Chapter 172 Secret 03
"Tree God?" The name sounded familiar. Jiang Yuelu thought about it and then recalled something from his memory.
That was a long time ago.
Before he entered the academy, he had watched Qin Xue's past closely in the entrance test "Paper Man City". When he brought the injured Ji Hongcha to Paper Man City for recuperation, he told the villagers that he believed in the "Tree God".
Then coming to Treeman Girls' High School, the name of this copy is closely related to the tree god.
Then there is Jin Muxi's sternboat. It seems to have nothing to do with it, but in fact, the sacred tree that Will's family built the sternboat on... is suspected to be the remains left by the "Tree God".
On the stern boat, he had seen more than once a blurry vision of old trees quietly standing in the dark. He thought it was an illusion, but now he thought it was not.
Perhaps it is because I, who possess divine power, have some kind of connection with the "sacred tree" that I can see what others cannot see.
The last time was in Linya City which they had just left.
Jiang Yuelu thought of the tiny, extremely hard black bud that had appeared at the critical moments at the beginning and end of the game. Moreover, the entire Linya City was tightly wrapped like layers of scales, and it seemed to be a mutant form of some plant.
What's more, the name Lin Ya is very subtle...
After thinking about it, it was just as Mo Zhixian said, the several ghosts they encountered were all connected to the tree god.
Jiang Yuelu finished thinking, thought again and again, and said carefully: "Qin Xue and Ji Hongcha are the most critical among the several city masters."
The other evil spirits were indirectly related, but Qin Xue and Ji Hongcha believed directly in the tree god clan. Even at the moment of their death, Jiang Yuelu heard the sigh of the old tree.
Is it because the last of his people died before his eyes?
For some reason, Jiang Yuelu also felt a desolate emotion, mixed with a hint of panic. This feeling came very suddenly, as if he was in a shrine, but his soul was riding a roller coaster, his heart beat again and again, making a dull and empty echo.
It was only when Tong Mian patted him that he came back to his senses.
Mo Zhixian looked at him, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." He joked, "It's probably because it's the first time I brought three people in, so I've used up a lot of energy. Let's continue. Where were we just now, Ji Hongcha and Qin Xue?"
Mo Zhixian nodded, turned to Leng Wenhan, and asked, "Can we find them and ask their souls?"
Leng Wenhan was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized that Mo Zhixian wanted to summon the remaining souls of Ji Hongcha and Qin Xue to ask questions, but this was totally unrealistic because they were already dead.
It is not the first death from human to ghost, but the second death from ghost to nothingness.
This complete death will only turn the two into nutrients of heaven and earth. They are like sweet powder, stirred and dispersed in the air and soil, unable to hear or answer their questions.
Mo Zhixian had expected this.
So when Leng Wenhan pointed this out, he didn't say much.
"Maybe it's okay not to ask their souls. I do remember some things about them." Jiang Yuelu suddenly gave a surprising answer, and the three of them turned to him instantly.
Jiang Yuelu was suddenly stared at by three people. She couldn't help laughing and frowned slightly. "Let me think about it first. It's been too long since the incident at Shuren Girls' High School."
Leng Wenhan suddenly asked: "Have you always been like this lately?"
Jiang Yuelu was stunned, "What?"
Even Tong Mian didn't understand what Leng Wenhan was saying. Mo Zhixian next to him had a wooden face. When he couldn't get a word in, he would become expressionless.
Leng Wenhan: "You were a little slow when you were thinking about the tree god just now. You are not like this originally."
Tong Mian exclaimed, "Yes, don't you have a photographic memory and a good memory?"
After hearing what they said, Jiang Yuelu also came to his senses. He really shouldn't be in this situation. In the past, no matter how long ago something happened, it was like a bright black spot on a mirror for him, and he could find it immediately...
When everyone was silent, Mo Zhixian suddenly spoke up: "You are not a wizard to begin with, and you have experienced so many extraordinary things in a short period of time, so it is understandable that you have some unusual changes."
Jiang Yuelu nodded and said, "I will go to see Vice President Tong tomorrow. Maybe there was something wrong with the surgery he performed on me. Wenhan, don't worry too much."
Tong Mian shouted, "There won't be any problems with the surgery my uncle performed!"
"Alright, alright. Let's get back to business." Jiang Yuelu reluctantly brought the topic back to the main topic. Mo Zhixian's eyes were eager to learn from him, and he couldn't delay any longer.
"Shuren Girls' High School is an exam copy. Vice Dean Tong put it in the exam system for students to choose from." Mo Zhixian said, "It has been running stably and there have been no abnormalities until you went in that time."
Jiang Yuelu thought he was right, "That's because Ji Hongcha returned to Xue Village."
"She left the Paper Man City, leaving behind the seriously injured Qin Xue, and returned to Snow Village. After we entered the examination room, she swapped identities with a female student. It can be said that she was by my side the entire time."
"Perhaps because of our close connection, I was able to get to know some of her past, and then infer the inner story of the Snow Village Festival from these clues."
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The people of the tree god are called tree people, and human children are ordinary people.
