Follow the path of Dao from infancy

Chapter 1358: Chapter 312: Entering Dao of the Nine Orders

Watching the other leave, Li Hao finally reined in his aura, dispelled the Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation, and descended from the Divine Tree.

"They say the human heart is hard to fathom and easily decays over time, indeed it is."

The old man watched Jin Fengling depart, sighed softly, and then turned his gaze to Li Hao.

Li Hao turned around and cupped his hands to the old man, "Thank you, Senior, for saving me."

The old man glanced at Li Hao, his gaze seemed to have the power to pierce through souls, and he said softly, "What the other said was not wrong, do you bear any thoughts against me because of this?"

Li Hao immediately knew what he was referring to, shaking his head, "No."

"Within the laws of this Origin City, you first damaged my body, which counts as an attack against me, so I can retaliate and strike back at you."

The old man looked at Li Hao, sighed lightly, "But you should understand, everyone wishes to hold the initiative to hurt others in their own hands, otherwise they are just lambs awaiting slaughter."

"I understand."

Li Hao nodded, previously he had realized that the other wanted him to intercept the tree roots with a calculative intent, but regardless, it was he who made the request, and the other merely did not refuse, going along with it.

If he were to blame the other for his calculation because of this, it would be somewhat contrary to his true self.

The old man looked at Li Hao, not knowing if he truly understood or pretended to, but he had no intention to delve deep, merely saying:

"Do you still plan to stay here?"

"Yes."

Li Hao nodded, his carving was not yet finished. Since he had already intercepted the other’s tree roots and given the attack rights to the other, fleeing now was meaningless.

Even Jin Fengling dared not attack the other’s true self, fearing the old man’s grasp of attack rights, indicating the old man’s formidable power.

Yet it was not surprising, as the other was the true body of this Divine Tree...

Thinking of this, Li Hao’s mind stirred.

The old man saw Li Hao nodding, and couldn’t help but smile, surprised that Li Hao, knowing he could attack him at will, still chose to stay, which showed some courage.

"Then do as you please." The old man said no more.

Li Hao asked, "Senior, that person just now said you were the Origin Divine Tree?"

The old man glanced at Li Hao, saw through his thoughts, and said, "Yes, a long time ago I was, but now..."

He glanced at the city, a hint of the vicissitudes of time flashing in his eyes, and a smile with an indecipherable meaning appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"It’s a long story, do you want to hear it?"

"Yes."

Li Hao nodded, and immediately stopped carving, but went to the stream, condensing threads of immortal power in his hand, casting them into the stream, fishing in passing.

Seeing Li Hao’s skilled demeanor, the old man showed a hint of surprise, then glanced at Li Hao twice more, and couldn’t help but laugh:

"You truly are a strange little fellow."

Li Hao scratched his head, "Strange?"

The old man shook his head without saying more, but also cast the fishing line he had just lifted, though his thoughts were not on fishing, rather he reminisced:

"A great upheaval once took place here, that was a hundred thousand years ago..."

It seemed as if flames were sweeping through his eyes, like fluttering war banners, presenting the pictures of that ancient battle a hundred thousand years ago.

"...The Ancient Demon invaded the True Realm’s Origin Land, attempting to destroy Origin City, cutting off the path of ascension for countless geniuses in the True Realm..."

"To protect this Origin City, as well as four younger siblings, I fought against the Ancient Demon, the opponent already had one foot in the Emperor Realm, and I drew upon the power of the entire Origin City to fiercely battle him, eventually almost perishing together..."

In his hoarse and aged voice narrating, Li Hao seemed to hear the earth-shattering sounds of battle by his ears, able to imagine how arduous and terrifying that battle must have been.

"And what happened afterward?"

"Later, my Original Divine Fire was extinguished, barely surviving, the seed withered, so to avoid affecting the equilibrium of Origin City’s operation, I chose to remove the Origin Dao Seed and come outside the city."

The old man’s eyes withdrew from the far-off years, looking in the direction of the city, with a smile at the corners of his mouth, one that seemed both bitter and mocking:

"Have you seen that Golden Dao Origin Divine Tree in the city?"

"I have."

Li Hao suddenly thought of the golden Divine Tree standing in the center of the city, its size much smaller than the other four Divine Trees around it.

At the time, he hadn’t thought much of it, but hearing the old man’s words now, he suddenly had a moment of realization.

"That Divine Tree’s size is much smaller than the other four, which is understandable because it was a Golden Dao Origin Dao Seed nurtured afterward, considered the youngest brother..."

The old man said softly.

Li Hao asked, "Now that Origin City has stabilized, why don’t you move back into the city?"

The old man’s mouth slightly curled up, "Thirty thousand years ago, I had already recovered and wanted to return to the city to guard it alongside that younger brother, but they felt my return would break the original rules and feared I would bully him, devour him, and thus grow stronger alone..."

Saying this, the smile at the corner of his mouth widened slightly more.

Li Hao was stunned, seeing the smile on the old man’s face, but fell into silence.

What was said was not about him, but about them.

"So... you’ve been staying here?" Li Hao asked.

The old man sighed softly, his smile reduced considerably, and calmly said, "Yes, although outside the city there is no nourishment from Origin City, my Dao Seed will eventually wither, but they do not know that during that battle, the Ancient Demon possessed a Destiny Origin City fragment..."

At this, he stopped speaking, looked at Li Hao, and said:

"Young man, that guy just now came looking for the Divine Tree Dao Fruit, do you know what it is?"

Li Hao noticed the sudden change in topic and shook his head, "I do not know."