After Lingxue left, Qingyi remained alone and silent, sending subtle pulses of Qi around him, sensing everything.
About an hour passed, and once he was certain that Lingxue had already removed all the fox women from the danger zone, Qingyi finally acted.
He walked over to one of the many roots and pressed his hands against the firm, rough wood.
Qingyi closed his eyes, sending out a pulse of Qi and processing each response.
"I found you." Qingyi smiled, his body disappearing, swallowed up by a spatial fold.
When he reappeared, he was in a strange place.
Everywhere he looked, he saw nothing but light. A field of white grass, a white sky, and white walls.
A gentle breeze caressed his long black hair as he walked through this place.
'This must be the heart of the tree of life...'
His eyes scanned the area until they finally stopped in the center, where he found what he was looking for.
It wasn't exactly a seed. A cocoon would be a better way to describe it.
