Chapter 551: Host

"I am completely certain about that, Senior.."

Lin Feng stated calmly, making the frown on Cui Shuyin’s face deepen further.

"Just... how?" Cui Shuyin asked, her voice filled with contemplation..

"Ahh yes, one more thing, that person was someone in the Dao Lord Realm.."

This only made Cui Shuyin shake her head in exasperation. She wanted to go and inform the sect about this, but first decided to tell him what he wanted to know.

"Let me explain everything to you in detail... When the Mysterious Heaven Sect discovered this mine, or you can say this ruin, it wasn’t considered dangerous at all... in fact, this soul erosion was almost negligible and remained within a limited area of this ruin.

The source of this erosion was a tree which was growing inside the deepest part of this ruin, something which attracted the attention of the Seniors who found it... because to them, it was very strange and mysterious.

The information which we had from those Seniors described this tree as being equivalent to one of the known legendary trees, the Tree of Life...

The reason why they deemed it strange was because there was a portion of this tree which was corroded by darkness, and this darkness was the reason why soul erosion was emitted from this tree.

These Seniors thought that this tree was precious, and in a sense, it was, given the fact that they could use its roots and branches to refine many life-extending pills, which was very alluring to those who were old, so they let it mature without disturbing it..

Time passed peacefully for a few centuries, and the tree grew just as those Seniors wanted it to. In fact, the darkness it was infected with only diminished over time, making the erosion even more negligible.

This only strengthened their previous decision of not doing anything to this tree and letting it heal by itself and become one of the major resources for our sect... Alas, who would have known that this tree would only cause troubles.

After another peaceful period of time, when I had already become an Elder of this sect, it happened.

One day, the negligible soul erosion burst out with an intensity which shouldn’t have been possible otherwise..

This sent a slight shock through the few Seniors who hadn’t ascended yet.

They really couldn’t believe how the darkness which seemed to be almost destroyed had returned stronger than before.

The transformation didn’t make sense to them, as they couldn’t figure out where this darkness had gotten the strength to fight back when they were certain that no one had tampered with it.

Nevertheless, they still felt it wasn’t something that should be a cause for worry... because the soul erosion, although much stronger than before, was still very much within their ability to suppress in their eyes...

This was how it stayed for another period of time, and slowly, most of the Seniors ascended, leaving only one behind who stayed due to some reasons... he is none other than Supreme Elder Shi.."

Cui Shuyin sighed slightly while shaking her head.

"It’s a good thing that he stayed, though... because not uprooting that tree when that darkness revived once was a mistake that could have wreaked havoc in the sect... after all, it once again burst out in a similar way.

This was how the current intensity of soul erosion came into effect.

The Supreme Elder this time took the decision to just kill that tree, but it was already too late, its strength had already reached a level sufficient to endure his attacks, and true to its name, the Tree of Life, its regeneration was immense.

In the end, seeing how staying for a long time near it was impossible, and the fact that its roots were extending, he decided to just seal it, a seal that used his blood essence as base.... and that’s how it has remained till now."

Cui Shuyin looked at Lin Feng and took a deep breath.

"This is why I am shocked to know that there was some hidden entity inside the seal, because from the time of those Seniors till now, none of us felt or sensed the presence of any living being there... and not to mention, there are no inheritance sites inside either."

Lin Feng nodded, he understood everything he wanted to know about, and it cleared some of his misunderstandings too.

He had previously thought that there were two trees inside, as he really hadn’t associated the spirit tree with these roots to the source of the erosion.

In fact, after listening to all this, he could even deduce enough to say that he knew more about this ruin than those Seniors who had explored it.

"Feng’er, I am going to inform the others about this.."

Lin Feng nodded, "Alright, Senior..."

He didn’t remind her to conceal the fact that he was the one who discovered this entity, because even without him saying it, he was certain she wouldn’t mention it.

Cui Shuyin patted Lin Feng’s shoulder and left.

Lin Feng began thinking about everything he had just heard.

It wasn’t hard for him to understand what had just happened overall, this Tree of Life was nothing but a host which had been occupied by a parasite, and this parasite was none other than the person whose gaze he had felt.

This also cleared the doubt about why no one had found this person... because at that time this person would have been very weak and was completely protected by the essence of the tree..

Now the real question in his mind was whether this tree had been planted here just to sustain this person, or if this person had been fortunate enough to find this tree to survive..

Ohh well, it really didn’t matter to him, at least for now, he should just wait to see what decision the sect came up with now...

....

A few minutes later, at the Elder Summit, the Head Elders began gathering again with slightly confused expressions as to why Cui Shuyin had summoned them.

Some even thought that she had a change of heart and perhaps even wanted to accept the proposal or something.

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