Subsequently, with the help of a mysterious person, the figure in black was blasted into nothingness by the Bodhi Tree.
Within the ball of light, the images did not cease with the fall of the man in black. Suddenly, wisps of black energy surged forth from the void and rapidly rushed into the ancient Bodhi tree.
As the black energy entered, the pure aura permeating the ancient Bodhi tree was subtly tinged with a hidden chill.
This is the origin of the strange changes in the ancient Bodhi tree.
A phantom image appeared on the tree; it was the spirit of the ancient Bodhi tree.
He sent a message to Xiao Ning.
He wanted Xiao Ning to expel the eerie black aura left behind by the man in black.
"Very well, I will expel the negative emotions of a Dou Di for you. How about you acknowledge me as your master?"
Although he didn't know how the Bodhi tree thought it could expel the dark energy for him, doing free work was not Xiao Ning's style.
"Crash!" The ancient Bodhi tree shook violently, appearing quite angry in the face of Xiao Ning's conditions.
"I've set the conditions. Whether you accept them or not is entirely up to you. I will never force you!"
"If you're thinking of using force, you've clearly miscalculated. I can leave at any time; you can't hold me back!"
Xiao Ning stood with his hands behind his back, waiting for the Bodhi Tree to make up its mind.
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Chapter 18 Returning to the Real World (10k)
Under Xiao Ning's coercion and enticement, the ancient Bodhi tree finally agreed. After all its negative emotions were dispelled, it recognized Xiao Ning as its master and followed him.
This ancient Bodhi tree has a long lifespan, surviving from ancient times to the present day. However, regrettably, despite the accumulation of countless years, this ancient Bodhi tree has not evolved into a fully intelligent being.
The way of Heaven is flawed; nothing in the world is perfect.
The long lifespan of the Bodhi tree prevents it from developing true sentience.
Of course, whatever the reason, this ancient Bodhi tree, though lacking true wisdom, possesses some of the basic functions of a spiritual being, such as autonomous protection or retaliation.
The ancient Bodhi tree now possesses two kinds of intelligence: one is the original intelligence that belonged to it, which can be called benevolent intelligence and belongs to the benevolent lawful camp.
The other one was caused by the negative emotions of the man in black. This kind of intelligence was inclined towards evil and belonged to the evil and chaotic camp.
Good and evil coexist, no wonder its behavior is so chaotic.
At this moment, its benevolent intelligence prevailed, suppressing the evil intelligence. In order to expel the evil intelligence, it reluctantly agreed to the conditions offered by Xiao Ning.
Although this ancient Bodhi tree was not very intelligent, it somehow knew that with the vast magical power within Xiao Ning, its nature was sufficient to expel that evil spirit.
Moreover, it vaguely sensed that following Xiao Ning was more promising than staying in this desolate ancient domain. Perhaps, it could even evolve one day and develop true intelligence.
With both parties willing to cooperate, Xiao Ning took action, unleashing boundless magical power to completely envelop the miniature Bodhi tree in the strange space.
Use magic to refine and expel the evil black energy attached to it.
After refining for a while, the jade-like trunk of the Bodhi Ancient Tree trembled, and then a very faint wisp of black energy floated out, eventually turning into nothingness and disappearing.
However, this was just a wisp of black smoke, merely the beginning.
Afterward, Xiao Ning immersed himself in a long process of refining.
In strange spaces, the concept of time becomes extremely blurred.
Xiao Ning kept using his magic to help the ancient Bodhi tree refine the black energy, completely unaware of the passage of time, or rather, he didn't care at all, except for signing in every day.
Finally, more than a month later.
The figure sitting cross-legged in that strange space finally opened his eyes, which had been closed for more than a month.
As the figure within the ancient Bodhi tree slowly opened its eyes, this space, permeated with the aura of life, suddenly rippled with strange fluctuations, and green light spread throughout the sky.
His eyes revealed a sense of world-weariness that had seen through everything, a sense of world-weariness that was deeply ingrained in his soul and could not be faked.
After opening his eyes, Xiao Ning looked around, his eyes filled with confusion.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?
As Xiao Ning used his magic to refine the Bodhi Tree and expel its negative emotions, the Bodhi Tree emitted streams of pure energy that enveloped him, leading him into the realm of reincarnation and enlightenment.
In the cycle of reincarnation, Xiao Ning was reborn as a peddler, a king or general, a man, a woman, a child, and even pigs, dogs, cattle, sheep, insects, fish, birds, and all things in the world.
He has been reincarnated time and time again.
He experienced all the joys and sorrows, loves and hates of life.
I don't know how many lifetimes they've been reincarnated.
Finally, they're back.
Having gone through countless reincarnations and trials, if Xiao Ning had not had a firm will, he would probably have been lost in the cycle of reincarnation long ago, and his physical body would have become a new generation of puppet under the Bodhi Tree.
Fortunately, he remained true to himself and persevered, eventually returning home safely.
"That's right, my name is Xiao Ning, Xiao Ning from the Blue Star world!"
"Previously, I obtained the sign-in system, which brought me many fortuitous encounters. In pursuit of immortality and transcendence, I traveled through one world after another!"