It's snowing again. The Sword Master walked out of the tent, frowning at the crystalline snowflakes that had fallen on his bare head, whispering something.

Like him, in addition to his jackal adoptive parents who pretended to sleep in the house, there were Qi Tianci and Viren. Lei Xi was very uncomfortable with the new environment, so Viren first went to Lei Xi's camp, used his magic to decorate the black tent with some starlight, and then softly sang a lullaby that Qi Tianci sang to Hill from outside Qi Tianci and Hill's room to Lei Xi lying on the felt:

"Sitting in the room looking out the window

The wind outside the window seemed to come to life

The melody of a person talking to himself

A lullaby for one day after another

A person's heart is invisible at night

You who keep sighing and withering

How can a person cry be forgotten

Keep reminding yourself of your wandering

Who was chanting the incantation in my ear

Repeating the unbearable past

Who can take me out of this dream?

Who awakens my paralyzed heart that has fallen into deep sleep

You who keep sighing and withering

Keep reminding yourself of your wandering

Sitting outside the window of my room, it was raining

Listening to the song, I slowly closed my eyes."

I don't know why, although in fact, Viren himself doesn't know what this lullaby means, but he thinks it's very good. And what he found useful was that it was late at night when he passed by Qi Tianci's house, and it was morning when he got up again. It turned out that after listening to this lullaby, Viren, who was still in good spirits, immediately fell asleep! And he slept outside the door of Qi Tianci and Hill's house! If it weren't for Qi Tianci who opened the door in the morning and found Viren lying next to the window and woke up with a very simple kick, I'm afraid Viren would have slept until the night of the same day!

Well, sure enough, this lullaby worked. Because when Viren was halfway through the song, Lei Xi quietly fell asleep. What warms Viren's heart is that even though Lei Xi is asleep, there is still a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth, which looks very cute. This made Viren have an urge to kiss the corners of Lei Xi's mouth, and he slowly put his lips close to the corners of Lei Xi's mouth, but unfortunately, at this critical moment, Wei Lun suddenly felt his eyelids heavily, and his body unconsciously leaned in the direction of Lei Xi.

Well, this is not good, if he gets closer, then he will definitely press on Lei Xi's body. It was not easy for Lei Xi to fall asleep because he was unfamiliar with the environment, and he didn't want to wake Lei Xi up like this. Fortunately, at this critical moment, Viren immediately supported Lei Xi's bedside, then quickly stood up and quietly opened the door and ran out of the door, and then softly recited a few obscure spells, and a water balloon the size of a head fell on his head, making Viren suddenly become much more sober. When he was done, Viren exhaled lightly, but fortunately, he didn't wake him up.

"You, what are you doing?" Wei Lun didn't know, his every move was all seen by the War Sword Saint and Qi Tianci who were pressing the road nearby, seeing this scene, Qi Tianci felt very coke, pointed at Wei Lun and smiled: "Hey boy, if you want to take a bath, such a little bit of water is definitely not enough." I don't know anything like magic, but I can throw you into a nearby lake. ”

After knowing that his ugliness was clearly visible to this orc human, Viren smiled awkwardly and tried to prevaricate the topic: "Why did you run out so late?

"Adultery?" The War Sword Master was stunned, how could an orc and a human have adultery?" "According to you humans, we should all be males, and we should be men, how can we have any adultery?"

However, Qi Tianci reacted immediately, with a teachable expression, and said slowly in a long tone: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I thought that only people like me could make such a joke casually, but I didn't expect that Wei Lun, you, an upright magician with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would actually do such a trivial thing!"

"I didn't learn it from you. Viren muttered softly, "However, your environment here is indeed a little different from that in the south, that is... “

"It's just a little barren. The War Sword Master smiled indifferently: "Because the closer you are to the north, the harsher the environment, no matter what kind of creature it is, if you want to survive here, then you must have tenacity and endurance beyond ordinary people." Unfortunately, many plants and animals do not live here for long. So apart from us and some things that are so tenacious that they don't talk about it, there's nothing else beautiful here. After all, in your words, the more beautiful something is, the more delicate it is. Then, the War Sword Master pointed to a towering giant tree not far away, and said to the two, "This tree is called the Ten Thousand Food Tree by the Jackals, do you know what this means?"

Qi Tianci and Wei Lun's eyes looked at each other for a moment, and then they both shook their heads. Qi Tianci also went to the bottom of the giant tree to take a look. Well, yes, this giant tree is different from the plants Qi Tianci has ever seen, this tree is all the color of pitch black, at first Qi Tianci didn't care about it, until he broke a piece of bark and found that black was the original color of this giant tree. And for some unknown reason, the branches of this tree grow very tall, and the distance between the branches is relatively far apart. Even stranger were the leaves, each of which was about the size of a child, but there were at most seven or eight leaves growing on a branch. "Uncle, what's going on? Why have I never seen this tree?"

