Chapter 583 - 582

Watching as Li Jing took several high-quality and even top-notch artifact refinement materials from his collection, Bai Chuchu felt an intense pain but was surprised that he really didn’t touch anything other than artifact refinement materials.

Bai Chuchu is not an artifact refiner and doesn’t intentionally collect artifact refinement materials.

But she is an elixir refining grandmaster.

She possesses countless spiritual objects of various medicinal properties, so many heavenly treasures that even she cannot count them all.

Looking curiously at someone, Bai Chuchu speaks out.

"You, do you really know Sister ZiXuan?"

"More than just know?"

Li Jing responded.

Just as he was about to make up a few more lines, Bai Chuchu suddenly asked.

"Did you two sleep together?"

???

Li Jing.

This question by Bai Chuchu truly stunned him.

Li Jing didn’t understand.

What kind of mindset led Bai Chuchu to ask this kind of question.

The point is.

He is now fox demon Jiuli.

A woman.

Bai Chuchu asked him if he had slept with Shi Zixuan, asking as if it was so natural.

This...

It was clearly telling him.

The gorgeous former Beiming Emperor Shi Zixuan is actually a lesbian, who enjoys flirting with women.

Seeing Li Jing stare with wide beautiful eyes, a touch of unnaturalness flashed in the corners of Bai Chuchu’s eyes visible through her veil, followed by a hint of shyness as she averted her gaze.

Seeing this, Li Jing was like, good lord.

Whether Shi Zixuan has slept with others, he doesn’t know.

But Bai Chuchu definitely slept with her.

Weren’t these two the rival competitors for the title of Beiming Emperor back in the day?!?

God damn!

Did Shi Zixuan sleep with someone to get them to willingly withdraw?

This...

It’s not that likely.

The strength of Shi Zixuan is unquestionable.

Before she became the Beiming Emperor, she was able to take the Immortal Medicine from the likes of Xiang Dong, Jin Ritian, and the Emperor of the Western Earth, transforming herself into a living dead and ruling over the Northern Immortal Realm.

At that time, the Northern Immortal Realm was leaderless.

If there really was someone capable of becoming the emperor and gaining the allegiance of all, they would have already taken the throne.

How would it be Shi Zixuan’s turn?

Bai Chuchu might be the one with the greatest chance among those competing for the Emperor’s throne, but she was just incapable of making everyone submit due to her limited personal strength, preventing her from taking the throne.

This gave Shi Zixuan the opportunity to run to the Northern Immortal Realm to beat everyone, and become the emperor.

Pondering this, Li Jing looked at Bai Chuchu acting shy and restrained the smirk on his face.

Damn it.

This felt somewhat like mistaking one’s own family.

The "noble person" he targeted turned out to be a woman who had slept with Shi Zixuan!

Lucky for him, Bai Chuchu had mentioned it, otherwise, it would have been terribly embarrassing.

It’s not that Li Jing was scared of Shi Zixuan.

It’s mainly because Shi Zixuan is now one of the few genuine inhabitants of Chen Tang City.

Unlike the Star Picking Old Man who only registered in Chen Tang City.

Furthermore, under Li Jing’s principle of "Chen Tang City does not support idlers", she is now acting as the Guardian Elder of Chen Tang City, responsible for ensuring the security of the city and its surroundings during her retreat.

Li Jing going out to rob houses...

Cough!

Gathering resources.

If it was gathered from his own guardian, this wouldn’t be acceptable, would it?

Clearing his throat, Li Jing opened his mouth.

"A question, what is inside the paradise I opened up?"

After Li Jing asked this, Bai Chuchu was not surprised.

She is completely resigned now.

She has no choice.

The current situation is completely between a rock and a hard place for her.

There is a hungry wolf in front of her in Li Jing, and the Emperor of the Western Earth outside.

The others in Beiming Divine Palace can’t be relied upon.

If she doesn’t give an explanation, this matter won’t end well.

At least right now, Li Jing seems to be the best option.

With the connection to Shi Zixuan, she has some room to maneuver.

Gazing directly at him, Bai Chuchu spoke.

"If I tell Lady Jiuli what is in the blessed land, can you help me drive away or limit the Emperor of the Western Earth outside the blessed land?"

Hearing this, Li Jing was slightly startled and looked at her strangely.

This Bai Chuchu, she has some substance after all.

Just moments ago, she was on the verge of crying because of him, and now she’s plotting to use him to beat her enemy.

Without thinking much, Li Jing nodded.

"Alright, considering the Empress’s reputation, I’ll lend a hand,"

Seeing the consent, a hint of delight appeared in Bai Chuchu’s eyes as she responded.

