Chapter 259 - If I Were to Say This is Just a Misunderstanding, Would You Believe Me…?

Ye Shuying flew and landed before the Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree. His body was upright, his bearing magnificent. He turned, and with a frown, he scolded the person who had arrived before him:

"I've said it before, no one is permitted to set foot in the Ancient Tree's secret realm again!"

"Violators, don't blame me for being merciless!"

As his voice fell, Ye Shuying’s peak Immortal Emperor cultivation burst forth. With a light wave of his two fingers, a green celestial sword flew from the scabbard on his back, heading straight for the space between the newcomer's eyebrows!

This time, he would show no mercy!

The green celestial sword let out a clear ring, flying like a meteor and cutting through the sky!

Just as the tip of the celestial sword was about to touch the newcomer's brow, the body of the blade was caught firmly between two fingers, unable to advance another inch!

Ye Shuying turned pale with fright.

With his cultivation and strength, the flying sword he had unleashed with all his might had actually been caught so easily by the other party…!

Ye Shuying focused his eyes, and his shocked expression gradually transformed into one of terror, his face instantly turning much paler…

"De-Demon Lord…?!"

"Oh? It seems you still recognize this Lord."

"To dare to make a move on this Lord, it seems you have a lot of guts~"

A roguishly charming smile appeared at the corners of Ning Yechen’s mouth. He lightly snapped the celestial sword caught between his fingers and casually turned it to ash.

Ye Shuying: "…(⊙_⊙)"

Seeing that the other party was Ning Yechen, Ye Shuying felt a chill spread through his body and froze on the spot in a daze…

At this moment, his heart was filled with incomparable regret; he wanted to cry but had no tears.

Why did the person who came this time have to be the Demon Lord again…

Why, of all times, did he not check the other party's identity first this time…

Why was he so unlucky…

Isn't he dead for sure this time…?

"Demon Lord, if I were to say this is just a misunderstanding, would you believe me…?"

Ye Shuying said with a mournful face.

Ning Yechen didn't answer Ye Shuying’s question, but instead slowly walked before him with his hands behind his back and asked with a consoling smile:

"Are the injuries on your body more or less healed?"

As expected of the tree guardian who has long resided by the Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree, the benefits he received were not small for his injuries to have recovered so quickly.

If it were anyone else, they probably would have had to lie in bed for several years and still might not have fully recovered.

"Thanks to the Demon Lord's concern, my injuries have mostly healed recently…"

Ye Shuying swallowed his saliva and replied, trembling with fear.

"That's good~"

"Since you've mostly recovered, then this Lord can also use a little more force."

"Don't blame this Lord for not reminding you, remember to grit your teeth."

Ning Yechen revealed a harmless, brilliant, and sunny smile and gave a very thoughtful reminder.

Ye Shuying: "…(┬﹏┬)"

"Demon Lord, please, you must be merciful and go a little lighter…”

Ye Shuying, with tears streaming down his face, silently circulated his celestial spiritual energy to protect his body, closed his eyes, and gritted his teeth tightly.

In his heart, he had already prepared his last words:

Goodbye, world. Goodbye, Heavenly Realm…

If my divine soul is not extinguished and I have a next life, I will never be a tree guardian again…

Seeing that Ye Shuying was ready, Ning Yechen casually flicked his sleeve. An immense force instantly and forcefully distorted the void of the secret realm before him, sending Ye Shuying flying for several hundred li…!

The Ancient Tree's secret realm trembled and shook, and on the side where Ye Shuying had been, a deep and endless trench was left behind…!

"Pfft…!"

Ye Shuying lay in the deep trench, spitting up blood, his clothes in tatters, covered in wounds. He could only feel that all the immortal bones in his body had been shattered once again…

Fortunately, it seemed he had survived again this time…

In his heart, he couldn't help but feel immensely grateful for the Demon Lord's mercy…

Ning Yechen gave a calm glance at the half-dead Ye Shuying, then with his hands behind his back, he walked straight to the front of the magnificent Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree that towered into the sky.

This time, before he could even speak, the bark of the Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree began to secrete a rich spiritual fluid on its own…

It's become much more obedient…

Ning Yechen took out a jade bottle and collected the spiritual fluid flowing from the Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree.

