Zhu Yu's nerves tightened in an instant!

He saw the beautiful priestess sitting up from her bed, staring at him!

The priestess wore nothing!

It's embarrassing!

Zhu Yu reacted very quickly, and the next moment he saw her, he pounced, intending to control her first and cover her mouth!

"Don't move!" The priestess reacted very quickly, "I won't scream, but don't move!" ”

Zhu Yu had already taken a big step and was almost close to the priestess, but his movements also stopped.

He really didn't dare to move - the other party had already released kindness, so let's listen to what she wanted to do first.

The priestess was a little unaccustomed to being so close to Zhu Yu, so she shrank back, and then said:

"You...... Are you here to steal the sacred tree? I can feel ...... You have no ill will towards me, and you have a nice smell on you! ”

Only then did Zhu Yu react, this priestess actually spoke in English!

Although her English is a little less neat, she can speak and understand herself!

What's going on? Could it be that she is also an outsider?

"Do you speak English? You guys...... Isn't this supposed to be isolated from the outside world? Zhu Yu didn't answer her question, but cared about it.

"You...... Answer my question first. The woman looked at Zhu Yu's eyes, she could even see in the dark!

"Well, I didn't really want to steal...... Your sacred tree, I just want to take some leaves back. I think this leaf should have a good effect. ”

"You killed that person during the day, right?" The priestess asked again, her speech becoming more and more distinct.

"Yes." Zhu Yu nodded.

"Well, you were very honest and answered my questions seriously, and you didn't perfunctory or deceive me - I will answer your questions as well." The priestess patted the wooden bed, "I'll say for a long time, are you sure you don't sit down?" ”

Zhu Yu didn't expect this priestess to be so bold, and at this time, except for a small thing covering her body below, her whole body was almost exposed in front of her.

But the other party was not embarrassed at all, so don't be hypocritical here, so he sat on the bed half a meter away from the priestess.

The priestess turned around on the bed, facing Zhu Yu and looking at him with interest.

"I still have a question I can't figure out, are you also a citizen of the sacred tree? Why do you have a smell that makes me feel so comfortable, more than the smell of other people in the tribe makes me feel better! ”

The priestess's words made Zhu Yu a little speechless.

In fact, he vaguely guessed the reason. Her body is full of all kinds of energy, including the fact that she once absorbed a lot of life energy, which is probably why the priestess feels comfortable.

This priestess was in close contact with the stump every day, and she was eating leaves, drinking water soaked in leaves, and if she persevered for a long time, she also had some life energy in her body.

"You can understand it this way," Zhu Yu said after a moment's thought, "your sacred tree is full of life energy. And I have had adventures and absorbed a lot of life energy.

Because of this, you will feel that I am more kind, and the smell on my body will make you more comfortable.

That's why I came here to pick a few leaves. ”

The priestess nodded, believing Zhu Yu's words, and then began to tell her story.

Being able to be so trusted and honest with a strange girl, and Zhu Yu didn't think about killing here, so he sat quietly and listened to the priestess tell stories.

"Our tribe is one of many tribes in this jungle. It's just that because of the existence of the sacred tree, we are very special among the many tribes in the vicinity.

Listen to my mother, the last priest, that only women are allowed in our tribe, and this has been the rule since the tribe existed.

If a woman gives birth to a girl, she stays to raise her, and if she gives birth to a boy, she is sent out.

The one you killed earlier was sent to an outside tribe, but although he didn't grow up in the tribe, he knew that he was originally here because he wasn't far away, so he would come here to ask for help - but we don't have any feelings for him, after all, he eats people!

We used to have a relationship with that tribe because of our relative proximity, but later we learned that the tribe was even more barbaric than us, so we stopped interacting with them. ”

"It's really barbaric," Zhu Yu interjected, "and even cannibalism!" ”

"The cannibal tribe is not the only one in the entire jungle." The priestess was not surprised, and continued, "After I was born, I was sent out of the jungle when I was three or four years old.

There I learned to speak English, Portuguese. I learned that the outside world is different from our tribe.

Two other girls were sent out at the same time, but they ultimately decided not to return.

And when I was thirteen years old, when I decided the fate of my life, I decided to come back.

I want to change our tribe. But then, after I took over the priesthood, I learned more about the secrets of our tribe.

I gave up my original idea and let the tribe continue to develop like this according to the habits of the original tribe. ”

"What's the secret?" Zhu Yu asked curiously.

"You're not from the tribe, so I can't tell you." The priestess shook her head and said, "If you say that, disaster will happen to the tribe and you!" ”

Zhu Yu was slightly disappointed, but shook his head and shook this over.

"I'm going to tell you about the sacred tree." The story of the priestess is not finished.

Zhu Yu listened attentively.

"According to the legend of our tribe, the whole forest has become what it is now because of the presence of the sacred tree.

Our jungle tribes also emerged and survived because of the sacred tree.

