After the ancestors fell

Chapter 31 Underground Dryad
The man's name was Shu Yuxi. According to him, he was originally a disciple of the Immortal Sect. He came to Wuliu Village by accident and found that the willow trees here were abnormal.

Out of curiosity, he has a unique secret technique, and found out that there is a strange treasure here.At the same time, it was also discovered that because of the strange treasure, the willow tree in Wuliuzhuang actually used living people to cultivate, turning the entire villager in Wuliuzhuang into melancholy ghosts controlled by it.

"What? Everyone here is dead?" Mu Qingfeng was taken aback, this was something she hadn't expected at all.

Seeing her being so surprised, Shu Yuxi also smiled wryly, "At the beginning, I didn't realize it, so I fell into this inhuman and ghostly appearance."

Mu Qingfeng asked: "Why do they look like living people, without even a trace of ghosts, and they can move freely like normal people during the day?"

Because the tree roots and vines here lost the blessing of Shuyuxi's mana, they were quickly burned to the ground by the red flames.

Seeing this scene, Shu Yuxi's expression remained unchanged, as if the roots and vines really had nothing to do with him.

He continued: "That's because there is a soul-destroying pearl under the willow tree. Hundreds of years ago, a group of bandits came here and slaughtered all the villagers in Wuliuzhuang. The bandits threw the corpses under the five willow trees and set them on fire." Burned the whole villa. These five willow trees grew for thousands of years, and they were cut off from the fairyland just after they were born. Naturally, they were resentful and angry. In addition, the villagers died in vain. The vengeance of being broken has alienated these willow trees."

Later, for some unknown reason, a soul-absorbing pearl appeared here.The soul-absorbing pearl is an ancient rare treasure, which can absorb the soul of a living being and refine it for one's own use.

There were originally five willow trees in Wuliu Village, and all five willow trees gave birth to tree spirits.After the soul-absorbing orb appeared, the five tree spirits devoured each other, and in the end only one survived, lost the spirit of the fairy, and degenerated into the current demon spirit.

The demon spirit captured the souls of the villagers of Wuliuzhuang with the soul-absorbing beads, and turned them into ghosts. He used them as a guide, luring passers-by to come in, nourishing the tree with their flesh and blood, and he took the souls into the soul-absorbing beads.

Speaking of this, Shu Yuxi sighed a long time, "I was blamed for being greedy at the beginning, if it wasn't for the treasure, I wouldn't have been tricked by the tree demon to such an extent."

At the beginning, Shuyuxi came here by accident, and found that the aura here was abnormal, and learned that the treasures here were ancient things with a unique secret method.He was overjoyed, but accidentally fell into the scheme of the tree demon.

So much so that he failed to seek the treasure, but was killed instead. Fortunately, he had a secret method to parasitize his soul in the willow tree. After a long time, he merged with the tree soul and achieved a non-interfering existence with the tree demon.

"So, the willow tree has always killed people, and you took advantage of it behind your back?" Mu Qingfeng looked calm, and it seemed that his words did not disturb her.

Shu Yuxi looked embarrassed, "I'm also a disciple of the Immortal Sect, so why would I kill people indiscriminately?"

"Over the years, have you ever seen that ancient thing?" Mu Qingfeng was dubious about his words.

"The soul-absorbing pearl is an ancient treasure. It was hidden by the tree demon in the heart of the tree at the bottom of its body. If you can trust me, fellow Taoist, I can take you there." Shu Yuxi knew everything, and his expression was frank, and he seemed very trustworthy.

Mu Qingfeng looked at him silently, with a solemn expression and a calm face, making it impossible to see her attitude.

After a while, Shu Yuxi spoke without confidence, "Fellow Daoist, I have a merciless request. After I helped you find the Soul-Devouring Orb, can you let me stay in it for a few days?"

Without waiting for Mu Qingfeng to speak, he immediately added, "There is a secret art of parasitic souls here in Xiaodao, and I am willing to give it to fellow daoists as a reward for living in the soul-absorbing pearl."

Mu Qingfeng raised her eyebrows, but said nothing.

"I'll give you another five thousand spirit stones." Shu Yuxi said with a heartache.

Mu Qingfeng suddenly said, "You want to buy your life with money, but in the situation you and I are in now, I'm afraid that I'll be the first one you won't let go after you escaped. Besides, you can see that I The cultivation is not as good as yours, but it is only because of the power of the magic weapon that it is almost better than you."

This is tantamount to arrogating oneself in front of the enemy, and no one with a brain would do this.

Shu Yuxi also felt the same way, this person looks young, probably he really spends all his time in cultivation, that's why he looks so naive and ignorant of worldly affairs.

"Let me ask you, how are the three people who came with me now?"

Mu Qingfeng, of course, forgot about Mu Hongfei and the others. Now that this person has been ruled out, he asked him about the situation of the three of them.

"Don't worry, fellow daoist, the tree demon wants to nourish its body with the flesh and blood of living people, so your friends are not in danger for the time being." Shu Yuxi was talking, when he suddenly thought of something, he glanced at Mu Qingfeng, He smiled inexplicably, "If little friend continues to waste time here, I can't guarantee it."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt the flames blazing around him, and suddenly a strong pain spread from his soul body, and the already weak soul body became much weaker.

