Was I discovered?!
Yan Shouyi was startled, but then he thought, which faceless demon would dare to sit in the embrace of the Mother Goddess?
Before he could react, the surrounding faceless demons swarmed forward, their spears thrusting towards Yan Shouyi without hesitation!
As Yan Shouyi prepared to dodge, he suddenly realized that his body had been restrained by the divine tree at some unknown time. Hair-thin qi-generating roots clung to his body, firmly pinning him to the throne!
"Damn it!"
Although this was merely a wooden puppet avatar, Yan Shouyi did not wish to abandon it carelessly, especially since he had just discovered some clues about the divine tree.
"Golden Light Spell!"
The Taoist talismans he had placed in his internal hidden compartment now came into play.
The golden light talisman instantly burned, and the golden light covering his body was like blades, severing all the qi-generating roots in an instant.
Just as he broke free from the restraint, a dozen spears flew at him, and Yan Shouyi hastily dodged.
The dodged spears should have directly pierced the throne, but they were blocked by an invisible force, and several faceless demons breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing this, Yan Shouyi couldn't help but glance back at the throne.
The divine tree and the faceless demons both did not want to damage the throne?!
There must be a secret hidden within this throne!
The more the divine tree did not want Yan Shouyi to do something, the more he wanted to try it. Therefore, Yan Shouyi, who had already escaped, immediately turned back and flew towards the throne again.
The other faceless demons became anxious upon seeing this and rushed to stop him. Yan Shouyi turned and unleashed dozens of palm lightning strikes, making these faceless demons wail and cry. Although they were not killed directly, their advance was hindered.
Flying back before the throne, Yan Shouyi aimed at the backrest of the throne and punched down!
Bang!!
The throne was struck, and the entire divine tree trembled a few times. All the faceless demons clutched the area of their hearts, struggling painfully in mid-air!
"The divine tree's weakness is the throne?! Good heavens, it's so obvious!"
Without thinking, Yan Shouyi rained punch after punch onto the throne.
The faceless demons' expressions were contorted in pain, their bodies convulsing uncontrollably, unable to stop Yan Shouyi.
The divine tree, however, furiously manipulated its qi-generating roots, trying to drive away Yan Shouyi, the bothersome fly.
Bang!!
Another punch landed, and the sturdy throne finally showed a slight crack.
Yan Shouyi seized the opportunity, thrusting all six of his hands into the crack, and then used all his strength to try and tear the throne apart.
Screech!
The crack widened, revealing a hint of scarlet within. Yan Shouyi looked closely and his expression suddenly turned grim, and he stopped his actions.
Within this throne, there was a beating heart!
Almost the moment he saw the heart, Yan Shouyi knew that its owner was Yu Luming!
Damn Jiang Wuya, he stole Old Yu's heart and placed it within the throne to provide energy for the divine tree?!
Yan Shouyi could not destroy this heart no matter what; he planned to take the heart back to save Yu Luming.
However, as Yan Shouyi hesitated, the qi-generating roots had already arrived!
With a loud "snap," Yan Shouyi's vision went black, and he lost consciousness. Da Feng Novel Network.
At the same time, in the camp outside Daqing Mountain, Yan Shouyi's main body opened his eyes.
"How could this be... Jiang Wuya should have been sealed..." he muttered to himself, his brow furrowed.
Liu Yiren, who was standing guard, asked doubtfully, "Did you find something?"
"I found Old Yu's heart. Jiang Wuya hid it in the divine tree's throne, and I almost destroyed it," Yan Shouyi replied.
Liu Yiren's expression turned surprised, "Why would Jiang Wuya do that?"
"I'm not sure. We still need to figure out the origin of the divine tree," Yan Shouyi said, shaking his head. "When I controlled the wooden puppet avatar to sit on the throne, it seemed like I connected with the divine tree's consciousness for a moment. In a daze, I think I saw Jiang Wuya again."
"That's not right either. Jiang Wuya was clearly sealed by you."
"That's why I'm utterly perplexed!"
Yan Shouyi should have resolved many doubts by entering Daqing Mountain this time, but instead, he generated more.
As they both frowned and pondered in silence, Yan Shouyi's phone suddenly rang.
"Hello, Senior Li?" Yan Shouyi answered, seeing that it was Li Zhongxi from the Xinghuo Gang.
Li Zhongxi said, "Do you remember Professor Liang Yinqiu, who accompanied you into Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum back then?"
Yan Shouyi recalled that Professor Liang Yinqiu was a titan in the field of archaeology, and her female student Xia Qi was the younger sister of Officer Xia Zhi.
"Professor Liang Yinqiu discovered records related to the divine tree in Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum!" Li Zhongxi said, "I'll send all the information to your phone right away!"
Hearing this news, Yan Shouyi's eyes lit up. The origin of the divine tree could finally be unveiled!
Yan Shouyi had originally thought that the history of the divine tree could only be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, but he never expected to find information in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor over two thousand years ago. This added another thousand years to its history, making it no wonder that information about the divine tree was difficult to find in current records.
Soon, Yan Shouyi received an email from Li Zhongxi. The information inside had been organized by Liang Yinqiu and included photos of bamboo slips unearthed from Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum.
"In the vast sea, there is Mount Duosuo, upon which stands a great peach tree, its branches coiling for three thousand li. Its northeast branches are called the Ghost Gate, through which countless ghosts enter and exit."
The first sentence Yan Shouyi read was a revelation.
The divine tree was indeed a divine tree, and it was one of the legendary Five Divine Trees—the Divine Peach Tree!
Information about the Divine Peach Tree was actually mentioned in the Luban Book, and Yan Shouyi's grandfather had also spoken of it. Now, all the information concerning the Divine Peach Tree instantly became clear in Yan Shouyi's mind.
The Five Divine Trees were: the Tree of Immortality, the Fusang Tree, the Great Chun Tree, the Jianmu Tree, and the Divine Peach Tree.
According to legend, the Divine Peach Tree was a divine tree planted by the Ghost King in hell. It rooted in hell and grew in the mortal realm. Once the Divine Peach Tree matured, it could form a great gate from hell to the mortal realm, whereupon countless hellish ghosts would escape, turning the mortal realm into a true purgatory!
The reason Yan Shouyi hadn't considered the Divine Peach Tree before was that he had dismissed it as a mythical object and never expected it to actually exist.
"Is Jiang Wuya planting the Divine Peach Tree to turn the Qing Jiang Kingdom into a purgatory?" Yan Shouyi muttered to himself, "Or is it... wherever I am not, is hell?"
Jiang Wuya's personality was extreme; he would rather destroy what he couldn't obtain. Therefore, if his uprising failed and he perished, it was not impossible for him to use the Divine Peach Tree to destroy the mortal realm.
Yan Shouyi eagerly flipped through the documents, wanting to obtain more information.
Why did Jiang Wuya leave Yu Luming's heart inside the Divine Peach Tree?
Was the Divine Peach Tree under Jiang Wuya's control?
How to stop the growth of the Divine Peach Tree?