Chapter 970: Chapter 347: Demon Tree Seed, Your First Love Has Been Attacked!_2

One day later, the two were about to reach the summit, when they saw a cave ahead.

Such caves usually contain rare heavenly and earthly treasures.

Of course, they also tend to harbor danger, often occupied by fierce demon beasts.

“Quanzhen, stay behind me and be careful,” Lu Ping’an called out to his younger brother before striding towards the cave.

“Mm,” Lu Quanzhen nodded, not intending to overreach.

This was how the two had traveled thus far.

After they entered the cave, they hadn’t walked far before they heard intense fighting noises coming from ahead.

“Someone’s already here.”

Lu Ping’an, hearing the commotion, shook his head and gestured for Lu Quanzhen to leave.

“Big brother, the sounds seem a bit off,” Lu Quanzhen commented, his expression growing tense.

“It seems like a massive brawl, very intense,” Lu Ping’an remarked after listening carefully.

He felt that at least ten or more people were fighting, not just a skirmish between two or three.

“With so much activity, it must be something out of the ordinary, probably a collective action by an Immortal Sect here,” Lu Quanzhen said, his eyes narrowing.

He had observed the area outside the secret realm briefly before.

Apart from the Four Great Immortal Sects bringing twenty to thirty disciples each, the others had at most ten people.

So the battle at hand was definitely a collective combat of an Immortal Sect.

“Since we’re here, might as well see what’s going on, it won’t affect us,”

“Besides, if the Purple Shadow Secret Realm opens again in the future, we could record the details and report back to the family,” Lu Quanzhen said. His eyes narrowed at the sound of the fierce battle, suggesting this plan.

Hearing this, Lu Ping’an helplessly nodded in agreement.

“Is this… a demon tree?”

The two reached the end of the cave and immediately saw a basin ahead.

This basin was very peculiar, surrounded on all sides by jagged rocks.

And in the center of the basin stood a purple giant tree almost ten to twelve meters thick.

The tree was covered in cracks, exuding a vast and ancient aura, like a colossal pillar supporting the heavens, connecting the earth and sky, standing more than thirty meters tall.

The huge canopy, similar in color to the mist of the Purple Shadow Secret Realm, was hazy and obscured the sky, making it difficult to discern clearly.

At this moment, eight disciples from the Heavenly Sword Sect dressed in sword cultivator attire were fighting fiercely with this demon tree.

The ground was ravaged by thick tree roots, like earth dragons, constantly attacking these sword cultivators.

Besides that, there were all kinds of bizarre-looking demon beasts.

These beasts didn’t seem alive but appeared to be controlled by the demon tree, with plant roots bursting out of their bodies as they fearlessly attacked the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples, creating a very intense battle scene.

“So this is what happens when a tree turns into a demon,” both Lu Ping’an and Lu Quanzhen were greatly shocked upon seeing the demon tree.

It was not only their first time seeing a plant become a demon.

But also their first time seeing such an enormous piece of wood, a tree demon, making them feel very insignificant.

However, as shocking as the scene was, they could see that this type of tree demon, compared to other demon beasts, had a clearly fatal weakness!

Unable to move and fearful of fire, it could only wait for its demise!

Even though the plant demon was very powerful, possessing Second Rank strength,

it had no choice but to face a dead end against the combined assault of the Heavenly Sword Sect cultivators with their flames ablaze.

“A Second Rank plant demon…”

“To become a demon, this tree must be no ordinary one; it must be of the Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Plant grade!” Lu Quanzhen said thoughtfully, looking at the massive tree demon in the basin.

He had previously heard from his mother about the Heavenly Longevity Technique.

He knew that under his father’s arrangement, his mother had already started cultivating this technique.

But he wanted to procure a Third Rank Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Plant as a future safeguard for his sister, Lu Caizhen.

Because unlike himself, his sister wasn’t that interested in cultivation on a regular basis.

Even after consuming a Heaven-replenishing Elixir and advancing her Spiritual Root to fifth-grade, she only put in effort for a while before sliding back into laxity and playfulness.

As a brother, although he wanted to say something.

He understood that his sister’s temperament really wasn’t suited for the cultivation world.

Even with diligent cultivation, her prospects would be limited.

So he thought of preparing a Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Plant for her as a fallback for the future.

Seeing the tree demon now, he couldn’t help but be tempted.

But realizing the sheer size of the tree demon, Lu Quanzhen knew it would be impossible to take it away.

He continued to look for seedlings around the tree demon, hoping to find one.

But despite looking all around, he saw no seedlings.

“Huh,” Lu Quanzhen exhaled lightly, ready to turn and leave.

But then he noticed his elder brother staring at a Heavenly Sword Sect female cultivator with slender eyes and crimson lips, a clear face, a high ponytail, and an air of vibrant heroism.

Lu Quanzhen naturally remembered her.

She was his elder brother, Lu Ping’an’s first love.

Although the female cultivator had considerable strength, with a Ninth Level Energy Refinement cultivation level,

she seemed somewhat hard-pressed under the assault of the tree demon’s roots and a demon beast.

“Big brother, why not play the hero to save the beauty?” Lu Quanzhen teased.

“The tree demon is already showing signs of defeat,” Lu Ping’an shook his head and said in a low voice.

With the current situation, it wouldn’t make a difference whether he went to help or not.

Besides, stepping forward to help without reason might seem hard to explain.

“Hmm?”

Just then, Lu Quanzhen suddenly noticed a Heavenly Sword Sect disciple, having slain a demon beast and cremated it with fire, a purple, crystal-like seed flew from the ashes into the hands of the disciple.

“What’s this… the seed of the tree demon?” his eyes narrowing in thought.

He whispered to Lu Ping’an, “Big brother, did you see the seed that appeared after the beast was burned to ashes?”

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