Full of doubts, Chu Qi turned his gaze back to the giant tree in front of him.
The place where he had just cut with his sword was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the cut would soon disappear.
"sough."
At this moment, the sound of rustling branches and leaves suddenly sounded, and under the vigilant gaze of Chu Qi and the others, the green vines wrapped around the giant tree retreated to the sides, revealing the tree hole that was blocked by it.
The spiritual energy emanating from the giant trees also comes from the tree holes.
"I remember this move, it's called luring someone into a trap." Luo Xin said vigilantly, "Daoyou, don't be fooled by the abundant spiritual energy in the tree hole, as if there are some natural treasures. It is so easy to show up in front of us, there must be a trick waiting for us. You must be careful."
"… "
That makes a lot of sense.
The huge tree made such a noise, obviously wanting them to come in.
But Chu Qi's intuition told him that no matter what was in the tree hole, he had to go in and find out.
After his rebirth, Chu Qi has always wondered about the change in his talent. Now there is a giant tree that can trigger the change of his spiritual roots, maybe there is some clue.
The green color reappeared in his eyes, and Chu Qi said to Luo Xin, "Fellow Daoist Luo, I'm going to go into the tree hole later. Will you wait for me outside?"
"What? You want to go in?" Luo Xin touched the back of his head and said hesitantly, "Then I'd better go in with you..."
Compared to not knowing whether he was really walking into a trap, it seemed more dangerous for him, a magic practitioner, to be outside.
Thinking that Luo Xin still thought he was a powerful swordsman, Chu Qi added, "I can't guarantee your safety, fellow Daoist."
"It doesn't matter. I know life and death are determined by fate." Luo Xin nodded.
After the two of them had discussed it, the gold-eating beast lying on Chu Qi's shoulder grunted twice, jumped down and walked ahead to explore the way.
It is now the most capable one here, so it is naturally responsible for such important tasks as exploring the way.
The giant tree is very large, and the tree hole in the middle of its trunk is like a cave, and you can't see the bottom from the outside.
The gold-devouring beast climbed up nimbly, and when it wanted to go further in, it bumped into the forbidden barrier, making a crisp sound.
“Boom!”
"Lulu!"
Unable to get in, the gold-eating beast had to stop and turn around to ask its owner for advice.
The gold-eating beast just turned its head, and a piece of ink-colored clothing brushed across its eyes, blocking most of its vision.
"Lulu?" It was true that its owner was wearing clothes, but why did the clothes move behind him
The gold-eating beast looked up and found that its master had already walked into the tree hole. The forbidden barrier that blocked it did not affect Chu Qi at all.
“Lulululul!”
The gold-eating beast bit Chu Qi's clothes with its teeth and tried to stop him.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, please wait for me!"
Three feet behind Chu Qi, Luo Xin walked forward quickly, but was also stopped by the forbidden barrier, resulting in a big bump on his forehead.
"Hiss! Why is there another layer of barrier here?" Luo Xin had to stop and raised his hand to cover his forehead.
"Lulu!" The gold-eating beast didn't dare to bite down Chu Qi's clothes, as it would definitely break them. But Chu Qi didn't mean to stop, and walked steadily towards the tree hole.
The gold-devouring beast's cheek was pressed against the boundary barrier, and was even squeezed to a point of being flattened.
"Swish!" The sound of cloth being torn was heard.
The force on the other side of the barrier disappeared, and the gold-eating beast rolled backwards. A dark-colored hem covered its head. That was the material on Chu Qi's hem.
“Lulululul!”
The gold-eating beast jumped up from the ground, looking at the huge tree with anger in its eyes! It bared its teeth in the direction of the tree hole.
Although it doesn't like to eat wood, it is outrageous that the wood dares to touch its owner!
"This... What happened to Fellow Daoist Chu? And he is the only one who can enter the forbidden barrier just now. Is this his backyard?" Luo Xin didn't understand and could only wait outside with his defensive spiritual weapon.
After a while, Luo Xin discovered that not only was Fellow Daoist Chu missing, but his pet with very good teeth had also disappeared.
"… "
There was no one around, Luo Xin couldn't help but put on two defensive spiritual weapons, and then began to communicate with his senior brother.
His elders taught him that people should seek help immediately when they start to feel scared, otherwise when the real crisis comes, the people who can save you will not have time to arrive, and you will be dead.
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In the tree hole.
