Volume 2 Cloud View Chapter 87 Roots and Hearts
Hua Ruxue was surrounded by the man-eating flowers in the center, and in the front were three eighth-level man-eating flowers opening the way.
The other demon beasts felt the pressure of the high-level demon beasts from a distance, and ran away without a trace.
As soon as you enter the hilly forest, the view suddenly widens, the trees here are sparser than in other places, there are many stumps on the ground, some of the cuts have re-emerged new branches and leaves, and some of the cuts are clearly visible with a circle of light yellow growth rings.
The trees here are often cut down, and I heard that Chang Yingyun's wooden box is made of the trunk of the Dryad, could it be that after the Dryad's torso was used up, they began to experiment with other trees?
The silence of the night, the sparse vegetation, and the near-nonexistent aura make this place particularly bleak.
A quarter of an hour later, the monsters that had been entrenched in the hills gave way to their sides, bowing their heads when the cannibal flowers arrived, a gesture that symbolized submission.
In the center of the hilly land is a three-zhang long tree stump, which seems to have experienced too much wind and rain, and the huge stump in front of him has no black-brown skin, and the torso glows with a deep light under the polishing of external forces.
The stump was cut off at the waist, there were no branches or leaves, and there was not a single grass growing within a mile of the surrounding area, and as soon as he appeared, he attracted all the attention of Hua Ruxue.
He seemed particularly lonely and thin in the dark night, as if the cold wind of the early spring night could blow him down.
But he just stood tall, like a stubborn and stubborn old naughty boy.
Hua Ruxue guessed that he was the top dryad who died fourteen years ago in Su Zhi's mouth.
The aura around the stump is very clean, and it has not been marked as a territory by any demon beasts, and this alone can see the status of the dryad in the hearts of the demons.
Fourteen years after his death, but still deeply respected by the demon beasts, it is hard to imagine what the land of the hills and forests should have looked like fourteen years ago.
"We're here." The ninth-level piranha quickly came to the stump and said in a familiar tone, "Don't worry, the children are fine." ”
The night wind whistled by, like someone's response.
The cannibals stand around the stump, their heads bowed slightly, and the flowers above their heads bloom one by one, with a reverent attitude, as if performing some kind of grand ritual.
"Follow me." The ninth-level man-eating flower transmitted.
Hua Ruxue cautiously followed the ninth-level man-eating flower into the stump, and there was another hole in the stump.
Hua Ruxue looked around in the dim light, and when she looked up, she could see a bright moon hanging in the silent night sky, crisscrossed by the thick roots of the bowl beneath her feet, and these roots were full of power, even though the dryad had been dead for fourteen years.
If the dryad had been alive, the Hills would have been a different story.
"The Spirit of Wood has been sleeping for fourteen years."
The ninth-level man-eating flower stopped, and countless green silk threads stretched out from the flowers above her head, and the green threads were wrapped around the dry roots, and the roots seemed to have life, and they dispersed little by little, revealing something tightly wrapped in the roots.
Fist-sized crystals appeared in front of Hua Ruxue, crystal clear and shimmering with colorful light.
Hua Ruxue's eyes widened, the so-called wood spirit turned out to be a spiritual vein crystal!
The thing that the dryad used its last strength to protect is the crystallization of spiritual veins!
The appearance of the crystallization of the spiritual vein means the depletion of one spiritual vein and the rebirth of the other.
This kind of existence, which is related to the safety of the monk world, would appear in the Forest of No Return without anyone noticing, and appear in the territory of the top dryad.
The aura of this spiritual vein crystal seemed to be covered by the formation, otherwise the entire land of the hills and forests would have become a holy place for cultivation long ago, instead of the bleak and cold appearance it is now.
The ninth-level man-eater said ashamedly: "I have failed to break through to the tenth level due to the instructions of the adults, and since the adults and the dryads left, no demons can use the wood spirits." As soon as the spirit of the wood is awakened, the barrier that isolates the demonic energy will be shrouded above the land of the hills. ”
The moment he saw the crystallization of the spiritual vein, Hua Ruxue guessed that there was a great possibility that there could be a large array of demonic qi here! If this array can be activated, when the demonic energy comes, the demon beast can avoid demonization by hiding in the formation!
