Chapter 279 The Great Changes of the Five-Colored Divine Tree, and the Surprise Brought by the Leader of the Azure Dragon Legion
This time when returning to the base camp outside the Great Wall, the golden eagle had already become an experienced bird and knew the way.
Although its current cultivation level has not yet achieved a major breakthrough, it has been following Li Dingguo for such a long time and has enjoyed a lot of rare cultivation resources. Its cultivation level has also made a big step forward and it has truly reached the peak level of a fifth-level spirit bird.
It only took five days for the golden eagle to reach the island in the middle of the lake at the source of the Jialu River.
"Chirp!"
At this time, a golden light shot out from the island protection formation and came to Dajin's side, roaring with infinite joy!
This is Xiao Jin. After sensing his mother’s return, he hurriedly flew from the island in the middle of the lake to greet her.
The two big golden eagles circled and played in the air for a while before swooping down towards the island protection formation and landing in the large mansion on the island in the middle of the lake.
"Brother Dingguo!"
At this time, a figure leaped over from a distance and shouted in surprise to Li Dingguo from afar.
Li Dingguo had just jumped off Dajin's back and looked in the direction of the voice. He found that the person coming was none other than Hongmei.
Obviously, Xiao Jin, Hongmei's mount, had clearly told Hongmei with his abnormal behavior just now that she must be so excited because Da Jin or Da Meng had returned.
"Red plum!"
Li Dingguo smiled and greeted, "What a coincidence that I came back today. You happened to be at home today."
"Wait a moment. I will take off the special magic saddle from Da Jin's back and let Da Jin and his mother go and reminisce about the past. It has been more than half a year since they last met. "
He said something to Hongmei, then quickly removed the set of magical tools and saddles on the golden eagle's back, patted its big head, and let it leave with Xiaojin.
Then, Li Dingguo held the saddle in one hand and the egg-sized Human Emperor Cauldron in the other, but he immediately looked at the five-colored sacred tree that was already towering into the sky.
"I never thought that in just half a year, this five-colored sacred tree has changed so much!"
He exclaimed in amazement, "It must be a thousand feet high now! It's taller than the highest mountain on this island in the middle of the lake!"
This five-colored sacred tree now serves as the core of the island protection formation. It can perfectly control the small five-element sky-covering formation and can easily manipulate the formation to cover its huge body without worrying about being seen by any practitioners outside the formation.
Today, the entire Five-Colored Divine Tree emits brilliant five-colored divine light. It is estimated that at night, it will illuminate the entire island in the middle of the lake.
If it weren't for the island protection formation, it would have been exposed. Who knows how great the danger would have been?
Fortunately, Li Dingguo had anticipated this and had made arrangements before leaving the Great Wall and heading south. Except for Hongmei, Wan'er, Cao Yongxiang, Chang Liyun, and Wei Jinfan, no one else would be allowed to enter the island in the middle of the lake. Anyone who violated the rules would be killed!
It turned out that this military order was necessary.
Once the true situation inside this island protection formation is spread, the consequences will be disastrous.
What made Li Dingguo most happy was the special life energy it exuded, which had spread throughout the entire island in the middle of the lake.
Within a radius of more than ten miles centered on the roots of the tree, the thick special life energy has almost liquefied, forming a colorful mist that makes people look like they are in a fairyland!
Just by standing here and breathing for a while, Li Dingguo felt that his cultivation had improved a little!
Really hammered.
This five-colored sacred tree is definitely the legendary innate spiritual root!
Now that he has an understanding of the innate divine artifact, as long as Li Dingguo is not stupid, he can guess that this magical five-colored sacred tree should be the innate spiritual root in ancient myths and legends, which is undoubtedly more rare than the innate divine artifact!
According to legend, the reason why innate spiritual roots are more precious than innate divine artifacts is that this kind of spiritual roots not only have extremely magical auxiliary effects on practitioners, but can also suppress luck, devour the negative energy between heaven and earth, and transform it into spiritual veins or spiritual energy.
Any innate spiritual root is unique, will be favored by the destiny of heaven and earth, and plays an irreplaceable and huge role in the operation of the rules of heaven and earth.
Any practitioner who dares to destroy his innate spiritual roots will be punished by heaven.
If you don't have enough luck to protect yourself and offset the punishment from heaven, you will surely die no matter how powerful your cultivation is!
So, the question is: How was this five-colored sacred tree destroyed in the past?
This is a huge mystery that troubles Li Dingguo.
"Brother Dingguo."
