I threw the severed head aside, and felt disgusting in my heart, but I couldn't do it, and said: "The evil spirit in this place is too heavy, and it is the easiest to raise corpses, let's be careful, and the four words "the dead are big", don't mention them, forget jì What are we doing?" Tofu touched his nose and said a word of Amitabha Buddha to Jie'an and his son's headless corpse.

The people didn't want to stay here longer, but everyone was injured, so they had to clean the wounds on the spot first. There is no water in this hole, and after some tossing, the clear water is also used, and my upper body was wrapped in more than a dozen bandages by Gu Da Meinu, and I was almost wrapped in a mummy. After everyone drank some water, they felt that the taste of blood in their mouths had lightened a lot, and then they turned on the lights and began to explore the environment of the cave. This look, I found that this cave is rectangular, quite big, above the cave is the blue floor tiles of the Lishan Treasure Palace, Tofu said: "Could it be that below this, is the place dug by Wu Yanshi back then?" ”

Zhen Rui said lukewarmly: "It's possible, look for it, there will definitely be clues around." "We turned on the lights all the way and followed the trend of the cave, and the further we went, the more obvious the traces of the artificial excavation, about 200 meters away, the terrain gradually descended, becoming a little steeper.

At this time, Zhen Rui is at the forefront, and my body consumption is too big before, so I am too lazy to be a bird at this time, and Tofu and Gu Wenmin are walking behind slowly. The terrain here is not very good, there is a lot of gravel under your feet, and if you are not careful, you will slip, and at the end of your sight, the terrain is gradually descending, and everyone seems to be walking into a bottomless deep valley.

Originally, the green bricks above our heads were gradually replaced by mountain stones, and I understand that now it is really out of the scope of the Lishan Treasure Palace, this cave, the eight achievements were dug out by Wuyan Shi back then, maybe it is the road leading to the Huangquan ghost tree, the ancient country of Zimu.

While walking, Gu Wenmin said strangely: "Jie'an arranged the Nine Yin Soul Cultivation Bureau here, he must have visited this place, why didn't he try to find the seven lamps to try?" At least it's much simpler than the Nine Yin Soul Cultivation Bureau, right? ”

Tofu speculated: "Maybe he once searched for it, but failed?" You think, even the ghost king and their awesome group of people have gone and never returned, and the old man Jie'an is not stupid, he definitely doesn't have the guts. ”

It's useless to think too much at the moment, I didn't join the topic of the two, but carefully observed the surrounding Yiqiē, trying to find clues about Grandpa and their group, at this moment, the three of them who were walking in front suddenly stopped, and then, they stood motionless, as if they had found something.

I couldn't help but step forward quickly, looked ahead, and was stunned for a moment.

In front of us, there was a huge tree root, which was deeply embedded in the surrounding soil and rocks on all sides, and the tree root on it grew directly into the stone wall overhead, just like a hollow ball standing in front of us. And under the roots of the tree, there is a huge black and shiny trunk, straight into the ground, the branches on the trunk are horizontal, leaving a lot of hollow areas, at a glance, the bottom is black and swarthy, it is difficult to see to the end.

A word popped into my mind: Huangquan Ghost Tree!

That's it!

At this moment, everyone is like being on the edge of a funnel, and in the center of the funnel is this strange giant tree, dark and dreary, emitting a black light, only the roots of the tree, thicker than a human waist, we are on the edge of the roots of the tree, like a few small insects breaking into the rainforest, the contrast between the huge and the small, makes people's hearts shocked.

I was the first to come back to my senses, because I was more willing to look for clues from my grandfather and his party than to be shocked by this strange giant tree, and after scanning the huge roots of the trees around me, I suddenly found a familiar mark, a cross, and a deformed word underneath.

Gu Wenmin also found out, lowered his voice and said, "It seems that Old Man Chen and they should have gone down the tree back then." ”

Zhen Ji hissed, looked down the trunk of the tree, and said to the bottomless 'funnel', "Do you know why this thing is called the Yellow Springs Ghost Tree?" It is said that the people of Zimu are all changed by evil spirits, and they rely on this ghost tree that grows into the Yellow Spring to travel between the underworld and the world. ”

Tofu was the most unfrightened, and stammered when he heard the words: "Is it the earth and hell?" Mom, I know why Old Man Chen disappeared and went to hell with them! ”

I kicked him lightly and scolded: "Don't be cowardly, my face has been lost by you, I see that this tree is eighty percent of the ancient trees, due to geological movements, so it was planted upside down and buried in the ground, you see, it is pitch black, not rotten or rotten, is it very similar to ebony?" ”

The ebony that the folk say, also known as the gloomy wood, is the Nanmu, the red toon, the willow and other trees buried in the silt due to natural disasters, in the state of lack of oxygen, high pressure, after thousands of years of carbonization process formed, gloomy wood throughout the ages, are more expensive than gold, often used to make furniture ornaments, etc. Of course, such a valuable ornament, but only the emperor and the general can be withstanding, in addition, gloomy wood is also the best coffin material, insect-proof, moisture-proof and anti-corrosion, sinking into the water for tens of millions of years will not rot, magical, so digging mushrooms in the saying, there is such a saying: life and death but Kunlun wood, a gloomy coffin for ten thousand years.

