Chapter 176 Carpenter

Zhang Ting looked nearly 80 years old, but his eyes were bright and he was full of energy. He was not afraid of such a situation, but seemed calmer than me.

Xing Zhan seemed a little uneasy. He kept hiding behind in a panic, and his tone was a little hurried: "Who is playing tricks here and there? Who are you? Even if you are a ghost, you are Chinese. Chinese ghosts don't kill Chinese people."

The old voice seemed to be in the laboratory and in all directions. The dense dead branches around me reminded me of the 1,300-meter rhizome he just mentioned. Could it be that this is the root of the tree?

The old voice said: "There is no time to wait. Three thousand kilograms of gold are used to build a golden body. Regardless of Buddhism or Taoism, I only seek immortality, or use your lives to let me live a few more years."

As soon as the voice fell, the lights in the laboratory flashed quickly, and from left to right, first the Gu girl from Nanjiang wailed in pain. Her body was surging with heat, and the smell of blood slowly drifted into the cave.

In just a few breaths, the Gu girl became a dry corpse, and then the dead branches around seemed to grow green buds. Green represents vitality, and the green buds on the dead wood withered in the blink of an eye, which also shows that the ancient tree in front of us has lost much life. In my opinion, he just relies on absorbing human essence and blood to maintain it forcibly, and the true yang in the dragon blood is extremely huge, so when he feels the real dragon reviving, he directly pounces on the laboratory.

It would be strange if the door of the laboratory could block this kind of ten thousand year old monster?

Not far away, Yuan Beitang's face was frighteningly pale. He seemed to be constantly drawing something on the ground with his fingers. Suddenly, a golden light enveloped him, and then he shouted to us: "Run, you will be safe once you get out of the cave!" As soon as he finished speaking, Xing Zhan and Zhang Ting turned around and ran. The diffuse golden light carried a trace of burning true yang. Gradually, the golden light enveloped the entire cave entrance like a fire. This method is to take out the yang fire of oneself, and use the formation to stimulate the yang fire into a blazing flame to compete with the ancient tree. Although fire can restrain wood, it is far less fast than gold, but I always feel that it will not be so simple, so I did not flee in a hurry, and Professor He also stood beside me motionlessly. I think if taking yang fire can hurt this ancient tree that can even hurt dragons, then grandpa can completely use the Feng Shui formation to hook the earth fire and restrain the ancient tree with the earth fire, so that the cave will not be full of dead branches and vines now. The golden flames that shot up into the sky filled the cave with heat. The people tied up by the ancient tree fell to the ground like dumplings. Yin Yang Dao Tong and Gao Hu were still okay, but the others seemed to have suffered a serious illness.

With Yuan Beitang's words, the crowd began to rush out of the cave, but suddenly I felt wind in my ears and a few golden lights flashed. The Five Emperors Formation seemed to have blocked some sneak attacks for me. Looking at Xing Zhan and Zhang Ting behind me, they both had dead branches stuck in their backs. They fell to the ground and twitched in pain, and then they died of the same blood evaporation.

I gasped. In the blink of an eye, three people died on our side. Among the people who had just escaped, the wizard was nailed to the wall first, and Yin Yang Dao Tong survived because he held his hands at the critical moment. The most surprising thing was Lu Yilong. The branches stuck in his body but were blocked by something.

There were heavy casualties at once, and Yuan Beitang yelled at the laboratory: "I can satisfy you if you want gold, but let us out first!"

Everyone who died tragically, the weird atmosphere, and the ancient tree that never appeared, all put a layer of haze on our hearts. The most important thing is that we don't know where the enemy is!

The cold wind outside the cave kept pouring into the cave entrance, which also cooled our hearts. If it weren't for the Tai Sui as the eye of the formation, I'm afraid I would have been killed by the sneak attack just now. As for Professor He, he was timid and kept hiding behind me with his eyes closed to save his life.

Suddenly, an old man with silver hair walked out of the laboratory with a hunched body. He looked lifeless, his face was also covered with a layer of mist, and he coughed a few times while walking.

"Little kid, you just burned me with yang fire, and the death of those people is a punishment." The old man's voice was as hoarse as if it came from hell.

I always feel that being trapped here is not a good thing. Who knows if this old tree will kill us all? So I have been thinking about ways to escape. He hid in the cave, obviously to avoid the thunder. I tilted my head to look at the corpses, and then I had a risky idea.

Yuan Beitang continued: "I am also a cultivator, but why do you want to take my cultivation for no reason? With your vicious behavior, how can you become an immortal and prove the Tao?"

"I don't want to die, even if I can't get out of this cave for a lifetime, I don't want to die." The old man walked slowly towards us, and said as he walked: "I have seen too many people die, there are many birds, beasts, spirits, Taoists, monks, they are all beside me to comprehend life and death, but in the final analysis, dust returns to dust, and I just want to live, no matter it is Taoism or Buddha, today you guys let me plant spirits, after three days, if you can't prepare three thousand gold, your blood will evaporate and die."

I took a long breath, three days! Three tons of gold, I'm afraid no one would believe it with our identities. I guess those researchers died in this way. They fled back to China and wanted to find a solution, but something went wrong and they died.

A tense atmosphere became heavier as the old man walked slowly towards us. I could even hear my own heartbeat. No one dared to speak loudly at this moment. When the old man was less than two meters away from everyone, I knew that if I let him plant it, it would be like suicide! Since we were going to die anyway, we might as well fight, so I shouted loudly: "Master Yuan, hold on for a quarter of an hour, I have a way!"

