Chapter 38: The Heavenly Giant Tree

  No one knows who planned this raid or who controls the NPC cavalry, only some people vaguely spread various rumors, but most people don't believe them.

  However, this time's event has fully illustrated a point: the overall strength of Shen Zhou players' superpowers has declined universally.

  Because of the news that came out later from Shuofang City, the 40,000 taels of gold were actually silver collected by various major forces and workshops, which almost boosted the entire economy of Shen Zhou. The economy of the Shen Zhou region in "Xuanjie" also suffered a strong impact as a result.

  The eyes of the world are focused on this unprecedented melee, and what was supposed to be a sure win turned into a regrettable defeat due to the sudden appearance of an NPC army. It's hard not to sigh at this outcome.

  But one thing is certain, the overall strength of the Divine State region has already fallen far behind that of other countries.

  Lingyue City eventually returned to peace, and the Tianshui Sect also restored its tranquility. After several days had passed, the matter was already considered closed, and people's attention slowly shifted away from it.

  "Ten Revival Potions, five Spiritual Recovery Potions, and one more Rejuvenation Pill that can restore 60% of life force in two seconds. And also, two Acceleration Scrolls!"

  "Altogether it's 2.18 yuan, sir!"

  The owner of the pharmacy smiled and said to the guest in front of him.

  Liu Yun rummaged through his bag and took out 2.18 yuan in copper coins, handed them to the pharmacy owner, and turned around to leave the store.

  Retaining the 'proud' fragments is naturally a fortunate event. However, collecting them all won't be easy.

  Having obtained the 'proud' fragment, Liu Yun also gained a lesson from his previous experience. The last time's preparation was still not sufficient, and if there is such an action again next time, careful arrangements will be needed.

  Having replenished his medicine, Liu Yun strode straight towards the auction trading center.

  This is Wangshu City, a third-tier city in the system, and also a famous economic city among the third-tier cities. The auction house here has a level of 5, while other auction houses are only level 3. The higher the level of the auction house, the more powerful treasures can be auctioned off.

  The Corpse King's chain wasn't worth much, but the Rising Sun set was valuable, and adding the Tri-coloured Dagger, Liu Yun sold them for a total of 5 taels of silver, which was a small fortune.

  So, previously at the pharmacy, Liu Yun was also generous with her spending.

  The replenishment is complete, and Liu Yun specially bought 400 space fruits in the trading center. Now this thing is slowly rising in price. Liu Yun spent all the remaining 4 taels of silver on this, leaving only over 300 coppers on him. He can hoard as much as he can now, and later when people discover the use of this thing, its value will rise like a boat on the water.

  The system has many third-level cities, and generally speaking, there are no restrictions on players entering or leaving countries. Liu Yun deliberately came from the still under-repair Lingyue City to this place, and he must have had a plan.

  I don't know if that thing is still there or not...

  Liu Yun stroked his chin thoughtfully and immediately quickened his pace, heading towards a forest to the north of Wangshu City.

  This forest is extremely large, and in the center of the forest, there is a huge, indescribable giant tree that holds up the sky.

  This tree is surrounded by dozens of people, its height is invisible to the top, straight into the clouds, and its roots are extremely wide, also unknown for how many years it has existed, huge and frightening.

  This tree has almost become a symbol of Wangshu City, and it is said that on the top of the tree, there is a palace where some NPCs with special tasks and special BOSS exist.

  Of course, it's just a rumor, and rumors are generally unreliable.

  However, Liu Yun's goal was not on that giant tree.

  But it's a small underground world under a giant tree.

  His mind kept repeating one thing: an object.

  That is a crazy heavenly artifact. Moreover, it is an exclusive heavenly artifact belonging to the Immortal Cultivation Sect players.

  However, the Heaven-grade item was too powerful to obtain, and it wasn't as simple as imagined. It is said that before the Great War between Immortals and Demons, this Heaven-grade item was a signature treasure of a top expert from the Xianzhen Camp, named 'The Wordless Heavenly Scripture'.

