After entering the Middle Five Palaces, Yi Tian and Yan Qiu explored the depths of the forest together. Halfway there, Yan Qiu said that the feeling in his mind had appeared again. Yi Tian was overjoyed to hear that. They couldn't tell the direction in the forest and couldn't even use the Sundial Luogeng.
Just as they were at their wits' end, they found that the feeling in Yan Qiu's mind was getting stronger. The two ran in the direction of the feeling, but they were attacked by the inexplicable pollen of the Red Corydalis. Fortunately, Yi Tian's cultivation base was profound, and he immediately sealed his six senses to block the pollen mist. Then, he rescued Yan Qiu and flew to a high place in the forest to rest temporarily.
After Yan Qiu woke up, the two carefully identified the surrounding environment and finally came to a shocking conclusion. The innate spirit plant in the eye of the Middle Five Palaces must have become a spirit monster, and Yan Qiu should have something that it wanted, so it tried every means to lure him into the Stone Soldier Eight Arrays.
Out of curiosity, Yi Tian asked Yan Qiu to take out the items he obtained after coming to the fragment of the Immortal Realm. Then, he saw Yan Qiu take out three items: a pestle, a locust tree root, and half of a spear tip. Speaking of which, these three items seemed to be treasures left behind in the Immortal Realm, but after hundreds of thousands of years, there was not much immortal energy left in them.
According to Yi Tian's idea, among these three items, the most likely one to catch the eye of the innate spirit monster in the eye of the array was the locust tree root. But it didn't cause any waves at all, but when Yan Qiu picked up the pestle, something strange happened in the surroundings.
Countless branches suddenly burst out from the originally thick tree trunk, encircling Yi Tian and Yan Qiu. In the face of this sudden change, Yi Tian's expression didn't change. He reached out and summoned the Taiyuan Wood Sword.
He gently controlled it in his hand, ready to strike. Yan Qiu's face tensed up. At this time, how could he not know that there was a problem with the half-foot-long pestle that put them in such a predicament?
After taking out his sword, he hurriedly asked, "Brother Yi, what do you think we should do now?"
More and more branches surrounded them, and at the same time, sealed off their escape route. Yi Tian said in a deep voice, "Let's go up first and see what happens." After saying that, he took the lead and rushed up.
Behind him, Yan Qiu didn't slow down either. He followed closely behind at a distance of thirty feet. The two of them quickly ascended along the thick tree trunk. However, the withered branches below were like Zhang Le's eyes, staring in the direction where the two of them were retreating and following closely behind.
At the same time, Yi Tian also noticed that there was a rustling sound coming from above. After a purple light flashed in his eyes, he looked up and was surprised to find that the tree crown was about a thousand feet above him. At this moment, there were many branches growing wildly from the canopy, covering the two of them as they ascended.
Obviously, these branches were controlled by someone who wanted to trap the two of them here. Yi Tian shook his Taiyuan Wood Sword gently. In an instant, the three-foot-long sword turned into countless sword silks and swept up. After a series of clanging sounds, the falling branches stopped. However, Yi Tian found that his Taiyuan Sword Silks could only leave slight marks on these branches. The roots couldn't cut them off.
When he saw this, he couldn't help but think, 'It's indeed a spiritual plant from the Immortal World. After absorbing a large amount of Immortal Core Power, it actually dares to be fearless of the sword silks summoned by the Spiritual Brilliance Thousand Technique. In the Spiritual Realm, this magical power of mine has always been invincible. Very few people can escape from the attack of the Spiritual Brilliance Sword Silks.'
When Yan Qiu saw this, he hurriedly summoned the battle sword in his hand and shot out three black saber lights. However, what surprised everyone was that after these saber lights hit the branches, they only stopped them for three breaths before dispersing.
Yan Qiu didn't expect the difference in strength to be so great. His face instantly lost its luster. When he saw this, he naturally felt embarrassed and hurriedly shouted, "Brother Yi, what should we do next?"
At this moment, a withered branch that was as thick as a thumb stretched out from a thick tree trunk and rolled toward the medicine pounding pestle. When Yan Qiu saw this, he was shocked. After injecting spiritual power into the medicine pounding pestle, the five-foot-long medicine pounding pestle turned into a five-foot-long mace with a bang.
