章節 90: The Imperishable Tree

"Imperishable Tree—legend has it that a seed dripped by a blood drop of a Phoenix gave birth to the mythical tree. The tree never truly dies. Even if it is burnt down or cut down to the roots, it will grow again. It is Imperishable!

No one could see its peak, not even the Heaven Realm forefathers of the Beast Empire.

The peak was rumoured to be the abode of god, mortals can reach it. To this day, there is no idea about what the secret the peak holds.

It is impossible for such a miraculous tree to not attract attention. Thus, it became the shelter of countless profound beasts .

As any other good source, it also hosts countless natural treasures. However, the competition is cut throat and death is likely." the female snow wolf, Xiao Bai said, as its tail stood up in fear.

Leng Yue Yan patted its head unknowingly and glared at the young man beside.

Sheng Tian raised his hands and pacified "Alright. Alright. It's my fault."

"Humph!" she coldly snorted and continued to rub the snowy fur of Xiao Bai.

However, he didn't have the time to enjoy the sight. His attention was drawn by the Colossal Tree.

It was hundreds of meters wide with an indefinite peak.

What truly held him was the Tale and aura of the Tree.

Phoenix—Ice Goddess, was it not referring to the woman in blue?

As he raised his head, Sheng Tian failed to see the illusory peak of the Tree. It didn't have an end.

'No that's not right.' he thought. 'If there was no end, does it mean the peak has outgrown the planet's atmosphere layer or entered another dimension?'

Myths such as a peak to heaven were always against Sheng Tian's sense of rationality, for he always tried to think things through with common sense.

His mind thought back to the Ice Blue Jade Scroll in the Snow Glazed Lotus Realm, it was meant for Leng Yue Yan.

It's just that he didn't know if she would accept it and his skepticism kept him away. The one he didn't trust was not Leng Yue Yan but the woman in blue, Divine Ice Goddess—Mu Fuxie. He was clear that the scroll was not just meant to be a cultivation technique but rather a complete legacy!

The Legacy of a Divine Goddess who could even hold the entire Asura Army!

Though he never experienced the terror of Asuras, based on Xiao Lian's descriptions from time to time, he was certain that a single warrior from the Army was enough to destroy many Mythical Worlds with a single punch.

In fact, their cultivation in the Divine Pathway itself is at the top of the pyramid.

To stop such a colossal army by one self, it is impossible not to recognise the person's strength!

'With an innate coldness and repulsiveness to any man, how could the legacy she gave be any good?'he told himself.

A part of him wanted to give Leng Yue Yan the scroll and let her inherit the legacy. The other part of him feared that she would become the Next Divine Ice Goddess.

Though Sheng Tian knew that the Dragon God was the first and last love of the Divine Ice Goddess, it was ultimately him that froze her heart, leaving her with an everlasting regret.

If there was anything that Sheng Tian feared the most, it is definitely losing what he cherished!

Because he lost everything he had in his childhood and struggled to survive, he grew even more fond of the things he loved, he cherished them even more.

Such a behaviour is not inherently bad, but it also became his weakness, perhaps, the only weakness!

Unknown, to him, Leng Yue Yan was starting at him from the corner of her eye from time to time.

'It is a strange feeling' she told herself, 'He clearly said he wants to court me, yet we still act like he always did. He still makes those foolish jokes he always made, and still has the same confident look, never backs down from my stare, but why do each of these actions now seem to hold a special meaning? Just because he said he is after me?' She couldn't help but think to herself.

'Or maybe he is just trying to relieve his boredom. Meng Xin is better than me in anything. An ill fated—emotionless woman like me can never bring any one happiness.' She thought in self-derision.

"Let's go." Sheng Tian's voice jolted her out of the thoughts.

She looked at his sky blue pupils, only to see a sense of struggle and pain hidden deep within the carefreeness.

'He too likes to hide his pain?' She thought and nodded lightly, her eyes showed no emotions.

"Well, Xiao Bai and Xiao Long, let's meet if fate wills." He jumped down from the Giant Snow Wolf, causing the Snow on the ground to leap into the air.

Leng Yue Yan, on the other hand silently floated down and landed on the snow. Shrouded in an icy blue light, she was like a Goddess descending to the mortal world.

'And I'm still the foolish mortal chasing a goddess, huh?' He thought and threw a bag each at the Snow Wolves before his figure shot at the Imperishable Tree.

Conforming that Sheng Tian left, Leng Yue Yan removed her veil revealing an incredibly gorgeous face, rivalling Meng Xin's and had an innate coldness to it.

Her lips curled up, revealing a dazzling smile breathtaking than the Twilight itself, hiding in it the sweet innocence of a heart that yearned companionship.Her hands rubbed their smooth fur before retrieving two Red coloured fruits and giving them one each.

These Spirit fruits were said to help any person recover 50 times faster for a whole year once consumed!

She and Sheng Tian had to fight a terrifying Snow Bear before acquiring these fruits. However, Sheng Tian insisted on giving all the five fruits to her claiming that she had too weak regeneration abilities.

