Chapter 763 - 757: The Spiritual Lake of the Heavenly Divine Tree
When the overwhelming Divine Power bore down, not even the Iron Pine Divine Spirit, with its volatile temperament and robust strength at the peak of Upper Divine Spirits, dared to act rashly!
It hastily retracted the Talent Skill it was preparing to use and turned to salute the mountain peak, “Please forgive me, Divine King. I simply saw a member of the Human Clan invading the Canglan Realm on Divine Mountain, and I was consumed with rage. I have become somewhat muddled, and it was wrong for me to make a move in front of the Divine King!”
Even though it admitted wrongdoing with its mouth, it quickly shifted the topic away from itself, “It does merit suspicion why this Human Clan invader appeared on Divine Mountain, and the purpose of his sneaking onto Divine Mountain is highly questionable. Perhaps he is here to probe our defenses, preparing for a raid!
Moreover, why would the dandelion and the Zhu Jin Flower God protect this human? They not only refrained from killing the invader but even resorted to conflict with me for an outsider’s sake.
Could it be… you are seeing the might of the invaders and wish to defect to them?”
Its voice boomed like a great bell, causing the mountains to tremble with a buzzing sound, and its loud voice spread in all directions, so that all the Plant Spirits on the mountain heard it!
Instantly, following the Iron Pine Divine Spirit’s words, numerous Plant Spirits in the mountains began to seethe.
They whispered and gossiped to each other; some, with greater strength and closer proximity who could see the scene clearly, pointed and commented among themselves, looking at the dandelion and Zhu Jin Flower God with suspicion.
Though the quiet conversations of ordinary Plant Spirits were not very loud, as Upper Divine Spirits, both the dandelion and Zhu Jin Flower God could hear them clearly, and their expressions turned unsightly.
At the same time, they were also secretly irate.
The matter of the alliance between Cultivators and Wizards to oppose the invasion had not been made public up to now; only preliminary intentions had been reached by the high-ranking powers on both sides, and the specific details still required slow negotiation.
So aside from a few Divine Spirits, let alone ordinary Plant Spirits, even the other gods under the Divine King were unaware.
Now, with Iron Pine Divine Spirit’s outcry, suddenly all the Life on the mountain heard it clearly.
Moreover, the Iron Pine Divine Spirit’s words were not clearly expressed, leading other Life to misconceptions, leading to the uncomfortable looks from all the Plant Spirits on the mountain.
Even worse, some hot-tempered ones had already uprooted themselves and were heading this way, calling on friends, inviting other powerful beings to join them in preparation to jointly kill the invader from the Outer Domain on the spot.
Seeing the commotion he had stirred up, Iron Pine Divine Spirit’s face became even more smug, and his words became increasingly fierce, “As subordinates of the Divine King, we must be loyal and devoted. How can you commit such treachery without fear of the Divine King’s punishment, without fear of being despised and cursed by all races in the realm for eternities?”
“You…”
The Zhu Jin Flower God trembled with anger, fiery rage in its eyes.
“What about me? Am I wrong?”
The Iron Pine Divine Spirit held its head high, the tone of its voice conveying a chilling righteousness, “Then explain clearly in front of everyone. Why not kill this invader, and instead, why protect him?”
Qin Feng, standing behind the dandelion, looked as if he were a model of loyalty, appearing to the world as the most devoted Iron Pine Divine Spirit. He shook his head and chuckled softly, “My dear… Divine Spirit, you’ve overdone your act, becoming somewhat unconvincing!”
“Uh…”
Having been earnestly speaking and believing he had the upper hand, suppressing the dandelion and Zhu Jin Flower God, Iron Pine Divine Spirit suddenly grew silent upon hearing Qin Feng’s remark.
However, it quickly showed an even angrier expression, “This is an internal matter of the Divine King Palace. It’s not your place to interject as an invader!”
Indifferent to its scolding, Qin Feng’s face bore a mocking sneer, “What, did I hit a nerve?
Heh… It’s a shame that as an Upper Divine Spirit, an entity who has lived for who knows how many tens of thousands of years, you could still be so foolish. To think that your method of sowing discord is so crude, and to top it off, you adopt this guise of unwavering loyalty. Little do you know that you’re just being too clever by half.
