I'm In Heaven, I Just Want To Work Overtime

Chapter 22: Immortal Tree of Life

In the heavenly prison.

What came into Xia Yi's sight were broken palaces, in a state of ruin, most of which had dissipated in the passage of time.

With a wave of his right hand, Xia Yi collected a large number of stones into a yellow cloth bag.

This yellow cloth bag was a treasure from the Qingtian Monastery's treasury, with an extremely spacious interior that could accommodate a towering mountain!

These stones were not ordinary items from the ancient times; they contained a considerable amount of earth essence.

However, after countless millennia, the earth essence inside and the enchanted prohibitions had long disappeared without a trace.

Even the once hard texture had become brittle.

Inside the broken palaces, there were also many tables, chairs, and stools, all made by ancient divine trees. However, without exception, they had all lost their spirituality and had no value.

There were also some jade bowls, bronze mirrors, and the like, which contained a trace of spirituality. However, Xia Yi didn't care for them and put them all into the spatial bag.

The only valuable thing in the entire palace was a censer, made of a special divine gold. If the forbidden technique of artifact refining was applied to it, it would be a decent Law Weapon.

"Li Ran, this censer is not bad. Take it back and use your mana to nurture it. It will come in handy when Transcending Tribulation in the future!"

Xia Yi casually threw it to the young man beside him, who was the previous celestial child.

Li Ran was overjoyed and happily accepted the censer.

There were not many Monster Race relics in the heavenly prison, about a hundred miles or so.

Every time Xia Yi went to a palace, he would use the Observing Law Mirror to scan in advance to prevent encountering any ancient killing formations.

After five days of cleaning, all the remnants of the demonic court in the heavenly prison had been cleared.

Basically, they didn't come across any treasures; most of them were objects that had lost their spirituality.

After all, it had been millions of years since the war between the witches and the demons.

Above the heavenly prison was the Great Red Heaven.

There were many remnants of the demonic court in the Great Red Heaven, stretching for thousands of miles.

Faced with such a large-scale relic, everyone had to split up and clean it.

"Everyone, remember to be careful and cautious. Use paper clones to explore before entering the palaces!" Xia Yi reminded.

He only had a few subordinates now, and he was also in charge of cleaning the Heavenly Prison and the Demon-Slaying Platform. If a few of them were to fall, he wouldn't be able to handle so much work.

"We understand!"

After that, the group of Sweeping Immortal Officials left.

After two days of cleaning, Xia Yi arrived at a relatively majestic palace.

As usual, he took out the Observing Law Mirror and found that there was a shining light ahead, indicating the presence of a special formation.

"There is actually a fragmentary formation here!"

Xia Yi's heart moved.

Previously, there were basically no formations or restrictions left in the remnants of the demonic court in the heavenly prison.

After all, even the prohibitions laid down by the ancient beast gods couldn't withstand the passage of a million years.

"This fragmentary formation is not small in scale, and it can withstand the erosion of endless years. It must have a significant background. Perhaps it was set up by a powerful being at the level of a demonic saint!"

Xia Yi didn't dare to be careless. He took out a golden core that was as yellow as gold and silently recited an incantation.

Before long, a golden-armored divine figure appeared before him, holding a long spear, exuding an imposing aura.

Scattering beans into soldiers is one of the thirty-six divine abilities of Taoism, which can conjure Heavenly Soldiers, divine beings from all directions, with infinite power.

Then he took out the formation-breaking hammer given to him by the system and let the summoned golden-armored divine being break the formation.

The Observing Law Mirror can not only reveal hidden formations and restrictions but also identify the formation's core.

Following Xia Yi's instructions, the golden-armored divine being wielded the hammer, swayed in the wind, instantly growing larger than a millstone, and heavily smashed onto the glowing formation.

Boom!

The dilapidated palace in front of him suddenly shook violently, with large pieces of bricks and tiles falling down, filling the air with dust.

The damaged formation burst into a brilliant light and made cracking sounds, as if it had suffered a heavy blow.

The golden-armored divine being continued to swing the hammer and struck down fiercely.

After burning for an incense stick's worth of time, the formation finally couldn't hold on any longer, completely shattering into sparkling fragments and disappearing.

Xia Yi didn't act rashly but let the golden-armored divine being go ahead while it hadn't disappeared yet.

For safety reasons, his true self didn't go forward but followed along with his second primordial spirit.

After all, even if the second primordial spirit died, his true self would at most be injured and wouldn't perish along with it.

Entering the interior of the palace, Xia Yi saw a medicinal field where many spirit medicines were planted, but unfortunately, he didn't know how many years they had withered.

"These are the legendary innate spirit medicines!"

Xia Yi felt a pang of heartache.

Innate spirit medicines can exist in the world just like immortals, without the limitation of lifespan.

But now that the primordial chaos had long been shattered, innate spiritual energy had transformed into acquired spiritual energy, and these innate spirit medicines had gradually evolved into acquired spirit medicines over the long years.

In the center of the medicinal field was a jade tree, only half a meter tall, shining brightly.

Upon closer inspection, the trunk had intricate patterns, interweaving into various unfathomable dao traces, complex and profound.

"It seems to be an innate spirit root!"

Xia Yi was shocked when he saw the shadow of "Huang Zhongli" on this jade tree.

Although "Huang Zhongli" was born in a small world of the primordial chaos and was less than one ten-millionth of the original, a sparrow may be small but it has all its vital organs, and it could still be considered an "innate spirit root".

Xia Yi didn't immediately collect this branch of the jade tree but cautiously approached and carefully observed it. Suddenly, he discovered a small green sprout growing on the withered branch, which would be difficult to notice if not observed carefully.

Although the sprout was small, like gravel, it was filled with a vigorous vitality.

"System, what is the origin of this jade tree?" Xia Yi hurriedly asked.

The system remained silent, seemingly unwilling to answer.

Xia Yi had long figured out the nature of the system and didn't give up, continuing, "System, I am currently working, and I'm asking about a topic related to work. As a leader, you should answer!"

[When chaos first opened, there were no living beings, and heaven and earth were connected as one. Within it, a Chaos Azure Lotus was nurtured, with five leaves, twenty-four petals, and five lotus seeds. Later, Pangu opened the heavens, and the chaotic aura raged, destroyed the Azure Lotus by the violent earth, water, fire, and wind.

One of the damaged petals turned into the Undying Marvelous Tree, which was later obtained by the ancient beast Yuan Ancient, nurtured by the milk of the earth. However, in the battle between witches and demons, Yuan Ancient died, and the Undying Marvelous Tree gradually withered.

Although the Undying Marvelous Tree is not among the top ten supreme-grade innate spirit roots, it is not inferior to many.]

"Wow, according to the system, among the many innate spirit roots, this Undying Marvelous Tree ranks around twelfth or thirteenth?"

Xia Yi took a deep breath, not expecting the jade tree in front of him to have such a remarkable background.

However, to revive it, it would require nourishment from the milk of the earth.

The milk of the earth is said to be the spinal cord of Pangu, and now only Yaochi in the Three Realms still has a little left.

"Strictly speaking, merit is the most miraculous thing in the Three Realms. If it is used to nourish it, it will eventually restore it to its original state!" Xia Yi's eyes lit up.

(End of this chapter)