Not Allowed

Therefore, Yu Fengchen's Yugi experience was once disrupted by the Wizard Cult without his knowledge.

But these Karma aren't the main point. The main point is, what is the purpose of Ruben Reed's elaborate efforts to obtain this heart?

"The Yindu Heart is the crystallization of the entire Blood Array sacrifice; it cost the lives of everyone in Yindu."

Yu Fengchen glanced at the quietly beating heart out of the corner of his eye, his expression slightly complicated.

From a modern perspective, Yindu is just a very small town, with a total population of only a little over ten thousand.

However, the Blood Array stripped these more than 10,000 people of their vibrant, beating hearts, ultimately creating this acquired heart. The value of this is definitely different for different people.

"In other words, the Wizard Cult created the Yindu Heart using human sacrifices and brought it back." Yu Xing's gaze lowered slightly as he recalled the contents of the books he had found on the bookshelf in the room.

Actually, they're about the same.

Just like the contents of the book, all these items were created through inhumane methods, fueled by negative emotions such as killing, fear, and despair.

The items in the book eventually became nourishment for the Ghost Tree. It was because of the various nutrients brought back by these believers from different worlds and different times that the Ghost Tree grew so quickly.

So, is this the most basic purpose of the Ghost Tree?

Could the Yindu Heart also become nourishment for the Ghost Tree to advance further?

From planting to growing, a Ghost Tree requires a great deal of resentment and the dissolution of life. However, generally speaking, a few thousand people are enough for it to mature and take shape. Of course, it also takes a long time for the negative emotions in the hearts of the living people around it to be absorbed.

The Yindu Heart alone brings in tens of thousands of people; even for an adult Ghost Tree, it would be a great tonic.

With this heart, Ghost Tree's power will increase dramatically for at least a short period of time, which might allow him to devour Yu Xing directly.

Yu Xing glanced at Yu Fengchen beside her.

Hmm, maybe we can even swallow Yu Fengchen along with him.

However, nourishment needs to be provided by humans, like the hands that always appear in those books.

In the Underground City, these hands must belong to the Tree Witch.

The reason why the Yindu Heart was not directly offered to the Ghost Tree, but was instead preserved in the believer's body for a period of time, may be because the Tree Witch needed to process the heart and transform it into a substance that the Ghost Tree could better absorb.

This makes the underground city a natural vulnerability at night.

Ghost Tree wanted to protect his followers and make them believe they were human, thus achieving the same effect as human faith, he had to seal off the residential area at night to prevent the ghosts from killing them.

This gave Yu Xing an opportunity, and he easily dismembered Yindu Heart.

"This heart must be preserved," Jiang Jieleng suddenly said, who had been listening nearby.

Yu Xing never expected that at this critical juncture, the first to make a decision would be this child who seemed to have no connection with Ghost Tree.

Jiang Jieleng ignored his slightly surprised gaze, his tone calm and composed, which was far beyond his years.

"This is a crucial item; it concerns your lives, and of course, mine."

He turned his head and asked in a deep voice, "Yu Fengchen, can you absorb it?"

Yu Fengchen: "I don't know, but perhaps we can give it a try?"

Yu Xing: "No."

Two completely different answers came from their mouths. They looked at each other and Yu Fengchen explained, "I can absorb anything that the Ghost Tree can absorb. I am essentially... exactly the same as Him, unlike you who was modified later in life."

Yu Xing's eyes flashed as she examined Yu Fengchen's exquisite, sculpted body, and suddenly a realization dawned on her.

"Exactly the same, are you the Ghost Tree?"

Yu Fengchen: "... I advise you to rephrase that."

Jiang Jieleng curled his lips. "A piece of wood, no different from Ghost Tree."

"... That was Aunt Sharon's expedient measure; who knew it would turn out like this?" Yu Fengchen retorted, then pondered for a long time before seemingly deciding that he could tell Yu Xing about it.

"Actually, I died a long time ago, when I was very young." He dropped a bombshell in an instant.

Upon hearing Yu Xing looked him up and down carefully. "Then you must have had a tough time in human society."

Yu Fengchen: "..."

Yu Xing is always so annoying, no matter the situation.

He ignored Yu Xing: "I have an aunt from England who was a good friend of my parents. After my parents had their accident and I was implicated, Aunt Sharon fused my soul with a piece of Ghost Tree wood core that she had obtained. From then on, the core became my body, so logically speaking, I am indeed a walking Ghost Tree."

"Such a thing exists, Ghost Tree with a human soul..." Yu Xing's eyes flickered, lost in thought, before she finally uttered, "But you don't seem to be in any discomfort."

This innate fusion seems far more perfect than his acquired fusion.

If the Lingren wanted to create a good vessel for the curse, then someone like Yu Fengchen would be the most perfect example.

Yu Xing narrowed her eyes slightly.

The Lingren must never know of Yu Fengchen's existence. Or rather, the Lingren may already know, but Lingren must never learn the inside story.

As for being modified and integrated as a child, unless Yu Fengchen himself reveals it, no one on the Absurdity System's side should know this secret.

"But even so, you absolutely cannot absorb this heart prematurely." Yu Xing's thoughts circled in his mind, finally returning to the original question. On this point, he was unexpectedly serious and firm.

"The Yindu Heart bears too much sin. The Ghost Tree is a behemoth; it can absorb all these sins along with their negative effects after processing them. Can you do that?"

"A tree can be affected by negative energy to a limited extent. The Ghost Tree can spend thousands of years gradually absorbing this energy for its own use. But what about you? You were born a human, which makes you different from a tree."

The human brain processes emotions in a very intuitive and rapid way. If Yu Fengchen were to absorb such a filthy Yindu Heart directly, Yu Fengchen would probably be mutated on the spot.

Even if Yu Xing has more experience, were to bear it, he wouldn't dare guarantee that he could handle it. It is precisely because he has personally experienced times when his emotions are out of his control that he knows the terror of it all too well.