Chapter 88

Qing Sang Dan Chao, named after the large green mulberry tree in the back yard.

The green crown and emerald leaves shade the entire main house, with black-purple mulberries hanging down, occasionally picked by flying birds, adding a touch of vitality to this tranquil mansion.

Liu Zhenying looked up at the plaque of the mansion: "Qing Sang is easy to explain, it's the mulberry tree in your backyard. The meaning of Dan Chao is—"

"Dan Chao refers to a humble abode. It means to be indifferent to fame and fortune, and to live a simple and peaceful life." Xun Yi named it this way a few years ago due to his heart disease and his disillusionment.

"You can change it when you have time. 'Fuyao Wangri' or 'Kongsang Yani' would be fine." Xun Yi didn't care much about the name, and he pushed the door open and walked in.

"Finally home." Stepping into the house, Xun Yi stretched lazily, and the green mulberry tree slowly released its green wood spirit energy, resonating with Xun Yi's own bloodline.

"This mulberry tree is no ordinary tree." Sun Jian sensed the change in Xun Yi's bloodline. Under the nourishment of this tree's spirit energy, a new green aura appeared in Xun Yi's body. It reflected the light of the Dongtian Sui star above and harmonized with the wood element of the five elements, circulating through his body to restore his vitality.

"This mulberry tree should be his life tree." Sun Jian thought to himself: "Harnessing the tree's energy, this entire old mansion is a giant wood element divine array."

"Mulberry tree." Liu Zhenying couldn't help but frown. "I've heard that one shouldn't plant a mulberry tree in front and a willow tree in the back. Although this mulberry tree is planted in the back yard, 'mulberry' means 'mourning.' Isn't that a bit ominous?"

Xun Yi smiled and replied: "You should know our family's rules. The Xun family reveres wood and names things after plants. Male servants are named after trees, female servants after flowers, and as the master, each generation of the Xun family uses a flower and a tree as their life flower."

"I use mulberry, my sister uses night-blooming cereus, Xun Kun uses elm, and Xun Sheng uses poplar, all for this reason."

"These trees are called our life flowers. As long as the tree stands, the person lives; when the tree falls, the person dies. According to our family's rules, when each generation of ancestors dies, the tree is made into a coffin and buried with them."

The nobility are extravagant, burying countless terracotta warriors, jade artifacts, and gold and silver treasures with the deceased. However, the Xun family prefers simplicity, using wood for burial. After death, the life tree is made into a coffin, and the entire tree is moved to the front of the grave and replanted. This transforms the positive energy into negative energy, and the yin wood accompanies the deceased.

Trees have the meaning of providing shade. "The ancestors plant the trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade." The large trees in front of the graves can provide shade for the descendants, passing on the family's fortune.

For girls who will marry, it is difficult to move their life trees to their new homes, and the new families may not appreciate such a large-scale move. Therefore, smaller flowers are used instead, making it easier to move.

"Maozu revered cypress, and a cypress wall was built outside the old mansion to guard it. Empress Xiaowen revered orchids and had her own orchid garden after marrying into the royal family." Xun Tan explained: "When I was practicing on the mountain, I also had my own night-blooming cereus sea."

"Remember, this mulberry tree was planted on the day I was born." Xun Yi looked at Aunt Xue: "Aunt Xue was there too."

"Yes, after the old duke paid respects to the ancestors, he obtained the mulberry seeds for you. Miss and Master planted it in the back yard with their own hands." Aunt Xue examined the mulberry tree. This tree was not an ordinary variety but a celestial species, a divine object personally bestowed by the ancestral spirits during the ancestral worship.

"The tree crown has formed, shading the main house. With this object suppressing the fortune, Master does not need to worry about additional calamities before the third heaven."

This tree is rooted in the old mansion, subtly absorbing the Xun family's fortune to nourish Xun Yi. If Xun Yi becomes the head of the Xun family in the future, this tree will become the core tree of the old mansion. The entire Xun family's fortune will protect him, and even ordinary ghosts and gods will not dare to interfere.

Meng Han wandered to the back yard and saw the thick trunk of the green mulberry tree. Several sword marks were carved on the trunk, gradually increasing from bottom to top.

"Your height records." Meng Han touched the sword marks, counting over thirty of them, which he imagined were Xun Yi's height records from childhood.

"That's right." Xun Yi stepped forward and stood under the tree to compare: "According to my mother, I was taller than it when I was young, but it gradually caught up with me, making me so angry that I almost chopped it down with an axe." He laughed self-deprecatingly: "Some people say that the reason I later suffered from illness was due to damage to my life tree when I was young."

Touching the trunk, there was also a deep scar on the other side.

Xun Yi reached out to touch it, closed his eyes, and used the Xun family's innate ability "Wood Control" to repair the scar on the mulberry tree.

