Volume 5: The Mystery of Shamo Chapter 01: Damn it, she's a female hooligan
Shamo City is located in the northeast corner of the pentagram continent in the Xuming Realm, hundreds of thousands of miles away from Yonghui City in the southeast.
Even if Gong Lili and the others had mounts like Qiongqi that could travel a thousand miles a day, it would still take some time to reach Shamo City. Moreover, in order to avoid the Shamo army on the border, Yan Zheng took them on a small path around the wilderness. Because Yan Zheng was Wu Su's disciple, he was very familiar with his master's style. He knew that his master was an extremely meticulous person. He would definitely arrange spies along the way back to Shamo City. If they were to be found, the Great Elder Wu Su would be there soon.
Therefore, he could only rely on his experience traveling between Shamo City and Yonghui City many times and follow some less populated routes. This would definitely involve taking a lot of detours, but for safety reasons, everyone wisely remained silent.
However, if you take this sparsely populated route, you will naturally have to endure sleeping in the open air for days.
Mo Yi and Yan Zheng, the two grown men, had no problem. They had both roamed the Void Realm for many years and had experienced all kinds of hardships. But Jing Lili had never experienced such hardship. Although she was now considered to have a very high level of cultivation and was not weak, she looked a little haggard after running around day and night like this the dark circles under her eyes were even more obvious.
Mo Yi saw this and finally found a village ahead that seemed to be isolated from the world while exploring the way. He suggested that they take a short rest here, eat and drink enough to recuperate, and then continue on their journey.
Anyway, we have been waiting for hundreds of years, so there is no need to rush in the next few days.
This timely proposal naturally pleased everyone. In order not to attract attention, everyone deliberately let Qiongqi land at a distance and prepared to walk to the village not far ahead. Gong Lili looked at Qiongqi and thought that if it looked like this, it would definitely scare the people in the village. He patted Qiongqi's head and was about to let it transform, but he didn't expect that this beast had been with Gong Lili for so long that it had learned to read people's expressions. It knew that they were going to disguise themselves as ordinary people to enter the village, so it transformed into a human form on its own.
But this made Ying Lili look embarrassed.
Look at the transformed appearance of Qiongqi, dressed in black, with sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes and thin lips. His height, build and demeanor make him look like a twin of the black-clothed young man standing next to Gong Lili.
Mo Yi looked at the Qiongqi in front of him who looked like a twin of himself, raised his eyebrows with some amusement, and his eyes seemed to fall inadvertently on the Gong Lili beside him. The look in his eyes, which was neither angry nor angry but with a hint of teasing, made Gong Lili feel creepy, and secretly cursed the Qiongqi for being short-sighted.
She didn't expect that her little secret would be revealed so heartlessly by Qiongqi.
It turned out that when Gong Lili was bored, she would always let this Qiongqi transform into the appearance of Mo Yi to entertain herself. Naturally, this Qiongqi knew her master's preferences. She had been secretly observing Mo Yi these past few days, thinking about becoming more lifelike to please Gong Lili. Now that she was about to transform into a human, she deliberately wanted to show off in front of her master to please him. Look how good she has become this time. She is exactly the same as the original, without any difference. I'm afraid that the master himself can't tell which one is her and which one is the real Mo Yi?
Qiongqi, feeling smug in his heart, had no idea that his unintentional act nearly made Yinglili crawl into the ground in shame. Then, a childish, narrow voice rang out, "Sister Lili, I've been wanting to ask you for a long time, why do you always make Qiongqi look like Brother Yi? Is it because Brother Yi is the most handsome?"
Isn't this just bringing up something else? It was like pouring salt on Ying Lili's wounds. At this moment, the corners of Mo Yi's mouth had begun to twitch slightly, as if he was deliberately trying not to laugh.
Pinglili was speechless for a moment. Fortunately, Yan Zheng covered Zeze's mouth in time, otherwise this little ancestor would have said something that would have made Pinglili even more ashamed and angry. Pinglili had never missed the serious and taciturn Zeze as much as today. It seemed that becoming a real child was not a good thing. Children speak without restraint, children speak without restraint, and she could not care about it.
This feeling of having to swallow your anger is really not a good one.
At this time, Zeze seemed not to understand what was going on. He struggled desperately under Yan Zheng's hands, and his big, rolling eyes were still staring at Yinglili, as if waiting for Yinglili's answer. But Yan Zheng was kind, looking at his nose with his eyes and his mouth with his nose, as if he heard nothing.
But! Ping Lili still noticed with her sharp eyes that there was a smile in his eyes! Even a kind and honest person like Yan Zheng understood what was going on, so how could he hide it from Mo Yi?
You reap what you sow. Ying Lili finally understood the meaning of this sentence.
The eldest lady suddenly became angry and snorted coldly. She rushed into the dense forest in front of her like a hurricane without looking back, leaving Mo Yi with a smug smile behind her.
