saint of humanity

More than ten years have passed in a flash.

In Zuyuan, Lu Ye stood in front of the restriction, looking up ahead with a frown, as if thinking about something.

After repairing the ban here for such a long time, both he and Zhu Yin have become familiar with it and work together closely. Although so many years have passed, Lu Ye does not actually feel bored, because every time he copies and repairs, he can gain something new.

For him, this was a very special practice.

He could still hold on for a few more decades until he had repaired the Zuyuan restriction.

But just a while ago, he suddenly discovered some abnormalities in Zuyuan's restrictions, and at this moment, he was standing in front of this abnormality.

From a distance, the entire Zuyuan restriction looks like a huge golden ball. The surface of the golden ball is crisscrossed with countless intricate patterns, and is imprinted with the power of time and space.

There is almost no big difference from any angle you look at it.

If Lu Ye’s Dao power reserves had not been exhausted a few days ago, and he had used the power of the talent tree to devour Dao fish to replenish them, he would probably not have noticed the abnormality before his eyes.

At that time, he vaguely felt that his talent tree resonated with something here for a moment. Although it was very short, it was definitely not an illusion.

Looking carefully, the dense and complex lines in his field of vision were consciously faded and eliminated, leaving only a part of the lines.

As these lines gradually appeared, Lu Ye's eyes widened and his pupils contracted slightly.

He could hardly believe his eyes.

Because he saw the talent tree!
It’s within Zuyuan’s restriction!

It was a talent tree constructed with countless tiny lines, hidden among more complex lines. No clues could be seen at first glance. If it weren't for the abnormality in the previous moment, Lu Ye would not have come here specially to observe.

He had passed by here many times before and never thought there was anything wrong here.

Coincidence?
The forbidden patterns are extremely complicated. If one part of them is removed, the remaining part can most likely be constructed into any imaginable pattern according to personal wishes.

But when Lu Ye looked at the talent tree carefully, he didn't think it was a coincidence.

Because they are almost exactly the same, except that in comparison, the talent tree in the Zuyuan restriction is larger.

What puzzled Lu Ye was that on a branch of the talent tree in front of him, there was a round ball hanging, as if it was a fruit from the tree.

This is something that the talent tree in his body never had.

"Lu Ye." Long Zun came over and asked, "Is there something wrong here?"

Seeing Lu Ye watching here for a long time with an uncertain expression, he couldn't help feeling a little worried, so he came over to ask.

Lu Ye shook his head slowly, and said, "I didn't notice any problems, I just felt that the restrictions in this area seemed to be much stronger than those in other areas, so I wanted to take a look." There were problems almost everywhere in the entire Zuyuan restrictions, except for this area.

This was also an anomaly that concerned him.

"What do you think is the problem, Long Zun?" Lu Ye asked back.

Long Zun shook his head and said, "As you said, the restrictions in this area are very stable and there is nothing abnormal. However, you can observe more and see if you can find the cause. This may help with the subsequent repairs."

"Yes." Lu Ye agreed.

"But you should also make sure to rest." Long Zun said with some effort and dodged away.

Lu Ye looked up and stared again, all kinds of thoughts flashing through his mind.

In fact, he has always been curious about where his talent tree came from.

The old tree in the starry sky said that this was a Taoist tree, but he did not know how it was born. He only knew that the Taoist tree had been passed down for several generations. An elder in Jiuzhou once obtained a Taoist tree, but unfortunately he did not have a good end.

Before that senior, other people had obtained Dao Tree, but no one had reached Lu Ye's current level.

Based on Lu Ye’s current knowledge, it is very likely that the talent tree is not a product of the starry sky, but rather drifted into the starry sky from the Star Abyss.

Because the potential shown by the talent tree is so great, as early as when Lu Ye just entered Xingyuan, it was able to burn the shackles of Xingyuan Oath.

That is the restraint bestowed by Xingyuan's will. Even if it takes a long time, it is somewhat unreasonable.

If it really flowed into the starry sky from the Star Abyss, then there is only one time period - when the starry sky was first invaded by the Star Abyss!
Because only during that period of time was there a channel connecting the starry sky to the star abyss.

Now, the talent tree can actually be found in the dragon clan’s ancestral restrictions. Does this mean that the origin of the talent tree is related to the dragon clan?

No, it is related to the ancestor of the dragon clan, because the Zuyuan restriction was created and left behind by that ancestor.

Yang Qing!

Yang Qing is the second generation ancestor of the dragon clan, so his incarnation must have entered the starry sky during that time period. Could it be that it was his incarnation that brought the inheritance of the Dao Tree into the starry sky and left it for the right person?

Lu Ye's mind was filled with flashes of inspiration and various thoughts kept popping up.

He couldn't be sure of the truth of the matter, but he vaguely felt that there shouldn't be any major problems with the direction of his guess.

