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Within the ball of light, the black figure stood before the colossal Bodhi Ancient Tree, tens of thousands of feet tall. Suddenly, this figure launched an attack on the Bodhi Ancient Tree. In response, the Bodhi Ancient Tree unleashed terrifying, overwhelming energy. In this terrifying clash, even the surrounding world collapsed. Xiao Yuan stared in shock at the battle within the ball of light, utterly unable to believe that this Bodhi Ancient Tree had actually fought against Dou Di expert. The images within the ball of light accelerated, finally settling on a final scene: the black figure was suddenly struck by a destructive gust of wind that swept in from outside the ball of light, ultimately exploding along with its body and the surrounding world into nothingness. "Hiss..."

Gazing at the black figure that had exploded into nothingness, Xiao Yuan's heart skipped a beat. Clearly, the sudden attack earlier must have been launched by a Dou Di expert whose strength was no weaker than that of the Black-Clothed Dou Emperor. It was only under the combined attack of the Bodhi Ancient Tree and another mysterious Dou Di that the Black-Clothed Dou Emperor was blasted into nothingness. "Two Dou Di."

Xiao Yuan's eyes twitched involuntarily. He had actually seen two of these powerful figures, who were almost legendary, today. Although it was just an image, their unique, supreme aura still made Xiao Yuan's soul tremble.

Within the ball of light, the images did not cease with the fall of the Black-Clothed Dou Emperor. Suddenly, wisps of black energy surged forth from the void. As soon as these wisps appeared, they rushed into the Bodhi Ancient Tree. With the entry of these wisps, the pure aura permeating the Bodhi Ancient Tree was subtly tinged with a hidden chill. Seeing this scene, Xiao Yuan was taken aback, then seemed to understand something. The Bodhi Ancient Tree after being invaded by the black energy seemed to have the same feeling he had when he first saw the Bodhi Ancient Tree in the Barren Ancient Domain.

"Puff!"

The ball of light slowly dimmed, then condensed into an invisible mass that shot into Xiao Yuan's mind like lightning, eventually transforming into a strange flow of information that spread outwards.

Xiao Yuan closed his eyes, digesting this strange flow of information. After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes, his eyes now showing some understanding. He had learned a lot from this information.

The ancient Bodhi Ancient Tree before him had existed for countless years, but one thing was certain: it had existed since ancient times. However, what slightly surprised Xiao Yuan was that despite the accumulation of countless years, the Bodhi Ancient Tree had not evolved complete intelligence. Perhaps its long existence had prevented its intelligence from fully developing. Whatever the reason, the Bodhi Ancient Tree lacked true wisdom; it merely possessed some basic functions of a spiritual being, such as autonomous protection or counterattack. The image within the previous ball of light showed a heavily injured Dou Di expert from a very distant era who attempted to forcibly extract the Tree Spirit from the Bodhi Ancient Tree to heal his injuries. However, he was ultimately killed by his opponent and the Bodhi Ancient Tree itself. Of course, the killing... The Black-Clothed Dou Emperor clearly inflicted extremely terrible damage on the Bodhi Ancient Tree. This can be seen from its original towering form of ten thousand feet in the image, which has now shrunk to only about a thousand feet. However, even though the Bodhi Ancient Tree paid a heavy price, it did not completely kill the Black-Clothed Dou Emperor as expected. This is because, at the moment of the latter's fall, some of his negative emotions gathered together and invaded the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Over countless years, these so-called negative emotions have gradually eroded the Bodhi Ancient Tree Bodhi Ancient Tree, causing its not-so-complex intelligence to begin to lean towards darkness and coldness. In other words, the Bodhi Ancient Tree has been gradually transformed into an evil force by the negative emotions of that Dou Di powerhouse over a long period of time.

That illusion was formed automatically because of this evil. Over the countless years, countless powerful individuals have lost themselves within it. If it weren't for Xiao Yuan's powerful soul force breaking through the illusion and briefly awakening the intelligence deep within the Bodhi Ancient Tree's memory, Xiao Yuan wouldn't have been able to arrive here. To put it simply, the Bodhi Ancient Tree possesses two intelligences: one is its original, benevolent intelligence, while the other, influenced by the Black-Clothed Dou Emperor's negative emotions, leans towards evil. "You want me to help you dispel the negative emotions affecting your intelligence?"

