The middle-aged man looked toward the distant sacred tree again, admiration glowing in his eyes.
"Right," he said.
"Damn it, the enemy has actually been hiding inside us."
"From now on, anyone who dares to slander the sacred tree will be opposing me."
...
The youths began to speak up, they were unclear about the battle against the Foreign Evil God invasion that had happened hundreds of years before.
But they could feel that the life they were living now was very good, and all of it stemmed from the sacred tree.
It's a simple principle, what you say isn't important, but what you do is key.
The now thriving and prosperous Tianqing World was quickly quashing those rumors and slanders doubting the sacred tree.
...
At the top of the sacred tree.
This place was close to Tianqing World's natural barrier, and just a bit further up, you might leave the scope of the Tianqing World.
And right now, on the main trunk of the sacred tree, a figure was sitting cross-legged.