Chapter 232: The Man-Eating Dryad
Mingyue put her hand on the top of the female statuette's head, and she was able to communicate with the female statue in her heart, and the female statue told everything that happened to the elf ancient clan in a sad voice.
The ancient elves are a mysterious people in ancient times, who have lived in the depths of the Eastern Wilderness since ancient times, living an isolated and self-sufficient life.
The number of this ethnic group is only a few hundred, and a person with strong immortal power is elected to serve as an elder to manage the affairs of the elven ancient clan.
The lifespan of the ancient elven clan is extremely long, the lifespan of the ordinary elf ancient clan can reach hundreds of years, and the lifespan of immortal cultivators can be as long as thousands of years.
They are small in stature, ageless in appearance, and have lived on the sacred fountain of immortality for generations, and are truly ageless.
Until 30,000 years ago, a strange tree suddenly grew between the Immortal Holy Spring and the Green Jade Paste Mountain.
This strange tree did not attract the attention of the elves at first, and they thought that this tree, like most other trees, was just an ordinary tree, which was not surprising or fearful.
This tree lives by the spring, the vitality is very tenacious, just a few hundred years of effort, it has grown into a towering giant tree, the branches are luxuriant, lush, covering the sky and the sun.
At that time, the patriarch of the elf ancient clan was Bailing, and Bailing was very talented in cultivating immortals, so the immortal power has always belonged to the best among the elf ancient clan.
She went to the Immortal Sacred Spring every day to cultivate immortals and practice swords under that giant tree, and so on for another thousand years.
Until, the giant tree gradually opened up its mind and began to produce huge flowers.
Since then, every few hundred years, the tree is full of flowers, and the fragrance of flowers is pleasant, but this floral fragrance will make people feel slightly uncomfortable.
Later, when the flowers are in full bloom, the flowers gradually increase in size, reaching a diameter of three meters wide, like a huge umbrella, propped on huge leaves.
No one knows when the giant tree began to transform into a human form, and they never know that this giant tree is actually a man-eating tree, capable of devouring all living beings that come close.
It's just that the dryad hid itself very well at first, and never harmed anyone in the elven ancient clan, nor did it eat the elven ancient clan and any living creatures that approached.
When the dryad first took shape, he was just an ugly boy of short stature and ignorant of the world.
The ugly boy's face was as old as the bark of a tree, his fingers curled up like branches, and his skin was like withered, and he looked terrifying, and he could not compare with the beautiful elves.
Almost all the elven clansmen disliked this ugly-looking flower demon boy and didn't even look at him.
However, among the elven ancient clans, only the kind and gentle Bailing Patriarch is special to him.
The patriarch of Bailing not only gave him a nice name: "Ruyu", but also patiently taught him everything that humans should do. Dressing up, lighting a fire to cook, farming and harvesting, carrying water and weaving, and even carrying the elves on his back, secretly taught him to cultivate the secret cultivation methods of his own clan.
The dryad boy followed the Bailing Patriarch all day long, until one day, like all young people in this world who were just starting to fall in love, he quietly fell in love with the ageless Bailing Patriarch.
One day, the Bailing patriarch was cultivating under the tree, and when he was tired from cultivating, he fell asleep against the trunk of the tree.
The ugly boy, accompanied by the patriarch of Bailing, could not contain the sprout of spring heart and secretly kissed her.
This scene happened to be seen by the eldest patriarch of the elf ancient clan, and he was immediately shocked, and the monstrous waves in his heart were rolling.
The old patriarch quietly observed for several days, and finally determined that the extremely ugly dryad not only secretly liked the Bailing Patriarch, but also taught the method of cultivating immortals that was not passed down by the ancient elven clan to the cannibal dryad.
The fact that the cannibal dryad fell in love with the Bailing Patriarch and secretly followed the Bailing Patriarch to cultivate the Elven Ancient Clan's method of cultivating immortals spread to every corner of the Elven Ancient Clan at once.
