One night, it was like a century for Ji Chen, and he wanted to die like this, because he didn't dare to raise his head or put down Qinqing.

The rainstorm had stopped imperceptibly, and as the sun rose over the distant horizon and the dawn of dawn illuminated the earth, everything seemed so vibrant after the rainstorm.

Only Ji Chen was on the top of the cliff, enduring the darkness and grief under the sun.

Ji Chen piled up a dirt bag in the bamboo forest behind the bamboo house, and this was the third dirt bag he had piled up here.

Those who are buried still have a place to go after death, and those who do not even have corpses can only become lonely ghosts. Ji Chen looked at the dirt bag in front of him, thinking of Zhang Yue and Zhang Lan, as well as Li Xue, Brother Kun and Grandpa Zhang.

The people he loved, the people who loved him, all became dead souls, and he was left alone to live, which seemed to be what he had always wanted, but half of it didn't.

"Your destiny is destined to make you a storm in this world, the road of the strong is your indisobedient destination, you had better take the initiative to become stronger, otherwise, this world will also make you stronger, but in that case, you will lose a lot of what you don't want to lose. ”

Ji Chen's mind suddenly remembered the words when Chi Li left.

Is this really the case? Is there really such a thing as a so-called fate? Is the death of the people around me one after another the retribution for my survival? Ji Chen asked in his heart.

"Teenager. Suddenly, a voice from nowhere sounded in Ji Chen's ears.

"Who?" Ji Chen raised his head vigilantly and looked around.

"Do you want to be stronger, boy?" the voice said again.

"Who's talking!"

"Here. Go ahead of you. The voice said.

Ji Chen frowned, a little afraid and a little curious in his heart. He walked slowly forward as the voice spoke, step by step.

"Here. ”

When Ji Chen walked to a valley, he finally found the source of the sound.

It was not a human being who spoke, but a small sapling that was less than half a human being!

"Are you talking?!" Ji Chen bent down and asked.

"Of course. The sapling shook the crown and replied.

"What were you talking about just now?" asked Ji Chen.

"Do you want to be stronger?" said the sapling.

"Do you have a way?"

"Of course. ”

"Haha!" Ji Chen sneered in disbelief, "Just a little sapling like you, even if you become a sperm, I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect yourself in this world." ”

"Hahaha, the old man has been cultivating for tens of thousands of years, and for the first time he was called a little sapling. The sapling shook its body again.

"Tens of thousands of years, who are you fooling? Tens of thousands of years old monsters look like this?" Ji Chen said disdainfully.

"Give me a drop of your blood, and I'll show you my true face!"

Hearing this, Ji Chen instantly put away his laziness, and he didn't know if he would have any thoughts about himself when he made such a special request, he asked vigilantly: "What do you want my blood for?"

"Give me a drop of blood, and I can pull you into my spiritual world so you can see my true colors. ”

When Ji Chen heard this, he was still a little hesitant.

"It's a hassle to communicate with a junior like you!If you want to get stronger, do as I say!" the voice said impatiently.

"How do you know I want to be stronger?" asked Ji Chen.

"Homes are destroyed, elders are killed, loved ones are raped to death, and you are not only incapable of protecting them, but you also have no ability to take revenge. Even so, don't you want to be strong?"

"How do you know!?"

"Of course I know that a radius of thousands of miles is within my control. ”

Ji Chen was shocked, so powerful?!

"Stop talking nonsense, give me a drop of your blood first!" the voice added.

After thinking for a while, Ji Chen put his right index finger in his mouth and bit it, squeezing out a drop of blood and dripping it on the sapling.

Then Ji Chen only felt a slight trance, and then everything was the same.

"Nothing out of the ordinary?" asked Ji Chen.

"This is already my spiritual world, boy, take two steps back!" the sapling said.

When Ji Chen heard this, he hurriedly took two steps back.

"Look!"

Then Ji Chen saw that the sapling, which was originally less than half a person, began to grow wildly, and Ji Chen hurriedly retreated, only to find that the tree was still getting bigger.

When Ji Chen found that the sky suddenly darkened as he ran, and when he realized that there was no movement behind him, he turned around and found that there was only an boundless brown wooden wall behind him.

Ji Chen took two more steps back, looked up, and found that this was not a wooden wall at all, but the trunk of this tree, and when he looked up, he could only see a layer of black canopy on the sky!

What a big tree this is, from Ji Chen's perspective, he can only observe less than one-tenth of it.

"Boy, I am the Ancient Ink Vine Demon Venerable, now I ask you again, do you want to become stronger?" asked the Ink Vine Demon Venerable.

"Up, Ancient Demon Venerable?!" Ji Chen was a little incoherent, "Can you help me?"

"Of course!"

"What do you want me to do?" Ji Chen asked tentatively.

"It's easy, just trade something from you for me. ”

"What is it?" Ji Chen frowned, it was indeed conditional.

"Your heart. A branch stretched out from the tree and pointed to Ji Chen's heart.

Ji Chen's heart sank, and he secretly said that he had annoyed ** again!

"Without a heart, how can I live?!Are you going to kill me?" Ji Chen said coldly.

"No, no, no, to tell you the truth, I was born in Hongmeng, from the earth, and if the world is not destroyed, I will not die or die. For tens of thousands of years, I've loved only one thing, and that's collecting. I want to make a deal with you, just promise to give me your heart, and I can make you immortal. How about a 10,000-year-old tree core? It can make your life source qi reach its peak, as long as you don't meet the Star Venerable powerhouse, you will be immortal. ”

"There is such a thing, why do you fall in love with my heart?" Ji Chen stroked his hand to his chest.

