose to act rashly.
His figure turned, and the withered branch that was protected behind him was re-presented in front of Li Fan.
After a moment of silence, he said, “The origin of this object, in fact, I am not too clear. During that bout, my progress in studying the earth veins was bottlenecked.”
“Under the rule of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, the power of the earth vein is firmly locked by a protective spell formation that covers the entire territory. Without authorized permission, it’s really incredibly difficult to invoke and study it. After trying numerous methods, it was still difficult to find a breakthrough point. Just when I was about to change my research direction again ……”
“About two years or so ago, the power of the earth veins here somehow suddenly rioted. It was like an earth vein disaster that was enough to overthrow a state had occurred ten thousand miles away. A chain reaction resulted. I was overjoyed to see this, so of course I seized this rare opportunity to draw on the overflowing earth vein power.”
“And this withered branch is what I found from the power of the earth veins.”
Ximen Yu slowly spoke, but Li Fan was pondering after listening.
“Two years ago, it seems to be the time point of the Red Flame Burning Sea. Was it Hongxi who brought about the effects of forcibly extracting the earth veins in order to force out the Red Flame hidden in the earth veins?”
The Xuanhuang Earth Vein was connected as one. Even though they were separated by tens of thousands of miles, there was a possibility that they could have an impact on each other. Previously, in the Sea of Clouds, there was a sunken island that was affected by the distant “Hundred Mountains Turned into Flat River” and surfaced from the bottom of the sea.
And here Ximen Yu observed the ground vein movement, perhaps it is the year with the red inflammation of the battle of the aftermath of the cause.
Li Fan looked at the withered branch that was still spewing out earth-colored earth pulse power, and asked with some puzzlement: “The earth pulse power is pure and incomparable. How could there be dead branches caught in it? Ordinary trees will be crushed to pieces by the strong pressure in the depths of the earth vein in just a few breaths of time. What exactly is the origin of this dead branch, not only can it survive in the earth’s veins. It can also induce to draw in the power of the imprisoned earth vein?”
Li Fan looked at Ximen Yu again, “The earth vein here is moving differently, I think the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance hasn’t realized it yet. Otherwise, if it is about the safety of the protective array, they will definitely send someone to come and solve the hidden danger here.”
Ximen Yu’s face changed slightly, but he did not refute.
“This withered branch, indeed, has some sort of magical power. It’s as if it has the same root and origin as the earth veins, so if I extract some of it here on a small scale and use it for research, it will only be treated as a normal fluctuation of the earth veins themselves.”
The withered branch erupted the power of the earth vein, which seemed to be intermittent and contained a certain pattern. At this moment, it gradually weakened, and eventually no more earth vein energy flowed out.
Ximen Yu carefully put away the jade bottle.
“The same source as the Earth Vein?” Li Fan savored the words.
Ximen Yu, on the other hand, took out a stone slab from his storage ring. It seemed to have been stripped from a rocky wall somewhere, and the traces were extremely old.
The lines were also quite abstract, but one could roughly understand what it depicted.
Many, many dots, representing humans. Sacrificing and living on the earth.
And underground, a large tree growing upside down.
The roots of the tree were dense and rooted in every corner of the earth.
The crown of the tree, however, was deep into the ground, reaching the center of the earth.
“This was found in a certain geological fault when I was studying the changes in ancient and modern terrain earlier. It should have been left behind by an ancient mortal community.” “It’s not just this piece of mural. I have found similar records of ancient people all over the Xuan Huang Realm.”
“I suspect that the so-called earth veins are derived from the roots of this ancient tree. And this withered branch of mine belongs to that ancient tree.”
Ximen Yu explained.
“Although the information left behind by these mortals is extremely sketchy. Again, it’s what the mortals’ eyes see, and may not be the full picture of things. But precisely because they are mortal things, we Immortal Cultivators tend to ignore them by default. That’s why records that should have been erasable can exist instead.” Ximen Yu said with a cold smile.
“The Tree of Earth Veins?……” Li Fan stroked his chin.
“Nope.” Suddenly, he shook his head.
“It’s similar to the one I saw in the illusory realm back then, although it’s extremely similar, it was still a bit different at that time.” Li Fan said with certainty.
Ximen Yu was not surprised either. After pondering for a moment, he said, “It’s possible that the ancient tree you saw was even more ancient.”
“It’s possible that it’s the source of the Earth Vein Tree.”
Li Fan was surprised, “The Tree of Earth Veins, also has a source?”
Ximen Yu took out a black stone from somewhere and crushed it and sprinkled it onto the dead branch stuck on the ground. The black powder was quickly absorbed by the withered branch, and it looked as if it had become more energized.
“It is said that between heaven and earth, there was only one mother tree in the beginning, ruling the destiny of the world’s living beings.”
“Later on, a great change occurred and the mother tree suffered heavy damage. A portion of its branches even fell from it. It fell to the world.”
“One of them was transformed into the Earth Vein Ancient Tree.”
Ximen Yu looked at the carefully tended dead branches with compassion and said slowly.
A glint flashed in Li Fan’s eyes, “And where did Fellow Daoist Ximen learn about this matter? It is truly unheard of.”
Ximen Yu’s gaze locked onto the withered branch and did not reply.
Li Fan froze, then nodded slightly.
“Ah, after you, Taoist friend, I seem to have remembered. It was here that had met that withered branch in the first place.”
Casually drawing the topography of the Heavenly Spirit State, Li Fan marked a location.
Only then did Ximen Yu retract his gaze towards the withered branch, firmly memorizing the location in his mind. And then he erased the map.
“Time has changed. I have also returned to my homeland several times over the years, but I have never been able to see that deadwood again. That’s why it’s good for fellow Daoist Ximen not to hold too much hope.” Li Fan admonished.
Ximen Yu kindly smiled, “Such wonders, of course, can be encountered but not sought. But I’ve always been lucky, so after I’ve taken care of my Earth Vein Theory research, I’ll definitely try my luck.”
“Then I wish fellow Daoist Ximen success in advance!” Li Fan clasped his fists and was about to leave.
“Fellow Daoist Han Wuyou, right?” Ximen Yu threw a communication spirit talisman over, “It feels like the two of us, you and I, have some destiny. Keep this item, maybe we will meet again in the future.”
Li Fan put the spirit talisman away and did not linger any longer.
When his silhouette disappeared, the cave door re-closed.
Ximen Yu’s brows furrowed deeply, “Heaven and earth have if wood, day and night pinning down life ……”
“Is it difficult for it to still exist in the world?”
(End of chapter)