Qin Di crawled through the gaps in the tree branches and entered the rainbow membrane. Focusing his eyes, he saw a person sitting cross-legged on the stone coffin.
It was a middle-aged man dressed in green. His face flickered between green and white and his ears pricked up like two saplings. His arms were tucked into his wide sleeves like wings!
Upon seeing Qin Di, the middle-aged man revealed a smile and said gently, "Young man, you're here?"
Qin Di went forward and bowed. "Greetings, Divine Lord. Junior Qin Di greets you. I wonder how you have been? "
Goumang had a smile on his face that felt like a spring breeze. He said gently, "I just escaped from my predicament, but I never expected you to arrive in the spirit realm so quickly."
Qin Di praised, "Divine Lord, you are powerful and have boundless Dharmic powers. I've seen so many immortal trees along the way. I'm truly in awe of you! Even this Grade 7 immortal array before me, together with the stone coffin and immortal talisman, cannot trap you! It's truly impressive that you were able to escape from such a difficult situation. "
Goumang smiled. "Unfortunately, I'm trapped here with only a foot. My divine powers are weak, otherwise, I would have long escaped."
Qin Di mustered his courage and asked, "Divine Lord Goumang, may I ask who caused you to be in such a state?"
Goumang's face turned green as he shook his head slightly. "It's a long story. It's not something you should know. At the very least, I can't tell you now. We'll talk about it after you become Zu Xian. If you know too much now, it will only disturb your immortal heart. It's not beneficial for your peaceful cultivation. "
Qin Di said, "Thank you for your concern, Divine Lord. I wonder what you intend to do after escaping?"
The two saplings on Goumang's ears swayed slightly. "I received instructions from my head to stay here for a period of time. I have no idea how long I'll have to wait. Young man, if you have the time, why don't you come often and chat with me? You have my heritage on you, so you can be considered my disciple. "
Qin Di was overjoyed. "Thank you, Divine Lord. Your temper is much better than that of the God of Fire, Zhu Rong. The last time I saw him, I wanted to get to know him better, but I heard him say, 'If there's nothing important, don't disturb my rest.' I can only hide far away. "
Goumang said with a smile, "Zhu Rong has a fiery temper, but it's easy for him to suffer from a lack of energy. Therefore, he often feels sleepy. As for me, I'm the Wood God. My wood nature is soothing, and I'm able to adjust my qi smoothly. Naturally, I won't lose my temper easily. "
Qin Di blinked his eyes and said, "But when I came here, I experienced many waves of baleful wood along the way. Were you breathing?"
Goumang smiled. "With my cultivation level, I no longer need to breathe. Every pore of my body can breathe. I purposely created the Wood Fiend Tide to prevent other cultivators from coming here and disturbing my peaceful days. "
Qin Di nodded and said, "Oh, I see. Junior also saw a large number of withered trees. Was that intentionally done by the Divine Lord? "
Goumang answered, "That's a pity. Unfortunately, I'm only a broken limb, and this land lacks immortal wood spiritual energy. I can't absorb immortal essence force from the lava underground and the sun like the God of Fire, Zhu Rong. Therefore, I attracted all the wood spiritual energy on the land, hoping to nurture a seventh-grade immortal tree.
"Unfortunately, the tree species here are all mortal. Faced with the innate shackles, it's very difficult for them to break through realms. Therefore, many of the trees died very quickly! Some trees stopped growing when they reached the second or third grade immortal grade, unable to meet my requirements.
"I don't know how many years passed, how many immortal trees were eliminated, and how much divine power I expended to finally nurture a seventh-grade immortal tree.
"Oh, you saw it when you came here. There's a Crabapple tree outside the immortal formation. It was nurtured painstakingly by me. It pierced through the formation and removed the immortal talisman on the stone coffin, allowing me to escape and walk out of the stone coffin.
"Back then, I was sealed in the stone coffin and sent to all parts of the world. Therefore, I couldn't have made any preparations beforehand. What a pity, if there were seeds of high-grade immortal trees outside, why would I need to go through so much trouble? I should have been able to escape many years earlier! "
Qin Di turned back to look at the enormous tree and could not help praising, "Senior, you're really impressive! It's really too difficult to uproot an ordinary tree all the way to a seventh-grade immortal tree! Only you, Senior, have such divine power and such patience. If it were someone else, they would probably have long resigned themselves to fate. "
Goumang smiled and said, "Resignation is equivalent to seeking death. We wood cultivators are particular about perseverance. You have my inheritance in you. As long as you cultivate well, over time, you might be able to be like me, controlling a tree far away from millions of miles away, making it live or die. I've bestowed the inheritance to you, but I wonder how your cultivation is going? Did you run into any problems? "
Qin Di bowed and said, "Junior came here this time to seek guidance from Senior. How can I quickly grasp the laws of heaven and earth that you bestowed? Although those laws are hidden in the front teeth, they are just seeds. Junior is slow-witted and can't make them sprout in a short time, much less refine them. "
Goumang sized him up and said, "This matter can't be rushed. You only have two choices. Either nurture them step by step and refine them naturally, or borrow the immortal tree and let it help you refine them. There's no other way. "
Qin Di's heart jumped as he asked, "Senior, how do I get the immortal tree to help me refine them?"
Goumang pursed his lips and said, "See that tree outside? I'll bestow the crabapple tree to you! With it helping you analyze the Heavenly Dao, you can greatly speed up your growth. With this, you should be satisfied, right? "
Qin Di was pleasantly surprised. "Thank you for your generous bestowment, Senior. However, this is your painstaking effort over the years. Aren't you going to take it back? "
Goumang shook his head. "It has already completed its mission. It will die in the future if it stays here."
"Then why don't you bring it with you? Or plant it in the celestial realm's spirit fields? "
"I already have a divine tree in the celestial realm. I don't want to spend effort on nurturing more. Right, do you know what a divine tree is? "
"Disciple doesn't know. Please enlighten me, Senior."
"Breaking through the shackles of immortality is also becoming a god. As a human cultivator, being able to become an immortal emperor is also becoming a god. As for trees, according to the laws of the celestial realm, they can only have a hundred heavenly rules, equivalent to a peak ninth-stage celestial immortal. Any higher and they will trigger heavenly punishment. Thus, most immortal trees will stop at this stage. They will either slowly die of old age or be reborn. However, there are a few immortal trees that break through this limit and become the legendary divine trees. "
"Ah? There's actually such a divine tree! I've never heard of it! Are there many of them? "
"Very, very few. There are only two of them in this world. The first is the Yellow Emperor's World Tree, and the second is this divine lord's Great Totem. Let me tell you, even the Qing Emperor couldn't nurture a divine tree! Because his thoughts were too complicated! He didn't put in the effort to nurture it! "
Qin Di thought of the little peach tree with which his life depended. He couldn't help but ask nervously, "Senior, how do you nurture a divine tree? How can it avoid heavenly punishment? "
Goumang didn't hide it and said, "That's the 'Immortal Treasury' method! You keep the immortal tree in your grotto-heaven and help it hide from heavenly punishment, pushing it to constantly evolve. You have to know that other than the rule of not surpassing a hundred heavenly rules to become Zu Xian, there's another law in the celestial realm. That is, if you nurture it secretly, once it accumulates a thousand heavenly rules, equivalent to Jin Xian's level, then it won't be restricted. "
Qin Di's eyes widened and he snorted. "That's the old saying: Only officials are allowed to set fires, but common people are not allowed to light lamps! I didn't expect the celestial realm to have such an unreasonable law! Isn't this discrimination against uncles? "
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