Chapter 83: The Forsaken Palace [5] (2/2)
”I do.”
Ju Feng nodded his head in confirmation while he continued to gaze at the grey tree with a mixed feelings of fright and curiousity. As he had learned in the ancient Book of Findings, apart from illusion, the only type of trees that could talk and reason were the cognizant daimons. Or daimonic trees as appropriately applied.
The daimons were the trees and plants which gained sentience and awareness due to vast amount of spiritual energy they'd absorbed over hundreds of millions of years to billions of years. Although their emerging awareness was slow, they would become powerful entities upon transformation. That was the reason why their cultivation was slower than that of mortal and immortal cultivators. Cultivation was an added advantage since they had absorbed a lot of heavenly spiritual energy before gaining sentience.
The daemons on the other, were once daimons but turned to daemons due to the amount of karmic sins they had accrued. They were the daimonic trees which were reincarnated as daemonic trees on the netherplane. Karmic sins and karmic virtues determined what a daimon would become and where it would be reincarnated after experiencing death.
Nonetheless, whether it was a daimon tree or daemon tree, he would be weary of them all. No matter the glaring differences. Again, he contemplated using the safe-word, but decided to wait a while longer.
”I'm just wary of all demons. That's all.”
”What is it with you and demons?”
”Not that I have anything with them.”
”Is it a grievious disputes?”
”No, but I think they have something against me and my family.”
”Why do you think so?”
”They did tried to kill us before.”
”Hm. Why do they want to kill you for any grudge they might have against you? Makes little sense. They should've tried to resolve it amicably at first, before deciding to kill you. Let me check you.”
The tree twisted slightly before returning to its original state.
”I can't seem to find any demon sign on you. So, I think you'll be fine. Nevertheless, you can still die. You should know that.”
Ju Feng appeared to be having a more clearer perspective of the daimon tree. While talking to the tree, he could feel a gentle but powerfully deadly aura emanating from it. He had seen powerful demonic auras before when the demon army led by the daemon kings attacked them by the lunar mountain. But this small grey tree was beginning to generate a different aura. An aura which made the atmospheric condition of its surrounding area rang a primal danger alarm in his head.
Yes, he had felt extreme fear from powerful entities before. But that was on a different level of primal. From the primeval feeling he was having from the aura, he realized the tree could either come from the nether plane or the mortal plane. Probably, it could even be an ascendant daimon.
”Come closer, child. I'm not going to bite you now, am I?”