Chapter 885: The Tree of Life
When the map was revealed, all the Dalles nobles were taken aback. All of them had their eyes fixed on the intricate map, as if they had seen the finest work of art in the world.
But then again, this map is a work of art. Each stroke is very elegant, as if trying to pursue perfection.
"My Highness, have you really drawn it?" At this time, a Dalles nobleman couldn't help but exclaim, and the Dalles nobleman looked at the person holding the map and whispered, "You're too skillful, aren't you, why doesn't anyone know?"
The Dalles nobleman with the map raised his eyebrows at everyone, and the pride was self-evident. "Whether it's the land of the Ancestors or not, let's verify it!" With that, his hand fell on the unfolded map.
At this time, Hua Rong and Shuo'er also came over, and they also looked down at the map. It's just that at this time, Hua Rong and Shuo'er frowned tightly at the same time. The subtlety of the main part of the map naturally surprised the two of them, but it was in the other part that surprised them the most.
That's what the map encloses. The edges of this map are depicted by the nobles of Nadals in the shape of a mist with strokes.
In general, maps will replace boundaries with real limits. The substitution of fog for boundaries indicates that the author of the map had not yet explored that place.
The fog that enveloped the entire map at the edge of Shuo'er opened his mouth to the Dales nobleman and asked, "What is this place?"
The nobleman looked up at Shuo'er before smiling at her, "This is the border of the Land of the Ancestors. It is recorded that the land of the Ancestors had no borders, no exits and no entrances. So I'll use the fog instead!"
"No entrance and exit?" Shuo'er was stunned for a moment, she seemed to think of something, and opened her mouth. But in the end, she kept her mouth shut. Because at this time, those Dalles nobles had already begun to have a heated discussion.
I saw that the owner of the map dotted on the map, and at the same time said, "According to the book, the place where there is a 'Heavenly Ladder' Divine Tree in the Land of the Ancestors should be in these ten locations!"
"In this location of the Ladder Tree, there should be a huge river. And here, there should be a piece of Gobi. Here, there should be some ruins. And here, there should be people gathered!"
The owner of the map pointed to several places in a row, and excluded them one by one, "So in the end, only these three places have the 'ladder' tree left!"
"That way, it saves a lot of trouble!" Originally, the owner of the map pointed to ten places, but now it was excluded to only three, to the relief of all the nobles of the Dalles. "Can these three places be eliminated again?"
The owner of the map shook his head and glared at everyone. "How can there be such a good thing, it is good luck to exclude so much. Thanks to us, we discovered the Ladder Tree. If we find an exotic flower, we can only use the exotic flower as a reference, then we don't know when we will find it!"
"Go on!" the other Dales nobleman nodded, and then spoke to the owner of the map, "My Highness, I can't wait to verify whether it's true or not!"
"My map is absolutely true, according to the drawing in the book, not a place will be bad!" the owner of the map glared at the Dales nobleman, "If it is really fake, then it is also what the book says is false." It has nothing to do with me!" the nobles of Nadals seemed to value the map in his hand very much, and could not be doubted!
After saying that, the owner of the map pointed to a place on the map, and after glancing at all of them, he continued, "According to the book, about ten miles east of this place with the Ladder of Heaven, there is an ancient statue of an ancient exotic god!"
As he spoke, his hand moved to another place, and after glancing at everyone, he continued, "And in this place with the tree of the 'ladder', about thirty miles to the south, there is a 'Holy Sepulchre'!"
Finally, the owner of the map moved his hand to the last place, "And here, walking southeast from here, about ten miles through a small stream, there should be the 'Tree of Life' as mentioned in the book!"
"Tree of Life?" these four words, I don't know which nerve touched those Dalles nobles, they trembled at the same time, and then opened their mouths at the same time. Looking at their appearance, they don't look like nobles at all, they all look like children who are about to buy their own toys, both excited and nervous!
