God Emperor - Chapter 1085

Chapter 1085: 1085

The Universe Spiritual Map hovered before Zhang Ruochen, shining with green light .

He closed his eyes and put his hands together . Splitting his Spiritual Power, he entered the scroll world to communicate with the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree .

A moment later, Zhang Ruochen put his Spiritual Power away and opened his eyes . The look in his black eyes was heavy . Finally, he looked to the Carnivorous Flower .

“What did the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree say?” Blackie asked .

“It said that everything has two sides . ”

“What does that mean?”

“It can help me tame the flower,” Zhang Ruochen continued, “and teach me the ancient way of cultivating origin plants . However, the Carnivorous Holy Flower is very fierce . If my cultivation and Spiritual Power can’t suppress its ferocity, it may create a negative effect . For example, I may become a demon . ”

Blackie shook its head . “Since it’s so dangerous, let’s not tame it and just destroy it!”

“No . ” Zhang Ruochen walked toward the Carnivorous Holy Flower with his hands behind his back . Reaching the edge of the formation, he looked up, studying the Carnivorous Holy Flower’s roots and veins . “I’ve already made the decision to tame the flower and make it into an origin plant . ”

“Are you crazy?” Blackie yelped .

Zhang Ruochen was still calm . “Where does motivation come from if there is no pressure? I need to use the Carnivorous Holy Flower’s threat to force out my potential . ”

Since he’d already decided, he didn’t waste any more time .

He reached out his right hand and lifted it up . Faint spatial ripples appeared above the scroll . A branch of the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree extended from the scroll world . It passed through the formation and approached the Carnivorous Holy Flower .

Rustle, rustle .

The leaves looked extremely green, as if it were carved from green jade . It radiated with the thick aura of vitality . This branch was only the tip of the iceberg, but it was already thicker than the millennium-old holy tree .

Any creature looked like dust below the branch .

Princess White Li raised her pale neck and looked up at the tree branch . She was shocked and impressed . Was this the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree of the legends?

“Wasn’t the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree cut down in the middle ages?” She couldn’t keep calm .

Zhang Ruochen ignored her . He just told Blackie to watch her and make sure she couldn’t escape .

The Carnivorous Holy Flower felt the living Qi from the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree . It stopped attacking the formation and its sharp roots left the holy tree, sinking into the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree’s branch .

It actually wanted to try eating the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree . However, the tree’s power had far surpassed the flower . It dragged the flower directly into the scroll world .

Zhang Ruochen entered the scroll world too, appearing below the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree .

The Carnivorous Holy Flower had already become a small seven-foot-long vine . It curled up below the tree, trembling . It was like a peasant bowing to an emperor . It was in extreme fear .

A mighty voice sounded within the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree . “I’ve already tamed the Carnivorous Holy Flower . You can use an ancient spell now to turn it into an origin plant . ”

Whoosh!

A breeze blew past . A large leaf fluttered down, landing in Zhang Ruochen’s hands . The next moment, an ancient passage appeared in his mind . It was the passage for growing an origin plant .

“Thank you, senior . ” Zhang Ruochen bowed politely .

“Thankfully, it hadn’t bloomed yet,” the mighty voice said again . “Otherwise, it would be unable to become an origin plant . You are just in time . I’ve already told you the pros and cons . Next, it will depend on whether your abilities can handle the Carnivorous Holy Flower . ”

Zhang Ruochen bowed again . Then he walked to the Carnivorous Holy Flower and used the technique from the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree to put the flower into his Sea of Qi .

Zhang Ruochen’s Sea of Qi was extremely vast . It was thousands of times larger than an ordinary Half-Saint . It was like a rumbling sea with white steamy Qi . He materialized his saint soul and sat in the center of the sea as a saintly man in white . He cupped the flower with both hands and started refining it .

After a long while, the flower’s saint soul melded with Zhang Ruochen’s . It connected with his spine, extending from his tailbone to his head .

A youthful voice sounded in Zhang Ruochen’s mind automatically .

“Zhang Ruochen, I don’t submit to you willingly . I am only submitting to the Divine Tree . If your saint soul, Spiritual Power, and cultivation can’t suppress me, I will choose to devour you . ”

Zhang Ruochen and the Carnivorous Holy Flower’s saint souls were connected now . He could obviously sense its evil thoughts .

“You can try . ” Zhang Ruochen made a grabbing movement and a white sword was in his hands . “My saint soul won’t be much affected even if I cut you . ”

The Carnivorous Holy Flower fell silent . After a pause, it said, “Now, you must supply me with enough nutrients and help me bloom . If you can’t, I can only suck your energy until I am full . ”

The flower’s nutrients indeed had to be supplied by Zhang Ruochen . It would only leave his power alone if it was full . Also, it could only help him fight if it was full .

The two were in a mutual-beneficiary relationship . Among them, Zhang Ruochen was the master . The flower was the servant .

