After sending Ning Caichen off, Ye Xuan, Yan Chixia, and Xia Houjie came to the main hall together.
"This old monster has always been harming people in Lanruo Temple. From this point of view, this old monster's body should be near Lanruo Temple. As long as we search around Lanruo Temple, we should be able to find the old monster's body." Yan Chixia was the first to speak.
"Alright, the three of us will each take a direction. Regardless of whether we find it or not, we will meet back here in two hours!" Xia Houjie held his sword and said with a murderous look.
"No need, I have a few fireworks here. If you find it or run into trouble, just light these fireworks and we will know immediately." As he spoke, Ye Xuan took out two single-tube fireworks that he bought before and handed them to Yan Chixia and Xia Houjie. Then, he taught them how to use the two fireworks.
"This is good, I didn't expect Brother Ye to have this item. It will be much more convenient for us." Xia Houjie held the fireworks in his hand and said with a smile.
Among the three of them, he was the only one who was not a cultivator. Although his martial arts were high, there was still a big gap between him and the thousand-year-old tree spirit. With this fireworks, if they were in danger, they would be able to get help in time.
"In that case, there is no time to lose. I will choose the left side. You two, I will make a move first!" Yan Chixia put away the fireworks and then cupped his fists at the two. Then, he used his cultivation method and leaped to the left side of the main hall like a bird, disappearing from their sight.
"Hmph, this Yan Chixia …" Seeing that Yan Chixia left first, Xia Houjie snorted unhappily. He turned to Ye Xuan and cupped his fists, saying, "Brother Ye, then I will choose the right side. Goodbye!"
"Goodbye!" Ye Xuan also cupped his fists. After seeing Xia Houjie leave to the right, he also walked toward the backyard of Lanruo Temple.
In fact, Ye Xuan, who knew the plot, already knew the location of the thousand-year-old tree spirit. It was in the mass grave behind Lanruo Temple. It was the geographical advantage. This old tree demon was able to enslave so many female ghosts to help him attract men's essence.
He walked out of the backyard of Lanruo Temple and went straight into the forest. Soon, he arrived at a mass grave. This mass grave was filled with the souls of those who had died in a foreign land, or those who had been brutally murdered and had no relatives to collect their corpses. These were the souls of those who had found a random place to be buried.
This mass grave was overgrown with weeds, and tombstones could be seen everywhere. Some were lying on the ground, and there were even some white skeletons and black urns of ashes exposed on the ground. It was eerie and gloomy.
And in this mass grave. A white poplar tree that was only seven or eight meters tall and half a meter thick stood on it. This white poplar tree looked like an ordinary white poplar tree. If it was just an ordinary person, no one would associate it with a thousand-year-old tree. After all, an ordinary white poplar tree could grow to a height of ten meters.
However, if someone dug up the soil on the mass grave, they would see that the roots of this white poplar tree were actually coiled around a radius of several miles. The largest roots were several meters thick, which was extremely shocking.
Looking at the roots that were intertwined like giant pythons under the observation of Spiritual Energy. Ye Xuan couldn't help but frown.
Ye Xuan had planned to take out a bucket of oil and burn it to ashes after finding the body of the old monster. However, seeing how well-developed its roots were, Ye Xuan did not dare to do so. Ye Xuan hesitated again because he knew that a tree's main purpose was not to rely on the tree to work. As long as the tree's roots existed, the tree would not be considered dead. After the trunk was cut down, the tree's roots could still germinate and grow from other places, not to mention a thousand-year-old monster like Grandma.
He silently looked at the white poplar tree in front of him for a long time. Ye Xuan's eyes flickered, and then he decided to let Yan Chixia take a look. After all, he was an expert in the Spirit Refinement stage. He was much better at dealing with monsters than a rookie in the Qi Refinement stage.
After making the decision. Ye Xuan turned his right hand, and a single tube of fireworks appeared in his hand. Then he took out a lighter and lit the fuse. With a bang, a colorful firework exploded in the air. Even in the daytime, it could be clearly seen.
After doing this, Ye Xuan did not care about the white poplar tree. Instead, he wandered around the mass grave. After a while, he found his target. A tombstone stood crookedly in the mass grave. On the tombstone were the words "Beloved Daughter Nie Xiaoqian's Tomb".
After thinking for a while, Ye Xuan moved his mind. His Spiritual Energy gushed out from between his eyebrows and sank into the tombstone.
"Huh? There's nothing? " Seeing that there was nothing under the tombstone, Ye Xuan could not help but frown. A huge amount of Spiritual Energy gushed out in all directions like a tide.
"Hmph!" A dark demonic power suddenly invaded Ye Xuan's Spiritual Energy from the ground. Ye Xuan groaned and his Spiritual Energy immediately retreated from the ground.
"Old monster, I didn't expect that it would manage the underground so tightly." Just now, he only roughly scanned the area with his Telekinesis, so he did not alarm the old monster. Unexpectedly, when he wanted to use his Spiritual Energy to find Nie Xiaoqian's urn, as soon as he got close to the old monster's roots, he actually alarmed the old monster's Spiritual Energy attached to the roots. This Spiritual Energy could even hurt his Spiritual Energy.
It seemed that although it was daytime and the Millennium Tree Spirit could not move under the sun, there was no sunlight in the ground, so its activities were not restricted. That was why it could use its Spiritual Energy to fight back.
As for Nie Xiaoqian's urn, it should have been taken away by the old monster. In the original plot, the reason why Ning Caichen and Yan Chixia could find Nie Xiaoqian's urn, according to Ye Xuan, was that Yan Chixia had sealed the Millennium Tree Spirit at that time. In addition, letting them take Nie Xiaoqian's urn with them could let the Old Monster of Black Mountain find them to avenge him. It was killing two birds with one stone. That was why they could find Nie Xiaoqian's urn so easily. Otherwise, with the Millennium Tree Spirit's Spiritual Energy, it would be a piece of cake for it to take away Nie Xiaoqian's urn even if Yan Chixia had cut off 100 years of his cultivation.
Since he could not find it, Ye Xuan did not waste his energy. He found a relatively flat place and sat down, quietly waiting for the arrival of Yan Chixia and Xia Houjie.
After a while, Ye Xuan thought that Yan Chixia would arrive first, but he did not expect that Xia Houjie would arrive first.
"Brother Ye, is this poplar the original body of the Tree Spirit?" Xia Houjie arrived and saw the poplar in the mass grave. He could not help but ask in confusion.
"Brother Xia Houjie, do you think it doesn't look like it?" Ye Xuan looked at Xia Houjie and said with a smile.
"Indeed, this poplar is only five to ten years old. How can it be the original body of the Millennium Tree Spirit? Brother Ye, are you mistaken? "Xia Houjie looked at Ye Xuan suspiciously.
"This is exactly what makes this old monster smart. Brother Xia Houjie, if you don't believe me, you can pull its roots apart, and the truth will be revealed," Ye Xuan said with a faint smile as he stood up from the ground in the face of Xia Houjie's doubts.
"Oh, is there something else under the tree?"
Just when Xia Houjie was going to verify what Ye Xuan said, two people suddenly came out from behind the bushes. One was Yan Chixia, and the other was Ning Caichen, who had already left.
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