  But unfortunately it was split into two halves during the war between the Xian and the Mo.

  These two halves are scattered in the southern part of Shenzhou, Liu Yun remembers that one piece is scattered in the Tianyu Forest outside Wangshu City, and the specific location of the other piece is not clear, but it seems to be in the Thick Sky Desert in the southwest.

  The power of the Heavenly Instrument is astonishing. Only when the two halves of the "Wordless Heavenly Book" are combined can its power be fully unleashed.

  However, this thing is divided into two parts. The Thick Sky Desert is too dangerous, and the cultivation level must be at least three layers to enter. With the current players' cultivation level, entering it is simply seeking death.

  For the time being, no guild will enter there, but it's not certain about Tian Yu Forest. Although it's also very dangerous here and at least requires a second-level cultivation base, as soon as someone forms an exploration team and accidentally discovers this thing, it will be much harder for Liu Yun to gather the 'Wordless Heavenly Book' later on.

  But this thing is not easy to get!

  "Give it a try, besides, there are still many space caves in that underground world! Even if it's just for this, we have to go."

  Liu Yun thought to herself and quickened her pace, heading towards the south gate of Wangshu City.

  As soon as they left the bustling South Gate, from a distance, Liu Yun saw the center of the Tian Yu Forest, where the giant tree that pierced the sky stood.

  In the previous life, few people entered the top of the giant tree, and the information passed down from the giant tree was very scarce. There were forces that wanted to conquer this giant tree, but before they even reached halfway up its trunk, they were sent back by the spirits on the giant tree.

  Later, "Xuanjie" opened the battlefield and national war, updated some super copies, and the forces' attention was drawn to other places, so they didn't continue to waste time on this giant tree.

  However, Liu Yun was very interested in this giant tree.

  When I have enough power, every inch of this land in "Xuanjie" will have my footprints!

  Along the direction of that towering giant tree, Liu Yun rushed all the way.

  Since the end of the Lingyue City War, Liu Yun also lost his identity as the Grand Marshal of the Army. However, what surprised Liu Yun was that the respect value of Lingyue City and Nanyuan Country had gained a lot. With these respect values, Liu Yun will find it very convenient to do anything in Lingyue City and Nanyuan Country.

  Half an hour later, Liu Yun successfully entered the Tianyu Forest.

  It's quite far from Wangshu City. It just rained, and the road in the forest is muddy and difficult to walk on.

  At first, some members of small guilds could still be seen on the outskirts of Tianyu Forest, but as they went deeper, the figures of players gradually disappeared.

  There are some second-level human beings active around, with most of them mainly using Lingfeng and extinction.

  The water droplets in the air stick to the skin, it's really uncomfortable. The simulation system of "Xuanjie" is very realistic, there's no need to question this.

  "It's almost here!"

  Liu Yun raised her head and saw the giant tree not far away through the dense foliage.

  The monster ahead was more ferocious, so Liu Yun chose a safer detour and carefully bypassed it.

  Finally, they arrived in front of the gigantic tree that was beyond compare.

  Ding! System: You have discovered the Tianyu Giant Tree.

  Determined to go down, Liu Yun walked to the other side of the giant tree, passing through a dense thicket, and found a huge stone on a small open space.

  This stone is over two meters high and one meter wide, weighing at least as much as two adults.

  Liu Yun ran to the front of the stone and pushed it with all his might.

  Hey!!

  With a surge of energy, he easily pushed it open, his cultivation at the level of the first layer of the sky being more than enough.

  Gulu!

  The stone was pushed open, and then a pitch-black hole appeared from under the stone.

  Indeed here.

  Liu Yun was overjoyed and immediately squatted down, her head deep in the cave entrance listening quietly.

  There is no sound, which can prove that there is no monster activity at the entrance of the cave.

  Liu Yun glanced around, and the light inside the cave was dim, with a very limited range of human vision.

  However, you can't bring torches either. In this dimly lit place, the creatures inside are very sensitive to bright lights. If you use a torch, it will attract many monsters, and even some neutral creatures will be provoked into attacking.

