The castle owner's wife looked around vigilantly and explained in a low voice, for fear of being overheard by something, "The spirit-eating vine likes darkness and humidity. There must be spiritual stones and spiritual veins where it grows, and it feeds on the profound energy in the spiritual stones. Sanctuary

Everyone wants to become a mysterious person, and most of them practice mysterious energy, which happens to give the Spirit-eating Vine an opportunity to take advantage of. When there is a shortage of spiritual stones, it feeds on the mysterious person and absorbs the mysterious energy from people's Dantian."

"Madam, have you seen her before?" The castle owner was dubious.

The castle owner's wife said sadly: "Xiaoyi's uncle and I died under the spirit-devouring vine. I was young at the time and had not practiced Xuan Qi, so I escaped from the disaster. But the tragedy of that day will be unforgettable for the rest of my life."

"You and Xiaoyi go first, and I'll stop behind." The castle master made a decisive decision and led everyone back to the grotto, preparing to return from the original route.

Jin Bao suddenly raised his head and exclaimed: "Look up!"

From the ceiling of the grotto, countless gray-green kudzu vines hang down, like a group of snakes dancing wildly, scurrying toward everyone.

"break!"

The castle owner shouted loudly, and under the light of the torch, the sword drew a circle of bright sword energy. The approaching kudzu vine immediately broke and fell down, turning into a puddle of mud.

"Madam, leave quickly!"

The castle master moved quickly, holding his wife under his arm, swung his sword to cut a passage, and ran towards the entrance of the cave. In the blink of an eye, the shadow disappeared.

Jinbao secretly complained that he did not know martial arts and had no profound strength. He saw dozens of kudzu vines surrounding him. Apart from shivering, he was only scared and almost peed his pants.

Strangely, Kudzu poked around him, then turned around and pounced on other people.

For a time, screams could be heard one after another in the grotto.

Jinbao saw it clearly. Xiaoyi ran out a few steps and was trapped by a kudzu vine. It wrapped around her body several times and one end of the kudzu vine got into her clothes.

Courage conquers fear.

Jin Bao picked up a sword that fell on the ground, rushed over desperately, and struck it down with all his strength.

"Whoosh!"

He cut off the kudzu vine with a single stroke of his sword. Unexpectedly, the kudzu vine seemed to have eyes. The kudzu vine hanging in mid-air swiped violently, knocking Jin Bao away, hitting the stone wall hard, and immediately passed out.

Jinbao had a strange dream. He dreamed that he was struggling desperately in an ice cellar but could not climb out. The biting cold air froze him awake.

There was deathly silence all around. Jinbao opened his eyes tiredly, only the flames of three or two torches were beating helplessly, giving off a dim light.

The grotto is still the same as before. The only change is that there are dozens of corpses on the ground, all of which have been turned into mummies.

Jinbao wondered why the Soul-Eating Vine had let him go. He felt cold all over, stood up tremblingly, picked up a torch from the ground, and held a sword in his hand to strengthen his courage. He checked everyone carefully, hoping that he would not see that person.

The figure of a person. However, not far away, Xiaoyi's dried-up corpse was lying there. If it weren't for the clothes she was wearing, it would be impossible to believe that that cute and cute little girl had become a dead person.

As we walked further outside, the corpses gradually became rarer. When we came to the passage, we found the corpses of two people leaning against the stone wall. From their body shape and clothing, we could tell at a glance that they were the castle owner and his wife.

The group is destroyed.

Jin Bao couldn't help feeling desolate. How he wished there was a living person standing by his side, even if it was a sword on his neck. This feeling of loneliness was more terrifying than death.

fear.

When I came there, there were many people, so I didn't realize how long the passage was. But now when I walk alone, the passage seems to have no end, and I can never see the hole that seems to be lined with gold.

Ghost hitting the wall?

Jinbao thought of such a word for no reason. "Impossible", and he denied the idea. There was only one way, and it was impossible to go wrong.

After walking forward for a while, Jinbao felt more and more something was wrong. When he came, it seemed to be uphill. Now he walked back, and it was still uphill. The further back he went, the slope doubled. He had to use both hands and feet to continue moving forward.

.

Jin Bao struggled to climb a steep slope, and a glimmer of light appeared at the corner in front of him.

There is an exit!

Jinbao ran over excitedly, turned two corners, and finally walked out of the cave. The strong sunlight made it difficult to open his eyes, so Jinbao couldn't help but throw away the torch and close his eyes.

"Huh?"

There was an exclamation from behind Jin Bao. He was startled, turned around hurriedly and waved his sword randomly. He squinted his eyes and saw only a lush tree in the mountain col behind him.

A single tree forms a forest.

It was more prosperous than the banyan trees he usually saw. The aerial roots penetrated deeply into the cracks of the rocks, and the aerial roots were covered with dense branches and leaves, spreading in the shade of the ridge.

"who?"

Jin Bao asked. He clenched his sword and stared behind the big tree warily, lest someone attack him. After a while, no one showed up. In this dangerous place, he didn't have the courage to go and check.

