Chapter 122 The Secret of the Wood Spirit

Chapter 122 The Secret of the Wood Spirit

Chapter 122 The Secret of the Wood Spirit ( words, monthly ticket requested)
"Let's go, don't worry about him."

Seeing everyone surrounding the thin Taoist priest, Cheng Xinzhan did not stop. Seeing that Shiyi Niang was still looking at the spirit beasts with powder on their foreheads reluctantly, he pulled her away quickly.

Eleventh Lady was delighted when she saw Cheng Xinzhan grabbing her sleeve, and then she stopped thinking about the prey.

"Everyone, a man who knows the current situation is a hero. Let's take a look at those two. They are smart people."

Seeing Cheng Xinzhan and Xiao Shiyi Niang just glanced and left, the thin Taoist pointed in the direction they left and said with a smile.

Naturally, the crowd did not listen. No one knew who took the lead, but dozens of people took action one after another and attacked the thin Taoist priest together.

Regardless of the noise behind him, when he was a little further away, Cheng Xinzhan said,

"I saw wood elves in the herd just now."

Xiao Shiyi Niang was shocked, "Really?!"

Cheng Xinzhan nodded. The spirit beasts were all crowded together just now, which saved him the trouble of looking for them one by one.

His Nine Yang Returning Dan Pupil was given by his ancestor, and it could best reveal the origin. After he activated his spiritual pupil, he saw that among the many beasts, there was a sika deer with a green glow inside. There was no blood, only the essence of Yi wood, which must be the wood spirit without a doubt.

The two immediately caught up with the herd, and found that the wood spirit was still mixed in with the herd.

“That’s the sika deer.”

Shiyi Niang looked in the direction of Cheng Xinzhan's finger. She couldn't see any difference between the fawn and the surrounding spirit beasts. She just asked,

"Then how do we catch the wood spirits? Generally speaking, all wood spirits know wood escape techniques and earth escape techniques. Although performing escape techniques will consume the spirits' energy, once they think they are about to be caught, they will immediately perform the technique and escape underground without you noticing."

Cheng Xinzhan smiled and said, "It can't escape from me."

He found the right moment, made hand seals, pointed at the beasts, and chanted,

"trap!"

Eleventh Lady saw a big pit suddenly appear in front of the sika deer's feet, and the wood spirit couldn't avoid it and fell in. After the wood spirit fell into the pit, the ground closed up immediately, and the spirit beast behind stepped on it and continued to flee.

Shiyi Niang was anxious, she grabbed Cheng Xinzhan's arm with both hands and said anxiously,

"That wood spirit has escaped!"

Cheng Xinzhan said, "Don't worry, let's wait and see."

After the beasts left, the two waited for a long time. Several waves of people passed by one after another. What surprised them was that among the people who passed by, the thin Taoist was safe and sound, but those who besieged him were all injured.

Who is he and why is he so powerful?
Cheng Xinzhan thought, it is not a good idea to take action here, after all, they are all guests invited by the Xiao family. If they meet again next time, they must fight face to face and eliminate the evil.

After making sure that most of the crowd had gone to the front, the two of them appeared and landed.

When he came to the place where the wood spirit was trapped, he waved his sleeves, and the ground opened up again, revealing a big hole. In the hole, a little deer with green light all over its body was flapping and digging with its hooves, but it was of no avail. Not even a piece of soil fell off, as if this was not soil but pure iron.

Now that they were closer, Cheng Xinzhan used his magic pupil to look again and saw that there was clearly a small plum tree shaking in the cave. It was trying to dig its roots into the ground, but it couldn't get in.

"How is this going?"

Eleventh Lady looked at this scene and asked curiously.

Cheng Xinzhan smiled but said nothing. He was cultivating Wu Earth, so it was not difficult for him to turn earth into stone.

He used his magic power to pull the sika deer out. The deer still wanted to run away, but he shot out a little golden spark that stopped in front of the wood spirit's eyes. Feeling the fiery magic power of the yang fire, the wood spirit immediately became obedient.

"Don't eat me!"

The sika deer spoke in human language, and it was the voice of a little girl.

Cheng Xinzhan was a little surprised that this wood spirit was so smart.

Eleventh Lady's eyes sparkled with surprise. She had not expected that the clan would be so generous this year. She gently touched Xiaolu's forehead and whispered,
"I won't eat you, I won't eat you. From now on, you stay by my side, and I'll give you all the panaceas first!"

Eleventh Lady's voice is gentle, but it carries the majesty of someone who has long been in a superior position, making it sound quite convincing.

