King Ye's eyes flickered. He was reluctant to speak, but under Lu Yin's gaze, he still said, "It was that piece of Mother Tree Bark from back then. I've kept it all this time, nourishing it with my talent and using it as a treasured foundation."
Lu Yin's eyes lit up as he looked into the distance. Such a large piece of Mother Tree Bark—this was exactly what he'd been hoping for. "So what are you now, a human or a tree?"
King Ye smiled bitterly. "I don't know. I can be human, or I can be a tree, I suppose."
"If you got Little Sapling, what would you do with it?" Lu Yin asked.
King Ye's eyes flickered. "Of course I'd nurture it and wait for it to grow."
"Why?"
"It could serve as one of my clones. The Lingling Clan's Spirit Battle technique isn't a real clone at all; it's only a temporary technique. I want to possess a technique like Ancestor Chen's Nine Body Separation Technique. I want to know how Little Sapling came into being, so I can try to make other Star Source Pills give birth to Little Saplings. Then I'll have countless clones, while my true body keeps cultivating until I reach the Half-Ancestor realm. At that point, who in the Fifth Continent could possibly be my match?" King Ye said, his face flushed with excitement.
What he said sounded reasonable, but Lu Yin still sensed something was off. He glanced at Second Night King.
Second Night King had followed Lu Yin for a long time. He understood what Lu Yin meant from just one glance: he wanted Second Night King to use an Essence, Qi, and Spirit illusion to make King Ye reveal the truth.
With Second Night King's strength, if he used