Because, in order to maintain a long life span and an ageless appearance, the elven ancient clan can only intermarry within the elf ancient clan, and it is forbidden to intermarry with any foreign race, otherwise, that person will be executed.
Several elders of the elven clan secretly held an emergency meeting and decided to secretly execute the man-eating dryad on the day of the Shengquan Festival without the knowledge of the Bailing patriarch.
When the Bailing Patriarch learned of this, he said to the man-eating dryad: "Ruyu, hurry up, get out of here, the farther away the better." ”
The man-eating dryad asked bitterly, "Why?" ”
The Bailing Patriarch said, "If you don't leave, you will be executed by the Elven Ancient Clan." ”
The man-eating dryad asked bitterly, "However, I have done nothing wrong, nor have I hurt anyone. ”
The Bailing Clan said anxiously: "I have privately taught the cultivation secret method of the Elven Ancient Clan, and I have violated the rules of the Elven Ancient Clan, if we don't leave, we will all be burned to death." ”
The cannibal dryad took the Bailing patriarch in his arms and said, "Bailing, I'm in love, let's go to those old patriarchs and ask them to agree to our marriage." ”
The Bailing Patriarch was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "Ruyu, I have always regarded it as my child. I don't love it, let's go, go as far as possible, and don't come back. ”
The man-eating dryad was instantly tyrannical, his eyes became blood-red, and he said coldly: "Bailing, what if I don't leave?" ”
The Bailing Patriarch sacrificed his sword, pointed at the man-eating dryad from afar, and said coldly: "If you don't leave, then I will be killed here today." ”
The cannibal dryad's body trembled uncontrollably, and the demonic energy on his body flew out one after another, and his ugly face became distorted and painful.
The cannibal dryad said, "Bailing, I can go, can I leave here after the annual Holy Spring Festival is over tomorrow?" I grew up here, it's like my home, and I love it. ”
The Bailing Patriarch thought about it, so he had to nod and say, "Okay, I promise." After the festival is over, they leave immediately. ”
The cannibal dryad nodded, and no one saw it, the bloodlust and cruelty that burst out of his eyes, and the deep calculation.
Every year on the first day of December, it is the grandest festival of the elves, the Holy Spring Festival.
On this day, the elven ancient tribes, no matter how big or small, will gather next to the holy spring of immortality, led by several old patriarchs, hold a grand festival party, sing and dance, burn incense offerings, and thank the holy spring for bringing them an ageless face and a long lifespan.
All the elves came to the Fountain of Youth, but only one did not come, and that was the Bailing Patriarch who was locked up in the stone house.
The old patriarchs sent someone to tie up the dryad and tie it to a pillar in the square, intending to burn him alive when he finished worshipping the Immortal Spring.
Just as people were kneeling down under the cannibal tree and facing the holy spring of immortality, suddenly, the giant tree suddenly shone brightly, and the largest petals on the tree were overwhelming, scattering countless pollen.
The pollen was like an intoxicating drug, and all the elven people who inhaled the pollen turned into demented wooden people, kneeling or standing, crying or laughing, looking extremely vivid and strange.
The flower demon slowly walked down from the pillar, his face was cruel and hideous, and he pinched out a complicated trick to turn these elven ancient people in front of him into stone people like the living dead.
These stone figures stood under the tree, facing the Holy Spring, and the Flower Demon absorbed the essence of these elven ancient clans, the Immortal Holy Spring, and the aura of the Jade Paste Mountain every day, until countless years passed.
And the Bailing patriarch of the ancient elven clan, who was hated by the cannibal dryad, turned her into stone, and stood in front of the stone house every day, facing the direction of the immortal holy spring, and suffered from the sin of wind and sun, cold and heat.
It turned out that because the cannibal dryad had absorbed the immortal holy spring for a long time, the aura of the Qingyu Paste Mountain, and the true qi of the elven ancient clan, the demonic power had already risen to the point of not
Inconceivable.
