The Spirit Root Tree's roots spread throughout the entire mountain. Logically speaking, nothing happening inside the mountain should have escaped its senses.
It might have tolerated some mutated beasts digging holes and building nests near its roots, since those beasts posed no threat to it. But a saint-level powerhouse was following its roots toward its trunk—by all rights, the Spirit Root Tree should have acted long ago.
Yet in reality, Feng Buqing's tunnel kept getting deeper, while the Spirit Root Tree remained completely still.
Su Ze instinctively felt that something was wrong. Either the Spirit Root Tree was in bad condition, or it was holding back some major move.
To be safe, he stopped following Feng Buqing into the tunnel. Feng Buqing still had a long way to dig before reaching the trunk anyway, so Su Ze chose to wait and see.
Su Ze retreated to where he had started. With nothing to do, he patted his pocket and discovered that his phone was somehow still on him.
He tried contacting Liu Wenyin and Aunt Yun, but the signal underground was terrible. He could not even send a single message.
He opened the livestreaming app again, only for it to show that there was no network connection.
After refreshing countless times, a few livestream titles finally appeared. There was not a single frame of video, but the titles confirmed that Brother Ya was still livestreaming in the Black Rock Mountain Range.
With nothing else he could do, Su Ze put his phone away, took out the Body Strengthening Pills he carried with him, swallowed two, and started performing the Swan Dance in the underground cave... No one could see him anyway.
Making use of every moment to strengthen oneself was the awareness a qualified evolver should possess.
He had no