Summary of the previous chapter: After touching the strange tree, Tai Sui rushed out first, and Ma Xiaoquan summoned the flame girl Xiao Shuang. Who would have thought that these two unrelated things would actually merge?
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment, nodded and said to Li Qinghan: "Qinghan, I probably haven't told you how I got this strange Tai Sui, right?"
Li Qinghan hummed.
"I found this Tai Sui in a dry well in the town where we once stayed... Well, perhaps I should say, it took the initiative to find me..."
Li Qinghan was not surprised, but asked calmly: "So...why did Tai Sui and Xiao Shuang..."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Maybe they have reached some kind of agreement, well, it should be"
"Agreement? What agreement?"
"It should be...well, an agreement like fusion..." Ma Xiaoquan nodded.
"Fusion? What is fusion?"
Ma Xiaoquan frowned, feeling troubled.
If Li Qinghan was a modern person, perhaps the word "fusion" would be better, but this is the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty did not invent this word at all. Even if Ma Xiaoquan wanted to explain, I am afraid Li Qinghan would not be able to explain it for a while.
clear.
"Qinghan, look at Xiaoshuang." Ma Xiaoquan pointed to Xiaoshuang floating in the air, "Look at its flaming body."
Li Qinghan raised his head and looked into the air, and was surprised to find that inside Xiaoshuang's flame body, there was originally just a palm-sized spot, but now it had spread, and dots of black flares filled its entire flame body.
"Ma Xiaoquan, this is..."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Sure enough, my guess is correct. The two of them are indeed trying to fuse, but... why didn't they fuse earlier and later, and why did they choose now?"
Ma Xiaoquan stretched out his hand and knocked on the tree trunk, making a bang bang bang sound. Suddenly, the originally motionless bark stretched again and hooked his arm again.
This time, Ma Xiaoquan clearly felt the pulling force, and he subconsciously took a step back. Unexpectedly, the bark clicked twice and quickly wrapped his entire arm.
The two guards of the "first generation head of the family" were startled, rushed over and grabbed Ma Xiaoquan's other arm.
"You don't need to panic or pull me, I seem to feel this tree calling me." Ma Xiaoquan stopped him.
The two guards did not dare to disobey Ma Xiaoquan's order, so they had no choice but to let go of their hands obediently. As soon as they let go, the bark suddenly seemed to expand, open, and then close together, completely wrapping Ma Xiaoquan inside.
"Ma Xiaoquan" Even though Ma Xiaoquan had just emphasized that there was no problem, Li Qinghan still screamed when this scene happened.
The bark of the tree squirmed several times like a person's big mouth, as if chewing food. Then, a "gurgling" sound was heard, and then, the originally bulging bark gradually calmed down.
"Ma Xiaoquan" Li Qinghan was completely anxious this time. If she was pretending to be calm just now, she no longer had any composure at this moment.
Rushing to the tree, Li Qinghan clawed and hit the trunk desperately, and even bit it with her teeth from time to time. After a while, blood oozed from her hands and mouth.
Seeing this, the two guards of "Young Mistress" grabbed Li Qinghan.
They knew Li Qinghan's identity, so they didn't dare to neglect it, but... why would Li Qinghan be with the first-generation head of the family, and also talk about the man I like...
If there was enough time, the two guards would definitely ask more questions. At this moment, the first-generation head of the family had been "eaten" by that strange tree. No matter what, the first-generation head of the family must be rescued first.
At this moment... a human hand suddenly stretched out from the tree trunk. This human hand was rough and wrinkled, like a mummy.
When Li Qinghan saw this, he was startled at first, then bravely stretched out his hands and grabbed the wrinkled hand.
"Young Mistress..." The two guards were startled. Unknown to others, they had seen this mummy-like hand several times. Once upon a time, when this dry hand came out, it would always...
Take the lives of those standing around the tree.
The two guards looked at each other and backed away in fear.
Li Qinghan desperately pulled the wrinkled hand, as if to tear it out, and the hand seemed to show no weakness, and started a strength competition with Li Qinghan.
After all, Li Qinghan was born as a girl and her strength was relatively weak. After more than a dozen breaths, Li Qinghan felt a little weak. At this time, the big wrinkled hand suddenly turned and grabbed Li Qinghan's waist. Before she could make a move,
In response, the hand pulled hard and pulled her to the side of the big tree.
"Young Mistress" The two guards looked at Big Hand in horror. Apart from shouting, they seemed to have no intention of helping.
After "Gulu" made a big move, a crack suddenly opened in the originally flat bark. The crack became bigger and bigger until it completely enveloped Li Qinghan.
In this way, Li Qinghan and Ma Xiaoquan were swallowed by the big tree. No one knew whether they were dead or alive.
"What...what should I do?" one guard asked the other.
"What else can we do? Let's go back and report to the head of the family. This matter is no longer something you and I can solve."
"What should I do if the main thing is to ask?"
"Asking? That's easy. Just say that we want to save him, but it's too late."
"Well, okay"
...
The two guards left the secret place. While leaving, they did not forget to clean up the secret place. As for the life and death of Ma Xiaoquan and Li Qinghan, they did not know and did not want to know anymore.
...
"I...where am I?"
Li Qinghan rubbed his temples. He was pulled close to the big tree by the big wrinkled hand and was wrapped in the bark. Li Qinghan thought he would die, but who would have thought that after the darkness in front of him, it became brighter, and
, the space in front of you seems to be very open.
"Qinghan? Why are you here too?"
Li Qinghan was stunned for a moment, turned around and saw that it was Ma Xiaoquan.
"Ma Xiaoquan" Li Qinghan burst into tears and threw herself into the other person's arms.
Ma Xiaoquan gently stroked Li Qinghan's hair, shook his head and said, "I don't know where this is. By the way, where are Xiaoshuang and Tai Sui? Have you seen them?"
Li Qinghan raised his head and shook it gently twice: "When I was swallowed by the bark, they were still above the treetops..."