Faced with the farmer's exaggerated reaction, Zhang Yuanqing and his teammates looked at each other and said in a friendly manner: "Don't be afraid, old man, we won't hurt you, we just want to ask some questions."

The farmer turned a deaf ear to him and just kept kowtowing:

"Sir, officer, sir, I am just a cattle herder. Please, don't take me there..."

Next, no matter what Zhang Yuanqing and the others asked, the farmer was always in a state of panic, kowtowed and begged for mercy, and it was difficult to communicate. Could it be that this NPC needed a specific codeword or slogan to trigger it? Zhang Yuanqing and the others fell into deep thought.

"Hey, uncle!" Brother Red Chicken couldn't help it. He grabbed the farmer by the collar and lifted him up in the air, cursing, "I'm asking you a question. Are you deaf or blind? If you keep talking nonsense, I'll burn you to death."

As he spoke, he raised his hand knife, and with a "swish", bright flames rose from the hand knife, emitting scorching heat.

"The Mo Sect is in that mountain! According to legend, as long as you pass through the dense forest ahead and reach the end, you can see the Mo Sect where the immortals live." The farmer pointed to the mountains in the distance and explained quickly.

"That explains it." Zhang Yuanqing twitched his lips. He instinctively thought that perhaps the information in the S-level copy required methods and wisdom.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Tianxia Guihuo and others and found that everyone had similar expressions.

"Just go through this forest?" Brother Red Chicken thought for a moment, turned his head to look at his teammates behind him, and reminded: "I keenly sensed something was wrong."

"You don't have to be sharp to notice something is wrong." Tianxia Guihuo stared at the villager with a serious face and asked, "What were you afraid of just now? I'm not taking you anywhere. Is there any danger in the mountains?"

The hot knife had a good deterrent effect, and the farmer replied tremblingly: "The mountains are where the gods live, so of course it's dangerous. This forest is also dangerous. The elders in the village told us to stay away from this forest because everyone who went in died in it."

"The gods of the Mo Sect don't like to be disturbed, so they arranged monsters to guard the forest. A few years ago, someone came here and said he wanted to go into the mountains. They captured many villagers to lead the way, but none of them came back. After that, more golden men came one after another, and all of them died in there."

"Jin people..." Tianxia Guihuo frowned: "What is the current year?"

The farmer was confused.

Xiahou Aotian sneered, "You're asking a country bumpkin who can't read a single word about the reign title? You're not crazy, are you? But since he mentioned the Jin people, it should be the Southern Song Dynasty."

Sun Senmiao spoke enthusiastically: "In Fu Mu's introduction, it was mentioned that the Mo Sect obtained a treasure handed down from ancient times. Whoever obtains this treasure will rule the world. The purpose of the Jin people sending troops to the Mo Sect is self-evident."

Afterwards, they asked in detail about the legends of the forest, as well as the number and batches of Jin people who entered the forest. After sending the villagers away, everyone discussed in a low voice.

"The Jin army came three times and was completely wiped out, but they may not have died in the forest. They may have died in the mechanical city." Tianxia Guihuo started, "We need a cannon fodder to go into the forest and step on the landmine to figure out the crisis inside." As he said that, he looked at the three star officials. Only the Night Wandering God could do this kind of thing.

"No need to go through so much trouble!" Brother Red Chicken patted his chest, "I'll just burn down the forest." Seeing that no one objected, Brother Red Chicken immediately raised his hands and condensed a fireball with a diameter of three meters. The hot air flow blew everyone back. He rushed a few steps and threw the fireball with all his strength.

"boom!"

The fireball exploded in the dense forest, sending up blinding light and thick smoke, but it soon died down and the fire did not spread.

"It won't work to set fire to the mountain." Zhang Yuanqing said, "If it were that easy, the Jin people would have set the entire mountain on fire long ago."

Everyone looked calm and not surprised that the fireball could not ignite the forest.

Red Chicken's eyes widened: "Did you all guess it?"

Xiahou Aotian sneered and said, "Isn't this obvious?"

Brother Red Chicken suddenly became unhappy: "Then why didn't you remind me?"

Because you are a fire master, Zhang Yuanqing pondered: "Practice is

The only criterion for testing truth."

Brother Red Chicken smiled and said, "Your words are so comforting."

Madoka, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke up, her voice cold: "Don't waste your time."

Zhang Yuanqing immediately took out Little Red Riding Hood and shook out two corpses. One was a long-haired beauty wearing light white jeans and a black T-shirt, and the other was a haggard and gloomy middle-aged man.

The former is Princess Yin Yao, and the latter is a level 4 corpse obtained from the ghost town. It is worth mentioning that Princess Yin Yao has a waist bag tied around her slender waist and a small trumpet in her hand. As soon as she appeared, she raised the small trumpet.

"My dear fellow warriors, I am Yin Yao, the Princess of Daming. Nice to meet you."

"What the hell!" Brother Red Chicken exclaimed, "She can talk? Isn't she an Inferi?"

