Reincarnated as a Ginkgo Tree: I Create an Eternal Divine Kingdom - Chapter 39

“Su Luo.”

Huang Shuling ignored the Violet Sun Sect guardian and looked at Su Luo instead. “What do you think we should do with her? If we let her go, she’ll likely report everything that happened here to the Violet Sun Sect, and that could bring trouble to the Divine Tree.”

Lin Che also looked at Su Luo.

They were deliberately leaving the decision to Su Luo to see where her loyalties lay after a month at the Violet Sun Sect. Would she be loyal to the Divine Tree or to the Violet Sun Sect?

However, they underestimated Su Luo.

Su Luo understood very well that, although the Violet Sun Sect was a good place, her talent was granted by the Divine Tree. Without the Divine Tree, she wouldn’t even have qualified to join the sect.

Moreover, many people in Su Family Village were connected to the Divine Tree in some way. If humanity ever decided to go against the Divine Tree, Su Family Village would undoubtedly face repercussions as well.

“Mist, please kill her!”

Su Luo’s expression was cold, and her decision was resolute.

“You…”

The Violet Sun Sect guardian was utterly enraged.

Before she could say another word, the White Spirit Python swallowed her whole.

“Now that something like this has happened, we should return to the Misty Territory as soon as possible and report everything to the Divine Tree.”

Lin Che suggested.

“Agreed.”

Su Luo nodded.

The White Spirit Python, knowing the gravity of the situation, didn’t dare cause any more trouble and led them back to the Misty Territory.

Half an hour later, the three of them, along with the White Spirit Python, returned to the Misty Territory.

The White Spirit Python spat out the six people it had killed.

It had only killed them and hadn’t eaten them. This was the Divine Tree’s command.

The Divine Tree allowed them to kill in self-defense but forbade them from consuming humans.

Although they didn’t understand the reason, they had no doubt in the Divine Tree’s words and would unconditionally follow orders.

Su Mu had his reasons for this.

Firstly, in his previous life, he was human. The thought of having spirit beasts around him consuming humans made him uncomfortable.

Secondly, once the spirit beasts started eating humans, it might become a habit.

This could easily provoke humanity.

If it ever came to a point where humans decided to go all out against the Misty Territory, even with Su Mu’s current power, he might not be able to withstand the onslaught.

There were no benefits, only downsides, to such an action, so Su Mu would not allow his spirit beasts to do it.

After the group reported everything to Su Mu, his branches gently swayed.

“You’ve done well,” Su Mu conveyed his thoughts. “My existence must not be easily revealed.”

The group felt a ripple of emotion. It seemed that this simple statement from Su Mu made them think deeply.

Afterward, Su Mu’s thoughts swept over his spirit beasts.

The situation with the White Spirit Python had made him reflect.

His spirit beasts were all powerful, but keeping them all by his side seemed like a waste.

Inspired by the Sea Monk’s actions, Su Mu had a new idea for acquiring more lifespan.

Letting the spirit beasts venture out to establish their own territories might help gather more spirit beasts under their control.

This way, he could periodically harvest a substantial amount of lifespan.

As for the day-to-day accumulation of lifespan, the ten Spirit Crows were sufficient.

“The world is flourishing with spiritual energy. It is not suitable for you to be confined to the Misty Territory.”

Su Mu transmitted his thoughts outward. “Start from the Ancient Wilderness and carve out your own paths.”

The spirit beasts reacted differently to this command.

The White Spirit Python, Ironback Ape, and Earthquake Bear were particularly excited, eager to leave.

They wanted to be like the Sea Monk, dominating and ruling in the outside world.

The Snow Mink, however, was reluctant to leave Su Mu’s side.

“Divine Tree, I don’t want to go,” said the Snow Mink.

Seeing that it truly didn’t want to leave, Su Mu responded, “Very well, if you don’t wish to go, then you can stay.”

The Snow Mink’s eyes brightened with joy.

As for the White Spirit Python, it was eager to leave the moment Su Mu gave the order.

“Mist, you’re staying too,” Su Mu said with a stern tone.

The White Spirit Python was immediately stunned.

Su Mu had a simple reason for keeping the White Spirit Python behind: it was too foolish.

Su Mu suspected that if it went out, it wouldn’t be long before it was captured by humans.

And so, three of Su Mu’s powerful generals—the Sea Monk, Ironback Ape, and Earthquake Bear—left the Misty Territory to explore the outside world.

This was not difficult for them.

They were already dominant figures before coming to the Misty Territory.

Now they were just returning to their former way of life, with the added advantage of having a powerful backer.

If they ever encountered danger, they could always retreat to the Misty Territory.

Su Mu would undoubtedly protect them.

Not just them, but some of the strong spirit beasts by the Misty Lake, who had been subdued by the Ironback Ape and Earthquake Bear, also left with them.

Half a month later, Su Mu had accumulated another 900 years of lifespan.

With Su Yao and Su Yan contributing to his lifespan, he was now gaining 60 years of lifespan every day.

However, to Su Mu at this stage, 900 years of lifespan was like a drop in the ocean.

As his power grew, the amount of lifespan required for further advancement increased exponentially.

Meanwhile, it was time for Su Family Village to recruit new core members.

Su Family Village was only interested in boys and girls between six and twelve years old.

Those over twelve were hard to mold into loyal members, while those too young were difficult to teach.

All the suitable youths from within a hundred li gathered on the street in front of Su Family Village.

The crowd numbered in the hundreds.

The boys and girls gathered in the village square were extremely nervous.

Su Family Village was now the undisputed ruler of the region.

Joining Su Family Village was akin to reaching the heavens in a single step.

When Su Yan appeared, hundreds of eyes instantly focused on him.

“Village Chief Su.”

The crowd buzzed with excitement.

“Let’s begin.”

Su Yan held a basic cultivation technique in his hand, called the Qi Gathering Technique.

He had it distributed to the children.

This technique could test whether the practitioners could cause a ripple in the spiritual energy around them.

Su Yan was full of anticipation.

However, the results were disappointing.

Those with cultivation talent were exceedingly rare.

After half an hour, a faint spiritual energy ripple finally appeared in the crowd.

Su Yan and Su Qian’s eyes lit up.

They quickly moved toward the source of the ripple.

The one who caused the ripple was a twelve-year-old girl.

“What is your name?”

Su Yan asked kindly.

“Yang Rou.”

The girl replied nervously.

“Good. Yang Rou, from today onward, you are a core member of Su Family Village.”

Su Yan declared.

Yang Rou was overjoyed, as if she had been struck by a stroke of luck.

Her father was just an ordinary farmer.

Seeing that Yang Rou had passed Su Family Village’s test, he was too excited to speak.

Another half-hour passed.

A ten-year-old boy named Wu Tie also caused a ripple in the spiritual energy.

Besides that, no one else managed to cause a ripple by the time the sky darkened.

“This concludes the test. Yang Rou and Wu Tie will become core members of Su Family Village.”

Su Yan announced. “Another seventy-two will become members of the inner circle.”

For Su Family Village to rise, it couldn’t rely solely on cultivators; it also needed body refinement experts.

So, Su Yan recruited the top seventy-two candidates with the best body refinement potential into Su Family Village.

This way, Su Family Village gathered the most promising young talent from the surrounding area.

Those who failed the test were disappointed, but they could only leave.

After the test, Su Yan decided to take Yang Rou and Wu Tie to the Misty Territory for an evaluation by the Divine Tree.

If they didn’t pass the Divine Tree’s test, he would revoke their core membership.

After all, the core members of Su Family Village were destined to cultivate in the Divine Tree’s domain.