Imperial Treasure

Chapter 559 - 362: Ghost Goblet, The Fear in the Heart_4

There are only two kinds of motivations for a person to do anything: one is instinct, and the other is purpose. Either way, few people choose to complicate themselves with exhausting efforts. Hence, since the opponent had chopped off heads, there must be some use for them...

"Everyone, split into small groups of three or two and look around, see where the heads are," it’s not their mother’s business, but these eerie matters, if not understood, might just endanger them.

Especially since the Corpse Hover was a dangerous character...

Second Master Gong was an old hand in Jianghu, and he understood this well, so he quickly issued orders, and everyone swiftly dispersed.

Sui Yi looked towards Yhan Qingwu, whose face had paled slightly, but she was still composed. He raised his hand and gently patted her shoulder, "Go take a look around."

Knowing that Sui Yi was giving her time to adapt, she smiled and said, "Okay."

Yhan Qingwu walked away. Sui Yi glanced at the Corpse Pit, his brows slowly furrowing... as if he was deep in thought...

Suddenly!

"Ah~~" A sharp scream echoed through the deep, dense ravine, dreadfully fearsome, especially since it was a woman’s scream, next to a frightful Corpse Pit, it was almost as terrifying as a midnight horror, while everyone searched everywhere, some even rummaging through the bushes, the sudden scare almost made them drop their guns.

The screamer was Third Lady Yin, a woman who always enjoyed mocking others and was quite capable. She was normally very dominant, and suddenly she screamed like this, and the chubby man shouted, "What’s going on, did you find a head?"

The first one to reach her side was not the chubby man, but Yhan Qingwu, just three steps away from Third Lady Yin. She walked over to her, wanting to take a closer look but was pulled back several steps by the arm.

"Hm?" Yhan Qingwu was puzzled, but the other calmed her tone and said, "You are still young. Some things are better not seen."

With that being said, Yhan Qingwu felt that she should take a closer look even more.

However, the chubby man and Gen Fengsha quickly ran over to them...

Nothing else was there, just a tree, a very large tree with a broad canopy and vibrant green leaves, located on the side of the hill. In this flat area, it was the only bright spot, adding a casual, serene greenery. It made this place not too desolate and frightening.

But they didn’t know what kind of tree it was, as it felt different from the usual types they saw; its bark especially smooth, reddish-brown, its leaves lush green. Upon closer inspection, one would find the tree to be very fine.

At this moment, the chubby man and others, weapons in hand, looked up carefully...

"Hey, that’s a huge fruit, like a durian, really... holy shit!" The chubby man shut his mouth, his face turning pale as he stood there.

"My God!"

Xue the Skillful Hand slipped and, using his Qinggong movement technique, dashed seven or eight meters away.

Feng Sha also sat down on the ground, his face deathly pale, his pupils bloodshot.

"What’s the matter with you guys!"

Second Master Gong and Sui Yi approached together...

Just as Sui Yi was about to look, Feng Sha suddenly grabbed Sui Yi’s sleeve, "Miss Sui, you better not look..."

Feng Sha always respected her, never daring to overstep his bounds, let alone pulling at her sleeve. Sui Yi frowned, staring intently at him.

Was this matter related to Gong Jiu?

Slowly, Feng Sha let go of her hand and bowed his head.

Sui Yi walked in, looked up under the tree...

The interlaced robust or slender branches dotted with dense leaves allowed only a few gaps where light could pass through. There wasn’t much light, since the sky was overcast and the mist was thick, and even if there was light, it was very dim. But even such light was enough for Sui Yi to see the objects hanging among the branches and leaves...

Fruit?

Clearly not.

They were severed heads.

Sui Yi’s gaze slowly passed over those heads and, after a moment, stopped on one of them.

It was Gong Jiu’s.

On closer inspection, Flower Demon’s...

Brother Ma, Han Gao, Zhang Wei, Shen...

One by one, the heads of familiar people eerily and coldly hung from the branches, hidden among the leaves.

When the wind blew, the leaves rustled, but these heads remained motionless, staring straight out—some looking down, some looking up, some missing their eyeballs, just black holes...

The bones in their necks were very distinct.

Sui Yi’s breath caught there, her eyebrows knitted together, she closed her eyes and then opened them again to look up; still, they were heads.

But she exhaled, turning her head to look at Second Master Gong.

Second Master Gong’s face also looked very bad.

"So many people’s heads... all those people from before..."

The words from Second Master Gong made Sui Yi pause, but before she could speak, that chubby guy had already come back to life, shouting hoarsely, "Do you see those short-lived ghosts’ heads?"

"I saw my own head... really freakin’ bizarre, how could it be my head"

The village chief was actually the least able to withstand it, sitting on the ground at that moment, his face pale: "...it’s Er Ya’s head...Er Ya, Er Ya... finally found where you are."

"No, wait, chubby guy, I didn’t see your head, I only saw my own," Skinny Waist blustered, eager to go over and argue with the chubby guy about whose heads were really hanging up there.

Great, now the real problem had indeed arrived.

"We all see different things," Sui Yi gestured with a sweep of her hand, "spread out a bit... this tree is somewhat strange."

Yhan Qingwu also saw it by then, perhaps due to the impact of the earlier corpse pit, she seemed very calm as everyone dispersed, looking up at the tree top, "Ah Yi, I saw your head."

Sui Yi turned her head to look at her, and the other softly said, "Whatever frightens you the most in your heart, that is what you will see... confusing the mind and vision, this is the Ghost Cup Tree, I had only read about it in the Tang Sect’s archives before, but now this is my first time seeing it..."

"This tree emits a special smell, it must be poisonous, concealed by the stench of corpses here, we didn’t notice it before, but we did inhale a lot, hence the confusion, seeing our deepest fears..."

Sui Yi had just seen that head of Gong Jiu and knew there was something wrong with this tree, but didn’t know what tree it was until Yhan Qingwu explained.

The others also understood in an instant.

"So that’s it, I wondered why I saw my own head," the chubby guy said nonchalantly, relieved, Third Lady Yin scoffed, "Scared of dying, eh~"

"Whatever!" the chubby guy didn’t bother to argue, then suddenly seeing the village chief, he wondered, "I say old man, this tree confuses the mind, don’t be sad, there’s no daughter of yours up there..."

"I know this tree performs the Ghost Cup Technique, it confuses the mind, but we, the people of this clan, were born in these woods and are naturally immune to this tree, so what I see is real..."

So, there were really severed heads up there, and they actually included the village chief’s daughter’s head? (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for it at qidian.com, cast your monthly vote, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)