Chu Qi was conscious, but his body began to lose control again. He was pulled forward by a familiar spiritual power.
Walk all the way from the outside of the tree hole to the depths of the tree hole.
There was no light in the tree hole, only darkness. Apart from the sound of Chu Qi's footsteps and breathing, there was no other sound.
I don’t know what this giant tree wants to do by bringing him here.
If it is related to the change in his talent, does it mean that he needs to mobilize his own spiritual power
An idea came into Chu Qi's mind, and he tried to mobilize the spiritual power in his body. It flowed from the spiritual root, into the meridians, and finally condensed at his fingertips.
In an instant, the dark tree hole underwent a dramatic change.
Little by little, fluorescent lights lit up from the darkness, like stars dotting the night sky.
The force that was pulling Chu Qi to walk disappeared, and an emotion that Chu Qi could sense was coming from deep in the tree hole.
It seemed that he was extremely excited, a little bit intimate, and watching.
—It was a branch only as big as Chu Qi’s little finger.
It is surrounded by clusters of fluorescent light in the center, the surface bark is covered with wrinkles, and even the few leaves on the branches are all withered. It looks very weak, but the source of its spiritual energy is this piece of dead branch.
It nourishes the entire giant tree, and perhaps this strange swamp is also affected by it.
It was waiting for Chu Qi to approach.
As if the spirit of heaven and earth had awakened its intelligence, the dry branch also exuded a close attitude towards Chu Qi.
Chu Qi hesitated for a moment and did not move forward. Instead, he controlled the spiritual power in his body and moved towards the direction of the dead branch.
When Chu Qi's spiritual power was about to touch the dead branch, the leaves on it trembled twice, as if trying to get closer to the direction of the spiritual power. This slight movement caused the dead leaves on the branch to fall down.
The fluorescent light transformed from the wood spirit stopped jumping and huddled around it, as if silently sad.
Chu Qi's emotions were subtle. He had never seen such an intelligent spirit of heaven and earth. Its breath was clean and pure, yet it could carry all the emotions of the world.
An extremely familiar power emanated from the dead branches, and the spiritual roots in Chu Qi's body also had the same desire.
A huge and lush tree appeared in Chu Qi's sea of consciousness. It stood tall between heaven and earth. Every leaf emanated a rich spiritual energy towards the heaven and earth. Its roots penetrated deep into the ground, and the trunk was tall, as if it could connect heaven and earth, and it was extremely imposing.
All medical practitioners have seen the shadow of the sacred tree from their inheritance.
According to legend, the sacred tree is outside the Nine Provinces, beyond the reach of ordinary people. Only cultivators who have achieved the Great Dao, transcended the calamity and ascended to the Ascension Platform can take this opportunity to see the sacred tree.
However, this is a legend that has been passed down from ancient times thousands of years ago.
In the remaining ten thousand years, no cultivators in Yunhua Realm ascended to heaven. Moreover, as time passed, high-level cultivators continued to die, and the most powerful cultivators stopped at the fusion stage. No one could break through the Mahayana stage and then transcend the tribulation to ascend.
When Chu Qi came back to his senses, the dead branch had already floated in front of him along with his spiritual power.
"..." After hesitating for a moment, Chu Qi stretched out his hand and picked it up.
It is not clear what the relationship is between it and the sacred tree, but it should be related. For medical practitioners, the sacred tree is the beginning of inheritance, the root of the vitality of the world, and it must be well taken care of.
However, just as Chu Qi caught the dead branch, a breath suddenly came from the front, which was the place where the dead branch was placed before.
It was a spiritual shadow, and judging from his appearance, he was a very young cultivator. He also had a pair of emerald green eyes, and his expression seemed a little anxious.
"I don't know if this method will work, but I really have no other choice." The monk stood there and talked to himself.
There are two kinds of spiritual phantoms. One is the spiritual consciousness of a powerful person who has fallen. When triggered, it can communicate with the younger generation and guide them.
The other type is the one Chu Qi is facing. He cannot communicate, but he can retell the words and deeds of the monk who left behind the phantom of his spiritual consciousness so that future generations can know the news.
"I don't know who will take care of you on my behalf. The world is in chaos now. Monsters have escaped from under the Nine Provinces. Everyone in the valley has to stay by the main tree. No one can save you and me. I can only blame myself for being careless and being targeted by the evil spirits, causing you and me to suffer together."