The fawn could understand human language, but its intelligence was not very high. After being stroked and coaxed, it gradually relaxed.

"How do you put this thing away?"

Cheng Xinzhan asked, if we carry it openly, then the remaining 198 people will probably come over.

Eleventh Lady smiled, pinched the seals on her hands, changed them repeatedly, drew a talisman out of thin air, and injected it into the deer's body.

There was only a slight sound of the lock breaking, and the little deer immediately showed a relaxed and happy look, calling out.

"These wood spirits were captured by our Xiao family elders from other places. They were marked with our Xiao family's secret spell. If the spell is not broken, the wood spirits can only move as spirit bodies. Otherwise, the wood spirits will transform into their real bodies and we will never be able to find them."

Xinzhan nodded, so that's it.

"Xiaolu, go back to your body now!"

The little deer nodded, and with a flash of green light, it transformed into a small plum tree.

Xiao Shiyi Niang opened the sachet around her waist, used her magic power to pick up the plum tree, and put it into the sachet.

This sachet can actually store spiritual objects and is also an extremely extraordinary treasure.

After collecting the wood spirit, Shiyi Niang bowed to Cheng Xinzhan.
"Thank you very much, Xinzhan. With this wood spirit, my future training will be much easier. For me, this is the biggest gain of the autumn hunt. I don't care no matter how many prey others get."

Cheng Xinzhan waved his hand.

"Why do we need to be so polite? Let's go and have a look. Maybe we can find another one?"

Eleventh Lady smiled and said yes.

However, the two were not so lucky afterwards. For fear of being discovered, they waited until everyone else went north before going to catch the wood elves. Now they were left behind the group of beasts and people. Not to mention the wood elves, even the pink spirit beasts were either caught or chased away, and the two did not see a single one.

Eleventh Lady didn't care about it. She was in high spirits all the way and kept saying, "This is already very good, this is already very good."

So the two of them simply walked slowly, not thinking about the pink spirit beasts, which were definitely being closely watched, and instead concentrated on looking for the wood spirits, especially small creatures like mice, birds, snakes, rabbits, etc. that were not easily discovered.

They entered the island early in the morning, but until dusk, they still found nothing.

"blame!"

When the two were about three hundred miles away from the North Cape, they suddenly heard a sharp scream.

"This is the signal from the elders. Either all the spirit beasts with powder have been captured, or the spirit beasts that have not been captured have entered the pine forest. There is still half an hour left, and the autumn hunt will be over."

Eleventh Lady explained.

The two no longer had any hope.

"Wang! Wang!"

A quarter of an hour after the arrow was fired, the brother suddenly started barking, and the dog lowered its head with its nose pressed close to the ground, sniffing.

There is something in the ground.

But soon the things in the ground seemed to have noticed it and immediately began to escape underground. However, Da'er was also a dog demon who was close to the earth, and the smell underground could not escape his nose at all. Wherever the things underground ran, Da'er would run in the same direction.

Seeing this, Cheng Xinzhan snorted coldly.

"Boom!"

There was a bolt from the blue, and thunder suddenly resounded on the dry land. Cheng Xinzhan's sudden thunder sound also brought with it the might of a dragon.

The boy immediately stopped moving. It must be that something underground was captured by the dragon thunder.

At this time, Cheng Xinzhan used his magic power again, the land surged like waves, and a long-bearded white rat was lifted to the ground.

Wait for my brother to get close to it and smell it.

The white mouse was awakened by the brother's movement. It saw a huge dog's head and screamed in fear, its whiskers standing up.

The white rat immediately tried to escape, with white light flashing on its body, and it jumped back to the ground. However, the ground had already been cast by Xinzhan, and when the white rat's head went underground, it seemed to hit fine iron.

"Ouch!"

The mouse spoke in human language, and it was the voice of an old man.

Another one who can talk.

Is it a demon or a spirit?

Xinzhan bent down, picked up the white mouse by its tail and held it in front of him.

He activated his Dantong Dharma Eye and saw that the inside of the white mouse was also bloodless, with only a flashing green light. Looking more closely, he saw that in the green light, there was an old ginseng with extremely long roots shaking.

He nodded to Eleventh Lady, "It's not a rat demon, it's a wood spirit."

Eleventh Lady was naturally delighted when she heard this, but after taking a closer look at the white mouse, she felt a little disgusted.
"Why can't I be reborn into anything else? Why did I have to be a rat? And a big old rat at that."

This white mouse looked very old, with long beard and eyebrows, and wrinkles on its face. Its appearance was indeed very different from the little sika deer just now.

