Chapter 451: Frame-up
"Master, I know I was wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"I shouldn't have trusted the old man so easily, and I shouldn't have let my guard down in an unfamiliar environment. The worst thing is that I didn't practice a good method to protect myself from poison." Shi Hao knelt on the ground with his head lowered, looking dejected.
Well, he's had a miserable few days.
How miserable was it? First, he lost his virginity after being drugged, and then he was blocked in the house by the two girls' ancestor, the old man Tianjian from the Iron Sword Sect, who whipped him with a rattan stick. Shi Hao lost his temper even when he was beaten.
It’s not that he couldn’t win, but Shi Hao really didn’t have the confidence to fight back.
Even though he knew that all this was arranged by the old man, he just felt that he was inherently weaker than him and that he was at the mercy of the two girls.
Shi Hao got so angry several times that he wanted to fight back, but when he saw the two girls' tearful faces, his heart softened again.
In this regard, Chen Zhixing could only write a capital "miserable" on his apprentice's forehead.
"Anything else?" Chen Zhixing asked with a half-smile as he looked at his unlucky disciple.
"And." Shi Hao's eyes moved quickly: "And. Shouldn't I be soft-hearted?"
Chen Zhixing slapped Shi Hao on the head, and then said something that made Shi Hao almost faint.
"If you can't figure it out, then you can continue to stay in the Tianduan Mountains. When you figure it out, then come find me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the incarnation of Chen Zhixing's thought exploded.
Shi Hao: “???”
No, he should figure out something, Master, please give me a hint! To be honest, Chen Zhixing was quite satisfied with his disciple Shi Hao.
Whether it is talent, ability, perseverance, or even the way he deals with people, Shi Hao has some of the shadow of Chen Zhixing. No matter what he is told, Shi Hao will do it.
But this child has a fatal flaw.
Don’t treat people as human beings!
This may not be appropriate to say, but it is actually true.
In Shi Hao's eyes, except for those who are related to him or those he considers qualified to get along with him, other people are not human beings.
Of course, this is not to say that Shi Hao regards human lives as ants.
But in his eyes, humans are no different from other animals.
The tigers in the mountains, the rabbits in the fields, the fish in the water, the birds in the sky, the people on the street...there is no difference.
In contrast, this led him to come up with a point of view that surprised Chen Zhixing.
With this thought in mind, Shi Hao began to feel that those who were weaker than him would not pose a threat to him!
It's not that I look down on others, I just simply think that the other person is harmless.
Even if someone had a higher cultivation level than him before, after Shi Hao discovered that his cultivation level was higher than that of the other person, he would no longer regard the other person as a threat to him. It can be said that in most places in this world, Shi Hao would feel like a tiger wandering among a flock of hornless sheep.
Chen Zhixing didn't know why he had such an idea.
But this is not right!
Who said that if one's cultivation level was lower than his, he wouldn't be a threat to him? This was not an idea that a normal person would have, let alone an idea that someone living in the Ziwei Chen family would have, but Shi Hao had such an idea.
How could Chen Zhixing accept this situation? So, he was released and severely beaten by society.
at the same time.
In the yellow sand at the center of the Withered Plain, underneath the ancient tree, Chen Zhixing's real body had already arrived here.
“This is truly spectacular.”
Yellow sand.
next door.
Towering ancient trees.
These three words seem difficult to form in the same place, but it is such a strange picture that appears in front of Chen Zhixing.
The huge ancient tree was as big as a mountain that stretched for hundreds of miles. If Chen Zhixing hadn't been flying in mid-air, he wouldn't have been able to see its entirety.
That being said, you may not have any idea.
One li is 500 meters, and a hundred li is 50,000 meters. In other words, this is a giant tree with a trunk as thick as a county town. It can really be called a behemoth like a mountain.
The place where it grows and withers is centered on the original royal capital of the Pala Kingdom. From there, it takes root and spreads in all directions, draining the earth's power of the entire Western Province to nourish itself, turning the entire Western Province into endless yellow sand.
"I remember reading the family records and the tree shouldn't be this big. How did it grow to this size after so many years?"
Chen Zhixing was a little curious.
There is nothing else to say, except that this ancient tree of the realm of immortality is truly the largest living thing he has ever seen in his life, and it is also the only giant tree of the realm of immortality known at present.
