Chapter 352: Time to Settle Accounts

Although the palace is not big, it looks a bit empty, without any magnificent decorations. On both sides of the palace, there are some tables and futons, and jade pots and bowls are placed on the tables. Obviously, this is a place for those disciples who have broken through to rest.

The gate of the palace was open, and Ye Zan and others could see the outside at a glance, and they also saw that the palace should be located halfway up a mountain. Outside the gate, after going down the steps, a road paved with bluestone spiraled towards the top of the mountain.

Looking at the top of the mountain, there is a huge tree growing very abruptly. The height of the tree may be thousands of feet, and the trunk is as thick as a pillar supporting the sky. The huge canopy was more like a canopy that covered the sky, and the dense leaves made a rustling sound, which even reached the ears of everyone in the palace.

"Okay, what a big tree!" Lin Mumu walked to the gate of the palace, looked up at the giant tree on the mountain peak in the distance, and exclaimed in great surprise.

Everyone walked out of the palace one after another, stood on the steps in front of the gate, and looked at the giant tree on the mountain, all of them were full of surprise. Such a huge tree is not uncommon, but in their impression, it can be said to be unique. The so-called towering tree in their impression is probably like a weed under the tree in front of this giant tree.

It is extremely difficult for ordinary trees to grow so huge, even if they grow for countless years without disease and disaster, it is impossible to grow to such a large scale. Obviously, being able to be valued by Taoist Xuanqing, and specially set up a separate world for it, this giant tree definitely has an extraordinary origin.

"The sound of the swaying leaves seems to imply the rhyme of the Dao, causing the golden core to move secretly. Could it be that this tree is the legendary Enlightenment Tree?" Hou Qingyun of the Tianfu Sect guessed in surprise.

However, Zhang Qian of Tianbaozong immediately shook his head and said with a smile: "What kind of Enlightenment Tree is this! The legendary Enlightenment Tree is the first tea tree in the world. Go and see what the tea tree looks like, and you will know what it is. Probably. What’s more, it is said that there are three thousand leaves on the Enlightenment Tree, which represent the three thousand roads between heaven and earth. Take a piece of sencha and drink it to enlighten the Tao. What about this tree, where are the three thousand leaves? I’m afraid there are thirty million. .”

"These three thousand leaves are false fingers. There are more than three thousand avenues between heaven and earth. How do you know that it must not be thirty million?" Hou Qingyun insisted with a reddish face.

Three Thousand Great Ways is indeed a false finger. According to the legend, there are three thousand leaves on the Enlightenment Tree, so of course it is also a false finger. However, no matter how false the finger is, it is impossible to be false to this extent, after all, the gap is too big. What's more, as Zhang Qian said, the Enlightenment Tree is a tea tree, and tea trees don't look like this.

Therefore, Hou Qingyun himself knew that his guess was unreliable, and he just argued forcibly for the sake of face.

"I feel that the appearance of this tree,

Some are like the legendary ancient tree of the beginning. "A voice came from behind the crowd. It turned out that Cheng Daqi from the Star Sect came from behind, and then said: "I once read some ancient books in the sixth floor of the Tongtian Tower, which mentioned This is an ancient tree. Judging from the images drawn in ancient books, it is quite similar to this tree. "

"The ancient tree in the early days? Don't be joking. The legendary ancient tree in the early days has already turned into this world. How could it appear here? What's more, the ancient books were also written by people. Who can read them before the world first opened? How about the ancient tree in the early days?" Zhang Qian retorted with a smile on his face.

Regarding the origin of the world, in any world, there will be countless kinds of legends. Of course, in the world of science and technology, there is already a theory of the Big Bang, which is a relatively accepted and reliable explanation. But in this world, there is no such statement that can convince everyone.

The legend of the ancient tree in the beginning is one of the many theories about the origin of the world. It is said that it is a seed conceived in the chaos, and after it grows up, it separates the turbidity, the crown of the tree turns into the sky, the root of the tree turns into the earth, and the trunk in the middle turns into everything between heaven and earth.

There is also a legend that a great god named Pangu was also conceived from the chaos. He thought the chaos was too boring, so he took a big ax and split the chaos, which is the so-called creation of the world. After splitting, the clear air rises to the sky, and the turbid air descends to the earth. As a result, the two will come together. So Pangu became angry, supported the sky with his hands, stepped on the ground with his feet, and died while supporting himself, and his body turned into all things in the world.