"Of course you haven't seen it. The War Sword Saint laughed, this is a specialty of our orc clan tribe, and there should be some such Ten Thousand Food Trees in the Luohan Empire. But I can say with great certainty that this tree is definitely the tallest of all the trees, and it has the longest lifespan. It is said that this tree has existed tens of thousands of years ago, and according to legend, in ancient times, those who wanted to become gods could use this tree of food as a medium to communicate with the true gods. ”

"Cut, God, how is that possible. If there were a god, I wouldn't be at this time. Qi Tianci complained softly, but he didn't let the War Sword Saint and Qi Tianci hear it, and then said to the War Sword Saint: "Then I guess this kind of thing has never succeeded." “

"Of course it won't succeed, and using a tree as a medium can connect everything with God? How is that possible? Not only that, but they also pay a terrible price for their choice. Now, if you're smart, you should know why such a giant tree is called the Tree of Ten Thousand Foods. “

"yes, I think I already know. Viren nodded: "If my guess is correct, then such a number should be fed on mortal things." “

The War Sword Master also gave a thumbs up to Viren like a child: "Yes, boy, even I didn't know why this tree was called the Ten Thousand Food Tree before, but you only listened to me for a while to know what I meant, and I have to say that your understanding is really very high." You're right, such a tree feeds on all things. You know, in our place, the climate and landform are very harsh, and ordinary things can't survive in such an environment. But they do, you know? In order to survive, to get more sunlight, the trees start to sprout and grow, and they don't stop growing even before they die. The reason why their leaves are so large and so far apart is to prevent internal competition. In fact, I think that such a tree is like a civilization, if it has too much contact, it will lead to civil strife, and if it stops developing, it will perish. In addition, the reason why they are black is because these strange things don't just feed by absorbing sunlight, after all, the farther north they go, the less sunlight these strange things can absorb, not to mention the harsh winters that barely see the light of day, such as now. “

As if he had said too much in one breath, the War Sword Saint coughed here, and after staring at the giant tree with awe, the War Sword Master continued: "So, in the long process of evolution, there is gradually a new way of survival, that is, predation. “

"Oh my mom, isn't this the same as those man-eating flowers?" Qi Tianci took a cold breath: "In our time, man-eating flowers also did this, but they only exist in legends, and real man-eating flowers actually feed on small insects. “

"Little insects, no, no, that's not the same as the man-eating flower you said. These things, eat anything, whether you are a human, an orc, an elf, a dwarf, or any other animal, as soon as you get closer, they will emit a strange fragrance that can slowly attract the target to its vicinity, and then stretch out the roots buried deep in the ground to bind you up and absorb your juice. In addition, even plants can't escape, and if they get close enough, these things will use their roots to slowly devour each other's roots. “

"Tree roots?" Qi Tianci raised his foot suspiciously, it turned out that it was on his foot, and it had been entangled by a strange thing. "That's what you're talking about?"

"Yes, yes, I didn't expect you to be so lucky. “

"What a fart. Qi Tianci angrily tore off the root of the tree wrapped around his leg, and then jumped out of the range of the tree. The Sword Master complained to War, "This thing is really hard to deal with, and it took me some effort to tear off the roots. I said, uncle, do you want me to die, so you deliberately framed me?"

"Hehehe, how is it possible?" the War Sword Saint waved his hand again and again: "If you can't even get rid of such a tree root, then you are not Qi Tianci." In fact, this is also the weakness of this Ten Thousand Food Tree, that is, although they can use their roots to attack the target quietly, their roots are still very fragile. And like all plants, these trees are also very afraid of fire. If you burn them on fire, they will even let out a terrible howl. At first, the trees are naturally green, but the more prey they eat, the darker they become. And if you look at this Ten Thousand Food Tree, their leaves are already pure black color. This shows how many living creatures must have died under this tree. But don't worry, since knowing their weaknesses, very few orcs and humans have become food. “

"Oh, that's what it looks like. Qi Tianci suddenly realized, and asked with interest: "Uncle, how many things like this are there in your country?"

The War Sword Saint smiled weirdly: "You really want to know?"

"Of course, people like me are born adventurous. “

"Then you've come to the right place, we have a lot of such things here, although not like the cold two-headed dragons that pop up like the Zemo Swamp, but there are also some extremely powerful monsters. “

Qi Tianci subconsciously slapped his face, and said excitedly: "Yes, buddy, I like this!"

Wei Lun, who knew Qi Tianci's character best, could only smile bitterly: "Are you here this time to help Uncle Sword Saint or are you just taking risks?" “

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After a night's rest, the group set out the next day near noon. Until they set off, the house of the adoptive parents of the War Sword Saint had not been opened, and the somewhat curious Viren wanted to ask the reason, but when he looked at the two pairs of eyes full of concern in the house, he immediately understood. He quietly grabbed Lei Xi's hand and sighed, "It's good that someone cares." “

"Hmm. Lei Xi nodded softly, she didn't have so many problems, but she felt very warm to be able to walk with Viren holding hands. However, it was not that the War Sword Master did nothing, just when the sky was just dawning, the War Sword Master quietly left two sets of dragon skin inner armor used by soldiers at the door of his adoptive parents' house. Now that he is a little unfamiliar with the orc clan and tribe, he doesn't want his relatives to have any problems at this time. Qi Tianci saw this scene in his eyes, but he didn't say anything. Because although these dragon skin inner armor are still extremely scarce, but the other party is the relative of his friend, then he is also his own relative.

"Where's the next target?"

The War Sword Saint rode on top of the wolf and replied with his head held high, "The next target, we will go to the Leopard Terran." These people are loners, relatively easier to deal with, in fact, closer to here is the home of me and these little cubs, but I don't want to distract them, wait until we finish our mission, and then go home!"