Yes, it’s the only one!
The Willow God of the Northern Territory is obviously not in the realm of immortality!
As for other plants that have become spirits, most of them will not follow the path of cultivation to immortality that humans are currently on, because compared to the path of immortality of humans, the path of spiritual cultivation of plants themselves is obviously more advantageous, not to mention that this giant tree directly enters immortality through blood sacrifice! When Chen Zhixing got closer, he floated down to the branches and leaves of this giant tree and sensed it slightly, and his face showed a look of "as expected".
"The reason why it can grow so big is, on the one hand, because of its instinct for self-preservation. As its body becomes larger, it absorbs more spiritual energy, making it more able to withstand the attacks of the spiritual world. On the other hand, it also has the hands and feet left by Daluo Daodi, forcing it to connect with the veins of the Xizhou land, making it easier for it to absorb spiritual energy."
After Chen Zhixing took a closer look, he couldn't help but show admiration in his eyes.
"This idea is quite clever, whether it's the tree species, the geographical location, or the method of killing the spirit. Daluo Daodi is indeed a holy place that specializes in studying these evil ways. It can even use such a miraculous method, and it succeeded in one try."
The spiritual energy that this ancient tree absorbs and exhales every day will be transformed into Taoism through a method set up by Daluo Daodi, which Chen Zhixing does not understand for the time being. No matter how much is converted, an equal share will be absorbed by the spiritual world.
Because its own spirit was catalyzed into 'Black Bodhi' by Master Yi Miao, this ancient tree in the realm of immortality has no spirit in its body. Now it is like a conversion machine without any spirituality. It just mechanically absorbs the power of the earth veins and converts it into navigation for absorption by the spirit world.
Moreover, because of the existence of the black Bodhi in the outside world, this ancient tree will not be able to develop intelligence again!
Just because the black Bodhi tree and this ancient tree are still one!
"It's a masterpiece of nature. It's worthy of being one of the three holy places. It can even turn such fantastic ideas into reality."
Even from Chen Zhixing's current perspective, Daluo Daodi's method can be said to be against the will of heaven, and is in no way inferior to the Zhoutian Xingdou Great Array that his ancestor Chen Changfeng is unknown to him.
After Chen Zhixing spent a day observing the ancient tree, the answer he got amazed him.
"The spiritual energy that this ancient tree absorbs and exhales every day is no less than the spiritual power provided by a thousand supreme masters. In other words, the existence of this ancient tree alone can equal the spiritual power provided by all the masters in the entire Dongxuan Province. Unfortunately, this kind of violent mining can only be used for emergency purposes and cannot be sustained."
Chen Zhixing felt a little regretful because he discovered why he was able to reach the ancient tree so safely without encountering any obstruction from other cultivators.
Even the Daluo Daodi was unguarded.
“This tree is dying.”
It has lush branches and leaves, and its roots extend 30,000 meters into the ground. It can support an entire state, but it is still going to die.
Chen Zhixing even guessed that the reason why the tree died so quickly was largely due to his own cause and effect.
"On the one hand, the earth veins of Xizhou have been almost completely sucked out over the past 170 years. This ancient tree is almost drained of its energy and can only take root in the magma layer. On the other hand, a large number of spiritual energy was forcibly harvested before, and the purpose of these spiritual energy should have been taken away by the Spirit Realm and Tiansheng Palace."
Chen Zhixing thought of the existence of the Taoist Master Qingmu, and the fact that Tiansheng Palace demanded a reward from Daluo Dao after using the imperial weapon.
"You probably have three months to live. Well, three months at most. Even if your roots are buried in the magma layer, there is no hope for you."
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
The ancient tree in the earth vein has no intelligence, so naturally it will not respond to Chen Zhixing's words.
It is originally a plant, and moreover a 'vegetative person' at that. I don't think it would have the same fear of death as a normal creature.
This is indeed the case.
Any normal creature will not take root in the magma layer, just like the fire lotus that was harvested by Chen Zhixing. It has grown for tens of thousands of years but has not been able to give birth to spiritual intelligence. It can only become a plant of spiritual intelligence.
The underground fire is poisonous and kills spiritual beings.
The ancient trees in the earth veins are another case.
It has its own intelligence, but the intelligent people were harvested and turned into "Black Bodhi".