The ninth-level man-eating flower said that there is no demon and can use the spirit of wood, which means that the demon beast can only use the demon power to activate the spiritual vein crystallization after the tenth level, could it be said that the demon power used by the tenth-level demon beast is equivalent to the spiritual power?
The difference between spiritual power and demon power lies in the spiritual root, people have spiritual roots but demons do not, but the difference between one word is very different.
Take the spiritual vein crystal in front of you as an example, as the eye of the large array, it can only be activated with spiritual power.
"I promise you." Hua Ruxue agreed to their request without any hesitation.
At the same time, many doubts sprung up in her mind:
Why do Spirit Vein Crystals appear here? Why is there a formation here to isolate demonic energy? What kind of existence is a level 10 demon beast? Why did the man-eaters leave the Hills Lands? As powerful as the Dryad, why did he die?
All the spearheads seemed to point to fourteen years ago, and Hua Ruxue couldn't help asking: "What happened fourteen years ago?" ”
The ninth-level man-eating flower shook her head lightly, and only said, "On that day, I followed the instructions of the adults, and the hidden aura cultivation took the children out of the land of the hills and forests in advance. ”
It was also on that day that the news of the death of the fox king came, the dryad died, and the white fox clan was destroyed.
Hua Ruxue couldn't ask anything, so she had to do things honestly, activating the spirit vein crystals was just a gesture for her with a spiritual root, but it was more difficult for other demon beasts than climbing to the sky.
Hua Ruxue stretched out her right hand that condensed spiritual power, and the palm was slightly close to the spiritual vein crystal, and the nine-tailed fox mark on her hand appeared again.
She looked at the nine-tailed fox mark on her right hand, and could probably guess that the ice-blue flame that the small stone found for her to refine her body was left by the fox king, and the fox fire that can burn everything comparable to karmic fire is legendary.
If the monks knew that there were spiritual vein crystals in the land of the hills, they would do whatever it took to snatch the spiritual vein crystals, so in the past fourteen years, even though the demonic qi invasion had become more and more serious, the ninth-level piranha did not dare to ask the human race for help.
And the ninth-level man-eating flower that defended the Terran chose to believe that the flower that was mixed with the Terran was like snow, and asked her to help awaken the wood spirit and activate the formation of isolating the demonic qi, precisely because of the nine-tailed fox mark in her hand and the ice-blue flame.
When the Nine-Tailed Fox Mark appears, she will exude a trace of the aura of the Fox King.
Judging from the ninth-level man-eating flower saying "don't let the children down anymore", the little man-eating flower should not know that the fox king is dead, so she is mistaken for the fox king.
For a long time, a steady stream of spiritual power entered the spiritual veins and crystallized, and the green silk threads flowed in the dry root system, and they followed the root system that had been deeply rooted in the soil for fourteen years to flow to the entire land.
Flowers and leaves grow on the cracked ground next to the stump, and the ruined hilly land swept by demonic beasts is reborn.
In a trance, an imperceptible barrier loomed over the hilly land.
In the process of transmitting spiritual power, Hua Ruxue found that this spiritual vein crystal was integrated with the root system of the Dryad, or in other words, the entire Great Array of Isolation Demonic Qi was based on the root system of the Dryad spreading throughout the hilly forest.
The dryad didn't take the root system that penetrated deep into the soil and was difficult to attack, because even if the dryad died, his root system would still be there, because his root system guarded something more important.
Isolate the demonic energy and not be demonized, this is the hope of all demon beasts.
At this moment, there were ripples in Hua Ruxue's heart, and she couldn't tell whether she was more moved or shocked.
If the dryad knew that Su Yi had made a demon bracelet out of his remaining body, responding to the hope that the demon beasts would not be demonized in another way, he should be willing.
