Yellow Skinned Taoist Master

Chapter 25: Demon Tree, Bell Toll

Chen Huangpi acted as soon as he spoke.

He formed a sword finger with both hands, and streaks of Grand Duke Demon Slaying sword qi, mixed with a wisp of black qi, slashed out in all directions.

The withered tree had borne too many human fruits.

There was no need to worry about the sword qi missing.

"Ahhhhhh."

"Stop, stop!"

"Hold on, I don't believe his sword qi is endless."

"We have thousands of brothers and sisters. We'll wear you down even if we have to!"

The human fruits wailed and roared.

They refused to let Chen Huangpi go, determined to keep him here for good.However, Chen Huangpi became more courageous as he fought.

He had been cultivating for too short a time. Although he had obtained some of the memories of cultivators like Lin Ye from the Soul-Hooking Manual, those memories did not belong to him after all.

Now that he had the opportunity to use the Grand Duke Demon Slaying sword qi without restraint, and it could also accelerate the forging of the kidney temple, Chen Huangpi naturally would not let it go.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

"I'm going to kill you all!"

"Chen Huangpi, take it easy!"

The brass oil lamp was of two minds. On the one hand, it had to be wary of the tree roots on the ground, afraid of disturbing the terrifying withered tree.

On the other hand, it was worried that Chen Huangpi would go crazy from killing and be affected by the black smoke.

In the future, he would truly become a demon king and a baleful star.

At that time, it would even kill it.

"No need to worry! My will is firm. A mere wisp of black smoke cannot affect me."

Chen Huangpi's face was like frost. As the sword qi raged, he said coldly, "I am the master, you are the running dog. You just do your job for me with peace of mind. When I have forged the five viscera temples and refined the yin-yang spirits, you will be my beloved and trusted dog."

"It's over, it's over."

The brass oil lamp felt its eyes go black.

Chen Huangpi still said he was not affected by the black smoke.

He was about to go crazy from killing.

Even his tone of voice had changed, revealing a crazed flavor of "I am the evil and heretical path."

"Huang Er, stop!"

Chen Huangpi said impatiently, "If you run any further, you'll be out. If I leave here, where will I find human fruits? Are you trying to ruin my path of cultivation?"

"Kill, kill, kill! I'm going to kill them all!"

The sword qi raged, incomparably turbulent.

The human fruits screamed and wailed.

But they were endless. Just as Chen Huangpi had said, this withered tree had borne too many human fruits.

This was the most beneficial treasure land for his cultivation.

However, just at that moment, a rustling sound suddenly sounded.

Crackle, crackle, whoosh, whoosh.

The dense sound of rustling branches, like a strong wind blowing into the ears, came from all directions.

"The demon tree is about to wake up!"

"Chen Huangpi, you baleful star, you've killed so many of our brothers and sisters. You've taken away the demon tree's nutrients. You're finished!!"

Just as the human fruits had said, Chen Huangpi had killed too fiercely. They were not just the fruits of the demon tree.

They were also the demon tree's nutrients.

Once lost, it was completely lost.

The tree roots on the ground twisted, as if they were about to be uprooted.

The earth was shaking, and even the surrounding air was being moved.

This demon tree, located in the Pure Immortal Temple at night, not only blocked the red moon and held up the sky, but also spread its roots into space.

"Chen Huangpi, stop it. Let's run while it's not awake yet!"

"We haven't been in for too long. It was already terrifying before. Now it has become a disaster."

The brass oil lamp screamed.

It really felt that this demon tree had been stimulated by Chen Huangpi.

It was incomparably huge and needed time to wake up.

But just the momentum of its awakening had a terrifying power that could destroy the heavens and the earth.

Such an existence, even if that weasel evil god had become a Yellow Peril, it probably couldn't beat it.

After all, the terror of the Yellow Peril was because its body was composed of mud from the Yellow Springs. It couldn't be killed and could devour all living things.

And this demon tree, it was purely because it had existed for too long.

It naturally became a disaster.

The strange things in the extra area of the Pure Immortal Temple after nightfall were naturally stronger than those outside.