In the face of this sudden change, how could Yi Tian not know how to take advantage of it? After his Divine Thought swept across, he hurriedly shouted, "Brother Yan, why don't you use the medicine pounding pestle to deal with these tree spirits and wood monsters? I think this thing should be their nemesis."
When Yan Qiu heard this, he calmed down a bit. Then, he put away the battle sword and formed a seal with both hands. He summoned the medicine pounding pestle and began to pound the branches around them.
Sure enough, wherever the mace struck the tree trunk, the crisp sound of metal clashing could be heard. Creaking noises could be heard as the mace repelled the tree trunks. Many of the tree trunks were smashed into pieces, and many broken branches fell to the ground.
When Yi Tian scanned the branches with his Divine Thought, he found that the broken branches were no different from normal broken fingers. However, there were specks of seven-colored spirit light within them. When he saw this, he thought of a plan and took out a handful of ghost face flower seeds. After injecting spiritual power into them, he flicked his fingers and shot them out.
After a series of whooshing sounds, the ghost face flower seeds were all used up. Most of them were directly buried in the broken branches. There were also some that directly embedded themselves in the thick bark behind them. However, these ghost face flower seeds fell to the ground under Yi Tian's control and took root. Many of the seeds that entered the broken branches directly disappeared. There were also some that burrowed into the bark like earthworms. After three breaths of time, they were nowhere to be seen.
When Yan Qiu saw this, he hurriedly shouted, "Brother Yi, will your method work?"
After a faint smile appeared on his face, Yi Tian replied with a normal expression, "We'll know once we try it." After saying that, he quickly formed a seal in front of his chest. Then, he gently released tens of thousands of green lights that swept across the nearby branches.
After ten breaths of time, the branches that were swarming towards them seemed to have undergone some changes. They slowly retracted and finally stopped moving.
'Kacha kacha' sounds came from within these branches. Then, there was a series of crackling sounds like beans being fried. Suddenly, many emerald green branches grew out of the surrounding branches and the thick trunk behind them. At the top of these branches were pink ghost face flower buds.
Seeing this, Yi Tian's face was filled with joy. He hurriedly formed another seal and muttered, "Grow."
The surface of the originally tall and straight tree trunk immediately bulged with large bumps. Countless emerald green vines extended and grew from within, quickly wrapping around the entire tree. This was not the only thing. Within a radius of one mile, even the ghost face flower vines had appeared on the surrounding trees. Yi Tian did not expect his Wood Vine Technique to spread so quickly.
After careful observation, Yi Tian's face was filled with lingering fear. The ghost face flower vines had grown to the thickness of a water bucket. They had tightly wrapped around the thirty feet thick tree from top to bottom.
After about twenty breaths of time, the branches that were originally surrounding the two of them were either tightly bound by the ghost face flower vines or retreated by themselves. Seeing this, Yan Qiu wielded the spiked club in his hand and randomly smashed the broken branches and withered trees. He only stopped when all of them were smashed into pieces.
After that, he hurriedly flew over and put away the spiked club in his hand. Then, he asked, "Brother Yi, this thing seems to be the nemesis of these tree spirits. Can we use it to deal with the innate spirit plant spirit at the center of the formation?"
After glancing at the pestle, Yi Tian saw many tool patterns faintly appearing on it. They were the inscriptions of 'auspiciousness'. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Fellow Daoist Yan, please keep this thing well. I think this treasure should be the nemesis of the innate spirit plant spirit. However, you still have to be extremely vigilant in order to avoid being plotted against by it."
Upon hearing this, Yan Qiu's face tensed up. He lowered his head and thought for a while before gritting his teeth and saying, "I'm willing to give this thing to Brother Yi."
"Fellow Daoist Yan, you're too polite. This is your opportunity, and I don't want to take it so easily." Yi Tian waved his hand and rejected, "Besides, you have this treasure to protect you. Although you'll be targeted, as long as you deal with it properly, the tree spirits and wood monsters won't be able to do anything to you."
"It's just that this way, I'll become its primary target. I feel that I might not be able to deal with it," Yan Qiu said with a troubled expression.
Upon hearing this, Yi Tian naturally knew the doubts in Yan Qiu's heart. He was just trying to shirk the responsibility. Since the tree spirits and wood monsters' target was this pestle, the person who held it would naturally be the focus of their attention.
