Teng Fei's plan was to rush to the destination before being chased by the snake, because the sound of gurgling water was getting closer and closer, but the speed of the snakes was not slow, and Su Qiubai didn't pay attention, and he was entangled in the calf by a black snake. Although he is not too afraid of poisonous snakes with his skills, they can't delay at all at this moment, and if they are really poisoned, they will inevitably have to spend time to exorcise the poison.

Seeing that the poisonous snake was about to open its mouth to ask for Su Qiubai's calf, his reaction was a step faster, and he bent down to grab the snake's head and threw it behind him. But with this bending effort, more poisonous snakes chased after him, and Teng Fei had to stop when he saw this, brandishing his silver-scale sword to drive away the group of snakes that caught up.

Su Qiubai didn't plan to run away anymore, he condensed a wall of fire in front of him while wielding the Xuanyuan Sword. Soon, the surrounding ground was filled with snake corpses, and the surrounding mountain walls were also splashed with bright red snake blood, and the whole mountain road was filled with the smell of fishy smell, as well as the pungent smell of burnt snake meat.

Although the skills of the two are not weak, the poisonous snake is small and fast, and the number is extremely large, so when they find the gap between the two, they immediately take the opportunity to attack, and the two of them are gradually a little difficult to deal with.

Su Qiubai was worried that it would take too much time if it continued like this, so he didn't care about Teng Fei's surprised gaze, and directly turned into a puppet form. His skin turned blue with dark lines, and his figure instantly became much taller, but as he changed, the attack of those poisonous snakes actually began to weaken, and after a while, they all receded like a tide.

Su Qiubai held the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand and froze in place, not reacting to what had happened.

Teng Fei on the side finally put away his stunned expression and said, "What kind of weird martial arts are you?" The vipers seemed to be terrified. ”

It seems that the poisonous blood in his body still has some deterrent effect on these poisonous snakes, so Su Qiubai did not dare to immediately change back to his original appearance, but continued to walk forward with Teng Fei in this appearance, and said as he walked: "It's too late to talk about this, my cousin doesn't know how long it can last, let's try our best to find my mother." ”

The sound of the water was getting closer and closer, and the two of them had not gone far before their eyes suddenly opened up, an underground river meandered down, and the original secret passage became a wide channel.

There's no second way here, so the only choice for the two of them is whether to go upstream or downstream.

Su Qiubai glanced back at Teng Fei and asked, "Senior, which way are you going?" ”

Teng Fei looked at both sides, and muttered: "We have walked a lot of distance before, and I am afraid that we are already far away from the top of the mountain at this moment, if we go downstream, I am afraid that there will be no end to this road, and once you find out that you have made a mistake, you will waste a lot of time when you turn back." ”

Su Qiubai nodded and said, "Then let's go upstream." ”

The two of them didn't say anything more at the moment, and walked upstream along the river. Since this is not the place where the underground rivers meet, this river is at most a stream with a larger flow, and it is not difficult for the two of them to walk.

Because the top of the river was connected to the ice fountain of the forbidden land, the further they went, the wider the river became, and before they knew it, they noticed that the road beneath their feet began to become smoother, and even the slope of the ascent slowed down again and again, and it was almost impossible to feel it.

"This should not be far from the ice spring, and the place where my mother is being held is probably nearby." Su Qiubai said.

Teng Fei nodded and said, "Don't let your guard down, there may be some variables in the future." ”

Su Qiubai walked forward slowly, always paying attention to the movements around him, but the surroundings were calm as if time had stopped, only the sound of gurgling water still did not stop.

After walking a little further, the two of them saw a faint blue light in the darkness again, and with the experience of the last time, the two of them were more vigilant this time, and walked slowly towards the bright light against the mountain wall.

Getting closer, Su Qiubai found that the place where the light was shining was the end of the river, and in the place illuminated by the light, you could see that there was a small waterfall hanging on the mountain wall, and above the waterfall it must be the ice spring in the forbidden land.

Su Qiubai and Tengfei glanced at each other, and after getting the other party's affirmative looks, Su Qiubai walked directly to the bright light.

It turned out that the light was a dark blue light curtain, which formed a semi-circular barrier just below the waterfall, and the spring water fell on the light curtain as if it had encountered an invisible wall, and finally flowed along the arc-shaped trajectory into the river.

Due to the water wall, the situation in the light curtain is not very clear, but through the faint blue light, it is still not difficult to see that sitting in the semi-circular enchantment is the figure of a woman!

"Who is it?" The woman asked softly when she heard the footsteps of the comer.

Su Qiubai was very excited at the moment, because he knew that this woman had eight out of ten looks. Nine is his mother, Dongfang Miao!

After all the hardships, he finally arrived in front of his mother, Su Qiubai was speechless with excitement, at this time his mood was more complicated than the last time he saw the fake mother, and he didn't dare to open his mouth to confirm the identity of the other party.

