The tree men couldn't walk upright, but they could burrow into the earth.
There was a wide and deep passage underground. It was pitch-black, and the tree men used their roots to glide along the stone walls of the passage like octopuses.
Their seemingly clumsy, huge bodies were moving very quickly in the passage.
"This doesn't look like it was dug by you tree men, does it?" Su Yu's eyes shone brightly as he glanced at the interior of the stone wall, which was full of marks left by many weapons.
"It was the help of your human race's Almighty Experts," the chief tree man said without turning his head.
Su Yu pondered. "Enslaved humans?"
The chief tree man snorted. "Lowly creatures like humans are not worth enslaving. It was your human race's Almighty Experts who volunteered."
Volunteered? Su Yu was confused. Didn't they say that creatures who entered the Desolate Evil Jungle couldn't leave? How could there be a human Almighty Expert helping them?
A name appeared in Su Yu's mind.
"It was Yaomu Daoren," Su Yu murmured. It was rumored that he was the only one who could freely enter and exit the Desolate Evil Jungle. There were no exceptions.
The chief tree man nodded. "Yes, he was bestowed by our Tree God, and he volunteered to help us by opening up a passage for us tree men."
Tree God? Who?
The chief tree man paused for a moment, then said proudly, "Human, if you can really help us tree men, the Tree God won't mistreat you. Perform well in front of Yinmu."
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After traveling for hundreds of miles, a faint light suddenly appeared in the pitch-black underground passage. It was as bright and dazzling as a blazing sun.
They had reached the exit.
Su Yu closed his eyes and felt a ray of warm sunlight falling on his cheek. He slowly opened his eyes, and a sense of amazement appeared in his eyes.
The misty world was gone forever.
The sky was blue, and the waves were boundless. Tens of thousands of ancient bronze tree men of various sizes were growing upright.
The grass was long and the orioles were flying. Spring flowers were gorgeous, and all kinds of creatures were running about. Birds were chirping, and the fragrance of flowers was everywhere. It was a peaceful scene.
"Is this a paradise?" Su Yu murmured. No one would have thought that the interior of the Desolate Evil Jungle, which was known for its evil and dangerous dangers, was a beautiful world as bright as a pearl.
"We've arrived at the Holy Land. Follow me." The chief tree man's body shone with a bronze light, and his tall body gradually shrank, gradually assuming a human form.
His body was stout, and his whole body was painted with wood veins. His facial features looked like they had been carved by a knife, reflecting the light of wood.
Although their form and appearance were similar to humans, there was a huge difference.
"An adult Ancient Bronze Treant can transform into the form of a deity, but it can only last for two hours. There is no need to transform unless necessary," the Ancient Bronze Treant said.
The form of a God? Su Yu was astonished. Isn't this the human form?
As if he had seen through Su Yu's thoughts, the leader of the tree men snorted and said, "This is not the form of a human, but the mentality of a deity! All living beings will eventually evolve into the form of gods. You humans are just born with the form of gods. Don't think that we, the noble treants, will change into your appearance. "
The form of God, the ultimate form of all things?
Su Yu felt that there were too many unknowns in the world. The starry sky, the ten thousand races, and the divine beings were all unknown mysteries.
It was Su Yu's first time seeing the tree man before him.
The treant leader led them through the endless forest. Along the way, there were countless Ancient Bronze Treants, at least tens of thousands.
According to their cultivation, the lowest was a seventh-grade Almighty, and the highest was a ninth-grade Almighty. Once they rushed out of the Desolate Evil Jungle, they would be able to destroy the Blessed and Heavenly Lands ten times over.
No matter how great the Central Prefecture was, it would still be difficult to defend against the treants' invasion.
Of course, the tree men's weakness was their bodies. They could only run around in the form of gods for two hours on the ground, so they were easily restrained by the human race.
Fairy Ling's beautiful eyes were filled with shock. "With so many tree men, occupying a corner of the Jiuzhou continent and standing side by side with Jiuzhou is a piece of cake."
"Hiss, there are so many tree men. It would be fun if they could be tamed …" Gongsun Wuxie's eyes rolled.
"Haha, your courage is commendable." A clear and bright laugh was heard.
Moreover, it was spoken in the human language.
At the end of the forest, there was a clear lake. It was like a mirror, embedded in a dark green grassland.
An old man in a green robe was sitting by the lake. His back was facing them, and he was fishing with a fishing rod in his hand.
Gongsun Wuxie pouted. "Old man, you're trying to mystify us. I'm not afraid of you."
Su Yu and Fairy Ling's eyes flickered as they stared at the old man's back. A human?
"Haha …" The old man put down the fishing rod and turned back with a smile.
When they turned back, they realized that the old man's skin was silvery white, and there were wood patterns circling on his face. He was from the Wood Clan.
"Do you know the human language?" Su Yu asked.
The silver-faced old man wore a smile. "There was once a human who taught me a little, so I know a thing or two."
"Lord Yinmu, they are here," the Ancient Bronze Tree Men's leader said.
"Alright, you may go. Two other humans have also barged in. They seem to have found the way to the Fountain of Life. Capture them." The silver-faced old man was Lord Yinmu, whom the Ancient Bronze Tree Men's leader had mentioned.
He knew everything in the Desolate Evil Jungle like the back of his hand.
Yinmu looked at Su Yu and the other two. His gaze swept past Fairy Ling, and he paused for a moment on Gongsun Wuxie. He then chuckled and said, "The Grass of Immortality. You're just a tiny human, but you're really lucky to have mistakenly consumed such a sacred herb of the Spiritual Grass Clan. You've come here to use the Fountain of Life to cleanse its medicinal effects, haven't you?"
