Hearing the old tree's words, Fang Chen finally stopped in his tracks. The little mouse stood on his shoulder and looked at the old tree with a smile.
"What is this place?" Fang Chen directly asked his first question.
The old tree pondered for a moment before answering in a deep voice, "This is a cursed land."
"Who cursed the cursed land?" Fang Chen continued to ask.
The old tree slowly said, "A long, long time ago, a supreme being came here. When this supreme being came here, he was about to die. He was unwilling to die just like that. Before he died, he swore that he must be resurrected. Otherwise, this place will be filled with death qi."
"This almighty was extremely powerful. He could destroy a world with a flip of his hand. In the end, he died. Not long after his death, this place was filled with a dense aura of death."
"This is a sealed space. Every six years, the Divine Illusion Space opens. Many cultivators come here, and as soon as they enter, they will be corroded by the aura of death and die a miserable death.
As more and more cultivators die, the Death Qi here becomes even denser. It is also because of this dense Death Qi that cultivators can continue to live in the form of skeletons after death. Moreover, they can still retain some memories of their lives. "
"I see."
Fang Chen frowned and said.
"Then what kind of tree are you?"
Hearing Fang Chen's words, the old tree's branches swayed and said, "I was originally a Psychic Tree. When I was psychic, I just happened to appear here. Later on, due to the corrosion of the aura of death, my insides underwent a great change. In the beginning, I tried my best to stop the aura of death from invading, but later on, I discovered that the aura of death could actually increase my cultivation.
After so many years, I should be considered a Banxianshu. "
On the Ancient Sword Continent, the most powerful type of tree was the Immortal Tree. Each Immortal Tree had existed for a very long time.
It was said that the Immortal Tree could bring the dead back to life. There weren't many of them on the Ancient Sword Continent.
Of course, there were also many Psychic Trees. They tried their best to become Immortal Trees. However, since ancient times, how could it be that easy to become an Immortal Tree?
Thus, many Psychic Trees were stuck at the final checkpoint. They were known as Banxianshu.
Fang Chen had never imagined that there would actually be a Banxianshu in the Divine Illusion Space.
"Banxianshu." Xia Houwu was also astonished.
"What's with that corpse?" Fang Chen continued to ask.
Banxianshu shuddered at the mention of the corpse. He said solemnly, "That corpse belonged to an expert who had fallen here. It was because of his curse that this place became like this."
"Just now, after you killed those skeletons, you startled that expert. He sucked away all the death Qi in this space. Fortunately, I took root in his corpse and absorbed it all," said Banxianshu with an evil smile.
Fang Chen was startled. He thought back to the scene just now. The corpse that Banxianshu had taken root in contained an aura that made him inexplicably tremble.
So that corpse belonged to an expert who had fallen here.
"The reason that brat was able to enter this place without being injured is because he has a special kind of blood within him. As for you, I can't see through it," said Banxianshu calmly.
Fang Chen's heart shook slightly. Hearing Banxianshu's words, Fang Chen instantly understood that the reason he wasn't affected by the death Qi was because of the golden heart within him.
When he had entered this place, the golden heart had trembled slightly and an invisible aura had spread out. At that time, Fang Chen hadn't thought too much about it.
"If this continues, this fallen expert will definitely be able to absorb enough death Qi to revive. But the two of you have completely ruined his revival plan," said Banxianshu.
Fang Chen and Xiahou Wu were startled. They immediately looked at the Banxianshu.
"But it's fine. The death Qi within his body has all been absorbed by me. For now, there won't be any strange movements. We have to find a way to leave this place as soon as possible."
Banxianshu continued, "Of course, there is another reason. I just absorbed too much death Qi. I need to absorb some human martial artists' blood to balance it out."
Banxianshu was an old tree that had lived for countless years. It knew a lot. And because it had been in this sealed space for a long time, it had to absorb both death Qi and human blood to balance it out.
This time, it had gone out to absorb human blood. But it hadn't expected that Fang Chen and Xiahou Wu would discover it.
At this point, the Banxianshu had already explained everything.
Fang Chen and Xiahou Wu were lost in thought. The Little Mouse was chirping non-stop.
"Why do you want to come with us?" Fang Chen suddenly asked.
Banxianshu was silent for a moment. Then it said, "Because of the Little Mouse in your body. The blood of this Little Mouse is a great supplement for me. A single drop of its blood is equivalent to the blood of tens of thousands of martial artists."
Fang Chen heard this and nodded. Banxianshu's words shouldn't be false. After all, Fang Chen also knew how miraculous the Little Mouse was.
"Okay, then you can come with us," said Fang Chen.
