He needed to verify something—a fact about the Chinese scholar tree.
There are too many escorts around during the day. I'll wait until nightfall, Xu Bai thought.
From the time Wu Hua left until nightfall, Xu Bai never left the escort agency.
Not until evening drew near, when the escorts gradually departed for their homes, did Xu Bai leave his room.
Tonight was unlike other nights. There was no moonlight; the sky was dark and overcast, without a trace of light.
Xu Bai carried an oil lamp in one hand and a hoe over the other shoulder, with the Ghost-Head Saber at his waist. Leaving his room, he went straight beneath the Chinese scholar tree.
He had spent the entire day thinking. With the double temptation of the Buddhist scripture and the Human-Faced Ancient Tree, he felt this deal could be made.
Especially the Human-Faced Ancient Tree—he was dying to get his hands on that progress bar.
Helping Wu Hua was the same as helping himself. After all, it was equivalent to gaining two more helpers.
But first, he had to determine one thing: whether Wu Hua had spoken the truth, and whether this Chinese scholar tree had truly been caused by the Human-Faced Ancient Tree.
To verify it, he only needed to dig beneath the Chinese scholar tree and see whether Wu Hua's words were true.
The Extreme Life Sect killed people and buried them beneath trees. There should have been bones under this tree.
There had been too many people around during the day, making it unsuitable for this. Now that night had come, it was precisely the best time to act.
As luck would have it, the farming tools he had taken from the Nether Blacksmith came in handy now.
Xu Bai set the oil lamp