The Tree Soul was originally ready to continue to help Fan Wu protect the leaves, but he didn't expect that Fan Wu would choose the second one so simply after understanding the true meaning, and really abandoned all his accumulation, including all in this life.

"You... I want to tell you in advance that this thing is irreversible, as long as you really absorb the leaves, then there will be no turning back, and the banyan tree will not grow new leaves, because as long as you clear all the previous connections, it is equivalent to a new identity, then you no longer belong to any family, and the identity of heaven and earth for you is an independent living entity, and ......"

Seeing that the old man was still chattering, Fan Wu interrupted him with a smile:

"Old Banyan Tree, you don't need to say much, I've decided that I won't regret doing this, unless you have something crucial to hide from me, there is nothing to consider. ”

The old man didn't know that Fan Wu was such a person, who thought twice before doing things, but did not hesitate once he decided.

"Well, since you have decided, then I won't say more, just explain to you a follow-up thing, when you have absorbed all the leaves, my guardianship will also be completed, then I will become a free body, and I will no longer need to be trapped here in the ancestral temple in the future, so I will leave to go outside to see the current world. ”

Seeing that Fan Wu seemed to have a question and wanted to ask, the old man seemed to know what he was going to ask, and before he could ask, he immediately continued:

"Of course, I will do what I promised you before, and I will definitely be able to teach the soul of the ancestral temple, at least I have to awaken its mind so that it can act independently, you can rest assured of this. ”

Fan Wu gave a thumbs up to the tree soul and said:

"Old Banyan Tree, you are so powerful, you even know what I want to ask, since this is the case, then there is no problem, what should you do after the fact, I don't have any opinion, even if you say that you don't continue to do that, there is no problem, but you have to let me know in advance when the time comes." ”

The old man had slowly become accustomed to Fan Wu's straightforwardness, so he didn't find it strange that he would say this.

"Don't worry, I will definitely finish it, but I may not dare to guarantee when it will be done, but even if I want to go out to travel, I will take the ancestral temple with me, I have been together for a long time, in fact, I have a relationship with the ancestral temple, I will not leave it easily, I just said that I want to go out just to walk around, not to leave the ancestral temple and leave." ”

Fan Wu saw that the old man's words didn't want to lie, so he was even more relieved, and immediately a little eager to try.

"Okay, then let's do it, if you haven't thought of where to go, you can stay with me for the time being, and go to all walks of life with me, now that it's decided, can I start?"

The old man's eyes lit up when he heard what Fan Wu said, he just wanted to go out, in fact, he didn't know everything in this world, all his previous cognition came from the picture inside the leaves, since Fan Wu was willing to take him around temporarily, it was best to wait until he had a certain understanding of the world before thinking about the future itinerary.

So he immediately agreed to Fan Wu's proposal:

"Okay, then I'll be with you for the time being, but although things have been thought out, I can't officially start absorbing the leaves yet. ”

Fan Wu was puzzled and asked, "Why? Is there anything missing?"

The old man looked up at the sky before replying:

"Well, wait. ”

"Wait, wait, what?"

Fan Wu also learned from the old man to look up at the sky, and now he found that the sky here is different from the outside, but the difference is not very big, he didn't pay much attention to it before, but now that the matter is settled, his mood is relatively stable, and he finds different places when he observes carefully.

The sky outside is normal weather in the world, but it's not a sunny day, it's the feeling of haze, gray and a little depressing.

And the sky here in the ancestral temple is also gray, but it is not the feeling of haze, but the tone is gray, in fact, the weather is very good, cloudless, and there is a clean sky above.

It's just that he didn't see the sun, the whole sky was gray, if he didn't pay attention, he thought it was cloudy or haze, Fan Wu saw that there was nothing in this sky, and couldn't help but strangely continue to ask the tree soul who didn't answer just now:

"Old Banyan Tree, you said you want to wait, what are you waiting for?

The old man didn't lower his head all the time, and he still had words in his mouth, as if he was calculating something, so he didn't answer Fan Wu's question this time.

Fan Wu saw that he seemed to be busy, so he didn't continue to ask, just stood beside him, looked up at the sky with nothing like him, didn't know what this old man was looking at, but he didn't want to miss anything, so he still insisted.

After about 5 or 6 minutes, the old man lowered his head and turned to look at the temple gate of the ancestral temple, not the one inside the temple, but the temple gate where Fan Wu entered.

The words in his mouth did not stop, still as if he was calculating something, Fan Wu was finally able to withdraw his gaze from the boring sky and follow the old man's gaze to the temple gate.

