Master of Metaphysics

Rong Zhen led the three of them along the path on the map until they reached the top of the hill. Looking down from the hill, the village lay peacefully at the foot of the hill, with smoke wafting from every house, very peaceful.

However, this peaceful picture is another scene in the eyes of Rong Zhen and others. The houses are dilapidated, the walls are covered with vines, the roads in the village are covered with weeds, and a few animals pop out from the yards of every house from time to time. , no popularity.

"We were still too careless. The distance is so close, and we didn't notice any abnormalities in this village." Team Qin said with a bit of shame. None of them found out about the village's problems.

Rong Zhen shook his head and said: "It's not your fault. If it wasn't for him wanting to show his flaws, you wouldn't be able to find out. He also wanted to lure us here today, so he showed it on purpose."

Rong Zhen's words didn't make the three of them feel any better. This only proved that the gap between them and that thing was not ordinary, but very large.

Not paying attention to the reaction of the three of them, Rong Zhen walked directly down the mountain. After entering the village, Rong Zhen was taken aback by the strong aura.

Nowadays, spiritual power is extremely scarce in this era. Since coming here, the place where Rong Zhen has seen the most spiritual energy is Feng Peizhong’s courtyard that was destroyed by someone last time, but now the spiritual energy in this village is even stronger than Feng Peizhong’s. To be richer.

This village is obviously not a treasured place of geomantic omen. Such a strong aura is naturally produced by that person. Rong Zhen frowned as he looked at the wildly growing plants around him and the animals that ran past them from time to time.

"Here, here..." After the three of Team Qin came down, they were also taken aback by the aura here. They usually practice, and sometimes they will use the limited resources in their hands to set up a spirit gathering array or something, but that's just Let the spiritual power gather in a small place around me. Compared with the scale and concentration of this village, it is the difference between a water drop and the sea!

"What the hell is going on with such a strong aura?" The three of them thought a lot, and their hearts sank.

Rong Zhen shook his head: "I don't know the details, but it must have something to do with the village next door, let's go and have a look first."

The four of them walked in along the road in the village. Several supermarkets and a restaurant on both sides of the road were still open, but there was no one inside.

They randomly stopped in front of an open yard, and a gray-and-white patterned rabbit jumped out of the yard, and immediately jumped away when they saw several people.There was still a vegetable bowl and several bowls on the table in the yard, and the chopsticks were still placed on the bowls, as if the host had just served the meal and then disappeared.

"There was nothing unusual about this village before. I'm afraid it just happened in the past few days. If we could find out sooner..." You Wu gritted his teeth. Everyone in the village suddenly disappeared, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

Rong Zhen squinted at him: "If you found out earlier, you would have disappeared like them."

Thinking about it this way, yes, they really have nothing else to do but disappear with these people.

A few people continued to walk in, and finally came to the center of the village. There was a large open space here, where some fitness equipment was originally installed, but now those fitness equipment are piled aside like scrap iron, and an extremely thick stone tree grew on the open space. , this stone tree is about ten meters high, and the diameter of the tree is about one meter. The branches on the tree are luxuriant, but there is only one leaf hanging high on the top of the main tree.

The emerald green leaves hung on the gray-black tree, very conspicuous, and attracted the attention of four people at a glance. The leaves were carved like emerald jade, with clear veins, very delicate, exuding vitality under the morning light.

However, the three of Team Qin just glanced at the leaf, and they felt as if they had been put into warm water. Their whole bodies were warm and extremely comfortable, and they seemed to be floating, feeling drowsy.

Rong Zhen snorted coldly, and his voice reached the ears of the three of them, pulling them back instantly.After waking up, the three of them felt a chill in their hearts. Just now their souls were almost dragged out. This leaf is really evil!

"This tree is producing aura?!" After feeling it carefully, Team Qin was startled. The rich aura in the village clearly came from this tree!

"This, this, what is this tree?"

Rong Zhen nodded: "This tree is indeed producing spiritual energy."

"This..." Several people's throats tightened, a tree that can produce spiritual energy!Absolutely a treasure!If you can get it to the headquarters and surround it with a formation, won't you need to look for jade with spiritual energy in the future?

Seeing the expressions of the three of them, Rong Zhen knew what they were thinking. He clicked his tongue and said, "I'm obsessed with money. You don't even think about it. How could such a good thing come about? You can't afford this tree."

Rong Zhen looked at the stone tree, pointed to its roots and said, "This tree probably feeds on extremely heavy resentment or greed, and may even eat people's souls. The emotions of ordinary people can't support it at all. What will I feed it back with?”

