Old Bai glanced at the group of ghosts, his face full of sorrow.
It understood that with Xia Tianqiong's actions, these former Leng family members had now completely become Xia family members, including Leng Manjin.
But it was still unwilling to give up. "It's no use bribing these traitors. There are only twenty or thirty of them. There are more than two thousand monsters in the base."
Furthermore, there's the forbidden zone formation; even if you have three cunning generals, you won't be able to withstand its power.
After Lao Bai finished speaking, the burning ghost also chimed in.
"You're throwing your life away. With your current strength, you can find a place anywhere. There's no need for you to try and take over my Void Clan's territory."
The Burning Ghost also believed that Xia Tianqiong could not do it. Of course, if it were possible, it wouldn't mind abandoning the Leng family.
Xia Tianqiong looked at the two of them and smiled faintly, "It's all up to human effort. As long as we plan well, there's always a chance of success."
At this point, his expression suddenly turned cold.
His gaze swept over each of the strange creatures, and he said, word by word, "This operation requires your full cooperation. If anyone dares to cheat or shirk responsibility, causing the operation to fail, then that pig from earlier will be your fate."
The demons, who were initially excited about the Nether Gold, all changed color upon hearing this.
That kind of humiliation was worse than death.
Xia Tianqiong then softened her tone, "Don't worry, I've already come up with a plan. As long as you cooperate, we'll definitely succeed. Alright, take these ghost gold coins, one hundred taels for each ghost. Come and get them yourselves."
He gave them a slap followed by a sweet treat, and the demons were rendered powerless. They obediently lined up to receive the ghost gold, without even fighting over it.
After distributing the Nether Gold, Xia Tianqiong was preparing to collect all the strange items and then head to the Void Clan's encampment.
But at that moment, the Burning Ghost suddenly turned its head to look at the jungle behind it.
At this moment, the old woman in the burial clothes also gave a warning, "Master, dozens of strange creatures are coming this way, they should be the Tree Ghost Clan."
Xia Tianqiong was taken aback when he heard that they were Tree Spirits. "What is the highest level among them?"
The old woman in the burial clothes replied, "One fierce ghost, five wicked ghosts, and the rest are all evil ghosts and fierce ghosts, and there are even quite a few wild ghosts."
"They're so weak, aren't they just here to be eaten?"
Xia Tianqiong relaxed and then instructed the Leng family members, "It's time for you to show your value. Go and take them down, and don't let a single one escape."
At his command, the strange creatures of the Leng family launched their attack with remarkable enthusiasm.
Old Bai and the Burning Ghost exchanged a glance and then rushed out one after the other.
Xia Tianqiong didn't go over; he flew into the sky, wanting to see how big this jungle was.
When they arrived in the sky, they found it to be boundless and vast.
"Huh? There are so many spirit fruit trees here!"
He suddenly saw several trees bearing fruit in the distance, emitting a slight fluctuation of nether energy.
Only spirit fruit trees, or trees that are about to evolve into tree monsters, contain the power of the netherworld.
Xia Tianqiong quickly flew over and released dozens of strange creatures to dig up all the fruit trees by the roots.
These are all good things; it's a waste to leave them here. It would be better to move them to the Sky Island Orchard or transplant them to the Chessboard World.
Following his habit of taking advantage of every passing goose, he ordered the contracted ghosts to dig up all the spirit fruit trees they found, or the trees that were about to become tree ghosts.
On the other side, Burning Ghost and Old White quickly defeated dozens of Tree Ghosts, severely injuring them all and dragging them back.
This was also Xia Tianqiong's instruction: not to kill him easily, as it would be a waste.
These tree spirits were also forced to sign the human-master contract. Among them were a few with particularly stubborn tempers. Xia Tianqiong was too lazy to waste words and directly extracted their consciousnesses, transferring them into the sow's body to keep the fierce spirit company.
The Tree Spirits are quite unique; they all have a physical form. If their consciousness is captured, their humanoid bodies will automatically revert to their tree-like forms.
And these entities, once planted, can give rise to new intelligence, or consciousness, just like the Peach Tree Ghost.
Xia Tianqiong suddenly noticed two baby fruits hanging on one of the trees.
Upon closer inspection, this tree looked exactly like the Infant Tree Ghost, only taller.
Overjoyed, he quickly took the tree into the chessboard world and then flew to the sky island.
"Little baby, I've found a tree of the same kind as you. If I transfer your consciousness here, will there be any problems?"
From within the peach tree came the slightly disgruntled voice of the Infant Tree Spirit, "It's fine, but this isn't my body. I like my own body."
Xia Tianqiong paused for a moment, sensing that something was amiss.
"Don't occupy the body of that peach tree spirit, just come out!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and made a grasping motion towards the peach tree, creating two faint, illusory figures, one a little boy and the other a little girl.
He stuffed the little boy's consciousness into the baby fruit tree and put the little girl back into the peach tree.
"Ugh! I can't even take a break!"
Suddenly, the branches and roots of the Infant Fruit Tree came to life and transformed into the shape of a little boy.
Xia Tianqiong patted its head and laughed, "I've found a lot more spirit fruit trees. I'll transplant them over in a bit. Take good care of them and don't be lazy."
"Alright, I got it!"
The Infant Tree Ghost rolled its eyes, then ran to the peach tree and muttered something to itself, seemingly talking to the Peach Tree Ghost.
Xia Tianqiong chuckled, ignored the two of them, and then left the chessboard world.
At this time, the group of contracted ghosts had already dug up more than ten spirit fruit trees and were continuing to expand the search area in all directions.
Old Bai suddenly walked over, a hint of worry on his face. "This should be the edge of the forbidden area of the Tree Demon Clan. I've been here before."
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