The Prosperity Tree was a special kind of tree that grew amid an aura of decay. It bore the meaning of flourishing prosperity, but required powerful life force to nourish it before it could grow.
Now, most of the group had reached their twilight years, with no life force left within them. Even a blood sacrifice would have no effect.
Nie Yun, as the heart of the group, certainly could not perform a blood sacrifice. Only the remaining three could do it.
"Nie Yun, let me do it. I haven't been much help along the way. If sacrificing my blood can help you enter the Big Dipper Star Mansion, then even if I die, it'll have been worth it!"
Yi Qing suddenly smiled gently and stepped forward.
"Let me do it instead. I haven't been much help either. If I can help now, that would be best!" Bai Huaxiu also walked over.
"Let me..." Luo Qingcheng said.
"Enough, stop talking. None of you three can perform a blood sacrifice. There must be another way..."
Nie Yun waved a hand to cut them off, his brows drawn together.
If entering the Big Dipper Star Mansion required killing one of them, he would rather not enter at all!
Bai Huaxiu, Luo Qingcheng, and Yi Qing had all lived and died alongside him. Though his love for them did not compare to what he felt for Tantai Lingyue, they were still his closest friends, companions who had weathered hardship with him. He would never allow any one of them to come to harm.
Otherwise, his conscience would never know peace.
"If we do not use a blood sacrifice, I truly have no other solution. Unless... we return to Sword Heart World now and bring back some young people, then use their blood for