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In a certain place in Fuchi, it is said that there once was an extremely tall tree, if you climb to the top, you can pick off the stars from the sky.However, the king wants to build a taller Nine Heavens Pagoda and send people to ask for its body from the tree spirit.The tree spirit naturally refused, and it withered overnight, and the trunk became wrinkled.But the lord of the country refused to give up, and released the lake monkey that was kept as a plaything to make wine for him, corroding and poisoning the tree bit by bit.The tree spirit was powerless to resist, and finally gave up his body, secretly saved a seed, and changed its direction to grow in the ground, hoping that one day it would become a giant tree again and see the sun.

Cheng Wanshi had read such stories in ancient books, but what he didn't know was that later, the king refused to let the tree spirit go, followed the advice of the butterfly witch, brutally killed the monkey group, and called the local tribe, Children and beautiful girls were made human sacrifices, and all the corpses were buried in the place of the giant tree, allowing resentment to pollute its foundation.

That seed did not escape unharmed, absorbed the resentment, and grew into a huge magic tree.Under its influence, the monkey group also turned into living corpses, imitating Fuchi's sacrificial ceremony, picking the fruits that absorbed the surrounding Yin Qi day after day to make fine wine, which was used to water the roots of the magic tree, forming a filthy village. inner loop.At the same time, the surrounding groundwater was gathered by the roots, and the huge lake monkey was just a by-product of it. It drank and fell asleep all day long, only waking up when it sensed the breath of a living person.

The underground palace was originally at a higher place, but as the magic tree grew, it was gradually pushed deep underground and separated from the original tomb passage.

The magic tree has long been integrated with the tomb, and the thick roots have become caves and tomb passages. The shaft is the cavity of the trunk, and finally converges on the treetop.The tomb of Mrs. Tongyu was built later. If it hadn't been for the special environment and formation of Tongyu Ridge, which made it take a long time to appear before the eyes of the world, the tomb might have been looted early in the morning.Or, sooner or later, it will be incorporated into the body by this upside-down magic tree.

"There must be something inside... When the underground palace was built, the seeds of the magic tree hadn't germinated, but now it has grown so huge..." Xu Cheng whispered.

Jiang Fengbai recalled the possessed monkey he met in the tomb passage just now, his eyes turned cold, and then his expression softened: "The map should be in the underground palace."

Those monkeys didn't seem to be interested in them, and the branches of the surrounding magic trees didn't move. Cheng Wanshi looked at it carefully and said to them: "The weak period before maturity may be due to the reopening of the tomb."

"After finding the map, we must find a way to destroy this tree, otherwise the things underneath will come out sooner or later." Bai Jiu's tone was tinged with worry.

Everyone successfully passed the monkey group and walked among the branches, as if walking into a green tomb.Unexpectedly, the palace wall that should have been outside the underground palace has been penetrated by branches, leaving broken walls and ruins, and even the remains of the waterway that resembles an artificial river have dried up.Many tentacles-like branches hang down, covering the waterways, presenting a strange black color. "Maybe there was mercury filling the river here, but because the magic tree and the tomb are integrated, the water vapor is absorbed, and so is the mercury. The volatilized gas seems to have disappeared." Cheng Wanshi retracted his gaze in disgust, stepped on the branch, and stepped on it. Make a "creaking" sound.

The underground palace is not big, but it looks like a spherical sealed space. It seems that only part of it is wrapped in it. The complete underground palace was destroyed when the magic tree grew.Everyone circled around, but couldn't find the entrance.In addition, the lush leaves seem to grow close to it deliberately, covering everywhere, making it even more difficult to find a gap for people to enter.Bai Jiu reached out and knocked, judging the material: "The outer shell is probably to protect the things inside. The magic tree spontaneously made a shell for it. Including the entire space, it is for the underground palace. No wonder the Lord Fuchi wanted to cut it down. The giant tree is used as the material of the Nine Heavens Pagoda, without the 'wood', it will become a 'stone', extremely strong."

"That's why it can be integrated with the tomb." Xu Cheng echoed.

Cheng Wanshi has another guess: "The demon tree is weakening and gradually petrified. If it survives this catastrophe, it will become a tree and begin to grow on the ground, plundering the surrounding things more and more intensely, not only Yin Qi, but also living things." People..." After all, the ground is a tourist attraction, and the magic tree will inevitably be tempted, not to mention the desire to see the sun again.

"Will this tree be angered if we enter by force?" Jiang Fengbai half-closed his eyes.

"Maybe." Although Cheng Wanshi said this, the charms flew out of his sleeve one by one, and stuck tightly to a small piece of shell in front of him.The blue flame started to burn slowly, probably due to a material problem, and it took almost an hour to melt the shell, revealing a small hole.Although the branches of the magic tree kept shaking, and the corpses hanging on it also swayed, there was no bigger movement.

