12dz Chapter 1135 I am Xiao Han
Chapter 1135 I am Xiao Han
Chapter 1135: I am Xiao Han
Ye Qi, who was also searching for treasure in the secret realm, had no idea that her disciple would ultimately pay the price with her life for her blindness and lack of understanding.
Inside the Void Palace, a peculiar little tree, no more than three feet tall and as thick as a thumb, with nine leaves hanging from its branches, was growing on the Breath Soil in the center of the Void Palace.
At this moment, four avatar cultivators were surrounding the sapling, all staring intently at it while remaining wary of each other.
And this sapling is none other than the famous Wudao Tea Tree.
This Enlightenment Tea Tree, which emanates a chaotic luster, has bark that is not the usual kind of bark, but rather ever-changing divine patterns of the Great Dao on its trunk.
Furthermore, the nine tea leaves exuded an extremely pure Daoist aura.
Among the four people surrounding the Enlightenment Tea Tree, one was Ye Qi.
Although the four of them entered around the same time, the Enlightenment Tea Tree, which had been partially obscured, was now fully revealed.
As the most valuable treasure in this secret realm, who wouldn't want to get their hands on such a treasure?
Simply by picking a single leaf, brewing it into tea, and drinking it can briefly induce a state of "communication with the heavens," thereby leading to enlightenment.
The other three besides Ye Qi were a middle-aged sword cultivator surrounded by sword energy, and a notorious evil cultivator from the Lingyun Continent whose body was filled with sinister energy.
There was another person, a female demon cultivator who had transformed into human form.
There are only about twenty Nascent Soul cultivators in the entire Lingyun Continent, so they all know each other.
However, despite knowing each other, the four people present didn't have any real relationship with each other.
At this moment, the Nascent Soul cultivator spoke first: "Since there are nine leaves on this Enlightenment Tea Tree, why don't we each pick two leaves first? As for the last leaf, we can each rely on our own abilities?"
The female demon cultivator was the first to agree, saying, "This is the fairest way. We are all top cultivators of the Spirit Cloud Continent, so why fight to the death?"
The middle-aged swordsman chuckled coldly, "The Enlightenment Tea Tree can only pluck one leaf at a time. In other words, only one leaf will not attack the person who plucks it. The rest of the leaves, if plucked, will immediately transform into the power of law to backfire on the person who plucked them."
The other three were all taken aback upon hearing this.
This was also the first time Ye Qi had learned about these characteristics of the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
The female demon cultivator frowned and asked, "Then what do we do now?"
The middle-aged swordsman suddenly drew his longsword, and the sword energy surrounding him intensified, radiating a fierce fighting spirit.
“We will compete in pairs, and the final winner will receive this Enlightenment Tea Tree.”
Although everyone is a Nascent Soul cultivator, their combat strength will definitely vary.
The evil cultivator who had reached the Nascent Soul stage was the first to change his expression.
Everyone knows that among cultivators of the same cultivation level, sword cultivators are the strongest.
His eyes darted around, and suddenly he reached out and grabbed the entire Enlightenment Tea Tree.
The middle-aged swordsman roared, "You dare to steal it?"
After saying that, he swung his sword and attacked the Nascent Soul cultivator.
At the same time, Ye Qi and the Nascent Soul female demon cultivator also made their move.
However, they were not fighting each other, but instead simultaneously grabbing at the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
Both the Nascent Soul female demon cultivator and the Nascent Soul evil cultivator wanted to seize the entire sapling.
Ye Qi, on the other hand, clearly aimed for the leaf at the very center of the leaf.
The Nascent Soul cultivator was killed by the middle-aged swordsman and had no choice but to abandon his grip on the tree and instead try to defend against the swordsman's attacks.
The banshee's hand, formed from her spiritual power, had already grasped the trunk of the entire tree, but in the next moment, she was struck as if by a heavy blow, and was thrown away by a powerful force of law.
