Hua Ruxue is surrounded by piranha flowers in the center, and at the front are three level eight piranha flowers clearing the way.
The other monsters felt the pressure of the high-level monsters from a distance and ran away without a trace.
As soon as we entered the hilly forest, our field of vision suddenly broadened. The trees here were sparser than other places. There were many tree stumps on the ground. Some of the cuts had new branches and leaves, and some of the cuts had shallow circles.
The yellow growth rings are clearly visible.
The trees here are often cut down. I heard that Chang Yingyun's wooden box was made from the trunk of the tree demon. Could it be that after the trunk of the tree demon was used up, they started to experiment with other trees?
The silent late night, sparse vegetation, and almost no aura make this place particularly desolate.
A quarter of an hour later, the monster beasts that were originally entrenched in the land of Qiulin gave way, guarded on both sides, and lowered their heads when the hordes of piranhas arrived. This action symbolized surrender.
In the center of the hilly forest is a tree stump three feet in diameter. It seems to have experienced too much wind and rain. The huge tree stump in front of you has no dark brown skin, and its trunk glows with a deep light under the polishing of external forces.
The tree stump was cut off in the middle, without branches or leaves, and there was no grass growing within a mile around him. As soon as he appeared, he attracted all the attention of Hua Ruxue.
He looked particularly lonely and thin in the dark night, as if the cold wind in the early spring night could blow him down.
But he still stood firm, like a stubborn and stubborn old naughty boy.
Hua Ruxue guessed that he was the top tree demon that Su Zhi and others said died fourteen years ago.
The aura around the tree stump is very clean, and it has not been marked as territory by any monsters. From this point alone, you can see the status of the tree monster in the hearts of the monsters.
He has been dead for fourteen years, but he is still deeply respected by the monsters. It is difficult to imagine what the land of Qiulin must have been like fourteen years ago.
"We're here." The ninth-level piranha quickly came to the tree stump and said in a familiar tone: "Don't worry, the children are fine."
The night wind whistled by, like someone's response.
The piranha flowers stood around the tree stump, with their heads bowed slightly. The flowers above their heads bloomed one by one, with a pious attitude, as if they were performing some kind of grand ceremony.
"Follow me." The ninth-level piranha said through a message.
Hua Ruxue carefully followed the ninth-level piranha into the tree stump, and there was a cave inside the tree stump.
Hua Ruxue looked around in the dim light, and when she raised her head, she could see a bright moon hanging in the sky in the silent night. The tree roots as thick as the mouth of a bowl crisscrossed under her feet. These root systems were full of power, even though the tree demon had been dead for fourteen years.
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If the dryads were still alive, the land of the hills would be a different scene.
"The spirit of wood has been sleeping for fourteen years."
The ninth-level piranha stopped, and countless green threads stretched out from the flowers above her head. The green threads were wrapped around the dry roots of the tree. The roots seemed to have life, and they dispersed little by little, revealing that they were tightly wrapped by the roots.
s things.
A fist-sized crystal appeared in front of Hua Ruxue, crystal clear and shining with colorful light.
Hua Ruxue's eyes widened. The so-called spirit of wood turned out to be the crystallization of spiritual veins!
The thing that the tree demon used his last strength to protect was the crystal of spiritual veins!
The emergence of spiritual vein crystals means the exhaustion of one spiritual vein and the rebirth of another.
This kind of existence related to the safety of the monk world would appear in the Forest of No Return without anyone noticing, and in the territory of the top tree demon.
The aura of this spiritual vein crystal seems to have been covered by the formation, otherwise the entire Qiulin land would have been transformed into a holy land for cultivation, instead of the desolate and deserted appearance it has now.
The ninth-level piranha said with shame: "I failed to break through to the tenth level due to your entrustment. Since you and the tree demon left, no demon can use the wood spirit. As long as the wood spirit is awakened, the demons can be isolated."
The enchantment of Qi will cover the land of Qiulin."
