Chapter 5: Wisdom Descends to the Human Face Tree (2)
"They didn't chase after them?" Xia Xianyao was puzzled.
"It's natural, and the first thing they thought when they saw the flames was to put out the fire. If you don't fight the fire, it is now the rainy season, and there are many dead branches in the mountains and forests, which is likely to cause a bigger fire. Ding Lingxiu said slowly while biting the chicken leg.
"So what do we do now? Just look at it? Xia Xianyao asked.
"Originally, I had the same idea as you, to lure them out, and then catch one and ask about its whereabouts, but now it seems that it should not be necessary. This fire is burning even more than I imagined, and it must have been seen by the face tree. And with these dozen or so already injured tree spirits, they can't extinguish such a big fire at all, and the human-faced tree will inevitably come. Ding Lingxiu said.
"How can you be sure they can't be extinguished."
"Look."
Following the direction of Ding Lingxiu's finger, Xia Xianyao looked into the raging flames, only to see that these tree spirits tried to extinguish the flames with their huge claws, but these forces were a drop in the bucket in the already uncontrollable fire, and the flames that had been fanned out of control burned more violently after the strong wind. In less than ten minutes, the tree spirits who tried to extinguish the fire were covered in smoke, and the bark on their bodies was sporadic with red light, and then five or six more trees were ignited, and the flames were instantly lit up.
"If we go on like this, we will not become arsonists, look at this, the fire will swallow up the entire mountain forest." Xia Xianyao said uneasily.
"Don't worry, once the human face tree chooses the place where the child is conceived, it will not be changed, and it will definitely extinguish the fire. And even if it doesn't come, I have a way to put out the fire. Ding Lingxiu had already gnawed the chicken leg to the bone, and he was still sucking the shredded meat on the bone in a hurry, and he was still unsatisfied.
"Okay, so we're just going to wait?"
"That's right."
After Ding Lingxiu finished speaking, he found a stone and sat down, and took out a cigarette.
Xia Xianyao suddenly thought of something and patted her head.
"No, Lingxiu, I used my Luanfeng Sword just now, and those tree spirits already know that we are here to subdue demons."
"You know what? That's why I changed my strategy and decided to lure the face tree out on its own. Ding Ling's slender eyelashes trembled slightly, bringing out a warm smile in his ice-blue eyes, flickering with bright firelight.
"Huh? Why didn't I understand? Just now you asked me to hide my spiritual power so that the face tree would not discover our spiritual power, and now that our identities have been directly exposed, why do you still say that you can lure out the face tree? Xia Xianyao didn't understand.
"Hehe, the human-faced tree is extremely cunning, if it sees us in person without concealing our spiritual power, it will definitely run away. And when the dryad who went to report the situation told it who we were, it would not be afraid, but would swagger over to put out the fire. β
"Why is that?"
"Because it will mistakenly think that we use fire to catch demons, this is an obvious method of using the five elements to overcome the fire and wood, and generally this method is used only if its own spiritual power is limited, and even to deal with a few little tree spirits, you have to borrow the five elements to restrain it, so will it still be afraid of us?"
Ding Lingxiu smiled evilly, leisurely swallowing clouds and mist, looking at the group of tree spirits who were at a loss in the firelight.
"Hehe, I see, it seems that you have always said that the human face tree is extremely cunning, and it is you who are really cunning." Xia Xianyao tilted her head slightly to look at Ding Lingxiu, and in the firelight, above her fair and delicate face, her sapphire eyes seemed to be beating.
"Oops...... Don't say that, I'm called wise, and youkai are cunning. β
Ding Lingxiu threw away the chicken bones and wiped his hands.
Xia Xianyao also sat down, looked at the chicken leg in her hand, and was also attracted by this tangy aroma, and couldn't help but take a bite.
As soon as the crunchy chicken entered the mouth, the smooth and mellow flavor filled Xia Xianyao's mouth, and when swallowed, not only did there be no greasy taste of meat, but also had a faint fragrance, and the aftertaste was refreshing.
