novelraw Chapter 600 - 526: Got 2 Trees
Chapter 600 - 526: Got 2 Trees
As Shi Chun gradually recovered from the shock of the celestial phenomenon, combined with what he had seen, he subconsciously pondered a question: Does this golden meteor have any impact on the growth of the Reversing Soul Tree? If it has a positive impact, is the gradual scarcity of the Reversing Soul Tree merely due to deforestation? Could it be related to the obstruction of the 'Beidou Refusal Array'?
Regarding this, he could only speculate. This wasn't an answer he could obtain from a brief observation.
At the moment when the celestial anomaly in the sky disappeared into the distance, Wu Jinliang beside him suddenly exclaimed, "Huh."
Shi Chun turned his head at the sound and saw Wu Jinliang holding a small jar the size of an egg in one hand and a dagger in the other, with the dagger inserted into a piece of rock.
Wait, how could the rock be in the void?
In the dim night, Shi Chun squinted to take a closer look and realized that it was embedded in a piece of floating bark, and with the vision from his right eye's superpower, good heavens, Wu Jinliang's dagger was stabbed into a Reversing Soul Tree.
"Chun Tian, Chun Tian, quick, quick, quick, look," Wu Jinliang muttered excitedly, his eyes already glistening with light.
Even a fool would know that his attempt must have succeeded.
Before he could shout, Shi Chun already saw it, noticing that the area revealing the Reversing Soul Tree's form was rapidly expanding.
Even so, it wasn't all that fast, like something burning in a pot starting to froth.
After watching for a moment, Shi Chun leaned into Wu Jinliang and asked, "What's going on?"
Wu Jinliang pulled out the dagger and showed the small jar in his hand, "I just scraped something from inside it to try, and this happened."
Shi Chun took the small jar, examined it under starlight, and couldn't see clearly. He dared not make light and judged by feeling; it seemed to be some light-yellow paste. He sniffed it, detecting no odor, and couldn't figure out what it was.
He eyed the dagger in Wu Jinliang's hand again and asked, "It's not because of the dagger?"
Wu Jinliang assured, "Definitely not, the dagger's been used countless times with no reaction at all. The change happened only after it touched this stuff."
Shi Chun immediately took out his own dagger, first poking at another Reversing Soul Tree to confirm it was ineffective, then dipped the blade into the small jar to scrape some paste, and then poked into that Reversing Soul Tree.
Soon, the blade felt solid in the void, and after a while, a real scene appeared in the void, and a piece of bark materialized out of thin air.
The two brothers exchanged a look of joy, knowing it worked.
Wu Jinliang even whispered flattering words, "Master is indeed wise, to think of this. If it wasn't for your prior astute calculation, we might never have discovered this route."
Shi Chun replied, "You also gave it your all."
Wu Jinliang chuckled, pointing his chin at the small jar, "What is this stuff?"
Shi Chun: "I don't know. Zhu Xiangxin from the Ten Thousand Grass Hall is knowledgeable about all kinds of pharmacology. We'll take it back for her to have a look."
Wu Jinliang again extended his dagger in the jar, "Get more on the blade, poke a few more times, let these trees appear faster so we can dig them up before they get discovered."
Shi Chun pushed his dagger away, "We don't know what this stuff is, or if we can get more of it in the future. Use it sparingly. Besides, no one should be coming here for a while."
With that said, he carefully stored the small jar.
Okay then, Wu Jinliang reluctantly sheathed his dagger, and tidied up A Xun's belongings on the ground.
Then the two brothers stood guard under the gradually revealing Reversing Soul Trees, waiting.
Fortunately, the revealing Reversing Soul Trees showed no other anomalies, but it didn't stop Shi Chun from becoming increasingly vigilant of his surroundings.
After waiting a while, when the two trees fully revealed themselves, Shi Chun said, "You pull them out, be careful, go slowly."
His constant scanning of the surroundings hinted that he remained on the lookout.
Wu Jinliang chuckled and waved, "No need to pull them out, Chun Tian, just hold them steady."
Saying this, he squatted down, pressing one hand on the ground, and directly employed the Earth Escape Technique, causing the soil to rapidly dissolve and spread in all directions.
Shi Chun instantly understood his intention, hurriedly wrapping his hands around one of the trees.
Soon, the Reversing Soul Tree, with its roots intact, was lifted by Shi Chun. He suddenly freed one hand and revealed the Qiankun Bracelet on his palm, swiftly storing the entire tree inside.
The second tree was dealt with in the same manner.
After finishing, Wu Jinliang asked, "Since we're here, should we take a few more out?"
Shi Chun lightly scolded, "Are you crazy? We don't even know how to use them. Let's figure it out first. Now cover up the ground again."
After Wu Jinliang filled the pit and covered it with weeds and leaves, the two quickly descended the mountain.
Since they had already come, and the place where Huang Yingying was held was just at the foot of the main mountain range, they stealthily approached the location of Yishuo.
Finally reaching near the cliffside of Yishuo, Shi Chun suddenly pulled Wu Jinliang's arm, bringing him down with a crouch.
"What's wrong?" Wu Jinliang asked.
Shi Chun whispered, "There are people lying in ambush around this cliff, unknown if they are guards or something else. The angles appear to be carefully selected, approaching would easily expose us."
Wu Jinliang, puzzled, asked, "Then what do we do? The terrain here is all stone. My Earth Escape Technique is useless!"
Shi Chun surveyed the surroundings, glanced at the sky, studied the environment closely, and murmured, "It's late at night; it shouldn't be a big issue."
Saying so, he pulled out a mirror. It was none other than the 'Three Corpses Mirror.'
Wu Jinliang chuckled, immediately understanding the meaning.
Shi Chun pulled up the mask around his neck, covering his face.
Following suit, Wu Jinliang then crawled behind Shi Chun, mimicking his stealthy movement.
After carefully choosing an approach angle to a nearby lurker, Shi Chun repeatedly observed the lines of sight of other lurking individuals, signaling Wu Jinliang with a gesture, and the 'Three Corpses Mirror' in his hand promptly emitted a dark beam, enveloping the nearest lurker.
The two brothers swiftly dashed out.
As they dashed out, Shi Chun adjusted the mirror to maintain its projection path.
They flashed past, descending along the cliff wall, and when the mirror could no longer aim, he quickly withdrew the dark beam.
The lurker above instinctively glanced around, having just felt the world darken for a moment, as if the sounds of insects had vanished, but everything returned to normal in an instant, leading him to believe it was just a momentary illusion.
Under the increasingly dim light at the cliff's bottom, the two advanced in the dark, and after a while, Shi Chun halted, whispering in Wu Jinliang's ear, "There's a lookout rat at the cave entrance. Its cultivation level shouldn't be high. Try not to cause commotion. I'll go subdue it and ask for some information first."
Wu Jinliang softly agreed.
Shi Chun swiftly proceeded and captured the lookout rat in a flash with a quick immobilization skill, bringing it back for interrogation by Wu Jinliang's side.
However, Wu Jinliang felt that this rat wasn't behaving; in the pitch-black dark, its crafty eyes kept sizing him up. What was it staring for?
After warning the rat, Shi Chun released its confinement, preparing to interrogate it.
Unexpectedly, the rat first looked at Wu Jinliang respectfully and asked, "May I ask, are you Mr. Gao He?"
What the hell? The brothers were astounded. This made no damn sense.
Wu Jinliang instinctively touched his face repeatedly. Nope, the mask was still intact on his face.