Big Data Cultivation-Chapter 2072 - 2074: Nascent Soul Tree Demon (Second Update)
Master Wanyang’s answer did not make everyone feel frustrated. On the contrary, there was a sense of joy: having a rule is good.
Among the many forces at White Pebble Beach, no one thought that Feng Jun would act completely impartially—no one could restrain him anymore.
What everyone thought was that appropriate bias is human nature, just don’t go overboard.
Currently, throughout White Pebble Beach, Jinwu Sect has the upper hand, but it really doesn’t matter, as long as there’s a rule, who doesn’t have a backer? The backer will come out to uphold justice.
After the meeting ended, Master Xiaodong and Master Sumiao couldn’t help but mutter, "It’s a pity that these few cultivators from the Taixu lower sect are just here to gather information, none of them actually intend to form a golden core, otherwise it could have saved some resources."
In fact, Taiqing Sect, under the guidance of Yi Jue, had already sent signals to some of its branches. However, the awkward thing is, many branches do not believe that Kunhao can have a Dao Field for core formation—does your impoverished domain even have three core formations in a year?
A Dao Field is just an unverified theory, but there are some specific data support, and that is... such a field can only last for a maximum of six months. If there are no subsequent core formers, the field will dissipate.
When Xuanhuang Sect was prosperous, a Dao Field appeared for a time, and in just five or six decades, more than four hundred golden cores emerged. Later, when the field weakened, Xuanhuang Sect timely noticed the anomaly, released the restrictions, and allowed cultivators from other sects to form a golden core there.
But the other six sects were not without temper, when we wanted to borrow, you refused, and now you’re inviting us? Sorry... we won’t go!
For Xuanhuang Sect, in those five or six decades, more than four hundred golden cores emerged, it truly exhausted all potential, even from its branches. It was so difficult to find talents ready for core forming that the field eventually disappeared.
In fact, suitable core forming individuals were not just more than four hundred, there were nearly nine hundred, the others... just failed.
Failures affect the field—originally on an upward trend but abruptly met with negative energy, the consequences need no explanation.
Anyway, after this most famous Dao Field disappeared, all seven sects tried to rebuild a Dao Field, only to find that just producing seven or eight golden cores in a year certainly did not guarantee the appearance of a Dao Field—there was considerable uncertainty to this phenomenon.
But once it occurs, with three to four successful core formations each year, it can generally maintain the field. However, this is not certain either, the key premise is... there must not be consecutive core formation failures, otherwise it will severely damage the field.
These lessons have been summarized from experience, so Dao Fields are very rare and extremely difficult to maintain.
The Taixu lower sects don’t believe that Taiqing can have a Dao Field, and the reason lies here too—how many core formations does Kunhao have in a year?
What’s worse, they even reached out to the other two Taiqing Sects—this is unavoidable because Taixu Sect has three Taiqing Sects under it, and Kunhao’s Taiqing ranks the lowest.
Anyway, there are currently three foreign cultivators in Taiqing Sub-Court, one in the eighth stage of the Out-of-Dust Realm, and two at the initial golden core stage, none of whom meet the requirements for core formation—this is just messing around, isn’t it?
Ji Buseng was also discussing with Master Buzui, "Should we focus on ourselves first, or report to the Xuanhuang Sect?"
"Why Xuanhuang Sect?" Master Buzui expressed his lack of understanding, "Can’t it be Zhixing Dao?"
Compared to the Four Sects, Wutai’s backers are far too complex. Take Tianxin Platform for instance, it is not only influenced by Xuanhuang Sect but also follows the philosophy of Zhixing Dao, one of the Eighteen Paths.
"Zhixing Dao... isn’t it a bit inferior to Jinwu Sect?" Master Busheng said helplessly, spreading his hands.
At this moment, a surprising flash passed through both their eyes, and they dashed out of the room together, looking up in horror at the sky.
Immediately after, the surrounding space slightly trembled. The tremor was not particularly intense but very profound, giving people the feeling that the entire Kunhao Plane had shaken a bit.
Then a phantom of a large tree appeared in the sky. How big was this tree? It covered the entire sky, and it seemed to have no boundaries. The shadow of the tree was very faint, barely visible if not looked at carefully.
However, many people sensed this phenomenon. The slight spatial tremor was indeed perceptible; those in the Qi Refinement Realm basically couldn’t sense it, while those in the Out-of-Dust Realm, if they were of intermediate level and above, might perceive it.
Yet at this moment at White Pebble Beach, there were indeed many cultivators above the intermediate stage of the Out-of-Dust Realm. Qu Jianlei even sighed to Feng Jun, "The scene at your White Pebble Beach is simply... actually more prominent than that of the Crimson Phoenix Sect."
Currently, aside from these seven major forces, three other entities, namely Tiantong, Pine Cypress Peak, and Qi Yu, as well as the secret clans Gongyang and Tantai, were present at White Pebble Beach. Each had ten intermediate-level Out-of-Dust Realm cultivators, totaling more than a hundred, and together with the seven major forces and two secret clans, they brought far more than ten intermediate-level Out-of-Dust Realm cultivators.
Nearly two hundred intermediate-level Out-of-Dust cultivators, close to a hundred high-level Out-of-Dust cultivators, and more than twenty Golden Core Masters, such high-level cultivators indeed surpassed the Crimson Phoenix Sect.
