I, the sycamore tree demon, have met a phoenix!

Could it be a coincidence?

How can it be!What coincidence could happen to have a clearing in the woods, and then a tree he had never seen before grow in the clearing?

No matter how you think about it, it is definitely impossible...

Rather, it was precisely because of the existence of this tree that the surrounding area became a circular open space, and it also prevented the beast from chasing it directly.

And the reason this tree is able to do that...

Thinking of this, two words popped out of Liu Hu's mind immediately, and a little sweat broke out on his back.

monster.

Because this tree is a monster!

Beasts with a certain level of intelligence can generally feel the evil spirit, and can also distinguish the existence of monsters through the evil spirit.

In addition, the location of their riverside village is in the boundary of the Changhe Mountains in the west of the Southern Kingdom.

And the southern country is a place where people and demons coexist

Country.

In this country, the existence of monsters is not surprising, and even some officials in the city are transformed from monsters.

And because most of the cities in the southern country are located in the jungles and mountains, basically a large number of new monsters will appear in each area every year.

And the long river and mountain range where they are located is naturally one of the best breeding grounds for monsters in the national border.

It's just that most of the monsters born by them are wolf monsters who live on the top of the westernmost mountain, and they usually don't come to their poor and dilapidated small village.

Therefore, they have not seen many monsters. Even Liu Hu has only heard of this kind of invisible tree monster from the mouth of passing merchants.

But this still can't change the fact that they were saved by monsters.

then……

Lin Wu felt that these human beings bowed deeply towards him, and said a lot of things he didn't understand.

After finishing all this, but found that the lord monster in front of him was still unresponsive, Liu Hu sighed softly, just as if the lord didn't like talking, then he turned his head slowly and looked at everyone.

"Okay, we have to go back quickly, and find more people to rescue the second and third children as soon as possible!"

"it is good……"

Several people nodded quickly, and after a little identification of the direction of the surrounding area, they quickly walked into the woods on the east side.

And watching them leave, Lin Wu, who has been quiet and basically unable to make any movement, finally asked in a low voice, "System, isn't this world the earth of the parallel world?"

[Analyzing from the similarity of astrological patterns, this world can be determined to be the Earth in a parallel world]

"Then why are those human beings obviously of the yellow race, and the language they speak is not Chinese? And it seems that they don't even speak Korean and Japanese?" Lin Wu wondered, "Could this be the Americas? Or some remote areas in Asia?"

[It is impossible to judge, but even between parallel worlds, there will be many differences due to various butterfly effects]

【For example, the existence of monsters】

"Forehead……"

Lin Wu was speechless for a moment.

Indeed, compared to the difference between languages, isn't the existence of monsters the biggest difference between this world and the earth he once lived on?

I just don't know if this world is the fantasy type, or the immortal cultivation type...

Although there seems to be no difference between the two, no matter whether it is cultivation or fantasy, it takes a lot of time to transform it into form.

"I just don't know if those humans will come over in the future..." Lin Wu couldn't help but sigh slightly.

You must know that now he no longer needs to practice the control of demon power, and the body conditioning, growth acceleration and other things are done systematically for him, so it can be said that he has fallen into a state of being completely idle now.

Usually, I can only shrink in this open space and look at the trees, grass, and sky, and sometimes I can only stare at the bugs crawling around in the soil to relieve boredom.

It's really boring.

Hint: this book is orange

Chapter 5: Ginseng Fruit

However, unlike Lin Wu's imagination, this boring time didn't last too long.

Those humans are back.

However, they didn't run to Lin Wu's side, but went to the territory of the giant bear not far away.

And judging from the subsequent movements in the forest, those people seemed to have brought a lot of helpers, shouting continuously in the forest, and it lasted until the sun went down before subsiding.

Then the next day the day continued and the night ended again.

And then the third day, the fourth day, the fifth day...

Until now, on the fifth day, the movement in the forest finally completely disappeared.

The villagers of Hebian Village spent five days with the two bears, and finally they couldn't go on.

Their village has only a population of over 100 people, and it can be said that every person who can participate in hunting is one less than one person who dies. The five days of fighting have reduced the population of the village by at least one-fifth.

Excluding the old, weak, women, children, and the wounded and sick, the number of people who can continue to fight on the fifth day can be said to be less than fifteen.

It even counted those fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys and girls, and even Liu Hu's 12-year-old granddaughter was temporarily pulled into the team.

But those two bears are really tough...

Especially the big one, it doesn't matter if it is physically strong, but its intelligence is ridiculously high, traps and the like don't work for it at all, and its skin is rough and fleshy, and it basically won't even bleed when an arrow is shot in. The extremely fast running speed and endurance far surpassing human beings.

It can be said that they have tried all the methods that can be tried, but none of them can work after all.

They had no choice but to temporarily stop entering the forest, and gathered together in the small courtyard of the headman's house in Hebian Village, planning to discuss a solution to the problem first.

however……

Bah! !

Under the gaze of everyone, Liu Hu slapped the table fiercely, glaring at the old man who was about his age in front of him.

"What time is it now! If you don't ask for help, sooner or later the villagers will all be killed by those two beasts on this mountain!"

His voice was so intimidating that even the other people outside the courtyard were terrified by his roar.

As the most powerful hunter in the village, and one of the few who are of the same generation as the village chief, Liu Hu's prestige in this village can be regarded as very high.

