Chapter 509: Chapter 510 This Tree, Lonely Empty Cold [4th Update]

Everyone in the backyard, except for Wu Tian, was stunned. Were they dreaming? Had they not yet woken up?

"Slap me!"

"Alright!"

"SLAP!"

"Ouch, that hurts!"

In the backyard, everyone was dumbfounded!

"Did you... did you all hear the Ginseng Fruit Tree speak?" Thinking of this, Lan Qingfeng, the seven-year-old boy, said joyfully, "The Ginseng Fruit Tree, which all three of my masters thought couldn’t speak, just spoke to me! Does this mean... does this mean I’m the reincarnation of the legendary Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi?"

It was rare enough for a seven-year-old to be so composed, but after the Ginseng Fruit Tree spoke, he reverted to a childish state, so overjoyed he seemed silly. What did it mean that the Ginseng Fruit Tree could speak?

"No, no, no! I’m the one who watered the Lord Ginseng Fruit Tree today. Perhaps it was moved by the sincerity of my daily watering," another young Daoist acolyte chimed in.

However, a few of the calmer acolytes didn’t think so. The Lord Ginseng Fruit Tree hadn’t spoken before, not earlier, not later. Why speak now? They couldn’t help but look toward Wu Tian and his companions.

The next moment, SWOOSH! From beneath the Ginseng Fruit Tree, a thick root resembling a soaring dragon lashed out at Wu Tian like lightning.

Wu Tian didn’t resist. He had long since sensed that the Ginseng Fruit Tree possessed its own consciousness and bore him no ill will. It seemed there was something it wanted to ask of him.

Finally, the root coiled around Wu Tian’s waist. An aperture of light appeared on the trunk of the Ginseng Fruit Tree, and with a flick of the root, Wu Tian was tossed inside.

The glowing opening on the tree trunk vanished!

The tree became motionless once more, as if it had returned to being a tree that could neither move nor speak. Everything fell silent.

"Dad got eaten by this demonic tree?" the little one murmured to himself before sensing something and giggling. "How fun, so much fun! What a pity it wasn’t me who got eaten!"

Qin Yuhan and the others were speechless.

Once they recovered, Qin Yuhan grew the most anxious, her pretty face turning deathly pale.

"What in the world is going on?"

"Give me back my Lord!"

Liu Tianji and the others rushed toward the Ginseng Fruit Tree, but they were blocked by Lan Qingfeng and the other acolytes. "Stop! Don’t harm the Ginseng Fruit Tree!"

"That’s right! This tree has a profound connection with us Immortals. Please, don’t lay a hand on it."

Unable to watch any longer, the Ginseng Fruit Tree spoke directly. "Relax, the boy will be fine! Just watch quietly from there. I, your grandpa, am merely discussing the Dao with him!"

Lan Qingfeng and the other acolytes were stunned. Wu Tian is qualified to discuss the Dao with the Ginseng Fruit Tree? How is that even possible?

By now, some acolytes had already run off in a panic to find the Monarch in Harmony with the World, the Monarch in Harmony with Heaven, and the Lord with the Earth.

Before long, the Monarch in Harmony with the World and the other two elders arrived. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Gazing at the tree, the Monarch in Harmony with the World shouted, "I am indebted to you, but you are still residing in the backyard of my Daoist temple. You cannot act so wantonly! You..."

At that moment, a tree root shot toward the Monarch in Harmony with the World. It tore through the air, piercing through everything. Its power was beyond description.

The Monarch in Harmony with the World drew out a Peach Wood Sword to defend himself.

Instantly, as if heavenly thunder had struck the earth’s fire, a deafening "BOOM" resounded. The ground shattered, and the air rippled outwards in concentric waves.

When they looked again, the Monarch in Harmony with the World’s face was ashen, and he was gasping for breath as if he had just walked along the edge of death. He stared dumbfoundedly at the Ginseng Fruit Tree. If the tree had not shown mercy, he would already be dead.

He muttered in stunned disbelief, I... I’m actually no match for it? He called himself the Monarch in Harmony with the World, and the Monarch in Harmony with Heaven and the Lord with the Earth were equally extraordinary. How could they not even be a match for a single tree? Zhen Yuanzi could surely have defeated this tree back in the day, right? So why can’t we?

The Lord with the Earth walked over and said, seemingly to comfort both himself and the Monarch in Harmony with the World, "It’s not that our Mana is insufficient. It’s that this tree has been a great benefactor to us. Our very Mana stems from it, so... so when we try to use our power against it, our hearts are inevitably filled with mercy, causing us to hold back."

"Perhaps... perhaps that is the case," the Monarch in Harmony with the World nodded.

Little did they know, the Ginseng Fruit Tree was on the verge of cursing its roots off. Fucking hell! All you did was eat a few of your grandpa’s fruits and cultivate some ordinary Immortal Secret. Do you really think you’re Saints? Don’t you know that my master is Zhen Yuanzi, and his moniker was also Monarch in Harmony with the World? He himself never dared to claim the titles of Monarch in Harmony with Heaven or Lord with the Earth. You three fools are just courting death! Such arrogance and conceit!

But the tree had no desire to speak with the Monarch in Harmony with the World and the others. It had only so much energy to spare and had no time to waste on these three idiots.

Inside the Ginseng Fruit Tree, Wu Tian felt his vision go black. When he could see again, he was in a space within the tree.

It was a strange space—a vast grassland. A grassland inside a tree? Wu Tian couldn’t help but think of the technique known as "Qiankun in a Sleeve."

Wu Tian stood there quietly, using the Formless Starry Sky Scripture to simulate the technique. Qiankun in a Sleeve referred to a self-contained universe within one’s sleeve, capable of drawing in living creatures. It was like a "Heaven-Earth Prison," trapping all beings inside. It was quite a remarkable ability.

After a while, Wu Tian stretched languidly. Success! He had now mastered Qiankun in a Sleeve. This was a technique that did not exist in the Immortal Emperor Realm! Wu Tian hoped that by mastering this technique, he could gradually comprehend the Space Law!

"Ginseng Fruit Tree, you brought me here because you have something to say. What is it?" Wu Tian knew the tree had sought him out for a reason.

"If your grandpa’s guess is correct, you come from another world, a place called the Immortal Emperor Realm, yes?"

To Wu Tian’s astonishment, the tree had actually uttered the words "Immortal Emperor Realm," causing his expression to turn serious. How could this tree possibly know?

The Ginseng Fruit Tree knew Wu Tian was shocked, but inwardly, it was even more astounded. How could someone have gone to that realm and returned completely unscathed?

But it still put on a front and bragged, "Who do you think I am? It takes three thousand years for me to blossom, another three thousand to bear fruit, and yet another three thousand for the fruit to ripen. In the span of nearly ten thousand years, I produce a mere thirty Ginsengfruits. Just a whiff of one will grant you three hundred sixty years of life; eat one, and you will live for forty-seven thousand years. You must use a Gold Vessel to knock them down. A being as extraordinary as myself is naturally omniscient, aware of all things!"

"In that case, goodbye," Wu Tian chuckled drily. Showing off in front of me? Are you sure about that? He turned as if to leave.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Seeing this, the Ginseng Fruit Tree grew frantic and quickly changed its tune. "I’m not your grandpa, I was wrong! Please don’t go, stay! I need you! I’ve waited for so long, and I’ve finally found you! Please don’t go, alright? Stay and talk with me! I’m so lonely and empty!"