The underground space is dark and deep.

Coupled with the cyan root system that is deeply submerged in the stone wall, it can't help but give people a claustrophobic and oppressive feeling.

Wei Tao stood in front of a tendril, turning his head to look to the side.

It was an old man in black clothes and black robes who spoke.

He stood a few steps away, staring at one of the gray markings, a puzzled look between his eyebrows.

Behind him, there was a young woman who nodded at Yan Aya and said hello.

Yan Aya also smiled back, and it seemed that the relationship between the two parties was not bad.

"Does the old gentleman know what is the situation with these gray spots?"

Wei Tao withdrew his arm and asked with some curiosity.

The old man in black shook his head slowly, "I'm not sure yet, but looking at the color and shape of these markings, it seems to be somewhat similar to the Withered Gray Poison that has basically disappeared. ”

"Oh?"

Wei Tao thought thoughtfully, "What does the old gentleman mean is that if it is a decay and poison, it is still fatal to people?" ”

"You don't even know the poison of decay, so you dare to accept an invitation to solve the problem?"

The old man's eyes widened, with an expression of incomprehension, "The old man is very skeptical now, have you systematically studied the content of spiritual plant cultivation and pesticide.

You must know that the Dead Ash Poison is famous precisely because it can not only destroy spiritual plants, but can even infect animals.

Just touching it can cause scorch and dryness from the outside in, and as long as there is a slight delay and no timely treatment, it is almost the end of life. ”

Wei Tao listened carefully, and then asked, "So, is there a solution to the problem of the withered and poisonous spirit plant?" ”

"Although there are not many methods, the cost is relatively large, and it is quite difficult to implement, but for the Chishan Yan family, it should not be something that is completely impossible to do."

When the old man in black said this, he suddenly fell silent.

His brow furrowed, and he fixed his gaze on a gray marking, his expression changing one after another.

It wasn't until a dozen breaths later that he let out a long breath of turbid air and shook his head slowly.

"It shouldn't be a withered ash poison."

The old man paused, and then accentuated his tone, "Although the old man can't see the withered poison, he has seen a spirit planter cultivated by the Chishan Spirit Domain himself before.

That Ms. Gong stood at a height that I couldn't reach, not to mention other people like her, both in terms of cultivation realm and vision.

Therefore, if it is really a blight, they should have identified the source long ago after a detailed diagnosis and found the cause, and started targeted treatment.

Instead of putting it off until now, summoning us outsiders to come here. ”

"What the old gentleman said makes a lot of sense."

Wei Tao said, "Then if it's not a dead and gray poison, what is the most likely cause?" ”

The old man in black stroked a few strands of long beard under his chin, closed his eyes and fell into contemplation again.

"If the markings of this scale are not blighted, could it be a soul eater, or a blue mark caused by the accumulation of earth qi?"

"No, it's still not."

"If it's the Spirit Devouring Fungus and the Cangqing Seal, the Yan Family's Spirit Planter won't be able to find the problem either.

Taking a step back, even if you let the old man take action, even if you don't have the vision and insight of the Yan family's spiritual planter, you can almost determine if it is one of these two situations if you try a few more times to change the means one by one. ”

"What could be the reason for that?"

The old man muttered to himself, pinched his fingers, and looked down in circles.

Suddenly, without warning, he stopped.

looked up at Wei Tao on the side.

"You kid don't understand anything, you want to play the old man's words, right?"

As soon as these words came out, the young woman standing behind the old man suddenly became nervous, and she had the urge to turn around and leave.

"I didn't mean to talk to the old gentleman."

"Because I don't understand what you just said at all, even if I have a cliché idea, I'm afraid that after meeting the elders of the Yan family, I won't be able to explain the situation clearly."

Wei Tao shook his head slowly, his expression and tone were calm.

The old man was stunned for a moment, and he didn't quite believe it.

But looking at this person's reaction from beginning to end, at least from the analysis of some details, he really doesn't seem to understand.

I don't even understand it at all.

can be invited to diagnose and treat the Divine Tree, but this person doesn't have the corresponding knowledge reserves?

Taking a step back, even if you don't understand, there's no need to admit it so bluntly.

