No one expected this scene, and everyone just watched in a daze as Gu Xuanniao exploded and died in front of them. And she exploded very suddenly, and she didn't even splash half a cent of blood around her, as if she had turned into ashes in an instant.

Kojiro asked the tanuki youkai, "What's going on, didn't you say you were going to take us to see her? Why did she die? What the hell are you doing?!"

The tanuki monster was silent, and just looked at them with a smile and a grin, which made everyone's hearts palpitate.

"Looks like they're going to do it!" exclaimed.

Immediately, Sun Sheng and Abe Reiko each showed their moves, and Abe Reiko recited the law and summoned two gods to protect Qin Yao and Yui. This formation is very powerful, as long as there is a slight abnormal movement, it is guaranteed that the tanuki monster will die on the spot in an instant.

How could the tanuki monster withstand such a posture, and when he saw that everyone seemed to be about to move seriously, he immediately explained: "Slow, slow, you guys think badly, look at the tree." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the largest of the trees, which was very thick, with a trunk that could not be hugged even by a hundred people, and its branches were luxuriant, like a giant umbrella covering most of the trees here.

It turned out that the tree was very large, and it was hidden in the trees and clouds, and everyone ignored him for a while.

Looking at the branches of the tree again, I saw that the fruit on it was densely packed with cocoon-like fruits, and the cocoon was also very tall and straight.

Everyone approached the tree while guarding against it, and saw that a human face had grown on the cocoon-like fruit, and the outline of the human face was almost the same as the group of dancing girls under the tree!

The tanuki monster laughed, "Now you understand. ”

Kojiro's mind was racing, and he didn't understand what he said, but Sun Sheng reacted very quickly and replied: "You mean that the girl who looked like a bird just now is the fruit of this tree?!"

The tanuki monster nodded and said, "Yes, no matter who puts the human head under his tree, it will give birth to an identical and complete person!"

"What?!human heads...... Girlish...... You mean the head of the bird is under this tree?!"

Saying that, a 'Tai Chi' appeared in Sun Sheng's hand, and the tanuki monster looked at the power of the 'Tai Chi' and was terrified in his heart, and he hurriedly explained: "No, no, no, how can Lord Gu Huoniao's high status be like this? ”

Hearing this, everyone calmed down a little, put away the shining blades, and guarded in the dark.

Kojiro figured out the joints and asked the tanuki youkai, "Isn't this giant tree also the youkai of your 'Ghost Night Rakshasa'?"

"Yes, the giant tree in your mouth is the same as Lord Gu Xuanniao, and it is also one of the 'six attendants' of the 'Ghost Night Beheading', and he is called the Human Face Tree. ”

Reiko Abe thought about the human-faced tree and asked, "This is the legendary human-faced tree, which turns into a big tree when it is dormant and looks like a strong man when it is awake?"

"That's right, what you said is true, it's the human-faced tree! It's a monster with a thousand-year-old cultivation. ”

As he spoke, the tanuki monster knelt down to the giant tree, saluted and said, "The Lord of the Human-faced Tree is on top, please accept the villain's kneeling!"

He responded to the salute, the huge and dense branches and leaves swayed left and right, and the group of girls dancing below him also stopped, and all made a gesture of invitation.

Everyone had never seen such a magical monster, and they wanted to go up and take a closer look. Who knew that the tanuki monster's face suddenly changed greatly, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop everyone and said, "No, no, this is too dangerous." ”

Seeing his frightened look, Kojiro couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, and asked, "Why not? Isn't it a tree left and right, and it won't happen if I wait to take a look." ”

"Forgive the villain for not explaining, although the Lord of the Human-faced Tree is dormant, his demonic power has not weakened in the slightest. If you go so boldly, you might be eaten by him as food!"

“...... According to you, you're still doing it for our good?" Kojiro asked, raising his eyebrows.

The tanuki monster smiled and owed a debt, "I was only ordered to kill the sharp spirit of the adults, but I didn't want your lives." Adults, don't think about me, it's really dangerous under this tree, and even I, a monster, don't dare to approach easily, you adults are people, so forget it. ”

"Kill our sharpness, I see, that's why you keep teasing me?!"

The tanuki monster smiled innocently, "I didn't know that your lords were strong, otherwise I wouldn't dare to do this no matter how much courage I had, and I ask you to forgive me." ”

Kojiro snorted coldly, looking at his face, he really wanted to give him a sword, but Sun Sheng's transparency endured his temperament.

Kojiro thought for a moment and asked, "Since it's his own fruit, why did the girl who looked exactly like Gu Won Bird suddenly burst open? Could it be that these fruits were born to explode?"

The tanuki monster sighed and said in a very small voice: "My lord doesn't know, the Lord of the Human Face Tree has seen the side of the Lord Gu Bird when he was sober, and since then it has been love at first sight, he has been pursuing it day by day, but he has never been favored by the Lord Gu Bird, and since then he has been depressed until he becomes a tree. ”

Yui whispered, "It seems that this human-faced tree is also a lover." ”

Qin Yao looked at Kojiro and sighed sadly, and he also fell into a sad mood.

