CH 81.1

Chapter 081: Threats

The barrier is too powerful, and Su Tingyun’s calls can’t even reach Su Lijiang.

She spends ages dodging the Heart’s branches, but couldn’t find an exit. In the end, she could only resign herself to cultivate, which would probably waste a lot of time. The Divine Tree Heart flicks her a few times again, but Su  Tingyun has a good temperament, and she doesn’t get annoyed. She sits down in a cross-legged position, and cultivates properly.

The spiritual energy at the center of the Divine Tree is incredibly rich. Every time she absorbs the spiritual energy and circulates it, it is like sitting under a waterfall made of spiritual energy, that her whole body is washed and cleansed. It’s as if she’s a sponge absorbing water to its limit, and she just feels extremely comfortable.

As she’s getting into it, Su Tingyun is whipped again.  She has been concentrating on her cultivation because she feels too good, thinking that it’s safe here and there wouldn’t be any mishaps. That’s why she hasn’t set up any protection for herself. As a result, when the whip falls, she gets distracted and the spiritual energy goes haywire, almost injuring her meridians.

Opening her eyes, she sees the Heart happily shaking its branches. It’s just like a mischievous child playing tricks on people. It provokes her even now.

As soon as Su Tingyun stops, its whip comes down again.

This time, the good-tempered Su Tingyun gets angry. She reaches out a hand to grab the incoming branch, only to find that it’s just a projection. She couldn’t grab it at all.

She is currently inside the Kunlun Divine Tree’s massive trunk. That small young tree is its Heart, but it’s not really a material thing, so she simply cannot hold it. In the same way, because this is the inside of the Divine Tree, the whole place might as well be the Tree’s formation. If it wants to thrash her, it can make that happen.

When it comes to flowers and plants, the medicinal herbs she used to raise, or even Little Bai— they’re all gentle and sensible. But this Kunlun Divine Tree has grown so big and tall, and has such a stubborn temper. She wonders if its owner spoiled it.

Su Tingyun now treats these plants with spiritual intelligence as children. This Divine Tree is the kind of brat that is spoiled, which must be properly taught and disciplined, or it will do things that are even more outrageous in the future.

She glares at the Divine Tree and goes forward a little. Then she simply sits under the Tree to cultivate.  The closer you are to the Divine Tree, the richer the spiritual energy gets, something which Su Tingyun has already noticed. Otherwise, Su Lijiang wouldn’t be sitting under the Tree.

Since she will get hit if she’s far away, she might as well close the distance.

As soon as she sits down, the branches of the Divine Tree Heart shake, like they are trembling with laughter. Su Tingyun only snorts coldly and shrugs.

She takes a deep breath and continues to meditate. After operating her spiritual energy for about a week, the Heart’s branches come again.

This time, Su Tingyun reacts quickly. Her body moves away in an instant, and the branches hit Su Lijiang’s barrier. Aware that it’s done something wrong, the Divine Tree Heart shudders for a bit. It’s only when its master doesn’t move that it calms down.

Su Tingyun is also puzzled. She thought that if the Divine Tree Heart attacks Su Lijiang, he would react in some way. She didn’t expect that Su Lijiang would remain as unresponsive as before.

But she has annoyed the Divine Tree Heart now. The other party’s whip keeps coming non-stop. She is only at the Foundation Establishment period, and the Divine Tree is much stronger than her. Ducking and dodging left and right to find an opening, until the barrage is over, Su Tingyun makes fire. She directly brings out her Pill Fire. Holding the flame in her palm, she stares at the Divine Tree Heart and says with a serious face: “If you continue to make trouble, I will use this fire to burn you down to charcoal!”

An entity like the Kunlun Divine Tree is probably not afraid of fire. But Su Tingyun couldn’t think of any other way at the moment, she can only use fire to test its power. However, against her expectations, the Divine Tree Heart trembles as soon as she takes out her Pill Fire. All branches of the little Tree retract simultaneously, like a long-handled umbrella closing. Those weeping branches go as far as to tightly wind around the trunk, making clear what the Heart wants to say at this time:

“Auntie, spare me, I don’t dare any more…”