Chapter 35: A First Exploration of the Sacred Tree
There was a loud clicking sound behind him, and a crimson rattan snake writhed its sinuous body and chased it out. The surrounding grass was instantly burned to ashes. The demon vine quickly stretched to the edge of the lake, and just after reaching into the lake, it released a burst of heat, let out a strange cry of "Zizi", and shrank back as if frightened.
After several attempts in this way, but never able to penetrate into the lake, the giant vine angrily entangled a cliff by the lake, and the mountain-like boulder instantly turned into pitch black, and with a "boom", it was like a ball of burned charcoal collapsing into ashes. The demon vine calmed down a lot, swam around the lake for a while, and retracted unwillingly back to the lonely peak......
Yanagishita Huishen walked leisurely in front of the team, chatting and laughing with the peacocks, where can you still see that she is frightened. The sky was surprisingly clear, and the strong sunlight gilded the tranquil lake with a dazzling silver glow, as if countless transparent diamonds were shining on the water.
The breeze blows, and the catkins on the bank of the river flutter in the wind, which is poetic and picturesque, and has a charming charm under the clear blue sky. The willow demon stopped, and pointed to the sparkling lake in the distance with great interest: "The valley is built according to the lake, and there are more than ten large and small lakes staggered from the entrance, which encompasses the entire valley.
The scenery in this valley is beautiful, the mountains and rivers reflect each other, and the heaven and earth are one and the same. There is a hundred flower slopes in the south, there are countless strange flowers and plants growing, the fragrant wind blows, and the cherry blossoms fall everywhere; To the west is the ancient temple where we live, which is said to have been built by the gods before the ascension, which is magnificent and magnificent; In the northeast, there is a lone peak surrounded by lakes, it is the highest point of the entire valley, and under the peak grows strange vermilion fruits, which ripen once every five hundred years, which has many benefits for our cultivation. ”
"If you stand on the top of the peak, you won't have a panoramic view of the lake and mountains! Why don't we go there and have a look first......" Ichiran was so excited when she heard this, she couldn't help but immediately climb the mountain peak and take a look at the beautiful scenery of the mountain.
"Can't go!" The willow demon's face suddenly changed, and the god said in a panic, "There is a forbidden place for all demon clans, and there are ancient magic circles around the mountain peak to seal the entrance, once you enter, there will be death and no life, and you can no longer come out!" ”
Yilan's enthusiasm was poured with cold water, and he looked at the sky in the east with his eyes, and said a little unwillingly: "Why can't you go, since there is a magic circle under the mountain, we can not go down the mountain, fly up from the top of the mountain, just bypass the magic circle!" ”
"Fly over?" Yanagishita Hui looked at the petite and moving little flower demon in front of him in surprise, everyone knows that the tree demon is the most intimate race with the earth among all the demon clans, and it is born with strong divine power, and the innate demon art is even more wonderful, but it is very unfamiliar with the art of flying. Unless you reach the realm of a great monster, fly in the air with powerful demonic power, or help with powerful magic weapons, there is no other shortcut.
And the flower demon played by Yilan is at most the first realm of the flower demon, but he whimsically wants to fly in the sky, except for his own strength, he really can't think of any other reason. The willow demon opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to explain it, if he offended the two fairies because of such a trivial matter, wouldn't his good intentions be in vain!
After hesitating for a moment, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Hehe, it's still not good!" Even if you can fly up, you can't set foot on that mountain, and legend has it that there is an enchantment laid by the fern himself, which seals all the space to enter, and it is simply an iron bucket, unless your strength is stronger than the divine tree, you can't enter it at all. ”
"Within the scope of the protection of the Divine Tree, there is still another enchantment confinement, what is hidden in that mountain peak, or is there any unspeakable and shocking secret?" Mi Wang couldn't help but look a few more times to the east, and secretly wondered in his heart.
Hu Si also came up to the Liu Demon and asked with curiosity on his face: "Brother Liu is so familiar with this place, he must know what secrets are hidden in this peak?" Anyway, if you have nothing to do, why don't you tell the two fairies, and our brothers can also gain some knowledge......"
"It's hard to say!" The willow demon frowned and thought, "Actually, it was a long time ago, and I only heard the patriarch's uncle talk about it occasionally, and it seems to be related to a secret history of the Alder Clan." It is said that an ancient demon who was an enemy of the Divine Tree was imprisoned, because this demon was immortal, and could only extract its Genshin from the body and seal it within the mountain peak.
Legend has it that Shenmu Cangfern left King Kong's incorruptible body at that time, in addition to guarding the Seven Evil Worlds created by his own hands, there is another important reason, that is, to suppress the three immortal prehistoric demons, I only know that one of them was imprisoned in that mountain, and I don't know how many years have passed. ”
"Even the Divine Wood Fern can't destroy them, I'm afraid it's even more terrifying than that Persian Demon Fairy. This world of the Seven Evils is really full of dangers, if you can successfully rescue everyone, you must persuade them to leave here and find another place to settle down! Mi Wang's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he couldn't help but plan a way out in his heart.