Seeing Li Dingguo's shocked expression as he looked at the five-colored sacred tree, Hongmei also said in amazement, "Three months ago, I led the soldiers of the four main battle corps to destroy the last Tartar overlord-level force on this Dongtao Plain: the Junggar tribe, and then returned to this island in the middle of the lake to take charge."
"In the past three months, I have seen this five-colored sacred tree with my own eyes. It is growing rapidly every day. It is very magical."
"I have read countless ancient books collected by soldiers during this period of time, but I still haven't figured out which legendary innate spiritual root this five-colored sacred tree is."
"In ancient myths and legends, there are ten innate spiritual roots, but no legend of the ten innate spiritual roots is similar to this sacred tree."
"This sacred tree is so miraculous, it shouldn't be any worse than any other innate top-grade spiritual root."
"However, it is so mysterious that it makes people confused."
“I guess only you, Brother Dingguo, can figure out its origins because this five-colored sacred tree has become your life root. Once it grows to a certain size and truly awakens the inherited memory, you will be able to figure out its origins.”
Considering the current situation, it is not difficult for the smart Hongmei to guess that although this five-colored sacred tree is so tall and so magical, it is still just a small tree that has just begun to grow.
It has not awakened its own inherited memory at all, and its intelligence is nascent, so it is unable to communicate with its master Li Dingguo.
The only thing Hongmei is worried about is: if this five-colored sacred tree continues to grow so quickly, will it burst the island protection formation on the island in the middle of the lake because its trunk is too tall and too big?
This is a very serious problem.
Once that situation occurs, there is a high probability that our family will not be able to protect this innate spiritual root tree.
No matter how the Renaissance Army develops, it cannot withstand the siege from the top forces in the world who come after hearing the news.
"Hongmei, don't worry."
Li Dingguo had guessed what Hongmei was thinking from the worry on her face. "Any innate spiritual root will breed a corresponding innate protective formation during its growth process. It is impossible for it to be exposed to the outside world."
"Legend has it that without great luck and great opportunity, a cultivator, no matter how high his cultivation level is, will never be able to find an ownerless innate spiritual root that is consciously hidden."
"This is the magic of innate spiritual roots. Their ability to protect themselves is far beyond our imagination."
"Hongmei, your level as a primary array master has not yet reached that of a master, so you cannot sense the changes in the island protection array that uses this five-colored sacred tree as the center of the array."
He explained why he was not worried about this aspect. "This island protection formation is now undergoing tremendous changes. Not only has the power of the formation increased by more than ten times, but it is also slowly evolving into a more magical and mysterious formation."
"At this rate of evolution, it should be able to catch up with the rapid growth of this innate five-color sacred tree."
"If nothing unexpected happens, this island protection formation will continue to upgrade on its own, becoming more and more powerful, until it finally evolves into an incomparably magical innate formation."
Li Dingguo's life and destiny are closely related to this five-colored sacred tree, his natal spiritual root, and he can vaguely sense the situation in this regard.
Combined with his own cultivation as a grandmaster of primary formations, he could check the changes in the current island protection formation.
Today, this island protection formation, under the influence of this magical innate spiritual root, was soon upgraded to an intermediate five elements formation, which was no longer something Li Dingguo could perceive.
However, this island protection formation was set up by Li Dingguo himself, and his soul mark was imprinted in the center of the formation. No matter how it was upgraded, it would not affect his control over this island protection formation. Moreover, the five-colored sacred tree, which was the center of the formation, was his own spiritual root. He could completely control this island protection formation through this spiritual root.
"So magical?"
"This island protection formation is actually evolving into a more advanced formation on its own?"
Even though Hongmei was very intelligent, she was still quite shocked.
Among the countless ancient books she had read, there was no mention of this situation.
In fact, Li Dingguo had never read any books or records on this subject. This information was vaguely revealed to him by his own spiritual root, the Five-Colored Divine Tree.
This information cannot be expressed in words, but Li Dingguo can understand it, which is very magical.
While the two were talking, a figure flew over from a distance. Li Dingguo looked up and found that it was Cao Yongxiang.
"Xiangzi, long time no see!"
Li Dingguo saw his most trusted subordinate smiling and greeting him. Suddenly he realized something and looked at him in shock.
He felt the aura emanating from Cao Yongxiang, which was already very solid and full of vitality.
"Xiangzi, have you already felt the energy of breaking through to a higher realm?"
He looked at Cao Yongxiang, who had just come to him, in surprise and asked with his eyes wide open.
"I've met the commander-in-chief!"
Cao Yongxiang is now very steady, exuding the aura of a veteran on the battlefield. As soon as he arrived, he saluted Li Dingguo.
"Yes, I have recently felt that my fourth level of martial arts cultivation has reached a point where I can no longer make any progress. I think I have hit a bottleneck."