However, this rare green mulberry tree was extremely difficult to repair. Xun Yi spent time each year repairing the scar. Now, with his cultivation in the path of merit and specialized abilities,

"Dead wood meets spring, regenerating flesh and bone." Two types of life-restoring abilities were applied, and the wound slowly healed.

The young man stood under the tree, treating it. The green mulberry tree swayed its leaves, accompanied by the rustling sound of the summer breeze, merging with the tree. Wood energy passed between the two.

In front of everyone, Xun Yi seemed to disappear from their sight, and the next moment, he reappeared under the tree.

Liu Ziming's eyebrows twitched, thinking to himself: "Memory of the tree rings."

Trees have tree rings, recording the changes of the years. This tree has accompanied Xun Yi until now, bearing the weight of his life. The originally mostly recovered memories were once again organized by the green mulberry tree, even from the time he was a newborn. The embarrassing history of Xun Yi crawling around the tree and gnawing on the leaves as a child slowly surfaced in his mind.

The divine duty of the Fate Deity moved, and Xun Yi's fate line intertwined with the merit tree in the sky. The fate line showed Xun Yi's entire life, but there were still two parts of the memory that were blurry: the summer of his seventh year and the beginning of his eighth year. These two segments were crucial to the turning point of Xun Yi's fate.

Opening his eyes, Xun Yi sighed in relief. Not only did he recover his own memories, but he also saw the events that occurred in the old mansion during the years he was away. The large green mulberry tree silently watched over Dan Chao, observing the changes in the people and events under the tree, and presented these events to Xun Yi. There were also things that happened under the tree when Xun Yi was a child that he had never seen.

"Trouble." Liu Ziming's face suddenly changed, suddenly remembering that he had once communicated with his clan under the tree. "If Master gets this part of the memory—"

Looking over, he saw Xun Yi deep in thought, his eyes also looking at him. Liu Ziming felt a pang of guilt and turned his head to look elsewhere.

"Spirit Stone Clan's elder." Xun Yi pondered the information he had just obtained: "Brother Ming wasn't sent to my pawnshop by his grandfather, so why does he still have connections with the clan? And what is the Spirit Stone?"

Putting aside his doubts for the moment, Xun Yi added another sword mark above the original one: "I've grown taller. It seems I can still grow before adulthood."

"Pity." Meng Han stood next to him, comparing his height, and then drew a mark, which was half a head taller than Xun Yi. "There's a difference. It looks like you need to eat more."

Meng Han looked smug, but then saw his mark slowly fade away, eventually disappearing without a trace. The large green mulberry tree seemed to reject anyone other than Xun Yi from leaving marks on it.

After all, this was Xun Yi's own life tree.

"Alright, Brother, I'll go to my residence with Tan Lou, Li Lan, and Aunt Xue. You can slowly tidy up the house." Xun Tan led the women to her residence.

Yuan Shixiao and Tang Shiyuan wanted to follow, but Xun Yi pulled them back: "What are you two going to do there? Stay with me." A gentle breeze blew through the willows, and with a hidden force, he pulled the two to his side.

The two felt the sword qi emanating from Xun Yi, their hair standing on end, and they immediately used "Qinghua Xuanqi." Two faint green lights appeared, but the next moment, they were suppressed by the sword qi and easily shattered like bubbles.

Xun Yi looked surprised and voluntarily dissipated the sword qi, unconsciously glancing at the large green mulberry tree.

"This time, I clearly feel a difference from the past." In his mansion, his sword path was enhanced.

Xun Yi originally wanted to use the "Gentle Breeze Through the Willows" to pull them away, but unexpectedly, with the help of the green mulberry tree, he formed his own sword domain.

A sword domain is a special field that only high-level sword cultivators possess. In martial arts, it is called a force field, and in cultivation, it is called a Dao domain. It refers to the area around the body being influenced by one's will, where one can control life and death.

According to Xun Yi's research, he should wait until the third level of the Maolin Sword Technique, Maolin Shaohua, when his bloodline undergoes a divine transformation, to form his own sword domain.

However, with the help of his life tree, Xun Yi seemed to have prematurely formed his sword domain.

"Cough, cough." Liu Ziming nervously reminded: "Master, it's getting late. Let's divide the rooms first."

"Alright." Xun Yi temporarily noted it down. There was plenty of time to research the mysteries of the green mulberry tree.

He led everyone to the front yard to divide the rooms.

The Xun family's old mansion was so large that almost every generation of the family head had their own exclusive residence. The kitchen, water room, and other facilities were all complete.

According to Li Junde, the scale of Qing Sang Ju was equivalent to their governor's mansion. It was clear that even if the number of people doubled, Xun Yi's place could still accommodate them.

Directing Zhang Song and the others to settle down, he met the servants of the old mansion and assigned rooms to Meng Han and the others.

"It's getting late, and everyone is tired. Let's start a fire and cook a meal. We'll discuss other matters tomorrow."

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