Chapter 1102: The Returning Ancient Tree

"Could this be the Bodhi Heart?!"

After the shock, Lin Feng instantly stared in amazement at his own heart, and a torrent of turmoil surged in his mind.

As the Bodhi Ancient Tree continuously poured in energy, there a greenish heart was slowly forming.

The other several women, upon seeing the Bodhi Ancient Tree suddenly act on them, were instantly frightened, their hair standing on end.

They were even more puzzled, thinking the Bodhi Ancient Tree had been friendly before; why did it suddenly act on them?

For a moment, they even felt that the Bodhi Ancient Tree still harbored the Dou Emperor's negative emotions, not yet fully cleared.

However, only after the women discovered that the branch that entered their heart positions caused no harm did they gradually calm down.

Immediately afterward, they also sensed a change at their own heart positions.

"Could this be the Bodhi Heart that can make one instantly become a saint?!"

The women, after their astonishment, instantly started to grasp it and exclaimed in a shocked tone.

However, the Bodhi Ancient Tree paid no mind to their shock and simply continued doing its own thing.

After a few minutes of this energy infusion, the ancient tree slowly ceased its movements.

Then the branches swiftly flew out of everyone's bodies and retreated back into its dense canopy.

Lin Feng, seeing this, immediately turned his gaze to his own chest.

At this moment, he could clearly feel that at his heart a strange greenish heart had appeared, beating continuously.

At the same time, each beat of that green heart expelled an incredibly pure energy that surged into his body.

And this surge seemed endless, never ceasing.

"What a marvelous Bodhi Heart!"

Sensing the strange change within themselves, the women suddenly lit up with joy, instinctively touching the soft, springy big good heart within them.

"Swish swish~"

After handing the items to them, the Bodhi Ancient Tree shook its branches a few more times, conveying the words it wished to say.

Upon receiving the message, the women's previously excited emotions instantly became somewhat subdued.

They immediately approached the trunk of the Bodhi Ancient Tree and, disappointed, asked, "Are you going back underground again?"

"Swish swish~"

The Bodhi Ancient Tree immediately shook its branches again, indicating that it had already dispatched all of the Bodhi Hearts accumulated over more than ten thousand years, except for the few it had consumed to counter the Dou Emperor's negative emotions.

Having finished, it said, "We'll meet again when fate permits."

"No wonder."

Hearing that, Lin Feng and the others instantly showed expressions of sudden enlightenment.

Earlier they had wondered why the Bodhi Ancient Tree could produce eight Bodhi Hearts at once.

After all, each birth of such a treasure must be a considerable expense for the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

However, after receiving the tree's information, they instantly understood.

Initially, the Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared once every thousand years.

From this perspective, it should be able to give birth to one Bodhi Heart every thousand years.

But the Bodhi Ancient Tree had not emerged for over ten thousand years, so it must have stored many Bodhi Hearts underground.

And this emergence, the Bodhi Hearts the tree used were likely accumulated during that period.

"Buzz buzz!"

At the same time, while Lin Feng's party cleared their doubts about the Bodhi Heart, the Bodhi Ancient Tree suddenly erupted with patches of emerald light.

Faintly, it seemed something was about to burst forth.

Naturally, this commotion instantly drew the eyes of Lin Feng and the eight others.

When they looked up, they heard faint muffled sounds emanating from within the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Then, green specks shot out one after another, finally floating in the space like celestial maidens scattering blossoms.

"These are Bodhi Seeds."

Seeing those unusually pure green spheres, the other women's eyes lit up slightly.

Although these Bodhi Seeds are less valuable than Bodhi Hearts, they can still greatly aid a cultivator of the Nine-turn Dou Zun Peak in breaking through to the half‑saint stage, making them excellent treasures.

From those green specks, the Bodhi Ancient Tree seemed to have expelled more than twenty of them.

Seeing those Bodhi Seeds, a flash of joy crossed Lin Feng's face.

He immediately reached out and caught all the Bodhi Seeds.

Counting them, there were exactly twenty‑four Bodhi Seeds.

Seeing this, he scanned the women and evenly divided the twenty‑four seeds into eight portions, then used Dou Qi to push each portion toward the women.

"There are exactly twenty‑four Bodhi Seeds, so each of us gets three."

Mid‑sentence, Lin Feng waved his hand and gathered his three Bodhi Seeds.

Zhao Ran looked at the three Bodhi Seeds pushed before her, then gently shook her head and softly said, "You have already helped me a lot; even this hundred‑life reincarnation and the Bodhi Heart were only possible because of you. Keep these Bodhi Seeds for yourself."

But then, thinking of her son, she changed her tone: "My son may need this later, so one for him is enough. As for the rest, you can keep them yourselves."

Having said that, Zhao Ran immediately reached out and took one Bodhi Seed.

Then, with a jade hand, she gently pushed the remaining two seeds back.

As for the other women, since Xiao Yixian and Qing Lin had no one to give them to, they unhesitatingly pushed the three seeds back.

However, Yun Yun, Dan Ta and the other two beauties each had relatives or sect seniors/juniors.

Thus, after a brief thought, they pocketed the Bodhi Seeds.

"Alright, if you need them later, you can come find me to get them."

Seeing the three women push the items back, Lin Feng did not hesitate and promptly stored the eight Bodhi Seeds.

"Buzzzz~"

However, Lin Feng had just collected those Bodhi seeds when this small space suddenly underwent a violent tremor without any warning.

And after the tremor began, it immediately grew more and more violent.