But at this time, Chen Huangpi, who had already gone crazy from killing, how could he stop?

He sneered and said, "It's good that it's awake. The last time I came here, I couldn't cultivate. I was entangled by its branches and hung on the tree. It even wanted to drill through my skull. Today, I'll settle the new and old scores together!"

"If I kill it, my kidney temple will be forged, and I can even forge another temple ground."

As he spoke, Chen Huangpi directly drained all the essence qi from between his two kidneys.

A thick and incomparable sword qi, with black threads spreading inside, instantly blasted towards the demon tree.

With a crack...

The sword qi cut off a piece of bark.

The demon tree's vibration immediately froze.

The bark that was cut off was extremely heavy. Before it could fall to the ground, it was swallowed by the black smoke.

A thick stream of essence qi also entered Chen Huangpi's body.

He only felt all the pores on his body expand with comfort, and his hair and fine hairs stood on end.

But, Chen Huangpi did not clamor.

Because the surroundings were deathly silent.

A terrifying, twisted, and incomparably evil will was completely awakened by his sword strike.

Crack...

The demon tree's head, which could not be seen, and its crown, which was like the night sky, suddenly cracked open.

Densely packed eyes all opened at once.

Those eyes were all a hundred meters in size, evil, cold, and without a trace of emotion.

The pupils of the eyes were like the red moon.

No, that was the red moon.

Because Chen Huangpi remembered that tonight's red moon was a waxing moon.

So, every eye had a projection of a red moon.

The moonlight and the gaze also shone on Chen Huangpi and the brass oil lamp.

The brass oil lamp's dog legs went limp.

Being stared at by the demon tree's countless eyes, the baleful qi on Chen Huangpi's face disappeared, and his gaze became clear.

His raised head also lowered.

Even his tone of voice returned to its original tune.

"Demon tree, oh demon tree, I was speaking too loudly before. I'm sorry."

As soon as his voice fell, Chen Huangpi immediately shouted, "Huang Er, run, run quickly. I won't be arrogant anymore."

How could the brass oil lamp dare to stay?

It ran like crazy.

Chen Huangpi also poured all the essence qi in his body into Huang Er.

Huang Er's speed reached its extreme.

But the earth was extending infinitely.

No matter how fast Huang Er was, the person and the dog were always under the gaze of the demon tree's countless eyes.

Or rather, the entire extra area of the Pure Immortal Temple was under its gaze.

"My Pure Immortal Temple, how can there be such a terrifying thing?"

Chen Huangpi's scalp was numb with fear.

The brass oil lamp wailed, "It's probably not just a disaster anymore. Unless the Temple Master takes action, it's the most terrifying existence in the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains."

"The last time we came, it wasn't this terrifying."

Chen Huangpi remembered that the last time he saw this demon tree, it really hadn't changed like this.

And it hadn't grown so many eyes.

"What a 'last time'. How long has it been since last time!"

The brass oil lamp shouted, "It's all the Temple Master's fault for going mad. If he hadn't gone mad, he would never have let it live until now."

After the Temple Master went mad, he not only stopped patrolling the mountains, but also stopped managing the extra area of the Pure Immortal Temple.

Otherwise, how could it be so dangerous?

"I told you we shouldn't have come, but you wouldn't listen!"

"On the ground!"

Chen Huangpi shouted, "Look at the ground!"

The earth rolled, and a tree root of unknown length overturned the soil, coiling towards Chen Huangpi like a snake.

Chen Huangpi's face turned red, and he cut out a streak of Grand Duke Demon Slaying sword qi.

However, the ten-meter-wide sword qi seemed so mini in front of the tree root.

Not only that, the sword qi was directly coiled up by the tree root when it struck it.

Chen Huangpi didn't know if the sword qi had caused any damage to the tree root.

He only knew that the tree root was crackling.

The black qi in the sword qi devoured the essence qi, but it couldn't break free and return to his body.

"I don't want it, I don't want it. I don't want the essence qi anymore!"