The talent tree... that is, the inheritance of the Tao tree, was most likely brought into the starry sky by Yang Qing, the second-generation ancestor incarnation, during that time period.

And this inheritance is most likely related to the dragon and phoenix ancestors.

But if that is the case, why didn't the ancestor leave this inheritance to the dragon and phoenix clans, but instead sent it into the starry sky.

I can’t figure it out, but if this is really the case, then the dragon and phoenix ancestors must have their own considerations.

He slowly raised his hand and covered the golden ball of light in front of him.

This location is exactly the root of the light ball talent tree.

The next moment, he activated the power of his own innate tree, roots spread out, and his body shook suddenly.

Just because of this moment, his own talent tree showed an unprecedented activity. The roots stretched out as if alive and pierced into the roots of the forbidden talent tree.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Ye felt as if a magical power was being swallowed by the talent tree.

The key point is that he had no intention in this regard at all. This time of swallowing was completely an autonomous behavior of the talent tree.

He quickly calmed himself down and tried to stay calm.

He first checked the restrictions in front of him to make sure that there were no changes caused by the abnormality of the talent tree. Only then did he immerse himself in checking the talent tree.

At first, he didn't find anything special, which made Lu Ye feel extremely strange, because he clearly felt that the talent tree swallowed a magical power from the ancestral restriction, but this power did not remain in itself, and he didn't know where it went.

It was not until he sensed it carefully that he discovered that the power that was swallowed up from the restriction was actually concentrated in a certain position on the talent tree.

That was the end of a branch, corresponding to the position of the golden light ball on the forbidden talent tree.

Lu Ye suddenly felt a little strange.

If the first time was a coincidence, the second time was definitely not a coincidence.

This time the devouring lasted for most of the day, and the magic in the restriction was still endless. If possible, Lu Ye would like to do it in one go, but he couldn't tell others about the changes here.

Zhu Yin had finished repairing, so he had to stop temporarily, meet up with her, and continue repairing the ban.

However, after being devoured by the talent tree for most of the day, the tip of the branch was noticeably bulging slightly, as if something was about to break out.

This is shocking news.

Ever since Lu Ye obtained the talent tree, the overall shape of this inheritance tree has never changed. Only the leaves have changed.

At this point, he was absolutely sure of one thing.

The inheritance of the Taoist tree is definitely related to the dragon and phoenix ancestors!

It must have been the second-generation ancestor Yang Qing who sent this inheritance into the starry sky.

He couldn't help but recall the scene when he first met Yang Qing. No wonder the man looked at him with such meaningful eyes at that time.

Yang Qing should have realized that the inheritance of the Dao Tree was in him. If he was the one who sent this thing into the starry sky, it would definitely be able to sense it.

What Lu Ye is considering now is whether or not to ask Long Zun about this matter.

But on second thought, Long Zun did not notice anything unusual in the restriction, which meant he was completely unaware of it.

The dragon and phoenix ancestors never told the dragon clan about this.

If that was the case, then he shouldn't ask any more questions, and it would be useless to ask.

We can only wait until he has completely devoured that magical power and then take a peek to see what's going on.

He couldn't do this too obviously. Dragon Lord and Phoenix Lord were both smart people. If he did it too obviously, he would be easily discovered. So in the next few years, every time Lu Ye made repairs, he would observe every restricted area.

In the eyes of Dragon Lord and Phoenix Master, Lu Ye was just investigating the restrictions in a normal way and there was nothing unusual.

Little did he know that every time he explored the area, he would secretly activate the power of his talent tree.

The bulge on the treetop gradually changed.

A year later, the bulge grew into tiny flower buds.

Three years later, the buds bloomed and turned into golden flowers.

Ten years later, the petals withered and a small fruit was produced.

Twenty years later, the fruit grew.

Corresponding to the pattern that Lu Ye had seen on the ban before, the current talent tree is almost identical.

The talent tree really bears fruit!

It was not until this time that the magical power in Zuyuan's restriction was completely devoured. Strangely, the golden sphere that originally existed on this talent tree disappeared.

It seemed to have been transferred from the Zuyuan restriction to Lu Ye's talent tree.

Somewhere in Zuyuan, Lu Ye sat cross-legged, with a lot of redundant information accumulated in his mind, and he tried hard to digest it.

All this information suddenly emerged when the strange fruit grew.

Let him know the true meaning of this fruit.

Fruit of time!
This was indeed transferred from the Zuyuan restriction, but it is not a real fruit and does not have any power itself.

But it is a medium.

This allows Lu Ye to borrow the power of time from the Dragon Lords of all generations in the ancestral abyss!

The Dragon Lords who entered the Ancestral Abyss in every generation have formed a very close connection with this Fruit of Time during countless years of imprisonment, so Lu Ye can use it as a medium to borrow external forces.

This medium ignores time and space. No matter where Lu Ye is, as long as these Dragon Lords are alive, he can always borrow them. (End of this chapter)