"Resentment and greed?" Team Qin remembered what happened in the village where they lived. "Is the owner of the tree in the next village created to provide nutrients for the tree?"

Let the hairy-faced monster prolong their lives. After all the old people have such a hope, they are full of longing for longevity. At the same time, let those old people look for babies in the village as food for the monster, and the women in the village are full of resentment , kill two birds with one stone.

"Probably." Rong Zhen replied vaguely.

"Damn it!" Qin Dui gritted his teeth in hatred, and then picked up the mahogany sword in his hand to destroy the tree. However, as soon as he walked within three meters of the tree, a vine as thick as an arm protruded from the tree. , pulled him back.

You Wu hurriedly stepped forward to grab Qin Dui who was thrown away, and said, "Are you stupid, how can such a precious tree have no protection at all?"

Qin Dui had severe abdominal pain, and his mouth was full of blood. He took a deep breath slowly, and waited until the pain eased a little before he said, "I know, but it's just anger."

"A three-year-old kid? So impulsive." Zhu Zhi took out a small bottle from his pocket, poured out a pill, and stuffed it into Team Qin's mouth.

After a while, there was a trace of blood on Qin Dui's pale face.

Rong Zhen observed the surroundings carefully, and always felt that things were not that simple. They have been here for so long, and the person behind the scenes has not yet appeared. Do you think they are too weak?

Or, is the tree really dispensable, or just a target to stay here?

Rong Zhen stopped Zhu Zhi who took out the formation flag and said, "Don't move this tree for now."

As he spoke, he took out his own bell, pinned it to the ground, bit his finger and dripped a drop of blood on the top of the bell, and then the bell began to ring slightly, vibrating slightly, bringing the surrounding dust with it.

Rong Zhen closed his eyes, and lightly pressed his fingers on the bell. The sound of the bell passed through the stratum and went straight to the ground, feeding back the situation underground to Rong Zhen one by one.

It didn't take long for Rong Zhen to discover the abnormality. A black vortex appeared about 20 meters underground!

Rong Zhen felt the chill before he touched the vortex. He quickly withdrew his consciousness, opened his eyes, and said solemnly: "Sure enough, there is something underground. This tree cannot move for the time being."

"Hey, you kid has some skills."

A voice as crisp as broken jade resounded, and a figure slowly emerged from the tree. They were all startled and put on a defensive posture.

After the figure solidified, it turned out to be a little girl who looked less than ten years old. The little girl was holding a small and exquisite copper lamp in her hand. A black flame was burning on the copper lamp. People immediately felt that their spirit was a little unstable.

The little girl sat on the branch of a tree, looked at them, and her eyes were full of jokes: "What to do, you are so weak, I am too embarrassed to fight with you, I originally planned to let you fend for yourself and become my little girl!" As for the nutrients of the tree, I didn’t expect this kid to discover my secret. Oh, what a miscalculation~”

As she spoke, she raised the lamp in her hand, and the flame on the lamp split into four and slowly floated towards the four of them.

The flame looked very slow, but Rong Zhen felt that he was locked when the flame left the lamp holder, and he couldn't escape at all. He snorted coldly, raised the bell in his hand, and the runes on it slipped one by one, guarded them all around.

Huo Huo was stopped suddenly when he was about to touch the four of them. Although he was struggling to get closer, he got smaller and smaller, and finally he was about to disappear.

The girl screamed, recalled the flame before it completely disappeared, and placed it on the lamp holder again, thus saving the last trace of fire.

"Ahhh! You bastard, you actually hurt my blackie! Go to hell!" The little girl's cute little face instantly became ferocious. She jumped down from the tree and stamped her foot on the root of the tree. , while cutting her own wrist, the blackened blood dripped from her wrist and was absorbed by the tree.

Then the four of Rong Zhen felt a vibration under their feet, and they were wrapped around their waists by a vine that suddenly appeared from the ground, and they were thrown into the air fiercely.

Rong Zhen turned around and kicked the vine when the vine released him, adjusted his posture, and landed on a tree not far away with the momentum. The other three people were not so lucky, although they adjusted in time stature, but still fell hard to the ground.

When he jumped down from the tree, the vine rushed over again, Rong Zhen snorted coldly, and threw out a five-thunder talisman, the mysterious thunder as thick as a thumb directly hit the vine, splitting it into a black charcoal, Turned into black ash and dissipated.

At this time, the stone tree snapped, and a branch fell off, and fell heavily to the ground.

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