The tree was enormousâseveral times the size of anything around it.
Even among great trees, it wouldnât be lacking in grandeur. It was smaller than the Divine Tree at Mount Hua, but no ordinary tree could possibly look like this.
And yetâ
'Why is it so black?'
The tree was unnaturally dark.
Not just its leaves, but all the way down to the trunkâeverything was pitch black.
It looked as if it had been scorched by fire.
At a glance, thatâs exactly what it seemed like.
'â¦But itâs not actually burned.'
It wasnât a dead tree. I was certain of that.
If it had been burned to death, there was no way Iâd be sensing this vital energy from it.
Not just vitalityâthere was more to it than that.
Vwooom.
My heart resonated on its own. From that tree, I could feel something pure and sacred.
It was the same feeling I had when I encountered the Divine Tree at Mount Hua.@@novelbin@@
The same feeling I had when I saw the Divine Tree in Yahwol.
Which meantâ
'Thatâs the Divine Tree of Mount Marryeong.'
That black, murky tree was a Divine Tree.
It didnât look anything like what I associated with Divine Trees, but as I learned in Yahwol, appearance had nothing to do with it.
"â¦â¦."
Splish.
I took a slow step forward, my foot dipping into the lake.
The water wasnât very deep.
As if drawn by a force, I walked toward the tree.
I climbed up the hill. The closer I got, the more massive the Divine Tree became.
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