The moment she saw the crystallization of the spiritual veins, Hua Ruxue guessed that there was most likely a large formation to isolate the evil energy here! If this formation could be activated, when the evil energy came, the monsters would hide in the formation.
You can avoid demonization!
The ninth-level piranha said that no demon can use the wood spirit anymore. This means that only after the tenth level demonic beast can activate the spiritual vein crystal with demonic power. Could it be said that the demonic power used by the tenth-level demonic beast is equivalent to the spiritual power?
The difference between spiritual power and demonic power lies in spiritual roots. Humans have spiritual roots but demons do not. The difference is a huge difference.
Take the spiritual vein crystal in front of you as an example. As the eye of the formation, it can only be activated with spiritual power.
"I promise you." Hua Ruxue agreed to their request without any hesitation.
At the same time, many doubts emerged in her mind:
Why do spiritual vein crystals appear here? Why is there a formation to isolate the evil energy here? What kind of existence is the tenth-level monster? Why did the piranha leave the land of Qiulin? Why did the powerful tree demon die?
All the fingers seemed to point to fourteen years ago, and Hua Ruxue couldn't help but ask: "What happened fourteen years ago?"
The ninth-level piranha shook his head slightly and said: "That day, I followed the instructions of the adults, concealed my aura and took the children out of the Qiulin land in advance."
It was also on that day that the news of the death of the Fox King came, the tree demon died, and the white fox clan was wiped out.
Hua Ruxue couldn't find anything, so she had to do things honestly. Activating the spiritual vein crystal was just a piece of cake for her with her spiritual roots, but for other monsters, it was more difficult than climbing to the sky.
Hua Ruxue stretched out her right hand with concentrated spiritual power, her palm slightly close to the spiritual vein crystal, and the mark of the nine-tailed fox on her hand appeared again.
She looked at the mark of the nine-tailed fox on her right hand, and could probably guess that the ice-blue flame that Xiao Shitou had found for her to use for body training was left by the Fox King. According to legend, the fox fire was as powerful as the fire of karma and could burn all things.
If the monks were told that there were spiritual vein crystals in the land of Qiulin, they would snatch the spiritual vein crystals at all costs. Therefore, even though the invasion of evil energy has become more and more serious in the past fourteen years, the ninth-level piranha has not dared to attack
The humans ask for help.
The ninth-level piranha, who was fortifying the human race, chose to believe in Hua Ruxue, who was among the human race, and asked her to help awaken the wood spirit and activate the formation to isolate the evil energy. It was precisely because the mark of the nine-tailed fox on her hand was still there.
There are ice blue flames.
When the mark of the nine-tailed fox appears, she will exude a hint of the fox king's aura.
Judging from the ninth-level piranha saying "Don't let the children down again", the little piranha probably didn't know that the fox king was dead, so he mistook her for the fox king.
For a long time, a steady stream of spiritual power was input into the spiritual veins and crystallized. Green silk threads flowed in the dry roots. They followed the roots that were deeply rooted in the soil and remained unchanged for fourteen years and flowed to the entire earth.
Flowers and young leaves grew on the cracked ground beside the tree stumps, and the dilapidated hilly land swept by monsters took on new life.
In a trance, there is a barrier that no one can detect shrouding the land of Qiulin.
In the process of transmitting spiritual power, Hua Ruxue discovered that this spiritual vein crystal was integrated with the root system of the tree demon. In other words, the entire formation to isolate the evil energy was based on the root system of the tree demon that spread throughout the hilly forest.
as basic.
The dryad did not regard the root system that was deep in the soil and difficult to attack as its key point, because even if the dryad died, its root system would still be there, because its root system was guarding more important things.
Isolating the evil energy and not being demonized is the hope of all monsters.
At this moment, Hua Ruxue felt ripples in her heart. She couldn't tell whether she was more moved or shocked.