"But don't be afraid. I have set up a formation in this swamp. The evil spirits have a strong murderous aura, and they will never be able to find your location. Anyone who can find this place must be a kind-hearted person, and he may be a medical practitioner. When I get out of here, I will also lead those evil spirits away."
"If this fellow Taoist is lucky enough to take it away, please send it to the Medicine King Valley in the Middle Land of Jiuzhou, and you will be rewarded handsomely. If you are unable to go to the Middle Land of Jiuzhou, please treat it well and do not let it be taken away by evil spirits, otherwise it will cause great disaster."
"… "
The monk's following words were addressed to future generations. After he finished speaking, he sighed, turned around and walked towards the outside of the tree hole.
The shadow of the spiritual consciousness dissipated and the air returned to calm.
Chu Qi roughly got some information from the news just now. The monk and the branch were being chased by the enemy, so he set up a formation to preserve the branch, and he chose to leave this place and lead the enemy away.
But what is the Medicine King Valley in the Central Plains of Kyushu that the cultivators mentioned
There has never been a force like Yaowang Valley in the Yunhua Realm. The name "Jiuzhou" only appears in records handed down from ancient times.
"Could it be that this Medicine King Valley has long been destroyed? I should go back and ask the elders of the sect." Chu Qi guessed and planned to put the branch in his hand into the Qiankun bag.
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But to Chu Qi's surprise, he couldn't put the branches into the Qiankun bag.
"This... It's not convenient for me to carry you with me. From what that senior said, you are also being remembered by others. It's too dangerous to carry you with me." Chu Qi muttered to himself, looking embarrassed.
The branch seemed to understand Chu Qi's words, and its body changed from a dead branch to a dry vine ring, which was wrapped around Chu Qi's wrist.
After the branches changed, the rich spiritual energy emanating from it was hidden, and it looked like a decoration.
"!"
Without the nourishment of the spiritual energy from the branches, earth-shaking changes occurred around.
The wood spirit gradually dissipated into the air, and the surroundings became dark again.
Outside, the once lush giant trees also gradually began to wither. Their once powerful regeneration abilities were gone, and they were soon gnawed through by the sharpest teeth in the world!
The gold-eating beast used its teeth to chew a path to Chu Qi.
The wood became more and more unpalatable as time went on, and it had eaten so much that its face was almost turning green.
The gold-eating beast pulled down the grass leaves above its head, sniffed the scent of Chu Qi, and purred at him twice.
"Xiao Jin? How did you get in? Your face is so green." Chu Qi was a little surprised when he heard the voice of the gold-swallowing beast. After seeing the face of the gold-swallowing beast clearly, he roughly guessed the reason, "Did it eat trees?"
"Lulu!"
The gold-eating beast rubbed its head against Chu Qi's palm, but the horns on its head hit something like tree bark.
"chatter?"
What is in the hands of its owner
"I'm sorry to have made you worry just now, but I'm fine. There is a rare treasure here, which is probably related to the sacred tree, so it attracts me." He also learned the reason why the maze in this swamp was set up by the predecessors.
Chu Qi talked to the gold-eating beast while carrying it out.
After learning that its owner was fine, the gold-eating beast focused most of its attention on its owner's wrist, with its tail swinging back and forth angrily behind him.
What the hell? Did I just hit its horn
That would be fine, but he pretended not to say anything and just stayed in his master's hands!
At an angle that Chu Qi couldn't see, the gold-eating beast bared its teeth fiercely at the dead vine on his wrist!
"!"
Another light slap.
It was as if the leaf had hit the gold-eating beast's horn, responding to the beast's previous rudeness.
"Lulu!"
The money-eating beast has had enough!
"Xiao Jin?"
Chu Qi, who had no idea what was going on, lowered his head, looked at the suddenly aggrieved eyes of the gold-eating beast and asked, "What's wrong with you? Did you get an upset stomach just now?"
"Lulu..."
The stomach was not upset, but it encountered some bad grass that the owner had just raised.
"You talk about it. It's very weak now and needs to rest. If the vine ring hurts you, just stay on your shoulder?"
Chu Qi originally held the gold-eating beast in his hands, but now he moved it to his shoulders.
“Lulu.”
It seems that the master has decided to keep it. The gold-eating beast grumbled twice and stayed on Chu Qi's shoulder aggrievedly. There was no place for it in the master's palm.
Bad guy, get down from his master's hand if you can!
(End of this chapter)