Princess Yin Yao looked at Brother Hongji with her scarlet eyes: "I've always been good at talking. Last time at Qinfeng College, you slandered Yuanshi Tianzun for picking beautiful corpses and having bad habits. I haven't settled the score with you yet."

"Ah, Thunder Monkey, Thunder Monkey..." Brother Red Chicken was embarrassed again.

Zhao Chenghuang and Sun Miaomiao were also stunned, with a look of astonishment on their faces. It was the first time they had seen a self-aware Yin corpse. When Yuanshi Tianzun controlled the Level 4 Yin corpse to walk towards the forest ahead, Sun Miaomiao hurriedly called out, "Hey, you, you want to use a Saint-level Yin corpse to explore the way?"

"What's the problem?" Zhang Yuanqing asked back.

Are you a prodigal son? Sun Miaomiao and Zhao Chenghuang showed exactly the same expression.

Zhao Chenghuang said, "Let me explore the way," and without further ado, he took out a heavy bronze box, and the lid of the box opened with a "clang". A ghost in a tattered robe emerged behind Zhao Chenghuang. The ghost raised his hand, and a thin black line extended from his fingertips and drilled into the bronze box.

A pitch-black terracotta warrior with a metallic luster jumped out of the box. Under the control of the shadow, it took stiff steps and walked towards the forest with a thumping sound.

"The mercenaries' range of action is three hundred meters. We need to explore as we move forward," said Zhao Chenghuang.

While everyone was focusing on the terracotta warrior, Zhang Yuanqing approached Princess Yin Yao and whispered, "Who told you to bring it out?"

"I think it's cute," Princess Yin Yao lifted up Zhang Yuanqing's T-shirt and stuffed the small speaker into his belly so that the sound would be quieter.

"I think you look like you're going to cause trouble." Zhang Yuanqing lowered his voice and said angrily, "That's not what you thought when you first saw it. You almost killed me. You should know its origins."

"Its previous owner used it to record a bunch of dirty words to curse me. I said a few days ago that I would smash it. Now it has become a well-behaved prop that knows how to act." Princess Yin Yao said.

As he was speaking, Zhao Chenghuang suddenly said in a deep voice: "The connection between the mercenary and me has been cut off."

Zhang Yuanqing looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the thin black thread extending from the shadow's finger had broken and was hanging limply on the ground.

"What's going on inside?" Tianxia Guihuo asked hurriedly.

"It's a tree demon." Zhao Chenghuang said, "This forest is full of tree demons. They attacked my terracotta warriors. Their combat power is about level 4. There are a lot of them. Their attack method is physical output."

Xiahou Aotian stroked his chin and said, "Tree demons, and they are highly fire-resistant. The terracotta warriors will be disconnected within five minutes. The forest is so large, and there are probably one tree demon every ten meters. If we force our way through the forest, we will probably have to face the attacks of hundreds of tree demons. Even with healing and defense items, we will probably lose some personnel.

"Yuanshi, it's your turn." Now that the enemy's identity and attack methods have been discovered, it will be easy to deal with. Just send Yuanshi Tianzun out.

Under the gaze of Xiaoyuan and others, Zhang Yuanqing slowly took off his T-shirt and pants, leaving only a pair of black boxer briefs. Asano Ryo and Sun Miaomiao exclaimed and looked away in panic, while Guan Ya and Xiaoyuan did not react.

"Please keep it for me!" Zhang Yuanqing originally wanted to throw the clothes to Guan Ya, but after thinking about it, he threw them to Brother Hongji. Then, he grabbed the Green Emperor Jade Belt from the inventory and strode into the forest.

"rustle……"

He stepped on the fallen leaves that covered the ground and entered the forest. Once he entered the forest, the light immediately dimmed.

The layers of tree canopies blocked the sunlight. Zhang Yuanqing moved forward cautiously, observing the plants around him.

The trees here are all thick and tall, and the thinnest one requires one person to hug. The trunks and branches are pitch black, and the surface is smooth and shiny, as if they were coated with a layer of waterproof and fireproof metal film. These trees should be special species. It's a pity that there are no wood monsters in the team, so they can't teach us anything, Zhang Yuanqing thought.

He punched the tree trunk next to him, and the trunk broke with a crack. "It's not a tree demon."

He continued walking forward, and after nearly five minutes, he saw a huge tree in front of him that was so big that three people could hug it. Under the tree, a pitch-black terracotta warrior lay horizontally, its heavy body pressed into the soft soil. The whole body was intact, and it should have been damaged, but the characteristics of the Xirang gave it the ability to "regenerate".

Speaking of which, Huang Taiji's Xirang is still here with me, and this guy doesn't care if I want it. Zhang Yuanqing suddenly remembered this.

As he approached the soldiers, he saw broken bones all over the ground, including ribs, leg bones, skulls, etc. Normally, when a human dies, the skeleton is intact, but these bones scattered all over the ground looked more like food on the table, with the flesh and blood eaten away and the bones thrown around randomly. In addition to the bones, he also saw broken armor and several rusty knives.

