Hearing this, Shi Mu shook his head noncommittally.
"Why, Brother Shi can't trust us two?" Ma Lie snorted.
"Haha, that's not the case. It's just that you two have ever thought about how such a small amount of holy liquid has attracted so many big families in the entire star field to fight for it. The chance of getting it is so low. Even if you are lucky enough to get it, what kind of sacrifice you will have to make.
The price?" Shi Mu asked with a faint smile.
"Brother Shi, don't worry about this. In fact, there are treasures all over the body of the Tree Spirit King. Although other things may not be as precious as the tree heart holy liquid, other things are enough to attract people. In the past, people only defeated his incarnation.
In addition to the heavenly demon core, it can also obtain countless other benefits. Not to mention that this time it is its own manifestation?" Ma Long chuckled.
After hearing this, Shi Mu's face moved slightly and he became silent.
"Brother Shi, as the saying goes, wealth can be obtained in danger. It's too late to go now. If you say anything later, I'm afraid I won't even have a chance to get a share of the pie." Ma Lie saw that Shi Mu seemed a little tempted, and he hurriedly persuaded with his eyes rolling.
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"Since you two have talked to this extent, let Shi go try his luck, but on the way, please tell me more about the Tree Spirit King." Shi Mu finally nodded.
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"Haha, there's absolutely no problem with that."
Ma Long and Ma Long were overjoyed when they heard this, and naturally agreed wholeheartedly.
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Less than half an hour later, three figures were talking and walking quickly on the ground.
"I didn't expect that this tree spirit king would have such magical powers!" Shi Mu said with a sigh of relief.
"Although the Tree Spirit King is a treasure, his strength cannot be underestimated. Brother Lao Shi will have to worry about it next!" Ma Long cupped his hands towards Shi Mu.
"By the way, Brother Shi, why don't you see your spiritual pet parrot?" Ma Lie suddenly asked before Shi Mu could speak.
"Oh, why do fellow Taoists care so much about Shi's spiritual pet? It's just an ordinary bird." Shi Mu glanced at Ma Lie and said.
"Haha, that bird is quite spiritual, and I like it very much. In fact, I once had a similar spiritual pet, but unfortunately it died a few years ago while trying to rescue me, so I feel very discerning when I see your bird.
I don’t know the fate..." Ma Lie put on a sad look and said.
"It seems that Brother Ma is still a very emotional person, but Shi is also like Brother Ma. My spiritual pet has been with me for many years and I will never sell it." Shi Mu directly interrupted Ma Lie and said.
"This...isn't there any room for negotiation?" Ma Lie said.
"No! Don't mention the spiritual pet again, I am determined not to sell it. Well, since it's almost time to rest, let's see how to get to the depths of the secret realm to find the location of the Tree Spirit King.
Right." Shi Mu waved his hand and said.
After saying that, he turned his eyes to Ma Long who was aside.
"Fellow Daoist Shi, wait a moment."
As Ma Long spoke, he turned his palm over, red light flowed down, and suddenly there was a small bronze fish about two inches long with snake-like patterns on its body.
"This is?" Shi Mu asked doubtfully.
"This is a glass-patterned copper fish. It is made from a piece of ore brought back from the center of the secret realm by an ancestor of my family. It has some kind of connection with the center of the secret realm and can help me avoid getting lost." Ma Long explained.
As Ma Long spoke, a burst of obscure and low-pitched spells came out of her mouth, and a layer of spiritual light suddenly floated on the surface of the copper fish, spinning around an inch away from the palm of her hand.
After a moment, the two eyes of the copper fish suddenly lit up with two dots of red light, then stopped rotating, and the fish head pointed firmly in one direction.
The three of them looked at each other, stopped talking, and rushed in the direction indicated by the copper fish.
Along the way, corpses of people from various ethnic groups can be seen from time to time.
Regardless of their size, the corpses all looked shriveled and pale, with hideous and twisted faces, and miserable death conditions. They had obviously died from a sneak attack by those weird roots, which made the three of them wary.
Fortunately, the three of them were not disturbed by those roots again.
What made the three of them quite happy was that the storage utensils and Qingshan Orders on the corpses along the way were all there.
Naturally, the three of them, Shi Mu, collected the storage rings and Qingshan Tokens on their bodies without any ceremony, and divided up all the spiritual stones, spiritual materials, etc., as well as the demon cores in the tokens.
Three days later, Shi Mu's points were impressively close to 300,000 points. After a period of rapid climb, the ranking was still hovering around the 180th place. There was still a long way to go before the top 108.
distance.
It can be seen that during this period, the three of them were not the only ones who were so lucky to pick up the remaining Qingshan Order.
In addition, at this time, there are only about 2,300 trial participants left in the entire secret realm.
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Another day has passed.
What appeared in front of the three of them at this moment was a primitive forest that seemed a little dark. The giant trees in the forest were hundreds of feet high. The trees were covered with dark green moss and looked a little damp.
"More than five hundred miles further, we should almost be there." Ma Long clenched his palms, put away the copper fish, pointed forward and said.
Shi Mu looked far away in the direction Ma Long was pointing. All he saw at the end of his field of vision were huge dark green trees, and there was no shadow of the Tree Spirit King at all.
"Boom!"
At this moment, a huge roar suddenly came from ahead. The sound was like a thunderous explosion, causing the giant trees around them to shake.
Shi Mu's expression changed slightly and he immediately hurried forward. The Ma Long siblings looked at each other and quickly followed.