"This heavenly place is the cave-dwelling of the First Beiming Emperor of the Northern Immortal Domain. Its era can be traced back to the time when the Ancient Fairyland was destroyed and replaced by the Immortal Realm. According to the records related to the First Beiming Emperor, the Northern Immortal Domain is our dead object’s domain, precisely because the First Emperor brought a group of dead objects to the Immortal Realm from the destroyed Ancient Fairyland,"

As she spoke, she continued.

"The First Beiming Emperor’s cave dwelling opens every ten million years, so few people know about it. Only some of the oldest members of the Divine Palace are aware. Inside the Emperor’s cave dwelling, along his legacy, lies an extremely rare opportunity, the World Tree that could appear anywhere,"

World Tree?

Li Jing’s eyes brightened.

A legacy of a former emperor.

This would be incredibly tempting under normal circumstances.

Especially since this emperor is not only ancient but was also the first Beiming Emperor from the Ancient Fairyland.

His legacy is undoubtedly derived from the Ancient Fairyland.

However, this emperor was a dead object ...

How could the legacy of a dead object’s cultivation path be controlled by a living one?

Compared to the First Beiming Emperor’s legacy, the World Tree is evidently what the living ones should focus on.

And clearly,

The World Tree is the main reason Bai Chuchu hopes to use his power to drive away Karam.

"What is a World Tree? What are its functions?"

Li Jing asked.

"The World Tree is what it is called in the Ancient Fairyland, in the Immortal Realm it is called the Heaven and Earth Tree."

Bai Chuchu responded irrelevantly.

Li Jing, however, was taken aback upon hearing this.

World Tree.

He had never heard of it.

But the Heaven and Earth Tree, he had some understanding of.

In the Immortal Realm, there are many rare treasures that can help people create independent worlds, with the branches of the Heaven and Earth Tree being the most valuable among them.

Note,

It’s the branches, not the whole tree.

With a branch of the Heaven and Earth Tree, an independent world can be refined into nearly a complete heaven and earth from the start. It only takes a little effort to manage it to perfection.

This thing, quite a BUG (rough).

In comparison,

The Life Tree seeds that also assist in the creation of independent worlds are basically jokes.

Speaking firmly,

Among many things that assist in establishing independent worlds, Life Tree seeds belong to the lowest tier.

Although Life Tree seeds themselves are a kind of "promising" Immortal Medicine, without burial soil they can never mature.

Also, Life Tree seeds just offer an essential condition for opening up an independent world based on their own storage space, making the storage space capable of containing living beings.

To meet the prerequisites of presenting an independent world,

You must first make your storage space big enough, then start from scratch to evolve the rules.

How inadequate this is when compared with the Heaven and Earth Tree branches?

Regardless of other aspects,

The Heaven and Earth Tree branches directly transform the storage space into an infinitely broad one nearing completeness by refining, where the Heavenly Path initially presents a scale.

This treasure,

For someone like Li Jing, whose independent world is already a complete heaven and earth, it may not be very significant.

But if he doesn’t need it,

It can be given to others, right?

Moreover, the Heaven and Earth Tree branches are an extremely rare divine item level refining material that can refine at least one natural related rule to an item.

However, due to its property of aiding in opening independent world, it seems too wasteful to use it for refining or deriving the rules of items.

An item, an item rule,

Can this be compared with an independent world?

Rubbing his hands in excitement and glowing eyes, Li Jing said.

"I’ve heard about the Heaven and Earth Tree and its branches, but there’s no record mentioning that the Heaven and Earth Tree can move. Could it be that the First Beiming Emperor designed it this way to create difficulty for those trying to get the Heaven and Earth Tree branches?"

"That’s not the case,"

Bai Chuchu shook her head and said,

"This World Tree left by the First Emperor, is alive."

?

Li Jing threw out a question mark.

Alive?

Isn’t this obvious?

The heavenly place only opens every million years.

If the Heaven and Earth Tree weren’t alive, wouldn’t it been eroded away by time long ago?

As if she knew what he was thinking, Bai Chuchu explained,

"Lady Jiu, you misunderstood. What I mean is that the World Tree left by the First Emperor has gained consciousness."

"Gained consciousness?"

Li Jing was confused, then frowned,

"So, is it a tree monster?"

"Yes,"

Bai Chuchu nodded, then continued,

"Compared to ordinary tree monsters, its level is obviously much higher. Not to mention its extraordinary body, the era it existed in can be traced back to the time of the Ancient Fairyland. Nobody can determine how powerful it is now."

