"Sacred Tree, please send me straight to where you connect with the Tree of Life. That would be more convenient."
The sacred tree nodded. In the next instant, all the white lights on the surrounding roots flew toward her. Before Jiang Lu could prepare herself, countless flashes of spiritual light flickered before her eyes, and she vanished from the spot.
When her awareness returned, her lips twitched. This place looked rather familiar...
Jiang Lu sighed and immediately swallowed a pill to conceal her form and aura. With a flash, she swiftly hid in a nearby cave.
The next instant, two figures appeared where she had just been standing.
The white-bearded old man on the left said to his younger companion, "I clearly sensed a powerful surge of spiritual energy here just now. How did it disappear in the blink of an eye?"
The other man raised a hand and rubbed between his brows, replying with a troubled look, "And I can't sense which direction that spiritual energy vanished in, either. Could it be some of the energy the Tree of Life has been losing all over the place?"
"Let's keep looking."
The two lingered for only a few breaths before flashing away.
Jiang Lu hid where she was, not daring to move. According to the usual plot logic, they would definitely return to check a second time. Even if they did not, their Divine Sense still shrouded this place. She could not act rashly.
Sure enough, only after quite a while did the faint pressure in the surrounding air finally dissipate.
Only then did Jiang Lu poke half her head out and emerge from the cave, hurrying toward the site of that day's battle.
The place the sacred tree had transported her to was none other than where she had