This look found that a large number of monsters had gathered outside the temple gate, but only the eyes could see through the temple gate, but there was no sense in their own senses.

Although he saw those monsters, Fan Wu didn't have any nervousness, these monsters didn't pose a threat to him at all, and there was a mysterious ancestral temple here, whether those monsters could come in or not was a matter of words.

They are different from Fan Wu, Fan Wu is the so-called native here, so he came in so smoothly, if these monsters could also come in so easily, the ancestral temple would have been demolished countless times.

Fan Wu turned his head to look at the old man, and sure enough, he didn't have any nervous look, and he was still babbling about something, such as directions, hours, and so on.

These Fan Wu don't understand at all, so it's like listening to a book from the sky, without any clue, but the best thing about him is that he won't trouble himself, just forget if he doesn't understand, there's nothing to worry about.

After waiting for another 5 or 6 minutes, the old man finally recovered from his state of chatter, turned his head to Fan Wu and said:

"Excuse me, I didn't answer your question when I was calculating the best time for you to absorb the leaves, but now it's okay, what did you just ask?"

Fan Wu asked again, but since the old man himself admitted that he really counted the hours, Fan Wu turned the question into:

"I'm asking you when it's best to absorb the leaves, and if there's anything else you should pay attention to, can you tell me all at once?"

Fan Wu didn't want to accompany this old man to see the scenery again, so he wanted him to explain things clearly once and implement it step by step.

The old man understood what Fan Wu meant, so he didn't continue to sell Guan Zi, and replied to Fan Wu:

"This banyan tree is Fan Wu's natal tree, but it is also part of the ancestral temple, and all changes must conform to the rules of the ancestral temple. ”

"The rules of the ancestral temple?" Fan Wu interjected.

"Yes, the ancestral temple has its own rules, if the leaves on the banyan tree fall off by itself, there is no problem, but if you want to absorb its energy before the leaves fall off, the ancestral temple will be considered to be attacking the banyan tree, then you will be counterattacked by the ancestral temple, and the ancestral temple's attack will make you fly back and annihilate and cease to exist. ”

Fan Wu didn't expect that there would be such a play, and he knew a little more about the ancestral temple, no wonder the ancestral temple could still be maintained so well for so many years, and there were still means of attack.

The old man ignored Fan Wu's reaction and continued:

"Therefore, if you want to absorb the leaves, you must hide the induction of the ancestral temple, and there is only half an hour a day, and the ancestral temple will suspend the induction for self-cultivation, but the ancestors who established the ancestral temple back then set the time of self-cultivation as the time of mobility in order not to let this become the weakness of the ancestral temple, and it will not be fixed at one point. ”

"Awesome, this setting is really amazing!"

Fan Wu couldn't help but give these ancestors a thumbs up, and the old man was interrupted, but it didn't affect the continuity of his words, and he continued:

"I was just calculating the cultivation time of the Ancestral Temple today, and we have to wait another hour or so before we can start, so there is no need to rush this matter, just wait. ”

Since the Tree Soul had already said this, Fan Wu could only believe that he was waiting for an hour, and he didn't want to be attacked by the Ancestral Temple in order to improve his strength.

Although I didn't believe that the attack of the ancestral temple could wipe me out, there was no need to take this risk at all, and I didn't rush to say what I was going to do anyway, just wait.

It's just that the two of them are bored waiting here, so Fan Wu started chatting with the old man, talking about the experience of the ancestral temple, the origin of this ethnic group, the origin of the old man, and finally about the history and development of this ethnic group on the earth, as well as the process of its final decline.

Although the old man has been trapped here since he appeared, and has never been in contact with the outside world, he is so old that even he himself has forgotten how many years have passed.

The old man's knowledge points all came from the exchanges with the natal trees of the clansmen back then, as well as the content of Fan Wu's leaf pictures for so many generations.

Although he didn't have the permission to take the initiative to check the leaf records, he would always be more or less spied in the process of the leaf's whereabouts.

As for the cognition of the ancestral temple and this ethnic group, it is an innate thing, and it has been known since the first day that the tree soul has been conscious, and there is no need to specifically understand it, but it is only a part of the inside information that can be known.

So in the process of chatting with Fan Wu, the old man said a lot, but it was almost not a big secret, and many of them were speculated by himself, which could only be listened to as opinions, and could not be 100% accurate.

The two chatted for an hour of gossip, although they were still a little unsatisfied, but when the time came, Fan Wu was reminded by the soul of the tree, and climbed the banyan tree for the first time and went towards the leaves on the top.