Destiny is ashes

Chapter 968 Proof of Audience (13)

It must be said that the guide bird is quite reliable.

Without any beating around the bush, the moment An Jing spoke, it took the initiative to pick up the martial artist and then flew straight towards its lair.

The Golden Sun Forest is vast and boundless, almost equivalent to several large states. Countless spirit beasts and rare treasures with combined attributes of gold, yang, and yang dwell in the forest. When most of the spirit beasts see the Golden-Winged Roc flying by, they all prostrate themselves on the ground, trembling in fear. Clearly, this Roc is the undisputed king of the entire Golden Sun Forest.

Meanwhile, the more powerful divine beast clans looked at the person on the roc's back with awe and quietly bowed their heads.

After flying for a while, the area ahead suddenly became brighter, and in the heart of the forest stood a giant tree, dazzling and bright, like a pillar of flame burning on the ground.

This giant tree of flowing flames blots out the sky, its canopy almost covering the core area of ​​the entire forest. Its trunk is not made of wood, but is composed of some kind of flowing, golden amber-like substance, similar to the 'light amber' that An Jing previously distorted spacetime to imprison light, but it is itself a special spacetime structure.

“It’s a divine tree.” Fu Xie was also somewhat surprised when he saw it: “This is a real, complete ‘Golden Sun Divine Tree,’ and the entire forest is its offspring.”

“Sacred trees are already very rare in Huaixu, I never expected to find a sapling here.”

"Is this still a juvenile?" An Jing observed from afar, feeling as if he were approaching the sun. From the outside, the Golden Sun Divine Tree looked like a constantly erupting active volcano, emanating a powerful vitality and spiritual energy that nourished the entire forest.

Since entering the Zhaolin Realm, Fu Xie has felt somewhat dazed, seemingly due to the flow of cosmic light. But now he has perked up: "This is a true divine tree, the same kind as the Qingtian Jianmu, not just some common, powerful spiritual tree."

"Once the Divine Tree passes through its infancy, it can traverse the Great Void and travel to other worlds, developing in the endless void and eventually creating a complete Great World. It is almost destined to become a species that can reach the Heavenly Realm or even beyond, but it just requires an endlessly long time."

"Therefore, it is extremely difficult to see a real sacred tree in the world, because many of the worlds we can see are themselves a mature sacred tree."

—Isn't this the Realm of Emptiness?
An Jing thought to himself. If he had to say, the Huai Xu Realm was also created by the Huai Xu Divine Wood, which perfectly fits this definition.

"That's strange. Why don't the Lingxiao experts try to snatch such a powerful divine object? Isn't it an excellent reference for them to break through to the Lingxiao realm?"

An Jing asked, and Fu Xie laughed: "The Divine Tree is so powerful, how could it be controlled by others? The Divine Tree can freely choose whether to be born or not, whether to die or not. Although it has not yet grown, the seeds of the Divine Tree will take root in the past and sprout in the future. Once a branch in the future has no 'light,' that is, no possibility of growth and expansion, it will wither and die in that timeline."

"In other words, only by treating them well, making them feel safe, and giving them a sense of a future where they can grow freely, will they appear before you... Just like this divine tree in front of you, if you want to destroy it, or capture it to use as a bonsai, then you may succeed and obtain this Golden Sun Tree, but the 'god' of the divine tree has long since left, and the truly precious thing about the divine tree, its infinitely enduring vitality and Daoist charm, will be gone forever and will never meet you again."

"Simply put, if 'love' doesn't exist, you won't even see the shadow of the Divine Tree. Although Lingxiao is strong, he can't catch a Divine Tree that doesn't want to live anymore."

Fu Xie commented: "It's just a pity that this divine tree is too small and has not yet developed its own intelligence. Otherwise, with your heart that has no desire or greed, only a little curiosity, you might actually be able to have a chat with the divine tree—a rare privilege in all the heavens and myriad realms."

"It's truly miraculous..." An Jing raised his head, looking at the dazzling divine tree, and said thoughtfully, "But indeed, if it weren't so miraculous, how could it be called a god?"

only……

"Da Chen only managed to subdue a divine tree? The Yingtian Immortal Tree... So that's how it is, they were all waiting for me here." He laughed and followed Da Peng to the canopy of the Golden Sun Divine Tree.

At the strongest branch of the sacred tree's crown, there is a huge nest, composed of numerous branches, vines, and shimmering white jade.

These jade stones are no ordinary items. Each piece is naturally formed and is the highest grade of metallic spiritual jade. They are stacked together in a mysterious way to form a natural array that gathers spiritual energy and draws in the earth's veins!

"You are indeed wise."

An Jing lowered his head and smiled at the Golden-Winged Roc. The Roc nodded quickly, its mouth already making gurgling noises, as if it was about to say the word "An".

With the power and wisdom of the ancestral divine beast, it had already learned to speak human language when An Jing and it became connected in spirit, but it had not yet had time to learn to speak.

At the respectful signal of the roc, An Jing slowly landed in the jade nest.

The nest's interior was extremely spacious with a flat ground, and the large array eye at its center was emitting a gentle yet powerful fluctuation.

The moment An Jing saw the object at the core of the formation, he exclaimed, "Isn't this the little brother of the Heavenly Profound True Talisman?"

He was absolutely right.

Because what was embedded in the center of the roc's nest was indeed a platinum talisman.

Of course, it is not as powerful as the Heavenly Profound True Talisman, at most it is only at the peak of the Divine Treasury level, but it is equally mysterious. Golden Yang-Yang energy lingers on Taibai's body, and ancient cloud patterns float and flow in this rune as if they were living things.

Let's tentatively name this platinum-colored true talisman the 'Golden Sun True Talisman'. It contains the principles of 'Tai Bai Condensation' and 'Sun Evolution', and can be both incomparably sharp, capable of condensing all things, and also blazing brightly, generating its own light.

"It seems that you, the Great Roc, are its guardian, the ancestral divine beast that is born from its laws."

This thing is a kind of natural condensation of laws, similar to a natural inheritance of Taoist laws. It can even be said that the Golden-Winged Roc is derived from it.

An Jing pondered, "No wonder you rushed at me so impulsively when you saw me before. You must have sensed the Tai Bai Xing Immortal Foundation that I had condensed and regarded me as some kind of 'opportunity' that could help you advance further."

Upon hearing An Jing's words, the giant roc nodded rapidly, uttering a few indistinct and strange syllables: "Coo coo...caw caw...An Jing...King An..."

"I will not kill you even if you don't tell the king."

Unfamiliar with human language, the Golden-Winged Roc could only utter these few words, but An Jing understood its meaning: "You mean, this is not only your origin, but also the ticket to the Scale Realm to pay homage to 'Heavenly Scale'?"

(End of this chapter)