After a long time, Hua Ruxue withdrew her hand, and countless roots re-wrapped the spirit vein crystals tightly.
"Thank you, good boy." The ninth-level man-eating flower thanked from the bottom of her heart.
Hua Ruxue loosened her wrist and wanted to ask when this spiritual vein crystal would be used, but when she thought that it would be useless even if she asked, she stopped thinking about it.
Could it be that after she knew that, she would guard a certain spiritual vein and steal it when the spiritual vein gave birth to crystals?
"No thanks, it's time for me to go back."
Rank 9 Cannibal Hua paused, as if she didn't expect Hua Ruxue to leave soon, she hesitated for a moment, and said tentatively: "It's safe here now." ”
There is a ninth-level man-eating flower guard, and there is a formation to isolate demonic qi, so it is naturally safe.
These words seemed to be retaining, Hua Ruxue bowed her head and was silent, a little confused about the intention of the cannibal flower.
"You have helped our people, you are the benefactor of our people, and you will always be welcome here at any time."
Hua Ruxue didn't directly refuse, she could feel the cannibal flower's straightforward kindness, a kind of kindness that would accept you no matter what your identity was.
Now she still has something to do, and after helping Su Yi find the answer, it seems to be a good thing to stay away from the Terrans who everyone has eight hundred hearts and eyes, and to be a fox demon mixed in the sea of cannibal flowers.
Thinking of this, she even looked forward to the day when she returned here.
As they left, the little man-eaters reluctantly waved their leaves and asked with a crying voice, "Will the adults come back?" ”
"My lord! This is a stone that I have been collecting for a long time, and you will love it! ”
"And mine! This is the first tooth I replaced! ”
Hua Ruxue had to accept a bunch of teeth, stones, fruits, and some things that couldn't tell what they were.
Among them, there are a few man-eating flowers that have been beaten by flowers like snow, and the youngest one raised its slightly red and swollen mouth, and said: "When the adults come back next time, I will definitely be more powerful than now!" ”
"I've memorized the smell of adults, and I'll be the first to recognize them next time we meet! Although the smell of the fox is hidden, there is no trace of demonic power, and it is mixed with the breath of many human races, which is very difficult to remember. ”
Hua Ruxue reached out and touched the swollen cheek of the man-eating flower in distress, knowing that the little man-eating flowers would mistake her for the fox king and treat her so well, she must have taken an extra amount of effort when she started!
In the end, the ninth-level man-eating flower sent a piece of black wood, and the texture of the black wood was very similar to the stump in front of him, like the most central part of the dryad's torso, the wooden heart, which was also the key point of the dryad.
"This is the most complete piece, and mortal strength cannot damage it."
Hua Ruxue pondered the meaning of her words, is this for her to keep for self-defense?
She took Mu Xin and suddenly remembered that there was a "Yaqin" in "No Word Decision", and she needed to make her own piano to play a song "Wishing the East Wind".
Just like the original "Hundred Flowers Tea", it doesn't look very serious, because "Yaqin" is not a compulsory auxiliary exercise, so she doesn't plan to collect materials to make Yaqin.
At present, the top materials for making the body are sent to the door by themselves, and Hua Ruxue will naturally not refuse.
Looking at the back of Hua Ruxue in the distance, a little man-eating flower asked, "The fox demon seems to have forgotten us, is it because we didn't protect the fox king?" ”
"Lord Dryad once said that the Wood Spirit will last for another hundred years at most, Grandma, when will we be able to enter Cloud Viewing City? Will the Terrans really accept us? ”
The ninth-level man-eating flower hid her gloomy look and patiently replied, "Yes." ”
When the little cannibals heard this, they seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, and shouted, "We have to hurry up and cultivate and quickly become seventh-level demon beasts, so that they will not be demonized and no longer need the protection of the wood spirit." ”
"Maybe we can also be like the Fox King and the Fox Demon, with a human form and free access to Cloud Viewing City!"