Chapter 20: Forbidden Land

  When Jiang Nian woke up again, the person was no longer in that secluded place. However, this place looked even more secluded than before, not only secluded but also gloomy and dark, without a hint of vitality.

  But she knew where this was, this was the forbidden land of the Wu family, or rather, the burial ground of the tree spirits.

  She vaguely knew that she was dragged in by the tree spirit's branches, because before fainting, her only impression was that soft branches wrapped around her ankles. At that time... She seemed to be holding onto the ankle of that cunning and diligent housekeeper as well?

  As she slowly sorted out her memories, she felt that there were still some places she didn't understand, but she continued to search around with her eyes and soon saw an old figure lying motionless on the ground not far away.

  Jiang Nian walked over cautiously, stopping at a distance and releasing a wisp of spiritual energy to probe his threat level. However, as the energy drew near, it didn't receive any feedback. She was taken aback for a moment before realizing in shock that he was dead?

  She immediately rushed over, turned the person over, and her eyes were directly opposite the old man's face that refused to die. His eyes were wide open, and even the corners of his eyes had a faint blood thread due to the fierce and sinister expression. Jiang Nian saw this pair of eyes filled with hatred, and the memories before being pulled into the forbidden area came flooding back like a burst dam, soaking her entire brain.

  Did she kill him?

  The result was really unbelievable. As a poisonous tongue girl in the 21st century, even if she would lose her temper and get angry with people, she wouldn't actually kill someone. Moreover... when she did it, she didn't feel anything at all, and she couldn't even remember that she had killed someone.

  The old man's expression at the time of his death was very ferocious, with an unbelievable and strange surprise and fear, which made Jiang Nianxin have lingering fears. She tilted her head, closed her eyes, and then slowly closed the old man's eyes, covering up the intense turmoil in her heart. In fact, this turmoil was not entirely a kind of pain, but rather had a large part of suppressed excitement, and she was so excited that even her pupils dilated, only she herself did not realize it.

  She didn't get up until a long time had passed, and with great calmness, she dragged the old man's corpse to the corner, bunching him up to reduce his presence, or perhaps her own sense of guilt. But as she was about to leave, she couldn't help but turn back for another look, seeing that the fierce god who had just been facing her had become a cold corpse, and feeling some inexplicable melancholy. Yet in the end, she simply turned around and left without looking back again.

  What did she turn back for? The person was already dead, she thought. Perhaps it was then that she was thoroughly captured by the monster nurtured by her own heart, and spent her whole life unable to climb out of that abyss.

  This forbidden land has been uninhabited for years, with a thick layer of dust accumulated, and even breathing requires caution to avoid inhaling large amounts of dust. Moreover, the light here is very dim, with no transparent areas around, only a few natural crystals in the middle emitting light, but the visibility is also very low, so after walking a few steps, that corner disappeared from view, along with that person.

  She automatically ignored the corpse, took a deep breath, and walked towards the central altar.

  Because the crystal was scarce and all in the middle, it made the altar in the middle very eye-catching and sacred. On top of it, there was only one branch, which was unremarkable and no different from an ordinary branch, and even more withered. The branch was placed in a large brown ceramic container. Jiang Nian walked closer and found that inside was filled with transparent water. She leaned in to smell it, but there was no scent, and it looked just like drinking water. Why would they put water in the forbidden area? She couldn't think of a reason and could only click her tongue, then went to study the table instead.

  Until she had carefully examined the red wooden table with ceramic vases, her reflex arc finally passed through the afferent nerve stimulation to the effector... Wait, isn't that the water ban?

  She immediately ran back excitedly, picked up the porcelain and studied it carefully. If this was indeed a forbidden water, and this forbidden water was used to nourish the Ling tree's spirit, then what the female lead had obtained initially wasn't some mysterious power from the Wu family, but rather the energy of the Ling tree?

  No wonder the bloodline talent rose so quickly, it turned out that they seized the Ling family's years of accumulated and inherited energy.

  It seems that Ling Yu was able to awaken in the Beta Forest because of the Lian Hua tree. Jiang Nian gently rubbed the old ceramic with his right hand, slightly raised his head, and recalled the scene at the time. It seemed that Lan Ao Xue had been greatly stimulated at the time, and he wanted to comfort her, then... then he touched her... Ah, yes, he touched her, probably getting the Lian Hua tree pollen on him. The Lian Hua tree pollen might be similar to the tree spirit in some way. And later, the female lead took half a day to recover because the tree spirit had something that the pollen didn't, the pollen was too weak and couldn't calm her blood.

  After she figured it out, she wiped off the dust that had accumulated on the porcelain vase. When she opened her eyes again, she saw strange black patterns all over the vase, which seemed a bit familiar. However, she didn't think much of it and assumed it was just a special design to make the vase look more beautiful. As for the familiarity... aren't all porcelain vases similar? Of course, they would look familiar.

  Can't help but say, although her brain is rough and unreliable, it's still somewhat useful at critical moments, such as when she found the reason for Lan Ao Xue's premature awakening of blood veins. However, a person who drops the chain will always drop the chain, and at this time, she was thinking about the forbidden water and ignored the porcelain vase that held the forbidden water. Moreover, deep down in her heart, she felt indifferent to everything, and had long forgotten the strange creature with black stripes that appeared on her hand, let alone connect it to the porcelain vase.

  At this time, she was delighted to scoop up some water with her hand and reenact the situation where the female lead accidentally got it on her hand at first, but after waiting for half a day, nothing appeared, so she had to squat on the ground and draw circles, and took the opportunity to wash her hands with water.

  It's probably because I was originally connected to the Lianlian tree, and now that my energy is depleted, I won't be able to return. She thought to herself as she tried to comfort herself.

  One housekeeper died, no, one housekeeper went missing. At the time of disappearance, there was a strange woman next to him who had never been seen before. If someone looked for the housekeeper and couldn't find him, wouldn't they immediately suspect themselves and have to search the entire mansion?

  She was completely furious.

  Digression

  I've been feeling sleepy lately, shouldn't I have finished hibernating already?