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"Boom, boom, boom..."
Dust and smoke billowed as a massive cyan tree, akin to a great mountain, descended from the sky and landed a hundred miles north of the seaside fortress, suddenly veiling the once endless expanse of the sky with its enormous branches.
"Hiss..."
Li Ming activated the power of the Five Elents to alter the soil within the range where the gigantic tree landed, ensuring that the tree’s roots could penetrate deep into the soil and reach the sea beneath the mont it touched the ground.
"Swoosh, swoosh..."
Countless roots, like a spreading net, densely entwined themselves into the soil beneath the entire seaside fortress from front to north, spanning thousands of miles.
So of these roots reached deep into the inland earth, while others threaded through the seawater to approach the shore.
The roots that touched the seawater transford, becoming new roots capable of easily absorbing the ocean’s energy. With the aid of these roots, the towering tree seed to draw in so desperately needed energy, and a silent transformation began within the fibers of its roots.
"Whoosh~"
A sea-bottom dead fish inadvertently entered the realm, and in an instant, the roots around it, like sharks slling blood, fiercely entwined the fish. When they retracted, nothing remained in the fish’s place.
Only the two roots that had just started to transform seed to have grown even darker in color.
Roots that absorb the energy of demons!
"This tree is the first divine tree created by heaven and earth, and in the future, it will surely beco a sacred tree that suppresses evil spirits and supports the righteousness and vitality of the land. I shall stand guard here alongside it," declared Qinglong contently as it coiled around the massive tree, reassured by its transformation and speaking to Li Ming.
"To think it can absorb demonic energy and turn it into vitality, indeed remarkable," remarked Li Ming, having also noticed the tree’s changes. Gazing at the tree’s colossal form, he couldn’t help but ponder... if such a large tree had this ability everywhere.
How vast an area would no longer need to fear the corrosion of evil forces in the future?
"However, although this thod of absorbing demonic, deathly, and evil energy for transformation is excellent, it will inevitably lead to the accumulation of pollution and the calamity of death. How will the tree overco this when the ti cos?" Li Ming, no longer the man of old who only looked at surface appearances, foresaw the potential disaster that might befall the tree and promptly asked Qinglong.
"As long as the Five Elents Divine Beasts are present, they can help it overco the tribulation of death, turn death into pure Yang energy that breaks calamity, and the world will have a new pure Yang tree that can vanquish evil spirits with imnse destructive power," Qinglong replied, its gaze lingering on Li Ming.
"With gains co sacrifices. This tree aids the human race in driving away evil beings, but it must also bear the hazards of becoming a demon tree if it fails to overco the tribulation of death," Qinglong continued, "The Five Elents Divine Beasts protect the human race, and the human race also has the duty of shared prosperity."
"It’s also the human race’s responsibility to rescue the Divine Beasts in tis of disaster," Qinglong’s voice was deep and resonant, yet clear in its explanation, and Li Ming smiled. Given that he had the assistance of these divine beasts, he wasn’t concerned about the potential consequences.
All tribulations, in the face of absolute strength, are but paper tigers, easily crumbled.
And for him, who could continue to grow indefinitely... at least, for now, the one who least fears facing ti is him.
"Xuanwu is still in the Eastern Sea, and we need Qinglong to lead the way," Li Ming said with a smile, not at all worried about Qinglong’s words. Qinglong nodded its dragon head, then moved and accompanied Li Ming toward the ocean.
As for the giant tree, its inherent vitality was boundlessly vigorous, and with Li Ming’s Five Elents power regulating it, though it had just been planted, it had already fully taken root.
With Li Ming’s presence, and the massive tree’s own essence, there was no question of it not thriving once planted.
Only the soldiers and ordinary managers of the seaside fortress witnessed in awe the divine tree that had fallen from the sky as if it were sothing out of mythology.
"This is the Tree of Life brought from the wilderness by our Ruler, Lord Li Ming. It possesses demon-suppressing power and exists to defend our fortress city in the east. Let everyone be reassured," Li Dingguo proclaid early on from the city. Having received Li Ming’s telepathic ssage before the tree appeared in the public eye, he climbed atop the city walls. As soon as the tree had landed and Qinglong left with Li Ming, Li Dingguo’s voice, empowered by his true energy and resonant as a tolling bell, echoed through the entire seaside fortress.
"Lord Li Ming has just imparted to his thoughts that we will make our seaside fortress even more prosperous. This divine tree will be the scenic view of our backyard, from which a new base city will rise," Li Dingguo declared, his gaze following the departure of Li Ming and Qinglong, the bell-like timbre reverberating throughout the fortress, filled with emotion.
Turning a military stronghold into a base city would surely be another grand project.
The key issue was... where to find so many people.
"We need to hasten those folks to have more children," Li Dingguo thought to himself, pondering whether to distribute so tonic herbs to households.
Buyan, standing by his side, watched Li Ming’s figure with imnse reverence. In his eyes, the rightful master of this world had beco even more majestic and mighty!
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The affairs of the seaside fortress were well managed by Li Dingguo; Li Ming had never doubted this, so as soon as the giant tree was planted, he contentedly followed Qinglong to search for the Xuanwu it ntioned.
After the great changes of heaven and earth, the ocean had beco even more vast and infinite. The deep blue sea stretched to the horizon, giving even Li Ming a sense of its boundless expanse.
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