"What's the solution?" I asked.

"The Yangshen Wood was originally the heart of the Lord of the Ghost Realm. It was a demon king during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It committed many murderous sins and often ate human hearts to replenish its body. But in 1046 BC, when King Wu conquered King Zhou, known in history as the Battle of Muye, all the demons were shocked and all the evil spirits were frightened. Some ran away, some died, and the Lord of the Ghost Realm disappeared that year. Some unofficial history claims that the corpse of the Lord of the Ghost Realm was specially transported away during the conquest period when he was almost deified. He had a great reputation, and the Yangshen Wood and the Zhenming Umbrella were both his evil weapons during his lifetime. Both are listed among the Eight Treasures of Taiqiong Cave, so he also has very strong magical powers, and this magical power is the method I want to tell you about." Yunwen said.

"I know that the Zhenming Umbrella can collect residual souls and use them to revive and enslave certain zombies at the same time. Then what is the use of this Yangshen Tree?" I asked.

"Zhou Bo, you have already discovered. Generally speaking, you just broke open my body and put the wooden heart into my chest. According to current medical theories, if the transplanted heart is not connected to the blood vessels and related tissues connected to the heart, then it is impossible to produce a new resuscitation effect. But just now, you just put it in. It's hard to say whether it was placed correctly or not, you just implanted it in the correct position. Besides, do you know why the residual soul contract on my body is gone?" Yunwen said.

"You've confused me. Why don't you just announce the answer directly?" I said.

At this time, Yunwen stood up, walked to a tree, and said a few words to the tree next to it. In an instant, the tree suddenly bent its trunk and put down its branches. Yunwen actually shook hands with it, as if the tree was alive. It really scared me. This kind of thing is simply a fairy tale. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe it.

How can a tree bend its trunk and put its branches in Yunwen's hands when it has no nervous system or muscle tissue? This is not in line with the laws of nature or scientific theory.

Yunwen closed her eyes and asked me, "Zhou Bo, do you want to cool down?"

"What do you mean?" I asked.

At this moment, a southeast wind suddenly blew and blew towards my body. I gently touched it with my hand. The wind speed was about 6m/s and I could feel the presence of the wind very clearly. In terms of wind force level, this should be considered a gentle breeze. What surprised me was that the wind blew immediately when Yunwen said this. It can be seen that this wind can be related to her, and it can even be said that she attracted it.

I remember Yingchun once taught me how to borrow the wind. It was a very complicated method. I had to recite the formula and have talismans to borrow the wind. But now Yunwen can borrow it with just a few words. It seems that the Yangshenmu is really powerful. It is also one of the Eight Treasures of Taiqiong Cave, but in terms of practicality, it is indeed better.

At this time, Yunwen walked towards me and said, "Do you understand? It is a spiritual root conceived by heaven and earth. Its magical power is to be able to connect with all things. Anything in this world can communicate and authorize it. You wanted to implant it in my heart to be my heart. The Yangshen Wood can understand the language of all things in the world, so it will immediately understand and adjust itself to connect with me. And its authorization ability is exactly what can cancel the contract of the Ming Umbrella."

“Communication and empowerment?” I said.

"Yes, although animals have their own language and trees have their own language, there is also a saying that Tao gave birth to one, one gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, and three gave birth to all things. Since they are all born from Tao, they have a mother tongue. If we can understand the mother tongue, we can communicate with all things. The Yangshen Wood was developed and used by the Lord of the Ghost Realm, and thus there is an additional method of authorization. I learned this from ancient books, but the book calls the word authorization "spiritual adjustment." Yunwen said.

"One gives the contract, one is responsible for the authorization to terminate the contract, one is responsible for collecting souls, and one is responsible for body restoration. It is really weird that a tree has two completely different wood cores." I said.

"Look, the sun and the moon are in the same sky, how can they never be the same?" Yunwen laughed.

Having said so much, we should get back to the topic. Yunwen said all this just to say that she wants to negotiate with those hyena people through communication, using her magical power to communicate with all things. However, I do not agree with this approach. After all, if the hyena people were reasonable, they would not rebel so easily, nor would they be so cruel to us. It can be seen that they have no intention of resolving the problem properly.

In this case, I was determined not to go back and talk to them. Moreover, if we were trapped and forced into a dangerous situation, and Yunwen got into trouble again, wouldn't all my efforts be in vain? Therefore, I was very determined.

But after a while, even though I was determined, Yunwen broke my resolve. She said, "Zhou Bo, you said that the people in Wuying keep their promises. There is no other Yangshen tree in the world. If Bailu dies, wouldn't you have failed to fulfill your promise to protect her? From now on, do you have any other choice?"

I sighed. Time was running out. Other methods would be too slow. Besides, this area was so small. Even if we didn't go looking for Bai Lu, the hyenas would patrol the mountains everywhere. How could we hide for long? We couldn't hide or run. Besides, there was really no other way to think about it. We had to go back. If we went back, we would inevitably face each other. Since it was unavoidable, it wouldn't be a bad thing to have another solution.

"Okay, but I've made it clear in advance that the chances of failure in the negotiations are very high, and the other side should have sent more mermaids. There are about ten elite hyena soldiers left, and more than twenty other civilians, plus the external aid of the mermaids. This is all the combat power they have. In this case, if I have to, I can only fight to the death, and if the situation changes, you must listen to my orders." I said.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Yunwen said.

After things were settled, we took a short break, waiting for the water on our bodies to dry a little, then we withdrew from the stream and returned to the top of the mountain. We untied the rope that tied Sanfu, got on the horse, and returned along the same route. After passing Chengqiang Mountain, we were about to go back when Yunwen suddenly stopped Sanfu. I was wondering, and I heard her looking up as if she was looking at something. I also looked up in the direction she was looking, and saw a bird standing on a branch, with its eyes seeming to be looking down.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

“The bird said something was coming up the mountain. I asked her who they were, and she said there were a lot of them, some taller than the trees,” Yunwen said.

"It seems that they have caught up with us. Those taller than the trees must be the mermaids," I said.

Yunwen was still listening to the chirping of the birds, her mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out. Or maybe it did, but the human ear can only receive frequencies from 20Hz to 20,000Hz, and the frequency emitted by Yunwen might be heard by the bird's ears, but not by me.

Not long after, she said, "It's time to go, otherwise it will be killed by hunters."

I looked around, but there was nothing. The wind was sounding normally and I didn't hear any unusual movement. Besides, those hyenas and mermaids were all trapped behind the iron gate, and they wouldn't open it. They definitely couldn't get through in such a short time. Since they couldn't get through, they certainly couldn't pose a threat to us. It showed that these birds were very timid. Although Yunwen could understand what they said, she couldn't trust them.

I shook my head and said, "It seems that the words of the birds are not worthy of trust."

Just as I finished speaking, a stone hit me on the head with a thud. I covered my head. Fortunately, the distance was far enough to reduce the force, otherwise I might have been knocked off my horse.

At this time, I looked up in the direction of the falling fire and was immediately stunned. The one climbing on the tree was the hyena man. How did it get here?

But there was no time to wonder, as we saw hyenas and mermaids appearing among the bushes. Perhaps Yunwen's shouting was too loud before, so they knew our location and were waiting here to ambush us.