Causing it to become a plant?
But even so, it should still have some instincts left, just like a vegetative person will move when burned by fire, or twitch when electrocuted; and an ancient tree in the earth vein will not take root in the lava flow.
But now, it has taken root.
It didn't want to do this on its own, but was controlled by Daluo Daodi to take root in it. After Daluo Daodi found that it had no mining value, it planned to use it for the last time, using it as a fuse to trigger a primer eruption! Borrowing the flames of the volcanic eruption, covering the yellow sand of Xizhou today! When the magma solidifies and a few heavy rains fall, it will probably take less than a thousand years for Xizhou to recover its vitality and become a land suitable for life again.
"Well, is this the method used by the great cultivators in the cultivation world to transform and utilize a certain area of the world?"
Things turned out to be pretty much as Chen Zhixing had imagined.
Just ten days after he arrived here, he could already see bright red veins gradually forming on the trunk of the ancient earth vein tree.
A vein that is different from the power of the earth.
After Chen Zhixing sensed it, he found that it was actually this ancient tree that was converting magma into Taoism. "Is this possible?"
He felt a little unbelievable.
It is well known in the cultivation world that underground magma is difficult for cultivators to absorb, because the flame flow contains fire poison. Even cultivators who practice the way of fire will not be willing to take a bath in magma. Only those monsters with no brains, or those who have grown muscles into their brains, like to live around the lava flow.
It hinders practice!
Creatures that live around magma all year round are not very smart!
This is one aspect.
On the other hand, magma is difficult to convert into spiritual energy. The same is true for monks. Monks can only rely on the power of nature, and it takes hundreds of years to complete the conversion process.
Even for a plant like the Fire Spirit Lotus Seed that is rooted in the flames, it takes a hundred years to grow and bear fruit.
So what is the current situation of the ancient tree? His originally calm expression gradually became serious. After confirming his guess, Chen Zhixing's eyes changed when he looked at the ancient tree in front of him.
“Is it going to explode?”
Subconsciously, he swallowed.
It did not take the three months that Chen Zhixing had expected, because this ancient tree was consuming its own spiritual energy to forcibly neutralize the fire poison carried by the flames. In other words, this tree was instinctively using its own life to exchange for energy, and then to provide for the harvest of spiritual energy!
But this kind of absorption is abnormal!
After another day of exploration, Chen Zhixing began to feel uneasy as he watched the ancient tree veins in front of him become brighter and brighter.
"This thing is not neutralizing and replacing, it is forcibly retaining the fire poison in its body. If it is a small amount, it's fine, but the speed at which it is accumulating, when it really explodes, it may even cause the magma flow of the entire Western Province to exceed the fire poison standard by several times. If it explodes, it will spread all over the Western Province. By then, not to mention that it can only recover in a thousand years, it may not be able to recover even in ten thousand years!"
Is this a natural evolution?
Chen Zhixing couldn't believe it.
If he had not confirmed again and again that this ancient tree had no intelligence, Chen Zhixing would even suspect that this ancient tree was taking revenge on the aristocratic family.
"Could it be that someone took advantage of the arrangement of Daluo Dao and set up such a trap specifically targeting me? Wait!"
Thinking of this, Chen Zhixing's expression became even uglier.
Taking advantage of a loophole? He hadn't met any other high-level cultivators since he came to Xizhou. If it was really as he thought, when the Daluo Dao traced the cause and effect, he would find that he was the only one nearby during the last period of time. Chen Zhixing's eyes went dark, and he found that someone was putting the blame on him. But even if this hadn't happened yet, he couldn't get rid of this future blame! "With a motive, a criminal record, and the last person to contact, who else could it be if not me!"
Frame up!
And let him have a chance to debate! Thinking about it, Chen Zhixing suddenly laughed.
What was his original intention when he came here? Someone wanted to use his name to do something bad? Jiebei, anyway, his name was not good to begin with, and he and Daluo Daodi were also dead, so he was not afraid of one more thing.
You can lend it to them, but don’t let them find out who they are, otherwise when he comes to collect the debt, these people will not be able to pay you back!
“So, reputation is this thing.”
With a buzzing sound.
At the place where Chen Zhixing came into contact with the ancient tree, a flame quietly appeared.
(End of this chapter)