"Hehe, I have lived for tens of thousands of years, and I have never seen such a pure heart, the kind of heart that has gone through thousands of years of vicissitudes, and can be so perfect and innocent after the world's blood, it is simply the best in the collection!" said the Moteng Demon Venerable, his tone becoming more and more fanatical.

"Are you mistaken, I'm just an ordinary person who has lived in his twenties. ”

"Hmph, ordinary people? Maybe you are indeed an ordinary person outside, but here, you are the Destiny One, and you are no longer ordinary in this identity. Besides, I saw that phantom last night, the momentum that made all things surrender, the flame that incinerated space, I'm afraid even you don't know, I guess, you must be the reincarnation of some great person. The Moteng Demon Venerable said slowly to Ji Chen.

Last night, Ji Chen lowered his head and thought in his heart, could it be that person in the void space? If it was reincarnation, could it really be the reincarnation of the Nine Heavens Xuansheng that Immortal Nangong Nian said?

"No, I can't promise you. Ji Chen said without raising his head.

"Why? I exchanged my Guardian Immortal Vine with you, and with it, you can easily become the overlord of this immeasurable realm in the future. ”

"No ......"

"Why!" Mo Teng Demon Venerable said excitedly, "I will divide my wood essence blood to you, this is the supreme essence blood that I have cultivated for ten thousand years, and if you merge it into your body, you will have wood attributes and some of my abilities, and with him, your future will be limitless......"

"Don't say it, I won't agree, what's the point of living without a heart? I will become stronger, but I want to become stronger step by step. Ji Chen raised his head and looked at the Moteng Demon Venerable with blazing eyes.

...

"Ha, hahaha! Aren't you afraid that I will directly kill you and take your heart?" was silent in the air for a few seconds, and then the Moteng Demon Venerable suddenly said with a smile.

Ji Chen replied lightly: "Don't be afraid, if you can do that, you can kill me directly from the beginning, instead of trading with me." ”

"Hehe, it's really not simple, indeed, my collectibles must be voluntarily exchanged by traders, if you forcibly snatch them, it will make the collectibles more resentful, such a collection is really bad to the extreme!" said the Moteng Demon Venerable as if talking to himself.

"It's okay, give, this is a drop of my essence, with it, you can contact me at any time, and when you regret it, I am willing to exchange one-third of my wood essence blood with you, I have patience. As he spoke, he saw a ball of green light fly out of his trunk, and then stopped in front of Ji Chen.

"Don't waste your time, I don't need it. Ji Chen looked to the side and said.

"Don't be too full of words, this is the truth I have gained from living for tens of thousands of years, you are not eager enough to become stronger now, and you will understand when you leave this primeval forest. I advise you to take it, one more choice, one less helplessness, do you still want to appear again when the people around you are in danger and you can only watch them die powerlessly?"

The last words of the Moteng Demon Venerable instantly touched Ji Chen's heart.

Just take it first, just in case......

Ji Chen thought to himself, and grabbed the green ball of light in front of him, and the ball of light instantly dissipated, turning into a crystal clear green amber.

"I'll give you something as a greeting gift. The Moteng Demon Venerable said again, "There is a sword in the cave behind me, which is my companion artifact, you can take it." ”

After speaking, Ji Chen felt in a trance again, and then Ji Chen found that the Moteng Demon Venerable in front of him had turned into a small sapling again.

He looked behind the Moteng Demon Venerable, and there was indeed a small soil hole there, but the entrance of the cave was blocked by overgrown weeds and tree vines, and he couldn't see it at all if he didn't look carefully.

Ji Chen peeled off the weeds at the entrance of the cave, tore open the vines, and found that there was a very small space inside.

In the innermost part of the cave, there was a mound of earth, Ji Chen crawled into it, and then pushed the top layer of the mound, and sure enough, a red sword hilt was exposed.

Ji Chen pushed away all the soil on the sword more quickly, and the true face of the sword was finally fully revealed.

It was a sword made of crystal amber, red all over, stuck in a large vine.

Ji Chen pulled it out vigorously, and the sword didn't move at all, but Ji Chen heard the Ink Vine Demon Venerable outside the cave let out a painful ** sound.

"What's wrong?" Ji Chen asked after hearing this.

Moteng Demon Venerable hurriedly said: "I'm fine, but you can't pull it out like this, you only need to drop a drop of blood on it, and the sword will automatically recognize the master." ”

Ji Chen looked at the bite on his index finger that had not yet healed, and used his left hand to pinch the wound again, squeezing out a drop of blood.

As Ji Chen's blood dripped on the hilt of the sword, I saw that the sword suddenly flashed red, and the dust in front of it was instantly bounced away.

The sword after the red mang's restraint was extremely smooth and flashed with dazzling red light, and the red of the whole body seemed to ooze blood.

"It's so beautiful!" Ji Chen exclaimed, stretching out his hand and pulling out the sword.

Ji Chen had just drawn his sword with his front foot, and his back foot suddenly felt a shaking of the mountain, and then Ji Chen heard the Moteng Demon Venerable outside the cave say excitedly: "Hahaha, hahaha, it's been 40,000 years, and it's finally been unsealed, I'm free!"

When Ji Chen heard this, he quickly climbed out of the cave with his sword.

At this time, although the Moteng Demon Venerable was not as huge as Ji Chen had seen in the spirit world, it was no longer a small sapling.

Ji Chen frowned and looked at the towering tree in front of him and said coldly.

"You lied to me?!"