Bang!
The loud sound of slapping echoed in the valley. Jiang Yuebai's leaves trembled and the whole grass fell to the ground with laughter.
The white deer came back from outside and brought two more grasses to plant. After planting, he went to eat the leaves of the Thousand Autumn Ivy. As a result, he was hit on the face by the Thousand Autumn Ivy leaves and was petrified on the spot.
The leaves of the Qianqiu vine stood tall and proud. "Either you eat me up, or I will leave here and return to the Wanmu Forest. I will cultivate my character like a plant and a tree. I want to be a vine with its own independent vine grid."
The white deer was puzzled. It saw the vines of the Thousand Autumn Ivy rolling up and coming down from the rock that the white deer had specially found for it. Before it was about to leave, the Thousand Autumn Ivy swung over and broke the rock that made it look like an ornamental plant into pieces.
The white deer stepped back in fear, shaking its head, looking at the rubble on the ground in disbelief. It seemed that what was broken were not rocks, but its heart!
Qianqiu Vine took the lead and left. The Emerald Mushroom hesitated for a moment, then crawled underground and followed Qianqiu Vine. Xuanshuanghua looked at Bailu and then at its friends who were leaving. Finally, it dragged its too heavy head to chase after its friends.
The three of them spend much more time together than they do with the white deer.
The little demons around, who had long been ignored by Bai Lu and even had grown old under Wu Yao's care, left silently.
All of a sudden, the whole valley was filled with rustling sounds. The little grass monsters fluttered their roots and left the valley, returning to the forest of trees and returning to their original living environment.
It is good here, but the lack of wind, frost, rain and dew is extremely detrimental to their long-term development.
Jiang Yuebai had bad intentions but did a good thing, which was considered to be helping them.
Yo yo!
The white deer cried anxiously, blocked the ones in the east, ran to the west, stepped on the ones in the north, and the one in the south jumped into the lake, trying to put out the fire everywhere, but to no avail.
Seeing that the situation was almost the same, Jiang Yuebai also pulled out his own roots and prepared to escape.
Seeing this, the two dragonfly fairies decisively chose to follow Jiang Yuebai and leave with her.
Yo!
The white deer suddenly jumped in front of Jiang Yuebai, stamped its hooves on the ground, and Jiang Yuebai was knocked over. The white deer looked at Jiang Yuebai aggrievedly, with a resentful look in its eyes, as if asking,
"Are you going to leave me too? Am I not good enough for you?"
There is a dragonfly demon in the deer's mouth.
"You also kidnapped my little dragonfly!"
The little dragonfly demon hugged Jiang Yuebai's leaf tightly in fear.
Jiang Yuebai climbed up and silently called out to the sacred tree in his heart, "Old man, do you want to watch me get eaten by it? I have something to ask you!"
She did have some things she wanted to ask the sacred tree before the sacrificial ceremony. In the forest, as long as any living creature called out to the sacred tree devoutly in their heart, the sacred tree would hear it.
Jiang Yuebai called out three times, and a gust of wind blew into the valley with the leaves of the sacred tree. The breeze wrapped around Jiang Yuebai, making her gradually disappear in front of the white deer like a phantom. No matter how the white deer cried, it could not stop her.
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In a hazy space, Jiang Yuebai found herself turned back into human form. She pushed away the green mist and walked forward, where she saw an old banyan tree. It was not as huge as the sacred tree of the demon clan, but its dense crown was within her reach.
A woman with dark circles under her eyes and a tired face was sitting cross-legged under a tree, dozing off gradually. Her green hair was a mess and a small red-feathered bird was living in its nest.
"You... You are the sacred tree?"
The woman was woken up, yawned and stretched with sleepy eyes, rubbed the tears from the corners of her eyes and said lazily: "This is my spiritual realm. I will appear in front of you in the same way as you think I look in your mind."
Jiang Yuebai nodded, "No wonder I feel like you are like my family's Grand Elder."
Jiang Yuebai didn't know what he was thinking about, but his eyes moved slightly and he stared at the woman.
"Huh?"
The woman lowered her head, and her body turned into a man, then an old man, a child, and then a cow, a horse, a human body, a snake tail, a tiger head and a snake tail...
“Stop, stop, stop!”
The woman waved her sleeves and turned back into the woman she was at the beginning.