Or can this person appear here, in fact, there is another hidden secret, and it has an inseparable relationship with this Miss Yan family?

The old man opened his mouth, as if to say something.

But after secretly glancing at Yan Aya, he picked up the water bag and drank a few sips, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

Peers are sometimes enemies, but it's best not to become enemies who never die.

Therefore, no matter how this lady fooled the Yan family, it is also the ability of others to go all the way to the present.

What's more, he is just doing things with money, since he just met this person Pingshui, he naturally can't do the stupid thing that blocks people's money.

When the old man thought of this, he immediately made an excuse and walked farther away.

The young woman glanced deeply at Yan Aya, then turned away and quickly disappeared from the sight of the two.

"Mr. Wei, are we here, or should we go deeper?"

Yan Aya was silent for a long time and asked cautiously.

"There are too many people here, let's change places."

Wei Tao looked around, looking at the children of the Yan family and the spirit planters, his eyes fell on a path that no one was going.

The two of them walked briskly underneath one after the other, until there was no one nearby.

Yan Aya observed the vigilance not far away.

Wei Tao came to the front of a cyan root again, and looked closer to the gray markings.

Silently, the first spirit pattern quietly appeared.

The eight-stage spirit silk meandered and swam, submerging into the roots.

Wei Tao closed his eyes and deeply realized the perception.

Little by little, time passed.

He stood there motionless.

It was as if it had been transformed into a humanoid statue.

I don't know how long later.

Wei Tao slowly exhaled a turbid breath, and the light of doubt reflected in his open eyes.

"Do you smell burning?"

He turned his head to look at Yan Aya not far away, thought about it and said slowly, "In addition, is there a miserable howl like a terrible ghost, which keeps echoing in my ears?" ”

Yan Aya was confused and shook her head, "Mr. Hui, I've been quiet here, and I haven't smelled anything else. ”

"Not at all?"

Wei Tao frowned slightly, and the second spirit pattern quietly appeared in the void.

But just before piercing the cyan roots, it stopped abruptly.

Although it looked a little tempting, the gray spots that covered the surface discouraged him.

It's like no matter how delicious food is, if there is a strange change, no one will dare to put it in their mouth until they understand the cause and the effect on the body.

After a moment of silence, he continued to ask, "How long has it been since this happened to the Divine Tree?" ”

"I don't know exactly how long."

Yan Aya fell into a memory, "However, since half a year ago, several clan elders have not allowed people to climb the sacred tree to practice, and the spirit fruit that should have been picked recently has not been moved. ”

"It seems that your spirit planters have spent half a year still not completely solving the problem, and they can't even find the cause of the problem.

That's why more spirit planters are invited from outside, and even distributed them as tasks related to selection, trying to cast a wide net to find people who can solve the problem. ”

When Wei Tao said this, he turned his head and glanced at the place where he came from, "Yan Ying, I didn't seem to see her in a crowded place just now." ”

"Mr. Hui's words, Yan Ying didn't come down with the team, she seems to have been called by the old of the second clan, and she doesn't know what the hell is going on."

Wei Tao wanted to find Yan Ying to see if he could get more information from her, but he had no choice but to give up at this time.

After a while, he changed his roots and began a new round of research and exploration.

Little by little, time passed.

There is no black or white underground.

The two of them walked and stopped, and came out of a narrow opening, and unexpectedly ran into another place with others.

Wei Tao stopped at this point.

It seemed that a terrible wail was still echoing in the depths of consciousness.

And the smell of burning, too, lingers on the tip of the nose.

Even if the spirit pattern has been completely recovered, it has not disappeared as before.

Not far ahead, there stood a somewhat haggard middle-aged woman.

Her clothes were crumpled.

The hair is like a chicken coop, and it is also messed up.

There was also a pungent rancid smell that could be smelled a few steps away.

As a psychic, I can be sloppy like this, and I don't know how long I haven't taken care of it.

"Who are you?"

The middle-aged woman's eyes were wide and bloodshot, her eyes were full of weakness and exhaustion, and her voice was a little dry and hoarse.

"You are Gong Fang senior!?"

Yan Aya had a surprised expression on her face.

