The Scorpion Woman came back to her senses, wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, and after thinking carefully for a while, her expression became much more serious.
"It seems to be true... Why is there so much evil spirit all of a sudden?"
"Maybe it has something to do with the fruits they ate."
Xu Chunniang took a deep breath, her eyes gleaming, "The thicker the evil spirit, the heavier the rain. It was about to stop raining, but it's getting heavier again in just a moment. It's time to leave here."
The Scorpion Woman still remembered the direction in which the previous two groups of people left, and deliberately chose a road that avoided the crowd.
The two of them are weak now. If they are encountered by those people, they will probably be captured and used as nutrients for the strange tree.
The Scorpion Woman concealed her body and continued walking towards a place with less evil energy. After entering a sparse forest, the rain that had been falling all day finally stopped.
Along the way, they met many monks one after another.
Some of these people are spiritual practitioners, some are demonic practitioners, and they all come in groups of two or three.
They are very vigilant, and when they notice Xu Chunniang and Scorpion Woman, they will subconsciously distance themselves from them.
"I'm so hungry. I feel even hungrier than before."
After the Scorpion Woman took Xu Chunniang to climb a tall tree, she rubbed her belly and looked into the distance, trying to find something to eat.
This time, she actually made some discoveries.
"Look, sir. Are those two people chewing on the bark? And over there, are those three people digging up tree roots to eat?"
Xu Chunniang looked over when she heard the sound, and didn't know what to say for a moment. She had only been hungry for a day, so she wouldn't want to eat even the bark and roots of the tree, right
A gleam of desire flashed in the Scorpion Woman's eyes, and her mouth began to drool madly.
"These tree barks and roots look quite chewy and must be very juicy. They seem to be edible. Why didn't I think of that? Although the taste is definitely worse..."
As she spoke, the Scorpion Woman fixed her eyes on a tiny tender bud and tried to break it off with all her might.
"etc."
Xu Chunniang stopped the scorpion woman's actions and said, "First, let's see if they have any adverse reactions after eating the bark and roots."
The Scorpion Woman withdrew her hand and waited patiently for a while, and found that those people did not feel any discomfort after eating the bark and roots.
She was a little more excited, "My Lord, these things seem to be really edible!"
Xu Chunniang frowned. "Although the evil spirit around has not changed, I still feel something is wrong. It is best not to move these trees."
"But I'm really hungry..."
The Scorpion Woman blinked, a begging look on her face, "How about I just take one bite, just one bite, okay?"
"Are you really hungry?"
The Scorpion Woman nodded frantically, "I'm really hungry!"
At first she didn't feel anything, but after seeing others eating and learning that the bark and roots were edible, the only thought left in her mind was eating.
Xu Chunniang said nothing, and took out a dagger and a bowl-shaped magic weapon from the small world.
After cutting his palm with a dagger, blood flowed out of his palm and fell into the bowl.
"My Lord, what are you doing?"
The Scorpion Woman was startled, and her rationality returned to her mind. She subconsciously wanted to help Xu Chunniang stop the bleeding.
Seeing that the bowl was already half full of blood, Xu Chunniang did not stop her, but just pushed the bowl to the scorpion woman and said, "Eat this."
"I'm not hungry."
The Scorpion Woman subconsciously shook her head to refuse. How could she drink the blood of an adult
"Aren't you hungry? Drink this and you'll feel better."
Xu Chunniang pushed the bowl to her, "You carried me for most of the day, and you've used up a lot of energy. Since it's something I'm giving you, just take it."
The Scorpion Woman felt her eyes a little sore and refused again, "Sir, I suddenly don't feel that hungry anymore."
"real?"
"real!"
The Scorpion Woman nodded vigorously, a hint of doubt in her expression.
“It’s strange, whether I saw those people eating fruit earlier, or just now I saw others chewing tree bark and roots, whenever I saw others eating, the hunger in my stomach became much stronger.
Now that I have regained my composure, I don't feel hungry anymore. My Lord, please don't hurt yourself again because of me."
Xu Chunniang took a close look at the Scorpion Woman's expression and seeing that she did not seem to be pretending, she put away the half bowl of blood and the dagger.
"Okay, since you're not hungry now, I'll keep it for you and give it to you when you're hungry. We haven't figured out the situation on Spirit Demon Island yet, so don't touch anything on the island before that."
"yes."
After this incident, the Scorpion Woman became much calmer. She continued to observe the surrounding environment. After looking around, she found that more and more people were gnawing on the bark and roots of the trees.
Intermittently, many people rushed to the forest from all directions and joined the team that was gnawing on the bark and roots of the trees.
Some people even quarreled and fought over the food, and the scene was very chaotic.
Only a few people stayed out of it and barely maintained their sanity.
Something is wrong. Something is very wrong!
The Scorpion Goddess said solemnly, “Sir, those who are qualified to enter the Spirit Demon Island are all cultivators in the Fusion Stage with extraordinary intelligence.
It's only the first day now, and even if we are hungry, a group of distinguished fusion-stage monks shouldn't be so disrespectful."
Xu Chunniang nodded in agreement. "You are right. It is indeed very abnormal. Perhaps they eat tree bark and roots not because they want to, but because some force forces them to do so."
The Scorpion Woman thought of the fear of being dominated by hunger not long ago, and a sense of fear arose in her heart.
When she was hungry before, she was really hungry and wanted to eat everything she could.
Fortunately, her master brought her back to her senses, otherwise, she would now be one of the people madly gnawing on the bark and roots.
"Now that you mention it, my Lord, I do remember that I was so hungry that I didn't care about anything else except eating."
Xu Chunniang lowered her eyes, a thoughtful look flashing across her eyes.
The fewer trees there are, the stronger the evil energy is and the heavier the rain will be.
On the contrary, where there are many trees, the evil energy is very thin and the climate is also suitable.
These trees seem to be able to suppress evil spirits
As for the hidden power that induces people to eat trees, could its purpose also be related to evil spirits
If the truth of the matter is really as she guessed, then this Spirit Demon Island is very likely a complete scam!
There is no secret of becoming a true devil or a true immortal here, but it is a place to breed evil!
These elites selected from the spiritual world and the demon world are the best nutrients for these evil spirits!
Xu Chunniang was so frightened by her own guess that she broke out in a cold sweat and her heartbeat suddenly quickened.
Only true immortals and true demons could afford to build the Spirit and Demon Island so that they could play with the high-level cultivators of both the spirit and demon worlds at their will.
It cannot be spoken or thought of.