My shout like spring thunder woke up those people who were at a loss. Gao Hu took the lead. He was a master of Xingyiquan. He chopped with one hand, his muscles and bones rang, and he hit the old man's chest like a tiger. With a "bang", Gao Hu was repelled and retreated several steps.

Then the Yin-Yang Taoist boy also rushed forward with a dagger in hand. The two cooperated as if they were one person, especially when they clasped their hands tightly and flew backwards and landed. A Tai Chi diagram spread out from their bodies, and actually forced the old man back several steps.

Yuan Beitang bit his finger and kept drawing formations on the ground. Gao Hu's attack was endless. Xingyiquan's boxing technique implied the way of the five elements. The dead tree belonged to wood, so Gao Hu's attack was mainly based on splitting fist, because splitting fist belongs to gold, gold overcomes wood, and hurts the five internal organs of wood, and there are twelve forms, imitating dragons, tigers, bears, snakes, etc.

The old man kept his head down, allowing all kinds of attacks to hit him. There is a saying that goes, "Stand like a pine tree, lie like a bell", which means that the tree's posture is extremely stable. Then I heard the ancient tree say: "You have enough blood and energy, which should allow me to live a little longer." Suddenly he waved his left hand, and Gao Hu was like a kite with a broken string, hitting the wall hard, and then was entangled to death by the dead branches. The old man waved his right hand again, and a tree trunk suddenly rose between the Yin-Yang Taoist boy and the two of them, isolating them from each other. Their bodies were also tightly wrapped by the dead branches. When it seemed that our side was about to be wiped out, Lu Yilong showed his divine power. He held a ruler in his left hand and a palm-sized plane in the other. He swung it left and right, and the dead branches that came towards him were all crushed to pieces. The old tree exclaimed: "Who are you to Lu Ban!"

"He is my ancestor!" Lu Yilong swung the Lu Ban ruler to chop at the old man. The innate suppression was like an old snake being afraid of realgar. Lu Ban had been a carpenter all his life, and what kind of wood had he not seen?

This time, the old man was not as calm as before. When the fat Lu Yilong caught up with him, it was the first time I saw the old man want to retreat. I saw Lu Yilong chase him and use the plane to slide up and down, and the old man's beard was gone.

He ran and cursed: "Why you again! You cut off my Yang Gan!"

Lu Yilong's dramatic turn does not mean that our situation has improved a lot. He just relied on the things of his ancestors to intimidate. Because I was in the Five Emperors Formation, the dead branches surrounded me and I couldn't break into the formation. At that time, I didn't dare to neglect it. I held the Seven Star Sword, drew a fire symbol on the sword body, and jumped out of the formation in one step.

I said to Professor He: "Old He, stay inside and don't come out!" As soon as the voice fell, those dead branches rushed towards me like rain arrows. In a hurry, I sprayed the blood spirit on the Seven Star Sword, and the fire suddenly ignited.

The fire sword in my hand rushed out like a broken bamboo towards the dead branches. The sword was as fast as the wind, and the dead branches it touched were all burned by the flames. For this reason, I cut a path and rushed to the two bodies of Xing Zhan and Zhang Ting, chanting: "I'm sorry, I borrowed your bodies for a while, and I will definitely burn more paper money for you in the future." After that, I gritted my teeth and wiped off the fire talisman on the sword with my hand, quickly sprinkled grains around, and pinched the incantation to invite the heavenly soldiers and generals. Scattering beans into soldiers is not to let the heavenly soldiers and generals come down to the earth, but to borrow their majesty. Otherwise, for a small character like me, they would not bring it even if I asked them. After the spell was finished, the beans began to jump very fast. The sound of "da da" made it impossible for the dead branches to continue to store. This method can buy me a little time. I saw that Lu Yilong had already fought with the old man. The two sides fought each other, especially the old man's clothes were tattered, as if he had been robbed, but Lu Yilong also seemed to be gradually exhausted. Although the weapon in his hand was good, after all, Lu Ban had been passed down for thousands of years. In modern times, it is probably difficult for anyone to reproduce the skills of their ancestors.

Don't think that the Yin and Yang Taoist children are very powerful together, and Gao Hu's Xingyiquan is invincible in the world, but all things are mutually generated and restrained. The ancient tree is pure wood in the five elements, and its body is a ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree. Its strength can hurt the real dragon, but it is afraid of the carpenter. I think this is because he said that his Yang Gan was cut by Lu Ban, so no matter how powerful he is, he will still be afraid of the carpenter.

Taking advantage of the precious time, I used the Seven Star Sword to dig out the eyes of Xing Zhan and Zhang Ting, cut off their ears, noses, tongues, and lips. Although this was very bloody and cruel, there was no way to get rid of the ancient tree without doing this. Lu Yilong gradually lost his strength and was punched through the shoulder by the ancient tree. Gao Hu once again rescued Lu Yilong with a tiger-shaped cannon fist. When both sides were in a very dangerous situation, Yuan Beitang suddenly made seals with both hands and uttered: "Mediate the destiny, reverse the yin and yang, move the stars and change the constellations, and imprison the ground. Get up!"

Several golden beams of light blocked the old man's attack, and thus saved Gao Hu and Lu Yilong's lives. The old man screamed madly: "You have affected my life span, I want you to die, die, die!"

The earth shook, and ancient trees began to grow in the desolate cave. I stared at the bloody objects in front of me, took a long breath, and said in my heart: "Grandmaster, please bless me to succeed this time. If I fail, my life will be over."