Hearing this, Li Jing frowned.

A tree monster.

Moreover, it is a Heaven and Earth Tree demon that can be traced back to the ancient fairyland era.

How strong would it have to be?

He can’t imagine.

Plants becoming demons is relatively rare.

Spiritual treasures gaining intelligence is even rarer.

A Heaven and Earth Tree demon.

It encompasses both.

After a bit of thought, Li Jing looked up.

"Let’s go."

Having said that, he took a step and crossed through space.

The next moment.

Li Jing returned to under his own Da Zhoutian Ban.

At this moment, Kellan and others who were suppressed were naturally still there.

Without his permission, no one present has the ability to leave.

Everyone was suddenly invigorated when they saw someone leave and return.

Before Li Jing could settle in, Bai Chuchu also emerged from the independent world.

Seeing the two return one after another, Kellan looked faintly at Bai Chuchu, who seemed to have been crying, and saluted with a smile, taking advantage of his "familiarity" with someone.

"Jiu Immortal, have you collected all your debts?"

"Yes."

Li Jing nodded, and then lifted his hand to form several handprints in succession.

"All heaven’s star lodges, seal Heaven and Earth! Da Zhoutian Ban! Swiftly!"

???

Kellan.

Li Jing’s repeated tricks were not only in front of him, but they were also targeted only at him.

With a strand of starlight falling, he was imprisoned on the spot by a much smaller version of the Da Zhoutian Ban.

There’s a big one on the outside, and a small one on the inside.

This double happiness...

"Jiu Immortal, what do you mean by this!"

Kellan couldn’t hold it together on the spot.

"Emperor, don’t be nervous, I’m just doing my job."

Li Jing revealed a toothy smile.

"..."

Kellan.

Li Jing then turned his gaze to Bai Chuchu.

"I have kept my promise, you should be satisfied now?"

Bai Chuchu nodded.

Her main concern is not being able to compete with an old emperor like Kellan who enjoys top-notch resources of a fairyland, it doesn’t mean she is afraid of him or anything like that.

Simply put.

If it wasn’t for her inability to get rid of Kellan, she would have turned her back on him a long time ago.

At this moment, Li Jing is true to his word and gives Kellan a "double happiness", she is naturally satisfied, and there is nothing she needs to hide.

As an Emperor of Beiming Divine Palace, offending the Emperor of the Western Earth is the same as offending.

The relationship between the two has never been great to begin with.

Kellan is not a fool.

Seeing the interaction between Li Jing and Bai Chuchu, he instantly understood that the latter had bought over the former to deal with him.

Looking at Li Jing with a frown, Kellan knew he had nothing to say to someone who did things for their own benefit, and shifted his gaze to Bai Chuchu.

"Mrs. White, if I promise to leave now, can I have my freedom back?"

"Yes."

Bai Chuchu agreed, saying.

"However, Emperor, you have to make a heart demon oath, take all the people of the Western Immortal Realm away, and stop interfering in the blessed land of the cave."

"Agreed."

Kellan promptly agreed, raising his hand to swear.

What else can he do?

He is helpless, too.

This cave heavenly blessed land is very special, which can be seen from the attitude of Beiming Divine Palace.

But being imprisoned on the spot with double happiness, he couldn’t contemplate it anymore.

Withdrawing with his men would be better than being imprisoned on the spot where he couldn’t do anything, and waiting until the time limit of the opening of the cave’s heavenly blessed land was over before being released...

"Boom."

A loud noise in the sky symbolizes that a heavenly demon has noticed this vow.

After completing the oath, Kellan looked over.

Bai Chuchu saw this, nodded, and then turned her head to look over.

Li Jing waved his hand in response, lifting the two bans.

The Da Zhoutian Ban no longer exists, Kellan glanced at Bai Chuchu, saluted her, and said.

"Mrs. White, we have a long way to go."

"Okay."

Bai Chuchu was not afraid at all, then said.

"After this matter, if you can’t find me, you can go to Chen Tang City."

???

Kellan.

Take your time.

He was making a serious threat.

Bai Chuchu took it, and she took it so decisively.

So, how did this get connected to Chen Tang City?

Li Jing pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth as he heard Bai Chuchu’s words.

He really wanted to say.

Don’t screw me over, sis, if you want to go to Chen Tang City, no one is stopping you, don’t drag Karan into it.

What if he happens to be there.

Wouldn’t the fox demon Jiuli, who is the master of Chen Tang City, Li Jing, be exposed on the spot?

It’s not that Li Jing likes this identity too much.

The main thing is that Karan can be a fat sheep, and he can be slaughtered more than once, having one more identity is more convenient.