Finally, in an instant, cracks suddenly appeared one after another within the space.

Blinding beams of light shot violently from those cracks.

"Crack!"

Accompanied by the appearance of those light beams, in just a few minutes this originally impregnable space became riddled with holes.

Finally, unable to hold on any longer, it burst open in the sight of Lin Feng and the others!

As the space exploded, Lin Feng and the eight others felt only a dizzying whirl before their eyes.

Immediately afterward, they found themselves back in the depths of the Vast Wasteland Ancient Realm.

"Finally, we're out."

Taking a deep breath of the fresh air on the grassland, Lin Feng and the others immediately looked around with a hint of surviving the catastrophe and joy.

No outsider could ever imagine what kind of danger they had gone through in just this short month.

That mysterious and unfathomable cycle of a hundred reincarnations, although it had greatly increased their strength.

But the danger therein, those who have experienced it undoubtedly have the most authority to speak.

If someone with a slightly weaker mind, they would likely be trapped forever, unable to escape.

Such an experience, I suppose, even after a long time, they would probably still feel the memory vividly.

However, during this month, their gains were undoubtedly enormous.

Although the reincarnation training did not let their strength surge all the way to the true Dou Sheng level,

but it unknowingly steadied their minds, leaving behind something that could greatly influence everyone's future.

"Buzz!"

But just after releasing those people, the Bodhi Ancient Tree immediately began to tremble violently.

Next, rings of emerald-green light spread outward from the base of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Under this spreading light, the soft ground beneath the ancient tree began to undulate as if it had turned into liquid.

And the Bodhi Ancient Tree, following that liquid, began to slowly sink into the ground.

"Ancient tree, thank you; I hope that when you are reborn next time, we can meet again."

Gazing at the Bodhi Ancient Tree sinking deeper into the earth, Lin Feng immediately murmured softly.

To be honest, he also felt a slight regret; unfortunately, the Bodhi Ancient Tree possessed no true sentience.

Otherwise, it would certainly have been a true peak powerhouse on the Dou Qi Continent.

And if one could befriend it, the assistance would not be trivial.

Even, he could fearlessly withstand the power of the Ancient Clan.

"Boom!"

But just as Lin Feng felt disappointed, the Bodhi Ancient Tree before him emitted a tremendous roar and finally sank slowly into the earth.

With the disappearance of the last wisp of emerald light from this towering giant tens of thousands of zhang tall,

this grassland once again became empty and desolate.

"Sigh, we should leave as well; after all, this time we not only experienced a hundred reincarnations inside the ancient tree, but also obtained this Bodhi Heart that can let us instantly become saints. We should go back to digest it properly. Otherwise, if those people take notice of us, that would be bad."

Having said that, Lin Feng immediately prepared to lead the women away.

However, the moment he turned around, he suddenly thought of a question.

We have now exited that space and arrived at this Vast Wasteland Ancient Realm.

Why is there not a single human presence around here?

Could it be that those people all died inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree's illusion?

Because while Xiao Yan and the others were competing for the Bodhi Heart, they each underwent a hundred reincarnations inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Thus, they were completely unaware of this, unable to comprehend where those powerful outsiders had gone.

Behind him, Xiao Yixian saw him suddenly stop and curiously asked: "Husband, why aren't you leaving? Our son is waiting for me to go home and nurse him. After all, no matter what the wet nurse says, she can't compare to one's own mother."

While speaking, Xiao Yixian gazed puzzled at her man.

Upon hearing this, the other six women instantly turned their gazes toward him as well.

"Before entering the illusion, we clearly had a large group of powerful pursuers. Even if many died in the beast tide, logically there should still be many people here!"

Having said that, Lin Feng's eyes, which had suddenly turned sharp, swiftly swept over the surroundings.

In this empty surroundings, there was not a trace of human presence.

Obviously, this is highly abnormal news.

Upon hearing that, the seven women were instantly stunned in place.

Immediately afterward, they also quickly turned their heads, looking around.

Surely, in these surroundings, not a single human figure could be seen.

"This, could it be that those people, while we were undergoing the hundred reincarnations, all died inside the illusion?!"

Seeing this situation, several women instantly became uneasy.

After all, this situation is obviously extremely abnormal.

Even if everyone who entered the illusion died, with so many powerful ones entering together, there would certainly be some who, suffering severe injuries in the beast tide, would be recuperating outside!

And after Zhao Ran glanced around, her vast soul power immediately emanated from her brow, eventually covering a radius of several thousand li.

Seeing this, the other women likewise followed suit, each releasing formidable soul power that spread outward.

Among them, the soul power of Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Qing Lin was the most terrifying, faintly overwhelming and completely covering the soul power of the other women.

No, within a radius of tens of thousands of li, I can't even sense a single person.

After sensing for a long time, Cao Ying and the two other women, whose soul power was strong, were the first to shake their heads, indicating they had not sensed any trace of others.

However, Qinglin immediately turned his head, gazed at Lin Feng, and said, "Young master, I can sense that your soul power is far stronger than mine; try to see if you can detect any trace of others."

Hearing that, Lin Feng immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give it a try."

As soon as his words fell, a terrifying soul power, several times stronger than Cao Ying and the other women, instantly burst from Lin Feng's body, sweeping across a radius of hundreds of thousands of li.

Even his soul perception directly extended to Manghuang Zhen outside the Manghuang Ancient Domain, which was also the point where they had entered this place on the spot.

Not long ago, they had indeed flown for several days straight before arriving here from Manghuang Town.