Chapter 721

Su Xuan did not care about Yu Jun's angry words; his gaze fell upon the constantly swaying Fusang Divine Tree, and from the Fusang Divine Tree, he sensed a familiar power.

This gave him some answers in his heart.

'Does this tree have anything to do with the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden?'

Not to mention what the myths in original history were like, the myths of this world indeed differed somewhat from those in original history, and it was precisely because of these different myths that history itself had undergone some minor changes.

Although the general trend had not changed, in the original work, there were indeed many instances where people who should have died were still alive.

Su Xuan had studied the Huang Shi Heavenly Book and was even more familiar with the original work.

He knew better than ordinary people that the civilization of this world began with the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden.

Or rather, all mysteries were related to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, suspected to be the incarnation of "Lady Xuanji" in this world, perhaps chose this character to be her incarnation because both names contained the character "Xuan."

After various thoughts flashed by, Su Xuan's mind returned to reality: "Great Elder, there is no need to be so angry. I came to Shushan today with sincerity and do not intend to be your enemy!"

"Sincerity? I haven't seen any sincerity at all!"

Shushan Great Elder Yu Jun's voice was cold. Su Xuan had arrived at Shushan silently; had it not been for the divine tree's warning and the fact that he happened to be divining, no one would have discovered this person's existence.

Is this what you call sincerity?

It is clearly harboring malicious intentions!

"Whether you believe it or not, I have indeed shown sincerity."

Su Xuan said indifferently: "If I hadn't come with sincerity, I wouldn't be the only one here this time; what would have arrived here instead would be the great army of the Qin Guo!"

"Although Shushan has been passed down for a thousand years, by remaining isolated and conservative, you are still stuck in the tribal era of a thousand years ago. I fear you do not know how powerful the blade of the Qin army is in today's world!"

"If the army were to come here, only one outcome would await you, and that is that the Shushan tribe would henceforth become a thing of the past!"

As these few words were spoken from Su Xuan's mouth, Yu Jun's expression became increasingly solemn.

"Are you threatening me?"

"No!" Su Xuan shook his head. "I am merely telling you a fact."

His tone shifted again: "So that you may understand, you cannot hold onto the thing I want to take. If you are wise, you had best hand over what I want."

"What is it that you want?" Yu Jun asked coldly.

Whether he was willing to hand that thing over to Su Xuan was one thing, but before that, he had to know what Su Xuan was plotting to take and what his purpose was in coming to Shushan.

"I want the tree behind you!"

Su Xuan's gaze fell upon the large, constantly swaying tree behind Yu Jun.

Upon hearing this, Yu Jun was instantly enraged.

Hundreds of years ago, Shushan took in people from the Yin-Yang School, but the Yin-Yang School members were not grateful; instead, they secretly incited the people of Shushan, sparking an internal rebellion. After that rebellion, part of Shushan's heritage was lost, and from then on, the Fusang Divine Tree lost the Three-Legged Jin Wu that matched it. While the means to refine the Jin Wu's power could at least be called a cultivation technique, the Fusang Divine Tree itself was different.

The divine tree had stood at the summit of this mountain for well over a thousand years, and beneath it, it suppressed the forbidden land of Yuyuan.

The Shushan tribe had served the divine tree and guarded Yuyuan for generations.

Other things could be lost, but the divine tree was different; the divine tree could not be lost!

"Presumptuous!"

A cold voice came from Yu Jun's hands; he no longer cared whether the Yin-Yang School person before him had come with sincerity.

Raising his arms, the shadow of a black dragon-snake emerged and flew toward Su Xuan.

The dragon-snake was lifelike, snapping toward Su Xuan.

Su Xuan's expression remained unchanged; he lifted his arm gently, as if holding an eraser to wipe away something written incorrectly, and the dragon-snake slowly vanished into nothingness.

"Great Elder, why be so irritable!"

Su Xuan looked at the extremely angry Shushan Great Elder and said softly: "The divine tree is but a dead object; even if it has birthed some spirituality, it is ultimately not a real person. I hope the Great Elder can consider clearly whether the tree is more important or human life is more important."

"Say no more! My Shushan tribe, even if we exhaust the strength of the entire clan, will ensure the divine tree remains unharmed!"

"Before you plot to take the divine tree, I will kill you first!"

Yu Jun's words revealed his determination. He waved his hands, and in an instant, a wild wind arose.

The world became dim; in the dark world, a wild wind swept through, carrying flying sand and moving stones.

During the Battle of Zhuolu in the past, Chi You had stirred up a wild wind, making the world dim and causing the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan to lose his way. The means Yu Jun was employing now were the heritage left behind by the "Wind Count and Rain Master" of that year.

After the wild wind and flying sand surrounded Su Xuan, he used the bloodline of the Yu clan to stir the Fusang Divine Tree behind him.

The divine tree instantly stopped swaying, and a vast, incomparable power of heaven and earth was drawn by it, then conducted through the divine tree as a hub to Yu Jun.

"Perish!"

Yu Jun gave a sharp shout, and in an instant, a golden stream of light, like a huge sun, pierced through the wild wind and arrived before Su Xuan.

The dim world became bright in an instant. When Su Xuan saw all things clearly again, he saw only the golden light sweeping toward him, containing a terrifying power capable of destroying all things.

This power was supreme, yang, and rigid, reminding Su Xuan of a certain ultimate technique of the Yin-Yang School, named—Soul-Stealing Dragon Swim!

The two were unexpectedly similar.

Su Xuan had the answer immediately.

So, does Soul-Stealing Dragon Swim originate from the power of the Fusang Divine Tree?

Because the divine tree has its own magical properties, it can easily gather powerful heaven and earth energy, whereas humans are different; relying solely on human strength to perform Soul-Stealing Dragon Swim requires possessing extremely powerful strength to achieve it.

Within the Yin-Yang School, excluding the deceased Xing Hun, currently only Moon Goddess and Concubine Yan could achieve this.

But even the Soul-Stealing Dragon Swim they performed was absolutely no match for this powerful force currently released by the Fusang Divine Tree.

The divine tree reached the sky, was incomparably huge, and the heaven and earth energy it gathered far exceeded the limits of the human body.