Chapter 1572 The Unreliable World Tree
"Here's the identity spirit tablet."
Chen Xuan tossed the identity spirit tablet to the scruffy Taoist.
The scruffy Taoist caught it and tutted, "If you were any slower, our identity spirit tablets would have expired."
Chen Xuan rolled his eyes, "You're complaining about me being slow when you haven't done anything? Have some shame."
The scruffy Taoist shrugged, not arguing with Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan glanced at Gu Hong and instructed, "Tie these two guys to the tree."
"Me?"
Gu Hong was stunned.
"You mean me?"
Chen Xuan nodded.
Gu Hong then stood up, lifted Gu Fang and Gu Ye to the large tree, and tied them with ropes.
"Gu Hong, let me go!"
"I'm telling you, if you don't untie me, you're finished!"
Gu Hong spread her hands, "I can't help it... Please don't make things difficult for me..."
She was extremely happy inside, but her predicament prevented her from showing it.
Just as Gu Fang and Gu Ye had said, if they were outside the spirit pool, she absolutely could not afford to offend these people.
After speaking, she returned to the barbecue grill.
Gu Fang and Gu Ye were on the small island, and as long as they were within the spirit pool, they would not suffer any backlash.
"I'm going to cultivate!"
With less than four hours left before they had to leave, Chen Xuan wanted to seize the opportunity to cultivate hard and seek a breakthrough in his realm.
"What's the rush? Have some roasted meat first, then go."
The scruffy Taoist advised.
"No."
Chen Xuan waved his hand.
The energy in the first zone was beyond his imagination. If he didn't hurry, he might not be able to absorb all of it.
The scruffy Taoist also saw that Chen Xuan was determined to pluck all the wool from this sheep.
"Brother, have a lamb leg."
As Chen Xuan turned to leave, Gu Hong walked over with a lamb leg.
"Thank you."
Chen Xuan was slightly stunned but still took the lamb leg and walked towards the spirit pool.
Gu Hong returned to the barbecue grill and squatted beside it, continuing to roast the meat, her gaze fixed on Chen Xuan's retreating figure.
The golden sunlight, the golden beach, even Chen Xuan's figure seemed golden.
"Girl, you're doing great. If you try your best to please this fellow, he'll definitely surprise you." The scruffy Taoist said with a smile.
Gu Hong calmly replied, "I just want to thank him for saving me earlier."
"Whether it's true or not, this Taoist is going to eat meat!"
The scruffy Taoist chuckled, tore off a lamb leg, and wolfed it down.
Meanwhile, Chen Xuan had already jumped into the spirit pool.
He didn't float on the water's surface but sank directly into the spirit pool. He sat cross-legged, absorbing energy ceaselessly.
At this moment, the happiest person, apart from Chen Xuan, was the World Tree.
The World Tree was still as thirsty as ever, wishing it could drain the entire spirit pool dry.
Chen Xuan could feel the desire clearly.
"You're thirstier than a virgin who hasn't been laid in fifty years!"
The energy in the first zone was potent. After an hour, though it could still provide Chen Xuan with energy, it had noticeably decreased compared to the beginning.
...
Deep within the first zone.
"What's going on? Why can't I absorb energy?"
At this moment, Gu Tianxing suddenly opened his eyes.
"I can't either!"
"I can't either!"
Three figures around him also suddenly stood up. "Is there no energy left?"
"How is that possible?"
Everyone was baffled.
Gu Tianxing said, "Forget it, something might have gone wrong. It's almost time, let's go back."
Since even Gu Tianxing said so, the others said nothing more and set off on their return journey. Along the way, they were still talking about eating roasted meat and watching Gu Hong perform a belly dance.
They were eager, completely unaware that the roasted meat had already fallen into someone else's stomach.
...
Chen Xuan had no intention of leaving the spirit pool yet; he was cultivating with great enjoyment.
"Go a bit further down. I can sense there's still energy below."
The World Tree suddenly transmitted its voice.
Chen Xuan opened his eyes, without any doubt. The World Tree's sensitivity to energy far surpassed that of ordinary people.
He quickly began to descend.
Indeed, the further he went, the sparser the energy became, and then it grew denser again, seemingly more concentrated than before.
"What's going on?"
Chen Xuan couldn't understand why the energy became more concentrated the deeper he went.
He hurried to cultivate.
After cultivating for fifteen minutes, he moved ten meters down, so his cultivation speed remained at a high level.
Soon, he reached a large cave, similar to a deep-sea trench.
He stood before the large cave, his eyes filled with shock.
Chen Xuan could clearly feel that it contained an unprecedented amount of energy, almost terrifying. Here, the energy of the spirit pool had crystallized. The dense surrounding plants, seemingly affected by the energy, had grown extremely large. Waterweeds and other plants were dozens of feet tall, like towering ancient trees, and Chen Xuan felt as if he were in a dense jungle.
The cave emitted a soft glow.
He tried to probe it with his divine sense, but the energy inside was too powerful and completely blocked his divine sense.
"World Tree, do you know what's inside?" he could only ask the World Tree.
"There's something good, but you probably won't get it."
The World Tree replied.
Chen Xuan: "..."
He took a breath, "Will there be any danger if I go in?"
"No! But be careful."
Listening to the World Tree's voice, Chen Xuan gained some confidence.
Although he couldn't enter, it didn't stop him from going in to see what good things were inside.
Without hesitation, Chen Xuan flashed and plunged into the cave.
The cave was very deep. After diving a hundred feet, he discovered that the interior was different. It seemed that a radiant glow was emanating from within, revealing a bright silhouette. It appeared to be a rare treasure!
He dashed forward.
Suddenly, a chill swept over him.
He quickly lowered his head, and an ice arrow shot past the back of his head.
The ice arrow fiercely pierced the cave wall, embedding itself at least two feet deep, and then instantly exploded.
The terrifying power made Chen Xuan's scalp tingle. If it had hit him, wouldn't he be finished?
"What's going on? Was I ambushed?"
Chen Xuan looked around for a long time but saw no one.
Just then, he saw the water in front of him surge, runes flashed, and instantly formed over a dozen ice arrows, aimed at Chen Xuan.
"What the hell is this?"
He widened his eyes, his expression grave.
"This is a grand formation called the Slaughter Immortal Formation, designed to prevent intrusion! It's extremely dangerous, possessing the might to slay gods and immortals back then."
"Slaughter gods and immortals? Didn't you say there was no danger?"
"I wasn't afraid of the Slaughter Immortal Formation before. I forgot you were."
After hearing this, Chen Xuan rolled his eyes, feeling an urge to strangle the World Tree.
Before, he had also asked the World Tree how it, being a tree grown from a seed, knew so much.
It turned out that the World Tree possessed something called inherited memory.
Therefore, it had memories of many things it had seen and encountered before.