One person, two ghosts.

The body was wrapped in branches and hung in the air.

The old tree spirit was not interested in Weihe and the Red Devil King, looked at Du Yun and said, "Boy, if you want to live, stay and burn the old man with fire every day." ”

Du Yun is in the mood to scold his mother, this is a neurotic tree.

However, after calming down, Du Yun knew that the old tree spirit needed to be burned, because under the inferno fire, it could burn off the debris and turbidity accumulated in its body for hundreds of years.

"If you let me burn it, I'll burn it, then I don't have any face. ”

As the words fell, Du Yun felt the branches wrapped around him and began to tighten.

"Do you want to save face, or do you want to die?"

Du Yun's waist was about to be broken, and he hurriedly shouted: "If I die, no one will burn you." ”

"That's right!"

The old tree pondered for a moment, and then, the branches loosened, and Du Yun took a long breath of air.

"However, if you don't want to burn me, what's the use of keeping you alive?" the old dryad's head rounded the corner, and the branches tightened Du Yun again.

As an upright human being, he was tortured to death by a tree. Du Yun secretly vowed that sooner or later, he would cut off the bark of this old tree piece by piece, and dig out the pith of the tree and squeeze it into juice to drink.

"Old tree, let's make a deal. ”

"What deal?"

"I will take you out, and I will burn you with hellfire from now on, and you will give me some of the marrow. ”

The old tree spirit refused without thinking about it: "If I could go out, the old man would have gone out a long time ago, and I still need you to take it." ”

Du Yun remembered the conversation with the Red Devil King before, according to the Red Devil King's meaning, the spirits trapped here could not get out, otherwise they would be punished by the Heavenly Dao.

However, the old dryads are not spirits, but living creatures.

"You can't get out either?" Du Yun asked.

The old tree spirit said: "The old man is a peach tree in the heavenly palace, and later he gave birth to spiritual wisdom, and he was punished by the emperor for stealing a peach. The Emperor of Heaven was going to behead me to death, but I escaped from the Heavenly Realm and hid in Tibet, and finally hid here. ”

In other words, this is my refuge, and I will not go out to seek death. ”

Du Yun's expression was very exciting.

The peach tree became a fine, and then stole a peach that grew by itself, and was punished by the Emperor of Heaven.

"You are the peach tree in the Heavenly Palace? I was the Heavenly General who guarded the Heavenly Palace. Wei He's tone was a little excited, and he felt like a fellow villager meeting a fellow countryman.

The old tree spirit didn't show any excitement at all, and looked at Weihe lightly and said, "It's my business." ”

Weihe: "......"

The old tree spirit looked at Du Yun again: "Are you willing to stay and burn me with hellfire every day?" If not, I will solve you as soon as possible." ”

"In other words, you can actually leave here, but you are afraid of being punished by the Heavenly Dao, so you hide here and don't go out. Du Yun answered the question.

The old tree spirit was a little impatient: "Don't talk nonsense, as soon as I go out, I will be killed by thunder, you are looking forward to my death." ”

"What if there is a Celestial Stone?"

The old tree's spiritual complexion changed greatly, and he stared at Du Yun with burning eyes, as if staring at the peach that it had stolen and eaten back then: "Do you have a Tianji Stone?"

"Of course there is, but outside, if you agree to my conditions just now, I can give you the Heavenly Machine Stone. ”

The Heavenly Machine Stone is a rare gemstone that can cover up the qi and even get rid of the shackles of the Heavenly Dao. However, compared to the marrow, Du Yun still told the secret of the Heavenly Machine Stone, because at the moment, Du Yun didn't need the Heavenly Machine Stone, but the pith was a good product for cultivation and improvement.

"You'd better not lie to the old man, otherwise the old man will haunt you. The old tree spirit said with a serious face.

"What's the point of me lying to you, to put it bluntly, if we cooperate, it will be mutually beneficial and win-win. I will use the hellfire to help you burn the clutter and turbidity accumulated in your body, and you will contribute some marrow to help me break through my cultivation. ”

"Besides, you definitely don't want to stay here, if you go out, you can feel the qi of heaven and earth, enjoy the essence of the sun and the moon, and even become the king of trees in the world......"

Du Yun began to flicker.

Eventually, an agreement was reached.

As long as Du Yun can hide the breath of the old tree spirit Tianji Stone, and often uses the hellfire to help the old tree spirit burn his body, the old tree spirit will voluntarily contribute the marrow to Du Yun.

Thus, the team of three became four.

To be more precise, it is one person, two ghosts and an old tree.

"My lord, there is the breath of a living man ahead. The Red Devil said.

Du Yun looked over there, and sure enough, there was a group of people walking in the gray, so he quickened his pace and chased after him.

There were four people in total, three men and one woman.

Wearing practice clothes and carrying weapons such as swords, he looks like a martial monk.

When Du Yun appeared, the four of them immediately made a defensive posture, with a vigilant look on their faces.

"It's not good for the king team, there are ghosts again. One of the women exclaimed.