The sacred tree provides us and the jungle with a tremendous amount of life.

But a long, long time ago, the tribes that had developed into cities fought for the ownership of the sacred tree.

As a result of the war, the cities were largely in ruins, and the sacred tree was cut down into sections.

Our tribe has made one of them.

Later legend has it that whoever could combine all the parts of the sacred tree would become the king of the entire jungle! ”

When the priestess said this, she looked at Zhu Yu expectantly.

"Do you know where the parts of those sacred trees are?" Zhu Yu had no intention of helping this woman become king, he asked the priestess.

"I know where the largest and thickest part of the sacred tree is." The priestess said earnestly, "It's not that far from here, and that tribe isn't much stronger than us.

I also want to remind you that that tribe also has a habit of cannibalism! ”

Zhu Yu thought to himself, are you sure that I will go to that tribe to retrieve the section of the sacred tree?

"If you can retrieve that sacred tree, I don't ask for much, just give me some branches and leaves.

As far as I know, they are located where the sacred tree used to grow.

So the sacred tree is still growing dense foliage. ”

The priestess looked at Zhu Yu seriously:

"If you decide to go, I can send you two female warriors from the tribe to lead the way!"

"Why should I go?" Zhu Yu asked rhetorically.

"Because it's good for you!" The priestess smiled, "Even if you don't take the sacred tree, only some of its branches and leaves, and return to your place, you will have a great harvest." In addition, there are many other things in that tribe that are more valuable to you from the outside world.

Whether in exchange for money or healing, the branches and leaves of these sacred trees are very useful.

If you do that, I can also take the gold that our tribe has collected that is very useful to the outside world, and let you take it with you.

Of course, the premise is that you don't divulge the secrets of our tribe. ”

Zhu Yu probably understood the intention of this priestess.

Let Zhu Yu go to another tribe to steal the sacred tree, and it is more likely to cause trouble for that tribe.

If the power of that tribe is weak, then the power of this tribe will naturally increase.

Zhu Yu could guess that the relationship between the two tribes should be hostile.

"What does it smell like? Smells good? Zhu Yu suddenly felt that this room was filled with a faint fragrance.

"Is it the smell of this sacred tree? No, the sacred tree is not supposed to be this flavor. Is it the smell of you? ”

"Think of it as the smell of me." The priestess smiled slightly, with something inexplicable in her eyes, leaned closer to Zhu Yu's side, and continued: "How is it?" What do you think of my suggestion? ”

"I'll think about it." Zhu Yu always felt that there might be some conspiracy in this.

"Are you used to talking to people like that?" Zhu Yu asked.

Zhu Yu felt as if his thinking had slowed down a bit, and most of his attention was on this priestess.

By the time he realized something was wrong, the priestess had already thrown him on the bed.

Listen to the soft words of the priestess:

"I've finally waited for you...... I'm eighteen years old, and I'm required to start preparing for the next generation of priests.

If you don't come, I'll have to give myself to the half-human, half-monkey stuff of those tribes outside......

I'm not reconciled!

Thank you so much to the Sacred Tree for sending me a treasure like you!

I'm sorry that I used a dishonorable trick against you, this fragrance is unique to our tribe, a spice extracted from a plant.

Rest assured, it won't hurt the body, it will only make us enjoy this time more! ”

The rest of the story is hard to describe.

When Zhu Yu left the tribe, the sky was not yet fully dawn.

He didn't accept the two guides that the priestess had named.

Instead, after asking the location of the other tribe, he planned to look for it himself.

Of course, what made him more curious was the roots of the sacred tree in the other tribe.

According to Eva's explanation, the whole tree was dug up and cut into several pieces by the crazy people.

Now the tribe that Zhu Yu is going to has taken it, and the root of the holy tree is still more than two meters thickest there.

Because of the presence of tree roots, although it was planted, it did not grow into a towering tree again as expected.

But there are dense branches and leaves growing on it. It's enough to meet Zhu Yu's needs.

After all, in Eva's eyes, no matter how powerful Zhu Yu is, he will take a bundle of branches with him if he dies.

Before leaving, Eva also told Zhu Yu everything about this tribe.

The ancient city where they are located used to have a very glorious civilization.

Those gold offerings and jade products, many years ago, were also numerous.

Now they are all packed up and piled up in a stone house in the northwest corner of the ancient city.

Because they could neither make weapons nor tools, these things did not serve any purpose for the women of the tribe.

Although Eva knew that these things could be exchanged for a lot of supplies outside, she had already planned to continue to survive according to the habits of the tribe, and these things lost their proper usefulness.

According to Eva, if Zhu Yu retrieved the branches, then the gold products in the tribe could be left to his disposal.

Of course, if Zhu Yu went to that tribe, it would be best to cut off all the branches that grew on that sacred tree.

Eva has a lot of confidence in Zhu Yu.

When Zhu Yu left, he deliberately went to the stone house where Aiwa Paper was, and found that there were indeed a lot of gold and jade products hidden inside.

