"I'm going to inspect this Fate Divine Tree. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Hou has agreed?" I looked toward the enormous sword-embryo divine tree. After all, it was an object from the Lost Immortal Realm, so inspecting it without permission would be rather presumptuous.
Hou Qingyu glanced at the surrounding elders. Those elders were all willing to give me face, so most of them nodded. Two or three, however, sent voice transmissions to Hou Qingyu, and I had no idea what they said. Hou Qingyu then continued, "May I ask why Alliance Master Xia places such importance on this Fate Divine Tree?"
I thought for a moment before saying, "I cultivate a certain technique that uses the tree's veins as its framework to form a unique method of attack. If these tree veins are powerful enough, I'll need to extract some of them to prepare for the great battles ahead. Of course, if they're still too weak, I won't take even a single strand, much less indulge my own selfish desires."
Hou Qingyu looked toward the other elders. All the immortals nodded, and one of them cupped his hands and said, "Even if Alliance Master Xia destroyed the divine tree, I'm afraid none of us could stop you. However, this tree had already grown before the immortals of the Lost Immortal Realm arrived. That shows the will of Heaven. We ultimately must do everything in our power to protect it. Since Alliance Master Xia has spoken so frankly, it seems we were overthinking things. Please, Alliance Master Xia, do as you wish."
I nodded. Then I lightly stepped forward with my toes and entered the divine tree's protective circle, standing before the great tree.
The golden tree before me was only two thousand years old. It was less than half