Taichu Yandao: Starting from the Villain

It was late at night and everything was quiet, but in the thick white fog, Chen Tianhuo and the Yao Gu couple were working hard.

Before long, the four fires were connected in a line, casting a strip of light.

However, when the fourth fire was lit, the three men were already panting and their magic power was running out.

"These trees are too hard!" Chen Tianhuo complained as he sat on the ground.

Medicine Aunt wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "We can't go on like this. If we encounter a monster, we won't even have the magic power to protect ourselves."

Chen Tianhuo nodded and looked in the direction of the blue light, full of reluctance and frustration.

If only these fires could be moved like the ebony swords!

Wait, the fire can’t be moved, but the firewood can. The old fire is useless, so why not move it forward?

When Chen Tianhuo thought of this, he stood up suddenly and said to Yao Gu and the other two, "My fellow Taoists, since the old fire is useless, why don't we move forward?"

Yaogu and his wife frowned, not knowing what Chen Tianhuo meant.

"Hey, we are the ones who are involved in the matter and are confused!" Chen Tianhuo took a step and headed straight for the original campfire.

He picked up a few pieces of firewood that had not yet been completely burned and pulled them out.

The firewood encountered the thin mist and was quickly extinguished, with thick smoke billowing out.

Chen Tianhuo brought a few extinguished firewoods to Yao Gu and the other two and said with a smile, "This way, we can save a lot of mana."

"That's a good idea!" Yao Gu smiled.

Chen Tianhuo followed the same method and soon dismantled the three old fires and built two new ones.

With this method, the three people's mana consumption reached a balance, and they only needed to chop some new firewood every time they traveled a certain distance, and they could keep moving forward.

The three of them were extremely lucky and did not encounter any ferocious beasts along the way. By the second half of the night, they had moved forward several miles and were getting closer and closer to the mysterious blue light.

"You two, we're not far away, let's work harder!" Chen Tianhuo said excitedly.

"I can't do it anymore. I need to recover my magic power. Brother Yong, are you okay?" said Yao Gu.

"Hmm!" Qiu Yong replied with only one word, picked up his machete again, and walked towards a tree as thick as a bowl.

Less than half an hour later, a new fire appeared fifteen steps away.

The moment the fire lit up, the three people's vision became wide again, but this time, the scene that appeared made the three of them stunned on the spot.

In the distance, there was a clear sky within a few miles, and in the middle, a towering tree stood.

On the crown of the giant tree, small blue flowers twinkle like dazzling stars.

"Senior brother didn't lie to me! Senior brother didn't lie to me!" Chen Tianhuo's heart almost jumped out of his chest.

Yao Gu's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open. After a while, she murmured, "This... could this be... the treasure of the Demon Emperor that everyone is looking for!"

"No, this is the treasure of the Demon Emperor!" Chen Tianhuo's eyes flashed and he stepped forward.

"Be careful, look at the ground." Yao Gu grabbed Chen Tianhuo.

There were countless corpses lying in disarray on the vine-covered ground. Most of them had turned into white bones, and only a few of them still resembled human beings.

Only a layer of skin remained on the corpses, as if all the blood had been sucked out. Their withered faces showed happy expressions, as if they had experienced the ultimate happiness before death.

"Thank you for what I said just now!" Chen Tianhuo was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He held the ebony sword in front of him and looked around vigilantly.

"There is definitely a big problem here. If we are not careful, we will all die here." said Yao Gu.

"There is a problem, but we have finally come here. We can't just give up without even trying." Chen Tianhuo made a gesture and pushed the flame on the ebony sword to its maximum.

"I'm not saying give up, but we have to be more cautious!"

As the two were talking, a faint rustling sound suddenly came from all around.

"Listen!" Qiu Yong suddenly said.

Chen Tianhuo hurriedly swung the ebony sword, and under the light of the fire, a horrifying scene was reflected.

On the ground one step away, thumb-thick vines were wriggling like countless small snakes, one after another.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!" Chen Tianhuo's scalp suddenly felt numb.

The three of them took several steps back and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the vine seemed to be restrained by some force.

"If we had taken a few more steps forward, we would have become the same as those dry bones by now," said Yao Gu.

Chen Tianhuo was sweating profusely, but he still didn't want to give up. He thrust the ebony sword forward and burned the vines.

When the vines encountered the flames, they immediately flew back, leaving a semicircular area.

"They seem to be afraid of fire!" Chen Tianhuo took a step forward, and the snake-like vines flew back again.

"You are indeed afraid of fire. If that's the case, you can give it a try!" Yao Gu was overjoyed.

Chen Tianhuo was full of excitement and said, "To be honest, my senior brother is good at fortune-telling. He said that I was destined to have this opportunity. I didn't believe it before, but so many people died here, but we are safe and sound. More importantly, this climbing vine is afraid of fire. Doesn't this mean something!"

Yao Gu's mouth twitched, and she said, "How can my husband and I miss such an opportunity? But we must be careful, otherwise we will follow in the footsteps of these people."

Chen Tianhuo looked at the ancient banyan tree and said, "This climbing vine is already spiritual, but its intelligence doesn't seem to be very high. Since it is afraid of fire, let's use the old method and slowly grind it with the fire."

Yao Gu pondered for a moment and nodded slowly.

Upon seeing this, Qiu Yong immediately picked up his machete and ran straight to the tree he had cut down earlier.

After a while, the three of them built a new fire next to the vines.

The moment the fire started, the wriggling vines immediately retreated, but the distance was only about five or six steps away.

Chen Tianhuo frowned, but there was no better way, so he could only go back and help Qiu Yong continue cutting down trees.

On the afternoon of the second day, the three men were exhausted and had just built ten bonfires, which were at least two miles away from the Demon Emperor's corpse.

Medicine Aunt was sweating all over. She said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, this is not a solution. Not only do we have to build a new fire, but we also have to keep the old one burning. We can't keep up with the speed of felling trees."

Chen Tianhuo frowned, looked at the ancient banyan tree and said, "Daoyou's reminder is correct. The distance from here to the ancient banyan tree is about two miles. We need to prepare at least two hundred bonfires. In this case, we can only chop down trees first, and when we have enough wood, we can move forward in one go."

Medicine Auntie frowned when she heard this and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, do you have 200 fire-making talismans? Also, can your magic power support lighting 200 fires at once?"

Chen Tianhuo stood there in a daze, unable to answer a single question.

Yao Gu fanned herself with her hands and sighed, "You men are really unreliable when it comes to doing things."

Chen Tianhuo's face flushed and he lowered his head unconsciously, like a defeated rooster.

However, at this moment, the dense vines suddenly retreated quickly, and in a short while, the road around the ancient banyan tree was clear.