Jun Zichen frowned. The language spoken by the old tree spirit was not very clear. He could only guess the general meaning...
"The old tree spirit said that this is the greatest treasure here... and according to some of the information we've received previously, the fragrance emanating from the Jade Ruyi can greatly boost the strength of cultivators below the King level..."
An Ran, An Yu, Xu Errong and Su Fanjun's eyes narrowed after hearing Jun Zichen's words. No wonder the sweet scent in the air became stronger and stronger. It turned out that the source of power was in Yu Ruyi.
If such rare weapons were placed in a forbidden area of a sect, even if it only improved the strength of the middle and lower-level disciples, it could still greatly improve the strength of the sect.
Imagine if this thing was placed in their own home, allowing the guards who guarded their home and some hidden people to benefit from it, then wouldn't their family no longer have to live in fear?!
When they thought of this, excitement gleamed in the eyes of An Ran, An Yu, Su Fanjun, Xu Errong and Jun Zichen.
An Ran, An Yu, Su Fanjun, Xu Errong and Jun Zichen hurried forward.
Seeing that everyone was a little uneasy, the old tree spirit standing aside was also very proud.
There is a meadow from where Anran is to the blue lake. It looks like it is nourished by the extremely strong medicinal fragrance of this place, so their growth is very gratifying.
Just as An Ran, An Yu, Su Fanjun, Xu Errong and Jun Zichen were walking towards the lake, a few small green heads would occasionally emerge from the clusters of haystacks.
Those were extremely low-level plant spirits hiding behind the green grass, curiously observing why so many strangers had come to their territory.
These little tree elves rolling around on the ground were incredibly lively. Some had arms and legs, and some even had flowers on their heads.
They looked all sorts of strange and bizarre, and all of them looked at the intruder passing by them with innocence and cuteness.
"Why are there so many little things?" Xu Errong asked in surprise when he saw so many little tree elves.
You know, in the outside world, although wood-type monsters are very common and don't have much attack power, very few of them can develop into ones with their own consciousness. This kind of tree spirit is what all their alchemists dream of!
He never dreamed that there would be so many little tree elves in this place!
Xu Errong could only blame the jade ruyi in the lake.
With that magical thing appearing before their eyes, An Ran, An Yu, Su Fanjun, Xu Errong and Jun Zichen no longer wanted to think about any other problems.
Anran saw those little green heads curiously sticking out from behind the grass, but she couldn't help but slow down her pace.
No one knows that An Ran has a special feeling for the little tree elves, because she likes these little things very much. In the fairy tales of her previous life, they are almost synonymous with simplicity, kindness and cuteness!
So when others were rushing to move forward, Anran couldn't help but look left and right, a smile of nostalgia rising on her cheeks.
But accidents always happen in unexpected situations!
It wouldn't matter if she didn't look at it, but when her eyes inadvertently swept across a place, Anran's eyes suddenly shrank, and even her body couldn't help but tremble!
"Why is there that thing?!"
Her heart trembled, and she almost forced the scream that was rising in her throat to pass through her lips.
That's a piece of rosewood!
It was obvious that this was a piece of something that had fallen from a box! This fragment was engraved with an ancient pattern of the mythical Qilin beast, but only half of it was visible. However, this half clearly showed that it was an Angel!
Logically speaking, it wouldn't be easy to spot this thing that looks like an Angel, because all the little Qilin mythical beasts look almost the same...
But!
An Ran had seen Angel's memory tree. The reason why he was very sure that the Qilin cub carved on it was Angel was because he saw with his own eyes that this thing was handed over to Angel's mother by Angel's father, who asked her to put the box together with Angel!
At that time, the expression on the face of the Qilin mythical beast was very solemn, as if this thing was very important. An Ran took a few more glances at it, examined the box carefully, and remembered its appearance!
Now seeing such a box, An Ran knew that the most important thing inside was definitely not the Ruyi, but something related to Angel!
The jade ruyi in the lake at the end of this secret realm is obviously a decoy set up by the mythical Qilin beast. In order to protect something more precious, a rare object is placed in a conspicuous place to divert other people's attention away from the box!
What a brilliant scam! Even obtaining the Jade Ruyi hidden in the phoenix grass in the lake was an opportunity unimaginable to ordinary people. In such ecstasy, who would pay attention to the box fragments hidden in the grass? Not to mention there were so many little tree spirits in the grass trying to attract their attention!
The Qilin mythical beast thought so, the old tree spirit thought so too, and even Jun Zichen and Xu Errong, who were always meticulous, were completely caught off guard.
If An Ran had not read many fairy tales and liked these small, cute and kind creatures, she would not have noticed the existence of the box fragments at this moment.
Maybe this is just a coincidence...
However, under the current circumstances, An Ran did not want to directly confront the seemingly honest and kind black old tree spirit...
Firstly, An Ran was still unsure of the old tree spirit's intention in bringing them here. Was he trying to get them all the treasures, or was he really trying to trick them?
After all, what he saw was just a fragment. It would be a bit difficult to determine whether the old tree spirit had deceived them based on this fragment!
Secondly, if it was really the old tree spirit who was fooling him, then the reason it dared to fool him like this must be because it had an even more powerful trump card hidden.
The third reason is that the tree spirit was so angry that the earth shook. She really didn't want this underground dispute to eventually cause all the passages to collapse, making it impossible for them to return safely!
The most important thing now is how to get the five of them out safely...
It is better to wait until they get the Ruyi and see if the old tree spirit will take them to look for other treasures. If that doesn’t work, they can subdue him and then look for the real thing!
Junzi Chen, Xu Errong, Su Fanjun and An Yu, who were walking beside An Ran, did not notice anything, because all four of them were focused on guarding against the old tree spirit's sudden mischief.
(To be continued.)
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