newbobooks Chapter 155 Sealed Memory
Chapter 155 Sealed Memory
"Shh——" After watching indifferently for a long time, Chaoyang stretched out his index finger and pressed it to the corner of his lips, making a gesture of silencing.
"The sprouting of Jianmu is a secret from heaven, and the secret must not be revealed. After you step out of this hall, remember not to talk about this matter again, otherwise you will be punished by heaven, remember!" he warned seriously.
Alarmist!
If it is a secret of heaven, why can it be spoken in the hall but not outside the hall?
This is what most cultivators think in their hearts, but since this is said by the reincarnation of Suzaku, some people can't help but have doubts in their hearts.
But that’s Jianmu. Once this news gets out, the entire Suzaku Continent will go crazy, right?
There are many people in the hall who have no hope of promotion and can only wait for their lifespans to be exhausted bit by bit. The sprouting of Jianmu gives them infinite hope.
But there were also some who were clear-headed and calm enough, "May I ask Lord Chaoyang, where was Jianmu born? What does he look like now?"
"Jianmu is a sacred tree. It is born with spirits and only those who are destined can see it. As for how much it has grown now, it has two leaves." Chaoyang couldn't help laughing as he spoke.
What's so funny about this?
The monks were confused at first, then shocked, and finally all of them looked grim, as if Chaoyang owed them one or two million spirit stones.
Why is Jianmu called the road to heaven? It is because it is high enough to connect heaven and earth.
But now, Chaoyang told them that Jianmu had only two leaves.
It is known that the spiritual energy of Suzaku Continent dissipated because of the budding of Jianmu, but the spiritual energy dissipated so obviously, and Jianmu only grew two leaves. How much spiritual energy is needed for two leaves to grow to a height that reaches the sky? And how many years does it take?
Can Suzaku Continent afford it?
"Lord Chaoyang, how many years does it take for Jianmu to mature?" someone asked this question.
"I don't know." Chaoyang answered simply.
Some people didn't believe it and asked, "Isn't Lord Chaoyang Suzaku? How could he not know?"
Chaoyang asked back: "Since I was born, there has been no trace of Jianmu in this world. How can I know how many years it will take for it to mature? But -"
He changed his tone and said, "A sage once said: In ancient times, there was a tree called Dachun, which had a spring of 8,000 years and an autumn of 8,000 years. Jianmu was born earlier than Dachun, and it is bigger and taller than Dachun. I think it should take more time for it to mature than Dachun, right?"
There is no need to explain the rest. The term 'eight thousand years old' alone hurt the hearts of all the monks present.
Let alone eight thousand years, among the cultivators present, except Ye Yunhan, the newly promoted God of Transformation, the others might not even live for eight hundred years, and it is impossible for them to wait until the day when Jianmu matures.
The monks would rather not have heard this news. It first gives people hope, and then makes them despair. Isn't this just playing tricks on people?
People who have been in high positions for a long time will become even more intolerant of being teased by others.
Even if it was Suzaku who was playing tricks on them.
The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense.
"Why are you all so angry? Although you can't wait until the day when Jianmu matures, there will always be someone among your descendants who can! Besides, Jianmu relies on spiritual energy to grow. If there is enough spiritual energy, maybe it won't take that long?" Chaoyang seemed not to notice their ugly expressions and continued with a smile.
As soon as these words were spoken, they reminded everyone in the hall that not only could they not wait for Jianmu to mature, but Jianmu's growth would also consume a lot of spiritual energy, and might even exhaust the spiritual energy of the entire Suzaku Continent. Once there was no spiritual energy, they might die even faster!
Should you live a few more years yourself, or seek a vague hope of becoming an immortal for your descendants?
Although Chaoyang did not say it explicitly, the monks present already understood what he wanted to express.
These people are used to making trade-offs, but when faced with such trade-offs, no one can make a decision immediately.
In the silence, someone suddenly put forward his own guess, "Is Jianmu in the Tianzong Mountains, so Xu Daojun took the Tianzong Mountains for himself and did not allow any other cultivators to set foot there? Does Xu Daojun want to monopolize Jianmu?"
Once such controversial remarks appear, they instantly resonate with people and it is difficult for people not to think divergently.
"Could it be that the rich spiritual energy in the Tianzong Mountains is also due to the budding of Jianmu? So even if Jianmu has just sprouted, it can still feed back to the Suzaku Continent?"
Then someone came forward to say, "I've been to the Tianzong Mountains. If you practice in an environment with rich spiritual energy like that, you will definitely be able to break through the limits of your cultivation!"
After the final verdict is made, the person will be nailed to the pillar of honor and disgrace.
"Xu Daojun's cultivation level has improved beyond the ordinary. Could it be that he also benefited from Jianmu?"
Although every sentence was a question, they had already described Xu Weichen as a selfish villain in just a few words, and they themselves believed it firmly.
This is human nature.
"Master set up the barrier in Tianzong Mountain Range, wasn't it because you all wanted to take it for yourself, fought each other, and made the place a mess, which angered Master, so he set up the barrier in a rage?" Chaoyang asked slowly, "Besides, when did I say that the revival of spiritual energy in Tianzong Mountain Range was the result of Jianmu's gratitude? At the beginning of the world, it was a chaos, and the living environment was so harsh. If Jianmu was so merciful, how could it survive?!"
"The sprouting of Jianmu is an opportunity for the Suzaku Continent, but it is also a calamity for you. How you view it is your own business. Let me remind you one last time that the sprouting of Jianmu is a secret of heaven. The secret of heaven must not be leaked, and those who leak it will be punished by heaven. I hope you will take good care of yourselves. Goodbye!" After laying the groundwork for so long, Chaoyang couldn't suppress the smile on his lips when he waved his hand to see him off.
Not wanting to fall behind others in cultivation, and in order to reach the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible, Chaoyang absorbed a portion of the original power sealed in the Suzaku Seal. At the moment of forming the Nascent Soul, a fragment of memory emerged in his mind.
It was a memory that was so horrifying that he subconsciously sealed it away.
A man whose face could not be seen tore through the void and appeared next to Jianmu. He just stretched out his hand and pinched Jianmu lightly, breaking it in half. His posture was so casual, as if he was just pinching a flower.
The Jianmu tree he had guarded for so many years, and Uncle Yunhan's hope of becoming an immortal was destroyed so easily. He wanted to stop the man to argue, but the other party just glanced at him condescendingly with a smile, and that look was as if a god was looking down on the world.
What he saw in the other party's eyes was not the four high and mighty spirits of heaven, but an ant.
How could a god care about an ant? Without saying a word, the man turned around and tore through space again and disappeared.
The other party moved freely across the void, but he and Uncle Yunhan were killed by the turbulence caused by his tearing of space.
Because he was too scared, he subconsciously sealed this memory. But with the return of the original power, he accidentally awakened this memory.
He finally understood what kind of powerful existence could contend with 'it'!