If I’m not mistaken, although you haven’t demonstrated much intelligence in the past, you shouldn’t be this irrational. You likely rarely resorted to these clunky plots against other Divine Spirits. Otherwise, today’s performance might have been more convincing!
For instance, just now there was no need for you to shout so loudly. If it had been like usual, you could have avoided some suspicion, but you bellowed as if afraid others wouldn’t hear, lighting up the whole mountain. Is that how you usually speak?”
“You…”
The Iron Pine Divine Spirit’s face changed.
But it quickly recovered and fixed a deadly stare at Qin Feng, its tone filled with a chill, “Do not spout nonsense and defame me. Just now, I was merely indignant that Zhu Jin and the others were breaking the rules, disregarding the interests of Divine Mountain in a moment of impulse.
If you dare to make baseless accusations again, I will kill you and bury you in the deepest part of Abyss Valley on Divine Mountain, so that you can experience the delight of being devoured by the Soul Devouring Vine and Bone Corrosion Grass as nourishment!”
“You think you can kill me? With your capability?”
Qin Feng scoffed, his hands placed behind him, and his gaze looking skyward, “I’ll stand right here and not move, let’s see if you can kill me!”
With the dandelion and Zhu Jin Flower God in front of him, and the Divine King watching from afar, this Tree God couldn’t touch a hair on him!
“You…”
Hearing these words, the Iron Pine Divine Spirit flew into a rage, Divine Light surging fiercely around it, and the great power within coalesced as countless branches shook wildly above!
But before it could unleash its fury, another reprimand came from afar, “Enough, Iron Pine, what are you creating chaos over there for? Do you really think this king will not punish you?”
The immense Divine Power laced with anger commanded respect, and feeling that mighty Divine Power, the Iron Pine Divine Spirit immediately suppressed all its anger and bowed submissively, “Please calm your anger, Divine King. I recognize my mistake.”
“Hmph!”
The Divine King snorted coldly and then slowly retracted the Divine Power that had been suppressing Iron Pine, speaking to the dandelion and Zhu Jin Flower God, “Bring the Envoy to the Divine King Palace!”
“Yes!”
The two Divine Spirits replied, casting a stern look at the Iron Pine Divine Spirit before they each flanked Qin Feng, flying towards the lofty mountain peak.
“Iron Pine, you come too!”
The Divine King spoke indifferently, “You want to know why they’ve invited the Human Clan over, don’t you? Then come to the Divine King Palace, this King will make clear his intentions to you!”
The Iron Pine Divine Spirit’s expression fluctuated, uncertain for a few moments, but eventually, it agreed with a nod and followed behind Qin Feng and the others, flying towards the front.
As they flew closer and closer, Qin Feng’s expression gradually changed.
Because he realized that the so-called peak of the highest mountain was not a mountain at all, but clearly a tremendous Divine Tree.
It was just that the tree was so tall and its branches so dense that from a distance, he had not seen it clearly, still thinking that the Divine King resided on a mountain peak, little realizing that this was the Divine King’s own body!
And the Divine Tree’s roots were planted in a lake that spanned thousands of miles.
The lake water was emerald green and bottomless, yet it held an endless aura of energy rippling within.
This was indeed a Spiritual Lake formed by the gathering of Yimu Energy Essence!!
Qin Feng’s eyes widened as he stared intently at the lake without turning away.
Compared to this lake, the Life Spring in the seventh layer of his Demon Refining Pot was simply insignificant!
No wonder the Divine King grew so large, with such a Spiritual Lake nourishing it, even a weed could grow into a towering tree, let alone the Divine King, who was himself an Exotic Species Spiritual Root!
Qin Feng swallowed hard.
Aside from the Unending Spring he had seen in the Mist Kingdom, this was the first time he was seeing a Spiritual Lake so vast and imbued with such immense energy.
It seemed that this lake must also be located on a node of the Spirit Vein of this world, with a continuous flow of Spiritual Water emerging; otherwise, it would not have been easy to form such an extensive lake under the absorption of the Divine King!
Such a Life Spring, if placed in the Demon Refining Pot to serve as the source of growth for the Life Tree, the future achievements of the Life Tree would certainly be boundless, and its size would surge dramatically!
