Chapter 222: Meeting an Old Friend in a Foreign Land

Lv Luo could not explain the reason either; it was indeed after Su Chen struck the tree that she felt this aura.

Could it be that she really sensed it wrong?

"Why don't you try hitting it two more times?"

Seeing this, Lv Luo asked tentatively.

Hearing this, Su Chen also felt some doubt in his heart; although he felt what Lv Luo said was a bit unreliable, he still struck it twice.

Lv Luo became excited instantly, her bright, watery eyes looking at the tree as she said, "That's it, that's it, that's exactly the feeling! Master, try attacking it with your Spiritual Power."

Su Chen could not help but twitch the corner of his mouth, feeling that this world was absurdly terrifying.

However, he did not refuse and immediately used his Spiritual Power to attack the giant tree; the giant tree only swayed leisurely twice and quickly returned to normal.

The leaves on the tree shook twice, as if mocking Su Chen's overestimation of his own capabilities, as if it were just scratching an itch for him.

It was clearly just a tree, but Su Chen inexplicably felt a sense of provocation from it.

He gritted his teeth as he looked at the tree.

"Strange, why is there no reaction? I clearly felt it."

Lv Luo could not help but touch her head, unable to figure it out; Su Chen did not speak either, as he also did not understand what was going on.

Suddenly, Lv Luo slapped her head in a moment of realization and said excitedly, "I know! Since we could feel Master's aura when we hit this tree just now, it must be a ruin left by Master in a past life. It must be a ruin left by Master, so it must require Master's Spiritual Power to be effective!"

"Master, try attacking with your Martial Soul."

Lv Luo turned around, looking at Su Chen impatiently; if it weren't for the fact that she herself did not have the Divine Dragon Martial Soul, she probably would have done it herself the next moment.

Su Chen felt that what Lv Luo said made sense, so he summoned the Divine Dragon Martial Soul and attacked the tree.

Seeming to be retaliating for the tree's provocative behavior earlier, this time, Su Chen used his full strength.

"Ouch, ouch! Great Emperor Divine Dragon, stop hitting me! This little one didn't mean it."

A voice suddenly appeared in the void, old and powerful, faintly carrying a hint of pleading.

Su Chen and Lv Luo immediately looked left and right, but they could not see anyone.

"This voice is so familiar."

Lv Luo muttered to herself, then suddenly widened her eyes, staring fixedly at the tree: "Old Tree Demon, is it you? Didn't you leave before? How could you be here!?"

Seeing that someone finally recognized him, the Old Tree Demon was moved to tears; because he currently had no physical form, one could only judge his emotions from his voice.

"Wuu wuu, it's been millions of years. This old man has finally met someone he knows. To think that this old man has been caught here to keep watch for millions of years..."

"There isn't even a living person in here. This old man counts the trees every day until I'm almost sick of it; even my leaves have withered."

Lv Luo subconsciously looked at this exceptionally lush giant tree, then looked at him as he kept shaking his leaves with a look of grievance.

She didn't see where it had withered; on the contrary, it was shaking so much that quite a few leaves had fallen off.

"What exactly is going on?"

Lv Luo could not help but ask, "I remember you had already cultivated into a human form; why don't you take human form to see us now?"

Once these words were spoken, the Old Tree Demon was uncharacteristically silent. After a long while, he slightly shook the leaves on the tree, and his distant sigh echoed in the sky: "This is a long story. To think that after I left back then..."

Seeing that the Old Tree Demon was about to start rambling on about useless nonsense again, Lv Luo quickly interrupted: "Get to the point, get to the point."

"How annoying! It's just been too long since I've met a living person! You've grown up now and don't even have the patience for this old man to speak. Truly, a daughter married off is like water poured out; my heart, it hurts~"

The Old Tree Demon looked annoyed and embarrassed, and what he said was exceptionally girlish.

Lv Luo could not bear it any longer, punched the tree, and shouted: "Hey, when did I become your daughter? If you say any more useless things, do you believe I'll pluck all your leaves off?"

"Don't—"

The Old Tree Demon's massive body twisted a few times; for some reason, the two of them looked at the tree and felt that he was exceptionally afraid: "Alright, back to the point. When this old man left back then, I was accidentally captured and forced to act as a Gatekeeper Spirit, which is how I became what I am today."

This short statement was said lightly, but only Lv Luo knew how much hardship it contained.

The Old Tree Demon was much older than her, and in her memory, he had always been a crazy, dramatic person.

Back then, he had also left without saying goodbye for some unknown reason, leaving only a letter saying he had to handle something very important; she just never expected that they would meet again in such a way.

To become a Gatekeeper Spirit, it would be fine if it were an unformed spirit body, but ordinary people like to take shortcuts; in order to have a more powerful Gatekeeper Spirit, they carve a Blood Curse into the flesh of a sentient creature bit by bit.

They use spells to preserve it, and finally destroy the flesh and blood, trapping the spirit to achieve the goal of control.

This kind of Gatekeeper Spirit is not only powerful but also immortal; although they retain their own consciousness, they absolutely cannot do anything to betray their master, otherwise, they will suffer eternal damnation, their soul will perish, and they will never be reincarnated.

People capable of such vicious acts are things even ordinary evil cultivators wouldn't do; only those with sinister minds and ulterior, extremely evil motives would do such a thing.

Lv Luo could not help but have red eyes, thinking of the immense pain the Old Tree Demon had experienced before his death, yet he did not mention a word of it now.

They were trapped here now, and if they wanted to leave, they could only do so by trampling on the life of the Old Tree Demon.

How could they bear to do that?

Su Chen clearly knew this as well; although he was a stranger to this Old Tree Demon, for some reason, he could not bear to do such a thing.

He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying: "Who exactly is it? To do such a heartless thing!"

"I cannot say."

The Old Tree Demon sighed gloomily; he had already been placed under a restriction, and even having such thoughts in his heart would result in forced punishment, let alone speaking it out loud.

"But don't be so depressed. This old man has lived for millions of years, after all; what scenery in the human world haven't I seen? Ever since Hong Yan left, I've been nothing more than a corpse in this world anyway; I've lived long enough."

The Old Tree Demon's voice sounded somewhat old and exceptionally weary, forming a sharp contrast with just a moment ago.

It is said that a long time ago, the Old Tree Demon was not an Old Tree Demon, but a Mountain God who governed a region; as the plant with the most potential, he cultivated into a human form and protected the living beings in the mountains.

Back then, he did not look like an old man on the verge of death; his appearance was naturally exceptionally handsome.

(End of chapter)