Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 1224 - 1224 69 Racing Against Time_2

Chapter 1224: Chapter 69: Racing Against Time_2 Chapter 1224: Chapter 69: Racing Against Time_2 “I don’t know. But what does the little pine tree have to do with so many trees?”

“I’m finally convinced that you have the potential to be single for life; your brain is just not wired for this!”

“Damn you…”

“After the little pine tree grabbed the weirdness and surfaced, what was the first thing it said?”

“It said… I caught a few!”

“Right, you have a good memory. So who was it talking to?”

“To Doctor Feng!”

“Then you still have questions?”

“Of course, I do. What does the little pine tree have to do with planting trees?”

“Idiot, I’m wasting my breath talking to you! You’re just a blockhead!”

“Please enlighten me!”

“Enlighten my ass! You damn fool, do you know where Doctor Feng used to live?”

“Of course. In Yuezhou.”

“Do you know that Yuezhou suffered several great battles, earthquakes, and natural disasters, and then the ancient trees of Yuezhou City protected Yuezhou?”

“Ahh… I get it now, I really do.”

“What do you get, you idiot??”

“Doctor Feng is planting trees, obviously to seal off Zichen Lake. Give it a few hundred or thousand years, and it might just be possible.”

“Pfft… I feel like spitting blood!”

…

Everyone is busy.

Those who are qualified get an explanation of the reasons, but those who are not just have to keep their heads down and work.

And they often get scolded.

Accidentally damaging the roots of a big tree also earns them a scolding.

In short, it’s a hive of activity.

Every person who could get here is a mythical figure in their own right. At the very least, they’re a dominant expert in their own domain!

Because those who are a bit weaker wouldn’t dare come here for fear of being possessed by weirdness, causing harm.

Harm doesn’t matter, but what’s really unacceptable is if they’re controlled to kill others and then absorb their souls to grow stronger!

So below Cloud Top, don’t even think about coming.

Heavenly Level?

The Heavenly Level has a defensive circle in the mainland; they’re all there getting ready.

If you’re not at Cloud Top level, you don’t even have the right to plant trees!

From that time onwards, for thousands of years to come, only those at Cloud Top level could plant trees on the Tree-planting Festival.

You’ve reached Cloud Top level?

We don’t acknowledge it!

Have you planted a tree?

Not yet?

Then what kind of Cloud Top are you?

So, every Tree-planting Festival, those new to the Cloud Top level always hosted a great ‘tree-planting banquet’.

To let all their friends and family witness that they planted a tree.

That they’ve reached Cloud Top level.

Get it?

It was only many, many years later that Tree-planting Festival became a common occurrence… cough, but that’s a story for another time.

…

Everyone is busy.

Naturally, Feng Yin is busy too. He roams around in the transplanted woods, touching one tree, then another.

And after he touches them, if you observed closely, all the trees would change to some degree.

The canopies are growing silently.

Gradually, a forest that covers the whole earth forms.

From above, all you could see are dense green leaves, not even the branches!

And amidst these newly emerged woods, countless little pine trees are also rising from the ground.

There’s a little pine by every few trees.

Teaching everyone.

How to absorb, how to transform, how to maintain an exterior that doesn’t attract attention, how to secretly strengthen the spirit, how to develop combat power, how to…

In short, everyone learns quickly.

Pine trees.

From this moment on, they become trees with a special significance.

Master of Ten Thousand Trees!

Reliable!

Eternal green!

They become the moral exemplars among trees.

And thus he became an excellent teacher.

So much so that later on, during the preaching and teaching, there always seemed to be a pine tree nearby.

Or rather, he would sit beneath a pine tree to preach.

Ordinary people did not understand, but after the legend of the pine tree had taken deep root in their hearts, everyone developed the custom of planting a small pine tree in their own home.

Someone had spread the word: Pine trees can protect the house and guard the courtyard.

They were considered guardian trees of the homestead.

And so, many followed suit… gradually creating a trend.

At first, Feng Yin naturally employed Spirit Gathering to enlighten them.

These great trees, after all, were only mundane.

A complete session of Spirit Gathering enlightenment required the support of ten great trees; if it were concentrated on a single one, that tree would definitely not withstand the pressure and would wither on the spot.

Shared among ten trees, it was a substantial nourishment.

And the second and third times, it was still Spirit Gathering.

But from the next time on, it started with one tree at a time, as their resilience had increased.

After these trees had developed spiritual intelligence, a saying emerged.

It was called “There is no hardship that cannot be endured, only blessings that cannot be enjoyed.”

Think about it, even in the crevices of rocks at the mountain top, we were able to survive with tenacity, but a sudden overdose of nourishment could be fatal.

So this phrase held much wisdom.

It later gradually spread among the human race, becoming a maxim of profound truth.

After the tenth enlightenment session, he began to carry out Spirit Gathering enlightenment.

During this time, Feng Yin was extremely diligent.

He seized every moment, racing against time.

When all the great trees had undergone the process several times and entered a period of rest and growth, it was no longer appropriate to enlighten them.

Feng Yin simply returned to Yuezhou for a trip.

He enlightened the two Iron Heart Trees at his home, allowing them also to possess the ability to project sentient copies like the small pine trees, extending their avatars here to help.

Each tree was responsible for one direction.

Becoming the leader of all the great trees in that direction.

But that still wasn’t enough, so he found five more from Yuezhou, including naturally the one that had long been tasked with carrying messages.

After several enlightenment sessions, the projections of these trees also reached the shores of Zichen Lake.

“Racing against time!”

“We must finish these tasks before the strange energy accumulates enough for them to break out!”

Feng Yin felt a strong sense of urgency in his heart.

The top masters from all the great sects were planting trees.

The core members were waiting on the periphery.

And on this day, the hermits of Supreme Mountain, who had announced their retreat, also arrived, led by their high-ranking members, not far from Zichen Lake.

To participate in this action.

After all, contributing to the continent would strengthen the sect’s cohesion and sense of identification with the land.

Although Supreme Mountain was reluctant to participate, they were compelled to do so.

Although they were not aware of exactly what was happening here, everyone else had come…

But on the first night after their arrival.

As everyone was meditating and resting…

The high-ranking members of Supreme Mountain simultaneously had an unexpected dream.

In the dream, the five great leaders of Supreme Mountain were gathered in a room.

Everyone was puzzled.

Suddenly, a fog arose, and a figure appeared.

Clad in purple robes, wearing a crown, with handsome features and an awe-inspiring presence.

He naturally exuded an inexplicable nobility, an aura of superiority.

The true temperament of legend.

Indeed, a transcendent being.

“Is that the Purple Emperor?”

For a moment, everyone was taken aback.

“Why has the Purple Emperor come?”

The higher-ups felt greatly honored.

They had secluded themselves for a long time, aware only that the Purple Emperor was being pursued, but not informed of the specifics.

Now seeing the Purple Emperor, they retained the usual respect.

After all, he was of the Nine Colors supremacy.

“Has the Purple Emperor come to us in the depths of night with any commands?”

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