Fairy Ling stood in front of Gongsun Wuxie without batting an eyelid. She was shocked that Yinmu could see through the details of Gongsun Wuxie's body.
Even an All Creation Old Monster couldn't do it!
"You've come to the wrong place. The Fountain of Life can decompose all living things, except for the Wood Clan. The Spiritual Grass Clan and the Tree Men Clan belong to the Wood Clan, so it's difficult to decompose," Yinmu explained patiently.
It's useless? Fairy Ling and Gongsun Wuxie didn't believe him, and they weren't willing to accept it.
"If the Fountain of Life was useful, we wouldn't have allowed our clan's corpses to be invaded by the Evil Spirits in the periphery. We still can't expel them, and we still have to ask you humans for help." Yinmu sighed, and his eyes shone as he looked at Su Yu. "After Yaomu Daoren, you're the only living being who's proficient in the Ancient Wood Clan's language. We've been waiting for you for a long time."
It was just as Su Yu had expected. The tree men really needed help.
"Please tell me the whole story first," Su Yu said.
Yinmu nodded, and with a light wave of his palm, innumerable tree roots shot out from the ground, entangling Fairy Ling and Gongsun Wuxie, and pulling them underground.
"Don't be anxious, young human. I don't want anyone else to hear what I'm about to say," Yinmu said. "They've just been brought to a safe place, and they'll meet you again in a while. They'll also give you some small gifts."
Su Yu loosened his fingers that were pinching the silk thread.
Yinmu was unfathomable, and his intuition told him that he wasn't any weaker than any of the Five Golden Light Guards.
"This is what happened. Ten thousand years ago, the Tree God was plotted against by an old friend, and it escaped from the starry sky. It accidentally fell on the Jiuzhou Continent, and it was severely injured, becoming weaker day by day. Hence, it's trapped here, unable to move," Yinmu said.
Su Yu heard the Tree God's name again, and he asked, "Who's the Tree God?"
"Our god," Yinmu replied, his face full of reverence.
"We, the Ancient Bronze Tree Men, rely on the Tree God to survive. In the past, the Ancient Bronze Tree Men Clan was flourishing, and in our heyday, we had a million Ancient Bronze Tree Men. However, ever since we fell on Jiuzhou, the Tree God fell into a deep sleep, and without his protection, it was as if we had lost our souls. A large number of tree men withered, withered, and died gradually. Moreover, without the Tree God's purification, they were corroded by the Evil Spirits, and they became evil man-eating evil trees.
"In the last few thousand years, the situation has become even more serious. Without the Tree God's nourishment, the number of newly born tree men has become fewer and fewer. Now, only one or two tree men's seeds can be successfully nurtured every year. If this goes on, even I will die in less than a few hundred years."
Su Yu then said, "So, you didn't just sit and wait for death."
Yinmu nodded. "Yes, we tried to find a way back then. The Tree God's injuries were caused by the evil seal's power. This seal was set up using the Ancient Mu words, and it attached itself to the tree men's bodies, absorbing the Tree God's divine energy. This is why the Tree God withered and withered day by day."
In that case, the so-called old friend who had plotted against the Tree God was also a Mu, and he was proficient in the Ancient Mu words that the Ancient Bronze Tree Men were unfamiliar with.
"The seal wasn't to be feared, as the Tree God relied on its purification power to break the seal easily. The problem was that many of the Ancient Mu words used to set up the seal were related to the lost Ancient Mu words, and the Tree God couldn't recognize them one by one. If it could recognize all of them, it would be much easier to break the seal."
He then added, "So, we pinned our hopes on this desolate Jiuzhou continent, hoping that one day an expert who could understand the Ancient Mu words would appear. After waiting for five thousand years, a Yaomu Daoren appeared. Unfortunately, he only managed to decipher twenty percent of the Ancient Mu words before his lifespan came to an end, and he died of old age. Although the tree men helped him cultivate to the Mortal Fairy Realm, allowing him to live for another four thousand years, it's a pity that the human's lifespan is too short, and he still died in the end."
Yinmu sighed and lifted his head to look at Su Yu. Excitement flickered in his eyes as he said, "I thought it would end here, and that the Ancient Bronze Tree Men would be buried in the desolate land. But, here you are!"
He then added, "Even if you didn't enter the Desolate Evil Jungle, I decided to step out of it myself and bring you in."
After understanding the whole story, Su Yu took a light breath. It sounded like the Tree God was an extremely terrifying being.
He had easily pushed a human to the Mortal Fairy Realm!
It seemed that the so-called Nine Great Prefecture's Kings had all reached the Mortal Fairy Realm.
"I can't guarantee that I've deciphered all the Ancient Mu words, but I can guarantee that I'll do my best." Su Yu's eyes flickered as he said, "But, what kind of guarantee can you give me?"
Their lives were still in the hands of the Ancient Bronze Tree Men.
"We, the Ancient Bronze Tree Men, aren't a race that likes to kill. We were forced to use the flesh and blood of living creatures to reproduce. If you can decipher the seal on the Tree God's body and restore it, we won't have to kill anymore." Yinmu stared at Su Yu as he said, "Moreover, you can get the Tree God's reward. Think about it, Yaomu Daoren was just an All Creation strong man with mediocre aptitudes among the humans, but he reached the Mortal Fairy Realm with the Tree God's help. If you can help the Tree God even more, the benefits you'll get will be unimaginable."
Su Yu needed the benefits, but he didn't really need them. What was important was his life.
"Fine, I hope you can keep your word," Su Yu said.
Yinmu smiled. "Come with me. Before we meet the Tree God, I'll take you to the place where Yaomu Daoren passed away. He left behind some ancient words, which might be useful to you."
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