If the tree demon knew that Su Yi had used his remaining body to make a demon protection bracelet, it would be willing to respond to the demon beasts' wish not to be demonized in another way.
After a long time, Hua Ruxue withdrew her hand, and countless roots tightly wrapped the spiritual vein crystal again.
"Good boy, thank you." The ninth-level piranha thanked her sincerely.
Hua Ruxue loosened her wrist and wanted to ask how long this spiritual vein crystal would last, but when she thought that it would be useless to ask, she stopped thinking.
Is it possible that in the future, she will guard a certain spiritual vein and steal it when it gives birth to crystals?
"You're welcome, I should go back."
The ninth-level piranha paused, as if she didn't expect that Hua Ruxue would leave soon. She hesitated for a moment and tentatively said: "It's very safe here now."
With level nine piranhas guarding it and a formation to isolate the evil energy, it is naturally safe.
These words seemed to be trying to persuade her to stay. Hua Ruxue lowered her head and remained silent, somewhat unclear about Piranha's intentions.
"You have helped our clan, and you are our clan's benefactor. You will always be welcome here no matter what time."
Hua Ruxue did not refuse directly. She could feel Piranha's straightforward kindness, which is a kind of kindness that will accept you no matter what your identity is.
Now she still has something she wants to do. After helping Su Yi find the answer, it seems like a good thing to stay away from the human race, where everyone has eight hundred minds, and become a fox demon mixed in the sea of piranha flowers.
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Thinking of this, she even looked forward to the day when she would come back here again.
When leaving, the little piranha flowers reluctantly waved their leaves and asked with a cry: "Will the adults come back?"
"Sir! This is a stone that I have collected for a long time. You will definitely like it!"
"And mine! This is my first tooth!"
In the warm embrace of the piranha, Hua Ruxue had to accept a bunch of teeth, stones, fruits and some other things that she couldn't tell what they were.
Among them were several piranha flowers that had been beaten by Hua Ruxue. The smallest one raised its slightly red and swollen mouth and said seriously: "When you come back next time, sir, I will definitely be even more powerful than now!"
"I have memorized the smell of you, and I will definitely be the first to recognize you next time we meet! Although the scent of the fox has been hidden, there is no trace of demonic power, and it is also mixed with many human scents, which is very difficult to remember.
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Hua Ruxue reached out and touched the swollen cheek of the Piranha with distress. If she had known that the little Piranha would mistake her for the Fox King and treat her so well, she would have used more force when attacking!
Finally, the ninth-level piranha presented a piece of black wood. The pattern of the black wood was very similar to the tree stump in front of it. It looked like the center of the dryad's trunk, the heart of the wood, which was also the key point of the dryad.
"This is the most complete piece and cannot be damaged by mortal power."
Hua Ruxue pondered the meaning behind her words. Did she want her to keep them for self-defense?
She took Mu Xin and suddenly remembered that there was a piece "Ya Qin" in "Wu Zi Jue", and she needed to make a homemade Qin and play the song "Wish the East Wind".
Just like the original "Hundred Flowers Tea", it didn't look very serious, because "Ya Qin" was not a compulsory auxiliary skill, so she did not plan to collect materials to make Ya Qin.
Now that the top-quality materials for making the piano body are being delivered to her doorstep, Hua Ruxue will naturally not refuse.
Looking at Hua Ruxue's retreating back, a little piranha asked: "The fox demon seems to have forgotten us. Is it because we failed to protect the fox king?"
"Master Dryad once said that the Wood Spirit will last another hundred years at most. Grandma, when can we enter Guanyun City? Will the human race really accept us?"
The ninth-level piranha covered up her gloomy expression and patiently replied: "Yes."
Hearing this, the little piranha flowers seemed to have taken a reassurance, shouting, "We must practice quickly and become level seven monsters as soon as possible, so that they will not be demonized and no longer need the protection of the wood spirit."
"Maybe we can be like the Fox King and the Fox Demon, possessing human forms and freely entering and exiting Guanyun City!"