Regarding Pangu’s creation of the world, there is also the same legend in the ancient Huaguo in the world of science and technology. The reason why the two worlds have the same legend is actually very simple. Don’t forget that Xuanyuan Taoism passed away ten thousand years ago. Although Xuanyuan Laodao has been hiding in the jade tablet, he can also exert a certain influence on people through some mental fluctuations.

Therefore, in the ancient Hua Kingdom, there were legends about Pan Gu creating the world, and there were also many stories about immortals, ghosts and ghosts.

Xuan Yuan's old way of doing this is of course not to be idle and bored, looking for things to relieve boredom. Of course, boredom is also a reason, but the more important reason is that he hopes to use this method to guide people in the technological world into a monastic civilization, so that someone can help him out of trouble.

It's just that the influence of Xuanyuan's old Taoism is too illusory after all, not to mention that the environment of the technological world is not suitable for Taoism. Therefore, although in the history of the ancient Hua Kingdom, there have been many people who practiced the Tao, but no one has really achieved success in cultivating the Tao.

Speaking of going back to the legend of the ancient tree in the early days, in fact, there are many similarities with Pangu's creation of the world. For example, they are all conceived in the chaos, they are all separated into the heaven and the earth, they are all supporting the heaven and the earth until death, and they are all transformed into the world.

Therefore, it can be said that whether it is the ancient tree in the early days or the great god Pangu, they all dissipated in the space when the sky and the earth were separated. According to the legend, after the separation of the heaven and the earth, there will be a catastrophe between the dragon and the phoenix, and there will be a battle between the liches, and then the human race will gradually become the protagonist of the world.

When the human race becomes the protagonist in the world, I am afraid that tens of thousands of years have passed since the first opening of the world. How could the human race know what the ancient tree or Pan Gu looked like? Even if the author of that ancient book is a supernatural power, it is unlikely that he will travel back in time and space to see the ancient tree in the beginning.

Moreover, it is not only the human race. Since it is said in the legend that the trunk of the ancient tree in the early days turned into everything in the world. In other words, the appearance of all living beings is after the disappearance of the ancient tree in the beginning. In this way, where can the author of that ancient book find information about ancient trees in the early days for reference?

"Okay, don't care what kind of tree it is, since it seems to be good for our cultivation, let's take a closer look there, maybe there will be some surprises." Ye Zan looked at the giant tree. Tree said, at the same time terminating everyone's speculation and debate.

What Cheng Daqi said, Ye Zan had actually read the ancient books he saw on the sixth floor of Tongtian Tower. Or it can be said that all the books and materials on the sixth floor are already stored in Ye Zan's database. Therefore, as soon as Cheng Daqi mentioned this, Ye Zan already had it in his mind, and asked the auxiliary chip to start searching the data in the database.

From the database, Ye Zan not only found the ancient book that Cheng Daqi said, but also found some other related books and materials. The ancient book that Cheng Daqi was talking about was called "An Examination of the Wilderness", which was similar to an archaeological book, but after all, it didn't have the rigorous research methods of science and technology. Therefore, the content in "Hong Huang Kao" is convincing, but there is no convincing evidence. It looks like a book written purely based on conjecture.

Originally, Ye Zan didn't care much about it, but when he saw the author of "The Great Wilderness", he couldn't help being taken aback. The author of "Honghuang Kao" is named Taiqing, and others may not be able to tell, but he has the complete genealogy of Yuqingzong. That "Taiqing" is on the first page of Yuqingzong's genealogy, and it is the senior brother of the founder of Yuqingzong.

Why is it said to be the brother of the founder of the mountain, not one of the founders of the mountain? It turned out that Taiqing had no interest in preaching in the founding of the sect, and only accepted one disciple in his life, and that disciple had not yet been included in the Yuqing sect's gate wall. Therefore, among the many lineages of Yuqing Sect, there is no lineage of Taiqing, and naturally it cannot be regarded as one of the founders.

Since this "Prehistoric Examination" was written by such a powerful person, Ye Zan had to change his mind. After all, there are many things in this world that Ye Zan cannot explain with the little science he has mastered. Therefore, he couldn't say with certainty that the contents of that book were all fabricated out of thin air.

If the content of "The Great Desolation Test" is reliable, then the giant tree on the peak, although it is still impossible to be the ancient tree of the beginning, it probably has something to do with the ancient tree of the beginning.