The man who led the team was in his early fifties, and he was the strongest of the four in the middle stage of True Spirit cultivation. However, this kind of cultivation is definitely the lowest level of existence placed here.

"Don't be afraid, I'm also a human monk. Du Yun identified himself.

The four of them breathed a sigh of relief, and then showed a look of surprise. You must know that since they entered this gray land, they have been encountering powerful demons and monsters, and the original team of eight people is now only four people left.

Now that I can meet a human monk here, it feels like meeting a fellow countryman abroad.

"Huh, this fellow Daoist, how do you get along with the three aliens?" Team Wang looked behind Du Yun suspiciously.

The three old treants are known as outliers and show dissatisfaction.

Du Yun smiled and said, "These three are my friends, and they won't hurt you." ”

Team Wang raised his eyebrows: "The aliens here are extremely ferocious, treating humans as ants, this young man should not be fooled by their appearance, if you are not careful, you will lose your life." ”

"Stinky boy, you are endless? Who is extremely cruel? I have lived for hundreds of years, and I have eaten a peach, and the old man gave birth to it himself. ”

The old tree spirit was the first to stand up and express his displeasure.

Wei He also spoke: "I use the head of the item to vouch, I am heartfelt to the adults." ”

The four members of the Wang team looked at Weihe's empty head, and they were speechless.

"Which department are you from?" asked Du Yun.

The woman in the team spoke: "We are from the Tangshan Spiritual Branch, after the Tangshan Ground Split, there were many abnormal phenomena, and then we formed a team to come to the Earth Crack to find out, but we fell here, encountered many crises, and four companions have been sacrificed." ”

As she spoke, the woman's expression became heavy.

Du Yun nodded: "Thank you for your hard work! This underground is too dangerous, with your strength, you can only die in vain when you come here, you had better leave as soon as possible." ”

"We want to avenge our dead comrades. ”

"Revenge?"

"That's right! The evil ghost who killed the four comrades is hiding in a black lake, and we are now lost, but as long as we find the black lake, we can find the evil ghost, and then avenge the dead comrades. The king's eyes were full of determination.

"Even if you find the Black Lake, are you sure you'll be able to kill that demon?"

Team Wang raised his eyebrows: "That evil ghost is very powerful, even if the four of us join forces, we may not be able to kill it, but we must avenge this revenge, otherwise we will not have the face to get out alive." ”

For the spirit of the four members of the Wang team, Du Yun appreciated it very much. But this kind of death-sending behavior, Du Yun is not optimistic.

"Well, get out of here first, and I'll take revenge on you. Du Yun said.

The four of them were stunned.

Afterwards, Team Wang looked at Du Yun and said, "Young man, we appreciate your kindness, but this is our business, how can we pull you into the water." Besides, that evil ghost is powerful, and the young man is young, so he is definitely not his opponent. ”

Du Yun smiled: "I forgot to introduce myself, I am Du Yun from the General Bureau of Spiritual Wonders in the capital." ”

"What? You're the White Dragon Senior?"

"Wang Chao, the leader of the Tangshan Supernatural Bureau, has seen the Bailong senior. ”

"Senior, I beg you to lead us in search of the Black Lake and avenge the dead brethren. ”

After learning Du Yun's identity, Wang Chao's eyes lit up with hope.

Du Yun waved his hand and said, "Don't say it, if you really treat me as a senior, then leave here quickly, and if you meet other monks on the way, take them and leave together." ”

"As for revenge, I'll do it for you. ”

"This place is very dangerous, and entering this place under the Holy Spirit is completely sending death. ”

Earlier, Wang Chao and the four of them didn't take Du Yun's advice seriously, but at this time, Du Yun's words worked like a holy decree.

After much thanks, the four of them left.

Du Yun looked at the old tree spirit and said, "Do you know where there is a black lake near here?"

The old tree's expression was slightly solemn: "The old man does know a place, but it is too dangerous there, I am afraid that you will not be able to come out after you go in, who will give me the Tianji Stone to cover up the breath at that time?"

"What's so powerful in the Black Lake?" Du Yun asked.

"Once I went out for a walk and came across the Black Lake, which took the initiative to attack me, and when the black water touched my tree, it seemed to have a pull to lead you into the endless abyss. Fortunately, I had already mastered the power of the earth, and I had pushed the roots of the tree deep into the earth, so I was not pulled into the black lake. ”

"I don't know what the hell is hidden in that black lake. ”

Du Yun finally decided to go to the Black Lake to have a look, and if he really couldn't beat it, he just had to escape.

The old tree spirit was familiar with this area, and walked in front to lead the way, and after about an hour, a black lake appeared in front of him.

The area of the lake is small, the size of an ordinary swimming pool, and the depth of the lake is not visible because the water surface is as black as ink.

The old tree spirit walked to a place fifty meters away from the black lake and stopped, and said in a solemn tone: "The front is the black lake you are looking for, the old man still advises you not to approach, this black lake is very evil, like a black hole, sucking everything." ”

Du Yun stood in the distance and felt it, and found nothing abnormal.

So he rushed with a flying sword, his body suspended above the black lake.