"What's the matter? Tell me now. I'm so sleepy~~~~"
Jiang Yuebai looked up at the ancient banyan tree and asked, "Are you one with the banyan tree in the secret maze of Kong Fang City?"
The woman yawned continuously. "The old demon Gu Rong is a divine thought left behind when I was young. Other than that, it has nothing to do with me."
"Have you really existed since the beginning of the world?" Jiang Yuebai asked in surprise. It felt like the old monster Gurong had lived for a very long time.
The woman scratched her head and was pecked on her hand by the red-feathered bird above her head.
"Jianmu? One of the ten ancient sacred trees that can communicate with immortals and gods? Can you still communicate with immortals and gods now? Our Tianyan Sect has a patriarch named Lu Xingyun, who is said to have ascended to the immortal world. Can you find her and let me talk to her? I have a lot of questions..."
Huh~~
There was a snoring sound and the woman fell asleep with her head down.
Jiang Yuebai frowned, "Master Shenshu?"
"Ah? What did you say just now? Oh, yes, you are right. It makes a lot of sense. Keep going."
The woman yawned solemnly, her face covered by the wings of the little red-feathered bird, making it unbearable to look at.
Jiang Yuebai: … …
Forget it, let’s get down to business.
"Master Shenshu, can you tell me the origin of the white vine that the Ancient Banyan Demon Lord gave me?"
The woman yawned and tried hard to open her sleepy eyes to look at Jiang Yuebai carefully. As she looked, her eyes began to become blurry and sleepy.
"Master Shenshu!"
"Ah? Yes, yes, you are right, yes, no... huh..."
Jiang Yuebai sighed and asked Hongyu Xiaoque, "She sleeps all day long, who handles all the things outside?"
The little red-feathered bird chirped and covered its face with its hands, sobbing, and touched its chest with its other wing. Jiang Yuebai immediately understood its sadness and pain.
Jiang Yuebai walked over to the woman and sat down, moving his butt close to her ear and focusing his energy on her dantian.
"Master Divine Tree!!!"
"Ah?" The woman suddenly woke up, "What did you say just now? White vine? That is... it is a rootless vine, it is... huh..."
Jiang Yuebai was really impressed. His sleep quality was just as good as Xie Jingshan's when he was a child.
She looked at Hongyu Xiaoque again, "Master Que, do you know what the rootless vine is?"
The red-feathered little bird flapped its wings and sent a divine thought into Jiang Yuebai's brows. All the information about the rootless vine was contained in it.
Rootless vine, grows without roots, feeds on the power of stars, has a nature like water, can coexist with all plants, is useless by itself, after coexisting, it can use its own star power to strengthen the plants it coexists with...
After reading it, Jiang Yuebai suddenly realized. No wonder she was able to graft other spiritual plants onto the white vine so smoothly. It turned out that the white vine itself had the ability to accommodate various spiritual plants.
In addition, Jiang Yuebai also saw the rootless vine, which is said to be grown under the Star Tree, one of the ten sacred trees. It takes five hundred years to grow, five hundred years to bloom, and one thousand years to bear fruit.
The fruit contains the power of the origin of stars, which can prove the fruit of the Tao of the Stars.
It's a bit mysterious. It has bloomed with small star-shaped flowers before. Does that mean it has bloomed
Even if you calculate it, it will take another 1,500 years to bear fruit, which is too long.
Jiang Yuebai put aside his unrealistic thoughts. He still had some questions to ask, but the sacred tree could not be awakened.
The clear and misty air around is a more abundant life force than the white deer. Jiang Yuebai has been working as a herb for a long time and can faintly feel some natural rhythms, which is of great benefit to her understanding of nature.
"I will wait for Lord Shenshu to wake up before leaving. Lord Que, do you have any objection?"
Red Feathered Bird:
As he spoke, Jiang Yuebai sat cross-legged under the tree, using his mind to gradually transform back into the form of Yunzhi grass, inhaling and exhaling the clear and misty air around him to practice.
Perhaps, before the sacred ceremony begins next month, she will be able to transform into a demon.
At this moment, I'm afraid Shen Huaixi and the others have already arrived at the demon tribe. This sacrificial ceremony is very interesting!
There will be two updates of the main text today. I will write the extra chapter [Notes from the Southern Branches] next. If I can finish it today, I will post it in the evening. If not, I will post it tomorrow.
Also, I wish everyone a happy Women's Day~
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