"I am Yan Aya, the daughter of Yan Chongshan."

"It turned out to be the young lady of the fifth room."

Gong Fang sighed and sat down directly on the ground beside him, "The danger has not been ruled out here, what is Miss Aya doing here?" ”

And with Yan Aya's explanation, she suddenly said, "I see, it's already the time of the tide of the spiritual power of the Divine Tree, and I have been staying down there for at least a year." ”

Speaking of this, Gong Fang looked at Wei Tao, "So, you are the spirit planter that Miss Aya invited from other places?" ”

Wei Tao nodded and got straight to the point, "The senior has been underground for so long, have you found the reason for the change of the Divine Tree?" ”

"Cannibalism, loyalty, I also want to find out why."

Gong Fang lowered his gaze and sighed lowly, "But after such a long time, I am about to be tortured and go crazy, and even I have hallucinated, and I haven't really been able to find the cause of the Divine Tree's lesions." ”

Wei Tao listened silently, and his heart suddenly moved.

"In the hallucinations that Senior Gong appeared, was there a burning smell and a cry like a terrible ghost?"

She jerked her head up, a look of surprise flashing in her eyes.

"How long have you been in and you're hallucinating like me?"

Wei Tao looked at her quietly, and said slowly in a calm tone, "Originally, I also doubted whether it was an illusion, but since Senior Gong also had the same situation, there is a high probability that it is not an illusion, but a real phenomenon." ”

"Is it a real phenomenon?"

Gong Fang muttered to himself, and there was something wrong with his whole mental state.

Yan Aya suddenly asked, "Aside from Senior Gong, have any other spirit planters in the clan come in with you, and what is their situation?" ”

"Other Spirit Planters......"

Gong Fang was stunned suddenly, "Yes, where are they gone?" ”

She meditated, tearing her hair, but she couldn't remember where the others had gone.

Until there was a muffled bang.

Gong Fang rolled his eyes and fell to the ground softly.

Fell into a deep coma.

Wei Tao slowly withdrew his arm, "Her current state is very abnormal, it's best to take it out first, and wait for someone to sober up before carefully and in-depth questioning to see what is going on inside." ”

After a pause, he continued, "After sending people out, don't come back, it's more convenient for me to act alone." ”

Yan Aya carried Gong Fang on her back, followed behind Wei Tao, and quickly turned back along the original road.

After a long time, I finally came to the first open space.

It was empty, and there was no way to see the crowd gather at the beginning.

I don't know if they went deeper or just returned to the surface.

Suddenly, a somewhat rickety figure appeared in front of him.

Yan Aya couldn't help but be stunned, and immediately put Gong Fang aside and saluted respectfully.

"I've seen the elders of the two clans."

"Well, you are a child from a five-room family, and I still have some impressions of you."

The elder of the two clans walked slowly, and his somewhat cloudy gaze swept over Yan Aya, and then fell on Wei Tao.

He was silent for a moment, "You are the spirit planter invited by Xiao Aya, and your name is Wei Tao. ”

Wei Tao bowed slightly, "The juniors have seen the predecessors of Yan. ”

The elder of the two clans nodded, and turned around and left directly, "Come with me, Zhang Ji Gongzi wants to see you." ”

Who is Zhang Gongzi?

Why do you want to see him by name?

Also, this person can labor the elders of the Yan family to come and wait for others to pass the word, could it be the upper-level Star Ring monk he saw in the main hall?

Wei Tao straightened up, and a wave of light flashed in his eyes.

After a little thought, he still followed behind the elder of the Yan family, all the way to a quiet room in the depths of the main hall.

A young man in a moon-white robe was inside, sitting on a large wooden chair and drinking a cup of tea.

"Master Zhang, I brought it to you."

After the elder of the two clans finished speaking, he closed the door of the quiet room and left.

Immediately, only Wei Tao and him were left in the room.

"Come here."

Zhang Ji slowly raised his head.

looked Wei Tao up and down carefully.

There was scrutiny in his eyes, even inexplicably hostile.

Wei Tao was confused, completely puzzled.

I don't even understand what the hell is going on with this thing.