Humans coveted the fact that tree people would not grow old, get sick or die, and they coveted their complete, young organs, so they wiped out the tree people's tribe, leaving only a group of children. They brought them back, isolated them in schools, and taught them to devote themselves. In fact, they were cultivating living bodies for their own aging that could be used in witchcraft.
Ji Hongcha originally thought that she was the best child in the school. She wanted to live up to the expectations of her teachers, so she set higher standards for herself and looked down on her lazy and cowardly childhood sweetheart Qin Xue.
Her ideals were shattered until she discovered the school's secret and realized that her future was a dead end rather than a smooth road.
On the night she escaped from prison with Qin Xue and other students, she probably died tragically and turned into a ghost. Later, she went to the Ghost City with Qin Xue, but was severely injured by another city master because of her verbal provocation. Qin Xue took her to the Paper Man City, where she lived for ten years.
"Ten years is a very small number for a ghost." Mo Zhixian shook his head. "She shouldn't have recovered so quickly. As far as I know, several city masters older than her and Qin Xue haven't been replaced for a long time. Their attacks are enough to be fatal. It will take decades to recover."
Jiang Yuelu recalled, "Well, she was full of energy when she left Paper Man City."
The voices he used to curse Qin Xue and Xia Yi were very loud, and he didn't look like he was hurt at all.
Mo Zhixian still had an expression that said, "The evidence is not enough to convince me." "There must be other reasons."
"I think...it might be because of the tree." Jiang Yuelu looked at Mo Zhixian, and seeing that he was not surprised, she knew that their guesses might be the same.
"The paper figurines in Paper Man City are made of special tree bark, a material that can only be provided by the ancient trees in the city. As for where this tree came from and how long it has been growing here, only the older generation can tell you the secrets, but their understanding is also limited, and they can only rely on hearsay..."
Tong Mian thought: "There are so many copies in the examination system, why did they choose Paper Man City? And they stayed there for ten years. There must be something special about Paper Man City that they had to go to."
Mo Zhixian suddenly said: "Maybe it's not about selecting a copy."
"The teachers in the academy all think that Ji Hongcha and Qin Xue chose Paper Man City just for the exam system. Perhaps we have been mistaken from the beginning."
Everyone looked at Mo Zhixian.
"Indeed, if you want to avoid the Lord's pursuit, choosing a college that is opposed to the Ghost City is the best choice. The examination system developed by Vice Dean Tong many years ago is very humane. We students all know that the system seems to have its own personality and it has its own judgment criteria."
"Like people, human nature makes it easy for loopholes to be exploited."
Mo Zhixian said: "Perhaps they chose Paper Man City from the beginning, and this location happened to be included in the examination system by Vice Dean Tong, becoming one of the thousands of copies."
"After all, Paper Man City is very special." Tong Mian waved his hand. "Then the question is, what is the reason why Paper Man City is so irreplaceable to Ji Hongcha and Qin Xue?"
In fact, he didn't need to ask, because everyone present already had the answer in their hearts.
Jiang Yuelu said: "Tree."
Tree. That old tree with lush branches and leaves that has been growing for who knows how many years.
"Don't forget, Ji Hongcha and Qin Xue are descendants of tree gods. In Snow Village, they even have another name, called tree people. Trees should have a very special effect on them. Maybe the magical tree in Paper Man City has a special effect on their injuries, just like the Origin Tree in Snow Village."
Mo Zhixian affirmed, "In this way, it can be explained that the wound healed in ten years."
"Everything is related to the tree god...but what does this mean?" Tong Mian muttered to himself.
Leng Wenhan, who had never spoken before, suddenly put his weapon on the table, which scared Tong Mian. "What are you going to do???"
Leng Wenhan said calmly: "Wood."
Mo Zhixian observed Luo Yin Guan's weapon, which was a black wooden staff. "The wooden staff passed down in your family is said to be able to subdue demons and ghosts and to reach the underworld. It seems that it has been passed down for a long time."
When witches observe magical instruments, they not only look at the color, but also the resonance that can be sensed through the air.
Mo Zhixian's synesthesia can predict the past stories of the magical instrument, and the people and things in those story fragments look very old, probably a hundred years ago.
Leng Wenhan said: "When the master handed me the staff, he said that it was originally a gift from God when the hospital was first established. He said..."
Although our Leng family is not as big as other big families, the power of Luoyin is crucial.
This staff comes from Jianmu. Jianmu, you know what it is, right?
That is the giant tree that connects heaven and earth. Our college is located in the shadow of Jianmu, still looking up at the almighty god... It seems that He has never left, but just fell into a long sleep.
With this magic wand made of Jianmu, your family's underworld official will be able to rely on the gods and escape unscathed after entering the underworld, even if he encounters the most vicious and cunning evil ghosts.
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After hearing Leng Wenhan's words, everyone fell into long contemplation.
"Tree gods... are related to ghosts. And Jianmu... is related to the academy. It is unknown whether the two are connected in some mysterious way..."
For the moment, it is difficult to determine what the connection is.
Jiang Yuelu decided not to waste any more time and looked back at Mo Zhixian. "I have already heard the first secret of tonight. What about the second one?"
Just as Mo Zhixian was about to speak, a horrifying change befell him.
A black crack suddenly appeared rapidly from the middle of his face, quickly cutting his handsome face in half.
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