"Let's go southeast now, and see if we can find the 'Tree of Life' mentioned in the book!"
Suddenly, almost all of the Dalles nobles nodded heavily in agreement.
The nobleman of the Dalles, the owner of the map, carefully took the map back and received it in the spatial ring. He hurriedly smiled, "Okay, let's go southeast." If I can really find the 'Tree of Life', then it proves that what is said in the book is true, and it also means that there is nothing wrong with my map!"
As he spoke, he looked at Shuo'er and Hua Rong again, "At the same time, we can also know where we are!"
"Let's go!" Shuo'er nodded, urging the nobles of the Dalles. Hua Rong also kept nodding, he was also a little anxious now. He felt that he had been away from Hu Gao for too long, too long.
Suddenly, Hua Rong and Shuo'er, as well as those Dalles nobles, under the leadership of the master of the map, headed in the southeast direction!
The journey can be said to be unimpeded. Hua Rong and Shuo'er are a little strange. They had to walk casually for a while, and they would encounter a lot of ambushes. However, when they came into contact with these Dales nobles, they never encountered any other enemies.
Of course, this made both Hua Rong and Shuo'er breathe a long sigh of relief. That's certainly what they want to see the most!
"It's a stream, there's a stream!" After walking for a while, he suddenly heard the nobles of the Dalles shout. I saw a small stream in front of them!
The owner of the previous map had said that they would be the first to pass a stream before finding the Tree of Life. Now they saw the creek, which made them feel quite close to their destination.
"My map is right, isn't it!" At this moment, the owner of the map also looked up and laughed, his expression became quite proud at this moment, "They all said that I was wasting my time, now prove that what I did was not wrong!" said him, and waved his hand at everyone again, signaling that all the people behind him should follow him.
However, then, the faces of all the Dales nobles became a little unsightly. For after crossing the brook, they had gone a long way. It was far beyond the distance from what the owner of the map had said.
And they haven't found the so-called 'Tree of Life'!"
"I knew it, I knew it!" the group seemed determined to find the 'Tree of Life', and they kept walking back and forth around this place several times. They crossed the creek and turned back to square one. Then it crosses the stream again.
But the tree of life was not found. At this time, at last, the nobles of Dalles began to complain. "I knew that what was said in the book could not be believed. The map drawn according to the description of the book is even more unbelievable!"
"Not necessarily!" said the nobleman of Dalles, who had just finished his words, and the man who drew the map glared at him at once, and then continued, "It can't be that the instructions are false, my map is false. ā
As he spoke, he looked up, "It only means that this place may not be closer to the 'Tree of Life'. I'll go back to square one and then try to go east and see if we can find the statue of an ancient exotic god!"
All the Dalji nobles paused, then they all nodded again. Agreed with this build yƬ!
Soon, all the Dalles nobles turned around and walked in the same direction. But at this moment, a soft drink suddenly came out.
It was Shuo'er's voice, "What did you say about the Tree of Life?" Shuo'er frowned, looking at the Dales nobles with confusion and solemnity.
As soon as they heard his words, those Dales nobles were stunned for a moment. Finally, it was the owner of the map who stepped forward and spoke to Shuo'er, "The records don't specify what the Tree of Life looks like. It is only said that the tree of life is the tree that nurtures life. Since it's called a tree, it's probably what a tree looks like. Since it is called the Tree of Life, it should be a little different from ordinary trees!"
As he spoke, the owner of the map looked up again and glanced around. Finally, he sighed deeply, with a helpless expression on his face, "It's a pity that I can't see any unusual trees here." ā
"Whew!" the man let out a long breath and shrugged his shoulders, "Looks like we're in the wrong direction, let's look elsewhere first!"
"Let's go to other places first!" the owner of the map smiled helplessly, shrugged his shoulders before he said to Shuo'er, "I guess there is no tree of life here!" After saying that, he turned around!
