The scene of Seoan Jeong Family Head Jeong Jungsan sending a martial duel challenge to Blood-Robed Madness. That was as far as it went. The old man called Tower Lord had spread a spy technique, and it vanished with a puff.
Colorless qi fragments refracted the sunlight as they settled onto the table.
"......"
Where is the World Tree seedling? A question that could only feel unsettling. More so because it came from an absolute being of a foreign land.
It was something no one should ever seek to know in the first place. But the old man had precisely introduced himself as the traveling guest of Divine Tree Spirit Squad Leader Cheon So-so. Her lips hardened.
'He knows everything.' That the seedling remained. That Desolate Fortress's Divine Tree Spirit Squad Leader had raised it a little...
But the atmosphere of the field was gentle. It was because of the old man's conduct. He smiled as he nudged a bowl of porridge toward Cheon So-so.
Sliding.
"Lovely hair. It looks like it bloomed from the remnants of a burnt fire."
Cheon So-so swept her ash-gray hair behind her nape. Then she slowly chose her words.
"...Faded Ming Clan members have nothing to do with the World Tree. This hair color is proof that my Upper Dantian no longer communicates with the tree."