With Yan Qiu's strength, he was one of the weakest people in the Immortal World fragment. Naturally, he wanted to shirk the responsibility as much as possible.
And now, Yi Tian also realized that he couldn't shoulder everything by himself. Now that the enemy was in the dark and he was in the light, he had to let the people around him play the best role. As for Yan Qiu's worries, he also understood in his heart. Speaking of which, he didn't really want to give the pestle away. It was a last resort in this environment.
After thinking about it, he reached out and took out a talisman pen and talisman paper. He quickly wrote down a talisman and handed it over, "Fellow Daoist Yan has used my 'Puppet Substitute Talisman', so you should know the power of this talisman. I'll give you another one to protect you."
Yan Qiu's face was overjoyed. He reached out his hand to take the 'Puppet Substitute Talisman' and put it into his storage ring. He had used it once in the formation before, so he naturally witnessed its effect.
Yi Tian turned around and stared at the branches entangled by the ghost face flower vines again. There were a lot of juices shining with seven-colored light slowly dripping from the broken branches. The ghost face flower seeds were able to rapidly grow by absorbing large amounts of this kind of spiritual pressure. Speaking of which, Yi Tian didn't expect the ghost face flower vines to grow to the size of buckets.
However, after thinking about it carefully, it should be the result of absorbing the seven-colored spiritual light contained within the tree trunk. The seven-colored spiritual light contained within the Eight Stone Formation was indeed extraordinary. The ghost face flower's characteristic was to absorb the spiritual force of other spirit plants or cultivators after parasitizing them. The stronger the spiritual force, the more powerful the flower would become after absorbing it. Yi Tian also realized that at this point, his previously successful methods were gradually becoming ineffective.
As such, he had to consider other methods to deal with the predicament before him. With that thought, he quickly flew up to the towering tree before him. He took out the Taiyuan Wood Sword and fiercely chopped down at the center of the tree trunk. In the blink of an eye, the bark was as hard as a rock, but the Taiyuan Wood Sword was still able to forcibly cut a hole in it.
Yi Tian took out a bottle and collected all the rainbow-colored tree sap that flowed out from the tree trunk. As the spiritual energy on the tree continued to dissipate, Yi Tian discovered that the previously incomparably hard bark had also become brittle. The Taiyuan Wood Sword quickly cut a large hole in the tree core.
Yi Tian hurriedly controlled the Taiyuan Wood Sword to dig at the center of the tree trunk. Not long after, the Taiyuan Wood Sword flew out and brought back a palm-sized, sparkling and translucent tree crystal.
Yi Tian held the crystal in his hand and scanned it with his divine sense. He found that the celestial origin energy contained within was incomparably pure. It was stronger than any top-grade spirit stone he had ever seen.
This crystal could be used to quickly replenish spiritual force. Yi Tian immediately put it away in his storage ring. He then controlled the Taiyuan Wood Sword to fly into the depths of the tree core in an attempt to dig out a few more crystals. However, a moment later, he revealed a disappointed expression. Through the Taiyuan Wood Sword's divine sense, he discovered that there was only a palm-sized crystal left in such a tall ancient tree.
Speaking of which, there weren't many crystals left in the center of these ancient trees, but it was enough for Yi Tian. After notifying Yan Qiu, the two of them began to cut open the ancient trees in an attempt to extract the tree crystals. However, Yi Tian discovered that while his side was in full swing, Yan Qiu's side seemed to have encountered a lot of trouble.
He called out, "Brother Yi, these ancient trees are too hard. I can't effectively cut them open. We can only drop this matter."
Hearing this, Yi Tian spread out his divine sense and carefully examined the tree core. After three breaths, he revealed a helpless expression. Yan Qiu's strength was still somewhat lacking, so he couldn't easily cut open the main trunk. In this case, he could only personally deal with it. With that thought, Yi Tian's hand gradually sped up. After an hour, they had dug out more than ten pieces of tree crystals of various sizes.
Most of them were for his own use, so Yi Tian generously took out a half foot high quality tree crystal and gave it to Yan Qiu. For him, this tree crystal was enough for him to absorb and restore the spiritual force in his body. Yan Qiu naturally didn't refuse and repeatedly complimented him after receiving it.
After a short while, the two of them left the area and continued on their way.
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