The strong man had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and when he heard this, he immediately dragged the big tree away, lifted his mother up, and escorted him out of the village.

"Don't, don't, let go of my mom!" The big tree burst into tears, and pounced on the strong man's leg with a mouthful.

The strong man became angry, kicked him away, and made a gesture to fight, but was stopped by the old man.

At this time, another strong man came and lifted the big tree like a chicken, and came to the entrance of the village together.

There was a board there, and my mother sat on it and was carried up the hill behind the village.

There is a large lake halfway up the mountain, which is the birthplace of the stream on the edge of the village, and is also the residence of the dragon king believed by the villagers.

There is an altar built by the lake, on which incense and candles are lit, and three animals and four fruits and self-brewed grain wine are enshrined.

Everyone stood still under the stage, and the old man walked up to the altar alone, lit three incense sticks, inserted them into the incense burner, and knelt down.

Everyone also knelt down and bowed, except for the big tree, standing stubbornly, refusing to bow their heads when they said anything.

"Little brute, get down on your knees!" The strong man carrying him was in a hurry, for fear that the dragon king would be angry.

"Tree, get down on your knees." Mother evoked his milk name.

The big tree stalk its neck does not rattle or move.

"It's been a long time since it rained, and if you go down, the crops will die, and the people in the village will die of thirst and starvation." Mother said softly, "Don't worry, the dragon king won't eat his mother, he just lives at the bottom of the lake for too long, it's boring, my mother goes to talk to him, as soon as he is happy, it will rain in the sky." ”

"The village is full of bad guys, it's better to be dead." The tree wiped tears and cursed viciously.

"That's not going to work." Mother smiled, "You can't die, and Grandpa Cai can't die either." ”

The big tree looked at his mother and cried silently.

Mother continued: "You have to live well, wait until Dad comes, learn skills from him, and after you finish your studies, no one will dare to bully you again." ”

"Really?" Dashu was a little moved, "Is Dad amazing?" ”

"Awesome, of course awesome." Mother looked around at everyone, "He's even more powerful than the Praetorian Guards in the palace, and with just one hand, he can defeat all the people who bully you." ”

"Okay, I'm not dead, I'll wait for Dad, and then I'll go to you with Dad." The big tree sniffed and knelt down.

The mother finally put her mind at ease, still smiled, and never spoke again.

Then, as the sacrifice began, the plank carrying the mother was pushed into the lake with a high and low chant, and gradually drifted farther and farther, and in a short time it overturned and sank.

Originally, the matter should have ended here, but, somehow, the sadness in Dashu's heart was uncontrollable, and he felt that his mother was dead, and everything in the world no longer mattered.

Forgetting the promise he had made, he got up and began to walk slowly towards the lake.

The villagers were still kneeling and worshipping, and even the strong man who had just clung to him was constantly kowtowing, and no one stopped him, and no one even paid attention to him.

When the cold water of the lake overflows the ankles, despair is like a wave, wave after wave.

I'm so ugly, no one likes me, and now I'm not even the only mother who loves me, what's the point of being alive?

He thought, his feet did not stop, letting the lake reach his thighs, waist, neck, and finally, not over his head.

Although the underwater world was cold, it was silent, there were no children throwing stones and clods of earth at him, no adults with disgusted faces, no one scolded him, no one beat him, only aquatic plants dancing with the current, and fish swimming around flexibly.

He couldn't breathe here, but he didn't want to.

"Big tree, wake up, wake up!" Suddenly, a voice sounded in his head, and his head hurt faintly.

The surrounding qiē began to twist and deform, and then, little by little, it cracked and collapsed until it disappeared.

"Big tree, big tree!" In his ears, Shu Kui's eager call rang out.

The big tree seemed to come back to his senses suddenly, and saw the man in front of him with blood-red eyes and a strange expression.

He endured the sharp pain in his shoulder and raised his leg to sweep.

The man refused to let go of the hand on the stick, so he had to take it stiffly.

The big tree wanted to attack again, but unexpectedly saw that behind the man, Shu Kui was struggling to lift a large stone.

How could she move? At the same time as this thought emerged, the stone in Shu Kui's hand also smashed down on the back of the man's neck.

The man didn't expect someone to sneak attack at all, and his body shook and instinctively turned around.

Dashu took this opportunity to calculate the direction of the man's knee, and kicked it again with all his strength.

only heard a soft "click", and the man's patella shattered and fell to the ground.

Dashu gritted his teeth and pulled out the stick on his shoulder with all his might, intending to stab the man with his backhand, but he didn't want to, and as soon as he used his strength, the mana in his body continued to run straight from his hand to the stick.

He was startled, quickly let go, quickly investigated, and saw that there was no abnormality in his body, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's not something you can use." The man tugged at the corners of his mouth, his face full of contempt.

The big tree snorted, expecting that all the things he had seen before were ghosts made by men, and he was so angry that he summoned the Yanling knife and cut his head.