It was just regrettable that such a huge Spiritual Lake was not something he could control. Moreover, the two senior ancestors had already decided to absorb this Divine King into the ranks of the Biluo Great World, hoping to rely on this Divine Tree to exert its efforts for Biluo. It would not be good to seize its Spiritual Lake!
Qin Feng quickly reined in his thoughts; knowing that he shouldn’t covet what he couldn’t have, he stopped indulging in wishful thinking to avoid growing envious from staring too long.
He looked up towards the front and realized that there was a palace standing between the Divine Tree and the Spiritual Lake.
It wasn’t that the palace was too small; in fact, it covered dozens of miles in area. But compared to the enormous Divine Tree and the eye-catching Spiritual Lake, the palace seemed somewhat inconspicuous!
This was the Divine King Palace!
The entire Divine King Palace had a peculiar design, seemingly constructed from countless special Plant Spirits; each branch, each leaf contained abundant energy.
However, these plants were not sentient; they just quietly emitted a strong vitality, allowing all Life within the palace to feel incredibly comfortable, and cultivation here would proceed faster than elsewhere.
The Dandelions did not introduce to Qin Feng the origins of the Divine King Palace; for them, it was a secret to be guarded, a place that could become their last bastion of resistance if the war were lost.
There had been several generations of Divine Kings who were not strong. For instance, the previous Divine King had not ascended to Immortality to become a Top Level Divine Spirit, but still held firm to the throne without any Divine daring to rebel.
When the current Divine King first assumed the throne, he had not yet succeeded in advancing, but even with many Gods discontent with him, none dared to storm the Divine King Palace to overturn the current sovereign’s seat, nor did any speak of toppling the Divine King’s rule to establish another!
The reason was fear!
The Divine King Palace was not just a title but also the strongest backing of each generation of Divine Kings!
Qin Feng did not know any of this as he followed the Dandelions and Zhu Jin Flower God past various beautiful scenes until they arrived in the most majestic temple of the Divine King Palace.
At that moment, numerous figures of various sizes stood inside the temple, each one exuding a formidable aura, all of them Divine Spirits under the Divine King Palace, numbering in the dozens.
Of course, this number paled in comparison to that of all the Divine Spirits in this world, only representing a small fraction.
They had not even entered the temple yet when they heard the arguing voices of the Gods.
Without listening carefully, Qin Feng knew what these Divine Spirits were arguing about.
Clearly, it was because of the previous words of the Iron Pine Divine Spirit that had stirred these unaware Divine Spirits, gathering them in the Divine King Palace to demand an explanation to see what the Divine King was really thinking.
In the temple, seated on the throne, was a figure whose transformation seemed to be more in line with the aesthetic of the Human Clan. Although it did not look human, the form seemed comfortable to the eye, at least not as bizarre as other Plant Spirits.
“Greetings, Divine King!”
The Dandelions and Zhu Jin Flower God both bowed deeply, and the Iron Pine Divine Spirit, not daring to be remiss, quickly made obeisance before standing aside, trying to minimize its presence!
“Greetings, Divine King!”
Qin Feng glanced at the Divine King before bowing respectfully, neither humble nor arrogant.
As an envoy dispatched by the Cultivator faction, representing the hundreds of thousands-strong Cultivator army behind him, even though his Cultivation was far inferior to that of the Divine King, he could not afford to show weakness.
“Envoy, you are most courteous!”
The Divine King sized up Qin Feng with a few glances, lifted his hand in a gesture to signal that no further courtesy was needed from Qin Feng.
Not just the Divine King, but the other Divine Spirits in the temple also turned their gazes towards Qin Feng, looking at this strong individual from the Human Clan.
Many among them bore anger in their eyes, and several shone with Divine Light, ready to spring into action. If it were not for the Divine King Palace and the Divine King’s presence, they would have surely surged forward to slay Qin Feng, the invader, on the spot.
The Divine King did not address Qin Feng first but instead turned his calm gaze to the Iron Pine Divine Spirit, asking plainly, “Iron Pine, where did you go after retreating from the battlefield earlier? Why have you only now returned to the Divine Mountain?”