I alone am the Invincible One!-Chapter 48: Longevity Palace
As they delved deeper, Wang Yufan and the others all arrived in a massive space spanning a thousand meters.
Inside, there were two enormous beast statues: one with a dragon’s head and one with a phoenix’s head. Both had double wings, were wreathed in flames, and trod upon auspicious clouds, depicted with lifelike precision.
"Not bad, this little thing, I didn’t expect it to be so good at enjoying itself," Wang Yufan murmured.
No sooner had Wang Yufan finished speaking than rumbling sounds echoed through the space again, putting everyone on high alert.
They saw about a hundred varied holes appear on a nearby wall. The insides of the holes were pitch black, and no one dared to approach, as no one knew what dangers lay within.
After a few moments of silence, four Nascent Soul Realm cultivators finally darted into one of the holes and then vanished without a trace. The crowd outside hesitated; they knew that opportunities lay within, but it could very well be the difference between heaven and hell.
"Damn it, I don’t believe in ghosts. Brothers who trust me, come with me and let’s brave this Heaven Burial Secret Realm that only opens once every hundred years. What’s so terrifying about it? If we find opportunities, we’ll split them evenly."
"Good, Big Brother is right. The timid starve, the bold thrive. I’m willing to go with Big Brother."
With some agreeing, others joined, and soon another group chose a hole and entered.
Wang Yufan watched the holes but was not in a hurry to enter. Just then, Li Meng’er led Xu Changqing into one of the holes. Wang Yufan glanced at it, noting that there were many things inside that hole, enough for Xu Changqing to grow considerably.
"Wang Cai, let’s go. That little thing should be waking up soon," Wang Yufan said.
Although Wang Cai didn’t know what it was, he knew that since it belonged to his master, it must be extraordinary.
Wang Yufan waved his sleeve, and they vanished from their original spot.
The next moment, they appeared directly in the central area of the Heaven Burial Secret Realm. This place formed its own space, isolated from the outside world. The light here was generated by streams of spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy here had solidified. In Wang Cai’s view, it had formed a spiritual energy lake spanning ten li.
Above the small lake was a golden palace, with three large characters written on it.
Longevity Palace.
Seeing these three characters, a memory flashed through Wang Yufan’s mind.
"Brother Yufan, you are now the strongest among the young generation in the Heaven Bliss continent. I think you should have a palace of your own to showcase your power."
A little girl with two pigtails and dressed in blue spoke to the person in front of her.
"Hahaha, then let Xiao Ting name it for me."
"I’ve already thought of it. It’ll be named after what every cultivator’s hope for, so how about ’Longevity Palace ’?"
"Good. Since Xiao Ting is naming my hall, I’ll give Xiao Ting a small gift."
With that, Wang Yufan took out a seed from his spatial ring.
"Brother Wufan, what is this?"
"This is a Bodhi Tree seed. I’m giving it to you. By the time it grows up, Xiao Ting will have become a big girl."
"Yay. Then I’ll take it home."
The little girl happily took the Bodhi seed home and planted it according to Wang Yufan’s instructions. However, year after year, it showed no signs of growth, but the little girl persisted.
The Heaven Bliss continent was invaded by the Demon Race. At that time, Wang Yufan, who had grown to be the strongest in the Heaven Bliss continent, was still unable to completely eradicate the Demon Race, because only the vanguard of the Demon Race had arrived that year.
It was due to this invasion that Xiao Ting, who was only half a month away from turning eighteen, was killed and completely left this world. In her final moments, a mouthful of blood splattered onto the flowerpot where the Bodhi seed was buried.
The soil in the previously unmoving flowerpot developed some cracks, and within the next three months, the potted plant containing the Bodhi seed had grown to half a person’s height.
The trunk and leaves had all turned a blood-red color, becoming a Blood Bodhi Tree.
This scene astonished Wang Yufan at the time. When he gave it, he only hoped that Xiao Ting would always be safe and happy, and to give her hope. He never expected such an event to occur, and that the Bodhi seed would actually grow, let alone become a Blood Bodhi.
Although the Blood Bodhi grew, Xiao Ting had forever vanished from this world. Wang Yufan ultimately slaughtered countless members of the first wave of the Demon Race. After that, there were no more demon invasions for five years, until the appearance of the Demon Emperor.
Wang Yufan carried that Blood Bodhi with him for tens of thousands of years. After arriving in the Heavenly Desolate World, he placed this Bodhi seed in the Eastern Spirit State because it was relatively more suitable for the growth of the Blood Bodhi than the other states.
He never expected that after such a long time, the Blood Bodhi had already developed sentience and even created a secret realm.
The appearance of the Longevity Palace opposite was actually just a projection created by the Blood Bodhi’s illusion. Wang Yufan saw through its essence at a glance. The Blood Bodhi Tree, which was only half a person tall back then, had now grown into a towering giant tree, though it had restrained its size.
"Woof woof woof," Wang Cai barked, then stepped directly onto the surface of the lake.
"Wake up."
Wang Yufan let out a low shout, and a powerful fluctuation of his human soul force directly pulled Wang Cai back from the illusion.
When Wang Cai saw what was beneath his feet, he was startled. It was indeed a spiritual energy lake, but there were thousands of human bones in this spiritual energy lake. It turned out that this spiritual energy lake was condensed from human essence blood.
Wang Yufan watched quietly, because in his eyes, there was a demonic mist in the heart of the Blood Bodhi Tree, which must have been eroding the Bodhi Tree’s consciousness.
Wang Yufan could not yet act to eliminate that demonic mist, as it was tightly connected to the tree’s heart and would only separate slightly when absorbing blood energy.
If Wang Yufan’s predictions were correct, many of the people who had entered now, upon passing through those holes, would surely become nourishment for the Bodhi Tree, while the remaining stronger individuals might only have their minds enchanted here.
Even Wang Cai, at the Half-step Human Immortal realm, was enchanted. This showed that the Blood Bodhi Tree’s power was at least above the Human Immortal realm.
Wang Yufan sensed someone approaching, and with a slight wave of his sleeve, he and Wang Cai’s figures completely concealed themselves.
Just then, two figures appeared panting in this space.
The newcomers were an elder and a woman in purple robes. When Wang Yufan saw the woman in purple robes, he froze. Was it her?