It was the first time the two had met, and they had never crossed paths before, so they couldn't figure out where this hostility came from.

"What is your relationship with Yan Ying?"

After a long time, Zhang Ji put down the teacup and broke the deathly silence.

"What is my relationship with Yan Ying?"

Wei Tao couldn't help but be stunned, and a sudden expression immediately appeared on his face.

"I see."

"I thought it was something, and the crux of the problem was here after a long time."

"It's a bit speechless."

"What are you talking about!?"

Zhang Ji raised his eyes and did not hide his disdain and anger, "Yan Ying has always been alienated and indifferent to men, but not long ago outside the gate of the main hall, what did she whisper to you?"

And just now, I asked the second child of the Yan family to ask her if she would like to leave with me, but she directly refused, does this have anything to do with you? ”

Wei Tao was silent for a moment, his eyes gradually narrowed, "If you have anything to say, you can tell me directly, there is no need to go around here." ”

"It's funny, in front of me, you still dare to use such an expression and tone."

"A mere mid-level ringed ant!"

Zhang Ji stretched out a finger, dotted it in front of Wei Tao's forehead, and then slowly moved down, "In my eyes, a person like you is just a domestic dog." ”

"And don't you think it's funny that a dog fantasizes about having something to do with his master in the house?"

"Having a relationship?"

"I don't know if it's funny."

Wei Tao shook his head, "I only know that if it's really a dog, sometimes it's not easy to separate." ”

"Not so easy to separate?"

Zhang Ji narrowed his eyes violently, "What the hell do you mean?" ”

"It seems that Zhang Gongzi is experienced, so that's what you think."

After a pause, Wei Tao continued in a calm tone, "But then again, I don't have any interest in Yan Ying, on the contrary, I have a lot of interest in you. ”

"If you have no dignity and humility, you should be dealt with as rebellion."

Zhang Ji said and slowly got up, and the spiritual power in his body rolled and boiled like boiling water.

"Do you want to know how I usually deal with disobedient dogs?"

"That is, kill it!"

A hideous smile overflowed from the corner of Zhang Ji's lips, and the spiritual power in his body suddenly exploded.

The raised finger flashed and stabbed forward.

Click!!

Brilliant light blooms.

There was a sudden crisp sound.

There was also a suppressed cry of pain, which came out at the same time as the crisp sound.

Wei Tao's face was expressionless, and he didn't react from beginning to end, letting Zhang Ji point at him.

Then watch him take a step back, his fingers bent at a sharp angle.

The flesh and blood at the fracture are bright red, and the white bones are distinct.

It looks like a different kind of beauty.

"Oh, is this broken?"

"It looks like it's bleeding."

Wei Tao tilted his head slightly, and his expression seemed to be a little innocent.

He stepped forward and said softly, "I knew you were weak, but I didn't expect you to be so weak." ”

"The point is to be weak, even if you dare to talk to me in such a tone, and even poke me with your pitiful little thing."

"Didn't your parents teach you the truth that you should always be modest and cautious outside?"

"You're looking for death!"

A hint of tyranny flashed in Zhang Ji's eyes.

He was about to explode with all his might at all costs, but suddenly stopped there motionless.

His eyes widened.

The body couldn't stop trembling slightly.

It was as if he was enduring some intense pain.

Zhang Ji's lips moved, and he subconsciously looked down.

I only saw an extremely complex three-dimensional spirit pattern, and I don't know when it appeared on the surface of my body.

And as the Dao Dao spirit line pierced in, the shaking of the body became more and more obvious, and even formed a kind of tremor resonance between the bones and flesh.

"How can my strength be so strong?"

"Huh...... You're dead. ”

"I didn't expect to be able to gather such a powerful force."

Zhang Ji's face was covered with blood, and the whole person seemed to have fallen into madness.

He staggered forward, barely in any order, and raised his arm to strike him head.

Boom!

Suddenly, blood splattered, and flesh and bones flew sideways.

Zhang Ji's arm exploded without warning.

Then there are the shoulders, torso, and legs.

The whole person instantly turned into a sparse meat sauce, covering the entire floor of the secret room.

Only one head remained, and it fell down with a pop.

