619 The Hyacinthus Trees Memories (2/2)
”Elder Wang, please extend your greetings to the Hyacinthus Tree. With the Hyacinthus Tree as your witness, you shall become the fourth Grand Supreme Elder of our Vast Expanse Dao Palace!” Feng Qiuran said softly, a serious look on her face.
Wang Baole nodded. He first turned and looked at the sea of Dao Palace disciples surrounding him. He could feel their eyes on him. Then, he turned back and stared at the enormous Hyacinthus Tree before him.
It was an ancient tree, and time had clearly left its mark on its thick and rough bark lined with numerous cracks. It was like an elder who had been around for a very, very long time, serving as both protector and witness for the Dao Palace.
Wang Baole stared at the Hyacinthus Tree and took a deep breath. He stepped forward towards the tree and, before the eyes of the Dao Palace disciples around him, cupped his fist and extended a deep bow towards the tree.
As soon as he extended his greeting, the Hyacinthus Tree suddenly swayed violently. The heavens and earth stirred. The air stilled while clouds came to a halt in the sky. The Vast Expanse Dao Palace's array formation appeared, and the surrounding Sea of Fire erupted. The whole world seemed to be shaking.
Shock flashed across everyone's faces. Those who had been reluctant to accept Wang Baole as their Grand Supreme Elder were all stunned. They stared at Wang Baole with shock and disbelief.
”He really achieved resonance with the Hyacinthus Tree!”
”He was able to affect the sect's array formation!”
”Everything that happened that day was real!”
This had happened when Wang Baole had first revealed his adopted disciple identity token. Not everyone had witnessed that scene though. That was why there hadn't been as great a reaction then. Now that everyone saw this with their own eyes, they were instantly flooded with a torrent of emotions.
The resonance he achieved with the Hyacinthus Tree seemed to be greater than the previous round. The three Grand Supreme Elders were standing the nearest to the tree and possessed the highest cultivation. They could sense that the most clearly.
As surprise flashed across their faces, Wang Baole trembled fiercely. He could sense a strange consciousness separating from the tree. It wormed into his storage bag swiftly and entered his adopted disciple identity token!
It seemed to be checking something. The consciousness soon left his identity token. The tree seemed to have ascertained Wang Baole's identity. It began to shake more fiercely. The same consciousness shot into Wang Baole's mind, forming images in his head!
Surprise flashed across Wang Baole's face. He saw in the images… Feng Qiuran—or perhaps, he should say that he saw the giant tree's memories, and in those memories, he saw a Feng Qiuran who had stood before the tree on a certain day in the past!
Feng Qiuran looked younger than she was now, and she had an infant in her arms!
She knelt before the Hyacinthus Tree with a look of bewilderment on her face, murmuring quietly to the tree!
Wang Baole's breathing quickened. There was something strange going on here. It was then that he caught what Feng Qiuran was muttering…
”Ancient Hyacinthus Tree, the Never-Ending Clan ambushed us during our journey. The elders were badly injured and went into deep slumber. The ancient sword deviated from its flight trajectory and entered a region called the Solar System. There is a civilization found in this galaxy called the Federation. Contact with shards of the ancient sword has initiated the age of cultivation in the Federation… I wish to guide them on the path of cultivation. Once they have grown stronger, they will be able to help and repay the Dao Palace… The Dao Palace will be able to assimilate fully into this galaxy and find new roots here. We will be able to prosper and thrive, plant new seeds of civilization!
”In addition, I suspect that there are still remnants of the Never-Ending Clan hidden amongst us in the Dao Palace. I will find them all!
”That is the reason why I do not dare… to leave this child with me. I wish to send him away with the visiting Federation cultivators, to the Federation. He shall grow up there.
”He is too important. I am the only person in the entire Dao Palace who knows his true identity. He is… the reincarnation of the previous Dao Disciple, Wu Chen. He shall regain his memories once he reaches the Soul Conduit realm. I dare not let him remain in the Dao Palace. I seek your permission to send him away!
”Please bear a single fruit as a show of your approval…”