"You never want to see me again?" Hua Yunfei raised an eyebrow and stared straight at Wude, as if asking, You didn't get the message wrong, did you?
"No. I've got no grudge against him, so why would I deliberately screw him over?" Wude thought it over again, confirmed that was exactly what the Peach Tree had said, and answered with certainty.
"Fine. If it doesn't want to see me, then so be it," Hua Yunfei said.
"That's the Peach Tree, though. Where did you get it? Counting the Ginseng Fruit Tree and the Great Nirvana Fruit Tree, you've got three top-tier Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots. You're probably the only one in all history to have that many," Wude said, marveling at Hua Yunfei's heaven-defying luck. He was green with envy.
"It wanted to break through to Hegemon Grade and had laid plans across the world, drawing countless powerful experts into its territory. I was one of them. I didn't want to die, so I had no choice but to suppress it," Hua Yunfei said with a shrug, giving Wude a rough account of what had happened.
After listening, Wude stroked his chin. "The Peach Tree was unlucky. It could've struck at any time, but it just had to do it when you showed up. Guess it was fate."
Then he lowered his voice and asked, "What's going on with Jiang Ruoyao? I sensed her presence at the sect, but something seems really off about her. Her strength is terrifying, too."
As soon as he emerged from seclusion, he had sensed Jiang Ruoyao's aura and was astonished to find that she was much stronger than he was. The last time he saw her, she had only been a Quasi-Immortal Emperor. He couldn't believe it.
Hadn't she advanced almost as