"These should be the skeletons left behind by the Jin soldiers. The fallen leaves show signs of being turned over. Did Zhao Chenghuang check on them?" Just as this thought flashed through his mind, Zhang Yuanqing suddenly felt his ankle tighten. He looked down and saw two tentacle-like roots wrapped around his ankle.

Then, a rustling sound was heard, and several flexible vines with green leaves sprang out from the layers of treetops and tied him up. At the same time, two dark and deep eyes and a gap with intertwined fangs appeared on the smooth and shiny trunk of the big tree in front. The roots retracted into the ground, and the vines pulled Zhang Yuanqing and pushed him into the gap in the trunk.

Zhang Yuanqing immediately activated his "beast transformation" skill. His body surface grew coarse black hair, his body grew taller, his head became larger and rounder, and round ears grew on top of his head. In an instant, he turned into a two-meter-tall black bear. The vines that bound him were broken by his rapidly growing body when he transformed.

"roar!"

The black bear roared and bared its teeth, saliva dripping along its white teeth, and the whole forest trembled with the roar.

It stood up and pushed hard with its front legs. It was not afraid of fire or lightning. The indestructible trunk broke with a sound, and the crack in the trunk, like a crack in an eye, and the gap where its fangs intersected, closed up.

The black bear immediately launched a charge in the forest, knocking down one giant tree after another. The powerful tree demon seemed as weak as weeds that were trampled at random in front of it.

Outside the forest, Guan Ya and others heard the "crash" of a huge collapse and the roar of a black bear in the distance, and a strong sense of security surged in their hearts.

"What a big commotion! When we first formed a team together at Yashan Sea, Yuanshi Tianzun was the weakest one." Brother Red Chicken said with emotion, "After two or three months, he has become stronger than us."

He is more powerful than all of us. The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Guan Ya, who personally led Yuanshi Tianzun into the official realm, Xiao Yuan, the former big boss of the saint realm, Sun Miaomiao and Zhao Chenghuang who bullied Yuanshi Tianzun in the ring match, and Xiahou Aotian who claimed to be the protagonist, are all silent.

"Hey, why aren't you talking?" Brother Red Chicken looked at them, but no one paid any attention to him.

Princess Yin Yao raised her trumpet and said, "They think you are a bad mouth!"

Brother Red Chicken was stunned: "Did I say something wrong?"

He said angrily: "Are you discriminating against people from different regions? Are you looking down on people from Huadu?" But still no one paid any attention to him.

Princess Yin Yao put the trumpet close to his ear and whispered, "They are discriminating against you."

At the end of the forest is a rugged cliff dwelling with a three-meter-high stone door embedded in the wall. On the stone door is a relief of the Eight Diagrams with the characters Qian, Kun, Zhen, Kan and Li raised.

Zhang Yuanqing sat on the ground with a pale face and said, "This door cannot be opened. It must require a special key. My task has been completed. The rest is up to you."

The pain of torn muscles and broken bones after the beast transformation was still tormenting him. He was reluctant to use the Green Emperor's longevity technique and the source of life liquid. The self-healing skill of the Mountain God's Scepter was not very effective, so he could only endure it. Guan Ya probably wanted to show her love in front of Xiaoyuan.

When he first came over, he saw Zhang Yuanqing's miserable state and immediately tapped his legs and rubbed his shoulders, almost knocking him to death.

He died on the spot, and Zhang Yuanqing tearfully scolded him and told him to "get lost", then he got angry and ignored him.

At this time, he was standing in front of the door and observing the stone gate with Sun Miaomiao and others.

"The trick to opening the door should be on the Bagua map. If I remember correctly, this is what the scholars are good at." Guan Ya said. Sun Miaomiao turned her head and said, "Xiahou Aotian, I leave it to you. The Mohist Mechanical Art should be an organization dominated by scholars."

Xiahou Aotian frowned, "It's a bachelor's field, but this thing is like an electronic lock. I'm a locksmith, but I can only open the lock. Cracking the electronic lock code and opening the lock are two different things."

"You just can't handle it." Brother Red Chicken still hasn't learned his lesson and is still speaking his mind.

At this moment, Xiahou Aotian suddenly lowered his head and stared intently at the black iron ring on his thumb, as if listening to something. After a few seconds, he raised his head and chest and said proudly:

"Who said I can't figure it out? The Bagua diagram on the door is actually a Bagua sealing gate formation handed down from the pre-Qin era. It can be unlocked by transferring spiritual power along the correct route. It's easy!" After saying that, he pressed randomly on the relief fonts and then pressed the Tai Chi fish in the center. The stone door shook with a "boom" and slowly slid to one side.

Behind the stone gate was not the dark and gloomy mountain belly, but a corridor with flickering candlelight. The corridor had obvious signs of excavation and was not formed naturally. The flat wall was stained with dark red blood, and at the entrance of the corridor, the ground was covered with bones.

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