There was a stalemate for a while, except for the sound of wind, there was no other movement. Jinbao also adapted to the environment here and could open his eyes and observe the surrounding situation normally.

"I guess I heard it wrong!" Jinbao thought and moved his shoulders.

"baby!"

A sound suddenly came from the direction of the big tree. Jinbao heard it clearly this time, absolutely real. He was startled, took a few steps back, stumbled, sat down on the ground, and dropped his sword. He quickly picked it up.

Bao Jian, his legs were so weak that he couldn't stand at all.

Jin Bao held the sword with both hands to encourage himself: "Don't come over, I have a sword."

The big tree laughed strangely, and suddenly stretched out several branches to grab Jinbao. He was so frightened that he was in a hurry. Although he had a sword, he had no ability to fight back. Instead, a branch wrapped around his ankle and hung him upside down.

.

"Help!"

Jin Bao shouted loudly in vain, regardless of whether anyone could hear him or not.

"Are you a demon sect?" Dashu asked, his voice a little hoarse, his tone stiff, and his stuttering stiff.

Jinbao was frightened. This unknown world was full of weirdness. Even a tree could talk. He defended loudly: "I am a good citizen, a big good citizen. I don't know what the devil's religion is."

"The clothes you are wearing are definitely not sacred. Let's be honest." The big tree swayed and the leaves whirled.

Jinbao suddenly remembered that he was the only one in the grotto who had no martial arts skills but survived, and he had a problem in his heart. He threw the sword to the ground and said pitifully: "Hero, please forgive me, I was also a lonely person, and they caught me

Treated as a slave, forced to come here to do hard labor, I didn't want to offend the good guys. It's my fault, I shouldn't let them capture the strong men and disturb the good guys."

"Seriously?" Dashu was dubious.

"It's absolutely true. If there is even half a lie, five thunders will strike from the sky." Jinbao quickly assured, thinking to himself: Anyway, I was also made to travel here by lightning. I was wrong. At worst, I might be able to do it again if I hit you again.

Cut it back!

The branches that were tightly tied to Jin Bao's ankles suddenly loosened, and he fell straight down. Fortunately, he subconsciously used his arms to support himself and fell heavily to the side, otherwise his appearance would really be disfigured.

"Have you really never practiced kung fu?" Dashu asked.

Jin Bao grimaced in pain and got up with difficulty: "I really haven't practiced, so I know how to do my job properly. If they hadn't caught me and beaten me to death, I wouldn't have dared to come here."

"That's fine. I haven't eaten meat or eaten meat for a long, long time. You go out now and roast some cooked meat for me. I'll let you go down the mountain immediately. I won't embarrass you." Dashu's voice softened a little.

, a weathered appearance.

"I'll get it for you right now." Jin Bao hurriedly agreed, grabbed the extinguished torch, raised it against the wind, and the flames immediately rose, and he got back into the cave.

Knowing the truth, Jin Bao felt calmer. He was just a tree spirit that sucked mysterious energy. Fortunately, he had no skills and was useless in the eyes of the tree spirits. It was better than the ghosts who skinned people and ate people's hearts in the Chinese chat room.

He was not so scared in the cave. He observed carefully along the way, fearing that he would get lost, so he wandered around and finally walked out.

Jinbao suddenly thought of a question at this moment. He didn't have the skills to catch prey. How could it be possible? But the tree spirit also had to give an explanation, so he had to bite the bullet and search everywhere. After turning around in a big circle, he finally saw a rabbit.

, he clumsily caught it several times and let it run away without catching it.

Seeing that it was already noon and the sun was high in the sky, Jinbao had not gained anything yet. He was feeling annoyed when the sound of horses neighing came from beside him.

No, someone else is coming.

Jinbao hid in a hurry.

After a while, there was no sound, the surroundings were quiet, and there was no movement.

Jinbao was puzzled, so he bravely stuck his head out and walked over very quietly. When he pulled away the dense grass and saw the scene outside, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The neighing horses were the mounts of the castle owner and his party. Because they had to go up the mountain, they were tied together side by side. The two carriages were also parked steadily in the shade of the trees.

Jinbao was so happy that he got into the carriage and searched for it. After searching for a long time, he couldn't find any biscuits or instant noodles, not even a ham sausage.

What the hell is this place! Jin Bao was dejected.

A few horses, perhaps hungry, kept raising their heads and barking.

Jinbao had no choice but to walk over with his sword in hand. When a horse saw him approaching, it kept stepping with its two hind hooves. Jinbao did not dare to come near and stayed far away. He chose an honest horse and sat alone.

He was tied to a tree, still worried, so he went back to the carriage and found a rope and a sharp dagger. After repeated trials, he tied the horse firmly.

The horse never resisted and was at the mercy of Jin Bao. The dagger in Jin Bao's hand was marked on the horse's neck several times, but he still couldn't bear to do it. He thought of his situation these days, the days of being slaughtered, and this

There is no difference between the horses, but they actually cherish each other.

While Jin Bao was hesitating, all the horses suddenly neighed in fear and jumped up, trying to break free from the ropes.

dangerous!
Chapter completed!