He explained to Li Dingguo solemnly, "For this reason, I handed over the military affairs to Rao Min, the deputy commander of the Azure Dragon Corps. I specially rushed back to the island in the middle of the lake three days ago, hoping to use the special life energy of the Five-Colored Divine Tree, the spiritual root of the island, to retreat and make a breakthrough."
"After three days of meditation and practice, I can already feel the energy of a breakthrough."
"If everything goes as expected, within one or two days, I will be able to break through the bottleneck of the great realm and enter the initial stage of the fifth level of martial arts in one fell swoop."
Breaking through to the fifth level of martial arts is a vital and joyous event for any fourth-level martial arts master.
Even though Cao Yongxiang, who is usually serious, now has a look of joy on his face.
For him, this is a milestone in his life.
As long as he succeeds in breaking through, he will have the confidence to lead the Azure Dragon Legion to expand to 20,000 warriors and form a military killing formation to compete with any elite human army!
Including the Tianxiong Army led by Lu Xiangsheng, the most famous genius of the generation.
In the Ming Dynasty, Cao Wenzhao's elite cavalry had very strong combat effectiveness, but their numbers were too small, with only 3,000 warriors.
But Lu Xiangsheng is different.
As a member of the civil service group, he was also the prefect of Daming Prefecture. In addition, his Lu family was also a local tycoon, so he had enough money and food.
The Tianxiong Army formed by Lu Xiangsheng has as many as 30,000 warriors and soldiers!
In the current Ming Dynasty, the strongest army ranked first in combat effectiveness is the Tianxiong Army led by Lu Xiangsheng!
If the number of Later Jin Tartars was the same, even if Oboi or Manggurtai led the team personally, they might not be able to defeat the Tianxiong Army led by Lu Xiangsheng.
Cao Yongxiang is so confident, which is enough to prove how elite the Qinglong Legion he trained is now!
This is also normal.
Any elite cavalry army of the Han people in the Central Plains would become a truly powerful army if it had experienced as many bloody battles as the Qinglong Legion.
An elite army is created through fighting, not through training.
Even Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army was formed after it was established and under the personal command of Lu Xiangsheng, it wiped out all banditry and medium-to-large-scale demon and monster forces in the entire Daming Prefecture. It was trained after experiencing countless major battles.
This is what Cao Wenzhao said.
The same is true for Lu Xiangsheng.
Cao Yongxiang is naturally no exception.
The strong army under the command of these three people has been trained after experiencing at least hundreds of life-and-death battles.
"it is good!"
"That's good!"
As soon as Cao Yongxiang finished speaking, Li Dingguo immediately cheered.
Without a doubt, this was the best news he had heard in recent times.
Once Cao Yongxiang succeeds in breaking through, in addition to the personal guards led by Li Dingguo, Hongmei and Wan'er, the Fuxing Army will have another truly powerful army that can travel in all directions!
"Xiangzi, if you have anything to say, wait until you break through!"
Li Dingguo said impatiently, "I will protect you here, just focus on your cultivation and breakthrough."
Before Cao Yongxiang's breakthrough to a higher realm, everything else must be put aside.
It is conceivable how important Cao Yongxiang’s breakthrough in seclusion is to the Fuxing Army!
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"
Cao Yongxiang immediately took the order and saluted Li Dingguo. Then he flashed a few times and arrived near the roots of the five-colored sacred tree. He sat cross-legged on the ground and began to calm down.
After a moment, Cao Yongxiang, who had adjusted his state and restored his mind to a calm state, devoted all his strength to practicing the Zhoutian Xingchen Sutra that had recently been taught to him by Hongmei and had just been completed, and entered a deep level of seclusion.
The reason why Cao Yongxiang was only recently taught the main cultivation techniques of the Zhenjing level was because his qualifications previously did not meet the requirements for practicing the Zhenjing level techniques.
After Cao Yongxiang entered the island in the middle of the lake several times, he absorbed a large amount of special life energy emitted by the five-colored sacred tree. In addition, he used his military merit points to exchange for a third-grade top-grade elixir, the Marrow Cleansing Pill, which transformed and upgraded his qualifications and made him a monstrous genius. Only then did he meet the requirements for practicing the Zhoutian Star Sutra.
Li Dingguo and Hongmei did not dare to be careless. They flew towards both sides and each chose a place to stand, one on the left and one on the right to protect Cao Yongxiang.
This was to prevent any person or thing from disturbing Cao Yongxiang during his retreat, so as to avoid failure in breaking through to a higher realm and wasting his efforts.
(End of this chapter)
