Chapter 520 - 165: Divine Tree
Then, the clanging sound of mining suddenly stopped!
He immediately perked up, stretched his neck slightly, and looked carefully.
On the ground inside the mountain, a few Fierce Beast Race warriors with long knives emerged from a hole at the bottom of the mountain’s belly. The two leading Fierce Beast Race warriors were blowing horns, while the warriors behind pointed their long knives towards the sky.
The overseer monsters at the construction site also waved their whips a few times before dispersing the craftsmen, making way for a path.
Following this, after the knife-wielding Fierce Beast Race warriors stepped out, the last to emerge was a creature covered in snow-white fur.
This creature was also of the Fierce Beast Race, but it was bulkier and more robust.
He wore a snow-white fur coat, and on his head was a tiger head hat!
Chen Yan couldn’t help but feel his heart skip a beat.
The fur this creature wore looked as if it had been stripped from Big White.
When this white tiger-furred Fierce Beast Race member stepped out, the entire belly of the mountain, except for those armed guards, all the miners and overseers knelt down with their legs bent, their foreheads touching the ground, unable to rise.
This guy is a leader! Perhaps a chief or a priest? Chen Yan speculated in his mind.
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The leader held a large jar in his arms, with patterns drawn on it. It was unclear what was smeared on it, but from a distance, it looked colorful.
The leader held his head high, carrying the jar, and walked in big strides towards the central giant tree under everyone’s kneeling and bowing.
Reaching the giant tree, the leader stood beneath it and began to chant at the tree.
His voice was rough, its pronunciation full of rhythmic rise and fall, though its meaning was unknown.
Chen Yan squinted and watched, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
The tree’s roots, originally with thick bark, slowly opened up, and several roots extended out, twisting together like strands of rope, forming a single hanging vine.
The leader knelt respectfully, raised the large jar in his arms, and moved slowly on his knees, finally placing the jar beneath the giant tree.
The root extended to the mouth of the jar, with a faint luminescent glow, slowly wetting...
The entire scene was silent; all of the Fierce Beast Race seemed to be holding their breath, waiting.
After a full half-hour, a droplet finally formed at the tip of the root.
It dripped into the jar.
The leader raised his head, a wildly joyous expression on his face, then raised his hands high, shouting in celebration.
"The Divine Tree has matured!!"
After shouting this three times, he repeatedly kowtowed on the ground.
Suddenly, the knife-wielding guards stepped forward, surrounding the tree. Each guard chose a position and sat cross-legged!
Their long knives were placed flat on their knees.
"The Divine Tree has matured, ready to bring down the rain! Starting today, you will guard here, taking shifts around the Divine Tree. No one on duty may leave even for a moment! All necessary food will be delivered! Anyone who dares abandon their post, kill!!"
Several knife-wielding guards shouted in unison and then fell silent, standing guard quietly.
Chen Yan silently counted; there were eight knife-wielding guards guarding here.
Each one’s attire was identical to the leader monster from the camp Chen Yan attacked with Golden Armor.
Presumably, their strength should be comparable.
The leader monster killed by Golden Armor could emit a red light, with considerable fighting prowess. And now, there were eight such warriors guarding the Divine Tree...
Along with hundreds of miners and dozens of overseers...
Chen Yan felt a chill in his heart, but his gaze fell on the jar placed under the tree’s roots. Chen Yan clenched his teeth.
The leader soon left, and the mining sounds of clinking resumed at the construction site.
But within about ten meters around the Divine Tree, it was guarded by the knife-wielding guards, and no miner or overseer was allowed to approach.
Chen Yan waited for a while. After another half-hour, the Divine Tree secreted another drop of sap, which flowed into the jar at the root’s tip.
This thing secretes so slowly...
Chen Yan sighed in his heart.
But in a way, this gives me plenty of preparation time.
One drop every half-hour, at most forty-eight drops in a day and night.
To fill that jar, it might take a year or more.
It seems I have plenty of time to prepare.
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Chen Yan continued spying in secret for a while, realizing time was running out, then got up and returned.
When he returned to the entrance of the canyon’s cave, Big White was inside, gently licking its paws.
Chen Yan approached with a smile, hugging Big White’s neck and whispering: "I’m going back now. I don’t have any Beast Meat for you this time, but since you’ve been able to survive here all this time, I imagine you have no worries about food.
But you must be careful of this cave, secretly guarding this place. Next time, I’ll come here to find you! Remember to protect yourself and wait for my return!"
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The feeling of falling vanished, and Chen Yan opened his eyes in his basement training room, exhaling a long breath.
At this moment, his heart was stirred, unable to suppress it, bursting into loud laughter.
He paced several circles in the training room, rubbing his palms together, filled with excitement and motivation, eager to prepare and make a big move!