Coming out of the maze was a row of cloud-like stairs leading down. Everyone put the magic weapons they had been given into storage rings and walked down along the cloud-like stairs.
In the open space stood a huge tree trunk as big as a basketball court, extending from the bottom to the top. The crowd walked around the trunk and spiraled down as if they were walking on a winding mountain road. After an unknown amount of time, they finally reached the bottom.
The huge tree trunk was as green as emerald, emitting a dazzling green light. A strange, long reddish-brown worm was wrapped around the tree stump, absorbing energy. Its head was held high, and its eyes were full of murderous intent.
"Be careful, there's a strange beast!"
Yun Yuan looked carefully at the long worm below.
Its surface was smooth and hairless, with a sticky liquid underneath. Light-colored circular wrinkles appeared from time to time along the length of its body, as if two reddish-brown bodies were spliced together.
Yun Yuan sighed, "This is the first time I've seen such a big earthworm."
Rong Xi agreed: "It's not an exaggeration to call it a dragon."
"Be careful, this earthworm has been nourished by spiritual energy all year round and has already reached the ascension stage. If it weren't for the fact that the spiritual beasts in the secret realm cannot transform and ascend, it would probably become the first earthworm to ascend to the upper realm."
When the earthworm saw outsiders invading its territory, it became extremely excited. It opened its mouth and spewed out thousands of sharp wooden thorns.
Feng Zhi took the lead and stood in front, waving his sword to block the wooden spikes. Due to the suppression of his realm and the confrontation between his Nascent Soul and Ascension, he was beaten back repeatedly.
"Disciples of Lingxu Palace, listen up! Line up and advance!"
Twenty disciples from Lingxu Palace attacked the earthworm.
The earthworms react slowly and have lived underground for a long time. They have not received professional and systematic training like the disciples of Lingxu Palace. In addition, there is a difference in numbers, so the two sides are evenly matched.
The disciples of Lingxu Palace held magic weapons in their hands and dealt with the big earthworm in an orderly manner. However, because the wood element was the main source of vitality and there was sufficient energy supply nearby, the big earthworm was injured in one second and the wound healed in the next.
The Lingxu Palace disciples were exhausted from fighting, and Feng Zhi shouted, "Get out of the way!"
He brought down his sword with a shocking blow, splitting the earthworm in half.
The earthworm that was split in half did not die, but instead turned into two earthworms. It became angry and madly threw wood spells at the crowd.
They were all avoided.
A strange dark green emanated from the earthworm's eyes, and wisps of vitality overflowed from the Lingxu Palace disciples and went towards the earthworm.
"Oh no, it's absorbing our vitality!" Feng Zhi shouted.
The disciple of Lingxu Palace made hand gestures with his hands, trying to pull back the vitality that was emanating from his body, but it was drifting farther and farther away. Just as it was about to be sucked into the earthworm, a basin of white granular objects fell from the sky.
The earthworm let out a heart-wrenching roar and rolled around on the ground, its huge body hitting the ground with a dull sound.
The disciples of Lingxu Palace quickly flew away to avoid it.
"What is this white thing?"
"The earthworms seem scared."
"It's salt!" Yun Yuan said, "Earthworms contain a large amount of water, and they rely on moist body walls to breathe. The osmotic effect of salt will draw water from the earthworms, causing them to become dehydrated."
Everyone seemed to understand, but not quite.
The earthworms couldn't stand the salt solution and ran deeper underground.
As soon as the earthworm left, everyone gathered around the huge tree trunk to explore.
"The Golden Qiang Tree is about to grow to the size of the World Tree. There must be something hidden inside."
Yun Yuan tried to scratch the trunk of the golden Qiang tree, but after the trunk was broken, it secreted a poisonous gas, but it healed after a few breaths.
Everyone took the detoxification pill.
After confirming that they could not find any clues, everyone unanimously decided to look deeper.
Going down, you will see the powerful roots and energy center of the Golden Qiang Tree. The energy center is like a huge green eye, staring at everyone without blinking.
Yun Yuan felt a little uneasy.
"What is this?!" someone exclaimed below.
Yun Yuan jumped down lightly and saw a golden coffin underneath. The coffin lid was decorated with the sun, moon and stars, and the coffin body was carved with images of cattle, sheep, etc. The background was mountains and rivers, emitting a sacred golden light.
Someone touched the coffin, and it suddenly shone brightly, sucking everyone in and throwing them to the ground one by one.
"Finally someone is here." A cold female voice sounded, as if expressing surprise and emotion.
Everyone got up, looked around cautiously, and found themselves in a magnificent hall.
The shadow of a woman appeared right above, wearing a golden jade crown, dressed in gorgeous green clothes, holding a jade ruyi in her hand, with a dignified and solemn expression.
But her dignity and solemnity were broken as soon as she spoke.
"What are you looking at? I am the Mother of Earth. Why don't you bow to me when you see me?"
Mother Earth!
As one of the upper gods, Yun Yuan's mind was working fast. If her guess was correct, the purpose of the divine order was to compete for her divinity.
But why does she call herself Laozi?
Yun Yuan couldn't figure it out, and everyone else was also confused.
Judging from her aura, appearance and dress, she does look like Mother Earth, but is it true that a higher god would speak so rudely?
The disciples of Lingxu Palace felt their worldviews were shaken, and saluted in a daze: "Greetings to Mother Earth."
"Very good." said Mother Earth.
"You found the divine coffin before my energy ran out, proving our connection. Together with the twenty people who received my divine order, whoever answers my questions correctly will receive godhood from me."
She waved her hand, and the other seventeen people in the secret realm who possessed the divine order suddenly appeared in the hall, with various expressions and postures.
For example, there was Su Que, who was holding a sword and making an attacking gesture, with blood on his body. It was obvious that he was still fighting with someone just a second before entering the temple.
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