Chapter 17 When it rains, it pours

After Xu Hei's spiritual sense expanded, he could determine the other party's cultivation level from a distance. There was no spiritual energy fluctuation in this person's body, just an ordinary mortal.

So, Xu Hei rushed up without hesitation and suffocated him.

The herbalist didn't even have time to scream before he entered the snake's belly and died on the spot.

Xu Hei looked at the snake fruit tree that had been dug out, and he was extremely angry. It only bears fruit once every three years, but it was dug up like this.

It was obviously impossible to plant it back, and the two people would definitely be able to see the clues.

Moreover, Xu Hei's knowledge was limited to snake fruit, and he didn't know much about snake fruit trees. I don't know if it can survive after planting it back.

"Even I know to leave a line when hunting, but you, a human, actually dug up the tree and destroyed the roots. Damn it!"

Xu Hei was very annoyed, but he could do nothing.

At this moment, the noise in the distance gradually subsided, and the hissing of the big snake came, which should be the end of the battle.

Xu Hei's thoughts flashed in his mind, and he made a decision quickly.

He opened his mouth wide, held one end of the snake fruit tree, and swallowed it whole.

The snake fruit tree was not big, about ten feet high, with a slender trunk. It was more like a shrub than a tree.

After the snake fruit tree entered his body, Xu Hei was stretched straight like a bamboo pole. He thought it would be digested quickly, but it didn't move at all, which surprised Xu Hei.

It's not like he hadn't eaten plants before. He had tasted watermelons, wild fruits, grasses, and even stones. No matter what entered his body, it would immediately show signs of corrosion and digestion.

The herbalist just now digested most of it in a few breaths after entering his body.

This tree was intact.

It was just that the leaves on the edge were shrinking at a very slow speed.

"Never mind, I'll run away first!"

Xu Hei immediately dodged away. This tree could not be digested. It stretched him straight and it was extremely inconvenient to move.

Fortunately, after he entered the pool, he stretched and retracted like a leech, and he was able to move quickly.

The black-gold scales at the tip of his tail swung quickly, and the speed of advancement increased again.

"This herbalist must have been instigated by someone, and it should be one of the two of them who wants to eat the snake tree alone."

Xu Hei is not stupid. After a little analysis, he figured out the cause and effect.

Xu Hei was too lazy to care. Anyway, the snake fruit tree was swallowed by him. He left this place first and found a place to digest it to avoid being discovered.

Suddenly, Xu Hei was startled.

A huge amount of energy suddenly emerged in his body, and an indescribable force rushed into his meridians, like a wild bull charging, and all the meridians bulged, and the pain was unbearable.

"What's going on?" Xu Hei was shocked.

In a hurry, Xu Hei found a snake hole and drilled in.

This snake hole is not big. After Xu Hei entered, he continued to drill down, digging a pit with his tail, and kept digging down, deeper than the last hibernation.

"No, this hurts too much!"

Xu Hei looked inside his body and saw that the snake fruit tree had digested all the leaves and part of the bark without him noticing.

The bark turned into an endless and violent force, which rushed through his body and broke his bones.

Xu Hei couldn't bear it and suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.

It's not that the snake fruit tree is poisonous, but the energy is too huge, so huge that he can't bear it.

In fact, this snake fruit tree is a top-grade spiritual object. It can only be taken in the late stage of Qi Refining. Even if it is taken, it needs to be refined into a pill and impurities removed.

If it is eaten raw, the violent force in it will immediately break the meridians of a person, or even explode and die.

Xu Hei made a quick decision and spit out the snake fruit tree.

After spitting it out, Xu Hei was still in unbearable pain. There were several violent energies running around in his body, impacting his meridians.

At this time, the Demon God Cauldron suddenly sucked in, and all the violent forces seemed to be attracted and sucked in at once. Xu Hei gradually calmed down.

"Too terrible! This snake fruit tree is poisonous!"

Xu Hei gasped, with lingering fear.

No wonder this snake fruit tree has existed for so many years, and no monsters have gnawed the bark and branches. It turns out that there is a certain danger.

In fact, he also felt it faintly, but in a hurry, he had no choice but to try.

Obviously, the person behind the scenes came for this fruit tree, and the snake fruit was just a by-product.

At this time, Xu Hei was shocked to find that.

In the Demon God Cauldron, the original 80% of the spiritual cloud had expanded to 90% without knowing it!

The seventh snake scale on his tail also transformed.

Xu Hei was immediately surprised. When did this happen? Was it just now?

At this moment, above the surface.

Two long rainbows rushed over and stood at the original position of the snake fruit tree.

These two people were Zhao Wenzhuo and Song Shiyu who had just dealt with the old snake king.

To deal with the old and weak snake king, neither of them used their full strength, but relied on long-range consumption, fighting and retreating, and successfully killed the snake king.

However, before they had time to check the body, they found that the snake fruit tree was gone!