Because of this, Ye Zan did not dare to let other people continue the discussion. Originally, he was given the status of an inheritor by Ta Lao, so it was already easy to attract others to covet him. If it is known by others that there is a tree related to the ancient tree in the early days, it will really lead to disaster.

You know, this ancient tree from the beginning, according to the legend, is the tree of creation. It has something to do with the creation of the world, so is that okay? Even if Ye Zan is a little golden elixir master, he can't figure out what this tree can do, but anyone with a brain can guess it, and its value is definitely not trivial.

Ye Zan wanted to ask Mr. Ta, but after thinking about what Mr. Ta was like before, he decided not to bother, anyway, there will be opportunities in the future.

After hearing what Ye Zan said, everyone didn't think too much about it, they just thought what Ye Zan said made sense. No matter what kind of tree it is, as long as it is beneficial to you, then go and have a look. It is impossible to remove that tree anyway.

So, Ye Zan and others, as well as several members of the Star Sect, walked down the steps in front of the palace, along the bluestone road, and walked towards the giant tree on the peak.

However, after walking not far, Lin Mumu suddenly said: "Brother Ye, didn't those people from the Demon Dao come out before us? Why didn't we see them?"

"Are you already under that tree?" Shi Yingjie next to him asked.

However, at this moment, everyone suddenly felt that their eyes went dark, and the world seemed to be plunged into darkness. At the same time, there were endless howls of ghosts and gods around the crowd, which shook everyone's minds, and their mana became chaotic in an instant.

"Gu Feng!" Ye Zan immediately thought, Gu Feng from the Hundred Ghosts Sect among the members of Mo Dao, and only Gu Feng could make such a scene.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Ye, I have been waiting for you here for a long time." A voice, mixed with the howling of ghosts and gods, came from all directions to the ears of Ye Zan and others.

"Gu Feng, we have no grievances or enmities, and we have cooperated a lot in Tongtian Tower. What do you want to do when you come here suddenly?" Ye Zan frowned slightly, and while trying to stabilize his mind, he asked Gu Feng as if he didn't care. road.

"No resentment or enmity? In the underground labyrinth, among the people who sneaked up on us, there must be Fellow Daoist Ye." Gu Feng's voice came gloomy, and his tone was full of resentment.

Sure enough, that sneak attack still had some sequelae. At the beginning, Ye Zan didn't expect people from mysterious forces to come, so when he sneaked up on the demonic people, he didn't hide himself very carefully.

And the members of Demon Dao had obviously suspected Ye Zan for a long time. It's just that Ye Zan's side has always been crowded with people, which makes several people in the Demonic Dao quite afraid, so they can only pretend not to know the truth and wait for the fall to settle their accounts.

Now, Lian Luan on the side of Demon Dao must know that people from Dao Palace and Freemasonry cannot come out. In this way, Ye Zan's side is at most only Ye Xiao, the ancestor of Yuan Ying, and Ye Xiao may not even be able to get out. As for those Jindan Grandmasters, how could they pay attention to the Yuanying Patriarchs? Naturally, they felt that it was time to settle their accounts.

"That's right, it's indeed what I did. It's really hard for Fellow Daoist Gu to hold back for so long." Ye Zan admitted it straightforwardly, anyway, he couldn't hide it, so why bother to defend it with words.

In fact, Ye Zan knew very well that this sneak attack was just a pretext for the other party to do it. The real reason probably lies in his identity as the inheritor. After all, when Li Luan left, he had already threatened him nakedly.

"In this case, then Daoist Ye please go on the road!" Gu Feng said in a dark voice.

And as Gu Feng's voice fell, countless ghosts suddenly appeared around. Those ghost images are not illusions, but real ghosts with hideous faces. Those fierce ghosts roared as soon as they appeared, and rushed towards Ye Zan and the others, as if a very hungry person saw a table of delicious food.

Ye Zan and the others naturally did not dare to be negligent, and immediately wanted to sacrifice the magic weapon flying sword. However, due to being disturbed by the howling of ghosts and gods, most people's mana is still in chaos, and very few of them can successfully sacrifice the magic weapon flying sword. Even the magic weapon flying sword sacrificed, its power is very weak, the flying sword is teetering in the air, there is no energy left to kill the enemy. (To be continued.)