Xiao Yuan looked at the ancient, verdant tree in front of him and asked with a smile.

"Whoosh!"

The ancient tree swayed as if nodding in response to Xiao Yuan's words.

"How do I do it? Even with the soul of a Quasi -Emperor Realm, I'm afraid I can't easily remove what Dou Di left behind, right?"

Xiao Yuan then asked.

"Splash."

As soon as Xiao Yuan finished speaking, another ball of light emerged from the ancient tree. Within the ball of light, a flame appeared, followed by a Bodhi Zi. The flame refined the Bodhi Zi, and a stream of pure energy appeared, eventually entering the ancient tree. With the entry of this pure energy, the chilling aura emanating from the Bodhi Ancient Tree seemed to lessen somewhat.

"Using Bodhi Zi to dispel negative emotions?" Xiao Yuan was taken aback, then flipped his hand, revealing a not-so-pure Bodhi Zi in his palm. He said helplessly, "Just one not-so-pure Bodhi Zi is a drop in the ocean!"

"Whoosh!"

The ancient tree shook, and then countless green light spots floated out from its body, finally hovering in front of Xiao Yuan. The light gradually dimmed, and Xiao Yuan discovered that these were all Bodhi Zi, and judging from their crystal-clear color, they were clearly many times purer than the Bodhi Zi in his hand. "Twenty-four in total."

Xiao Yuan's gaze swept over the green dots, and then a smile appeared on his lips. Although Bodhi Zi are not as terrifying as Bodhi Heart, they can increase the success rate of advancing to the Dou Sheng. If they were outside, let alone these extremely high-quality Bodhi Zi, even just the mottled Bodhi Zi in his hand would attract countless powerful individuals to fight over it.

"It's not that I can't help you. If you release my brother, the two of us can work together to speed things up."

Xiao Yuan pointed to Xiao Yan, who was trapped in the illusion and dreaming of marrying Xun'er, and said with a smile.

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The Bodhi Ancient Tree seemed impatient, but it still flicked its branches and pulled Xiao Yan out of the illusion.

Xiao Yan was about to kiss Xun'er when Xiao Yuan grabbed his head and pressed it down, preventing him from going any further.

???

Xiao Yan opened his eyes.

"Ah! Holy crap, that's terrifying!"

Xiao Yan jumped back a distance and looked at Xiao Yuan in front of him, saying in fear.

"That was an illusion. Don't ask questions yet. I'll explain how to refine this thing with the Heavenly Flames."

Xiao Yuan handed Xiao Yan ten Bodhi Zi, then smiled and said...

"Good!"

Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't neglect Xiao Yuan's words. He immediately flipped his hand, and a surge of Heavenly Flames erupted as he began to refine the Bodhi Zi.

Bodhi Zi? Xiao Yan stared wide-eyed at the ten Bodhi Zi in his hand, then turned to look at Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan had already begun refining the Bodhi Zi. The golden, Heavenly Flames directly refined the remaining fourteen Bodhi Zi in his hand.

"Don't worry, this is a good thing. Think big! We'll use these Bodhi Zi to give you a chance to attain Bodhi Heart. It's a sure win!"

Xiao Yuan said with a smile.

"Brother, you need the Bodhi Heart too, right?"

Xiao Yan frowned and said in a deep voice.

"I don't need it. I have my own arrangements later. I don't care about such a Bodhi Heart."

Xiao Yuan smiled and waved his hand.

Xiao Yan naturally understood his Third Brother, but he really couldn't think of any opportunity on this Bodhi Ancient Tree that could be better than the Bodhi Heart.

The Bodhi Zi contains extremely powerful energy, and even with the help of Heavenly Flames, refining it is still quite difficult.

On Xiao Yan's side, the refining process lasted for about an hour before the Bodhi Zi seed transformed into a crystal-clear liquid. Half an hour later, the liquid slowly evaporated, turning into a wisp of emerald-green vapor. This vapor seeped out from the flames and eventually entered the jade-like trunk of the Bodhi Ancient Tree. As the vapor entered, the Bodhi Ancient Tree trembled, and then a very faint wisp of black energy quietly seeped out, eventually vanishing into nothingness.

"Call"

Seeing this, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief and immediately sat down. The difficulty of refining the Bodhi Zi far exceeded his expectations. Even with his current abilities, his internal Dou Qi couldn't continue refining it. "I can't go on like this, I need to rest."