On this end.

Bai Chuchu saw Karan’s puzzled face, and indifferently said.

"Sister Zixuan is in seclusion in Chen Tang City, after the matter here is finished, I’ll go find her and cultivate together to seek progress."

Upon hearing this, Karan was stunned for a moment, then turned around with an unhappy face, took to the sky, and turned into a streak of light and disappeared into the distance.

Shi Zixuan is in Chen Tang City, he did not know about this.

After the official contact with Li Jing and miserable extortion, he has blacklisted Chen Tang City, avoiding all matters related to Chen Tang City.

He had no choice.

Chen Tang City is backed by the original Demonic Spirit.

Nobody could provoke this.

If you can’t provoke them, then just hide.

So even though he found out after the fact that Xiang Dong and Jin Ritian had returned from Chen Tang City, he never inquired about it.

Bai Chuchu told him to go to Chen Tang City "in the future." This was already unlucky.

Chen Tang City also has a Shi Zixuan...

Even worse!

There are only two people in the whole Immortal Realm who Karan just cannot afford to offend.

One is Li Jing, who extorts people without even blinking, and the other is Shi Zixuan, who was once the strongest among the Four-Direction Emperors.

The two of them are in Chen Tang City...

Emperor of the Western Earth, Karan, left dejectedly. Those alien species present, all belonging to the Western Immortal Realm, looked at each other, and under their respective emperor’s leadership, took to the sky and chose to leave one after another.

Although Karan didn’t ask them to leave with him.

But he made promises.

If they insist on staying here, they might offend their own emperor to death.

No one could bear this responsibility, so they had to leave when it was time to leave.

The alien species from the Western Immortal Realm left, leaving only the human cultivation group, which didn’t even have an emperor-level, and the monster group with barely two emperors.

As for these two groups of people, Bai Chuchu did not mean to drive them away.

Li Jing was one of the Monster Emperors present, and one who was so powerful that even the Western Earth Emperor was daunted by him.

When he opened the entrance before, there were two divine beasts and Monster Emperors by his side.

Don’t look at the monk’s face, look at the Buddha’s face.

The monster group should not be driven away.

As for the human cultivation group.

She already has a plan to go to Chen Tang City and seek protection from Shi Zixuan.

Going to a human’s place immediately after offending the human cultivation group doesn’t seem quite right, does it?

Of course.

The key is.

This cave has already attracted the Western Earth Emperor, Karan, regardless of how much concealment there is, it doesn’t matter so much anymore. Too many deliberate actions would actually be counterproductive.

So simply, Bai Chuchu spoke out.

"The cave is now open, those who are destined can get the opportunity. Those of you who are interested can go in."

Hearing what she said, the remaining human cultivators and monsters who were hesitating whether to leave or not thought they must have heard wrongly.

The Western Earth Emperor was driven away, and they were not being driven away?

The human cultivators and the monsters looked at each other, and then quickly someone took to the sky towards the nearby underground cavern.

Once one person moved, everyone else simply couldn’t hold back.

Seeing this, Bai Chuchu turned her head and looked at the three dead-object emperors, Corpse King, Bone Demon, and Shadow Demon, saying.

"The emperors among you should also lead your people in. We’ve been assembling personnel for quite a long time, further delay is inappropriate. Whoever among you gets the first generation’s legacy will have a greater chance of becoming the next Beiming Emperor."

The three dead-object emperors immediately looked grave upon hearing this, and then each let out a sharp cry, leading countless dead objects on the field, in groups, heading into the underground cavern.

Looking at one group after another going into the cavern, Li Jing was not in a hurry to enter the cave. He looked weird and said.

"The next Beiming Emperor is to be selected from those three just now?"

"Of course not."

Bai Chuchu shrugged and said.

"I just said they would have a greater chance, and didn’t say they definitely would be."

Upon saying this, she said again.

"Of course, if the three of them are fortunate enough to get the legacy of the first Beiming Emperor, they really will have a great chance. The first Beiming Emperor is extraordinary after all, if they get the legacy left by him, the improvement to their corpse cultivation will be considerable. Given time, the one who gets the legacy will definitely be stronger than the others."

Hearing Bai Chuchu say this, Li Jing couldn’t deny it and nodded his head, saying.

"I should also take my leave now, see you when the chance comes."

Having said that, he moved his foot, turned into a shadow, and left along the surface of the ground.

Bai Chuchu saw this and her pupils contracted.

The shadow law that the shadow demons are extremely good at...

No wonder he’s an emperor-level Thousand-faced fox demon, this man is really capable!

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