Chapter 1240: Strange Little Sapling

Hearing this, Lu Yang secretly sent a voice transmission to Meng Jingzhou: "So, Old Meng, if you drip a drop of blood, can you also summon a large batch of ghosts to work for you?"

And the ones attracted are all ghost kings; low-level ones don't even dare to drink Old Meng's blood.

Meng Jingzhou rolled his eyes: "If the ghost kings could snatch over the Ancestral Master of Hanhai, that would work."

Meng Jingzhou felt that upon ascending to the Tribulation Transcendence stage, the happiest was his ancestral sect, and second happiest was the Ancestral Master of Hanhai.

Mu Baiyi led the people into the main urban area of Fengdu; Lu Yang noticed that Fengdu City not only had ghosts but also many people, apparently all followers of the Jiuyou Sect.

Indeed, establishing Fengdu was a major undertaking; the Fengdu celebration surely drew all members of the Jiuyou Sect.

Lu Yang's guess was correct: today was a major day for the Jiuyou Sect, all barbecue shops had been closed for days, having arrived early here; Lu Yang and company were the last batch to enter Fengdu.

"Are these bricks also moved from that ancient Qian city?" Meng Jingzhou stomped his feet twice, always feeling these bricks and the city wall were not from the same era.

"No, only the city walls of the ancient Qian city are usable; the brick quality is poor and unusable."

"Then where did these floor bricks come from?"

"I asked the Tiance Sect to calculate where there are large quantities of very ancient bricks; they computed a rough location, we dug everywhere, discovered an ancient capital of the Great Yu Dynasty, and moved all the bricks here."

Meng Jingzhou: "..."

How come listening to you, Fengdu sounds like it was pieced together from east and west.

"Speaking of which, your sect believes in reincarnation; in ancient times, the underworld was precisely the place of reincarnation; does Fengdu have the function of reincarnation?" Lu Yang asked.

The Sect Master Chi and Liu Zhen perked up their ears; they were also very interested in the reincarnation believed in by the Jiuyou Sect.

They also heard from the Jiuyou Sect that the previous sect master Qin Haoran was a person of reincarnation; initially they didn't quite believe it, but just now hearing Lu Yang, the junior sect master, say that Qin Haoran left behind manuscripts that exactly resembled the ancient underworld, this matter is quite thought-provoking.

The affairs of the Xin Fire Dynasty should be unknown to anyone; how did Qin Haoran know?

Mu Baiyi gently shook her head: "Please excuse the Junior Sect Master Lu and the Holy Son Long for laughing; currently Fengdu City is merely used to provide shelter for ghosts. Although we strictly built Fengdu according to the manuscripts left by the previous sect master, establishing the Three Lives Stone, the Yellow Spring Road, etc., it is only similar in appearance, without the function of reincarnation."

"However, we believe that as long as our faith is firm enough, one day Fengdu will become the place of reincarnation."

Lu Yang actually wanted to say you shouldn't think too optimistically; the underworld of the Xin Fire Dynasty also lacked the function of reincarnation, and over a hundred thousand years, only Li Haoran appeared as such a person.

After thinking, he didn't say it out loud; people building Fengdu is not easy, so don't discourage them.

Lu Yang originally thought the ghosts just entering the city were already numerous enough; upon arriving at the core area of Fengdu City, he finally knew what is meant by a mountain and sea of ghosts.

He also saw the true forms of those few figures from the spatial rift a few days ago; they were all ghosts.

Then it cannot be said that the bone divination was wrong; Quxian County is indeed haunted.

"This is the altar."

Around the altar are many people and ghosts; upon seeing Mu Baiyi and company approach, they all consciously made way.

Countless curious gazes fell upon Lu Yang and the two; everyone felt curious about these two legendary figures, the Junior Sect Master of Tianting Sect and the Holy Son.

Lu Yang and the two stared straight ahead, unmoved, fully displaying aloofness.

The altar is circular, with four layers, corresponding to heaven, earth, humanity, and ghosts; entirely pure white, it is the only white in Fengdu, very eye-catching.

"Please take your seats."

Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, Sect Master Chi, and Liu Zhen, as Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators, sat in the first row; from the second row onward were the high-level members of the Jiuyou Sect.