Xiao Yan wiped away a cold sweat, waved his hand at the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and said.

"Splash."

Upon seeing Xiao Yan's strike, the Bodhi Ancient Tree immediately began to shake. Then, a ball of green light was released from the tree, forming an ancient, emerald-green futon at the base of the Bodhi Ancient Tree. The tree then extended a branch and lifted Xiao Yan to sit on the futon.

"Bang!"

The moment his buttocks touched the ancient futon, Xiao Yan's body trembled violently. Streams of incredibly pure energy surged into his body like a tidal wave. In that instant, every pore on Xiao Yan's Xiao Yan seemed to explode, and a visible stream of pure energy slowly seeped out from the top of his head with a "crackling" sound.

A torrent of pure energy surged into Xiao Yan's body, causing crackling sounds to emanate from within. Under this frenzied infusion, in just a few moments, Xiao Yan felt that the Dou Qi he had previously consumed had been completely replenished. Moreover, the Dou Qi within his body seemed even more concentrated than at his peak. "What a terrifying Bodhi Ancient Tree!"

Sensing the changes within his body, Xiao Yan couldn't help but gasp. The energy within the Bodhi Ancient Tree was extremely pure, requiring no refining whatsoever to be converted into Dou Qi for absorption. In other words, the Bodhi Ancient Tree was an inexhaustible source of Dou Qi; as long as it existed, there was no need to worry about Dou Qi running out.

Of course, the most terrifying thing is not that, but that the Bodhi Ancient Tree seems to also have a capacity-expanding effect. For example, the Dou Qi of Dou Qi that Xiao Yan's body could originally store was a certain constant value, but the Bodhi Ancient Tree could add a little more to that constant value. In other words, when it helps a person recover Dou Qi, it also unknowingly expands the human body, the container for holding Dou Qi, by a little more. This is an extremely powerful effect. Imagine if this container continues to expand, those so-called bottlenecks, or even the insurmountable chasm of breaking through to Dou Sheng, will slowly disappear as this container gradually expands!

"Splash."

As Xiao Yan was shocked by the increasingly powerful Dou Qi within his body, the Bodhi Ancient Tree shook again, making a rustling sound, as if urging Xiao Yan to continue refining the Bodhi Zi.

"Hey, this hard work was worth it!"

Xiao Yan was speechless. His Third Brother was right; this was a sure-fire way to make money!

On the other hand, Xiao Yuan's refining efficiency was astonishing and terrifying.

Two hours later, the energy of the fourteen Bodhi Zi was completely refined, removing a large wave of negative emotions from the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

However, these Bodhi Zi did not completely eliminate the negative emotions within the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Therefore, when Xiao Yuan saw the dozens of Bodhi Zi floating out of the Bodhi Ancient Tree again, he waved his hand.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree suddenly realized something, and then conjured an ancient, emerald-green futon, preparing to help Xiao Yuan recover his Dou Qi.

"That's not what I meant by waving my hand. What I meant was that Xiao Yan should do this kind of work. I have other ways to help you."

Xiao Yuan reached out and pushed aside the branches that were about to lift him over to sit, and said with a smile.

???

The branches of the Bodhi Ancient Tree are bent, forming three question marks.

Xiao Yuan flipped his palm, and the blue Jueyin Wind Wood Flame emerged from his palm.

"This fire is condensed from the Jueyin Wind Wood Qi in my liver. When I was refining it just now, I felt that the Bodhi Zi contained a large amount of wood Qi. Therefore, if I use this Jueyin Wind Wood Flame to temper your body, it can more thoroughly remove the negative emotions from your body."

As Xiao Yuan spoke, he threw the Jueyin Wind Wood Flame towards the roots of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree was startled and was about to strike Xiao Yuan when it suddenly discovered that the blue flames did not ignite its body. Instead, they merged with its body and slowly and steadily burned away the negative emotions within it, turning them into nothingness.

"However, this consumes a great deal of soul power and Dou Qi, so the replenishment will depend on you!"

Xiao Yuan didn't want to do a losing business, so he reminded him.

The branches of the Bodhi Ancient Tree stretched out again, immediately enveloping Xiao Yuan. A rich, emerald-green energy emerged, covering his body!