The man recalled the stick, blocked the blow, and swung it.

In an instant, sand and rocks flew in the forest.

After the wind passed, Shu Kui and Dashu opened their eyes and found that the man had already fled and there was no trace to follow.

"Who is he? What are you looking for? "That's what Big Tree wants to know the most.

"I don't know him." Shu Kui replied, "He said he wanted something, and I don't know what it is." ”

"Didn't he block your movements? How can you move? "That's what makes the tree feel weird.

Shu Kui shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, saying that he didn't know.

In fact, just now, she saw Da Shu's eyes glazed and muttering to herself, although she didn't know what was going on, she knew very well that something was wrong. Sure enough, not long after, the big tree looked gloomy and actually held his breath.

At that time, she was so anxious that she couldn't help but shout, and at the same time, the warm current in her chest gushed out, so that, after a second or two, she regained her ability to move.

And for these, she didn't want to sue sù big trees.

"Where have you been? Why Is It So Long To Signal? "The big tree didn't dig deeper.

"There are zombies in the woods." Speaking of this, Shu Kui had palpitations, "There is also a crow with one eye, a big snake thicker than the mouth of the bowl." What do you say, ordinary insects and snakes are afraid of ink fragrant wood, but this snake is not afraid at all. ”

"Oh, I know, one-eyed crow, elephant python, you've met meerkats." The big tree was very calm, "The elephant python is not an 'ordinary' insect snake, it is so big, it will sneeze at most when it touches the ink fragrant wood." ”

"You know? You know all about it? Shu Kui was surprised.

Dashu nodded: "Of course I know, I look at it." Then again, you're pretty brave. ”

"You're all watching?!" Shu Kui couldn't help but raise his voice, "I don't see you coming to help?" What do you mean? Tricking me? ”

"Yes." Da Shu nodded happily, "Old man Wang doesn't want to live anymore, you still want to help him find medicine, a mortal, he doesn't know anything, he doesn't know anything, I just want to see how capable you are." ”

"You ......" Shu Kui was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"How? Have you found the medicine? The big tree asked with a grin.

Shu Kui ignored him.

"So, how much ability you have, you can do as many things as possible, don't think that with a momentary spirit, you can do anything." Dashu believes that Shu Kui will definitely return empty-handed on this trip.

Shu Kui still didn't make a sound, took out the medicine bag from a fang ring and threw it at the foot of the big tree.

The big tree picked it up, opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

"You really found it, where did you find it?" He took out the nine-leaf flower and looked at it over and over, "I thought you would cry and shout to come back as soon as you woke up, and you didn't care about looking for medicine." ”

Shu Kui glanced at him: "In a mountain col." Didn't you watch them all? ”

After a pause, he suddenly felt inappropriate: "If you look at it, then I ...... when I take a bath in the pond."

"Take a bath? You're still taking a shower? This, I don't see. The big tree put away the nine-leaf flowers and returned the medicine bag, "No wonder I couldn't find you when I came in, it turned out that you were hiding in the bath." ”

"Didn't you say you watched them all?" Shu Kui didn't trust him at all.

"Yes, but I didn't see any cols, only that you fought zombies, were chased by crows, lost your flare gun, were dragged by snakes, and then ran into meerkats." Big tree snapped his fingers, "I used the blood of a giant mongoose to help you detoxify the snake venom, and gave you a flare gun again." Then, because it is not suitable to move during the recovery period, I have something to do, so I left first, thinking that you would send a signal soon, why, you didn't notice when you woke up? ”

"Oh, it's you......" At this time, Shu Kui's fire couldn't be released.

"Who else can I have in the deep mountains and old forests?" It doesn't look like the big tree is lying.

"Okay......" Despite some reluctance, Shu Kui said, "Thank you for saving me." ”

"You're welcome." The tree waved his hand, "I should thank you, if you hadn't woken me up, I would have died in an illusion." ”

"What do you see?" Shu Kui asked casually.

Of course, the big tree didn't want to mention it again, so in order to avoid being questioned, he deliberately exaggerated "hissed" to breathe in a cool air, shook his body, and sat on the ground: "Ouch, it hurts too much." ”

"What should I do with such a serious injury?" After he reminded him, Shu Kui realized that there was a big hole in his shoulder with blurred flesh and blood.

The big tree simply acted to the end and made a weak appearance: "Help ...... Hold me off, we're ...... Go back to the doctor. ”

Shu Kui saw that he was bleeding all over, and his face was pale and blue, thinking that he really couldn't even stand up, so he hurriedly supported his armpits and helped him up, not forgetting to ask if he could go.

"Yes." The big tree looked like he was struggling to support himself, "But can you rely on you?" ”

Shu Kui thought that he was also trying to save himself, so he did it with a man, so he was very upset, of course he wouldn't refuse.

So, she let the big tree hook her neck, put most of her weight on herself, put her arms around his waist, walked out of the forest, and came to the gate of Liujin Village.