Only to see the unremarkable red string tied to the dart emit a burst of light and suddenly tighten, binding all the tree roots in the room together.
Yong Shanling didn't even have time to smile when those tree roots cut off their own ends to survive.
"Not good!"
She quickly chased after them. Meanwhile, Hou Hua, who heard the commotion next door, also came out.
Yong Shanling only managed to leave a sentence, "You take care of them." Then she rushed into the mist and disappeared.
"Can you help her?" Hou Hua's words stopped Mu Yijie from moving forward.
Mu Yijie stood still, clenching his fists tightly. Just thinking about that petite girl fighting the demon alone made his heart feel as if it was being squeezed, and he could hardly breathe.
Why wasn't he a cultivator?
For the first time in his life, he was dissatisfied with his identity as an ordinary person.
In the thick fog, Yong Shanling closely followed those tree roots. Even though the roots deliberately scurried around in the fog, she didn't lose them.
A sly smile appeared on Yong Shanling's lips, and a red thread at her fingertips flickered.
She wasn't that easy to deal with.
Yong Shanling followed them to an abandoned greenhouse. The tree roots that had been constantly fleeing suddenly became irritable and turned back abruptly. At the same time, a lot of tree roots suddenly emerged under her feet, densely packed and intimidating.
"Humph, cheap tricks." Yong Shanling flipped her hand, and a golden talisman appeared. Before the tree roots could react, she suddenly rushed towards them.
In an instant, a sea of red fire appeared, and the tree roots let out screams like a human.
"I just want to live... to live..."
Yong Shanling ignored it. Suddenly, she saw a thin tree root retreating backward. It would be hard to notice if one wasn't careful.
She directly took out the Soul - Shaking Bell, flipped her fair hand, and the bell flew towards it.
"Dang—" The thin tree root stopped moving.
Yong Shanling lightly stepped over the sea of fire, picked up that section of the tree root, took out a red string, and tied it tightly. Thinking that it might be a female, she even thoughtfully tied a bow.
Mu Su, who had just regained a bit of consciousness, fainted again in anger when she saw that tacky bow.
Yong Shanling was about to leave with her trophy when she suddenly stopped. She turned around, sized up the greenhouse, and walked in with a smirk.
Sure enough, she found a sealing formation inside, and the spiritual stone at one corner had dried up, which was why the tree demon could get out.
"Little tree demon, who told you to harm people even when you were in the formation? I'll just do a favor for that fellow cultivator Yun Shan."
"No, little sister, please let me go. I have a lot of money. I'll give it all to you. I don't want to harm people. I just want to be with my lover. It's all that stinky Taoist priest's fault~"
Yong Shanling showed a sly smile. "No way. I'm a cultivator who acts on behalf of heaven. As long as I kill you, I can get a considerable amount of merit. Why should I let you go? If I'm not wrong, half of your inner core is on this tree root. As long as I kill it, your main body will probably be finished in a month."
Hearing that her inner core had been seen through, the tree demon, who had been trying to deceive her, immediately panicked and said repeatedly, "I know where there are spiritual plants. As long as you let me go, I'll tell you where they are." As she spoke, her voice gradually calmed down, and she seductively said to Yong Shanling, "It's a five - hundred - year - old Yanlin Flower. It's extremely rare."
Yong Shanling didn't expect such a pleasant surprise. Her eyes immediately lit up, but on the surface, she still calmly and sternly said, "It seems you're not being honest!"
After saying that, she stabbed the tree root with the wooden sword in her hand. The tree demon in the formation immediately let out a shrill scream.
"Ah— I'll say, I'll say. It's in the mountain depression behind the mountain villa. There's a cave behind the stone on the east side. It's inside."
After hearing what she wanted to know, Yong Shanling took out the spiritual stone she had prepared in advance, filled in the incomplete corner, and carried the tree root away.
She ignored the continuous cries of the tree demon behind her.
Mu Yijie, who had been waiting impatiently in the room, rubbed his forehead irritably. As time passed, he became even more worried.
He worried about whether she was injured.
He worried about whether she had been deceived.
He worried about whether she could defeat the demon.
...
His originally cold and hard heart had gradually softened because of this little girl. Just as he was about to go find her himself.
"Uncle, Uncle, I'm back." A lively voice came, making his originally cold and hard face relax.
Hou Hua saw the section of the tree root in her hand and said with a complicated expression, "This is the tree demon? It looks so ugly."
Yong Shanling shrugged and threw the tied tree root to Hou Hua. "This is its clone. It has half of its main body's inner core. If its strength hadn't been weakened by the formation, it would be quite powerful."
She rushed straight to the table, poured a glass of water, gulped it down, and then continued, "This demon must be related to that old man. Maybe that old man was the one who made those people disappear."
"Wow, this human is so nice to that demon. I also want such an obedient human." Hou Hua said, squinting at Li Zhuo.
Li Zhuo looked at the sky, the ground, and the table but just didn't look at Hou Hua. Hou Hua was so angry that her teeth itched.
Just then, a hasty footsteps approached. "Bang!" The door was kicked open.
The usually calm one - eyed old man looked at Mu Yijie ferociously like an enraged bull. This man was the most unpredictable. It must be him who captured Xiao Su's clone and strengthened the formation.
"I'm going to kill you." The old man's eyes as big as copper bells were full of bloodshot eyes, and he rushed towards Mu Yijie ferociously.
Mu Yijie sneered, dodged to the side, and with a clean and neat shoulder throw, smashed the old man hard on the ground.
Yong Shanling quickly took out the rope from her bag and handed it to Mu Yijie. Mu Yijie tied a tight knot neatly.
The two cooperated so seamlessly that Hou Hua was stunned.
"Let me go. Susu won't let you go. You'd better let me go if you're smart—" The old man gasped for breath and shouted arrogantly.
"Take a look. Is this the Susu you're looking for?" Mu Yijie threw the tree root not far from him and looked at him expressionlessly.
The old man's pupils shrank. He shook his head in disbelief. "Impossible. Susu is so powerful. You must be lying to me."
As he spoke, tears streamed down his face, and he lowered his head in despair.
He recognized that section of the tree root. It was Susu's clone.
Yong Shanling squatted in front of him, propped her chin up, and looked into his eyes. "Grandpa, you're that rich young master, aren't you? Uncle told me everything. The way you eat clearly shows that you've been specially trained. Moreover, you even showed hatred when you mentioned the Taoist priest who came to exorcise the demon. I almost got deceived. Humph~ Will that Yun Shan come or not?"
The old man stared blankly at the ground and remained silent.
Mu Yijie just gently picked up the tree root and took out a lighter.
"I'll say! I'll say! Don't burn her!"