But at the moment when the nobleman of Nadals turned around, he only heard Shuo'er's voice come out suddenly, "Then, is it possible that it is the Tree of Life?"
All the Dalles had already turned around and were ready to go back to where they had been looking at the map. But now, stimulated by the words 'tree of life', they all struck a fierce spirit at the same time, and then quickly turned around.
At this time, they only saw Shuo'er stretch out his hand and point to a tree not far away.
Seeing that tree, all the Dalles nobles were stunned for a moment. Then, I saw their eyebrows raised at the same time, revealing an expression that was both puzzled and slightly excited.
In fact, the tree Shuo'er was referring to was no different from any other tree. With one exception, the tree that Shuo'er was pointing to had some fruit growing on it.
Originally, tree fruiting is a very common thing, and it is easy to be overlooked. After all, who would be absolutely wrong when they see a tree that bears fruit?
However, the tree stood out in the woods. In the entire forest, there seems to be only one tree that bears fruit. At least that's all they saw was the tree that bore fruit.
For a moment, all the people couldn't help but walk towards the tree that was so ordinary, but it looked strange here. Soon, the nobles of the Dalles, as well as Hua Rong and Shuo'er, had already walked to the tree.
The fruit of this tree is like an unripe pear. Turquoise, oval-shaped, it doesn't look like an unusual color!
The nobles of the Dalles all frowned, scrutinizing the tree. A few people couldn't help but whisper at this time, "The book says that the tree of life can give birth to life. If this really is the Tree of Life, it would be a little too boring. Apple trees can also give birth to life!"
The other Dalles nobles couldn't help but shake their heads.
At this time, Hua Rong jumped lightly and jumped onto a branch. He looked curiously at the unknown fruit in front of him. After looking at it for a long time, I finally couldn't help but reach out and pick the fruit.
"Don't pick it!" and the other Dalles nobles still seem to believe that this is the so-called 'Tree of Life'. After seeing Hua Rong's movements, the nobles of the Dales all shouted in unison. Here, of course, there is still a map with an owner, "Don't pick it up!"
Unfortunately, they were still a little slower. When they opened their mouths to shout, Hua Rong had already reached out and picked the fruit into his hand.
The fruit had barely detached from the tree when a strange cry suddenly came from all directions. Then, I saw Hua Rong's face change fiercely, and he looked down at the fruit in his hand. At the same time, he opened his mouth and snorted, "What the hell is this?"
The nobles of the Dalles also looked at the fruit in Hua Rong's hand. Then, I only saw those Dalles nobles, their eyes slowly widened, and in a short time, the eyes of those nobles of the Dalles Empire suddenly reached the limit. Their faces showed even more shocked expressions.
At the same time, they looked up at the fruits on the tree and shouted in unison, "What the hell are these?"
"Wadsfack, what the hell are these?" Hu Gao opened his mouth and drank softly, and his face showed an expression like he had seen a ghost at this moment. No, it can't be said that he has seen a ghost! A ghost is nothing to Hu Gao, it should be said that he has seen the expression of a frighteningly ugly female ghost. In short, he was scared and frightened.
Except for Hu Gao, the other people also had the same look on his face. It's as if they've seen the most terrible and incomprehensible thing in the world.
Of course, there is more to this than the heart. It's just that although she has been prepared for a long time, when she first saw her, she still showed a startled look.
In front of them was a big tree. This tree is full of fruit.
And these fruits are very large. Each fruit is almost the size of an adult. Then the shape of these fruits looks very strange. It's like a child. It's so weird!
"Could it be a ginseng fruit?" When he first saw this tree, Hu Gao was really scared to death. If it's just one or two, forget it. But these fruits added up to at least a few hundred, and hung densely on the top of Hu Gao's head, and in an instant there was an illusion that he had fallen into a terrible hell. Then after Hui fù came over, Hu Gao was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but think about it again.
