Shi Xuan naturally agreed, and the four of them went to the main peak, to Shi Mingxiu's main hall.
As soon as they were seated, Shi Xuan asked impatiently, "Sect Master, I heard from Senior Brother that the memories of the two tree hearts have been read? What was the result?"
Speaking of this, Shi Mingxiu slightly suppressed his smile and replied, "That's true. The fertilizer for these two tree hearts is indeed unexpected."
Shi Xuan looked at Shi Mingxiu with curiosity. Lu Shenzhi had said something unexpected before, and now Shi Mingxiu was saying the same thing, which made her even more curious.
Shi Mingxiu slowly said, "The second tree, the one you got in Wanjian Village, was indeed used to feed many people. Everyone living in Wanjian Village was killed and fed to this Compassionate Breath Tree. We had already guessed this before, so it's not surprising. The main reason is the first tree."
"How was the first tree?" Shi Xuan asked, even more curious.
“The first tree didn’t have many people eating it, but just one person it ate was enough to support its growth to this size,” Shi Mingxiu said.
He paused here, keeping everyone in suspense, waiting for Shi Xuan to ask his next question.
Shi Xuan narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Is it Xin Yao?"
Shi Mingxiu's face showed a surprised expression; this time, he was truly surprised. As for Shi Xuan, this little disciple, her comprehension was truly remarkable; no wonder she could achieve enlightenment outside the gates of every sect in the Qian Yuan Western Region.
"How did you guess?"
Shi Xuan could tell from Shi Mingxiu's expression that she had guessed correctly.
In fact, one can deduce from their surprised expressions that if they didn't eat many people, then one person who was enough to fill an entire city must be a powerful being that no ordinary Nascent Soul or Void Refinement cultivator could achieve.
Among those in the Out-of-Body stage who are related to [Rebirth], the only one she can think of is their "savior".
After receiving Shi Mingxiu's affirmative expression, Shi Xuan was also stunned.
This "Newborn" organization claims to be resurrecting their "savior," but their savior has been fed to a tree... What exactly is going on?
At first, Shi Xuan felt that people who waved the banner of justice often harbored some unknown dark thoughts.
She had seen too many cases of people waving a big flag in the name of justice while actually doing unjust things.
Shi Xuan was stunned for only a moment before continuing to ask, "Then, when he was fed to this tree, was he alive or dead?"
Upon hearing her question, Shi Mingxiu's eyes widened slightly in surprise again. "How did you know? He is indeed still alive."
Shi Xuan thought that Xin Shi must have something big up his mind to feed his father to a tree. It was easy to understand that by nurturing a tree, he could turn his father's abilities into his own. If he could do such a thing, he would definitely do it to the extreme.
As for the Compassionate Breath Tree, the "fresher" the food it eats, the more energy it can absorb and transform. Those cultivators who have been dead for a long time have probably even dissipated their spiritual power, so how can they be expected to turn it into their own?
Lin Daozi took over the conversation and said, "When Xin Yao was brought to the tree, although he still had a breath left, it was clear that he was not going to survive. His meridians were bulging out and his eyes were bulging out severely. His symptoms were very similar to those of the legendary reversed meridians."
"Reversed meridian flow?" Shi Xuan knew this; she had treated such patients before.
Once these symptoms appear, they are unlikely to improve; at least, she had never heard of anyone who could solve such a problem.
This condition of reversed meridian flow is usually caused by a mistake made during one's own cultivation.
A powerful cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage on their own, and naturally has formed a mature cultivation system. How could they possibly encounter such a problem in their cultivation?
There are too many suspicious points in this matter.
It would be difficult for an ordinary person to harm such a powerful being who is close to ascension, but if an unsuspecting close relative were to attack, that would be a different story.
Inside the heartwood of the Tree of Compassion, one can only see the final outcome; the process remains unseen.
"That first tree didn't just devour Xin Yao, did it?" So many years later, when they went there again, it was still bearing fruit, so it must have continued to devour the corpses of cultivators.
Shi Mingxiu nodded and said, "They ate quite a lot later, some were rogue cultivators, and some were their followers. I guess anyone who questioned their creation god's claims ended up as fertilizer for this tree."
That's quite possible, which would explain why most of their followers are fanatical fanatics, since those who had doubts were probably purged.
Shi Xuan clicked his tongue twice. If he didn't know better, he would have thought that this "Newcomer" organization was some kind of powerful organization, harboring some kind of family or national hatred, and living a life of bitterness and resentment, as if the whole world owed them something.
Unexpectedly, in the end, his enemy turned out to be himself.
"Then, it seems there's a problem with this Nine Provinces Chaotic Soul Array," Shi Xuan pondered. "The person they want to resurrect is definitely not Xin Yao, or rather, they never intended to resurrect Xin Yao at all?"
Lu Shenzhi said, "That's possible. If the Nine Provinces Chaotic Soul Array is in its final stage and lacks the last step, could we turn to another approach? For example, could we change the resurrection method to suppression?"
"This..." The other three people actually followed Lu Shenzhi's words and thought about it. Then this "resurrection" plan, which was originally agreed upon by everyone, was completely changed.
The change from resurrection to suppression, combined with Xin Shi's initial act of feeding his father to a tree, is indeed quite possible.
Having committed an unjust act, his father's spirit left his body. Fearing that Xin Yao would return and seek revenge, he went to great lengths to find and suppress Xin Yao's soul to prevent future troubles...
That logic actually makes sense!
So he did all the bad things, but he wants others to bear all the blame. He stands on the side of the victim's family and on the moral high ground to criticize others. He really knows how to play his cards right!
"I will write to the Five Sects right away and explain what happened to them!" Shi Mingxiu once thought that his ancestor had wronged them, which was why so much trouble had arisen.
Now it seems that whether the things recorded earlier are true or not is still up for debate. This matter must be made public to the world, and we cannot let the "new students" continue to deceive us.
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