In Mu Hanyan's heart, a small sapling is taking root and sprouting.
It was pure white and crystal clear, as if carved from jade, but the slowly swaying branches and leaves released a strong vitality. Although it was still so young, Mu Hanyan could see clearly that it was the Tree of Life that enveloped the temple. If it grew up, it would become exactly the same.
Spiritual power and energy traveled throughout her body along different meridians, and finally poured into the heart meridian, merging into the crystal-clear jade-like ancient tree of life. They flowed along the roots, trunk, branches, leaves, and finally, out from the treetops and returned to her meridians, forming a complete and perfect cycle. This ancient tree had become a part of her meridians.
The meridians for cultivating vital energy and the hidden meridians for practicing divine arts are completely connected because of this ancient tree and can no longer be distinguished from each other.
With the Ancient Tree of Life as its medium, the Qi and spiritual power separated and combined, sometimes gathering and sometimes dispersing, becoming even purer and more condensed. Mu Hanyan then realized that the Ancient Tree of Life could actually refine impurities.
The bigger surprise is yet to come. As the ancient tree of life continues to condense and refine, the originally completely different spiritual power and energy actually show signs of blending seamlessly. When the two are intertwined and wandering in the meridians, if Mu Hanyan does not carefully identify them, it will be difficult to distinguish them.
This discovery made Mu Hanyan ecstatic. Her current swordsmanship was suppressed by the laws of the Divine Continent, making it difficult for her to unleash her strongest swordsmanship. Her priestly cultivation wasn't particularly high either. Only by combining the two could she unleash her ultimate combat power. However, the existence of Qi was taboo in the Divine Continent. If she wanted to invite endless pursuit from the Divine Temple, she had to refrain from using Qi lightly.
However, after being condensed and integrated by the Ancient Tree of Life, even she herself could hardly detect the existence of the energy, let alone others. Mu Hanyan was confident that unless she encountered a Soul Priest—a powerful being comparable to a Sword Saint—even if she unleashed her unbridled sword arts at full force, no one would be able to detect any signs of her presence. Even against a Soul Priest, as long as she acted quickly, the other party might not be able to detect anything unusual.
This will undoubtedly become her most powerful trump card!
Who said this Ancient Tree of Life only benefits the temple and has little significance for the priests themselves? Mu Hanyan finally realized that this Ancient Tree of Life was not only of great benefit to Huayu City, but also of great benefit to the priests themselves. Of course, this was only for her. For other priests without sword cultivation, such benefits were indeed insignificant. This Ancient Tree of Life was clearly a rare treasure tailor-made for her.
After a long time, the cheers below the temple finally subsided, and the joyful mood of Mu Hanyan and others also returned to calm.
The tens of thousands of people once again knelt before Mu Hanyan, paying homage. Compared to the priests born from their own families, the bloody battles and the burning ruins of Huayu City were nothing. These priests were the true hope. Although the reason for such a miracle was unknown, anyone with a common sense could guess that it was all related to the giant seed that Mu Hanyan had produced.
It was Mu Hanyan who gave them shelter, and it was Mu Hanyan who gave them hope. Without the protection of Huayu City, and without the birth of these priests, a family like theirs would have vanished into the vast wilderness, forgotten forever, after a long period of wandering.
At this moment, Mu Hanyan was their god, the real god.
The pious yet fanatical chanting sounded, and everyone's eyes were filled with gratitude and reverence. Even the priests and guards of the temple were infected by it. They all knelt on one knee, touched their chests with their hands, and chanted along in a low voice, paying the highest respect to their high priest.
"People of God, you have gained the recognition and blessings of the gods with your bravery and loyalty. Now, let us rebuild Huayu City under the protection of the gods. Huayu City will surely become the strongest and most prosperous city in the continent of God. I promise you that your people and future generations will always be protected by the temple." Mu Hanyan said solemnly.
Although they did not think that what was happening before their eyes had anything to do with the ethereal and illusory gods, there was no other way. This was the continent of gods, and if they did not say so, they would only become confused and helpless.
Below, the loud cheers and shouts of the crowd rang out again, and everyone was so excited that tears were streaming down their faces.
There was no need for Mu Hanyan to say anything more. People from all clans began to rebuild their homes, with the Mu clan taking the lead.
Although there was no protection from the formation barrier, with the Ancient Tree of Life, the power of the laws of the entire Huayu City became extremely gentle and peaceful, even calmer than those temples that were protected by formation barriers.
Even though the thousands of clansmen who possessed the qualifications to be priests had not yet officially become priests and were unable to perform decent divine arts, the people of each clan had been wandering in the wilderness for many years and had basically practiced martial arts. They were already quite powerful, and without the suppression and intrusion of the power of the law, they were even more like fish in water.
Tens of thousands of people worked together, and the scene was so spectacular. It only took half an hour for most of the collapsed city gate to be repaired. Huge stones were also carved from several nearby mountains. Influenced by the ancient tree of life, even the surrounding mountains were covered with towering trees and flowers. There was no longer the harsh north wind, and it became simple and easy to obtain local materials.
Mu Hanyan's eyes also showed relief. She had been worried that Huayu City, which had stood for nearly a million years, would be destroyed because of her. Now it seemed that it would only take a month at most for a new Huayu City to stand again on the Continent of Gods.
"Master Priest, please go back to the temple and rest first. I will take care of this place." Yan Qingshan said to Mu Hanyan.
"Thank you for your hard work." Mu Hanyan did not refuse.
She didn't have the legendary supernatural power of making clouds and rain with a wave of her hand, so she couldn't help much with the task of rebuilding the city on her own. Although there were no hidden dangers left after the series of hard battles, and her energy and spiritual power were recovering rapidly, the consumption of her spiritual power was still too great. Now that she relaxed, she felt a little exhausted and needed to rest.
Moreover, An Xiaxin's condition is probably not much better than hers, and Ye Yian's physical condition also needs to be checked again.
Soon, everyone returned to the temple.
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