Chapter 125: Seeing the Holy Tree

The subsequent matches were easy. Perhaps everyone was intimidated, and every opponent scheduled to face him chose to concede directly, which saved him a lot of effort.

However, no matter how easy he was, it was far less easy than Long Ziyan. She just stood there in the first half and lay her way into first place. Unexpectedly, she still stood there in the second half, without moving a single finger, and still sat firmly on the throne of first place.

Everyone, as long as they were scheduled to face her, would curse that their luck was truly bad, and then directly concede. She took this first place truly too easily. However, it looked easy, but it was actually quite tiring; she was tired from standing.

The Gu Fighting Tournament proceeded very quickly. Before he felt much time had passed, the sky had already darkened, and the sun was about to set. By this time, the Gu Fighting Tournament had already entered its final stages.

At this time, Long Xuan's second half was still seven wins and three losses out of ten matches, with a current total score of 140 points. Entering the top twenty was more than enough.

As for the matches he lost, they were also ones he actively conceded. Without mobilizing top-grade Gu worms, it was impossible for him to sweep all opponents.

For example, Long Ziyan, who was still standing there without moving. After Long Xuan was scheduled to face her, he also chose to concede immediately like the others. Without mobilizing top-grade Gu worms, it was absolutely impossible to be her opponent. This was something he didn't even need to think about. God knows how many top-grade Gu worms this little rich woman had in her hands.

Throughout the entire Gu Fighting Tournament, he hadn't seen her make a move even once. No one could force out her trump cards. All her Gu worms were still unknown until now. Long Xuan didn't dare to open this blind box.

By the time the Gu Fighting Tournament completely came to an end, unsurprisingly, Long Ziyan, with a score of 200 points and twenty wins out of twenty matches, firmly occupied the top of the leaderboard, becoming the champion of this Gu Fighting Tournament.

As for who was in second place, Long Xuan didn't even need to think carefully; it was naturally that eternal second-place, Long Qilin.

He only lost one match to Long Ziyan, winning a total of nineteen matches, with a total score of 190 points, ranking second.

He was born at the wrong time; encountering Long Ziyan was truly a tragedy. He would always be suppressed. He would never be able to take off this hat of eternal second-place.

However, he had long been beaten into habit, standing there with a calm face, without any emotional fluctuations.

The sixteenth place was that Long Panpan who left a deep impression on him. As for the rest, he didn't pay much attention; they were all extras, and he was too lazy to know their names.

As for himself, because he deliberately lost several matches to hide his strength, he ranked eleventh, this neither high nor low position.

After the Gu Fighting Tournament ended, in order to save time, there were not so many red tape, nor so many award activities. Long Wanli called the top twenty winners onto the high platform, and then led them toward the Holy Land where the Holy Tree grew.

All the winners were very excited, firmly following behind him. When passing by the crowd, their backs were straight, revealing pride on their faces.

The gold content of the Gu Fighting Tournament was still very high. Although there was a certain element of luck, those who could fight into the top twenty were basically already considered the clan's strongest batch of geniuses, and they were worthy of their pride.

Long Xuan didn't walk to Long Ziyan's side, nor did he walk to Long Qilin's side, always hanging at the very back of the crowd, heavy with thoughts.

Until now, he still hadn't been able to think of a way to secretly take away a branch of the Divine Dragon Wood.

He had absolutely no way; he knew nothing about the situation in the Holy Land and had no intelligence.

In the absence of understanding anything, what good ideas could he think of?

At this time, he could only act according to the situation. It depended on what kind of chaos Long Chen would create. As long as the Long Clan was in chaos, he might have a chance.

Not long after, under Long Wanli's leadership, the group arrived at the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the clan's residence.

The place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the clan was naturally the very center of the clan. The concentration of spiritual energy in the air was centered on the Long Clan, and the further away one walked, the lower the concentration of spiritual energy.

The concentration of spiritual energy in this world had never been uniform; some places had high concentrations, and some places had low concentrations.

The spiritual energy concentration in this mountain region was very high, far surpassing other mountain groups. It was said that this place used to be the territory of demon cultivators, and a large group of demon cultivators firmly occupied this treasure land.

But after the Long Clan moved the entire clan to the Far West, they had no foothold. They investigated the location for settling down for a long time, finally aimed their target at this place, and launched a war against the demon cultivators living here on the grounds of a missing child.

Although the Long Clan was an outsider, their strength could not be underestimated. The demon cultivators on the mountain and the Long Clan Gu cultivators fought for three days and three nights. In the end, their strength was insufficient, the array was broken by the Long Clan Gu cultivators, and all the demon cultivators living here were slaughtered.

Then the Long Clan Gu cultivators occupied the magpie's nest and completely occupied this treasure land. From then on, they settled down here, started construction, and afterward, there was the Long Clan, one of the seven major clans today.

This was the Long Clan's history of starting a business. It was said that the child they lost had not been found until now.

The Long Clan built their residence in the place with the highest spiritual energy concentration in this mountain region, and the center point with the highest spiritual energy concentration was planted with the clan's Holy Tree, the Divine Dragon Wood.