I don't believe in the Huangquan ghost tree, looking at the shape of this tree, it looks like a carbonized gloomy wood, but it can be so huge and intact, and it plunges into the ground in such a strange posture, it is really unheard of, unseen, only natural magic can be cast, not human can be created.

Hearing this, Zhen Rui nodded slightly, indicating that he agreed with my statement.

Gu Wenmin has always maintained a neutral attitude towards science and feudalism, and said after hearing this; "Such a large ancient tree, I am afraid that it is a relic of tens of thousands of years ago, it can no longer be regarded as a gloomy wood, and it should belong to the ranks of fossils. It is not impossible for the ancients to understand this kind of strange scene, mistaking it for the traces of ghosts and gods, and crowning it with all kinds of fabricated legends, and I also think that the theory of the ghost tree in Huangquan is not credible. After a pause, she looked down and said, "Although there are no ghosts, but there is a space of its own underneath, I am afraid that some underground creatures will nest and forge a nest, so we might as well put some torches to avoid causing trouble." ”

She has a quick mind and a feminine delicacy, which is very thoughtful, and everyone has no objections, even if they decide to tie a few torches. We had solid fuel on us, and it was easy to do, so take off our blood-stained coats, wrap them in fuel, and wrap them around the handle of the shovel, and the torches will be set up, and the fuel will stick to the handle during the burning process, and it will not fall.

We were divided into two groups, or according to the previous team method, Gu Wenmin and Zhong Gong, who were good at marksmanship, were arranged in the middle, Tofu and Zhen Ji were arranged in the middle, and I and Zhen Rui took the lead, each group held a torch, and walked down the huge branches of the 10,000-year-old tree, walking and jumping between the branches, and after a while, everyone had gone deep into the funnel.

The further down we go, the colder the air becomes, and in the darkness, from time to time there will be some points of light, perhaps the eyes of some crypt creatures, but often as soon as they see us, or see the torch in our hand, they flash and hide. Thanks to Gu Da Meinu's reminder, we have saved a lot of trouble, in this environment, the advanced headlamp can not replace the primitive torch, in the beating flames, I suddenly saw something shining on one of the branches below.

The thing reflected red light and stuck it in the body of the ancient tree, and Tofu was surprised: "The flying knife, the red flying knife, belongs to Old Man Chen." As he spoke, he immediately jumped down to the branch below, and reached out to get the knife down. I hurriedly stopped him and told him not to touch it, the flying knife was poisonous, and everyone had more or less small wounds on their hands that were not bandaged, so it would be bad if they were poisoned.

I went down to the branch, and saw that the red flying knife was half of the tree, and I was happy, it seems that our route is not wrong, grandpa and they went down this ancient tree.

So what's down there?

The ruins of the country of Zimu?

Or the Seven Treasures of the Earth Ghost King?

The atmosphere under the ground gradually became solemn, even the tofu became silent, this tree is deeper than we imagined, I estimated that it was at least nearly 100 meters down, this is a more terrifying depth, tofu was a little nervous, said: "Why is it not at the end, I have a feeling that I am going to be buried alive." ”

As soon as he said that he was buried alive, I thought of Xiao Jing for some reason, and I felt a little uneasy, so I whispered: "You ask me who I ask, don't crow's mouth." Tofu probably remembered his overly clever crow's mouth, and immediately covered his mouth silently, and at this moment, the fuel of the torch was supported to the end, and the flame gradually became smaller.

The earthy underground, the surrounding soil is tightly blackened, and the branches of ancient trees are dug horizontally into the dirt, forming bridges. That's when I realized that the 'bridge' below us was somehow gone.

I turned the angle of the headlamp down, looked at the trunk of the tree, and suddenly found that the ancient tree was not without branches, but its branches, which had been artificially cut off here. On top of the ancient tree, there are copper needles the thickness of little fingers, reflecting cyan light under the light.

Zhen Rui squinted his eyes and said, "The needle is poisonous." ”

This ancient tree suddenly turned into a tree covered with poisonous needles.

Tofu said: "Good tree, how did it get like this, could it be that the people of Zimu Country did it?" ”

My grandfather wouldn't do such a thankless job, who else could there be but the people of Zimu Country?

Tofu said: "They are doing this to stop us from going down?" "These poisonous needles are very long, all of them are inserted into the surrounding soil, and there are countless needles like embroidery needles all over the body, intertwined, blocking the space under our feet.