From time to time in the wilderness, there are cultivating tree monsters haunting, stretching their thick branches, and moving slowly with clumsy steps. Before I knew it, the jīng monsters around me gathered more and more, and they crawled out of the dark woods with their huge bodies swaying, stretching their branches and leaves, opening and closing their buds, and bathing in the warm sunlight.
The little demons looked at the wriggling grass and trees of different shapes with curiosity, pointing and whispering. For the first time, they had all seen climbing vines that meandered like giant pythons, mushrooms the size of a canopy, and ground ferns that danced their tentacles like an octopus...... Countless jīng monsters poured onto the grass beach from all directions, lying lazily on the grass, enjoying the sunshine, oblivious to the demons passing through them.
The willow demon is accustomed to it, looking at the appearance of the little demons who have never seen the world, he can't help but shake his head and sigh, these rattan monsters don't know that they came out of that mountain, they are simply lonely and unheard, and they are so curious about these ordinary grass and wood jīng monsters, it's really pitiful!
It was easy to walk through the woods covered with shade, and my feet were suddenly much more relaxed, but unfortunately there was no chirping of birds and magpies, and there was silence all around, and I always felt that something was missing. Mi Wang was a little preoccupied, and he just buried his head in the road, and unaware that a thick branch stretched out from the shadows of the trees next to him, and hooked the corner of his clothes.
He separated the branch from the animal skin coat with his hand, and only took a few steps out of it, and when he looked back, the corner of the coat was hung by the strange branches. Strange in my heart, I couldn't help but look up, the dappled sunlight sparsely penetrated from the dense branches and leaves, and a huge alder tree stood tall in the sky, and several craggy branches swayed back and forth towards him, as if to greet him.
"It's you!" Mi Wang recognized at a glance that this tree monster was the alder tree monster that he bumped into with Hu Si last night, and was eliminated by the fern Mingzi with the life source power of the violent body, and the kind-hearted Ben Xìng was restored. It's a pity that because of this, the demonic power has been greatly reduced, and he has returned to the appearance of cultivating into a jīng monster not long ago.
Feeling the happiness it exudes, I can't help but feel a lot of emotion in my heart, and the right and wrong of good and evil may really just be cast by a thought. If there had been no appearance of Fern Mingzi at the beginning, wouldn't it have killed a xìng life by mistake by letting himself beat it to death with a stick! Now that he thought about it, he stretched out his big hand and patted it lightly on the body of the burly tree, passed on his blessings as well, and turned to chase back to the team in front of him.
Yanagishita Megumi looked at the tree monster that was slowly moving away, and said with some curiosity: "Fujida, that tree monster seems to be a descendant of the Alder Clan, when did you know it, why haven't you seen it before?" ”
"Hehe, I met him in the forest outside before, and he also helped me get some flowers and vines from the cliff, I don't know when he will return here." Mi Wang pondered the words and dealt with them carefully, anyway, he had seen all the memories of the alder tree monster, and he didn't have to worry about goofs no matter how he spoke.
Sure enough, the willow demon just scratched a few leaves on the top of his head, nodded and said: "It turns out that there are still descendants of the Alder clan wandering outside, his memory is good, and he knows how to walk back, no wonder he didn't have much impression of it before!" ”
The demons walked and chatted, and after a while, under the leadership of Yanagishita Megumi, they walked around this psychedelic forest and came to the clearing in the center of the valley. The strong sunlight flew down, and the sacred tree stood like a hill in the zhōngyāng of the valley, like a thin veil covered with a layer of gold, shining with a blurry light.
The green sè sè sparkled and flickered, swirling around the tree, until it flew into the end of the sky, merging with the shining sun, bursting out with a thousand golden lights, and flying down like a shower of stars. The brilliance of the golden sè illuminates the surroundings of the sacred tree, and the huge body is like a mountain towering, reflecting the brilliance of the four shè more and more majestic and sacred, like a sacred mountain in the heavenly realm.
This is the third time that Miwang has stood under the fern, looking up at the ancestors of life on this land, but his heart is still turbulent, and he can't calm down for a long time.
The surroundings were surprisingly quiet, and all the little demons stood respectfully under the sacred tree, looking up solemnly, and their hearts were deeply shocked again. This is the ultimate of life, just like the universe and the stars, the eternal existence of zài, transcending the passage of time, withstanding the erosion of endless years, turning into a never-drying sea of life, guarding the gods of this vast world.
Megumi Yanagishita's expression also became calm and deep, and she said in an extremely confident voice, "I understand your feelings, every time I stand here, I feel extremely proud. No matter how the world changes in the future, he will always be the eternal patron saint of our Mu Clan, the source of our hope, and the foundation of all beliefs! ”
After standing for a long time, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and smiled: "Come with me, today will be destined to be a day that you will never forget, you will enter the body of Shenmu and feel his subtlety and greatness for yourself!" With that, he took a big stride and walked towards the bottom of the sacred tree with the demons.
Everyone suppressed their excitement, and as he walked into the depths of the sacred tree covered by branches and leaves, the sparkling source of life surged from all around, passing through their bodies without hindrance, whistling and circling upward. Suddenly I felt refreshed, and my whole body suddenly had inexhaustible strength, and my divine state instantly reached the limit of strength.