The Divine Dragon Wood had important symbolic and spiritual significance for the Long Clan. Every Washing Eyes Day, the entire clan would gather here to kneel and kowtow to the Holy Tree. At the same time, the clan would also offer many sacrifices to the Holy Tree and hold grand sacrificial activities. All the processes were very complicated.

It was just that this custom was after the Washing Eyes session, and this time point was already at night.

So the importance of the Holy Tree to the Long Clan could be seen. Such an important thing was naturally heavily guarded, with experts stationed to protect it, and it was definitely not so easily obtained.

Long Xuan glanced at the tall wall surrounding the Holy Tree, feeling once again the difficulty of this mission. Whether he could succeed, he now had absolutely no confidence at all.

"Listen carefully! The Dragon's Tears will be prepared by me personally. The longer the Dragon's Tears are placed, the less effective the medicine will be. The faster it is used, the better.

Everyone with the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye must wash their eyes on the spot. Those without the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye might not be able to withstand the medicinal power of the Dragon's Tears and can take the Dragon's Tears back to use slowly."

Hearing this, Long Xuan's expression changed slightly.

He knew that Long Wanli said this for him to hear. Everyone in the field had the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye, except for him. He was the only exception here.

People without the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye wouldn't participate in this Gu Fighting Tournament at all. As long as they participated in the Gu Fighting Tournament, they must have had the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye in previous years.

Although his Heavenly Mechanism Eye looked very similar to the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye, it was obviously still impossible to deceive Long Wanli.

Long Wanli wouldn't have said this in previous years, but because there was a new character, Long Xuan, this year, he added a sentence, and then, amidst the confused gazes of some people, walked toward the gate of the wall.

On the left and right sides of the gate of the wall stood a Spirit Refining stage peak Gu cultivator. Seeing the Clan Head bring people over, they respectfully bowed together, and then actively opened the door, letting everyone walk in.

After Long Xuan walked inside the wall, a strange-looking towering tree immediately came into view.

This tree was deep red all over, with sparse leaves, but the main trunk grew in a winding and twisting manner, just like a circling dragon, completely lacking the straightness of other tree species.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this strange appearance that it was named Divine Dragon Wood? Taking such a name was truly appropriate. If one ignored the details, this tree really looked like a dragon from a distance.

A tree with such a peculiar appearance must be an extraordinary thing. Just from the appearance, one could see that its grade was not low, and it must be a rare peerless spirit medicine.

Long Xuan subconsciously used the ability of his golden finger, raised his head to look at the sky above this tree, and soon an eye-catching number appeared in his line of sight.

【∞】.

Seeing this strange number, Long Xuan suddenly gasped, a chill in his teeth.

Good fellow, the progress was actually infinite. He couldn't help but widen his eyes.

He knew too well what this number represented. It represented that this tree was eternal, possessing endless lifespan.

And there were only two kinds of spirit medicine in this world that could break the lifespan limit: either Earth-grade spirit medicine or the legendary Heaven-grade spirit medicine.

Long Xuan's heart beat wildly. No wonder this tree had such a high status in the Long Clan, was protected so heavily, and even became the Holy Tree guarded by the clan for generations, treasured to the extreme.

Now he finally understood that the grade of this tree was simply terrifyingly high, enough to be treated as a family heirloom by any clan and passed down from generation to generation.

At this time, an old man was sitting under this tree, his clothing somewhat sloppy, full of beard, but his eyes were bright and piercing.

This person didn't hide his aura at all, and the Spirit Sea stage peak realm was exposed without any concealment, making people look at him with awe.

Good fellow, there were two Spirit Refining stage peak experts guarding outside, and inside there was actually sitting a Spirit Sea stage peak expert.

How important was this tree to the Long Clan, actually making them spend so many expert resources to guard it? Long Xuan was shocked.

Seeing someone walk in, this old man also immediately stopped meditating, raised his head to look at the visitor, and slowly stood up.

"Senior Brother, it has truly been hard on you to be trapped in this place for so many years."

Long Wanli spoke first, looking at this old man with apologetic eyes.

"Hard? What's hard? Isn't meditating and cultivating everywhere the same? Is cultivation called hard?"

"I think this place is quite good, with the most abundant spiritual energy, and no one to disturb. I can cultivate here without distraction, not distracted by anything in the outside world, so my progress has been rapid, and now I have touched the threshold of a Gu King."

"And what about you? As the Clan Head, you are bothered by too many trivial matters, delaying a large amount of cultivation time."

"Among us senior and junior brothers, your talent was clearly the best, and you should have been the first to break through to Gu King. As a result, after you became the Clan Head, your cultivation time became less and less. Instead, I, this stupid bird with the worst aptitude, flew first and touched the Gu King bottleneck first."

"I am very happy now. It seems that I am trapped in a cage here, but in fact, it is you who are trapped by the cage, but you don't know it."

"I have already seen through the truth now, and I am too lazy to fight with you for this position of Clan Head. Whoever is the Clan Head is a fool, tired like a dog all day, a pile of shit, even a dog wouldn't be one."

"Speaking of which, I still have to thank you. If you hadn't tampered with the drawing of lots, how would I have had the chance to live in this treasure land of cultivation, and no chance to touch the Gu King bottleneck so quickly."

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