"So delicious?" Xia Xianyao was surprised, this was probably the most delicious chicken leg she had ever eaten.
"Of course, they all talked about the level of star chefs, you think I'm joking?" Ding Lingxiu looked at Xia Xianyao's surprised appearance, and was very happy, what he liked most was to hear others praise his good craftsmanship.
Ding Lingxiu continued to look at the burning flames through the dense branches, and although the tree spirits knew that they could not extinguish the fire, they still looked very hard. They were obviously terrified of the Human-Faced Tree in doing so, which made Ding Lingxiu even more convinced that the Human-Faced Tree would come.
After waiting for about twenty minutes, the dryads were all blackened, still desperately pulling at the source of the fire, or weakly fanning the scorching air. But now the wind is fierce, splashing water into smoke, the raging fire reflects the red light in the sky, the flames are like a long dragon dancing wildly, and the sound of crackling trees is endless.
Xia Xianyao looked anxiously at the firelight, licking her dry lips with her tongue from time to time.
"Hehe, don't worry, it's coming." Ding Lingxiu looked at Xia Xianyao and said with a smile.
"Can you not be in a hurry, you see that this fire is already so big, these tree spirits have withdrawn from the center of the flame, and if it goes on like this, it will really be out of control."
Xia Xianyao pouted, very worried.
"What are you anxious about, panic is the most taboo for our demon hunters. All disasters are but death, so you can wait patiently. β
Xia Xianyao didn't speak, but she was still uneasy in her heart.
Just as the fire was about to spread to them, Ding Lingxiu's demon-seeking compass reacted, and the sound of a stone machine touching came from the compass. Ding Lingxiu fixed his eyes and saw that the pointer of the demon compass was locked in an accurate direction and no longer rotated indiscriminately.
The square stone plate under the demon compass slowly opened, and it was full of red liquid, and gradually black words appeared on the red liquid:
Demon Name: Human Face Tree, Level: Demon Sin, Weakness: Flame.
"See, it's there." Ding Lingxiu pointed to the demon compass and looked at Xia Xianyao.
"Really!" Xia Xianyao was overjoyed when she found that her Demon Seeking Bead had also reacted.
"Huh? Its weakness here is fire, can it cope with such a big fire? Xia Xianyao looked at the tongue of fire dancing wildly, still worried.
"You underestimate the power of demons."
Ding Ling corrected his color and approached the depths of the flames, but because the fire was too big, the continuous flames showed dazzling scorching light, and he still couldn't see the situation in front of him after walking a few steps. Because of the demonic qi protection body of the rain girl's water attribute, this kind of Cheng dΓΉ's fire could not hurt Ding Lingxiu.
"Hey, you're waiting for me." Xia Xianyao danced her long sleeves, and the flames around her flew away under her wave.
Originally, Ding Lingxiu wanted to get closer to see the situation first, but he didn't expect Xia Xianyao to be able to move forward freely in the fire. Ding Lingxiu couldn't help but look at her clothes carefully.
"Huh? You're really amazing in this dress, isn't it? Is it still fireproof? β
"Of course, this dress is not an ordinary dress, it is said that it can hide and release spiritual power freely." Xia Xianyao said.
Ding Lingxiu looked at the faint blue color on her clothes and suddenly realized, it turned out that she had released the water attribute spiritual power that had been stored in her clothes before, so the flames would be repelled and opened.
In the firelight, the red neon clothes looked even more gorgeous, and Ding Lingxiu carefully took a cue, always feeling that he had seen it somewhere.
"Don't look at it, hurry up and get ready to catch the demon."
"How do you feel like I know your clothes?"
"Hehe, I'm still wondering, why are you so powerful, you can't even see what it is, so you can't remember."
"Huh?"
Ding Lingxiu's blue eyes shone with surprise, as if he had thought of something, but he was not sure yet.
"It's a golden robe."
Xia Xianyao said with a smile.
"Golden Threaded Clothes? Oh, my God! Ding Lingxiu was shocked.