Eleventh Lady cast another magic talisman into the white rat's body.
“See what your prototype is.”

However, after Eleventh Lady finished speaking, the white rat still maintained its white rat form and refused to transform into its original form.

Eleventh Lady's face showed joy upon seeing this. This wood spirit refused to reveal its true form even after being captured. It must be because its true form was so precious that the white rat did not dare to show it.

"Xinzhan, can you tell what this white rat's true form is?"

“It’s an old ginseng.”

Eleventh Lady was even more delighted when she heard this. "It is extremely difficult to transform ginseng into essence. This old ginseng must be five hundred years old. I hope you can take it. It will greatly increase your magic power. Maybe you can open up the Mu Mansion in one fell swoop!"

After spending these days together day and night, Eleventh Lady already knew Cheng Xinzhan's realm.

"Don't eat me!"

The mouse spoke human language, an extremely old voice, and said the same words as the deer in fear. However, Shiyi Niang did not agree at this moment. She ignored the mouse's request and looked at Cheng Xinzhan.

"Xinzhan, this old ginseng is extremely old, and its essence has already turned into old age. It is extremely difficult to make further progress. Its life span should be short, and it is not suitable for my cultivation. You should take it, which will help you enter the second realm."

Eleventh Lady said earnestly.

"My two immortals! It's not easy for me to practice cultivation. I have been hiding from place to place since I gained intelligence. My life is coming to an end and I need to reincarnate. I have intelligence in this life. If I die of old age, I should be able to be reborn as a human in the next life. If I can't escape the disaster of being reborn, I will still be an ignorant grass in the next life! Please show mercy!"

The old white mouse shed tears.

Cheng Xinzhan felt a little soft-hearted and looked at Shiyi Niang.

Eleventh Lady rolled her eyes, and said to the white rat viciously: "The so-called human way is to take from the poor and give to the rich. You were captured by my elders of the Xiao family, and you were captured again by us. How can we let you go for nothing!"

The white mouse understood what Shiyi Niang said, and his dark eyes rolled around. Soon, the white mouse said,

"I have a secret. I can give it to you in exchange for my life."

"What secret?"

Eleventh Lady asked immediately.

But the white mouse said, "I want you to take me away from this island and swear to set me free after hearing the secret. Only then can I tell you the secret."

Eleventh Lady added, "How can we know if your secret is worth your life? You are a centuries-old old ginseng!"

"This secret is definitely more valuable than my life!"

The white mouse said with absolute certainty.

Eleventh Lady looked at Cheng Xinzhan, "This was caught by Xinzhan, Xinzhan has the final say, but I still suggest taking ginseng medicine, it will be best to improve your realm."

"Get him off this island."

Cheng Xinzhan said.

"it is good."

Eleventh Lady nodded and glared at the white rat again, "Why don't you return to your original form!"

When the white rat heard that there was a chance, it nodded and turned into a ginseng, which was collected by Eleventh Lady.

The two continued to move north, and soon they heard another sound of arrows, which meant the autumn hunt was over.

When the two arrived at the pine forest, everyone was already waiting there, including the bald elder.

"Okay, everyone is here, let's start counting the prey now."

The bald elder said.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Suddenly there was a sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

Everyone's eyes turned to the thin Taoist priest, who left behind the corpses of sixteen pink-dot monsters.

The rest of the group only had five at most.

Eleventh Lady dropped a sable.

And more of them are empty-handed.

Cheng Xinzhan took a quick look and saw forty-eight animal carcasses on the ground. It seemed that only two of them had hidden in the pine forest.

"Did anyone catch a wood elf during this autumn hunt?"

The elder asked.

"Have."

Eleventh Lady responded crisply.

Everyone's eyes turned.

Eleventh Lady walked up to the elder, took off the sachet, opened the sachet and handed it to the elder.

The bald elder glanced inside and looked at Eleventh Lady in surprise.

Everyone had been staring at Eleventh Lady and the bald elder. When they saw the elder's expression, they knew that Eleventh Lady had really captured the wood spirit, and they immediately started talking about it.

Eleventh Lady hunted a powder-dot beast and captured a wood elf, which is equivalent to eleven in total. In addition, she ranked sixth in the performance evaluation, which means she is in the top three in this comprehensive evaluation.

Several people who ranked high in the performance evaluation thought that it was a good thing that Xiao Yuan's guest officials were very powerful and hunted fifteen pink beasts, while his performance report was not very good. As a result, they still had a chance to compete for the first place.

The bald elder cleared his throat and began to announce the results of this autumn hunt.

