Reap what you sow

However, news arrived today.

"The Holy Land has fallen!"

Upon seeing this news,

Zhou Ziming felt a surge of joy internally.

"Let's go, let's go, let's go watch the show!"

Zhou Ziming did not inform the Saint about this.

He took the Master of the Holy Hall directly toward the Holy Land.

The Little Calf rode on Dahuang (Qilin) behind them.

Dahuang was also speechless.

Being a human's mount was acceptable,

but being a cow's mount was something he couldn't accept.

However, after being beaten by this cow, he felt quite helpless.

But he just felt his status had dropped significantly.

So, Dahuang had been a bit silent lately.

The Little Calf curled its lips.

"Do you know how many people want to be my mount? I wouldn't even agree! You should be secretly happy!"

Dahuang: "Yes, yes, yes. Anyway, I can't beat you, so you're right!"

The Little Calf grinned.

— — — —

Before long, the group arrived above the Holy Land.

At this moment, the Holy Land was filled with flames everywhere.

There was wailing everywhere,

just like the West Continent back then.

And in the very center of the Holy Land, a giant demon tree was growing.

The demon tree towered into the sky, and its hanging branches were constantly grabbing Disciples within the Holy Land.

Any Holy Land Disciple caught was instantly absorbed into a dried husk.

Then, their bodies would ignite with flames and begin to burn themselves.

Those killed had their Physical Body destroyed, and their Divine Soul was extracted by the demon tree.

It was truly a gruesome sight.

After the demon tree devoured a large number of Holy Land Disciples,

its leaves changed from black to white.

The trunk was pitch black, and the leaves were snow-white.

"Yin and Yang Divine Tree!"

At this moment, inside the main hall of the Holy Land, the fairy with two crescent moons printed on her forehead was very pleasantly surprised.

She was even ecstatic.

This was an extraordinary item.

If this thing were cultivated into a Spiritual Root, she believed her young master would surely rise rapidly.

But the Lord of the Holy Land's heart was bleeding.

The Holy Land was his life's work.

Especially now, his Family members had also become fertilizer for that demon tree.

He wanted to save them, but he was stopped by the fairy.

"You cannot disturb the evolution of the Divine Tree. If you dare to interfere and affect the evolution of the Divine Tree, you cannot bear the consequences!"

The Lord of the Holy Land clenched his fists.

Retribution, this was retribution!

Thinking back, in order to obtain a quota to enter the Central Continent, he had given up the West Continent just to preserve the Holy Land.

As long as he entered the West Continent and successfully entered a true immortal sect, no one would dare say anything about what the Holy Land had done.

Even more, the entire Northern Continent would have a transcendent status because of it.

By then, it would all be the credit of their Holy Land.

But now, for that so-called quota,

his own relatives and his own Holy Land were all going to become sacrifices.

Then what did all his arduous plotting before count for?

The fairy chuckled at this moment.

"If you don't enter the Central Continent, with your little Lifespan, how much longer can you support the Holy Land?"

"As long as you die, the Holy Land will fall. If you don't die, the rise of the Holy Hall is enough to lead the Holy Land to destruction. Plus, what you did to the West Continent, do you think the Holy Land can really survive?"

"Since the result is the same, it's better to sacrifice the Holy Land to fulfill yourself!"

"Besides, not all of your Family members are dead. Didn't I say I would give you over a hundred quotas? I will leave over a hundred people for you!"

"Furthermore, if this matter succeeds, you will have made a great contribution. When you enter the Central Continent, your status will still not be low, and your resources won't be lacking either!"

"Compared to the barrenness of this Northern Continent and the glory of the Central Continent, how would you choose?"

The Lord of the Holy Land fell silent.

Because he could not find any words to refute.

That's right, every man for himself!

For a better future, for entering the Central Continent,

what did the Holy Land matter?

To be able to enter the Central Continent was to enter the immortal realm.

All of this was worth it.

The eyes of the Lord of the Holy Land gradually became sinister.

The fairy smiled.

"Good, you are able to understand!"

— — — —

And in the sky, Zhou Ziming was sitting on a cloud.

He watched everything in the Holy Land with a chuckle.

At the same time,

Zhou Ziming also saw and heard the topic discussed by the Lord of the Holy Land and the fairy from the Central Continent.

The Lord of the Holy Land couldn't help but laugh at this moment.

"I inquired about it before. Recently, the Central Continent has indeed arrived at the time to select talents from the Northern Continent."

"Of course, it's not just our Northern Continent; there are thousands, or even tens of thousands of other islands that will have talents selected."

"It's just that the talents they choose are only because the immortal sects in the Central Continent lack miners, so they need us people to go out and be miners."

"After all, many miners die every year, and this position is in short supply. That so-called higher position mentioned by the fairy, I guess, is at most a miner foreman!"

"As for the great contribution, it is mostly the fairy's. This Lord of the Holy Land might just be a pawn for the fairy's credit!"

Hearing this, Zhou Ziming couldn't help but become interested.

"Oh?"

Zhou Ziming suddenly narrowed his eyes.

Zhou Ziming, who had originally planned to completely destroy the Holy Land, suddenly started laughing.

He decided not to kill the Lord of the Holy Land anymore.

He now just wanted to see what kind of mindset this guy would have when he realized that all the sacrifices he made with such great effort ended up fulfilling someone else's credit, and then he would have to take his whole Family to dig mines!

Zhou Ziming chuckled.

"We will watch for now. As long as this thing doesn't harm people outside the Holy Land, we will act, and then, let this Lord of the Holy Land succeed, and let that fairy take this thing away!"

The Master of the Holy Hall didn't quite understand.

"I can understand that you want to see the despair of the Lord of the Holy Land, but to let that villain from the Central Continent take away the demon tree and the Evil Fire Demon King?"

Zhou Ziming smiled.

"I have a very awesome Law Divine Ability!"

"That is the Eye of Truth!"

"I can see things that others cannot see; naturally, I can also slay things that others cannot see!"

"Of course, that's not the point. The point is, the demon tree we see is actually just a Clone released by Shangguan Xiaorong!"

"And this Clone has a special connection with Shangguan Xiaorong. As the demon tree grows, Shangguan Xiaorong will also grow, but if the demon tree is destroyed, Shangguan Xiaorong will not die!"

The Master of the Holy Hall suddenly understood.

"You mean, if those people from the Central Continent really treat this demon tree as a Spiritual Root, it is very likely that they are fulfilling Shangguan Xiaorong!"

Zhou Ziming nodded.

"Exactly. This thing is very smart; it knows how to leave a backup for itself, and her backup is a bomb. If the people behind her use her as a Spiritual Root without noticing, it is very likely that they will be controlled, just like Shangguan Xiaorong is now!"

The Master of the Holy Hall felt his scalp tingle.

He thought this thing was too weird.

This was likely to become a disaster.

Zhou Ziming laughed and said,

"But that would also be reaping what you sow. Besides, this thing is a guest you invited, and you can't send it away. Since they want to achieve the Dao through this kind of thing, they have to be devoured by this kind of thing!"

"Moreover, this is the evil they committed themselves; they deserve this tribulation!"