"Be merciful, I can try to smuggle them here."

At the juncture of life and death, Shu Yuxi realized that this man really didn't mind killing him directly.He had no choice but to calm down and settle down.

Use the few remaining spells to send those three people here.

At this time, all three of them were in the cocoon wrapped around the roots of the willow tree.Although the breath is weak, they are still alive.

"How did they do this? You did it?" Mu Qingfeng checked the situation of the three of them, and found that they were all drained of a lot of blood by the tree roots.

She found Mu Hongfei's tree cocoon, and she was the first to get it out of it.

"I didn't do it," Shu Yuxi looked innocent, "It was the dryad who sucked her blood. I... I can at most stand by and do nothing—"

"Where's the dryad?"

For such a long time, the dryad has not shown up. Mu Qingfeng guessed that the dryad must have some other connection with this person.

Maybe their real goal this time is her, and Mu Hongfei and the others are just bait to lure her into the bait.Just wondering what their plans are?
Mu Qingfeng wanted to send Mu Hongfei and the three of them out, but was worried that the villagers in Wuliu Village would do something to them.

"The ones above are not living people. If you want to kill the tree demon later, they will definitely lose control. At that time, these people will be in danger." Shu Yuxi pointed to the bluestone lotus platform where he was originally, and said, "Here is a It is a natural restriction that I discovered by accident that the dryads cannot come here, and neither can the ghosts, why don't you put them here first, and then take them away when things are done."

Mu Qingfeng didn't immediately believe his words, and scanned over with his spiritual sense to check.

She has a strong spiritual sense, comparable to a Jindan cultivator. After careful inspection, she found that this is not a natural restriction. There are complex runes engraved under the bluestone lotus platform.

These runes, which she had read in an ancient book in the cave, were restrictions made by using the power of the earth's veins. Although the bluestone lotus platform is in the center of the restriction, its control hub is thirty feet away. on a lampstand cut out of stone.

Wanting to understand the key point, Mu Qingfeng pretended that he had no better choice, so he had no choice but to place Mu Hongfei and the three of them on the bluestone lotus platform.Secretly, but quietly played a few restrictions to check with this restriction to prevent accidents.

At the same time, a blue flower with spiritual eyes was left behind, as well as a few flames branching out from the red flame ground fire.In this way, even if there is any change, it will not be caught without a fight.

One person and one soul went to the place where the dryad was in the ground. It became darker and darker as it went down. On the way, we encountered many rotting corpses, mixed with the smell of decaying plants, which was very unpleasant.

Mu Qingfeng blocked his sense of smell, and after a while, he arrived at his destination.Unexpectedly, there is a cave hidden underground here.

At the entrance of the cave, Shu Yuxi asked Mu Qingfeng to follow him into the cave.

Mu Qingfeng's whole body was covered in flames, he didn't dare to get close.

From a distance, Shu Yuxi pointed to the cave, "Friend Daoist, the tree demon and the soul-destroying pearl are inside. I have a parasitic relationship with it. If we meet, it will definitely devour me and grow stronger. So I can only put You sent it here."

Mu Qingfeng sneered in her heart, this way, all the trees and vines here were so quiet, as if she had been ordered to cease fighting.Seeing them, not only did not attack, but also quietly and automatically gave way.

These movements are very subtle, if it weren't for Mu Qingfeng's strong spiritual sense, she might not be able to discover these weird things.

She decided to wonder, if it was just a simple parasitic relationship, how did this person command the vines?Or is he the real master here?

However, in order not to startle the snake, Mu Qingfeng does not plan to expose him for the time being.

She raised her hand to let out the flames, only to find that the red flames did not burn the roots of the trees here for a while.

"This is the lair of the tree demon. It has buried all the people it killed for a hundred years here, and has accumulated countless deadly grudges. No matter how powerful your flame is, there is no way to burn this place down in a short time."

While speaking, Shu Yuxi seemed to move unconsciously, and accidentally bumped into Mu Qingfeng's restraint on his soul body, and the spirit fire that trapped him around him also became agitated, and rushed towards him.

Shu Yuxi hurriedly called for help, "Fellow Daoist, help me!"

Mu Qingfeng calmed the restless spirit fire without haste, and then took out a big box, which contained packs of gunpowder.

Seeing this scene, Shu Yuxi's eyes twitched, with a bad premonition, "You..."

I saw Mu Qingfeng stepping on the flying sword and hanging in the air, using the imperial object technique to pile up the gunpowder below, and then flew up by himself, flying as high as possible, and at the same time threw a fireball technique downward.

Just listen, bang... bang... bang, the whole underground world shook with loud noises.

Under this massive explosion, Shu Yuxi's soul body also received a lot of impact, and the pendulum swayed and almost collapsed.

This is too bad.

Shuyuxi was hanging on a tree vine in love, and couldn't help cursing in his heart.

After the aftermath of the explosion passed, Mu Qingfeng flew down, and there were broken branches and roots everywhere below, and the cave was also blasted open.

After entering, I found that there is no difference between the inside and the outside.Going further inside, I found a place without any gloomy atmosphere, it was a secret room.

Seeing this secret room, Mu Qingfeng suddenly found that Shu Yuxi had disappeared.

(End of this chapter)