Chapter 87 The Great Merciful Tree King
Nashida accompanied Liu Bai in decorating the room. Seeing that the room carved out of the vines was too monotonous, she used the elemental power to create some vines and flowers as decoration.
With the joint cooperation of the two, the room was quickly decorated. It looked full of natural atmosphere, just like a forest cabin in a fairy tale, which made people feel very comfortable.
"Well...I have something else I want to ask you, is that okay?"
After finishing all this, Nashida sat on the edge of the bed with Liu Bai. After hesitating for a moment, Nashida pulled Liu Bai's sleeve.
"Of course, girl, just tell me, I'll pick the stars from the sky for you."
After hearing what Nashida said, Liu Bai, who was originally happy about the new room, immediately patted his chest and made a promise.
"Well, thank you, this is what happened..."
Nashida nodded, then explained what had just happened to Liu Bai.
She herself was unable to decipher the message left by the Great Compassionate Tree King, but perhaps she could do it with the help of the power of a God's Heart.
"Ah, but where can I find another Heart of God for you..."
Liu Bai scratched his head. The stars in the sky were there after all, but he didn't know where the Heart of God was.
"Of course it's here."
Nashida had no choice but to reach out and touch Liu Bai's left chest, pressing the Heart of the Rock God through his clothes.
Feeling the hard object on his chest, Liu Bai unzipped his clothes and took him out.
"Shit, so I'm Yan... huh?"
Before Liu Bai could finish his words, Nashida, who had anticipated this, covered his mouth.
"I know, I know. Please lend me the Heart of God first."
After interrupting Liu Bai's words, Nashida took the other Heart of God from Liu Bai's hand.
Holding the two Hearts of God, Nashida tried a little bit, and with the help of the power of the two Hearts of God, she opened the passage to the World Tree and deciphered the information left by the Great Compassionate Tree King.
It was not just a sound, but an entire crumbling space of consciousness...
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When they came to their senses, Liu Bai and Nashida had already arrived in the consciousness space.
The picture here is not very beautiful, it is desolate and dilapidated, as if it had experienced a disaster, and the sky is even covered with a layer of red.
"Well, if I'm not mistaken, the big ship in front is the ship of consciousness that represents reason. We need to board it to find the correct route."
Nashida raised her hand and held up a large ship suspended in the air in the distance and explained to Liu Bai.
The big ship looked as dilapidated as this space of consciousness, but it seemed to be still able to sail.
"I see. I should be able to carry such a big ship. Watch me."
Liu Bai nodded, took a step forward with his hands rubbed, raised his hand towards the big ship, and tensed all his muscles.
“I picked this up!”
After keeping his body tense to the best condition, Liu Bai finally shouted.
[I picked this up! : Choose any independent item that is in a certain location and that the host can lift, and take it regardless of any factors.]
Due to the limitation of his skills, he can take it out of thin air only if he can lift it.
The next moment, this boat of consciousness appeared in Liu Bai's hand, held up by Liu Bai with one hand.
"Hey, this boat is quite light."
Finding there was no pressure, Liu Bai looked at the big ship in front of him and laughed out loud.
"Maybe it's because it can fly by itself. Anyway, let's go up."
Nashida explained casually, then took Liu Bai's hand and boarded the boat of consciousness together.
Under Nashida's control, the boat of consciousness slowly moved towards the distance.
Liu Bai turned over and over in the boat of consciousness but did not find anything special, so he had to sit on the deck bored and wait for the boat to dock.
Seeing this, Nashida also walked over to sit beside him, but she continued to keep one hand raised to guide the boat of consciousness.
After driving for an unknown amount of time, Liu Bai and Nashida finally saw a huge tree in front of them.
The boat of consciousness slowly docked around. The two got off the boat and found a thick tree root in front of them. The root was pink all over, with fluffy grass leaves growing on the surface.
Following this tree root, you can get close to the giant tree.
"I don't know what the message left by the Great Compassion Tree King is..."
Nashida muttered.
The two then walked along the tree roots, and soon they saw a figure in front of them.
"Eh?"
After seeing the figure clearly, Liu Bai rubbed his eyes subconsciously, looked down at Nashida beside him, and then looked up at the girl in front of him.
"Real, real or fake Monkey King?"
After confirming that the two looked almost the same, Liu Bai thought for a long time before saying this.
"Me...? Exactly like me..."
Seeing that the other person's appearance was almost the same, Nashida's voice trembled a little.
Then she immediately walked forward and asked, "You... are the Great Kindness Tree King?"
"Yeah, that's me. I didn't expect you to come so quickly. Much faster than I expected."
The girl who looked almost exactly like Nashida smiled and nodded, but her voice was more mature and steady than Nashida's, but equally gentle.
After she finished speaking, she looked at Liu Bai beside Nashida and smiled at him.
"But...why are you and I exactly the same?"
Nashida looked at the Great Kindness Tree King in front of her with some confusion.
"Because we are essentially the same, we show the same appearance here. This space recreates the appearance of the World Tree back then, but it is ultimately a space of consciousness, and we all exist in the form of consciousness."
The Great Compassionate Tree King nodded gently and explained.
"The essence is... the same?"
"Well, because you are me, I am you, and you are my reincarnation."
Seeing that Nashida was still confused, the Great Compassionate Tree King continued to explain.
"I am the incarnation of the World Tree, and you are the purest branch of the World Tree."
“Even if a tree dies, if you break off its branches and replant them, they will eventually take root and sprout, continuing life in another way.”
"The me before you is only the remnant of my consciousness and soul. The real Great Compassion Tree King must have died a long time ago."
The Great Compassionate Tree King explained Nashida's identity. This was the first time Nashida knew this.
"Isn't that haunted?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Bai subconsciously hid behind Nashida.
"Ah, sorry... ignore him, please continue."
Hearing Liu Bai's words, Nashida hurriedly pulled Liu Bai's hand and explained to the Great Compassion Tree King at the same time.
"Well, I know you came here to find out the reason why the World Tree withered. Let me explain the cause and effect to you."
The Great Compassion Tree King smiled gently and was not angry at Liu Bai's words. He explained to Nashida in a soft tone.
"On the day it happened, even the sky changed color..."
From the story told by the Great Compassionate Tree King, Nashida learned about the harm that forbidden knowledge could do to the World Tree.
That is knowledge that does not belong to this world. Even the God of Wisdom cannot decipher it. The world naturally continues to produce rejection reactions, resulting in symptoms such as the Death Zone and Demonic Scale Disease.
In order to deal with forbidden knowledge, the Great Compassionate Tree King created the void to integrate the wisdom of the people of Xumi and borrowed their dreams.
After that, the Great Compassionate Tree King, with the help of the wisdom of the people of Xumi, almost completely eliminated the forbidden knowledge from the World Tree.
Until a headache came, making the Great Compassion Tree King, who had already overdrawn his strength and turned into a child, feel unwell.
At that time, she realized that as the incarnation of the World Tree, she had been contaminated by forbidden knowledge.
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