Responds to Persuasion, Not Coercion

Faced with the Bodhi Ancient Tree's plea for help, Mo Tang began to negotiate terms with great confidence.

"I can help you get rid of this negative emotion, but what will I get in return?"

Although the Bodhi Ancient Tree lacks sentience, it has lived for countless years and understands some basic things...

For example, right now.

"Splash..."

As the treetops swayed, a ball of light emerged from within the ancient tree...

Mo Tang stared intently and saw a ball of flame appear in the ball of light, followed by a Bodhi Seed. The flame refined the Bodhi Seed, and a stream of pure energy appeared, eventually entering Mo Tang's body. He instantly felt as if his soul and body were in a hot spring, and even his soul power and Dou Qi had increased slightly.

Although the increase was not large, it was equivalent to a year of hard training for Dou Sheng Expert. It truly lived up to its reputation as the purest Bodhi Seed.

It's so much better than the one I have!

"Let me take a look..."

"One, two, three... twenty-four."

As his gaze swept over these green dots, Mo Tang's lips twitched involuntarily.

Although Bodhi Seed are not as terrifying as Bodhi Heart, they can increase the success rate of advancing to the Dou Sheng. If they were placed outside, let alone these extremely high-quality Bodhi Seed, even just the mottled Bodhi Seed in his hand would attract countless powerful individuals to fight over it.

Although Mo Tang, due to the system, doesn't need the Bodhi Ancient Tree's help to convert these things into the purest energy for his own use, he could still leave them for others...

From a cultivation perspective, twenty-four Bodhi Seed could at most allow Mo Tang to advance from the late stage of Three Stars to the peak of Three Stars; breaking through to four stars would be impossible.

However, with the help of this Bodhi Ancient Tree, allowing others to absorb the energy of these Bodhi Seed, there's a 50% chance that a Nine Revolutions Dou Zun could break through to the Half-Saint...

Such a terrifying probability would be an absolutely fatal attraction for anyone!

But...

Mo Tang shifted his gaze from the ball of light to the verdant ancient tree before him, and tentatively asked, "If I help you dispel these negative emotions, how about you acknowledge me as your master?"

"Splash splash splash...!"

As soon as Mo Tang finished speaking, the Bodhi Ancient Tree shook violently, clearly indicating its dissatisfaction with Mo Tang's request.

Mo Tang wasn't disappointed, but instead chuckled and said, "Don't rush, don't rush, we're still discussing it..."

The Bodhi Ancient Tree shook twice more, and then the ball of light enveloping the Bodhi Seed flashed a few more times, signifying that this was the final bargaining chip—take it or leave it!

Mo Tang didn't continue to haggle. Instead, he first let the Bodhi Ancient Tree force out some of the Dou Di's negative emotions and then see how to clear them away.

Upon hearing Mo Tang's request, the Bodhi Ancient Tree seemed to think that the other party had agreed to its conditions, and immediately became happy. It readily used its energy to squeeze out a wisp of black thread-like substance...

Mo Tang frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then reached out towards the black thread.

The moment he touched the black thread, a terrifying, chilling sensation surged up his arm and into his mind, even the power of his bloodline belonging to the Supreme Dragon Phoenix could not withstand it!

However, Mo Tang was not alarmed at all; on the contrary, he was somewhat pleasantly surprised...

"Special Energy Body detected. Absorb?"

"Whether."

The system's voice suddenly rang out.

Mo Tang immediately replied, "Yes!"

"Absorb special Energy Body and convert 0.5 points of Origin Qi."

Really!

Mo Tang's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

Anything associated with an existence like Dou Di must be related to Origin Qi. I guess I made the right bet this time!

The negative emotions belonging to the Black-Robed Dou Di just now were not much, which was enough to convert 0.5 of the Origin Qi. So, if I could convert all the negative emotions in this Bodhi Ancient Tree, how much would I get?

Mo Tang was also very curious about this!

Perhaps seeing how easily Mo Tang resolved the negative emotions of the Dou Di, the Bodhi Ancient Tree was also very pleased and immediately began to shake its canopy.

Mo Tang glanced at it and said with a sneer, "What's there to be happy about? Hurry up and force out all those negative emotions!"

The Bodhi Ancient Tree shook for a moment, and then surprisingly sent a soul message to Mo Tang ...

Mo Tang was slightly surprised by this, and it took him a while to decipher the meaning of the Bodhi Ancient Tree from this information.

"You want me to help you manage these negative emotions? How do I do that?" Mo Tang asked, puzzled.

According to the information center of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, these negative emotions have transformed into threads of the soul, completely entangled with the Bodhi Ancient Tree, making it impossible for the Bodhi Ancient Tree to detach itself...

That was already its limit, so if it wants to completely get rid of these negative emotions, Mo Tang needs to take the initiative to help it.

After hearing Mo Tang's question, the Bodhi Ancient Tree gave him another piece of information...

However, after Mo Tang deciphered it, his brows furrowed involuntarily.

"You want me to voluntarily open my soul and use my own soul power as a lure to attract those negative emotions into my soul space? You must be joking!"

Why did those powerful figures of the past turn into lifeless puppets?

Isn't this the result of being corrupted by the negative emotions of that Dou Di? Now they actually want Mo Tang to voluntarily lower his defenses? Isn't this childish?

Of course, Mo Tang wasn't afraid of those negative emotions eroding him, since once they entered his body, he could easily transform them...

But for such a dangerous request, I definitely need to dig out some benefits first.

Sensing Mo Tang's strong resistance, the Bodhi Ancient Tree became anxious as well. The ball of light enveloping the Bodhi Seed flickered continuously, reminding Mo Tang that it had already offered payment.

Unfortunately, Mo Tang remained unmoved and resolutely disagreed with the request.

Whether it was because they were pushed to the limit by Mo Tang or not, the originally white space around them began to churn with wind and clouds. Countless dark clouds, carrying purple lightning, began to gather above Mo Tang's head, creating a terrifying scene of "dark clouds pressing down on the city, threatening to crush it."

Unfortunately, Mo Tang was not afraid of this at all.

A golden Dragon Emperor suddenly emerged from the dark clouds, accompanied by terrifying dragon roars and phoenix cries. The golden flames even incinerated the Yun Lei into nothingness...

"You want to take me by force? You'd better think this through... Without me, you'll eventually be completely consumed by these negative emotions!"

Atop the golden Dragon Phoenix and phoenix, Mo Tang stood tall and imposing, looking up at the enormous ancient tree that had transformed into a massive structure that covered the entire space, his voice booming outwards.