At this moment, the two stood on the slope, looking at the big pit in front of them and the shovel marks on the ground, their faces were uncertain.

Obviously, someone took advantage of their battle with the old snake king to dig up the snake fruit tree.

Song Shiyu's mouth twitched, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Damn it, who did it?"

Zhao Wenzhuo glanced at her and said calmly, "If you need this snake tree, just say it directly. Why do you have to do this behind my back?"

As soon as these words came out.

Song Shiyu was stunned for a moment. She turned her head and stared at Zhao Wenzhuo, staring and said, "What do you mean? Suspect me? It's ridiculous, I haven't doubted you yet!"

"Brother Zhao, are you guilty of something and are trying to turn the tables?"

Xu Hei, who was deep underground, heard everything the two were talking about.

He didn't know who did it either. He didn't know the female cultivator, but he had seen Zhao Wenzhuo's scheming with his own eyes. Xu Hei was more inclined to the latter.

Zhao Wenzhuo stared at the ground for a long time and found a few footprints.

He said solemnly: "Sister, this is not a place to talk. Just call your friend out. I will give you the snake tree. I only want a spirit snake fruit. If there is anything, we can talk about it when we get back."

Song Shiyu said angrily: "It's ridiculous! I don't have any friends. If it wasn't you who did it, it must be that the old snake king made too much noise and attracted other masters."

"Other masters?" Zhao Wenzhuo narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Sister, do you think I'm a three-year-old child? Are you trying to fool me with this kind of rhetoric?"

Song Shiyu stared at him straight, and Zhao Wenzhuo also looked at her straight.

"Why don't you fight? Fight now!"

Xu Hei was a little anxious. He was too lazy to listen to the two people's verbal cannons. Can't they hurry to a fight where both sides are injured?

At this moment, both of them reached for the storage bag at the same time, but stopped at the same time. Both sides looked at each other and no one said anything.

"Hurry up! Hurry up!"

Xu Hei cheered in the dark, very excited.

He liked to watch this kind of thing the most, dogs biting dogs, a mouth full of fur.

At this time, Zhao Wenzhuo suddenly sighed, let go of his hand, and said, "Let the master decide."

He took out a communication jade talisman, threw it in the air, and the jade talisman flew into the air and flew towards the horizon.

During this process, Song Shiyu kept staring at the other party, his eyes were like lightning, and the bronze bell was ready to be activated at any time, but in the end, he still didn't do it.

"Pop!"

The communication jade talisman had just flown not far away.

A big hand grabbed the jade talisman.

A figure appeared in the distance, holding a jade talisman, stepping on the water, and galloping over. He came close in a few breaths.

This person looked middle-aged, wearing a green python robe, with a stern face and a mustache, looking like a middle-aged scholar.

"Big Brother?"

"Hello Big Brother!"

The two were shocked at first, and then hurriedly saluted with an extremely respectful attitude.

They could not be disrespectful. This person was none other than Big Brother Mu Yun, the most powerful among their peers.

As early as eight years ago, Mu Yun had broken through to the middle stage of Qi Refining. It was said that he had the sixth level of Qi Refining, which was three levels higher than them.

The two were secretly shocked. Why did Mu Yun come?

Mu Yun landed in front of the two, and seemed to guess their doubts. He said calmly: "Master knows your movements and specially sent me to protect you secretly. I already know what happened just now."

Hearing this, the two bowed and thanked him.

The appearance of this person actually scared Xu Hei.

Thinking about the experience just now, Xu Hei felt his scalp tingling.

"How insidious, there are actually people protecting secretly! Fortunately, I didn't act rashly, otherwise I would be dead!"

Xu Hei was lucky. Being enemies with humans is completely different from being enemies with monsters. You don't know what back-up plans humans have.

Zhao Wenzhuo hesitated for a moment and said unwillingly: "Big Brother, that snake tree..."

"I didn't dig it, someone else did it!" Mu Yun said calmly.

"What?" Zhao Wenzhuo's eyes widened.

"That person is very cunning and sent a mortal to dig the tree. Otherwise, I can still use the fluctuations of spiritual energy to track the other party's traces, but if it is a mortal, I can't track it, I can only use footprints."

Mu Yun shook his head and said slowly, "But unfortunately, the footprints are gone."

Everyone clearly saw that the footprints disappeared out of thin air five feet outside the snake tree.

Mu Yun stared at the ground, silent for a moment, closed his eyes, and his consciousness spread.

Xu Hei quickly retracted his spiritual sense and stopped deep underground, motionless.

He knew that the other party's spiritual sense could not reach him. As long as his spiritual sense did not spread out, the other party would not be able to find his trace.

And at this moment.

The three snake fruits on the snake fruit tree next to Xu Hei suddenly turned into a deep black color, and a strong fragrance escaped along the soil.

Snake fruit, ripe!

The smell of ripe snake fruit is extremely strong and cannot be concealed. Even through the soil, it can slowly penetrate.

"Fuck..."

Xu Hei almost cursed.