In the end, Teng Fei asked for him: "Are you Ah Miao?" ”

When the woman heard that the voice of the person was very unfamiliar, she also felt a little strange, and did not rush to admit her identity, but asked, "Are you?" ”

Teng Fei replied: "It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is that the person next to me is your long-lost son." ”

The woman was shocked when she heard this, and said in disbelief: "My son? This...... How can it be? Who are you? ”

Hearing her say this, the two of them were more sure of her identity, if it was forgivable to say that they recognized the wrong person last time, this time they will definitely not be wrong again.

Su Qiubai raised his hand and sent out a trace of wind spirit, blocking the wall of water on the enchantment, and the woman's appearance was immediately visible.

The woman looked no more than thirty years old, her face was quiet and elegant, although she was not as beautiful as Dongfang Yaosheng, she had a calm temperament, which made people feel very comfortable.

Seeing her appearance, Su Qiubai was also taken aback, because she looked too young, and the age difference between her and her mother was too much, so he was a little unsure for a while.

The woman was also staring at Su Qiubai at the moment, and after a closer look, her expression changed from confusion at the beginning to shock.

Su Qiubai's facial features were very similar to Su Pojun's, and she could easily see his father's shadow from him, so after a moment of silence, she choked up and asked, "Are you really ...... Is it my autumn white? ”

Su Qiubai saw that she called her name directly, and immediately stopped doubting it, and stepped forward directly and said, "Mother, the child came too late, and you suffered!" ”

Dongfang Miao hurriedly shook her head with tears in her eyes and said, "It's not too late, it's not too late to see you again in my lifetime!" ”

Su Qiubai was kneeling outside the light curtain at this moment, only to see the situation inside, the mountain wall behind Dongfang Miao was also covered with the roots of the jade mulberry tree, and he was surprised to find that the root whiskers and Dongfang Miao's body were actually connected!

"Mother, this is ...... behind you What's going on? Su Qiubai asked hesitantly.

Dongfang Miaoyan hurriedly leaned back, shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the roots of this tree have grown for a long time, and some of them have stuck to me." You see, it's only a little bit of a big place here, and it's not surprising that the roots of the tree have nowhere to grow, and it will grow on me. ”

Her eyes were a little evasive when she spoke, these did not escape Su Qiubai's eyes, he immediately understood that there was something strange in this, so he said directly: "No matter what, my trip is to save you out, you tell me how to break this barrier, let's leave!" ”

Dongfang Miao's expression instantly dimmed, and he shook his head and said, "It's useless, I'...... I couldn't get out of here at all. I'm happy to see you again. You're taking a big risk when you come to me, right? Before your grandfather finds out, run away. ”

Su Qiubai frowned and said, "How could you not leave?" With me here, I'll definitely save you from it! Don't worry about Dongfang Zheng, we still have some time, you tell me how to lift this enchantment. ”

When Dongfang Miao heard this, a painful look suddenly appeared on his face, and after a while, he said: "Qiubai, my mother deceived you just now, in fact, this tree root does not happen to grow on me, but is connected with the jade mulberry fruit in my body. If it is cut off lightly, then neither I nor the jade mulberry fruit will survive. ”

Su Qiubai was shocked when he heard this, how could a person grow into one with a tree? This must be the ghost that the East is doing!

"Mother, the jade mulberry fruit is in your body? What's going on? Su Qiubai asked.

Dongfang Miao wiped the tears on her cheeks, calmed her mood, and said: "After I was captured by him back then, I was bent on seeking death. After a few days of hunger strike, seeing that my body was getting weaker and weaker, he might not bear to see me die, or perhaps he begged me, so he took me under this forbidden place, and managed to put the jade mulberry fruit into my body, so that I and the jade mulberry tree became one. Since then, I have been living by absorbing the nutrients of the jade mulberry tree, and the jade mulberry fruit has also taken me as its host, and it has grown day by day. ”

Su Qiubai listened to her words in surprise, in this way, for more than 20 years, her mother has lived in this way, so is she a person or a tree now? And this is most likely the reason why her appearance ages so slowly.

Dongfang Miao turned around and showed her back to Su Qiubai, and at this look, Su Qiubai became more and more shocked. Because Dongfang Miao's back is connected to a tree root the thickness of an arm!

"This ...... Why can't it be cut off? What if the jade mulberry fruit was taken out of your body? Su Qiubai asked unrelentingly.

Dongfang Miao shook his head and said: "The jade mulberry fruit is not ripe yet, if it is forcibly taken out, not only will this fruit not survive, but even the jade mulberry tree may die because of it, I can't do this!" ”

Su Qiubai hurriedly said: "Taiyimen treats you like this, why do you care about the life or death of one of their trees?" ”

Dongfang Miao glanced at him, but still shook his head and didn't speak.