It was a bit hard on Mr. Ya, but they were certainly fast.
Now experienced, Su Ze and Mr. Ya swaggered right into the inner circle of the Miracle Oasis upon their return, making a beeline for the Mother Tree in the core area.
Halfway there, a small beast with flapping, petal-like wings ca to greet them, escorting them the rest of the way to the foot of the Mother Tree.
Su Ze glanced around first. He didn’t see the erald spaceship and figured the Mother Tree must have put it away.
Ju Han had been keeping watch here. Seeing the two of them, she gave a slight nod and said to Su Ze, "The Mother Tree is waiting for you."
Carrying the lead box with the Bloodline Crystal, Su Ze walked straight toward the Mother Tree. This ti, the two great trees guarding her parted to let him pass.
Reaching the base of the Mother Tree, Su Ze held up the lead box. "Mama," he asked, "what exactly is the problem with this Bloodline Crystal? Could you please help get rid of it?"
Mr. Ya hadn’t followed Su Ze; he stood with Ju Han a short distance away. Hearing what Su Ze called the Mother Tree, he couldn’t help but remark with a sigh, "The boss really is the boss. That’s the gap between him and ."
The corner of Ju Han’s mouth twitched. Last ti, Su Ze had been calling her ’Mother.’ This ti, he’d gone straight to ’Mama.’ He was getting bolder with his terms of endearnt.
Su Ze, for his part, didn’t think anything of it. ’So what if I call her Mama!’
’Sotis you don’t have to be so rigid about species. Why can’t a human and a plant be mother and son?’
’Where did the gourd-babies in the legends co from, then?’
Shortly after Su Ze finished speaking, a tangible wave of Spiritual Power descended upon him—heavy, sacred, gentle, and loving, like the care of an elder.
It was the spiritual will of the Mother Tree. Su Ze instantly felt the scene around him shift. The lead box in his hand vanished, and he found himself once again in a place resembling a private garden.
He knew the Mother Tree had pulled his consciousness here.
"You have progressed very quickly," the Mother Tree’s voice rang out, tinged with gratification.
"That’s because I have a good mama who helped a lot." At this mont, Su Ze had completely forgotten about his other "adopted" mother, Mrs. Yun.
"You ntioned..." Su Ze hesitated. "I’m getting close to Saint-rank now. Could you tell those things you were planning to wait to tell until after I reached it?"
The Mother Tree considered this for a mont before replying, "Let’s take things one at a ti. First, I will honor my promise to help you remove the hidden danger within the Bloodline Crystal."
"What is the hidden danger in the Bloodline Crystal, exactly?" Su Ze asked, not one to miss an opportunity for more information.
"A Divine Residual Soul lies dormant within it."
Su Ze’s heart jolted, and his eyes widened involuntarily. He had long suspected as much, but having it confird was still a shock.
’A Divine Residual Soul?’
’In other words, an incomplete soul from a God-rank being.’
’The implications of this were enormous, connecting to so many other things.’
Su Ze reined in his racing thoughts. ’Why speculate wildly when I have an expert right here to ask?’
"Mama, what would happen if soone absorbed a Bloodline Crystal like this? Would they be possessed by the Divine Residual Soul?"
"That’s right. The Spiritual Power of a Saint-rank lifeform cannot possibly resist the corrosion of God-rank Spiritual Power. Their spirit—their very soul—would be devoured by the Divine Residual Soul, and their body would fall under its control."
’It really is possession!’
’Everyone who absorbed a Bloodline Crystal has been possessed by Alien Divine Spirits!’
’That would even include the two legendary figures—the ruler of the Lin Hua Continent and the Pope of the Evolution Divine Teachings!’
’The trials of the Divine Dice were all just a way to select talented bodies for the Alien Divine Spirits.’
Su Ze suppressed the horror in his heart and asked, "Who exactly are these Alien Divine Spirits, and what is their purpose? Do you know?"
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