Chen Huangpi knew that it wasn't that the black smoke couldn't deal with the demon tree's roots, but that the amount of black smoke was too small and could no longer be effective.

In the end, the wisp of black smoke could only break free from the tree root and return without success.

"Huang Er, I can't deal with it anymore."

"Don't be like this. Isn't the amount of black smoke in your body very large? Hurry up and spray it. If that doesn't work, it's fine to just protect us."

The brass oil lamp urged in a panic.

The black smoke could even injure the Temple Master. No matter how terrifying this demon tree was, it was not worthy of even carrying the Temple Master's shoes.

But it was too big.

And Chen Huangpi hadn't learned the Temple Master's methods before the Temple Master went mad.

He could only rely on the black smoke to save his life.

Hearing this, Chen Huangpi's small face was bitter, "I also want to be covered in black smoke, but I can't do it."

Every time he emitted black smoke, those characters like flowers, birds, fish, and insects would appear on his body.

It was either from being heavily hit by someone or from being taught a technique by his master.

If he could control it at will, he could probably still be arrogant for a while now.

One by one, the tree roots were uprooted.

The demon tree's countless eyes always stared coldly at Chen Huangpi.

Like a high and mighty deity.

Without any emotion.

And without any pity.

"It's over, it's over."

The brass oil lamp said in despair, "It doesn't want to turn you into a fruit this time. Otherwise, it wouldn't have used these tree roots. It must have been angered by you and wants to turn you into fertilizer."

"I don't want to be turned into fertilizer. Hurry up and use your avatars to call for my master's help."

"I've already called for help. The Temple Master is not in the temple."

As early as when Chen Huangpi had gone crazy from killing, the brass oil lamp had already felt that something was wrong.

It couldn't persuade Chen Huangpi anymore.

Because Chen Huangpi was the master, and it was the running dog.

The Dog Rearing Scripture firmly restricted it.

So, without even thinking, the brass oil lamp had already used its avatars to broadcast a continuous shout throughout the entire Pure Immortal Temple.

But the Temple Master did not respond at all.

He was not in the temple at all.

"Master, save me!!!"

Chen Huangpi shouted at the sky.

The brass oil lamp said in despair, "It's useless. The Temple Master can't be watching you in the dark all the time. How would he know you're about to be turned into fertilizer?"

But the next second, something that the brass oil lamp could never have imagined happened.

Suddenly, with a dong, a sound mixed with pain and madness sounded.

The sound was like a bell toll.

With just one sound, the demon tree seemed to have felt something.

Its countless eyes showed a trace of terror. With a rustle and a crackle, all the eyes closed in an instant.

The moonlight could no longer shine in.

As far as the eye could see, it was pitch black.

The tree roots that had risen from the ground, as if they had been electrocuted, immediately retracted into the soil.

Even the overturned soil on the ground and the pushed-open stone slabs all returned to their original state.

The ground was clean and new, without a speck of dust.

The human fruits also all closed their mouths, closed their eyes, and covered their ears with their hands, not even daring to tremble.

"Could it be that the Temple Master has really been watching you in the dark all along?"

The brass oil lamp and Chen Huangpi stared at each other, dog eyes to human eyes.

"I... I don't know..."

Chen Huangpi's tone was hesitant, unable to be sure.

But the brass oil lamp felt that only the Temple Master could make this demon tree so terrified.

"Master, are you there?"

Chen Huangpi shouted, but there was no response.

"If the Temple Master were here, he would definitely come out to see you."

The brass oil lamp's tone became extremely complicated, "But if it wasn't the Temple Master, then who on earth scared this demon tree like this? I thought it was already the most terrifying disaster under the Temple Master. Could there be an even more terrifying thing?"

At this time, the scene of Xu Qingshan bringing the deity statue back to the Pure Immortal Temple suddenly flashed in Chen Huangpi's mind.

That dong sound...

He remembered it.

Chen Huangpi said in a daze, "It's the Nine Separation Bell! It was rung!"

These two chapters should be written quite well. I think they are quite good myself.

(End of Chapter)