624 A Divine Armaments Ancient Bones (1/2)

The giant tree had no choice!

He was in no position to make a choice. He was like Wang Baole when he had just arrived on Mars. Wang Baole had been in no position to make a choice at that time either. He had been forced to take precautionary measures, to gradually gain influence and power and finally reach a balance in their relationship where he could guarantee his own safety and that of his self-interests.

When Wang Baole had first arrived on Mars, if he hadn't chosen to venture into the education sector to establish his name, if he hadn't chosen to create an impression in front of the Martian Colony Governor, if he hadn't chosen to fight to become the person in charge of the new zone, if he hadn't realized how important Zhao Yameng truly was to the Governor when he arrived at the Dao Palace, he wouldn't have grown to become so famous and he wouldn't have risen through the ranks so swiftly. He wouldn't have become such a threat to the giant tree. The chances of his premature and accidental death would have been greater.

Of course, the giant tree had also been wary of Duan Muque then. He hadn't been able to see through Duan Muque's intentions for sending Wang Baole to Mars. That had been why the giant tree had practiced patience and caution earlier on instead of acting recklessly. However, when he had finally made up his mind to act, Wang Baole had already shown incredible progress and established a formidable network that discouraged the giant tree from causing trouble for him.

A grudge remained between the two, but none had taken action to set the matter to rest. That was why Wang Baole had created such drama and then let him off so easily. The infiltration of the burial mound was his primary goal, and the giant tree's submission to his authority secondary.

Wang Baole didn't care if the giant tree readily accepted his authority. The high officials' autobiographies had written very clearly about this. There were no eternal loyalties in this world, and hence no eternal betrayals. He only needed to let the giant tree know the painful price of betraying him. It would be greater than he could bear. That knowledge alone would be enough.

This was true of anything going on in the world, including the affairs between a man and a woman. Wang Baole was keenly aware of that. He had no experience in the latter. As for the former, he acted according to what he believed in. That was why he led the giant tree out of the Vast Expanse Dao Palace and, using the teleportation array formation to the Worship Palace Pavilion, brought the latter to the Worship Palace Pavilion!

Any other person wouldn't have had the privilege to use this teleportation array formation. It didn't matter how many requests they submitted. Only those who had a leaf from the Hyacinthus Tree were allowed to activate the teleportation array formation.

These rules didn't bound Wang Baole though. As one of the four masters of the Vast Expanse Dao Palace, unless what he was about to do amounted to treason, there were few who could overrule his actions.

He wasn't concerned that he might fall prey to danger when out alone with the giant tree. His status allowed him to disregard most of the hexes while out in the region of the sword body. What were dangerous grounds to the giant tree was home to Wang Baole. Besides, Wang Baole was confident in his abilities.

He had slain a Nascent Soul. The giant tree might be strong… but he wasn't as powerful as Patriarch Black Wind or Elder Sun Hai!

Wang Baole had no intention of killing the giant tree. However, should the giant tree harbor ill intentions, Wang Baole wouldn't show mercy. He wouldn't try to conceal anything either. He would announce openly to the world so that everyone would know the giant tree's malicious intent!

Wang Baole was certain that the cunning and intelligent giant tree was well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of his current situation. That was indeed the case. The giant tree continued to remain nervous after Wang Baole had teleported them to the sword body. His attitude towards Wang Baole remained deferential.

”Did you see that?” They soon walked out of the Worship Palace Pavilion, and Wang Baole quickly led the giant tree down a familiar path. They appeared at the edge of the hexed area where the tomb was located. Wang Baole raised his finger and pointed.

The giant tree immediately went into high alert. He gathered his full concentration and looked over. There was no way he was going to drop his guard. He was quite sure that Wang Baole wasn't going to harm him, but any place that made Wang Baole act with such caution was going to be extremely dangerous.

The giant tree took a deep breath and surveyed the grounds carefully. He inspected the hex, then the tomb. He saw the burial mound and the cracks, as well as the green mist.

His senses seemed dulled by the hex. However, as soon as he saw the green mist, he felt a sense of resonance with the mist. His eyes flashed. Then, he saw the green wooden sword on the ground!

It was then that the giant tree finally realized why Wang Baole had chosen to bring him here. He wondered if he could indeed overcome the obstacles ahead of him.

Wang Baole didn't rush him. He waited for the giant tree to come to a decision. He sighed happily. This was why it was great working with smart people. He only needed to say one thing for them to work everything else out. There was no need for him to explain in detail.

A long moment later, a resolute light finally flashed across the giant tree's eyes. He cupped his fists and saluted Wang Baole.