After traveling forward for more than a hundred miles, an "open space" suddenly appeared in front of Shi Mu.
It is actually not accurate to say that this is an open space, because on this open space, dozens of broken old trees are lying scattered, with broken branches and leaves scattered on the ground, making it look very messy.
On top of a dark green broken tree, a tall figure stood with his hands behind his back, blocking the way forward.
The man was wearing a green gown with a belt around his waist. His back was to Shi Mu and the others. A pair of green wings were naturally folded behind his back. His head was slightly raised and his eyes were fixed on the sky. He seemed not to notice Shi Mu and the others.
People are close to average.
Although Shi Mu felt extremely alert when he saw this person, he still couldn't help but move his eyes to the sky.
"Boom!"
There was another violent noise, and the trees in the forest shook again.
In mid-air, a huge green mist collided with another huge fireball, but then dispersed immediately.
The green mist seemed unreal. The green light inside was solid, but the outside light was a little dim. After colliding with the fireball, white smoke appeared on the surface.
The red flames burned ragingly on the huge fireball, and from time to time there were small groups of flames stained with green mist on the periphery, which separated from the fireball and fell to the ground.
One of them fell not far in front of Shi Mu, immediately burning a big hole in the ground.
Shi Mu glanced around and saw that the flames in the pit not only did not extinguish, but instead burned the large pit on the ground until it continued to sink.
Seeing this scene, Shi Mu couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. At the same time, he vaguely felt that there was a familiar aura in this huge fireball.
"Rumble"
In mid-air, the huge fireball suddenly exploded in flames, and hundreds of fist-sized red fireballs separated from the center, hitting the green mist like meteors raining down.
The center of the green mist also shone brightly, and the green mist solidified instantly, like green crescent moons, facing the meteor shower.
"Bang bang bang..."
A series of explosions resounded across the sky and earth, a large green mist rose in the sky, and dozens of fireballs shot down from the mid-air, breaking the trees on the ground.
And the green mist scattered from the sky and fell on the giant trees.
I saw those giant dark green trees, suddenly turning into a withered yellow color as if all the water had been drained out, and then turned into a gray color, as if they had been burned by a fierce fire, and turned into a pile of ashes.
This scene made Shi Mu and the other three people's expressions change, and they all took a few steps back.
At this moment, the tall figure who had been facing away from Shi Mu and the others suddenly turned around, revealing a young face like an eagle.
But his cheeks were thin, his cheekbones were high, his eye sockets were sunken, and his high, curved aquiline nose was very conspicuous.
The eagle-nosed young man glanced at Shi Mu and the others, suddenly smiled slightly, and after a moment of blurring, he mysteriously disappeared from the spot.
Shi Mu's expression suddenly changed, and the golden light suddenly brightened in his pupils. He moved forward instead of retreating, taking a step forward. The iron black sword behind him suddenly unsheathed, and he swung the sword forward.
"Hi!"
I saw a black blade gleaming out of the long knife, and instantly transformed into thirteen blurry black knife shadows in mid-air in front of me, covering the space in front of me.
"Whoosh!"
There was a soft sound in the air, and the disappeared figure of the eagle-nosed young man suddenly appeared in the shadow of Shi Mu's numerous swords.
I saw a short green blade shaped like a willow leaf sandwiched between the index and middle fingers of his right hand. His figure was as light and erratic as a willow catkin, and he continued to pass between the thirteen heavy knife shadows with incomparable lightness.
The shadow of the sword cannot touch it at all.
This man flashed in the shadow of the knife, and after easily dodging Shi Mu's seemingly lightning-like knife shadow, his figure flashed again in a blur, and strangely returned to the place where he originally stood, and moved towards Shi Mu.
Smile slightly.
Since everything happened in the blink of an eye, this scene looked as if the hawk-nosed young man had not moved at all except for his body blurring, as if he had just turned around.
Of course, Shi Mu knew that everything just now was not an illusion, but something that really happened. From the beginning, he felt the danger of the other party very keenly.
"Haha, you can see through my Shadowless Body Technique, so you are barely qualified to participate in this matter." The eagle-nosed young man looked at Shi Mu, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a low smile.
Shi Mu did not respond, but held the iron black knife tightly in his right hand, while his left hand in his sleeve robe clenched a fist with five fingers, staring at the opponent intently.
"As for you two guys, you can't even take a blow from me. Go back to where you came from! Although this tree spirit king is full of treasures, he can't tolerate some trash to have his ideas."
The young man didn't pay attention to Shi Mu's gaze, his eyes moved from Shi Mu to the pair of siblings behind him, and he said with no trace of contempt.
When Shi Mu heard this, he frowned and immediately turned around to look at the two siblings, Malie and Malong, and his eyelids twitched wildly.
I saw Ma Lie covering his left shoulder and looking at the hawk-nosed young man in panic, while Ma Long pressed his right arm and looked pale.
Both of them were covered in red under their clothes, and they were obviously injured.
Although Shi Mu had traveled around the star world for several years with his relatively abundant star stones, and could barely be considered well-informed, he felt a sense of shock in his heart at this moment.
While the eagle-nosed young man was attacking himself, he still had enough energy left to use the short blade in his hand to injure both Ma Lie and Ma Long. His movement skills were weird and his speed was truly unprecedented.
If it weren't for his spiritual power, which allowed him to barely see the person's movements and block his movements in advance, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been hit by the attack just now. (~^~)