Chapter 649 Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha Dao Frui (2/2)

They unanimously agreed that Qing Xuan's position was unshakeable in the field of cultivation with Shen Lian being the front and Fang Yanying supporting at the back.

Chen Jinchan was also a person with great analytic skills. He was well recognized in Qing Xuan as the headmaster who was the best versed in managing the school, after Zhang Ruoxu. Shen Lian was viewed as 'the respected person who saved a gigantic building from collapsing at the last critical moment'; whereas Chen Jinchan was the one who built Qing Xuan from a timid past to its current standing as the leader in Daoism. Anyone in touch with him might not be satisfied with his character, but they had to admit that Chen Jinchan's management was just and noble.

Comparatively, although Xuan Tian produced many talents, yet it still needed to be maintained by Lu Jiuyuan to achieve its current status, or else it would just be a strengthened version of Guangqing Celestial sect.

Ever since Shen Lian attained the state of Taiyi, this was the first battle that he could go all out. The previous fight with Lu Jiuyuan was not as satisfying because both of them were reserving their strength.

He also understood now the difficulties and complications of fighting against an immortal and strong opponent. The attacks of the ancient tree were actually very straightforward using its twigs to strike from left and right only.

Ultimately, it all came down to one key point – strength.

As compared to the prowess of Xuanmen, this was simply crude, but such a simple attack used its immortality to drag on with a Taiyi immortal like Shen Lian.

Once Shen Lian released his sacred look, all his movements were majestic. Although he was dragged down by the strange restraints of the Yellow Spring in the underworld, he could not move mountains and seas in his movements, but it was still quite intimidating.

However, the Ancient Tree of Netherworld did not turn into fine powder instantly. That was the proof of its tenacity, which was also why it could be the sacred tree for Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha.

Despite its strength, the Ancient Tree was still not as refined as the Taiyi Immortal. Combined with the side attacks from Fang Yanying, its energy source was exhausted.

A telepathic message was transmitted from the Ancient tree, ”Young man, how about we put it to a stop here. I promise not to cause you any trouble anymore.”

Despite its evil aura, the telepathy transmitted from the tree was comparatively pure and clear like the old spring water in the mountains.

Shen Lian knew very well that this was the positivity born from extreme negativity, like an extremely filthy being with a pure untouched core within.

Therefore, he deduced that this Ancient Tree of the Netherworld also had deep Daoist cultivation, only to be restricted by its own true form.

Amongst the demons and monsters, the plants and rocks were the ones with the most difficulty in achieving Dao. All of the legendary plants were naturally born to be mystical trees, but eventually had to be accepted under the care of high-level characters like Daoist masters or Buddha, or else their conditions would be very bad.

Its intention to battle had dispersed as it kept its branches and shrunk itself. Shen Lian would need to spend more energy approaching it, but it would have been more difficult to counter-attack too.

Ku Li's telepathic message was heard, ”We can let you go with a condition. Produce one Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha Dao fruit for us and we will let you go.”

”Hmph, your ancestors had to call me old grandmaster when they see me. How dare you bully me like this?”