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After a long time, Fang Chen looked away from the chessboard.
He thought for a long time and figured out a lot of things, but there were also a lot of things that he couldn't figure out.
He didn't know who the fat old man in black was, nor did he know why Zhenren Hantian was acting like he was facing a great enemy, nor did he know what that deafening sound was.
Everything made Fang Chen feel a little incredulous.
Why did he see a scene from a long time ago before he came to the chessboard? Was this Zhenren Hantian's doing?
Suddenly, Fang Chen shook his head and left the chessboard.
Even if he was given a few more days, he still wouldn't be able to figure it out. Instead of that, he might as well explore it himself.
The chessboard, which was that chessboard, was placed motionlessly on the stone table.
Fang Chen had already left the pavilion and came to the edge of the pond.
Just as Fang Chen was about to continue exploring the garden, his face suddenly froze. He immediately looked at the grass in front of him in disbelief.
"If I remember correctly, shouldn't there be a small tree trunk here?" Fang Chen said in a low voice.
In an instant, he was once again immersed in the scene just now.
He could clearly see that when he was watching Zhenren Hantian and the fat old man in black play chess, there was a living tree trunk behind them in the grass that Fang Chen was pointing at.
However, at this moment, Fang Chen found that the entire garden hadn't changed at all. Only the tree trunk here had disappeared.
"What's going on?"
Fang Chen realized that something was wrong. He went to the grass and carefully observed it.
Fang Chen pushed the grass aside and found that there were some signs of soil loosening in the grass. Then, he dug up the soil and found that there really seemed to be a tree trunk here. However, for some reason, the tree trunk had disappeared.
The tree trunk looked very ordinary, but if Zhenren Hantian could plant it here, it was probably not simple.
In the entire garden, other than the tree trunk, nothing else had been moved for so long.
"The tree trunk."
Fang Chen muttered to himself as he searched the garden.
The garden wasn't too big. The flowers and plants here absorbed the rich spiritual energy and maintained their green and lush state.
Fang Chen searched the entire garden, but he could not find the tree trunk in the picture. In the end, he stopped in front of a thick, towering tree.
"Why can't I find it?" Fang Chen was puzzled.
Suddenly, the Banxianshu appeared.
The Banxianshu had more or less recovered, but it had given all of its Life Fluid to the Little Mouse to save the Little Mouse. It was severely injured and needed to recuperate.
"What did you find?" Fang Chen asked when he saw the Banxianshu.
"I seem to have sensed the aura of the Immortal Tree," Banxianshu said in a deep voice.
"Immortal Tree!"
Hearing this, Fang Chen immediately thought of the tree trunk in the picture. Then, he hurriedly asked, "Where did the aura of the Immortal Tree come from?"
The Banxianshu did not explain to Fang Chen. It moved its flexible body directly to the towering tree in front of Fang Chen and quickly climbed up the tree.
"There's the aura of the Immortal Tree on the towering tree?" Fang Chen was puzzled.
After a while, the Banxianshu climbed to the top of the towering tree. At this time, Fang Chen could not see the Banxianshu's position anymore.
Just then, something fell from the towering tree. Fang Chen habitually dodged it.
Then, he fixed his eyes on it. It was a withered tree trunk. This tree trunk was very withered and had long lost its vitality.
However, when Fang Chen took a closer look, he suddenly realized that this tree trunk was the same tree trunk as the one in the picture.
"This tree trunk …" Fang Chen looked at the Banxianshu coming down from the towering tree and hurriedly asked.
"This tree trunk is a leaf from the Immortal Tree. It was transplanted here by a human expert using heaven-defying methods. But once it leaves the Immortal Tree's trunk, the leaf is destined to wither. This tree trunk climbed onto the towering tree and wanted to absorb its vitality, but it still withered in the end," said the Banxianshu.
Fang Chen was startled. He was even more shocked.
This tree trunk was actually a leaf from the Immortal Tree.
"No wonder it was transplanted here."
Fang Chen understood. Zhenren Hantian was a Spirit Vortex Realm expert. To be able to be transplanted here by him, it was definitely extraordinary.
It seemed that Zhenren Hantian also wanted to let the Immortal Tree's leaf transform again and regain its vitality.
Unfortunately, after he died, no one took care of the Immortal Tree's leaf. In the end, the leaf withered.
The Banxianshu looked at the withered Immortal Tree's leaf and said helplessly, "If the Immortal Tree's leaf had vitality, it would be very important to me."
"But the withered Immortal Tree's leaf can at most nourish my body," continued the Banxianshu.
Fang Chen did not think too much about it. Since the withered Immortal Tree's leaf was also useful to the Banxianshu, then he would just give it to the Banxianshu.
