Chapter 546: Cursed Tree

Lin Feng took his seat and nodded," There is a strange kind of spirit tree in the parts of the mine beyond the seal, and I am a little interested to find out what kind of tree it is.."

There was a strange thought running through his mind right now. The tree seemed to be totally uncorrupted given its vitality, making it hard to associate it with the strange corrosive mist, but the fact that the mist totally avoided him made him feel like it was still related to some kind of spirit tree, because only then would he understand this natural suppression from the Eternal Dao Lotus..

"A strange spirit tree? Never heard of it. Is the sect hiding that information from disciples?" Sun Xiurong pondered out loud.

"That seems to be the case.." Lin Feng nodded, as it was hard for the person who had created the seal not to notice it," There is another thing, I sensed someone’s presence on the other side too.."

Sun Xiurong’s eyes widened slightly because it was totally unexpected for her to hear such a thing..

"How is that person alive..?"

Lin Feng shook his head," We cannot assume he or she is alive, senior sister. Who knows if it is just a lingering spirit from some senior who had left their inheritance here, after all, this is the stronghold of some behemoth hidden faction.."

Sun Xiurong raised her eyebrows slightly," A lingering spirit surviving the invisible corrosion of the soul feels a little unbelievable.."

Lin Feng nodded," You are right, but if the person was stronger than the source of this hidden corrosion, then I doubt he would be having a hard time surviving it.."

The overall essence of a higher realm being was far more refined than that of those in lower realms, and because of this, it became harder and harder to overcome the barrier of strength as the cultivation realms reached their peak..

A lower realm cultivator had to exert far more strength than originally needed to hurt a higher realm being..

"Leave it at that, senior sister. The sect would handle it. You should recover your spiritual qi, I am going to cultivate for the time being too.."

Sun Xiurong nodded before sighing slightly," Let me guess, you are going to cultivate here too.."

Lin Feng gave an innocent smile," Cultivate? We would be spending our night together in this chamber too, senior sister.."

Sun Xiurong became dumbfounded before shaking her head," Sometimes I get an impulsive thought to just beat you, junior brother. Should I give in to this impulse?"

Lin Feng blinked a few times before his expression turned serious," No way, it’s your responsibility to protect me, senior sister, so how can you beat me... on the other hand, if you want to get physical in the bed—"

"Shut up.."

Sun Xiurong said with slightly agitated breath before she closed her eyes and went to meditate quietly, although she wasn’t able to hide her cheeks turning redder due to the shame she felt after hearing that.

Lin Feng smiled while shaking his head slightly before starting his own cultivation..

....

Inside the mine, Qin Ruoxuan, Zhao Tianheng, and Mo Qinghe looked at the seal with solemn expressions.

"Is it just me, or does the other side look darker than before.. and those roots, they have flourished too much.."

Mo Qinghe said before going a little closer to the seal to get a better view.

"It’s not only you, it truly has increased from before... although we have already expected this to happen.." Zhao Tianheng sighed.

"Not this fast, though.." Qin Ruoxuan shook her head..

"That cursed tree, we should have tried harder to cut it completely when we had the chance to do so.." Mo Qinghe stated before moving towards the wall where the runes of the seal were embedded.

"I don’t think we had a chance, Elder Mo. Even the Supreme Elder’s peak strike only scratched the tree, which got healed instantly... so destroying it was just a foolish dream.. We should be happy that it is already very close to reaching the ceiling of this world, so there won’t truly be any existential crisis for us in the future.." Zhao Tianheng shook his head.

"It will be even better if this tree ascends.." Qin Ruoxuan sighed.

The ascension of spirit herbs was a bit different from humans and spirit beasts. Unlike humans, whom the heavens only helped once when they truly ascended to the Heavenly Realm, spirit trees were directly sent to higher worlds based on their rarity and bloodline.

"Let’s strengthen the seal and leave, we don’t have much time with this current corrosion strength.."

Mo Qinghe started working. They had decided to extend the reach of the barrier a little deeper into the walls of the cave to cut off any possible pathways for the roots.

The others nodded and began helping him... their work was to protect his spiritual qi as he worked with concentration here..

...

A day passed, and in the pavilion, Lin Feng opened his eyes. He decided to submit the mission today, so he looked at Sun Xiurong, and right now, she was cultivating.

He decided to observe the flow of spiritual qi inside her body.

It was a little rude to see someone cultivate like this, especially for him, since he could see through some of the mysteries which others would fail to notice... so he was a little considerate of that. He just tried to see if she was in deep cultivation or not.

And as he watched slightly, he came to the conclusion that she wasn’t, which was good since he didn’t want to disturb her if she was.

In that case, he might have to go towards the main sect by himself, and it didn’t seem totally feasible because he was certain that many hidden eyes might already be keeping an eye on this pavilion.

Although, it wouldn’t have impacted him much since he could have used the Concealment Law.

As he was thinking that, he saw Sun Xiurong’s eyes opening..

A sharp wave of sword qi wafted through the chamber from her eyes before she spoke," You want to submit the mission, junior brother?"

Lin Feng nodded and stood," Yes, senior sister, I have to trouble you slightly.."

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