The old lady's words set off a storm in Gu Yuan's heart.
His Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed.
The words that popped out of Mrs. Li's mouth had a big impact on him.
"Protect? Protect what?" Gu Yuan looked at the old lady and asked.
The old lady didn't say anything, but took out a sign and threw it towards the barrier in front of her.
Like throwing a stone into a lake, the sign made a splash when it was thrown into the barrier. Immediately, a pale golden light spread like water waves in all directions.
Just when Gu Yuan was surprised, the old lady had already passed by him and walked towards the barrier.
Gu Yuan stretched out his hand like Erkang was possessed. Before he could stop him, he saw the old lady's body submerged in the barrier.
After a brief hesitation, Gu Yuan suddenly understood and quickly followed.
The moment he penetrated the barrier, Gu Yuan's head buzzed, and his vision became hazy, as if he was deep under water.
But when his vision returned, Gu Yuan was immediately shocked by the sight in front of him!
In the vast space, seaweed emitting azure light grows, and around, there are some fish with translucent wings swimming. Their appearance is strange, like fish in the deep sea. Look whatever you want.
The old lady walked forward by herself, with Gu Yuan following her like a shadow. He looked around with a surprised expression on his face.
"Is this a lantern fish?"
"I'll go, this fish looks really ugly..."
"Oh my god, there are giant turtles here?"
The old lady walking in front finally couldn't stand it any longer. She turned her face and glanced at Gu Yuan, frowned and said with some displeasure: "Can you take away this worthless thing from you? How big are you, sir?" Now, can’t you be calmer?”
Gu Yuan grinned and said, "You haven't seen the world before!"
Seeing Gu Yuan still looking confident, the old lady snorted, but when she turned around and continued walking forward, a smile appeared on her face.
"It's really similar." She muttered for no reason.
"What?" Gu Yuan was stunned for a moment.
The old lady walked forward and said, "You and Li Siming are really alike. When he was still in the Li family, he was just like you. He was so out of touch and had no rules."
Gu Yuan was a little surprised: "You are talking about Captain Li?"
"if not?"
The tone and demeanor of Li Siming's words appeared in Gu Yuan's mind, and he found it incredible.
"Can someone like Captain Li escape like me?"
The old lady pondered for a long time and said softly: "I don't know what Li Siming is like in your eyes, and I don't know what changes have occurred in him now and in the past, but in my eyes, he is always just a child. "
Gu Yuan was stunned. There was really no sense of violation when the old lady said such words.
In the eyes of parents, no matter how successful their children are outside or what influence they have on the world, they are still just children, nothing more.
Following the old lady, Gu Yuan saw a soft golden light appearing in front of him.
"What is that?" Gu Yuan asked.
The old lady suddenly stopped and turned to look at Gu Yuan behind her.
She observed Gu Yuan's expression at this time and asked, "What do you feel?"
"Ah?" Gu Yuan came back to his senses and couldn't look away. He closed his eyes, freed his mind, felt carefully, and said softly, "I can't explain... it feels very mysterious, like holiness, brilliance, and clarity. Pure...but also seems to have a sense of oppression, I don't know how to put it."
He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the old lady, waiting for the other party's answer.
The old lady said with deep meaning: "This is what you have to protect next."
Gu Yuan scratched his head, the old lady still didn't understand clearly, what exactly was she protecting? The best brother in the world?
Continuing to walk forward, he was getting closer and closer to the golden light. At this moment, Gu Yuan could clearly see what kind of existence was emitting the golden light.
His head kept raising, and his eyes kept moving upward.
In front of you is a thick bronze tree!
The bronze branches are lush and leafy, and the clusters of leaves hanging on the branches are like pieces of gold. They are also the golden light source that Gu Yuan saw before.
The hazy light of the bronze tree itself has been completely obscured by the golden light emitted by the golden leaves.
The simple bronze tree exuded a mysterious aura, and its majesty was no longer enough to describe the feeling this tree gave Gu Yuan.
"What a big Qingtong tree!" Gu Yuan was really uneducated, and for a moment he didn't know what words to use to express what he saw.
The golden light reflected the old lady's old face, as if giving her a layer of holy light.
"This bronze sacred tree has been guarded by our Li family for generations. The last guardian was Li Siming. As long as you sign a contract with the bronze sacred tree, some kind of wonderful connection will be formed. If a person dies, the tree will die. If it lives, the tree will live." The old lady said softly.
Gu Yuan suddenly realized.
The old lady had been selling it for a long time, but it turned out that this bronze sacred tree was the protagonist.
At this moment, the old lady looked at Gu Yuan again and said, "Aren't you always curious about where you are? The place where you were before and this place are all spaces where the sacred tree spreads out."
"Sacred tree space?" Gu Yuan had a look of surprise on his face.
He had previously thought about whether this might be some special formation.
He pondered for a moment and then asked: "Old lady, does the bronze sacred tree you mentioned have any function? Also, where did it come from?"
"I can't answer you this. The Li family continues to this day. Protecting the Bronze Sacred Tree is the meaning of the Li family's existence. No matter which dynasty or generation, the Li family will never be in a whirlpool."
Gu Yuan understood somewhat.
I have heard before that although the Li family in the capital has a deep foundation, it has always kept a low profile and rarely conflicts with other families or forces. It seems that they have always been protecting themselves wisely, so that their presence is very low.
Even Kong Baihe, who grew up in the capital and knew all the forces involved, was quite puzzled by this. Even in his eyes, the Li family was a very mysterious existence.
It seems that no one has ever wanted to get to know this family.
But now, seeing the Bronze Sacred Tree, combined with what Old Mrs. Li just said, Gu Yuan seemed to have seen the tip of the iceberg.
The old lady raised her head, looked up at the bronze sacred tree in front of her, sighed softly, and said: "Actually, I am also very curious about the meaning of the existence of the bronze sacred tree, and when did it exist, and my Li family, and How to become the guardian of the Bronze Sacred Tree... I don’t know anything about these things.”
"If that's the case, why do you still need to protect it?" Gu Yuan asked confused.
As a normal person, Gu Yuan's thinking is very simple.
To do something, you must know why you do it.
"The sacred tree cannot die. This is also the ancestral motto of the Li family. If one day, the sacred tree dies, the Li family will also be destroyed." Mrs. Li said.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan's expression suddenly changed and he waved his hands quickly.
"No, no, since Captain Li is the guardian of the bronze sacred tree, let him keep guarding it. I don't have the ability. Maybe one day it will be cold and it will harm you. Besides, I am not from the Li family. Man, how can such a heavy burden be entrusted to me?"
Just as he was speaking, Gu Yuan suddenly raised his head, as if he sensed something. A bit of golden light slowly fell in the air. When it fell on Gu Yuan's shoulder, he suddenly realized that it was actually falling from the bronze sacred tree. of a leaf.