At least five or six times more than they had previously been in the ruins they had occupied by that cannibal tribe!

Originally, Eva also wanted Zhu Yu to stay in the tribe for two more days.

After all, a day is not safe.

But Zhu Yu refused.

It's a bit embarrassing.

With a clear goal and no one around him who would affect his performance, Zhu Yu's speed was very fast, and two days later he found the tribe that Ava said.

Although he was mentally prepared, Zhu Yu was still taken aback when he saw the ruins of the ancient city occupied by this tribe.

Originally, the ruins of the ancient city where Aiwa was located were already very exquisite, and they were relatively well preserved.

Now the ruins of the ancient city here are more complete, the area is larger, and the architecture is richer!

It's not just the ruins of the ancient city, but many of the things here are quite large – like the bananas on the trees, which are twice as big as the average one!

Wild sugar cane is arm thick, and snails crawling on the ground are fist size!

Occasionally, palm-sized butterflies can be seen flying through the trees!

Even some ordinary shrubs and weeds grow much thicker than other places!

What makes people strange is that the trees here, the branches are very thick, the hugging are all small trees, and the ordinary ones can only be surrounded by three or five people, Zhu Yu also saw a kind with a diameter of at least five meters - however, these trees are rough and thick, but they are not high, one or twenty meters is about the same, and there are no too tall trees.

With Zhu Yu's keen sense, this neighborhood does have a vitality far beyond that of an ordinary jungle.

Very full of vitality and vitality!

That tribe was also very lively, and when Zhu Yuqian surrounded him, he found that there were at least four or five hundred people in this tribe!

Indeed, there are men, women and children, and they occupy the center of the whole ancient city - the ancient city is about the size of four football fields, and all the buildings are basically wrapped in green vines.

And those in the tribe live in a circle around the center of the ancient city, and there is a lot of garbage left in the outer buildings of the ancient city.

The people here are also stronger than those in the outside tribes, and their arms are thicker and more powerful.

However, the height does not seem to have changed. They were also very aggressive with each other, and after a while, they saw several fights with each other.

The kind with a blue nose and swollen face!

When Zhu Yu arrived here, it was still morning, and he saw at least seven groups of tribal warriors leaving the ancient city and scattering into the jungle.

Zhu Yu looked at these people holding bows, arrows, javelins and other weapons, and guessed that they should be hunting.

Then there is the woman carrying the basket and taking the little girl to pick fruit.

There is also a training ground in the tribe, where half-grown boys are being trained.

Zhu Yu found that in a stone house, there were several prisoners of other tribes.

Zhu Yu didn't care about them, this kind of battle between tribes should be normal, right?

There was also a huge temple in the middle of the ancient city—twice as large as the temple of the ancient city where Eva and the others were.

However, the proportion of warriors in this tribe is less than that of Eva's tribe, and the average level of training of warriors is also worse than that tribe.

It's just about twice as much.

These data were only flashes in his mind, and Zhu Yu's attention quickly shifted to the stump of the sacred tree.

There is nothing in the temple.

This made Zhu Yu a little surprised. Isn't this thing precious? Why didn't you put it in the temple?

There was a priest in the temple, but he was an old-looking old man.

In his hand he was holding a wooden scepter with a clear sense of vitality, and the top of the scepter was inlaid - I'll go!

Zhu Yu saw that the top of the staff was inlaid with a fist-sized tree heart!

This thing was like a spotlight bulb in Zhu Yu's eyes—the vitality was about to escape!

No wonder looking at the old man in his seventies and eighties, his movements are still very steady!

The old man in this rainforest lives to be fifty or sixty years old, and he is basically in place.

The fact that this person can live so long must have something to do with the sacred tree!

Zhu Yu didn't care about this old priest anymore, after all, he was not as eye-catching as Aiwa, and immediately began to look for the holy tree with the help of those thick trees and plants.

After all, this is the main task of coming here.

After walking around the entire ancient city, he saw the sacred tree in a stone roofless courtyard on the east side near the outskirts of the residential area.

To be honest, it wasn't at all like the treatment of a sacred tree - it was just in the middle of the yard, and no one had cleaned it for a long time.

The existing sacred tree is about three meters thick, and there is a whole circle of branches densely growing on it, as thick as the roots of the thighs, and as thin as the thickness of the fingers.

The branches are covered with leaves, and you can see that the branches have been cut down.

Trees are buried in the ground, at least the roots are in the ground.

But the roots are no longer long, and although they do not die, they do not grow either.

In the center of the stump, which is blocked by leaves, you can see a piece of the tree that has been dug up, and from there, it leads down to the root of the tree, which is about 30 centimeters thick and about 2.5 meters long.

But the eye of heaven can see the energy, but the energy that Zhu Yu can feel is extremely limited!

Is this energy "blocked"?

With doubts, Zhu Yu walked into the courtyard.