Reincarnated as a Ginkgo Tree: I Create an Eternal Divine Kingdom - Chapter 32

Smack, smack, smack…

Under a series of harsh lashes, the Earthquake Bear howled in agony.

In the blink of an eye, its body was covered in whip marks.

The Earthquake Bear quickly calmed down, trembling with fear.

Su Mu paid it no further attention.

After infusing the Life Essence into the Earthquake Bear, he could now replicate the bear’s abilities.

He chose to replicate only the Earth Force, and 300 years of his lifespan vanished.

[Species: Spirit Ginkgo]

[Height: 380 feet]

[Lifespan: 1,600 years]

[Grade: Third-tier, low-grade]

[Abilities: Earth Fiend Transformation, Life Essence Condensation, Innate Talent Duplication, Fourth-Tier Phantom Snow Eyes, Third-Tier Heart of Faith, Fourth-Tier Power of the Mist, Third-tier Heart Peering, First-tier Earth Force]

Su Mu considered for a moment, and since he had a decent amount of lifespan left, he decided to use 500 years to upgrade Earth Force to the second tier.

He also converted some of his remaining lifespan into stored Life Essence.

In an instant, his lifespan dropped to 50 years.

Afterward, Su Mu turned his attention to the two humans.

What should he do with them?

If they were ordinary humans, he would have killed them to maintain secrecy.

But these two had unique abilities.

For now, Su Mu couldn’t decide what to do with them, so he locked them underground.

Previously, when Su Mu used Earth Fiend Transformation to reshape the surrounding terrain, he also modified the ground beneath him.

At a depth of eight hundred feet, Su Mu created an underground space three hundred feet high and six hundred feet in diameter.

There was already an underground river, so as long as air could circulate, this space was livable.

For now, no one was living there.

Su Mu casually tossed Lin Che and Huang Shuling into this space.

The casual throw caused them both significant pain.

Already injured and exhausted from their escape, they both passed out on the spot.

The next day.

“Where am I?”

Huang Shuling slowly woke up, still disoriented.

Suddenly, the events of the previous day rushed back into her mind.

The mist, the bear, the lake, the divine tree…

“No, I must be dreaming.”

These terrifying memories made Huang Shuling reluctant to believe they were real.

But when she looked around at her surroundings, her face turned pale.

She was in a dim underground cave.

Huang Shuling remembered being thrown into this cave by that tree demon before she passed out.

“What do I do? What do I do?”

Huang Shuling was terrified and helpless, tears streaming down her face. “How can such a terrifying place exist in this world? This isn’t a forbidden zone; it’s a kingdom ruled by a tree demon.”

The thought made her even more frightened.

“A kingdom of tree demons?”

Su Mu, who was secretly observing her with his thoughts, couldn’t help but laugh.

Then, Su Mu’s mind stirred.

[Species: Human]

[Height: 6 feet]

[Lifespan: 120 years]

[Cultivation: Mid-stage Qi Refining]

[Ability: Heaven and Human Induction]

So, this Huang Shuling’s ability is called Heaven and Human Induction.

Su Mu was astonished.

Such an ability was extremely rare.

“Human.”

Su Mu’s voice entered Huang Shuling’s mind.

Huang Shuling was startled at first but then seemed to calm down.

“Aren’t you afraid of me?” Su Mu asked with interest.

Huang Shuling replied, “I can sense that you mean me no harm.”

Su Mu was thoughtful.

Heaven and Human Induction was indeed a remarkable ability.

To further test this ability, Su Mu manipulated a tree root to move toward Huang Shuling.

Huang Shuling hesitated, her face turning pale.

Her intuition told her that the tree demon had no intention of killing her.

But no killing intent didn’t mean there were no other intentions.

Especially since the tree root before her looked suspiciously like a certain part of the male anatomy.

She couldn’t help but think of a particular situation.

Was the tree demon sparing her because it wanted her to bear its tree babies?

She had read some ancient texts that mentioned offspring born between humans and demons.

Even today, the Eastern Sea is home to some serpent people.

How these serpent people came to be was self-explanatory.

As she thought about it, her fear intensified.

If something as dry and rough as this tree root entered her body, how much would it hurt?

“Are you afraid?”

The tree root stopped in front of Huang Shuling.

Hadn’t she said she could sense that he meant her no harm?

Could it be that Heaven and Human Induction wasn’t as powerful as he thought?

“Of… of course, I’m afraid,” Huang Shuling stammered. “Tree… Tree Demon Lord, I’m still young. I don’t want to have babies.”

“…”

Su Mu was speechless.

What nonsense was this?

But coming from Earth, Su Mu was familiar with many indescribable things.

A thought crossed his mind, and he realized what Huang Shuling was thinking.

She believed he wanted to do that to her?

Su Mu couldn’t help but feel both amused and annoyed.

Of course, he wouldn’t argue with a young girl.

Whoosh!

The tree root retracted.

Huang Shuling was startled.

“I’m not interested in you,” Su Mu said.

Huang Shuling let out a sigh of relief, her face flushing. “It seems you’re a normal tree. I misunderstood you.”

Even among humans, perverts were in the minority.

She figured it was the same for other species.

She assumed Su Mu was saying he wasn’t interested in human women.

Su Mu couldn’t be bothered to argue with her. “If you’re not afraid of me, then merge with this drop of essence.”

A drop of green essence formed in the air.

Huang Shuling didn’t resist.

She knew it was useless to resist anyway.

Besides, her intuition told her that this essence would benefit her greatly.

And indeed, it did.

Huang Shuling had been stuck at the mid-stage of Qi Refining for a long time, unable to break through.

But as she absorbed the green essence, her bottleneck shattered instantly.

“Did I just advance to the late stage of Qi Refining?”

Huang Shuling was overjoyed.

Her impression of Su Mu changed dramatically.

A tree that could help people improve their cultivation.

This wasn’t a tree demon; it was a divine tree!

Su Mu smiled.

He was very interested in Huang Shuling’s ability.

However, he didn’t have enough lifespan left to replicate it now, so he would have to wait a while.

He then turned his attention to the other human.

A hundred feet away.

Lin Che had just woken up.

“Human.”

Su Mu’s voice entered his mind.

Unlike Huang Shuling, Lin Che couldn’t sense fortune or misfortune.

He instantly clenched his fists. “Tree demon, if you’re going to kill me, then kill me. Why torment me like this?”

In his mind, the tree demon was keeping him alive just to torture him.

Su Mu didn’t bother to explain and handed the matter over to Huang Shuling.

Huang Shuling approached Lin Che. “The Divine Tree Lord means no harm…”

After listening to her, Lin Che was skeptical. “Really?”

“Why would I lie to you?”

Huang Shuling said, “If you don’t believe me, look at my cultivation. I’m now a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator.”

Lin Che had no choice but to believe.

“Divine Tree Lord, I, Lin Che, apologize for my earlier assumptions.”

At the same time.

Su Mu had already read Lin Che’s information.

[Species: Human]

[Height: 7 feet]

[Lifespan: 600 years]

[Cultivation: Mid-stage Foundation Establishment]

[Abilities: Profound Sword Scripture, Sword Mastery, Seven Kill Sword Technique]