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Chapter 1049 Divine Tree Cloud Dawn
In the following period, Yunxi could only continue to absorb nutrients from the soil so that she could grow new leaves. After experiencing wind, sun and rain and being pecked by small animals, she finally grew new leaves. This time, she had two more leaves than before, which made her feel very accomplished.

After that, she began to grow even more diligently. The scattered specks of light in the air, the nutrients in the soil, the rain falling from the sky, and even the winter snow were her blankets to help her get through the cold winter. Year after year, day after day, when Yunxi opened her eyes again, she had grown into a big tree, with small plants and grass under her canopy.

Occasionally, large animals would rest or take shelter under her canopy. Their leftovers and excrement would then become new nutrients for her, allowing her to continue growing. Occasionally, she would be struck by lightning and have her branches broken, but she would always persevere and allow the broken branches to grow back until humans appeared.

They climbed the big tree, picked the flowers that Yunxi had worked so hard to bloom, and then called their friends to build houses on the branches of Yunxi's tree to avoid attacks from wild beasts at night.

And so Yunxi welcomed her new neighbors. These people used her abundant branches and leaves to build houses, and raised their children and nurtured the next generation in the cramped wooden houses.

Yunxi watched as these people multiplied on her body, occasionally peeking out to observe them. One of the newborn infants seemed to be able to see her, always giving her a toothless smile when she occasionally appeared.

This piqued Yunxi's interest, and she would go to see the baby whenever she woke up. However, when she woke up for the second time to see the baby, the baby had already grown into a graceful young woman, standing barefoot on the thickest branch.

The girl could still see her; her smiling eyes were filled with dappled sunlight as she said:

"Were you the fairy who always came to see me when I was little?"

Yunxi was very curious and raised an eyebrow to ask:
"You can see me?"

The girl said with a bright smile:
“Of course, I’ve been able to see things that others can’t since I was little. My mother said it was a gift from God.”

Yunxi nodded in understanding, seeing her own reflection in the girl's bright eyes. After that, she didn't speak again, but listened quietly to the girl recounting the interesting things that happened around her. The other girl always seemed to have endless things to say.

After seeing her twice, Yunxi fell into a deep sleep again. She didn't know how much time had passed before she opened her eyes when she felt a burning sensation. Then she saw someone holding a torch and setting her body on fire.

A middle-aged woman was frantically shoving the man holding the torch, shouting at the top of her lungs:

"Stop right now! This tree is where my mother was born. A fairy lives here. What you're doing will anger her."

"Get out of my way! We've been begging for so long and there's still no rain. Only this tree is still lush and green. It must be a monster that's sucking up the water. Burning it will make it rain. Don't stop me!"

After saying that, he forcefully pushed the woman to the ground, stepped forward, and raised the torch high again, trying to rekindle the low branches.

Yunxi was somewhat angry. The next instant, a bolt of lightning struck without warning, knocking the man to the ground and extinguishing his torch. This sudden turn of events startled the people around, who all retreated.

The woman then struggled to her feet and knelt before the tree, saying:
"Fairy, please calm down. They didn't mean it. They just wanted to pray for rain."

Yunxi looked at the somewhat familiar middle-aged woman in front of her, and finally recognized the chattering girl in the woman's familiar features. After a long while, she asked:

"Where's your mother?"

The middle-aged woman finally couldn't hold back her tears:
"My mother prayed to you for rain, but she couldn't wake you. They even tried to burn the sacred tree where you lived. I tried to stop them, but the sacred tree was still damaged."

Yunxi understood without her having to say anything more, but she never expected to be asleep for so long.

“I slept for a while and missed seeing her one last time.”

After expressing her feelings, Yunxi sent the moisture stored within the tree trunk into the sky, causing a heavy rain that saved those living around her. However, she also shrouded herself in thick fog, no longer easily appearing before anyone. Not long after, the man who set the tree on fire died, and everyone said he had angered the divine tree and was being punished.

Since then, people have begun to worship Yunxi, allowing her to draw upon the power of faith and gradually become stronger. However, she still keeps herself shrouded in mist all year round, and only those with the right destiny can pass through the layers of mist to come before her.

She doesn't grant every request; she only does what she believes is right and never unconditionally fulfills the demands of worshippers in order to gain power from faith.

Over time, rumors spread that the sacred tree was no longer effective, and fewer and fewer people worshipped her. But she remained unchanged and never crossed the line she had set for herself. Without the support of faith, she once again fell into a deep slumber to cultivate.

Yunxi felt like she had slept for a very long time when she was finally awakened by a crying sound. A girl was hugging her thick tree trunk and crying, the sturdy trunk and her petite body forming a stark contrast.

Yunxi reappeared and asked softly:
Why are you crying?

The girl suddenly raised her head, and Yunxi found her face, streaked with tears, increasingly familiar. She sighed and spoke again:

Why are you crying?

The girl hastily wiped away her tears, knelt on the ground, and bowed:
“I am Li. My great-great-grandmother passed down the word when I was very young that there is a sacred tree in this mountain. If you encounter a life-or-death crisis, you can come and pray to the sacred tree, and perhaps there will be a glimmer of hope.”

Yunxi asked softly:

What difficulties have you encountered?

The girl said in a trembling voice:
“A great flood occurred here, and all places were submerged. People living in low-lying areas migrated to higher mountains, and many strangers came to our ancestral land.”

However, the floodwaters did not recede and continued to rise, forcing us to migrate to the mountaintop. But the mountaintop was about to be submerged as well. We built boats to try to leave, but all the boats would fall apart as soon as they were launched, making it impossible to leave.

Remembering my great-great-grandfather's words, I came to the mist-shrouded mountain peak to seek the sacred tree, hoping to receive its protection and escape alive.

Yunxi had already seen the land transformed into a vast ocean, and it wouldn't be long before the floodwaters submerged the mountain where she was. Seeing the people struggling to survive in the water, she finally softened.

“Bring your people here. A boat made from this tree should be able to take you away safely.”

The girl's face lit up with surprise, followed by immense terror:

"Fairy, without this divine tree, will you also disappear?"

Yunxi nodded slowly and said:
"Yes, this tree is my true form."

No, that won't do.

Yunxi calmly waved her hand and said:

"As long as my roots are preserved, and I can replant them in a suitable place, I will have a chance to grow again. But once this place is submerged, you will disappear from this world completely."

See you tomorrow, babies~