  Liu Yun directly jumped into the cave, which was not wide and could only hold one person. The road inside the cave was a downward slope, quite steep, with a distance of just over one meter on both sides.

  Willow clouds carefully supported the mud on both sides and slowly flowed down.

  Hiss!!!!!

  In the dim distance, a figure suddenly rushed towards Liu Yun.

  In this narrow and inconvenient region, dodging has become a very difficult thing.

  "Stone Edge!"

  Liu Yun hastily muttered an incantation, and a boulder immediately rose up from the mud in front of him.

  Bam!

  The shadow crashed into the rock quickly, and the rock cracked rapidly, but fortunately it didn't shatter, barely withstanding this blow.

  The shadow that hit the wall immediately retreated, staring at Liu Yun with full vigilance.

  Liu Yun didn't dare to slack off, and cancelled the fragmented stone slab. He drew out a new stone slab with a sudden change, took a sip of spiritual water, and began to silently recite the incantation for 'Tushen Tong'.

  Before long, the massive Earth Guardian blocked this narrow path.

  With the protection of the earth guardian, Liu Yun carefully peeked through the armpit of the earth guardian and sized up the strange creature in front of him.

  In front of me was a waxen-yellow, wolf-like creature with a horn on its head and short, sharp quills all over its body. Its large mouth was open, revealing long fangs from which dripped yellow wax.

  "Dilang Yao, undead, second-level Tianjiao cultivation, 120% vitality."

  Liu Yun's heart tightened, this thing was a wolf, but it had cultivated the undying path, its skin was thick and its meat was thick, its attack power was not high, but it carried severe poison, once the poison invaded, people would immediately enter a paralyzed state, the earth wolf demon's attack on the paralyzed person had a 20% damage increase.

  Waaaah!!!!!

  The wolf demon suddenly let out a loud howl and immediately charged again.

  Boom!

  The guardian of the earth's body was smashed into pieces and scattered everywhere.

  "Seize it!"

  Liu Yun immediately sent an order to the defenders of the earth.

  Immediately, the Earth Guardian's massive body shook and stretched out two thick and powerful palms, fiercely grasping the Ground Wolf Demon.

  Liu Yun saw it and accumulated his strength, stabbing with one sword.

  The sword edge brushed past the armpit of the guardian of the earth and directly entered the body of the wolf.

  "– 19%, Soul Break triggered."

  The Di Lang Yao was caught by the Guardian of Earth, but it struggled frantically. Its undead cultivation was a level higher than that of the Guardian of Earth, and its strength was naturally not something the Guardian of Earth could compare to. The more the Guardian of Earth tried to capture it, the harder it became.

  Crack!

  At this time, the wolf demon suddenly opened its mouth and fiercely bit down on the arm of the Earth Guardian.

  Immediately, the guardian of the earth was covered with a layer of gray all over his body.

  System: The 'Guardian of Earth' you summoned has entered a 3-second paralysis state, unable to attack, move or release skills.

  Liu Yun was shocked and glanced at the blood volume of the guardian of the earth, and hastily used a symbol to shock the spirit.

  Roar!

  The eerie howl of the symbol spirit spread throughout the narrow alley, and the terror effect immediately made the land wolf demon dare not attack recklessly again.

  Seeing this, Liu Yun hurriedly stabbed fiercely.

  "Critical hit! -19%, Soul Break triggered!"

  “——4%。”

  "——9% chance of triggering Sword Shadow."

  There was a power outage this afternoon, from 3 pm until now. I'm so anxious that I've been running around in circles, worried that the update won't be on time. Sorry to everyone, don't worry about the update being interrupted, unless Lao Huo is bedridden, otherwise this story won't stop. Also, thank you 'Zhu Rong Zhi Bei Hao Ran' and 'Qiu Si Wei Lian' for your rewards! Haha, Hao Ran, Lao Huo remembers the red envelope, unfortunately Zhu Rong Zhi Bei doesn't know how many people are...