Man in the heavens, wins by lying down to prove the truth

Chapter 48: Sacrifice to the Willow God, the Transformation of the World Sapling
The scripture Zhou Cheng was reading was a "Petition" that he had seen in the alien world, and was read by the Heavenly Master himself during the Luotian Grand Ceremony.

Simply put, it is a model essay used specifically for offering sacrifices to heaven.

Zhou Cheng simply modified it and cast an incense spell to worship the Willow God.

hum!
As the invisible power of faith between heaven and earth gathered, the only willow branch on the charred willow stake seemed to become a little greener, and the soft and peaceful green clouds also became a little brighter.

At this time, the villagers in the village were also alarmed and gathered together.

Seeing Zhou Cheng offering sacrifices to the Willow God, everyone became solemn, and some even followed Zhou Cheng to worship the Willow God together.

Two little babies also squeezed through the crowd and came to Shi Yunfeng's side.

"Grandpa clan leader, what are you doing?" Little Shi Hao blinked his eyes. He keenly noticed that there was an inexplicable artistic conception on Zhou Cheng.

This was the first time that Xiao Qingfeng had seen such a sacrificial scene. His big eyes rolled around and he watched it very seriously.

"Shh, don't talk, he is offering sacrifice to the Willow God."

Shi Yunfeng was very solemn. He knew that Zhou Cheng's sacrifice was different from their usual worship of spirits.

Because no matter how they worshipped and offered sacrifices to the spirit on weekdays, the Willow God would not respond, and even the offerings were not used.

"...I hope the Supreme Spirit will see my sincerity and bless me to eliminate disasters. I respectfully ask for your help."

After reading the sacrificial petition, Zhou Cheng bowed his head and worshipped.

After the ceremony, a little glow appeared on Zhou Cheng's body. Wisps of jade-colored patterns intertwined in the void, shining brightly, and condensed into a magical sapling.

The sapling is young, with twelve leaves. The veins on the leaves look like pieces of stars. The translucent tree trunk reflects layers of images, as if it contains the myriad laws of the universe. There is a misty chaotic energy surrounding the sapling, which is quite extraordinary.

As the sapling emerged, faint jade-colored lines spread into the void, copying fragments of the great road between heaven and earth.

"God of Willow, can I plant this sacred tree sapling here and let it receive your blessing?"

Zhou Cheng did not directly say that he was the World Tree. After all, it still looked a bit shabby now.

Theoretically speaking, Zhou Cheng could just plant his own World Tree beside it. With Willow God's magnanimity, he would definitely not mind.

However, Zhou Cheng still chose to ask for Liu Shen's permission, as he was still too thin-skinned.

hum!
As Zhou Cheng finished speaking, the old willow tree that was completely charred suddenly moved. The only willow branch, surrounded by green mist, hung down like a shining divine chain and gently stroked Zhou Cheng's sapling.

Suddenly, there were thousands of rays of light and auspicious colors... The small world sapling seemed to be deified. The chaotic energy surrounding it suddenly became fierce, and some kind of transformation occurred.

Countless mysterious patterns emerged in the jade-like saplings, and it actually evolved into a world that seemed both real and illusory.

The wisps of chaotic energy surrounding the saplings also condensed into dragons, snakes, and divine birds, tumbling and flying, as if they were in nirvana.

While the World Tree seedling was gaining benefits, Zhou Cheng also shuddered.

A sense of pleasure from the evolution of his life level swept through his body. If Zhou Cheng didn't have a good character, he might have lost his composure at this moment.

This instantaneous change stunned everyone present.

Shi Yunfeng and many people from Shi Village were shocked. It was the first time they saw Willow God react in this way.

Shi Zhonglin and Shi Zhongyi stood frozen on the spot. In their eyes, the scene of the willow branches falling down seemed like the ancient gods holding up their axes to split the sky. The supreme rhythm of Taoism frightened the two men so much that they dared not disrespect!

"Your Tao seed is extraordinary. It is a flawed sapling of heaven and earth. It is evolving. Don't slack off. Perhaps it will become a true world tree in the future."

The Willow God's divine thoughts rang out, and everyone present heard them, and they all knelt down and kowtowed.

"Thank you, Willow God, for the blessing!" Zhou Cheng hurriedly expressed his gratitude. Just now, when the willow branches touched him, Zhou Cheng realized that a bottleneck of the World Sapling had been broken.

As the invisible bottleneck was broken, the World Sapling began to actively absorb the divine energy between heaven and earth.

This is a great benefit for Zhou Cheng.

Boom!

Four brilliant caves emerged, and the dazzling light of divine power fell, submerging the world sapling like four waterfalls.

The palm-sized sapling grew rapidly. In just a few breaths, it became a small tree about a foot tall. It was crystal clear, emitting a fresh and green glow, and was extremely blazing.

The chaotic mist surrounding the small tree became thicker, faintly revealing the outline of a world.

As the world saplings evolved, Zhou Cheng also gained great benefits.

After all, this world sapling itself is transformed from Zhou Cheng's own life. The rolling divine light is sublimating and burning in Zhou Cheng's body, and there is even a tendency for it to transform into the fifth cave heaven.

Zhou Cheng quickly suppressed it.

"We have just opened up the fourth cave, so it is better not to rush."

"The time it takes to cross the Cave Heaven Realm has been extended to two years, and it has only been less than a month. Let's stabilize it first."

The higher the level of life, the more energy is required to cross.

Of course, as Zhou Cheng improves, the speed at which the Reincarnation Panel absorbs the energy of the heavens will also increase. Otherwise, the time required to cross over will be more than twice that of the Blood Moving Realm.

Zhou Cheng was not the only one who benefited from the Willow God's grace this time.

The pure rhyme of Tao and the rosy glow spread out, and everyone present benefited from it, especially the children. When they start practicing in the future, all the benefits will be reflected.

"I feel... my hidden injuries seem to have recovered a lot."

Shi Zhonglin spoke uncertainly, trying to mobilize his own divine power.

His hidden injury was not caused by external forces, but something went wrong when he was breaking through to the marquis realm when he was young.

From then on, not only was Shi Zhonglin unable to make any further progress, but once he fully mobilized his own strength, the rune divine light in his body began to riot and became difficult to control.

Moreover, as he grew older, Shi Zhonglin's control over himself became worse and worse, and he could not even exert 50% of his strength.

Beside him, hope appeared in the cloudy eyes of old man Shi Zhongyi, who quickly asked, "How do you feel?"

Shi Zhonglin showed a look of surprise on his face: "Although the hidden injury has not healed, it seems that I have returned to the state of my youth. As long as I don't burst out with all my strength, there will be no problem!"

At this moment, when Shi Zhonglin looked at Willow God again, the awe in his eyes reached a higher level.

This is not the sacrificial spirit of a village. Even if it is the sacrificial spirit of an ancient country, it may not have such supernatural powers!

There is no doubt about it, this must be the ancestral land of the Stone Clan!
Old man Shi Zhonglin was convinced that only the ancestral land had such a foundation to allow such a terrifying existence to be used as a sacrificial spirit.

While Old Man Shi Zhonglin was feeling the changes in himself, Zhou Cheng dug a hole not far from the charred willow tree, and then planted his own world sapling here.

Wisps of soft blue clouds rippled, covering the world saplings.

In the world saplings, there are also faint secret patterns scattered in the void, copying the traces of rules between heaven and earth, and also depicting the outline of the charred willow wood.

(End of this chapter)