"Se-Senior?"
Having received no response for a long while,
Zhang Qingyuan stood there awkwardly.
He cautiously broke the deathly silence and called out in probe.
[Oh, it is nothing. I was thinking about something.]
That towering existence seemed to awaken from its thoughts, its thunderous voice resounding between heaven and earth.
After a moment,
it asked again:
[Has some change occurred in the cultivation world today? Could it be a resurgence of spiritual energy, or has the Upper Realm become connected once more, allowing you to go to the Upper Realm by some fortunate coincidence?]
The Heavenly Godly Wood sounded puzzled as it questioned him.
"Why would you say that, Senior?"
Facing this ancient existence that seemed inexplicably out of sync, Zhang Qingyuan could not help scratching his head.
"A resurgence of spiritual energy? That should not have happened. On the contrary, a hundred years ago, Abyssal Demons emerged and the Mo Calamity swept across the land. Large quantities of Spirit Stones, Spirit Mines, and Spirit Veins containing spiritual energy were devoured by the Abyssal Demons, causing the spiritual energy concentration throughout the Yuzhou Cultivation World to decline considerably."
"As for the Upper Realm becoming connected once more, perhaps this junior is simply ignorant and uninformed, but I have never heard of it."
Zhang Qingyuan cupped his hands and explained.
It all felt rather inexplicable.
Another silence followed.
The air was still.
Zhang Qingyuan seemed to feel
a pair of eyes
looking down upon him,
even though before him stood only a big tree as massive as towering mountains,
without a single figure in sight.
Yet he felt as though a pair of eyes were watching him, making his entire body feel uncomfortable.
[.]
After a moment of silence, the Heavenly Godly Wood spoke again:
[So, in the span of