The servant must listen to the master’s commands . Of course, if the master was too weak, the servant may also affect the master’s mind and even devour him .

Zhang Ruochen calculated carefully and came up with an idea . The flower wouldn’t be able to affect him too much, even if it bloomed . After all, if a servant wanted to fight back against its master, it had to be at least ten times stronger than its master .

“Fine!” Zhang Ruochen agreed . “I’ll help you bloom first . ”

The best nutrients for growing the Carnivorous Holy Flower were naturally divine medicine, Saints, and Grade Seven Beasts .

Grade Six Beasts, Half-Saints and spiritual medicine more than 6,000 years old could be used, but they wouldn’t be as effective .

Zhang Ruochen wasn’t stingy . He took out a Saintly Source and tossed it at the Carnivorous Holy Flower .

“That’s…Saintly Source… I didn’t think you’d have such good things…haha…”

The Carnivorous Holy Flower was ecstatic . The many roots quickly stretched over and surrounded the Saintly Source . It started absorbing the saintly power crazily .

Zhang Ruochen had two Saintly Sources . He’d gotten them when he’d killed the two lower Saints from the Demonic Sect .

After absorbing the saintly power, the Carnivorous Holy Flower cracked and popped . It thickened and grew longer . Electric currents flowed across the vines . The white flower bud at the top grew bigger .

The Saintly Source shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye . If one had a Saintly Source, there was more than a 50% chance that one could become a Saint .

However, Zhang Ruochen had tossed it out as if it was a pebble for the Carnivorous Holy Flower . Any Ninth Level Half-Saint or Pre-Saint would cry if they saw this .

The vine was now as thick as a water barrel and completely covered in lightning . The flower at the top was huge . With a soft pop, it finally opened up a bit . White light shone from it, making the space below the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree as bright as daytime .

The flower opened up gradually and the Carnivorous Holy Flower’s aura grew stronger . An hour later, it opened up completely . It was beautiful, like a divine lotus hanging up above . It had a fragrant scent .

The fragrance was mesmerizing and could produce hallucinations .

“The more beautiful a flower is, the more dangerous it is,” Zhang Ruochen commented .

The Carnivorous Holy Flower’s voice was still youthful as it said, “Zhang Ruochen, I’m only half-full . Give me another Saintly Source . ”

“You want more nutrients?”

“You’re my owner . You naturally have to supply it . ”

Zhang Ruochen touched his nose and smiled . “I don’t have any more, but I can take you to a dangerous battlefield . There should be many Half-Saint and Grade Six Beast corpses . We can collect nutrients together . ”

“A dangerous battlefield?” The Carnivorous Holy Flower didn’t think so . “I already have one blooming flower . With my help, nowhere is dangerous to you in the Blue Dragon Void World . ”

“Then I’d like to see if you’re truly that powerful . ”

With that, Zhang Ruochen put the Carnivorous Holy Flower back into his Sea of Qi and exited the scroll world .

Blackie immediately walked over . “How is it?”

Zhang Ruochen nodded . It had succeeded . Then he looked to Princess White Li . She was standing below the withered saintly tree by herself, exuding a cold aura .

“So you have the legendary Divine Sky-Connecting Tree . No wonder you have such great power as a Seventh Level Half-Saint . ” After a pause, she added, “You’ll kill me after you save the humans, right?”

Since Zhang Ruochen had shown her the Universe Spiritual Map and Divine Sky-Connecting Tree, it was clear that he already saw her as a dead person . She couldn’t be allowed to live .

Zhang Ruochen indeed planned on killing her after saving the humans so there weren’t any future troubles . However, since Princess White Li had already guessed it, Zhang Ruochen decided to wipe her memory lest she try anything drastic .

“Look into my eyes,” Zhang Ruochen said .

Princess White Li looked over and their eyes met . Specks of white light shot out of Zhang Ruochen’s eyes and flew into Princess White Li’s eyes . Gradually, her beautiful large eyes became dazed and empty .

If Princess White Li’s cultivation hadn’t been sealed, she could resist Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual invasion . But now, with Zhang Ruochen’s Spiritual Power at the 49th level, he easily wiped Princess White Li’s memory .

At the same time, Zhang Ruochen wrapped up the rest of her memory into an egg-sized memory ball . It flew out of her forehead .

Whoosh—

Zhang Ruochen reached forward and caught the white ball of light . Thinking carefully, he put it away instead of crushing it .

“It seems like I still lack cruelty… I’ll just keep it with me for now!” He sighed .

He’d already told himself that he had to kill Princess White Li so there wasn’t any trouble in the future . However, when the time came, he probably wouldn’t be able to do it .

He didn’t hate Princess White Li, and she was quite innocent too . She hadn’t done anything wrong . Zhang Ruochen still had some morals that didn’t allow him to kill the innocent .

This kind of personality was a disadvantage . Many times, one had to choose between interest and principles .