After Qin Di made the vow, he heard a voice say, "Alright, I've opened up a path for you. Walk along this path."
He looked around and discovered that a cave had suddenly opened up in the sturdy trees. The cave wasn't dark and it was emitting a faint yellow light. The cave was deep and he didn't know where it led to.
He walked forward. The cave was as tall as a human. It was winding up and down as if there was no end to it.
About two hours later, he walked into a cave that was about ten meters tall and fifteen meters wide.
The cave was spacious and bright like a tea room. There were wooden tables and chairs and an old man dressed in hemp clothes. His hair was messy and his face was ash-black. His skin was rough like tree bark. His eyes were deep and emitted a faint green light. He looked at Qin Di and said, "Little brother, please take a seat."
Qin Di didn't expect to see such a scene. He thought he would see a wooden heart or a sapling. How could it be an old man? Since he was an old man, why was he guarding here?
He quickly went forward and bowed, "Junior Qin Wen greets senior!"
The old man waved his hand, "Don't call me senior or junior! I've already died once. What you see now is just a weak incarnation. If the astral winds blow outside, it might scatter! "
Qin Di said, "Senior, it's been more than twenty million years. Why didn't you choose to be reborn?"
The old man said, "Because I've reached a bottleneck. I can't see the path ahead and I don't know how to go. Even if I'm reborn, I'll only walk the same path. I can't avoid suffering twice and suffering twice. So why should I be reborn? If I didn't hear you say that you've seen some Primordial Golden Books, I wouldn't be tempted. Who knows who you are? Who knows if you're the incarnation of some Immortal Emperor who came here to deceive me? "
"Senior, I'm standing in front of you. If you don't believe me, you can interrogate me."
"No need. Since I let you in, I've already made up my mind. I'm not afraid of you deceiving me. Besides, with your cultivation, you might not be a match for me. There is still a lot of divine power left in this part of my body. "
Qin Di laughed and said, "Thank you for your trust, Senior. This lad was born late, so he did not know what happened back then. Why did so many Immortal Emperors join hands to chop down the Divine Tree? I know that there are many divine trees that are rather valuable. They can completely coexist with humans and become the best of friends. For example, Senior. In the past, you used your enormous body to communicate with the Three Realms, allowing mortals to climb to the heavens. How interesting was that! "
The old man sighed. "Little Brother, do you think people are good by nature or evil by nature?"
Qin Di said, "I don't know."
The old man said, "There are good and evil people in the human heart, just like trees. Among our God Trees, there are man-eating trees and evil ghost trees that have devoured many humans. Therefore, the God Trees deserve to be cut down. But so what if they were humans? There was mutual deception and killing. After the first person became an immortal, because they were afraid that others would also become immortals, they used the excuse that there were too many immortals and simply cut off the Heaven Stairway, calling it the Severing of Heaven and Earth. I'm just a scapegoat. "
"Senior, why did you grow so tall back then?"
"Because I'm one of the oldest ancient trees! It's just that I was born late. In my early years, I was muddled and brainless. I only remember that there was an old man who was preaching under the shade of my tree. There were many people listening. I still remember that the old man's name was Hong Jun. As for what he was talking about, I can't remember it clearly. "
Qin Di was shocked. "Oh my god! When Hongjun was preaching, he was under your tree? That's a big deal! "
The old man said, "I was already two thousand feet tall at that time. The tree's shade was like a canopy that covered the sky. I vaguely heard the old man patting the tree trunk, saying that the taller the tree, the better. It's best if the tree can pierce through the sky, pass through the chaotic whirlpool, and reach the true Heaven Realm. Only then can I obtain freedom …"
"The old man also said that Pangu was too rough when he opened the sky. He split the eggshell into two pieces, breaking the cycle of Heaven Dao, so that the clear Qi could not rise and the turbid Qi could not descend. Therefore, no matter how hard the people who lived on the ground struggled, they could not be immortal and could not become real gods …"
"I didn't understand at that time. I only remembered those few sentences and forgot everything else. There were many people listening, and the old man's words were too profound. I was confused and fell asleep for a while, and then woke up again … "
Qin Di asked, "What did Ancestor Hongjun look like? Was he a living person? "
The old man pondered for a moment and answered, "He didn't seem to be a human. He might have been formed by Dao Qi. His figure was ethereal, and I couldn't see his face clearly. I only remembered that there were many colorful cyclones on top of his head. Then, those cyclones turned into pages of Primordial Chaos Golden Book and flew in all directions. Then, his figure disappeared, as if he had never been a human. "
Qin Di thought, "Even if he wasn't a human, he could be a god. Maybe this Great God Hongjun had already left this world. He might have returned to the Heaven Realm first, and the Sanqing Goddess and the five old Imperial Emperors were just following in his footsteps."
"Senior, what else do you have? Why don't you pack up quickly and leave with me? I will bring you to Upper Forest Park, where you can breathe in the fresh air and enjoy the sunshine outside. As for the Great Dao in the future, let us slowly think about it. Sooner or later, we will find the path. "
"Oh, wait a moment. Let me gather all my remaining power together. "
Qin Di waited quietly. He heard a creaking sound and his body trembled slightly. After a long time, the old man in front of him disappeared. The wooden table and chairs in the tree hole were gone as well. What was left was a three feet tall, oval egg with a few green branches on top of its head.
Then, a voice came, "I have gathered the divine power of this section of the tree into the Wood Heart. I still have nine Wood Hearts like this. I need you to find them and bury them in the soil, combining the ten Wood Hearts into one. I might be able to recover ten percent of my previous power. Don't worry, this time, I won't grow into a towering tree like before. If I don't have enough supernatural power, it will be useless no matter how tall I grow. "
Qin Di was overjoyed, "Senior, may I ask, where are the other Wood Hearts?" He thought, "Ten Wood Hearts might not be the limit. It might be worried about me, so it only told me this much."
"If you can find this place, you can find the rest of the Wood Hearts. Other than Jiu Qiu, there is another Wood Heart in Mount Liang Fu. "
Qin Di was a little worried, "I have offended Ancestor Minghe, I dare not go to the Underworld for the time being."
"You don't have to go to the Underworld anymore. Mount Liang Fu is connected to the underworld. Although it is not high above the ground, it is connected to the underground! As long as you can find the Ancestral Star, you will be able to find the Wood Heart. "
"That's great. Senior, please show me the way."
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