The Leaf King's eyes flickered. He didn't want to say anything, but under Lu Yin's gaze, he still answered, "It's that piece of bark from the Mother Tree. I've been keeping it with me and nourishing it with my innate gift. It's a hidden treasure."
Lu Yin's eyes lit up as he looked into the distance. Such a large piece of bark from the Mother Tree! He could get whatever he wanted. "Are you a human or a tree now?"
The Leaf King smiled bitterly. "I don't know. I could be human or tree."
"What would you do if you obtained the sapling?" Lu Yin asked.
The Leaf King's eyes flashed. "Nurture it and wait for it to grow, of course."
"Why?"
"It can be my clone. The Lingling Clan's Soulsplit battle technique isn't a real clone; it's just a temporary battle technique. I want to have a technique similar to Progenitor Chen's Nine Clones Technique. If I want to know how the sapling was born, I can try using other Astral Source Pills to produce it. That way, I'll have countless clones while my main body can cultivate until I become a half-step Ancestor. At that time, no one in the Fifth Mainland will be my match," the Leaf King said, his face flushed red with excitement.
It sounded like there was nothing wrong with what the Leaf King had said, but Lu Yin felt that something was off.
The Second Nightking had followed Lu Yin for a long time, and he knew what Lu Yin meant with a single glance. Lu Yin wanted him to use his spiritual force illusion to force the Leaf King to reveal the truth.
With the Second Nightking's strength, the Leaf King definitely wouldn't be able to resist the illusion.
Not long after, the Leaf King's eyes glazed over as he repeated what he had said.
Lu Yin stared at him. "Why are you so desperate to obtain the sapling?"
The Leaf King's eyes were still glazed over, but his expression was fervent. "I want it to become my clone and research more clones. In the future, I'll be invincible in the Fifth Mainland, and everyone will have to respect me. What Hall of Honor? What Daosource Sect? What Mother Tree? I'm everything in this universe."
Lu Yin retracted his gaze and looked at the Second Nightking.
The Second Nightking nodded, proving that what the Leaf King had said in the illusion was true.
Lu Yin sighed. It seemed that he had been overthinking things. Just as he was about to have the Second Nightking dispel the illusion, he heard footsteps behind him. It was Yu Er.
Yu Er had been hiding underground all this time............ Although she was frozen, she had been lucky. Otherwise, she would have died..
... "Yu Er's voice.
Lu Yin was stunned, and he looked back at her. "What did you say?"
Yu Er blinked. Her face was covered in dust, and she looked a little dirty, but it made her look even more adorable. "Ye Wang is lying. He once said that no matter what kind of expert used their spiritual energy on him, it would be useless."
"Nothing worked?
Why? "Lu Yin was puzzled.
Yu Er shook her head. "I don't know, but …" She wiped her face. "He did say that."
Lu Yin slowly turned to look at Ye Wang.
The Leaf King was still in a daze. He was still immersed in the illusion.
Lu Yin stared at Ye Wang for a while. Compared to Ye Wang, he trusted Yu Er more. Yu Er wanted to live, and there was no conflict of interest between them. She even wanted to rely on Lu Yin, so she shouldn't be lying.
However, Yu Er's words could not prove that the Leaf King was truly immune to the Second Nightking's spiritual battle technique.
As he thought about this, he looked to the right. His gaze traversed the distance and saw the headquarters of Shamrock Enterprises. He saw countless people trembling and fainting on the ground. He saw the Little Leaf King lying on the ground, his life or death unknown.
She looked up at Lu Yin at the same time as Lu Yin.
"Come here," Lu Yin said indifferently.
She frowned and thought about it for a moment. She then stood up and stepped through the void to arrive beside Lu Yin. She saw that the Leaf King's eyes were lifeless and bitter.
"Alliance Master Lu, how do you want to deal with us?" she asked.
Lu Yin replied, "It's up to you."
"I don't understand." She was very calm.
Lu Yin asked, "How much do you know about the Leaf King?"
She didn't even look at Lu Yin as she continued to stare at the Leaf King. "I won't say a word about him."
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. "Aren't you afraid of death?"
She walked towards the Leaf King, crouched down, and hugged him. "He saved me and gave me everything."
Lu Yin frowned, as this was troublesome. However, this also proved that the Leaf King was lying. He had previously threatened to compare her answers, but now it seemed that the Leaf King was certain that she wouldn't say anything. The Leaf King had pretended to be threatened by Lu Yin to reveal most of the truth.
If a lie was to be believed, it would only need to be 90% true and 10% false. The Leaf King had the ability and motive to conceal that 10% truth.
"What a pity. It would have been fine if you had told me everything, but since you're not saying anything, I can't believe the Leaf King's words."
She closed her eyes in agony.
"I'd rather kill the wrong person than let them go." Lu Yin waved a hand. "Destroy him."
The Second Nightking's aura surged.
The Leaf King's originally lifeless eyes suddenly narrowed. "Wait!" He pushed her away and looked at Lu Yin pleadingly. "Don't kill me! It wasn't easy for me to survive from the era of the Daosource Sect to this day. I can live longer, and I can truly achieve immortality. Alliance Master Lu, don't kill me! I'm valuable to you, and I can grant you immortality."
