This ancient and mysterious tree hole had undergone a huge change during the previous incident. The most obvious change was the addition of two doors on the tree wall. Lu Chen was not blind. Of course, he would not turn a blind eye to this. He had long thought of ways to carefully investigate it, but there had been no results.
In fact, since ancient times, the "door" was not complicated. Most of the time, it was nothing more than an entrance to a passage that connected the inside and outside. In other words, if there was a door in the wall that could be opened, would the door lead to somewhere else?
Lu Chen did not know the answer, but he was very curious about it. He had carefully checked almost every place in this tree hole, especially the tree wall near the two doors. However, the two doors were sealed by the power of the five elements. The tree wall blocked them, and green Qi surrounded them. No matter how he tried, the two doors could not be opened.
To be precise, he could not find a place to open the door.
After the two doors appeared, they were more of a kind of outline on the tree wall. Although it was very clear that they were in the shape of doors, most of them were still one with the tree wall. Wanting to open the door was equivalent to breaking the tree wall, which was very difficult to do.
But now, in this ancient tree hole that had undergone another huge change, apart from the expansion of the territory and the revival of the immortal water, one of the two hidden doors in the tree wall had completely revealed itself.
The door gap had a clear outline, and there was even a round bulge the size of a fist in the middle, which was just right for a person to grasp with their palm. Anyone who saw this door would know that it could be opened.
But the problem was, what was behind the door after it was opened?
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This place itself was the seed of the divine tree. In the real world, the seed was only the size of a finger, but there was such a strange small world hidden inside, which showed how magical it was.
Similarly, the door that could appear inside the seed of the divine tree, where would it lead to after it was opened? It was not very likely to be a very casual and ordinary answer.
Was it a blessed grotto-heaven filled with immortal Qi, or was it a mysterious and unfathomable arcane realm? Perhaps it was a magical place with mountains of gold and seas of silver, or an immortal paradise with treasures everywhere?
These were all beautiful conjectures, but could there be another possibility? Could there actually be something bad behind the door? Could it be a terrifying world? Once it was opened, some kind of unpredictable power would appear. At the very least, people would not be able to resist it under such circumstances?
Simply put, after opening the door, would something happen? Would someone die?
Lu Chen did not dare to rule out this possibility. He stared at the door, hesitating whether to open it or not.
This kind of hesitation towards the unknown felt a little familiar. Lu Chen pondered for a while and recalled that a few years ago, he and Atsu were forced to fall into the extremely dangerous Longchuan in the depths of the dangerous Lost Land and hid here at the critical moment. Since then, when he and Atsu had used up all the food in the cave and had to take the risk to go out, his mood at that time was similar to what he was feeling now.
No one knew what fate awaited them after they left this place. Would it be life or death, or something even more terrifying?
But things were different now. At that time, Lu Chen and Atsu had nowhere to go and had no choice. But now, he actually did not have to open the door. He could pretend that he saw nothing and leave with Atsu. He could even never enter this ancient tree hole again and live his own life in the real world outside.
Everything was within his expectations, but opening the door was not.
Lu Chen stood in front of the door and hesitated for a long time. In the middle of it, he went up to examine the door carefully. Apart from discovering that the door seemed to have grown naturally on the tree wall and was made of the same material as the surrounding tree walls, he did not find anything else.
The door was tightly shut. If he did not open it, he would not be able to see anything behind the door.
Should he open the door or not? In other words, should he take the risk and see what was behind the door?
Lu Chen still could not make up his mind. In fact, if this door was in his original Central Plains world, even if there was a great possibility of danger behind the door, he would still try to open it. But now, the most important thing was that this was actually the inside of the sacred tree seed.
Who would believe that such a small seed could actually hide such a small world within its body? This was completely contrary to the understanding of everyone in the world. If it wasn't for the fact that it was right before his eyes, even Lu Chen himself wouldn't believe it.
It was precisely because he knew that this thing was too strange and peculiar that Lu Chen regarded it as his greatest and deepest secret and had not revealed it to anyone for many years. By the same logic, if the inside of the sacred tree was so strange, who could guarantee that no accidents would happen after he opened the door? Lu Chen even had the feeling that after he opened the door, a huge wave of water would rush in and swallow this place!
This inexplicable premonition of danger was, of course, influenced by his extremely unpleasant experience in the Dragon River, but this possibility could not be completely ruled out.
It was just that … everyone had their own curiosity!
At some point, Lu Chen's hand was already on the handle of the door. It felt rough, but also had a hint of the unique softness of plants. He pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked back. Atsu was standing beside him, looking just as puzzled.
Lu Chen thought for a moment, then beckoned to Atsu and whispered, "Can you sense what's behind the door?"
There were many mysteries about this black dog, especially after it evolved into a Sacred Beast. There were many times when Atsu's senses were more sensitive and mysterious than Lu Chen's own. This could be considered as Lu Chen's random question as a last resort.
After being asked by Lu Chen, Atsu did not immediately shake its head. Instead, it glanced at the door, then slowly walked over. First, it carefully sniffed around the door for a while, then it went all the way up to the middle of the door. It seemed that it was a little interested in the protruding handle on the door, and it looked at it for a while.
Lu Chen frowned and said, "Is there something wrong with this thing?"
Atsu barked, then suddenly tilted its head and opened its mouth to bite the thing.
Lu Chen was shocked. Just as he was about to stop it, he saw that Atsu's eyes were bright and full of … curiosity. Hmm, it really was like a human. Then, he saw Atsu tilt its head, and actually shook the thing and turned it half a circle.
"Pa!"
A soft sound came from somewhere on the door. It was faint and deep, as if it had slept for thousands of years and had finally woken up. It was strenuously and tiredly opening its eyes to look at the world.
There was a sound coming from the door. "Rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle …" He didn't know what it was, but it seemed to be coming from behind the door. It was as if something was knocking on the door, urging and knocking, impatiently wanting to open the door and enter from the outside world.
The door was opened a little, and a touch of deep darkness gently spilled in from behind the door.
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