It's just that he loves the Bailing patriarch in his heart, so he hides his strength and hides himself very well.
In fact, these elven ancient clans were no longer his opponents.
After that, the cannibal dryad set up an enchantment that hid the entire Immortal Spring, which was never known to outsiders again.
The cannibal dryad is hidden in the enchantment, and with the help of the aura of the Immortal Sacred Spring and the Green Jade Paste Mountain, the immortal power breaks through to the supreme god realm.
After Bai Ling finished speaking, he cried, "God, please save our elven ancient clan. ”
Mingyue asked in her heart: "However, the elven ancient clan has been turned into stone people, and many stone people have fallen to the ground and broken, can they still be rescued?" ”
Bai Ling said with certainty: "As long as the flower demon Ruyu can be defeated, then the spell he set will automatically disappear, and the elf ancient clan will wake up again." It's just that they are absorbed by the flower demon day and night, and even if they can stay, their bodies must be extremely weak. How much can be saved, how much can be saved, can only depend on their creation. ”
Mingyue asked, "We searched all over the canyon just now, but we didn't find the entrance to the enchantment. How do we get into the enchantment? ”
Bai Ling said: "Ruyu set the entrance to the enchantment at the location of my heart, and every time he activates the enchantment, my heart hurts once, and he is punishing me for not loving him." Just smash me and you'll be able to enter the enchantment. ”
Mingyue asked in surprise, "What?" Will it be shattered? Wouldn't that be dead? ”
Bai Ling said bitterly: "Ruyu set up this enchantment just to let me watch my people suffer every day, and absorb my true yuan through the enchantment, I have already become a wasted person." As long as we can save the people of our clan, Bailing will die without regrets, and please God will fulfill it. ”
Mingyue sighed and said, "Bailing, have you ever loved Ruyu?" ”
Bai Ling was silent for a while, and said sadly: "Actually, I have long known that he is a man-eating dryad with a brutal personality, but I pity him for not easy to cultivate and transform into shapes, and I only want to influence him and make him wholeheartedly good." It's just that his nature is difficult to change, and he has done such evil deeds. To love or not to love? At this point, everything is irreparable, and even if I am broken, I must save my people. ”
Mingyue sighed deeply and said helplessly: "Then you have to wait, I will discuss it with my companions before making a decision." ”
Bai Ling said gratefully, "Okay, thank you, Lord God." Also, adults must beware of the Dryad's poisonous powder, if you inhale it, you will be delirious and numb in your limbs, and eventually it will only become food for the Dryad. ”
Mingyue said: "Okay, thank you Bailing for reminding me, wait a minute, let's discuss." ”
Mingyue removed her hand from the Bailing stone statue, and saw that Feng Tingcheng and Bai Ze were both looking at her with concern, so she repeated what Bai Ling had said, and Feng Tingcheng and Bai Ze were both moved.
Feng Chengcheng said: "This flower demon will take revenge, and let the entire elf ancient clan be buried with him, it is really a pity to die." ”
Mingyue said: "The tree demon I saw in my dream seems to be different from the one described by the Bailing Patriarch, could it be that after many years, his demon power has improved again?" ”
Feng Qingcheng said: "That's certain, the Immortal Holy Spring and the Jade Paste Mountain are full of spiritual treasures, and the Tree Demon absorbs the true essence of the Elf Ancient Clan every day, it is difficult to improve it." ”
Mingyue looked at the Bailing statue and sighed, "It's just a pity for the Bailing Patriarch." ”
Bai Ze said: "Everything started and ended because of her, and if we want to enter the enchantment, we have no other way but to smash her statue." Princess, go away a little and let me smash the statue. ”
After Bai Ze finished speaking, he slashed at the statue of the Bailing Patriarch.
Everyone only heard a loud bang, the statue exploded to smithereens, and a barren and ancient, eerie primeval forest appeared in front of everyone.