And being slapped on the table by him like this, village head He Shi's expression was not good either.

"I know everyone is having a hard time right now, but think about it, if everyone really asks for help from Baihe City, won't everyone have to be a native of the Southern Kingdom in the future?"

"According to the food tax in the southern country, how long can the people in our village live?"

The reason for the village chief's objection is very simple. Although their Hebian Village is located in the boundary of the Changhe Mountains in the Southern Kingdom, it is still not registered as a native place by the Southern Kingdom because of its remote location, and their daily life is basically self-sufficient. , had a fairly comfortable life.

But if they are registered as the native place of the Southern Kingdom, then they need to pay a large amount of grain every year like other villages, which is used as the grain tax of the year.

And they don't have much arable land, and they certainly can't afford to pay any food taxes at all.

Therefore, He Shi would never agree to ask someone to go to Baihe City to ask for help.

"But the villagers have no choice!"

Of course Liu Hu also understood this truth.

However, it is clear that they understand that they have no other better way now.With the only manpower they have left now, it is simply impossible to deal with the giant bear without asking for help.

It was also fortunate that the two bears did not leave the forest, otherwise if they sneaked into the village in the middle of the night, it is estimated that the entire village would have died.

Both the food tax and the giant bear are problems, but the solution to the food tax can wait until next year, but the two giant bears must be resolved at least one month before the winter solstice.

Otherwise, even if they are not wiped out by the giant bear, they will be starved to death in this cold winter.

"That's why everyone has to think of a new way now! Otherwise, what's the use of killing those two beasts! Anyway, I won't agree to ask for help. If you are determined to go, don't go back to this village!"

Probably because he was worried that the other party would secretly call people into the city, He Shi shook his hand and put down his harsh words.

"You! Cough cough cough—!"

Liu Hu stared at him with wide eyes, his breath was short of breath, and his beard almost stood on end.

"Grandpa..." Granddaughter Liu Ya hurried forward and patted his back to comfort him.

The other people around who had not dared to speak much began to whisper at this time.

For a while, rustling sounds kept ringing in the courtyard.The two old men were also angry and didn't speak any more. They both sat in the chairs silently, not knowing what they were thinking.

After a while, Liu Hu spoke first.

"Old He, don't talk nonsense anymore. Since you don't agree to ask for help, then you can find a way for us yourself! Otherwise, everyone will die together!"

To be honest, asking for help was the only feasible solution Liu Hu could think of, and if this solution was denied, then he really didn't know what to do.

If it really doesn't work in the end, he can only risk being hated by the other party for a lifetime and ask someone to go to the city. After all, he can't watch the villagers die one by one in this deep mountain and forest.

Can……

After He Shi was silent for a while, he turned his head to look at his son He Bai who was standing behind him.

"Go get that out."

"that?"

He Bai was taken aback for a moment, then immediately turned pale, "You want to take that?!"

"Stop talking nonsense, go!" He Shi shouted loudly.

There was no other way, He Bai could only lower his head and obediently walked into the house.

Then, after rummaging around for a while, he walked out with a wooden black box in his arms.

"What is this?" Seeing this, Liu Hu raised his brows in confusion.

"you forgot?"

He Shi glanced at him, put down the crutch in his hand, took the box from He Bai's hand, and gently placed it on the table.

Immediately, he took out two keys from the cuffs, used one of them, inserted it into the lock hole on the front of the box, and twisted it slightly.

click!

With a crisp sound, the lid of the black box popped up under everyone's attention, revealing a dark blue fruit inside the box with a large number of linear patterns on the surface.

And at the moment when he saw this fruit, the veins on Liu Hu's forehead twitched, and he was angry again.

"Are you crazy?!"

At this moment, the whole small courtyard suddenly boiled.

Except for a few of the younger generation, basically everyone recognized what this fruit was.

Its name is ginseng fruit, which is a fruit that grows from a ginseng tree that relies entirely on the energy of the earth's veins. It is basically useless to humans, but it is completely useful to monsters. Great tonic.

Liu Hu didn't know where the other party got such a treasure, but as a person who had lived in the same village for so long, he instantly understood the purpose of the other party taking out this thing at this time.

This guy wants to invite demons!

And the only monsters they can invite in this area are the wolf monsters on the mountain!

Chapter 6: The effect of ginseng fruit

"Do you know what you are doing?!"

Liu Hu is so angry now that he can't wait to give the other party two big pussies directly to make the other party wake up.

Who are those wolf monsters?

A group of desperadoes who are always accumulating strength on the top of Changhe Mountain, who may raise the flag to rebel against the Southern Kingdom at any time!

What's the difference between asking for help from those guys and beating a dog with a meat bun? !

"I've already thought about it." He Shi lowered his head slightly and said in a dull tone.

"The pack of wolf demons are still in the critical period of recruiting troops. They probably won't do such unnecessary things. What's more, for them, killing two bears is just a matter of moving their fingers..."

"But what if they want to ask about the origin of the ginseng fruit? What if they want us to take out the second one? Don't they just need to move our fingers to kill ordinary people like us?!" Liu Hu asked loudly.

Indeed, it was not difficult for those wolf monsters to kill the two bears.

But it is also not difficult to kill the people in their village, not to mention that they are not from the southern country, even if they are all dead, the demon officials of the southern country will not go to the wolf demon to claim their lives for them.