"Uncontrolled forces will eventually lead to destruction."

"But as a cultivator of the upper star ring, why do you feel so weak to me, and it is not even as good as Yan Ying before it was strengthened."

"It's just that this guy's head seems to be iron, and even then he still keeps his head intact."

Wei Tao gently exhaled a breath of turbidity, and the first spirit pattern quietly appeared.

Dao Dao Spirit Silk meandered around, and soon cleaned everything up, along with spiritual power.

After doing all this, his eyes fell on Zhang Ji's head, and his heart couldn't help but move slightly.

The lonely head seemed to blink its eyes.

And it seems like there's more to it than that.

Even the corners of its lips seem to be slightly upturned.

"Indeed... It's powerful... power..."

Immediately after, a staccato sound sounded.

Sounds a little distorted and distorted.

Wei Tao frowned and looked down carefully.

"Very strong... The power of ..."

The twisted sound rang out again.

There was also a continuous popping sound.

It's like countless flowers blooming at the same time.

Swish!!!

Wei Tao saw no warning in front of him.

I found that I was no longer in the Chishan Spiritual Domain, but had come to a strange area.

It's a ruin.

There are ruins everywhere.

and blackened marks from incineration.

Even the sky above his head was as bright red as blood.

It was as if there was a fishy pus gushing in it.

Suddenly, the sound of light footsteps sounded.

A figure emerged from behind the dark broken wall.

It soon caught his eye.

Wei Tao was expressionless, watching Zhang Ji walk slowly, and there was no damage on his body.

"Interesting power, in the spiritual power, there are other things added to it."

"It's like, that man."

Zhang Ji stopped, the corners of his lips slightly raised, and a strange smile that was no different from that head appeared.

It's just that in his mouth, it is covered with dense tiny granulations.

They are pink in color and crowded and swaying.

As soon as he spoke, they rubbed against each other, and even affected his voice.

That's why it sounds a little distorted.

And as Zhang Ji opened his mouth, the granulation continued to spread outward.

Soon it took up almost the entire face.

It is even visible to the naked eye that it expands towards the neck and arms.

Perhaps because it was too crowded, countless flesh buds were squeezed and exploded, turning into a fishy smell and dark red blood flowing down.

Zhang Ji stuck out his tongue and licked the sticky blood.

And so many of the granules crackled and fell downward.

Some of them got into their clothes and disappeared.

Some fell to the ground, and then kept surging in the black ash, as if they wanted to climb onto Wei Tao.

"What is this?"

Wei Tao quickly calmed down and observed carefully.

A moment ago, he was still in the Chishan Spirit Domain.

In the next second, he came directly to this ruin.

There is also a young man named Zhang Ji.

Obviously, it has been blasted by his malicious enhancement, and only one head is still left.

But it appeared in front of him strangely again, and it became such a strange appearance.

Zhang Ji took a step forward slowly, and a series of light sounds suddenly erupted on the surface of his body.

The whole person was covered in dark red blood in an instant, exuding an incomparably fishy smell.

His eyes were blank, and his movements were stiff like a puppet.

It seems that with just a casual punch, this disgusting body can be crushed and exploded.

But Wei Tao vaguely felt that there was a terrifying and distorted aura in his body that he had never seen before, which seemed to be connected with the entire ruins.

Perhaps at any moment it could emerge from this body, submerging and burying everything.

A rustling sound sounded quietly.

Wei Tao felt some inexplicable itching in his hands and feet.

When I looked down, I realized that there were already flesh buds crawling up, trying to break through his skin and burrow into his body.

The unbreakable flesh was unbreakable, and it actually gave birth to a stinging sensation like a mosquito bite.

Where the granes have been "bitten", small gray spots have quietly appeared, like patches of stickers stuck to the surface of the skin.

There was also a faint mournful wail, like a ghost crying at night, and it sounded at the same time.

Wei Tao took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

The corners of his eyes and mouth twitched slightly.

"You're not Zhang Ji, what the hell is it?"

He still didn't move, just asked slowly.

Zhang Ji was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed, and suddenly squeezed a large piece of flesh on his face.

"I'm Zhang Ji, the idiot who talked to you just now is just another me."