After collecting a full bottle, just as Ning Yechen was about to turn and leave, he suddenly stopped again, turned back, and returned to the front of the Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree.

This action gave the secretly observing Ancient Tree Spirit quite a scare.

She had already obediently and proactively handed over the spiritual fluid, what more could he want…

Did he really want to drain her until not a single drop was left…!

"Ancient Tree Spirit, this Lord has something to ask you."

Ning Yechen said calmly, standing before the Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree.

"Wh-What is it…?"

An ethereal and soul-cleansing female voice came from within the Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree.

Ning Yechen then informed the Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree of Luo Yingxin’s condition and asked if she knew of any medicine that could cure it.

The Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree had existed in the world since the birth of the Heavenly Realm. It had stood in the Heavenly Realm for hundreds of thousands of years to become the miraculous secret realm it was today.

Its roots spread throughout the foundation of the Heavenly Realm, nurturing the spirits of all things between heaven and earth. One could say that all the immortal herbs and spiritual medicines of the Heavenly Realm depended on her to grow, and the spiritual fluid from her body had the miraculous effects of curing all illnesses and improving spiritual meridians.

Even a single green leaf from the tree was an extremely rare and precious immortal medicine in the world.

With such a long accumulation of years, perhaps she also had some understanding of Luo Yingxin’s strange physical condition.

The Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree had not expected that Ning Yechen was asking for her advice. After listening carefully to his words, she pondered seriously for a moment and replied via sound transmission:

"Mmm… The condition you speak of, Demon Lord, is something I have also heard of from a long time ago."

"A woman from the Heavenly Realm, after giving birth to a child, was drained of all her spiritual energy and even became physically weak and exhausted."

"But her child possessed exceptional cultivation talent."

"This may be because the talent of the child she was carrying was too astonishing, and the gap in talent between mother and child was too large. As a result, when nurturing the immortal fetus, her body's spiritual energy was insufficient, leading to her overdrawing her body and damaging her entire foundation."

Hearing this, Ning Yechen’s expression was pensive.

The Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree’s answer was largely the same as what he had guessed.

He had heard that his wife had become the youngest Empress of her generation in the Heavenly Realm in just under four hundred years.

Such talent could be considered quite monstrous.

No wonder Luo Yingxin’s body became so weak in order to give birth to Luo Ruying.

Damaged meridians could still be recovered through recuperation, but a depleted and exhausted Dantian sea of spirit, to the point of nearly overdrawing one's life force, had damaged her foundation.

This kind of situation was often irreversible; wanting to recover would be very difficult.

"Is there a way to completely heal the body?"

Ning Yechen asked, holding onto a glimmer of hope.

"I have heard that an immortal medicine called the Spirit-Calling Celestial Ganoderma can reverse the damage to the Dantian sea of spirit and remold the body's spiritual meridians…"

"However, this immortal medicine not only grows in pure spiritual fluid, but it also needs to regularly absorb the essence of the sun and moon. It takes ten thousand years to mature!"

"It is extremely rare in the Heavenly Realm… no, in all the Six Realms!"

"Even if one were to grow, it would quickly be snatched up and eaten by countless cultivators or immortal beasts attracted by its rich spiritual fragrance."

"It is basically an extinct immortal medicine…!"

The Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree replied after pondering for a moment.

Even she, who controlled all the spiritual medicines of the Heavenly Realm's heaven and earth, had not seen one for a very long time!

Taking ten thousand years to mature, and with such harsh growing conditions…

Hearing this, Ning Yechen frowned lightly.

However, he still committed the name of this Spirit-Calling Celestial Ganoderma to memory.

At least he knew there was a medicine that could cure it. That made things much easier!

Ning Yechen no longer hesitated. He turned, took a light step, and in an instant, transformed into a divine rainbow and left the Ancient Tree's secret realm.

After a moment of silence, half a head slowly poked out from the soil beneath the Celestial Spirit Ancient Tree. A pair of jade-like, emerald eyes watched the direction in which Ning Yechen had left. She couldn't help but let out a light breath and said in an ethereal, clear voice:

"He's finally gone…"

"He scares me to death every time he comes."

"I wonder if Shuying is still alive…?”

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