"What are you doing outside?"
"How am I supposed to know what you're going to do?" Wen Jingge paused for a moment as she dug into the tree. "How deep are the roots, exactly?"
"When you said you were digging, I assumed you knew."
"But, according to Liang Si and Wang Xi, that guy who claimed to be a god was taken down from a farmer's house. He wasn't a pure demon, and even gods couldn't resist him... Hey? What are you looking at me for! Go dig!"
“I just don’t understand.” Lu Wei dug a few times. “If that man who claims to be a god with an immortal body could be tricked by that little courtyard, and if what you say is true, that little courtyard is the root of this tree, then what are you?”
"Of course I'm not..." Wen Jingge stopped at the right moment. When did this man become bad?
"You!" she sighed, and shoveled a few more times. "You're no longer the innocent young man you once were."
"You make it sound like I'm some kind of filthy person."
"Alright, alright. Today isn't a good day for talking. I'll say one thing, and you'll say ten. We're discussing serious matters here!"
"So, shall we get down to business?"
“I…” Wen Jingge pointed upwards, and the branches of the ancient tree moved. As they dug deeper, more and more of the black-robed men who were originally kneeling on the ground were hung on the tree.
"Tell me, is this a sacred tree or a ghost tree?"
You'll have to ask yourself.
"It wasn't me!" Her raised voice suddenly fell as she stomped her foot on the ground. "The soil seems to have softened."
"Dig slowly."
They were already more than ten meters above the ground. It was a tree, but all they could see was the trunk, not the roots.
If the people above dared to make a move at this moment, they could simply push down a few handfuls of soil and bury the two of them alive.
"I think I heard something talking." Wen Jingge listened quietly for a while. "It's a bit noisy, can you hear it?"
“That chicken essence.” Lu Wei stared at Wen Jingge in disbelief, still not understanding how she connected the disappearance of the two people with this ancient tree.
If it's really that useful, why don't he go in and lie down for a while?
"Hey! What was your combat strength like when you were alive?"
Why are you asking this?
"You have an idea about this tree."
"Um?"
“He told me.” Wen Jingge shoveled around on the ground a few times. “Hey! Is anyone down there? If so, be quiet for a bit. If not, keep making noise.”
The underground area was indeed quiet for a while. Wen Jingge and Lu Wei exchanged a glance, then looked at the black robe hanging from the tree. "Do you think they're going to have a fruit? Does the ginkgo symbolize fertility?"
“I don’t remember your little apprentice mentioning ginkgo, and I don’t see ginkgo trees either.”
What kind of tree is that?
"I can't quite put my finger on it, but what I saw wasn't a tree that exists in nature."
"Wow! A new species!" Wen Jingge tapped the ground again and shouted, "I'll tap it now, this is the first round. In the second round, tell me which spot is making the loudest noise, and if it's loud, you can make more noise!"
"Are you really going to save them?"
"We need to verify my idea. If we really did steal it, then this is ruined."
"What if you were supposed to be that god? Stay and be the god?"
"Is that possible?" Wen Jingge rolled her eyes at him. "Do I look like an easy person to talk to?"
"It was really hard to talk to you. Who would have thought that you would turn your neck and commit suicide before the other person could even finish saying a word?"
Wen Jingge looked at him, both amused and exasperated. Lately, he had a particular fondness for mocking people with a straight face. "Have you been possessed lately? Why are you talking in such a sarcastic tone? Can't you get over this?"
"They shouted it."
"Is this the place?" Wen Jingge knocked twice more heavily, and only after receiving a response did she resume digging, still muttering to herself, "Why do I feel like I'm participating in a rescue operation? I used to think it was pretty simple when others did this, but now that I'm doing it myself, I'm really afraid something might happen down there, so I don't dare to do anything reckless."
“This tree…” Lu Wei helped her dig, “You keep an eye on it! I have a bad feeling about it.”
"What kind of premonition..."
Boom!
With a loud crash, the tree fell.
Fortunately, Lu Wei is a spirit, so although he can use tools to work, hitting him with them doesn't really have any effect on him.
"Dead, dead, Wen Jingge is dead, I can't die, I can't die..."
"Why can't I die? I want to die! Let me die!"
"Why did Wen Jingge die...?"
"This shouldn't be happening, this shouldn't be happening..."
"He has to live, he has to live, he shouldn't die, he shouldn't die..."
"It's me who's dying, it's me! How could she die first..."
"Then... what am I supposed to do?!"
The man was smashing the wall like a madman. He had been in this crazy state ever since he arrived here. Chicken Essence had been afraid of him ever since he took human form, and seeing him like this now terrified him so much that he started to cry.
She didn't know who was talking to her outside, and only prayed that she could see the light of day again soon, even if she was stewed in a pot the moment she stepped outside.
If she stayed any longer, she feared she would go mad like her master.
Just then, as her owner slammed into the wall again, the wall suddenly collapsed, and she saw a leaf. The room had been brightly lit since she entered, but there was nothing there, let alone a leaf.
"come out!"
She heard someone shouting outside and happily ran towards Yezi. When Yezi was in her hand, a wave of dizziness washed over her, and she saw a familiar face.
"Waaaah, Master Wen, it's so good to see you! I've missed you so much!"
"You want me to kill you?" Wen Jingge smiled faintly; she had made the right bet.
After seeing her reserved smile, Lu Wei turned his back. He had been talking too much lately, and it wouldn't be good if he accidentally revealed his secret.
When it comes to using one's brain, Wen Jingge is truly adept.
"Yes, that's fine too! You can even stew me now, Master has gone mad, I'm so scared." She cried, "She keeps saying that Master Wen is dead, that you're dead, so am I going to meet the King of Hell now..."
She suddenly screamed.
Snap!
A black-robed corpse rolled down the slope. Inadvertently, she saw a headless corpse on the ground, with its head right at Lu Wei's feet. This was Wen Xueshan's body.
"No, don't kill me! I really didn't do anything evil! I've never even eaten small animals! I've only ever eaten my own flesh!"
"Tsk!" Wen Jingge kicked a tree root in exasperation. There, a wriggling creature was coiled up—it was that filthy god. "Come out."
The man's body trembled, like a startled wild horse or a snapped string; he fluttered and fell silent.
The moment she came out, Wen Jingge looked at him with disdain, but he looked at her with hopeful eyes, like a dog.
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