Ye Qi's outstretched hand transformed into a small, delicate jade hand imbued with spiritual energy. Without touching any branches or tree trunks, she pinched the leaf she had chosen between her thumb and forefinger and gently pulled it.
The leaf instantly fell off and was successfully brought back by the spiritual jade hand.
Having obtained the tea leaves, Ye Qi turned and flew out of the Void Palace at top speed.
The Enlightenment Tree, having had one leaf plucked from it, began to etherealize and vanished in an instant.
The Nascent Soul cultivator and the middle-aged sword cultivator, who were fighting, were stunned for a moment, then abandoned their fight and chased after them out of the Void Palace.
Ye Qi fled at almost the fastest speed he had ever used in his life, and his figure truly vanished in a flash.
The middle-aged swordsman chased for a while, but ultimately did not continue.
He stopped and saw the Nascent Soul evil cultivator who was following him. He realized that this guy had made the first move and ruined his plan, so he immediately swung his sword at him.
Ye Qi didn't even glance at the pursuers behind her; she focused all her attention on escaping.
She didn't plan to search for any other treasures, but instead flew directly towards the entrance of the secret realm.
She no longer coveted any of the treasures inside; with this Enlightenment Tea, she could break through her final shackles.
Seeing all this, Xiao Han was so happy she wanted to shout out loud.
Ye Qi is so clever; she actually guessed that the innermost leaf was the real one.
With this Enlightenment Tea Leaf, plus the golden light of merit emanating from her, she could easily ascend to the Fifty-Eighth Immortal Realm.
Ye Qi, who hurriedly left the secret realm, did not return to Sixian City, but instead found a secluded cave.
After drinking the Enlightenment Tea, she cannot be disturbed by anything external; she must find a safe place to seclude herself in seclusion.
After setting up the array inside the cave, she was about to take out the jade teapot when her divine sense detected that Yin Yue's natal jade pendant in her storage ring had shattered.
She was stunned.
Yin Yue actually perished? Could it be that she died while searching for treasure in the secret realm?
Ye Qi felt a mix of emotions.
Even if she was extremely disappointed in this disciple, they still had a master-disciple relationship of over a thousand years, so how could she really have no feelings for him at all?
She sat there blankly for a long time before she finally composed herself and prepared to brew tea.
To brew Enlightenment Tea, you must use water without roots, that is, spiritual water that has not landed on the ground.
This is very simple; just use the Spring Breeze and Rain Technique to gather the water essence between heaven and earth and turn it into rain.
Ye Qi used the Spring Breeze and Rain Technique to fill the jade pot, and then boiled it with spiritual fire.
Take out a jade cup, put the small tea leaf with its Taoist charm into the cup, and then pour in boiling water.
Water is poured into the cup, and the leaves float and sink within, fully activating the Daoist principles they contain.
A rich aroma of tea, accompanied by a Taoist aura, rose straight to the top of one's head.
Ye Qi immediately drank the scalding hot tea in one gulp, swallowing the tea leaves as well.
Then, she slowly closed her eyes and entered a state of complete enlightenment.
Xiao Han had been paying close attention to Ye Qi's every move. Seeing the gradually rising aura emanating from her after a year of seclusion, Xiao Han knew it was time for her to appear.
After the two of them finish catching up, Ye Qi will ascend to immortality.
When Ye Qi finally snapped out of her reverie, she thought she had only had a brief moment of enlightenment after drinking tea, little did she know that a year had already passed.
However, Ye Qi vaguely sensed the repulsive force of this world towards him.
Is she about to ascend to heaven?
Surprised and delighted, Ye Qi stepped out of the secluded cave where she had been in seclusion and found a female cultivator standing outside.
She stared in shock at the female cultivator whose face resembled that of an old friend, and for a moment she was at a loss for words.
Xiao Han looked at her with a smile.
"Ye Qi, it's me, Xiao Han!"