"Take it with you," said Fang Chen.
The Banxianshu nodded, then took the withered leaf and entered the special space ring.
Fang Chen glanced at the towering tree and then once again went to the place where Zhenren Hantian had planted the Immortal Tree's leaf.
Because he knew that the tree trunk was the Immortal Tree's leaf, Fang Chen inspected it very carefully.
He dug up the soil and examined it carefully. Finally, he found something strange.
Although the soil was exactly the same as ordinary soil, Fang Chen still felt that something was wrong.
Fang Chen held the soil in his hand and then brought it close to his nose. He sniffed it carefully and discovered that besides a trace of the Immortal Tree's aura, there was also a complicated aura in the soil.
"Could it be that there's another world underground?" Fang Chen was very puzzled.
In the end, Fang Chen took out the Hidden Star Sword and began to dig at the soil vigorously.
He wanted to see what exactly was below.
Hiss!
In a short while, Fang Chen had dug a few meters deep. At this time, the complicated aura in the soil became even stronger. This made Fang Chen even more certain that there was another world underground.
He continued to dig with the Hidden Star Sword.
After a full hour, Fang Chen stopped digging. At this time, some stones appeared before Fang Chen.
"Stones!"
Fang Chen looked at the rocks with a puzzled look on his face.
He continued to expand the area and dig around. Before long, a larger range of stones appeared before his eyes.
After careful examination by Fang Chen, he came to the conclusion that these stones were the top of a palace.
"There's a palace underground," Fang Chen said in a low voice.
Fang Chen was even more shocked. He recalled the second image he had seen. In the image, the place where the deafening sound had come from was in this direction.
When Zhenren Hantian had turned his head to look in this direction, he had looked as if he was facing a great enemy.
"Perhaps this palace is related to Zhenren Hantian's fall," Fang Chen thought to himself.
What kind of existence could make Zhenren Hantian look like he was facing a great enemy?
At this moment, Fang Chen felt a trace of fear in his heart. He was thinking about whether to enter this palace or not.
After thinking about it for a while, Fang Chen decided to go in and take a look.
Perhaps Zhenren Hantian had left some inheritance here.
"Let's give it a try," Fang Chen said solemnly as he nodded.
Fang Chen gently knocked on the stone and found that it was hollow underneath. According to his judgment, the thickness of these stones should be able to be cut by the sharpness of the Hidden Star Sword.
However, Fang Chen did not act rashly.
Why was the Banxianshu planted here and why was there a mysterious palace underground?
What did all of this have to do with Zhenren Hantian's fall?
Zhenren Hantian was the owner of this mansion. According to Fang Chen's speculation, Zhenren Hantian was at least an expert at the advanced level of the Spiritual Whirlpool Realm.
An expert at the advanced level of the Spiritual Whirlpool Realm was an expert at the seventh to ninth level. Even in the entire Five Elements State, they were top experts.
Until now, Fang Chen had only seen the Dark Lord, who was at the first level of the Spiritual Whirlpool Realm. He had never seen an expert at the Spiritual Whirlpool Realm who was stronger than that.
Dong!
Just as Fang Chen was thinking, Fang Chen felt the ground tremble. Traces of a strange aura seeped out from the stone.
Hiss!
Just as the strange aura was about to seep into Fang Chen's body, the stone suddenly emitted a bright light and blocked the strange aura.
"Restriction!"
Fang Chen cried out involuntarily.
There was a restriction on the stone.
It seemed that this restriction was left behind by Zhenren Hantian.
Thinking of this, Fang Chen broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he did not act rashly. Otherwise, he would have been treated as an enemy by the restriction and killed immediately.
Soon after, Fang Chen came out of the pit. He had to make sure that there was no danger before entering.
However, at this moment, Fang Chen saw that the chessboard in the pavilion was emitting a bright light that shone in all directions.
Fang Chen was shocked. He immediately leaped into the pavilion.
At this moment, the black pieces and Shirako were moving around on the chessboard. Rays of bright light shot out from the chessboard.
"This is …"
Fang Chen was shocked. Why were the chess pieces moving?
Just as Fang Chen was shocked, the chess pieces on the chessboard suddenly stopped moving.
Fang Chen looked down and saw that the black pieces and Shirako had formed a strange map on the chessboard. This map was exactly the map of the garden he was in.
"A map of the garden!"
Fang Chen cried out involuntarily when he saw this scene.
On the chessboard, there were only a few Shirako scattered around the periphery of the chessboard. All the black pieces surrounded the Shirako in the center of the chessboard.
Fang Chen's finger fell on the Shirako.
This Shirako represented the place where the branches and leaves of the Immortal Tree were planted. It was also the place where he had just dug the soil.