"Sect Master Mu, why is there a tree in the middle of the altar?" Lu Yang asked, puzzled.

In the middle of the altar is a circular hollow, with a tree sapling over two persons tall growing, its branches hanging with unknown objects, tightly wrapped by leaves.

Lu Yang had seen many spiritual trees in the herb garden, but none corresponded to this sapling.

"Old Meng, do you recognize this tree sapling?"

Meng Jingzhou also wondered what the Jiuyou Sect was up to: "I don't recognize it."

"Immortal, do you recognize it?"

The Immortal Maiden frowned slightly: "Strange, this immortal has never seen such a thing."

Mu Baiyi explained: "Actually, we also don't know what this is."

"When the altar was first built, there was no such thing; suddenly one day, a subordinate reported, saying the altar was toppled by a tree sapling."

"At the time I found it strange; this altar is made of flawless jade stone, hard in texture; initially, to process the jade stone, we expended great effort—how could a tree sapling topple the altar?"

"When I went to look, indeed it was so: the altar was shattered into pieces, and a tree sapling never seen before was growing."

"I asked around; no one knew the origin of the tree sapling."

"Considering the tree sapling is very strange, I also dared not pull it out; I only sought another place to rebuild the altar, but the result was that the tree sapling moved location, and again toppled the altar."

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"When I rebuilt the altar for the third time, I just stared at the tree sapling day and night, discovering that the tree sapling gradually becomes illusory, and then not far away, inside the altar, an illusory image of the tree sapling appears."

"When the tree sapling here completely disappears, inside the altar a solid form of the tree sapling appears, then it shatters the altar."

"No other way; I could only order people to dig a hole in the center of the altar to accommodate the tree sapling's growth; now it has grown this tall."

After listening, Lu Yang was still confused: what exactly is this tree sapling?

"Are the things hanging on the branches fruits?"

Mu Baiyi still shook her head: "I don't know."

The appearance of the tree sapling does not affect the completion celebration of Fengdu; the followers merely regard the tree sapling planted here as having some symbolic meaning.

As the celebration host, Mu Baiyi changed into a black robe and ascended the altar.

Upon seeing Mu Baiyi ascend, the Jiuyou Sect members all simultaneously fell silent, staring intently at Mu Baiyi, their gaze devout and clear.

Mu Baiyi's expression solemn, she took out the willow branch inserted in the jade vase, and placed them respectively in the east, west, south, and north directions.

The willow branch symbolizes new birth; east, west, south, north symbolize the world; the essence of reincarnation is new birth; this act symbolizes that Fengdu is the place of reincarnation for the entire world, the starting point of new birth.

Next, he held a ritual sword in one hand and a jade ring in the other, striking them together, producing a clear sound; simultaneously he chanted the ancient invocation, all in ancient language.

Even if Lu Yang translated it into modern language, he still couldn't understand what Mu Baiyi was saying.

When Mu Baiyi chanted halfway, those below began to chant in unison, accompanied by ancient ritual music.

"Auspicious day, good hour; the solemn shall be delighted in the nine nether realms……"

The entire Fengdu was enveloped in a solemn and reverent atmosphere, as if resonating with heaven and earth, causing the space itself to tremble.

Lu Yang gradually became immersed in this atmosphere, calming his mind to feel the process.

On the sapling's branches, the leaves unfurled and blossomed, gradually revealing a corner of the true appearance of what was wrapped within.

It was a fruit so illusory as to be nearly transparent, dreamlike and bizarre, as if it ought not to exist in this world.

Seeing this, Lu Yang's pupils contracted sharply; the altar lay at the heart of Fengdu, the place cherished by all believers— in other words, the place where the power of faith was most abundant— and the sapling grew only within the altar, signifying that its emergence was inseparable from the power of faith!

Now the ceremony officially began, and the fruit on the sapling's branches grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Could this thing be……

As Lu Yang thought this, an untimely laugh rang out above the crowd, interrupting the ceremony's progress; with the laughter, the ghost fires in the sky above Fengdu were extinguished one after another.

"Jiuyou Sect, you do have some skill— this embryonic form of the Reincarnation Dao Fruit was truly brought forth by you!"

(End of Chapter)