Lu Yin was amused. "Do you really think that I care about immortality?
That's just an excuse. "
The Leaf King pleaded loudly, "But I really do have a way to grant you immortality. It's impossible for humans to live forever, but there are too many things in the universe that can grant immortality. The Mother Tree is one of them. Throughout human history, there have been many breakdowns, but the Mother Tree has never been broken. I've absorbed the Mother Tree's matter, and give me some time to fuse this matter into your body so that you can become a Mother Tree like me and achieve immortality.
Lu Yin raised a brow. "You want me to become a tree like you?
If I abandon my human identity, then why don't I become a Corpse King?
Join the Everlasting Race?
They also promised immortality. "
The Leaf King gritted his teeth. "That's flesh and blood without emotions. So what if I have immortality?"
Lu Yin raised his hand and cut off the Leaf King's arm with Edge. The Leaf King's body was flung far away. "Look at you, you don't even have flesh and blood. One has abandoned emotions, while the other has abandoned flesh and blood. Neither is human. As for me, I only want to be human, not a monster."
The Leaf King had lost both his arms, and he struggled to get up. "I can help you study space. That flower can really be studied."
Lu Yin's lips curled up. "My Secret Word 'Plan' has already touched upon the domain of space. It's far more useful than that flower of yours."
"I can help you absorb the energy of others. Alliance Master Lu, when we first fought, I was able to resist your Vacant Palm because I absorbed your energy," the Leaf King shouted.
Lu Yin did not understand. "What do you mean?"
The Leaf King panted heavily and said in a low voice, "I know that you didn't come with good intentions.
I didn't think that I would be able to hide the matter of capturing the sapling from you, so I made arrangements in advance. When we were observing the flower, you were sitting in a position where I could absorb your energy. At that time, I absorbed your physical energy and fused it into my body, giving me the strength to resist your Vacant Palm for a short period of time. "
"The tree that trapped the Second Nightking is my main body, and this body of mine is just a transfer of my consciousness. There's no way for me to resist your physical energy. Only by absorbing your physical energy can I do that. You were able to cut off my arm with a casual wave of your hand because I had exhausted all the energy I absorbed."
Lu Yin was surprised. "Your innate gift is very useful."
The Leaf King relaxed. "Yes, it's very useful. As long as Alliance Master Lu doesn't kill me, I can help you absorb the energy of others and help you step onto the path of true invincibility. We can research space and immortality together, and Shamrock Enterprises can help you earn a lot of resources. Alliance Master Lu, killing me won't do you any good, but keeping me alive will allow me to do many things for you."
The Second Nightking looked at Lu Yin, and he was tempted. This Leaf King was indeed useful, and no one knew better than the Second Nightking how difficult it was to survive from the era of the Daosource Sect until now.
After a moment of silence, Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back. "I'm very tempted."
The Leaf King's eyes gleamed.
"What a pity." Lu Yin's expression was cold. "You must be hiding something. Being able to survive from the era of the Daosource Sect until now proves your worth, but it also proves that you're very powerful. Powerful people can either become my friend or …" Lu Yin did not finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear. He was apprehensive of the Leaf King and did not want to let him live.
The Second Nightking's aura surged once more, and he stared at the Leaf King with murderous intent.
The Leaf King's expression changed. "Wait, I said that the reason I want to take the sapling is because it's the mother tree."
The Leaf King's words shocked both Lu Yin and the Second Nightking.
Balsam Zhi and Yu Er did not know anything about mother trees, but they did.
"What did you say?" the two asked at the same time, as if they had heard something unbelievable.
The Leaf King seemed to have exhausted all of his energy to say those words. He lowered his head and chuckled, though it was unknown whether he was laughing at himself or at the others.
Lu Yin did not rush him and simply waited.
The Leaf King slowly raised his head and let out a long breath. "I absorbed the mother tree's matter and became half-human, half-tree. The Astral Source Pill is both my power and the power of the mother tree's matter. The sapling was born from the Astral Source Pill, so there's only one possibility: it relied on the mother tree's matter to grow. I don't know how you did it, Alliance Master Lu, but logically speaking, it shouldn't have been able to produce a sapling just by relying on the mother tree's matter.
However, it actually appeared. "" I don't understand the process, but since it appeared, it means that it's the mother tree. Obtaining it is equivalent to obtaining the complete mother tree, and I can rely on it to take root in the Astral Source Universe and absorb astral sources to strengthen myself. I can also rely on it to absorb more of the mother tree's matter and perfect my body. It's very useful to me, and who wouldn't care if they found out that the sapling was the mother tree?
Since ancient times, there has only been one mother tree. It was born in outer space and could not be planted. But now, a second one has appeared, and it is truly immortal.
"I can replace it and become the true mother tree to achieve immortality."
"Alliance Master Lu, with the sapling and my help, you can live forever. You really can. Everyone wants to live forever, and even if you don't want your body to turn into a tree, I can still research that substance and accelerate the sapling's growth. You can become a second mother tree." Lu Yin's eyes widened in shock as he continued, "Alliance Master Lu, with this sapling and my help, you can live forever.