Liu Shoucai suddenly heard the sound of Jiukong inhaling vigorously in his ears, turned his head to look, and found that Jiukong was shaking his nose, stinging and stinging.

"What's wrong?"

"There's a weird smell." Kukuku replied, as if trying to determine the source of the strange smell.

Liu Shoucai frowned slightly, this was originally a very common sentence, but it made Liu Shoucai have doubts, this is a world of fire, there is no rain and rotten things in middle age, and even the people here have no so-called strange smell, all because of the rules here.

Liu Shoucai also inhaled, but didn't smell anything: "What strange smell?" Couldn't help it, Liu Shoucai asked.

Jiukong shook his head and said he didn't know: "It's hard to say, it's like something is rotting." ”

"Then why can't I smell it?"

Jiukong said: "It's not meat and plants, but a kind of decay from the soul. ”

So amazing? Liu Shoucai had never paid attention to this, and he had never even heard of it.

Jiukong said: "I also heard this saying by chance, it is said that gods have a lifespan, but it is only a long and desperate that I feel that the life of a god is endless. But in the end, the body of the god will be preserved forever, and the soul will gradually decay with the erosion of time, and finally return to this heaven and earth. ”

Yes?

Liu Shoucai was surprised: "What do you mean, you smell this?" ”

"I don't know, but I can't figure out what else can make a soul rot, and only time can do that." Jiukong said.

Liu Shoucai didn't know why, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he said, "Follow me!" ”

With that, he immediately rushed to the altar and rushed up the stairway.

"From here, huh?"

The two looked at the scenery in front of them, and after a full half a minute, Liu Shoucai said quietly.

Jiukong also nodded: "That's right, this is it." I don't know where this leads, the smell is too weak, it should be far, far away, maybe even separated by space. ”

"Across the space?" Liu Shoucai found that this Jiukong seemed to know a lot, and he didn't know it.

"Yes, across the space! Otherwise, the decay of a god's soul is enough to melt the world, and this breath can become the source of destruction. Jiukong said with a heavy expression, as if he had thought of something unreliable.

"What comes to mind?"

"What is this here for, and for whom?" Jiukong said.

Liu Shoucai asked suspiciously: "I don't understand, can buddy say something clear at one time?" ”

Jiukong shook his head and said, "I can't tell, maybe this is really just a tomb, and a god is buried." ”

"It seems that the so-called truth here is far more complicated than we know." Liu Shoucai sighed and turned to go down.

Jiukong also followed, as for behind them......

It was a huge black hole, with no flames, no wind, not even a single sound.

When he saw the patriarch of the Zhenwu tribe, Liu Shoucai asked, "Does the sacred tree in your Zhenwu tribe also have such an altar?" ”

The patriarch of the Zhenwu clan said: "If you go back to your lordship, there is indeed such an altar, but it is not as big as this. ”

"It's a black hole in there, too?"

"No, no, my lord! The door is only opened after the priest has communicated with the sacred tree, and on weekdays there is nothing on the altar, and children can play on it. The Patriarch replied.

"What will happen when the altar is opened?" Liu Shoucai asked.

The patriarch of the Zhenwu tribe replied without thinking: "The roots of the tree, many, many roots appear, and then take away the offerings, the holy tree will shine, and the light will be strong enough to a certain extent, and the holy tree will continue to grow." ”

"Oh!" Liu Shoucai nodded, not understanding what this meant.

But the information learned from the vine demon gave Liu Shoucai a new idea, maybe these fire-repellent trees are surviving in another unknown way, the way of survival is like a certain plant in the world, the difference is that one of them is the master, and the rest are auxiliary.

Maybe......

Liu Shoucai thought that perhaps the Fire Tree would produce more life essence than he expected, and most of it would be taken away by the roots that were connected together and given to the ancestral tree with nine tree patterns.

So......

The life essence of the ancestral tree with the Nine Tree Patterns should be the strongest, so is the Holy City the Ancestral Tree with the Nine Tree Patterns? That's why you're on top of the world? Let's talk about it, those human beings living in the so-called Holy City, whether they are pure-blooded or not, no, they should be pure-blooded humans, their strength is not to mention for the time being, the power of the soul alone may have reached the highest level of spiritual fire, just because under the constraints of the rules here, they cannot break through to the realm of the demigod level.

Spiritual fire level!

Liu Shoucai, who knew what this meant, was trembling all over, what it meant was self-evident, as long as the strength of the soul increased to the realm of the spiritual fire level, then igniting the spiritual fire was basically a matter of course, and there would be no shackles in the middle, and it would be easy to become a spiritual fire-level powerhouse.

Liu Shoucai narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance.

Jiukong asked in a low voice, "What do you think?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Shoucai replied in a low voice, his voice sonorous: "We have to live to the end!" I had a hunch, a strong hunch. ”

"What hunch?"

"We will live, and then we will become a powerhouse of the spiritual fire level, and even ignite a divine fire to become a demigod. In the future, one day, we will come back here! Uncover the secrets here. Liu Shoucai said.

Jiukong took a deep breath, smiled and said, "It's too far, maybe you can come back here by becoming a god." ”

Liu Shoucai pouted and said, "Then become a god and come back!" I'm going to have that kind of strength after all, but I don't want to come back in that capacity. ”

Jiukong realized that the human in front of him seemed to have this more terrible secret than himself, and it was unimaginable to become a god, but what about the human in front of him? He even said that he would have such strength after all, but he didn't want to use that identity? What identity? What else can you have as a god? Jiukong thought about such a question, but did not find the answer in his mind.

At this time, Liu Shoucai noticed that those people of the True Wu Clan began to carry the corpse of the old mantis demon up the ladder, followed by a rattling sound from the altar, as if something was entangled and hitting each other.

Liu Shoucai understood that this was the root of the tree that the patriarch of the Zhenwu clan was talking about.

But what Liu Shoucai and Jiukong didn't expect was that just as those clansmen were carrying the corpses up, a few branches suddenly rushed out of the altar.

In Liu Shoucai's surprised gaze, the branches were already rolled up not only the corpse of the old mantis demon, but also those living clansmen.

"What's going on? Why do you even eat your own people? Liu Shoucai unconsciously used the verb and adjective 'eat'.

The patriarch of the True Wu tribe explained on the side: "That's not my true Wu clan, it's the one who carries the worms. ”

Liu Shoucai was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's going on?" Why is it that this fire-fighting tree does not distinguish between the enemy and me? ”

The patriarch of the True Wu tribe hurriedly explained, "The sacred tree has spirits, but it can only give us shelter and nourishment in times of peace. Once the altar is opened, the sacred tree will become irritable and creatures will not be able to approach it. ”

Liu Shoucai took a deep breath, he didn't expect that this kind of thing, which was regarded as the mother tree of life, turned out to be such a cruel guy. I thought it was just a sacrifice, but I didn't think it was like feeding at all, the altar opened by the fire tree was like a beast opening its mouth, and the roots of the tree pulled out angrily seemed to be more like snatching food!

For some reason, Liu Shoucai grinned coldly, and some thoughts rolled in his heart.

Perhaps, the human beings and creatures living in this world are just poor creatures in captivity, and their role may only be to feed the sacred tree in their mouths, but they don't know that this is like a cycle, constantly watering something that is probably a bastard with their flesh and soul.

For some reason, Liu Shoucai's spiritual defense was gradually changing, and the demon heart seemed to feel something, so it didn't become berserk to attack Liu Shoucai's pure heart.

Maybe such a shift is for the best or for the worst......