Despite her initial rejection, he persuaded her to accept them all.

By chance, if news got out that the Great Recovery Fruits were given to two Snow Wolves, many people, including the Senior Elders of the Mystic Ice Sect would cough out blood in anger!

It was such a waste of Heaven's Gifts!

If Sheng Tian was here, he would have definitely been shocked by her actions even more than her gifts.

He would never believe even if he was beaten to death that she would smile so brightly like a normal girl would!

Looking at the lofty Imperishable Tree in the distance, her smile faded and she arranged her veil once again. A brilliant blue light flashed and a crystal blue sword appeared in her hand.

Her figure blurred and in a few breaths, she arrived in front of a massive wood. The Imperishable Tree truly lived up to its name, the trunk was spanning over a hundred meters and was incredibly thick. It had a healthy brown lustre.

The branches of the lofty tree spread in every direction spanning hundreds, if not thousands of meters. The shiny green leaves brimmed with vitality.

The air given out by the tree was filled with rich medical essence and profound energy.

A sweet aroma, better than the greatest of delicacies entered her nose, reminding Leng Yue Yan of her mother's cooking.

Suddenly, she noticed Sheng Tian standing in a spot ahead frozen like a statute. Bewildered, she approached him.

"What are…" Leng Yue Yan whispered but the next second, Sheng Tian suddenly pulled her.

Before she could think further, she fell into his warm embrace and his hot breath tickled her ear "Sh. Making Sounds is gonna be bad."

As she was about to lash out her sword at him for touching her, she felt a sense of danger and turned around, only to saw a green light flash at the place she was previously standing.

"Sonic Bats?" She almost exclaimed before restraining herself in a hurry.

The next second, she and Sheng Tian disappeared and tens of green flashed at their position.

Her eyes widened in shock. 'So many?'.

Looking at the tiny green creatures with four clawed wings hanging to a branch, she recalled a tale she heard about the terror of Sonic Bats.

A cultivator at the peak of Sky Realm once entered a dangerous forest and stumbled onto the Sonic Bats.

These creatures, as per their name have no eye sight or spirit sense. But their hearing ability is terrifying to the point that it is overwhelming.

Based on the sound of heart beat and blood flow, they can instantly figure out any creature in the surrounding.

However they do not know if it is a living being or just some water pump making similar sounds. Therefore, they usually attack when the prey makes a moment. As inevitably, any moment will cause some sound, big or small.

The Cultivator at the peak of Sky Realm was able to kill thousands of Sonic Bats. But every time he moved to attack, another batch of bats would attack him.

With time, he was drained of energy. Whenever he tried to escape, these crazy bats would sneak attack him and risk him of paying a high price to breakout with strange formations.

In the end, whenever he moved, he was injured. The cultivator was like a naked person standing in the crowd, having all his attack patterns exposed and at the end, was killed by a colony of Sonic Bats at Earth Realm.

These creatures have high speed, ultra sensitive hearing and a crazy attack skill set.

100 Sonic bats are just 5 times more than the 20 Sonic Bats, however, the combined attack power and terror is hundreds of times higher!

Sheng Tian tried to mask the sound when they landed with his control of Profound Energy, yet he was once again bombarded by the Sonic Bats, dozens of them this time!

Leng Yue Yan raised her head to look close at Sheng Tian's face, his eyes were focused and he showed a rare serious expression.

Somehow, the thought that she should immediately get out of his embrace never came to her mind, or perhaps it did, she just told herself that it would alert the Sonic Bats and make the situation worse.

She closed her eyes and unknown to herself, moved closer in his embrace.

It was the first time ever in her life, that the Ice Goddess allowed someone to protect her. In fact, she even enjoy this feeling of peace and protection.

Though she didn't realise it now, in the days to come, this would become one of the sweetest memories she would cherish.

In the blink of an eye, Sheng Tian was already moving at tremendous speed. His figure blurred and he started using Formless Void Steps.

When Sheng Tian tried to move out of the encirclement, intense whirlwind columns quickly restricted his area of moment, as thousands of Sonic Bats gathered into groups creating Whirlwind formations and took their sweet time to drain his stamina.

Suddenly, Sheng Tian felt a cold yet careful stream of profound energy entering his profound veins. Looking down, he found Leng Yue Yan in his embrace with her eyes closed, yet her hand was on his chest silently providing him the profound energy she had.

At that moment, looking at her bashful, yet determined expression, Sheng Tian felt as if the sound of the wind, the noise of his moments, the disturbances in his mind vanish.

At that moment, all he could see, heard and feel was her.

Nothing existed in his world!

'Sound, Sight, Smell, Touch, Thoughts,….' In his blank state of mind, a strange verse appeared in his mind and his eyes widened as he muttered "Sound, Sound, Yes! Sound!"

Landing in the middle, he swiftly created a profound energy barrier around them and decided to try it out.