Tree Of Life

Hai Zian continued to lead the way, without even turning to look at Qing Yang, who was still confused, her heart was full of restlessness, her heart was pounding erratically, saying fast wasn't really, saying slow was also normal. Maybe because she walked instead of running like someone who had been chased for stealing.

The problem was she didn't know where this Mister would take her. Even though she knew that this was still the Phoenix residence but still she wasn't very familiar with the atmosphere here. just as this Mister said that this was her residence, this actually was not her residence because she had only come twice since yesterday, this too was brought by this Mister. But deep in her heart she felt a strange feeling that couldn't be expressed in words. Her residence.

But still it was impossible how could this be her residence. She was born and raised on the East Sea Coast. And she had never set foot beyond the boundaries of the eastern sea coast once in her life. So, it is clear that this is very impossible thing to happen.

The fresh air hit Qing Yang's nose, the scent of the oenix flower from the backyard garden of the Phoenix residence could still be smelled by her in the breeze, even though they were far from the garden.

The smell of oenix flowers brought her back to her senses. Qing Yang looked around her. They entered the forest but not the forest they had visited yesterday. This forest looks neither wild nor unmaintained. Bushes were scattered along the path they were on. Sometimes they have to jump to avoid the bushes growing in the middle of the path. A sign that this path is not traversed by many people.

Her head turned left and right. She smiled to see that there were many birds of various kinds perched on the tree branches around. Squeaking to each other, as if there was a discussion between one bird to another. Because they tilted their heads right and left while squeaking fellow birds not far from them.

Well, it turns out that it's not only humans who can discuss, it turns out that animals can also be discussed. Qing Yang was curious what they were discussing. If she could understand Bird language maybe she would know what they were talking about.

Qing Yang was not aware that she had walked deep into the forest. The deeper the forest the wider it looks because she can't see where the end of this forest is. And that's not for all. Birds perched on trees fluttered above their heads. More birds flew together following the group of birds that had been flying around above their head since they footstep on this forest.

Qing who looked up above smiled broadly at the birds flying above her head. The flocks of birds sometimes form formations, but not for too long the formation disperses and then forms another formation, as if displaying an attraction at a celebration event.

Suddenly the Mister who was walking in front of her stopped. Because Qing Yang who had been tilting her head above enjoying the bird show, so she didn't know that the Mister in front of her stopped walking. So, her body and her chin hit the Mister's back.

Shocked, she took a step back but due to her carelessness, her unbalanced feet caused her to fall backwards. If not for the spontaneous reaction of that Mister, with both hands holding both sides of her waist. maybe now she has fallen backwards.

She grimaced, her brows furrowed spontaneously as she rubbed her chin which was now in pain from the impact that had just happened. Annoyed she said. "Mister, why did you stop all of a sudden?" After saying that she only realized that she was standing at no distance from this Mister. Spontaneously try to take a step back to keep the distance. But this Mister held her by the waist even tighter. His lips smirk meaningfully. Enjoyed a position that was uncomfortable for Qing Yang but not for him. He really enjoyed this position.

Feeling intimidated, Qing Yang crossed her arms in an X style in front of her chest while leaning her upper body back so that there was some distance that she could see this Mister's face.

"Hmm, we've arrived at the place I wanted to show you." The mister said excitedly but his voice still sounded flat.

The master's right hand let go of his grip but instead he rose over and held her shoulder. He leaned her forward to stand up straight, and he thought that Qing Yang was standing even. only then did he let go of his hands and take a step back. Then stood aside to show what he wanted to show.

In front of Qing Yang there was a very large tree with thick leaves, tightly closed not leaving room for the sun to slip through the leaves. The colour of the leaves is colourful, red, white, blue, yellow, green, pink, orange, and there are still various colours available. Basically, the colour of the leaves she knew was mostly green, yellow when the leaf was old, and turning brown when it died. Indeed, there are some plants whose leaves are red, the problem is that the tree in front of her in one tree has a variety of leaf colours. And she had never seen such a tree on the east coast, as long as she live her life. Mouth wide open and looking in amazement,

It's so big when compared to the trees around it, it's very large, as if this tree existed from a very long past to several generations. But strangely, this tree is still shady and sturdy as if time is meaningless.

The strange thing is that on each leaf there are small grains that sparkle in the sun light. Instead of evaporating from the sun light, the dews flow slowly but surely to the outer tip of the leaf to form dew and dripping dew of clear water to the ground beneath. But before the dew fell and hit the ground the dew disappeared in an instant. And the ground under the tree was dry. It was clear that the dew did not fall to the ground and wet the ground, so it was certain that the ground beneath was dry but not arid.

Qing Yang's face contorted, strangely. And to answer her strange feeling the next second the mister's words filled her ears that were thirsty for answers.

"This is the tree of Life. And the water that drips on every leaf is the dew of memory and hope." The master's head turned to Qing Yang, he had been seeing the reaction on her face since she was amazed at what was in front of her.

"I believe in your mind, can't believe what I said from yesterday" Hai Zian watched Qing Yang's movements, capturing every reaction. But all he saw was amazement. Forehead wrinkled. 'hmm looks like she's in awe in her mind' Hai Zian concluded.

He raised his hand and placed it on her shoulder to attract her attention. Qing Yang gasped. She spontaneously looked at Hai Zian. "Did you hear what I said?" asked Hai Zian uncertainly and tilted his head to the right slightly.

"Ah… Yes, hmm… Tree of life… and… The dew… dreams… and… hopes…" Qing Yang stammered. Embarrassed.

Hai Zian's eyes narrowed, he leaned forward and positioned his head to be on par with Qing Yang's face, so that their gazes were on the same level.

"You want to know who Phoenix is?" asked Hai Zian with his eyes fixed deeply into Qing Yang's eyes looking for doubt in her clear gaze.

"Mmm… Mister…. why are the leaves of this tree so many colours?" Instead of answering Hai Zian's question, she asked back with a voice that sounded doubtful. While one hand was raised and pointed at the tree in front of her.

He pulled his body and stood straight facing the tree "Well, its name is also the tree of life, life is full of colours, there is joy and sorrow, there is happiness and sadness, there is calm, there is peace, there is bitterness, there is misery, there is anger and many other things. The colour of each leaf represents every colour of life." Hai Zian patiently explained the meaning of the colours of the tree of life to her.

Seeing no reaction from her, Hai Zian continued "Red colour can symbolize happiness, harmony, prosperity but also symbolize anger" Hai Zian glanced at Qing Yang for a moment still no reaction "Green colour symbolizes of life, yellow colour symbolizes success, wisdom".

This time he turned his body to face Qing Yang, leaning his body again until their faces were on the same level "You want to know who Phoenix is?" he asked again impatiently.