"The Immortal's Cave Mansion of Qingxu Immortal is protected by an array, and no one but him can enter. How did you get in?" the Enlightenment Tree asked curiously.

"Because I am the successor of Qingxu Immortal, my master has already entrusted everything to me," Lin Yifan answered.

He felt that this spiritual tree might be one of Qingxu Immortal's spiritual objects and might have unexpected uses.

Why think so? Because in his memory, all spiritual objects were divine objects with various miraculous functions.

Take the thousand-year blood ginseng, for instance, a single drop of its blood was enough to revive the grievously injured and comatose An Qi, ridiculously powerful. And there was the Tian Shan snow lotus; although he didn't know its exact use, since it was ranked second, its value must be higher than the thousand-year blood ginseng, it might even have resurrection powers.

Therefore, he thought that this spiritual object of Qingxu Immortal might also have unexpected functions, he just didn't know what kind of functions yet.

"Why did Qingxu Immortal want to relinquish everything to you? Could it be that he has passed away?" the Enlightenment Tree asked curiously.

It had only gone to sleep for a few naps and couldn't believe that Qingxu Immortal had died, which was truly incredible.

"My master has long since passed away, didn't you know?" Lin Yifan responded.

He had thought that this spiritual object of his master would know about his master's death, but it seemed not to; and from its words, it could be inferred that this spiritual tree didn't belong to Qingxu Immortal, otherwise, it wouldn't call Qingxu Immortal by his name so casually.

"He really died? Oh my god! How am I supposed to leave this godforsaken place?" The Enlightenment Tree freaked out.

Back when it was captured by Qingxu Immortal, it had been living here ever since; now, after having slept for a few naps, it had grown tired of life here and wanted to go out for a walk. But with Qingxu Immortal dead, it felt a sense of despair and now could only rely on the greenhorn kid in front of it.

"You want to leave this place?" Lin Yifan asked curiously.

This further suggested that the spiritual object recognized itself as independent, and didn't acknowledge anyone else; in other words, it was ownerless.

"No kidding! I'm sick of playing around here, I'll suffocate if I don't get out to breathe some fresh air," the Enlightenment Tree replied.

"But the world now suffers from a lack of spiritual energy, are you sure you want to go out?" Lin Yifan asked again curiously.

He felt that the tree might not know what year it currently was, just as it was unaware of when Qingxu Immortal had died.

"The world today? What year is it?" the Enlightenment Tree asked curiously.

Truth be told, it had slept for quite a while and had no idea about any earth-shattering changes in the outside world.

As expected, Lin Yifan had guessed correctly; the Enlightenment Tree indeed didn't know the current era.

With a sigh, Lin Yifan replied, "The year is 2017!"

"The year 2017? My heavens! I've slept far too long! A whole hundred thousand years, how did I manage that?" the Enlightenment Tree was utterly baffled.

It had thought it only slept for a few hours; little did it expect a slumber of over a hundred thousand years, which was utterly stupefying.

"A hundred thousand years? Oh my! You really can sleep!"

Hearing the Enlightenment Tree's response, Lin Yifan was greatly shocked.

The longest known sleep duration for any animal he knew of was only a few months, but he had never imagined an existence so outlandish. Of course, spiritual objects weren't animals and shouldn't be compared as such, but sleeping for a hundred thousand years was truly exaggerated.

"There's no helping it, I could have slept even longer if no one disturbed me," the Enlightenment Tree replied.

It was its nature to not easily wake up once asleep; unless threatened by danger.

"You're amazing!" Lin Yifan gave a thumbs up, deeply impressed.

"Kid, since you've inherited everything from Qingxu Immortal and can even enter the cave mansion, why not release me?" the Enlightenment Tree spoke.

Having stayed here for such a long time, it truly missed the outside world.

"Why?" Lin Yifan inquired.

To tell the truth, this kind of spiritual creature was extremely cunning; once let out, recapturing it would be difficult; therefore, he had no intention of letting the Enlightenment Tree go.

"Because the world is so big, I want to go out and wander," the Enlightenment Tree sighed wistfully, gazing into the horizon with a very sorrowful look.

"What if I say no?" Lin Yifan asked curiously.

"If you dare say no, I will kill you!" the Enlightenment Tree replied.

"You have the ability to kill me?" Lin Yifan asked with a sneer, feeling that this spiritual tree was quite arrogant and pompous.

"Hmph! You think I don't?" the Enlightenment Tree scoffed, and then immediately unleashed its cultivation power, binding Lin Yifan.

Lin Yifan felt as though his body was tied up by a rope, unable to move.

No matter how much strength he used, he could not break free.

"Damn it, how can a plant possess such immense power? This is truly terrifying," Lin Yifan couldn't help but exclaim.

The power that bound him was at least at the level of the Divine Transformation Fifth Realm, frighteningly strong.

"How about that? Kid, now you know how formidable I am!" the Enlightenment Tree boasted somewhat complacently.

Having slept for so long, its strength had also increased a great deal, which pleased it. It believed that in a few hundred thousand more years, it would be able to break free from its prison and wander beyond the reach of the law.

"Big brother! You're the boss, can you let me go, okay?" Lin Yifan capitulated, pleading.

"I can let you go, but you have to promise to release me," the Enlightenment Tree responded.

"Releasing you is out of the question, unless you help me reach the True Master Realm," Lin Yifan bargained without backing down.

"Kid, you need to realize you're in my hands; what gives you the right to negotiate terms with me?" the Enlightenment Tree sneered, feeling that Lin Yifan was far too presumptuous and disrespectful.

"Hmph! You think I really can't?" Lin Yifan retorted with a sneer.

Since the entire cave mansion was his, within it, he could come and go as he pleased, whether bound or not, he could still do so.

"Then I'm really curious how you're going to pull that off," the Enlightenment Tree said disbelievingly, doubtful that Lin Yifan of the Breaking Mortal Fifth Realm could escape its confinement.

"Alright! Watch closely, I'll show you right now," Lin Yifan said, and with a thought, he activated the cave mansion's array, flashing out of the mansion and back into the real world.

"Whoosh!"

Just like that, Lin Yifan disappeared into thin air right before the Enlightenment Tree, eerily gone.

"Hey hey hey! How did he just vanish like that? What kind of sorcery is this? How did he do it?" the Enlightenment Tree was extremely curious, its face full of confusion.

A duck that was already cooked in its pot had just flown away right before its very eyes—it felt like crying itself to death.

The scene that unfolded before it left the tree somewhat at a loss. Now, whether it believed that Lin Yifan had the power to bargain with it or not, it had to believe.

"Damn Qingxu Immortal, to have truly transferred everything to that greenhorn kid, how detestable!" the Enlightenment Tree cursed unrestrainedly, venting its dissatisfaction.

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