Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1688

Benjamin's true form didn't often walk among humans, and aside from some powerful demons and specific individuals, very few people were aware of the energy of his true self.

However, as the Dragon Vein, the pure spiritual energy surrounding him had a unique attraction to all demons. For instance, now.

"I like his scent so much. I feel like touching it." A demon youngling sensed his pure energy and wore a longing expression.

However, before it could do anything, a large hand covered its face. Its father, who knew of Benjamin's true identity, expressionlessly said, "No, you don't."

The Enigma was simply untouchable.

Fortunately, his energy was only prominent when Benjamin first entered the Demon District. As he moved, he consciously retracted it, causing the pure energy to gradually fade into the mix of other supernatural energies around him.

However, the next morning, some demons still managed to trace that lingering energy and found their way to the small courtyard where he was staying.

When they arrived, they immediately noticed the massive maple tree that had mysteriously appeared overnight within the courtyard.

The maple tree, occupying most of the courtyard's corner with its golden canopy, stretched out to cover both Benjamin's and Shannon's sections of the yard.

Many demons, sensing the pure spiritual energy emanating from the tree, began to speculate that the energy they had detected the previous night must have originated from this very maple tree.

"A maple tree demon! The newcomer must be a tree demon!"

Otherwise, a regular maple tree wouldn't be so golden at this time of year. The fact that the tree had grown so suddenly overnight clearly suggested that some demon had moved and planted its true form right in the yard.

This also explained the pure spiritual energy emanating from the tree.

The demon younglings passing by couldn't help but take a deep sniff, then sighed. "It smells so good. I wanna go near it."

Shannon had heard that there was only one maple tree in the world, and all other maple trees were descended from that one tree, hence, their genes were identical.

In other words, every maple tree was essentially a clone of that original tree.

"Yeah." Benjamin explained, "What you saw that day is the mother of all maple trees. She's been alive for over a billion years."

However, even the oldest of existences couldn't withstand the relentless erosion of the outside world.

The maple tree Benjamin had nurtured that day was no exception. It had already entered a state of decline, but not due to the end of its natural lifespan.

The true cause lay in the corruption that had tainted its main crown. The reason he had appeared there that day was simple—to purify that very corruption.

"From today onward, I'm just an ordinary tree demon here." Benjamin briefly introduced his new identity, and Shannon naturally had no objection.