The tanuki monster said, "Since the hibernation, the Lord of the Human Face Tree has been fruiting every day, and he wants to make something exactly like that of the Lord Guhou Bird. Moreover, it is rumored that as long as you plant your lover's head under the human face tree, you will get a fruit exactly like your lover, and the fruit will be very dependent on the person who planted you, and you will be inseparable for life. ”

"Then why did he bear so much fruit and even detonate one?" asked Kojiro again.

The tanuki monster sighed, looked at the footprints on the ground and was stunned, and said: "Maybe he loves the soul of Lord Gu Xuanniao, no matter how godlike it is, it is just a shell, even if this body can accompany him, how can it be more sincere?"

This sentence touched Qin Yao's heart, she accompanied Kojiro day and night, even though she lived and died together several times, his heart was still not in herself, just like a shell, even if she accompanied her every day until she was old, she couldn't fall in love with each other for a day.

Thinking about it, her heart was even more miserable, and she unconsciously wanted to cry.

Yui looked at Qin Yao's expression and couldn't help but feel sad. But compared to Qin Yao, she was really much happier, after all, she got Sarutobi's sincerity.

Reiko Abe thought of the legend of the Oni-faced Tree in her ancient books, and felt sad for this infatuated monster.

Legend has it that the Human-Face Tree was originally a large tree that grew in the human world, and its branches would bloom in the middle of summer, and the flowers would look like a beautiful maiden, attracting the villagers to stop and watch.

One day, a villager accidentally cut a tree trunk, and saw sap flowing out of the trunk like blood, which surprised the villagers.

As soon as the news spread, it spread ten, ten, and over time, people thought that the tree was very spiritual, so they worshipped him as a sacred tree, and gave this sacred tree a name, calling it a human-faced tree.

In this way, a few years passed, and it happened that the weather was dry for a long time without rain, but the human-faced trees still grew luxuriantly, and they were not affected by the drought at all. The villagers thought that the tree was very powerful, so they took out the little food left in their homes and made a wish to worship the human-faced tree, hoping that it would rain as soon as possible.

The villagers waited for a long, long time, until the ground cracked out one after another, and there was still no rain in the sky.

The villagers were furious, and they took out all their anger on the Human-Faced Tree, cutting off the branches of the Human-Faced Tree and stripping him of its bark. The sap of human blood flowed from the trees and became a small river running through the village.

At night, the villagers heard the cry, like a sad child who had been robbed of his favorite toy, and cried incessantly.

On the second day, the sap of the trees did not flow cleanly, but flowed more and more, and the blood-like stream grew wider and deeper.

The crying that night was even worse, and the voice was thicker, like the cry of a girl who was abducted and sold to the Qinglou.

Early on the morning of the third day, the river of sap became larger, and it was even able to roll up waves and flow into the rice fields.

The farmland was irrigated by this blood juice, and miraculously grew at a rate visible to the naked eye, and actually bore fruit before autumn.

The villagers were overjoyed and cheered, and some said, "I'll just say it's not a sacred tree, it's clearly a monster!"

"No, other plants have dried up due to lack of water, but this demon tree has grown luxuriantly, and it looks like the roots used by the monster to suck all the water clean. If we hadn't revered him as a sacred tree, we wouldn't have annoyed the gods with the punishment of the drought, and if I had said that this tree should have been cut down a long time ago, we wouldn't have suffered such a long time in drought. ”

"Fortunately, he has enough blood for our rice fields, otherwise I really don't know how to survive the winter. ”

Amid cheers and discussions, the villagers went home.

That night, the crying was louder, and the heart-rending cry made everyone sleep, and the voice was as sad as a middle-aged man who had died in his family. Everyone tossed and turned, and they all ran to the head of the village to prepare a fire to burn the human-faced tree.

But when the villagers came to the place where the human face tree was, how could they see any trace of the human face tree? I saw a strong man, covered in blood, sitting on a big rock and crying. The man was pale, and blood slowly flowed from the man's body, and there was no trace of it on the ground.

The bold villager stepped forward and asked, "This big brother, why are you crying so miserably, did you meet a bandit?"

The man was crying, ignoring the questioning villagers.

The villagers then asked, "What is going on?" Is there really a bandit, you tell us that we should flee earlier, and you alone will not be able to affect the whole of our village." ”

The man stopped crying and turned his back to the villagers and replied, "What would you do if a band of robbers cut off your hands and feet and skinned you?"

The villagers were shocked and asked, "So, those bandits are so cruel, and how did you escape?"

"I'm not running away, I'm always here!"

"You didn't run away, so how are your limbs intact? I didn't see you lose your skin. ”

The stout man suddenly stopped crying and giggled, this laughter was so strange that in the silent night of Wan Lai, like a reminder, the scalps of many villagers were numb, and their limbs were weak.

Suddenly, the stout man turned around and smiled at the villager, "Because I want revenge!

When the bold villager saw his face, he was frightened, because the man looked exactly like him, with a strange smile on his face, and his eyes lit up with endless anger.

The stout man stretched out his big hand and slapped the bold villager's head away with one palm, muttering, "Die, die, there is a debtor!"