"The first place in this autumn hunt is Queen Xiao, who captured two wood elves and a pink beast."

Everyone was in an uproar!

Two!

She captured two wood elves?!
Empress Xiao is exactly the name of Xiao Shiyi Niang.

This was also the first time Cheng Xinzhan knew Eleventh Lady's name.

"Xiao Yuan, second place, hunted fifteen pink beasts."

The elder continued to speak, but no one cared about the second place anymore.

The thin Taoist looked at Cheng Xinzhan. The person who could catch two wood spirits must not be just lucky. He had also looked for him but found nothing. Who was this person?
As for Eleventh Lady, the thin Taoist didn't even think about her. The people of the Xiao family might be good at doing business, but they certainly didn't have such keen eyesight and means.

Everyone was talking about it. Xiao Yuan, who had always thought he had a sure win, blushed. The bald elder also finished talking about the rankings of the autumn hunt in the chaos. Finally, he said,
"As you can see, there is nothing valuable on this island, but it is the only ancestral property of my Xiao family on earth. The magic array to protect the island was set up by a Taoist master from Mount Laoshan, so please do not reveal this island to outsiders after you are done with this, to avoid harming others and yourself."

This was quite serious, so everyone naturally agreed.

The autumn hunt ended like this. Everyone left the island. Some guests left directly, while Cheng Xinzhan and Xiao Shiyi Niang returned to Haiqing City.

After returning to the city, one hundred members of the Xiao family followed the bald elder to the city lord's residence, while Cheng Xinzhan was waiting for tea in the Doudai Pavilion.

Not long after, Eleventh Lady came back with a smile on her face.

Seeing her overjoyed look, Chen Xinzhang smiled and asked,
"How about it?"

Eleventh Lady smiled like a flower and said,
"The job report and autumn hunt are tests for the Xiao family's children in terms of business, cultivation, and making friends with masters. I ranked sixth in the job report and first in the autumn hunt. I won the first place in this year's comprehensive evaluation. In the next ten years, I will have more money to spend. Moreover, I am one step ahead, and I am ahead step by step. This is all thanks to Xinzhan!"

Cheng Xinzhan waved his hands and said with a smile, "This is all because Eleventh Lady is so powerful."

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There was a small lake in the courtyard of Doudaige, and a small pavilion in the middle of the lake. The two came to the pavilion, and Shiyi Niang sent all the servants away.

The two sat down, and Eleventh Lady took out the old ginseng from the sachet and placed it on the stone table.

A flash of light appeared on the old ginseng, and it turned into a white mouse.

The white rat sniffed hard and asked, "Is this in Baiyujing?"

The two nodded.

"No, we have to get back to the ground. Once I tell you the secret, you'll let me go."

Eleventh Lady raised her eyebrows. Does this mean he doesn't trust me?

However, Cheng Xinzhan nodded.

"Then go down. It's time for me to return to the sect."

Hearing this, Eleventh Lady agreed, but secretly glared at Bai Shu.

So the two of them fell back to the ground, returned to Qi and Lu, and landed in a wilderness at random.

"Okay, now you can tell me."

Eleventh Lady looked at the white rat.

But Bai Shu ignored Shiyi Niang and looked at Cheng Xinzhan.
"Master, may I ask if you are a disciple of the Three Pure Ones?"

Cheng Xinzhan nodded.

"Then can you please swear in the name of the Three Pure Ones that as long as I tell you the secret, you will let me go free and not stop me or chase me. Also, this Xiao family member is not allowed to chase me either."

"you!"

Eleventh Lady never expected that the reputation of her Xiao family was so bad in the mind of this old white rat.

Seeing that Xinzhan was about to agree, she immediately said,

"No, if your secret is useless to us, such as a family's secret relationship, or a secret that we cannot obtain, such as a secret place of death, what's the use of knowing it? What's more, what if you are lying to us?"

What Shiyi Niang said made sense, and Cheng Xinzhan nodded.

The Xiao family is really cunning.

White Mouse glanced at Eleventh Lady, shook his head and sighed.

"Why would I lie to you? I'm not a businessman."

Eleventh Lady was so angry that she laughed, but she refused to give in. "Anyway, you have to tell us what your secret is first, so that we can judge whether it is useful to us and whether it is worth exchanging for your old ginseng that has become a spirit."

The white mouse nodded. "This must be a secret that interests you. I think there should be no one in the world who is not interested in this secret. This secret is also worth millions of times more than me."

"Have you ever heard of the ginseng fruit tree?"

(End of this chapter)