Chapter 1225: Longevity: My Farming-Style Cultivation Is Too Steady Chapter 1225 Human Head Fruit!

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Xu Zhangqing and Luo Qinghan exchanged a glance, then without any hesitation, both sped up toward the source of the fluctuation.

However, the source of the fluctuation was farther than they had imagined.

The two moved for nearly an hour, yet still had not arrived.

Instead, the surrounding environment had changed.

The roots beneath their feet grew thicker and thicker.

The initial roots were no thicker than fingers.

But after advancing deeper, they gradually became arm-thick, thigh-thick, even giant roots that several people embracing might not be able to encircle.

These giant roots extended from the walls, then coiled on the ground into enormous arch-shaped structures, like one wooden bridge after another.

However, what flowed beneath the bridges was no longer dark green liquid, but wide rivers of liquid spiritual energy broad enough to sail boats.

Then Xu Zhangqing and Luo Qinghan simultaneously saw a tree.

It grew at the end of space.

Or rather, it was the end of space itself.

The diameter of the tree trunk was so large it could not be measured at all.

Its roots extended from the ground all the way to the vaulted ceiling, from the left side all the way to the right side, the entire tree trunk occupying every area of their field of vision.

The scale of the crown was even beyond what the naked eye could see.

The crown had penetrated the vaulted ceiling, or was itself part of the ceiling.

"This is... the World Tree?!"

Xu Zhangqing stopped his steps, raised his head, and looked at the giant tree that covered the sky and blotted out the sun.

In his mind, he instantly thought of Mu Ning of the Tianyuan Realm's Qingmu Sect.

Mu Ning was a tree spirit of a World Tree, also called an incarnation of the World Tree.

Could it be that this World Tree inside this living star had some connection with Mu Ning?

Though not the same tree, they were of the same kind of tree.

The more Xu Zhangqing thought about it, the more alarmed he became.

A World Tree had actually been transplanted into the body of this living star.

And it was made the core of the Wood Dao Law of this entire underground space—this was too unbelievable.

At this moment, Luo Qinghan lightly patted his shoulder: "Junior Brother, look over there."

Hearing this, Xu Zhangqing looked toward the roots of the World Tree.

There, a ring of unnamed flowers grew.

Some were only waist-high, others reached several zhang tall.

At the top of each was a closed flower bud.

And every flower bud was a different size, appearing extremely unique.

Not only that, their surfaces were covered with layers upon layers of golden petals.

And the edges of the petals had a translucent membrane trembling slightly.

Inside every flower bud, a clear life aura emanated.

Xu Zhangqing couldn't help but count them—just the flower buds visible to the naked eye numbered no fewer than fifty, and looking deeper into the tree roots, there seemed to be even more hidden.

Inside every flower bud was like an independent womb chamber.

Some life auras were already very stable, as if sleeping.

Some were extremely faint, as if just born not long ago.

And several of the largest flower buds had incomparably rich life auras inside, already reaching the strength of a Spirit Severing Stage cultivator's life force.

Seeing this, Xu Zhangqing's expression changed slightly: "Are they growing people?"

Luo Qinghan's expression sank as well, she said in a low voice: "These people, no one knows how long they've been inside the flower buds.

Whether the master here wants to use the World Tree to give birth to something, or simply use living people as nutrients, in short, the nature has completely changed.

Cultivation on this scale, the person behind it is definitely not a loose cultivator of Mahayana Stage fighting alone; I estimate, as you said, it should be an organization.

Even possibly some prominent ancient clan of the Endless Star Domain, or an immortal sect pulling the strings behind the scenes.

This situation is actually exactly like the Cang Lei Ancient Clan sacrificing living people to the Lord in Red."

At this moment, Xu Zhangqing no longer had any thoughts of greed or not: "Elder Sister, we can't stay here any longer; we must find the exit as soon as possible.

If all else fails, we can only break through the vaulted ceiling."

Fortunately, at this moment, the fluctuation appeared once again.

This time the direction it came from was no longer a vague general direction, but from the top of the World Tree.

Precisely speaking, from the position where the crown penetrated the ceiling, then spreading downward in an extremely clear rhythm.

The moment Xu Zhangqing's blue Yuan light caught this wisp of fluctuation, it locked onto its exact position, and he immediately looked up.

The main trunk of the World Tree extended upward from the ground, passed through that ceiling boundary woven from chaotic Wood Dao Law, and inside formed a ring of enormous annular folds.

Within the folds, one could faintly see the dark green liquid outside slowly seeping down along the texture of the bark.

And every time a fluctuation came in from the outside, the seepage speed of those dark green liquids would briefly speed up for an instant, then return to normal.

This position, barring any accident, should be the exit.

Or rather, it was the sole weak point where this underground space interacted with the outside world—fluctuations could transmit from outside, allowing that person to exit from here.

"Elder Sister, the exit might be above."

After thinking it through, Xu Zhangqing raised his hand and pointed to the ring-shaped fold at the junction of the tree trunk and the dome.

Luo Qinghan glanced at where he pointed, asked no more, simply nodded, then drew the Vacuum Law Realm from around them down beneath them, forming a platform of extreme cold condensation that carried the two upward along the main trunk of the World Tree.

"Those are……"

During the ascent, Xu Zhangqing saw some things hanging among the branches and leaves.

Although most of the World Tree's crown had pierced through the dome, beneath the dome there were still a great many giant branches extending horizontally.

Each giant branch was as wide as a road, and the branches were densely hung with a kind of fruit he had never seen before.

Every fruit's size and shape were exactly like a human face.

The contours of the features were clearly discernible.

Some had eyes tightly closed with serene countenances, some had furrowed brows and slightly parted lips.

Others had twisted countenances, as if enduring some unspeakable agony.

The fruit's skin was covered with extremely fine vein-like patterns.

And every pattern was slowly throbbing.

Luo Qinghan also saw these Human Face Fruits and said, "These are Human Head Fruits; it is said that mature Human Head Fruits eventually become exactly the same as human cultivators."

Xu Zhangqing probed into the interior of a Human Head Fruit with blue Yuan light.

Indeed, within it were contained faint laws and Dao rhymes.

But the most abundant was rich Life Force, even mixed with a trace of Creation Power.

Now, just the Human Head Fruits hanging on the giant branches numbered at least over a thousand.

And the giant branches of the entire World Tree numbered at least over a hundred.

Just thinking about this scene made one shiver.

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Several breaths later, the two reached the position where the tree trunk met the dome.

Up close, that ring-shaped fold was far more complex than when viewed from below.

The inner wall of the fold was covered with countless fine cilia, each cilia constantly vibrating at an extremely high frequency.

And the vibration frequency was exactly the frequency at which that fluctuation transmitted from the outside world!