"Ginseng fruit?" I don't know how many people died in Hu Caipiao's hands, but even so, she was still shocked when she saw this scene. Hu Gao's words, like a beautiful fairy sound, finally made Hu Cai drift back to his senses. At the same time, she asked Hu Gao in confusion.
"Ginseng fruit!" Hu Gao paused for a moment before explaining to Hu Caipiao, "It's a kind of fruit that can greatly increase people's strength if eaten." I've even eaten it!"
That's right, at this time, Hu Gao remembered the fruit that Sun Wukong gave him, which was very similar to the current one. But this place is much bigger than what Sun Wukong gave him at that time.
After a pause, Hu Gao jumped lightly and jumped into the air. He floated in the air, looking at a fruit that was close at hand. After smiling, he reached out and grabbed the tree.
"Don't, master don't!" Seeing Hu Gao's action, Jing Xin screamed violently. It's as if Hu Gao's action will lead to the end of the world. Even her face became extremely ugly at this time.
Unfortunately, she was still a step too slow. When she opened her mouth to drink, Hu Gao had already grabbed a fruit in his hand.
"Wow!" Hu Gao gently plucked the humanoid fruit from the tree. And at this moment, a crying voice like a baby suddenly came out.
Hu Gao was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked around. Soon, however, he looked down into the palm of his hand. Suddenly, Hu Gao shook violently, and his face turned pale at this moment.
At the same time, all the people on the ground looked up into Hu Gao's palm. Like Hu Gao, their faces all lost their color at this moment. Even Miao Shoutu's face became extremely ugly at this moment.
"Wow, wow, wow!" The cry kept coming out, and every time it came out, Hu Gao had to shake it violently.
He saw that when he plucked the fruit, it immediately melted in the palm of his hand. And when it melted, an embryo emerged from the fruit.
The embryo of a human baby, which has not yet fully developed into a human embryo, looks more like a ball of flesh. And that cry came from this ball of flesh.
"What is this? What is this?" Hu Gao kept muttering as he stared at the ball of flesh in his palm. He didn't know what to do right now. He didn't know whether to keep holding the ball or throw it away.
"He's dead!" on the ground, Jing Xin shook his head. She stared at the ball of meat in Hu Gao's palm and said, "From the moment you plucked him from the tree, master, he was already dead. Master, you throw him!"
Sure enough, at this time, the crying stopped. After Hu Gao heard Jing Xin's words, he did not hesitate to throw the embryo in his palm to the ground.
However, when the embryo was thrown to the ground by Hu Gao with a 'snap', I saw that the embryo quickly merged into the ground and disappeared in an instant.
Hu Gao saw that when the embryo disappeared. Above his head, where the fruit he had plucked, he quickly found a fruit that was identical to the previous one, and identical to the others.
Hu Gao's face trembled, and he didn't want to stay next to this fruit anymore. After landing on the ground, he opened his mouth and asked Jing Xin, "What the hell is this?"
"The people here call it the 'Tree of Life'!" Jing Xin's face was a little ugly, "It's the place where life is born!"
"Can these fruits really grow into adults?" Hu Gao was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but ask Qin Xin.
Jing Xin didn't speak, just nodded towards Hu Gao.
"No!" At this moment, Miao Shoutu on the side suddenly screamed. He raised his hand and patted his head, shaking his head constantly, "It really grew from a tree?
It's just that Jing Xin didn't care about Miao Shoutu's words. At this moment, her expression looked a little sad. I saw her sigh softly, then looked up at the fruit on the big tree, and smiled bitterly. "It's just the life that comes from the tree of life so far from the heartland. The status after that will certainly not be too high. The biggest possibility is to listen to it as a consumable!"
"Consumables?" Hu Gao was puzzled.
"Consumables are used as slaves, or cannon fodder on the battlefield, or turned into souls, and become a member of the pool on the other side to provide energy for others to heal and reborn. It's destined to be just a tragedy!"