"I want to follow Brother Mouse." Banxianshu didn't give Fang Chen any face and directly said.
Fang Chen was startled. This Banxianshu was too shameless.
"Brother Mouse, you have to protect me in the future." Banxianshu laughed and said to the Little Mouse.
The Little Mouse chirped and gestured to the Banxianshu. The Banxianshu shook its head at first, but it quickly nodded.
Seeing the Banxianshu nod, the Little Mouse gave the Banxianshu a drop of its blood.
After the Banxianshu absorbed the blood given by the Little Mouse, it was full of energy and was extremely excited.
"You two little guys are really lucky." Banxianshu looked at Fang Chen and said.
"I don't know where you got Brother Mouse to make him follow you so wholeheartedly."
"I won't waste words with you. I promised Brother Mouse that I would give you an opportunity. But this opportunity is accompanied by a certain amount of danger. Do you dare accept?"
"What opportunity?" asked Fang Chen.
"Let's talk about you first. Your blood doesn't fear death Qi. This opportunity is extremely important to you, but you'll have to obtain it yourself." Banxianshu looked at Xiahou Wu.
"Do you see that corpse? Underneath that corpse is a tomb. It's a tomb that the expert who died prepared for himself. But he didn't use it. Your opportunity is inside the tomb. Go find it yourself." Banxianshu said.
Fang Chen looked at Xiahou Wu. He was a bit worried.
Xiahou Wu thought for a moment and then said to Fang Chen, "Brother Fang, you don't need to worry about me. Once I obtain my opportunity, we'll join hands and take revenge for the Reverence Sword Sect's disciples."
"Alright." Fang Chen nodded.
Under Fang Chen's gaze, Xiahou Wu's bloodthirsty killing intent surged. He flipped over the corpse and entered the tomb.
Banxianshu continued, "Your opportunity is on this mountain peak. But I have to tell you in advance that this mountain peak is extremely special. If you don't obtain your opportunity, don't blame me."
"Since you know there's an opportunity, why don't you go yourself?" asked Fang Chen.
"Do you think I don't want to? I'm bored to death here all day. In these past years, I've become extremely familiar with this space and learned of many places with opportunities. But the two places I pointed out are extremely suitable for you and that little fellow," said Banxianshu.
Fang Chen was silent for a moment. In the end, he chose to explore.
Fang Chen walked towards the mountain peak behind the corpse. The Little Mouse sat on Fang Chen's shoulder. As for Banxianshu, he quickly moved. He chuckled and said, "Brother Mouse, when are you going to give me another drop of blood?"
Hearing Banxianshu's shameless words, Fang Chen directly chose to ignore him.
It was a bit easier than he had expected. Fang Chen easily reached the top of the mountain peak. Only after reaching the top did Fang Chen realize that this mountain peak was completely bare. There was nothing there.
Fang Chen looked around doubtfully as he muttered to himself, "I have to search for opportunities here."
Just as Fang Chen stepped onto the mountain peak, his expression suddenly changed. That was because the python sword within his spatial ring was trembling slightly.
"Yes."
Ever since Ancestor Bronze's remnant consciousness entered the python sword, he had fallen into a coma after being severely injured. Who would have thought that he would actually tremble now?
"Could there be something here that attracted Ancestor Bronze's attention?" Fang Chen was puzzled.
Just as Fang Chen took a few steps forward, the python sword trembled again. After careful analysis, Fang Chen discovered that the python sword seemed to be guiding him. However, Ancestor Bronze was still in a coma, so it was very difficult for it to guide him.
Fang Chen carefully listened to the python sword's trembling. Finally, he determined a direction. A trace of a smile appeared on his face as he quickly moved forward.
Not long after, Fang Chen appeared in an open space. This was already the edge of the mountain peak. Fang Chen stopped here because after arriving here, the python sword seemed to be impatient.
"The opportunity must be here."
Fang Chen said in a deep voice. Then, he took out the Hidden Star Sword and started to dig the ground.
As Fang Chen dug, the Banxianshu behind him was filled with shock. "What a monster."
An hour later, Fang Chen had already dug out a very deep pit. Finally, at a certain moment, Fang Chen discovered that there was something in the pit.
Then Fang Chen carefully took the thing out of the hole.
It was a wooden box. After the baptism of time, the wooden box was only a little old. It wasn't damaged at all, which surprised Fang Chen.
As Fang Chen held the wooden box, the python sword became even more impatient.
Fang Chen opened the wooden box. Immediately, a multicolored light spread out from the wooden box, causing the entire mountain peak to be confused.
"This is …"