Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

Chapter 628: Chapter 476: Zhang Wen and the Ancient Tree of Faith_2

’Hiss... The last time I felt this kind of pain was twelve years ago, I remember that was when I was watching the duel between the still weak Star Venerable and Li Changshou in Si State, and ended up being injured by the Chen Family Ancestor protecting from the side....’

’How long can I hold on....’

The body of the Nirvana Realm is not omnipotent.

Especially without any energy reserves, heavily injured, and unable to absorb energy from the outside, this Nirvana Realm physical body was the last straw that broke Zhang Wen down.

The Nirvana physical body’s power is strong, but correspondingly, the energy consumption is extremely astonishing.

Usually, with enough reserves and the ability to absorb energy from the outside, this flaw never manifests, but for Zhang Wen right now, every action he makes is consuming the essence of this physical shell, and in the end, the body even started to decompose his exposed muscles to maintain survival energy.

Finally.

After a burst of dizziness, Zhang Wen, uncertain of how far he actually walked, fell to the ground.

Blankly staring at the pitch-black sky above.

Pupils gradually losing focus.

The last thought that arose in Zhang Wen’s mind before falling into a coma was actually ’Me, a great cultivator, dying for some inexplicable reason in such a remote place, I wonder if after my death, cultivators from the Celestial Profound Realm will find my remains and bring me back to my homeland....’

Zhang Wen didn’t know that.

During this time just before he lost consciousness, while his physical body was overdrawn to the limit and had no capacity for other concerns, behind him, there were actually two ’little tails’, one big and one small, following closely.

And at this moment, when he finally fainted.

Those two sneaky ’little tails’, couldn’t help but move closer with curiosity, apprehension, and excitement.

"Rawani Gua?"

"Hasama Li ah Do Wa Gua!"

"Hey!"

"Oolahlalala, hey hey hey...."

Two Cosmic Realm natives, shaped like black mud forming spirits, with human contours, after some exchange and quarrel, the bigger one carried the fallen Zhang Wen, slowly moving towards their ’home’ with the smaller one’s support.

No idea if their intention is to take Zhang Wen home to eat him.

...

When Zhang Wen opened his eyes again, he was somewhat surprised.

Given his condition before fainting, Zhang Wen thought he was already sure to die then.

Unexpectedly, he could still be alive?

But, where is this place?

Dark.

Cold.

Damp.

Confined.

He seemed to be buried in a hole?

Wait, was he buried or is the afterlife in the Cosmic Realm just like this?

After pondering for a while, Zhang Wen still felt that ’already dead’ seemed more reliable, because he found he ’didn’t feel pain’, or rather, he could no longer sense his Nirvana Realm physical body, didn’t feel his breath, couldn’t hear any sounds, even his view couldn’t change..... the only sense retained was this darkness in front of him.

’Am I really dead?’

"No, you are not dead, outsider, I must say, you are very lucky, in near-death circumstances, you encountered my clan members, they brought you back."

’Who’s speaking?’

"It’s me.... In terms used by your Human Race, I should be a tree, a tree that has gained essence, and obtained the worship of a race, becoming a Tree Demon empowered by faith."

’Tree Demon? Cosmic Realm native?!’

"That’s right."

’Then am I now inside of you?!’

"You are indeed inside my body.... Please don’t be excited, your body is seriously injured, my clan placed you inside my trunk hoping to use my tree sap to nurture your body, but... although I don’t want to admit it, outsider, your life level seems higher than mine, just maintaining to prevent your body from further deterioration has already consumed nearly thirty percent of my energy, if you cause damage to your body due to emotional agitation, I might stop this treatment."

From the words, one can hear that this Cosmic Realm Tree Demon is different from the one Zhang Wen met before.

The previous one just wanted to eat Zhang Wen, but surprisingly this one is saving him!

As for why Zhang Wen can’t sense his body now.

In actuality, Zhang Wen is being soaked in the energy sap stored inside the tree body, and while this sap helps ease Zhang Wen’s injuries, it also ’numbs’ and ’suppresses’ his physical body in another way.

In other words, he is currently soaked in a pile of anesthetic, if he can move that would indeed be strange.

’Are you sure you are not going to eat me?’

"I do not enjoy digesting life forms, if given a choice, I prefer nutrients from the soil and occasional streams of energy flowing in from the sky sculpted by the Ancient Gods.... Please don’t think I’m deceiving you, using terms from the Human Race, right now, you are actually feeding on me, although this is by my consent."

’Do you mean the part of tree sap used to repair my body?’

"Yes, this is my energy reserve, meant for developing my roots to make them sturdier and help me absorb more nutrients, yet now it’s used to heal you, which impedes my growth, and if this continues, perhaps before you fully recover, I will be entirely consumed by you."

’Uh... although I don’t know if what you say is true, but... sorry, you don’t need to help me.’

"Why? Do you not wish to survive?"

’No, I want to, but I am Zhang Wen, if my life continuation means ending a life that aids me as an exchange, then I would rather die than live like this.’

"Your thought is hard for me to understand, but rest assured, as long as you don’t move recklessly, with my clan’s energy support, I can probably continue to aid your recovery for a long time, at least before the next severe winter arrives, your body will recover to a healthier state, then I will cease the treatment and expel you from my body."

’Your words sound strange, um, the kind of health level you mentioned, will it cause much damage to you?’

"It will, but I am willing, besides, you are the first life from outside the Cosmic Realm my tribe has encountered, if possible, both my tribe and I are willing to pay a certain price to exchange for your survival."

’This... I am extremely grateful, but rest assured, I will repay you in the future, won’t let your effort be wasted in vain.’

"I believe you."

’Um, by the way, how are you conversing with me, is it through consciousness, or did you read my memory and learn Celestial Profound Realm’s language from me?’

"You guessed wrong."

’What?’

"In fact, I do not know the specific meaning of the words emitted by your consciousness, I just observe the fluctuations of intentions you emanate through Spiritual Sense, then use my method to communicate with you.... In reality, for me, there’s no existence of such a thing as language, being a Tree of Faith, my communication with life forms is by guessing and interpreting the intention fluctuations emitted by life forms, then responding with similar fluctuations."

’..... Don’t quite understand, but you seem very impressive.’

"You do not need to understand, after all, our life forms differ, although in terms of life level, you should be higher than me, yet in my view, your life level is incomplete, like an.... evolved life level acquired postnatally, and this level of evolution is very defective, so much so that in my eyes you are not a complete life form, rather a part of a higher life form..... used for feeding like my roots for nutrient absorption."

Zhang Wen: "..."

Silence.

A long silence.

For some reason, despite this entity claiming to be a Tree of Faith having no prior contact with the Celestial Profound Realm, Zhang Wen felt what the other said was quite reasonable, summarizing the Celestial Profound Realm’s cultivation path almost with simple words!