However, Mo Yi's smile did not last long. He soon smelled a hint of ominous breath from the forest ahead. Unfortunately, Ping Lili slipped away too fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Mo Yi's eyelids twitched slightly and he hurriedly chased after her.
The village ahead was not far away, but it required passing through a dense forest. There were so many bushes in the forest that there was not even a path that was easy to walk on. At this time, relying on his agility and lightness skills, Gong Lili flew through the dense forest like a bird. He didn't know how the people in those villages usually came in and out. Even if they were isolated from the world, they shouldn't be so completely isolated, right?
Could it be that there is a paradise inside?
But then again, this forest is just like a primeval forest. It felt sunny outside from the air before, but it was dark and damp in the forest. In the distance, there was a little black smoke rising. She looked up at the lush branches and leaves above her head. It seemed that the scorching summer sun could not penetrate the layers of branches and leaves. Only occasionally, a little light could be cast into the forest through the gaps, which made people feel very gloomy.
At first, Ying Lili just felt that the forest was a little weird, but she didn't have time to think about it too much.
Suddenly, the whole forest was covered with dark clouds, a bit like a sign before a storm, gloomy and gloomy. This feeling made Gong Lili feel very depressed, even a little creepy, and always felt that something seemed to be wrong.
At this moment, there was a rustling sound like wind blowing through leaves behind him. It seemed that the wind was picking up and the weather was going to change. I hope it doesn’t really rain. Ping Lili hates traveling in the rain the most.
Wait, where did the wind come from? Pinglili didn't feel any wind at all, so why was there a rustling sound? How could there be a rustling sound of leaves in this dense forest where there wasn't a single breath of wind?
“Ah—it hurts so much!”
"Hero, spare my life!"
The sound was so sharp and thin, like someone was screaming with their throat pinched, extremely piercing.
Ping Lili turned around hurriedly, only to find that the branches of several ancient trees behind her were dancing up and down like tentacles. Some branches were only inches away from her back. Rather than saying they were branches, it would be better to say they were like sharp claws of dead trees!
At this time, countless branches had been chopped off and fallen to the ground, and sections of roots and branches were flying all over the sky. A green sticky liquid was flowing from the cracks of the cut branches, and a strong fishy smell came to the nose. Only then did Ying Lili notice that those branches were covered with dark red bloodstains and countless animal furs. Could this be a man-eating tree?
Pinglili recalled the wailing sounds she had heard earlier. Besides them, there seemed to be no trace of any human beings in this dense forest. So, were those branches making the sounds? Why could trees talk?
Is this a man-eating tree that has become a spirit? Or a tree demon?
Suddenly, Yinglili realized what was happening. She hadn't expected this Netherworld to contain all sorts of strange things! Furthermore, it looked like these tree demons were planning to attack her from behind.
Without a second thought, Yinglili knew who had just attacked her. The previous awkwardness was quickly forgotten, and she became interested in these tree spirits. She gently pressed her Life Spirit Technique and discovered, to her amazement, that these trees all had pairs of emerald green eyes!
At this moment, those pairs of emerald green eyes were filled with immense fear as they all looked towards Mo Yi's direction. It seemed that the Dragon Slashing Roar attack had shocked them. It seemed that these tree demons were also bullies who feared the strong. However, since they could speak, they must also be able to understand human language, right?
It has been quite some time since Ping Lili came to the Xu Ming Realm. Although she has seen all kinds of big scenes, this is the first time she has seen a talking tree, so she is naturally very interested.
Ignoring the curious glances of Mo Yi and the others, she chose a tree that looked the most lush. From her fingertips, several fine golden threads flew out, binding the tree. Then, she cautiously stood before the pair of emerald green eyes and asked curiously , "What kind of creatures are you?"
The bound tree thought that Ying Lili was going to harm it, and its branches and leaves shook desperately, as if trying to break free from the golden light thread. Unexpectedly, the golden light thread seemed to have a spirit, and the more it struggled, the tighter it was bound. Seeing that it could not break free, its roots buried deep in the ground immediately became restless, and suddenly emerged from the ground like a coiled snake, tightly wrapped around Ying Lili's feet, and exerted force suddenly, as if trying to drag her into the ground. However, it did not expect that with a few more snapping sounds, the several roots wrapped around Ying Lili's feet were cut off by a short black iron blade, and the pain made the tree demon howl shrilly again.
However, it finally calmed down, knowing it was no match for the human woman. It resigned itself to its fate and gave up struggling. Its emerald green eyes blinked vigorously, and it replied in a shrill voice, "Lady, spare me. I'll tell you, I'll tell you."
"Name, origin, and the secret of this forest." Ying Lili raised her eyebrows, playing with the black iron short blade in her hand with an innocent look on her face, and threw out such a short sentence with a bandit-like spirit. She had the aura of a typical female gangster, which made Yan Zheng and Ze Ze on the side dumbfounded. Only Mo Yi pursed his thin lips slightly, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
It seems that this girl has matured a lot and realized so quickly that there is a secret hidden in this forest.
