Chapter 22: The Corpse Tree and the Snake

"What's going on, why are there so many bones here?" After only a few feet away, Chu Ming had already found nearly a hundred corpses, and there seemed to be more in front of him, this situation made Chu Ming can't help but have a bad premonition in his heart.

There had been a lot of dead creatures here, and a large amount of dead qi had gathered together, Chu Ming felt that if he stayed here to cultivate, he was afraid that in less than a month, he would be able to push his cultivation to the peak of the Forging Body Realm, but the throbbing in his chest became more and more intense, and it was obviously not the time to stop cultivating, he wanted to see what was attracting him.

The passage was very long, and the further he went, the more corpse bones appeared in Chu Ming's eyes, and when he reached the end of the passage, he was almost stepping on thick corpse bones, and the death qi around him that was so thick that even Qi Cultivation Realm masters could not approach it made him feel comfortable.

He glanced back at the white bones behind him, and couldn't help but sigh, and said, "There are so many bones, how many people have died here." ”

At the end of the passage, there is a cave, the space in the cave is very large, in the center of the cave, there is another pool, the pool water is cold black, above the pool, there is a rich dead air that can be seen by the naked eye.

"This ...... How many creatures do you need to gather such a strong qi to die? Chu Ming stared blankly at the waterhole shrouded in death, his face full of shock.

After being shocked, Chu Ming's eyes fell on the corner of the pool, and he saw that in the dark pool water, there was a small tree about half a zhang high and as thick as a bowl's mouth growing there.

The small tree was pitch black and did not have many branches, and on each of the two largest branches of the small tree, a palm-sized black leaf hung there.

"It's ...... Corpse tree, there is a corpse tree growing here!" Chu Ming looked at the small black tree, and his face showed ecstasy.

The corpse tree, a kind of strange plant that is born from the bones of the corpse, can absorb the dead and live, is a great medicine that can live the dead, flesh and bones, and the corpse tree of more than 1,000 years has a miraculous effect on the wound of the soul, but the dead gas contained in it is also a deadly poison, which belongs to a rare treasure of heaven and earth.

"Tsk, such a big corpse tree is at least a thousand years old, if I eat it, my cultivation may be able to break through the spiritual gate and reach the spiritual realm. Looking at the pitch-black corpse tree, Chu Ming almost drooled, and walked over involuntarily.

Chu Ming took a closer look and found that the whole body of these two leaves seemed to be crystal clear, and there seemed to be small black filaments inside, and in the black filaments, there were streams of dead qi flowing, just like the meridians of the human body, from a distance, the whole small tree seemed to be shrouded in this thick layer of dead air, and these dead qi seemed to be slowly absorbed by the two leaves on the tree.

Suddenly, just as Chu Ming approached the waterhole, when he was close to the corpse tree, there was a wave in the pitch-black waterhole, as if something was about to come out of the pool.

Chu Ming woke up suddenly, quickly grabbed a leaf from the corpse tree and prepared to run, but the things in the waterhole were already about to float, and it was too late to run.

Although he didn't know what it was, before he saw the main body, the cold breath had already made Chu Ming almost suffocate, and he gritted his teeth and went directly into the pool of water under the small tree.

After a while, the center of the pitch-black pool suddenly rolled up, and then a huge black snake head poked out of the pool.

This giant snake is all the head that has surfaced, it is more than a zhang long, the cheeks on the top of the head are erected thick scale armor, and the green eyes scan the four directions coldly, when its gaze falls on the corpse tree, and finds that a leaf is missing from the corpse tree, the cold snake pupils exude a thick killing intent, and at the same time, a mysterious aura emanates from the giant snake, with it as the center, and suddenly spreads to every corner of the cave.

Although this mysterious aura did not sweep the pool, it still made a cold sweat gush from Chu Ming's back hidden in the pool.

After a while, the mysterious aura was withdrawn, and it seemed that no abnormality was found, and the cold snake eyes of the giant snake showed a little anger, and then opened its mouth, and the long snake letter rolled the only remaining leaf on the corpse tree into its mouth, and then disappeared again in the dark pool.

After the giant snake disappeared, a full quarter of an hour passed, Chu Ming cautiously poked his head out of the pool water, and then walked lightly to the entrance of the cave, reluctantly glanced at the dark tree, and then turned his head and left quickly.

After returning to the dungeon and sealing the entrance to the cave, Chu Ming's body went weak and he sat directly on the ground.

"I didn't expect to see a snake in this kind of place, this is really ......" Chu Ming couldn't find the right words to describe his mood at this time.

"That's it, that Xuan Snake is at least the strength of the Spirit Realm, it may not be low in the Spirit Realm, with my current strength, no, I'm afraid that in the entire ancient city, no one can take a bite of it. Chu Ming smiled bitterly, and then took out the leaves of the corpse tree from his arms.

The martial arts practice is divided into levels, and the same is true of heaven and earth treasures, the most vulgar is the lower grade, and the highest level is called superior, which is the level of the spiritual realm, collectively referred to as the spiritual level, the corpse tree in the cave is more than a thousand years old, at least the spiritual level, this level of treasure, even if it is just a leaf, will make the martial artists under the spiritual realm fight for their heads.

"Although I only got one leaf, it was a good harvest, and if I used it well, at least there was no problem in breaking through to the Qi Cultivation Realm. Chu Ming rubbed the leaves in his hands with both hands, and couldn't help but smile heartily.

This kind of thing is a corpse tree, which is born by absorbing dead energy, this kind of heavenly treasure for ordinary martial artists, it takes a lot of effort to wash off the dead qi on it before using it, and it can only treat the wound of the soul, and cannot be used for cultivation.

Although the effect of the leaves of the corpse tree is not as good as that of the body of the tree, the thousand-year-old leaves, although they cannot heal the soul, are indeed a great medicine that can heal the flesh and bones, of course, the premise is to wash away the dead qi in it first, but for Chu Ming, the dead qi in it can greatly speed up his cultivation, relatively speaking, the effect of healing injuries is not so great.

Chu Ming tried it, and was depressed to find that he couldn't absorb the dead qi contained in the leaves now, his body's instinct could only absorb the dead qi that escaped in the air, and the dead qi in the leaves belonged to the sealed state, he couldn't absorb it now, maybe he could wait until his cultivation reached the Qi cultivation realm, but he couldn't wait that long.

Chu Ming thought for a while, picked up the dagger at his waist, he aimed the blade at his chest, slowly cut a palm-long opening, and then stuffed the leaves of the corpse tree into it.

After the leaves of the corpse tree were stuffed into the flesh and blood, Chu Ming could clearly feel that the dead qi in it was slowly flowing into his body, although it was slow, but for him now, it was just within the range that he could bear.