Everyone climbed in, inside the shell was a part of the underground palace, like a maze, surrounded by layers, wrapping the things inside.There are also a lot of flowers and plants planted in the labyrinth, which grow very luxuriantly. The semicircular shell on the top is dotted with tiny fruits, emitting a strange red light.Occasionally, a few fruits burst as if they could not bear the pressure, and the juice would spill, like red rain, and the watered plants would grow taller.

Cheng Wanshi only felt that he was in the jungle, turned left and right by instinct, and finally saw the exit when he was about to vomit.Sure enough, the inside is a separate palace, surrounded by arc-shaped labyrinths, the outside is a shell, and the outermost layer is a collection of branches like a bird's nest.In front of the palace is a huge stone gate, engraved with the appearance of a thousand-year-old giant tree. Perhaps Lord Fuchi used it as the guard of the underground palace in order to humiliate the tree spirit.

Xu Cheng stepped forward tentatively, groped on the stone gate, suddenly his eyes became fixed, his face changed, and he pressed hard to the treetop carved by the giant tree—there was actually a mechanism here, and even the entire relief was trapped. Entering, the stone door slowly opened, and there was a long corridor inside. The long lights on both sides lit up one by one, illuminating the interior of the palace like daytime.In addition to the lamp, there are many monkey corpses, as well as bronze figurines, but they are all solid.

The magic tree didn't touch the interior of the palace, not even a single leaf could be seen here, and it was actually a two-story suite.The outer one is a tomb with many gold, silver and copper funerary objects, and there are also many figurines, or kneeling on the ground, or covering their faces sideways, or holding a piano, playing and singing, or dancing.All of them look like court ladies, with delicate features and strong scent of grass and trees.

The one inside is the tomb where the coffins are actually placed. The murals on the four sides show the picture that King Fuchi sent a group of monkeys to poison the tree spirits, and then held human sacrifices.Countless bloody corpses piled up on the ground, including monkeys with sharp teeth and sharp claws, and the water level of the surrounding lakes and rivers slowly dropped...

The coffin in the center was exactly the size of a person, and the lid was half open, but there was no one inside, and there was no map.

Everyone's expressions suddenly changed: Something ran out!

At this time, a strong smell of wine mixed with the aroma of plants and trees suddenly permeated the air, and the laughter echoed in the palace, making one's spine chill.Cheng Wanshi looked up subconsciously, and saw a woman lying on the roof of the tomb like a monkey, with the chuckle just now.She has a good figure, her front is convex and her back is curled up, and her skin is still glowing with water.The face is more delicate and agile than a living person, she looks young, and she looks very attractive when she smiles.

"How could there be a woman?" Bai Jiu blurted out, "And it's the soul... or Yin energy!"

The woman crawled towards them while laughing, and when they got close to a certain distance, Xu Cheng was surprised to find that the other party's facial features were somewhat similar to Gou Yu's.The woman who had kept her eyes closed all the time suddenly opened them, and her mouth turned into a cry of "Ho... ho ho...".However, she didn't seem to have any malicious intentions, just curious, she stood up unaccustomedly in front of everyone, revealing her naked body.

"What should I do with this thing?" Xu Cheng couldn't help biting his lower lip.

Hearing his voice, the woman reacted, tilted her head, and stuck out her tongue—like a living fish, the tongue was slightly bronzed, and the fish head was still trembling, making a sound.

Cheng Wanshi's expression became weird: "Mrs. Copper Fish?"

"Impossible, isn't it a tomb that was built later? How did she come back to life in Fuchi's suspicious tomb?" Bai Jiu shook her head.

The fish in the woman's mouth suddenly spoke: "I...have a son...after death...should be resurrected...turned into a copper fish...a magic tree...absorbing Yin Qi...falling into...the underground palace..."

Probably understood what she meant, Cheng Wanshi asked back: "So you hid in the coffin? Was it sealed?"

"I like...the magic tree...wife..." Yutou seemed a little angry, "I don't want...monkeys...mixed...monsters...trapped...cages..."

"You were contaminated by the yin energy of the monkey, so you couldn't turn back into a weapon spirit, and you were treated by the magic tree as... a wife?" Cheng Wanshi's eyes showed a trace of pity.

The fish head shook: "It's empty... the wine... dripped in... I ate... the skin..."

This sentence is quite difficult to understand, Cheng Wanshi was silent, but Jiang Fengbai beside him seemed to realize something: "You ate the map?"

Bai Jiu, who also understood something, looked at the top of the coffin, and there was indeed an inconspicuous liquid dripping down, no wonder the coffin was full of the smell of wine.

"No wonder, you have been polluted." Cheng Wanshi sighed, "Those monkeys are also controlled by the magic tree. However, you are a weapon spirit after all, so your sanity is still somewhat clear."

There was sadness in the woman's eyes: "From... the king's..."

"You want us to take you out?" Cheng Wanshi guessed.

The fish head shook wildly, the woman covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face.

The author has something to say:

The tree that grows upside down looks like Metasequoia, but it is more dense