Now, as well, more than three hundred people sensed the tree shadow in the sky, coming out to watch, faces full of bewilderment.
True Immortal Yi Jue was also alarmed. She walked out and took a glance at the sky, snorting coldly, "Scram!"
"Spirit Plant’s aura?" A cold snort echoed from the sky, with no source of sound detectable, as if it was omnipresent, "Since you’re not from Lingmu Sect, I’ll spare you this time... hand over the guy who killed my younger family member."
Feng Jun was slightly startled and turned his head to glance at Yi Jue True Immortal, "What level of Nascent Soul is this?"
Yi Jue True Immortal responded expressionlessly, "It’s around the seventh or eighth level of Nascent Soul. It doesn’t feel like the ninth level... but it’s just a projection of an incarnation. Its combat strength should be that of the Nascent Soul Middle Phase. I’m not concerned about it, but it’s a pity I can’t find its true body."
Feng Jun thought for a moment, then turned his head to tentatively ask, "Are you a senior of the Red Wood Spirit?"
"I don’t know what despicable means you used to harm my descendant," the massive tree shadow said coldly, "I’m just telling you one thing... you can’t deny it."
"I have no intention of denying," Feng Jun guessed that the Earth Spirit leaked his whereabouts, so he didn’t want the other side to continue speaking, "It wanted to kill me, so naturally, I couldn’t just sit and wait."
"It wants to kill you, so you should be killed by it!" The Nascent Soul Tree Demon was completely unreasonable. Then the space seemed to warp slightly, and Yi Jue True Immortal raised her jade-like hand and struck remotely, precisely in the direction two hundred miles away where the spirit vein was being drawn.
The entire space had no airflow or sound, it just trembled again.
However, most cultivators who could sense the existence of the tree shadow could feel a massive impact in some unknown space, though it did not affect the Kunhao Plane.
Feng Jun’s sense of space was even sharper than others. He frowned slightly, "Interlayer Space?"
Immediately after, the huge tree shadow in the sky became distorted for a while before returning to normal, then the furious roar of the Nascent Soul Tree Demon came, "Woman, you really want to oppose me?"
Its previous move was just a test, to see how strongly the high-level Nascent Soul was willing to protect Feng Jun, so its target was to capture the busy Earth Spirit.
Unexpectedly, as soon as it made a move, Yi Jue True Immortal sensed it, and without hesitation, struck a blow.
The Nascent Soul Tree Demon suffered a minor setback, but it still wasn’t afraid of this woman.
Its logic was—if it came in its true body, it believed she would certainly not be a match for it, so its words remained arrogant.
Yi Jue True Immortal had never seen such an arrogant individual. In great anger, she disregarded that this was Feng Jun’s issue and snorted coldly, openly challenging, "Little demon, dare I ask where your true body is? Exterminating your incarnation... I find it beneath me."
The Tree Demon finally realized, "You’re really not afraid of me? It doesn’t matter if I tell you where my true body is, do you dare to come?"
"Just say it," Yi Jue True Immortal responded proudly, "I am Yi Jue of the Spirit Plant Dao. If I don’t dare go, feel free to announce it to Tianqin!"
"So it’s you?" The Tree Demon was taken aback again. It’s quite formidable among tree demons, so it had always been boastful, but it indeed had heard of this name, regarded as "no weaker than" itself.
So it discontentedly snorted, "If it weren’t for this damned domain power, I’d compete with you right now!"
"No problem," Yi Jue True Immortal spoke lightly, "Tell me a place, I’ll go right now, don’t show off in this lower realm."
"You’re dreaming if you think the Tree Baby’s true body is something you can know!" The Nascent Soul Tree Demon sneered, for tree demons growing into spirits could rid themselves of immobility, but moving wasn’t especially convenient.
Especially since tree demons have requirements for their growth environment, finding a suitable place to develop is not easy.
Of course, if they reach the Fusion Stage, the tree spirits can traverse the void, becoming completely unhindered.
But in the next moment, it let out a slight exclamation, "Yi Jue of the Spirit Plant Dao... that little one Si Ganlin?"
They say "wooden-headed," and tree spirits, even if they’re intelligent, aren’t great thinkers. This information was in its mind, but it realized only now.
However, Yi Jue True Immortal didn’t like the term "little one." She just snorted coldly, "Do you want to try?"
Knowing she was the creator of Si Ganlin improved the Nascent Soul Tree Demon’s attitude considerably, and it didn’t fuss over this, "Since that’s the case, the method of Si Ganlin benefits our spirit plants and trees. I won’t argue... do you insist on protecting this Initial Golden Core Stage?"
"I created Si Ganlin because I wanted to, not for your gratitude," Yi Jue True Immortal truly exuded an imposing presence, caring little for the other’s attitude, "As for protecting him... is there a place for your words where I am?"
The Nascent Soul Tree Demon seemed to accept that she might be a bit stronger, its attitude improved slightly, "Whether you acknowledge it or not is your affair. For the sake of Si Ganlin’s creator, I won’t hold it against him, but my clan member’s body... must be returned."
Yi Jue True Immortal gave the impression of being indifferent to others, but she was actually someone reasonable.
She turned her head towards Feng Jun, "This depends on Mountain Master Feng’s decision."
Feng Jun shook his head and spoke calmly, "Don’t even think about it, I disagree!"
