The Green Oak Clan

That way, there's nothing for him to worry about.

Hopefully, Qingle can encounter the group of little tree spirits before being found and taken back by the Zhenyang Sect, and find the answer to his own problems.

Unbeknownst to Lin Xiao, while he was still meditating in the Spirit Gathering Pavilion where the concentration of pure Wood Spiritual Qi was decreasing, Qingle, who had successfully left Zhenyang City, had already seen the group of little tree spirits.

Of course, it wasn't some chance encounter. The little tree spirits sensed that Qingle had appeared outside Zhenyang City and rushed over there, their roots practically smoking, searching for her.

When Qingle saw a large group of tree spirits, who looked seven or eight parts similar to her original form when she was young, appearing before her, she was stunned. She had only been wandering around outside the city for a short while.

Having lived alongside human cultivators for thousands of years, he had never seen a tree spirit that resembled him so much.

Moreover, upon first seeing these young tree spirits, he inexplicably felt a sense of closeness to them.

He suddenly remembered the question Lin Xiao had asked his people.

Suddenly, it dawned on him—could these be his people? Could these young tree spirits be his kind?

Compared to Qingle's shock and hesitant contemplation, the group of little tree spirits were much more unrestrained.

The moment they saw Qingle, they all swarmed around her, their eyes brimming with tears, completely surrounding Qingle.

"Boss! We've finally met you! Waaaaaah!" The first Dayi cried out, tears streaming down his face.

It lay sobbing on the ground at Qingle's feet, wiping away the tears streaming down its face with several twigs, its emotions overflowing.

"Boss, we've been looking for you for ages!"

"Boss, you've finally come out to see us! Waaaaah..."

Looking at the large group of little tree spirits surrounding her, each calling her "boss" and wiping away tears, and upon closer inspection, each of their trees bore some kind of injury, and most of their branches looked withered and malnourished, Qingle couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

"You... don't cry," he stammered.

The little tree spirits were very obedient. Although they were still excited, happy, aggrieved, and sad, they gradually stopped crying.

Qingle reached out and helped the little tree spirits who were still lying on the ground to their feet, then asked, "Why do you all call me Boss?"

Upon hearing this, the Dayi, who had been helped up, immediately looked up and said decisively, "Because you are our leader! You are the leader of our Green Oak Tree Clan!"

"The Green Oak Tree Clan..." Qingle murmured.

He knew he was Green Oak Tree, and he also knew that the cultivators outside knew very little about his race. Ever since he was awakened by that person and came from the Great Wilderness Domain to the Mysterious Extreme Domain, everyone he met along the way only knew that he was a tree demon, but they didn't know what kind of tree demon he was.

Since the beginning of his Spirit Opening, Qingle has never seen Green Oak Tree other than himself.

He thought he had no one of his kind.

This has been the case for over four thousand years.

He thought that since the person who brought him out of the Great Wilderness Domain passed away, he had no relatives left.

Even today, looking at so many tender and young Green Oak Tree in front of her, Qingle felt a little dazed.

"How do you know I'm your leader?" Qingle asked.

All the little tree spirits turned their gazes in unison to the Dayi, waiting for it to give its leader an answer.

Dayi tapped his tree face with a fork and earnestly explained to Qingle, "Boss, since our Green Oak Clan gained sentience, we have received bloodline inheritance. However, only one tree will obtain innate supernatural Divine Ability and become the leader of all Green Oak Tree. Every time the previous Green Oak Tree leader who obtained innate supernatural Divine Ability dies, hundreds or even thousands of years later, the next Qing Li tree leader who obtains innate supernatural Divine Ability will be born in our clan's territory."

"Bloodline inheritance carries the historical memories, ancestral legacy, and some basic Law Technique of our Green Oak Clan. The innate divine Divine Ability that our leader obtained is the foundation for the development and growth of our Green Oak Clan. All of us clansmen need to rely on the leader's innate divine Divine Ability to cultivate normally; otherwise, our cultivation speed would be slower than even the most ordinary spiritual herbs by the roadside."

"At the same time, we who rely on the leader's innate supernatural Divine Ability for cultivation can also, to some extent, benefit the leader, allowing his cultivation to improve. Our clan can progress together by cultivating together."

"The reason we know you are our leader is because we were guided here by our bloodline after our intelligence was awakened in the clan territory!"

The Dayi turned its head and looked around at the other young and disheveled members of its clan. It lowered its head sadly and said softly, "Actually, every now and then, a group of Qingqi successfully awakens their intelligence in the clan's territory. There are quite a few of them. But just to find you, we traveled all the way from the Great Wilderness Domain, crossing mountains and rivers. Because our cultivation is slow and our cultivation level is weak, we can only unlock a few bloodline Law Technique. Many of our clan members have died on the way. In the past few thousand years, only we Qingqi have been able to reach here."

Seeing this, Qingle felt very sorry for him. He opened his mouth but hesitated for a long time before finally asking, "But why don't I have any of these memories you mentioned... If we are of the same race, according to you, I should have also obtained the bloodline inheritance, but I really don't have a single memory of what you said in the thousands of years since I awakened my spirit."

After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Moreover, since I awakened my spirit, I have never seen a single Green Oak besides myself as I've traveled all the way from the Great Wilderness Domain. If, as you say, new Green Oaks will keep growing in our territory, then why haven't I seen a single one during that time?"

Upon hearing this, the Dayi's face showed a mixture of resentment and melancholy. He seemed unsure how to speak for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, he slowly said, "Actually, more than two thousand years ago, when I followed the guidance of my bloodline to find Zhenyang City, which you founded, but was blocked by the outer barrier, I thought you had abandoned your people."

Back then, it was a small tree spirit that had just awakened its spirit. It slowly cultivated and traveled day and night. After hundreds of years, it finally found its leader with its tattered body, only to find that it was blocked by the outer barrier and could not get close at all. Meanwhile, the human cultivators could freely enter and leave the city built by the leader in its own body. No one knew the sadness and despair in its heart.

It felt that the leader had betrayed and abandoned the tribe.

But at that time, it didn't have the strength to leave, so it could only find a place nearby to settle down and cultivate.

Although it initially harbored nothing but resentment and anger towards its leader, perhaps due to the influence of its bloodline, the memories flowing in its veins made it unable to believe that its leader would do such a thing.

In the memories passed down through all their bloodlines, none of the leaders of the Green Oak Clan have ever betrayed or abandoned their people.