The 69th Tree Spirit

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  "Master, is the tea drinkable?"

  Kao Wu watched as Jiu Tong and Shang Zhi Kong Da Shi sipped their green tea, lost in a state of intoxication, and asked with a gentle smile.

  After a while, Master Zhikong finally opened his eyes and said remorsefully: "I was wrong, I was wrong."

  It's gotten to the point where even this tea infuser has gone crazy, all things have a spirit, and the more fragrant the tea leaves are, the more spiritual they become. The more you drink, the more enjoyable it is, but the more sinful you become, so after finishing the tea, you should first atone for your sins.

  Kao Wu had another nonsense argument with him before letting him put away the tea leaves.

  After sending off the flower, he returned to the Ling tree again.

  He has already built a small wooden house next to the spiritual tree and has been practicing in it for the past few days.

  Cultivation under the help of the Spirit Tree also rose rapidly.

  However, Ao Wu found it somewhat strange that the spiritual energy within his body seemed to be consumed at an unusually rapid rate every day, a situation that appeared quite abnormal.

  But he couldn't find the reason.

  This made him not in a hurry to return to Liangfu County, but instead continued to practice here, hoping to find the reason, otherwise he would break through the fourth layer here.

  On this day, Ao Wu was quietly meditating and practicing, circulating the Qi Gong method repeatedly. Originally, it was a normal situation, but suddenly, he abruptly stopped, and then, the spiritual energy in Ao Wu's body suddenly retreated to the Dan Tian like an ebbing tide.

  The spiritual energy of Dantian seems to be absorbed like a sponge absorbing water, becoming less and less.

  This situation gave Ao Wu a fright.

  What's going on?

  The physical condition is fine, the method is fine, and the environment is also fine. I really can't find any other problems!

  At this time, the spiritual energy was still shrinking, Ao Wu moved the spiritual energy in his dantian to come out, while frantically absorbing spiritual energy from outside to supplement the shrinking spiritual energy.

  However, the income was not enough to cover the expenses, and the spiritual energy became smaller and smaller. Ao Wu's people also withered away, and their realm fell from the third layer of foundation building to the second layer, and then to the first layer. This made Ao Wu want to die!

  "Young man, you have finally awakened me." A hoarse and heavy voice echoed in Ao Wu's heart.

  This sound appeared too suddenly, startling Ao Wu, but after all, Ao Wu was also a person from the immortal world, who had traversed twice and reincarnated twice. What strange things hadn't happened to him before?

  He clearly knew that this voice came from his body and asked tentatively: "Who are you, how did you get in my body?"

  "Do you still remember that old tree stump when you crossed over from Snow Mountain?" the aged voice reminded.

  "This sentence is enough for Ao Wu to associate with, 'No way, are you saying that you are the tree spirit of Lao Ling Shu or its essence?'"

  "That's right, I'm that old tree stump, but I call myself a tree spirit." The ancient voice said.

  Oh my god, it actually happened.

  "At that time, I felt danger and there was only one suitable body around me, so I entered your body and came here with you. My energy was almost depleted during the transition, but fortunately, it fell asleep in your dantian. As a cultivator, the absorbed spiritual energy nourished me, preventing me from withering away to death. However, the reason I woke up is that you found another spiritual tree, one that hadn't generated a tree spirit yet. That's why I woke up and need to inhabit the spiritual tree. Just now, I absorbed your spiritual energy, which allowed me to wake up, so I must thank you."

  Listening to the old man's words, Ao Wu finally understood that it was actually like this.

  No wonder I was able to cross over for the second time, and at that time my soul energy was not much, it's impossible to hold on to the crossover, it turns out that there is the assistance of the tree spirit. Or rather, the entire crossover was supported by the tree spirit.

  However, old man, for your sake of crossing over, you pulled me back from the third layer of foundation building to the first layer, isn't that too cruel?!

  "It's okay, I'll help you restore your cultivation. Once I enter the Spirit Tree, I can control the spiritual energy. How could I not give you a discount?" said the Tree Spirit.

  "Huh, can you still hear what I'm thinking?" Ao Wu spoke up.

  The tree spirit laughed, making people feel that the more cunning they were, the more they would be deceived.

  However, what he said seems to be right too. The Ling tree will spit out the Ling gas, so if there is a wise and human-like tree spirit inside, it can control how much Ling gas comes out, which would still be beneficial for itself.

  That thing about controlling spiritual energy, Ao Wu had never heard of it before and didn't quite believe it, but as long as the spiritual energy could be increased, that was enough.

  "Anyway, you've already been pulled to this level, and even if I wanted to settle accounts with you, there's no way to do it. You tell me how we can get back into the Spirit Tree." Ao Wu said brightly.

  "I'll give you an array, collect the things you need, then carve this array around the Ling Tree, put everything in its corresponding position, and then release me, I will return to the Ling Tree myself."

  When the hoarse voice sounded, a formation pattern also appeared in Ao Wu's mind.

  The formation is very complex and mysterious, but in the immortal world, Ao Wu has seen even more complex formations, so this one is nothing special.

  The formation method requires drawing with animal blood, and one of the formation eyes needs something with spiritual energy to input spiritual energy as a power source.

  Everything else is easy to handle, but this thing with a soul is difficult to deal with.

  If it were in the fairy world, finding a piece of spiritual stone would be enough to settle it, but ancient Earth didn't have this thing!

  "Isn't this making things difficult for me?" Ao Wu retorted.

  The tree spirit laughed: "This is a world with a lot of spirituality, there are spiritual objects like the Ling Tree, so there must be other spiritual objects. You just need to find them and put them in the array eyes."

  Hmmm, now that you mention it, the purple heart umbrella grass at home seems like it would work just fine.

  "Oh, there really is such a thing. Good, it's him." The tree spirit said happily.

  Kao Wu gave him a white eye, you're quite impolite.

  "Alright, I'll look again. If I find other spiritual herbs, we can talk about it later. The one at home is for my wife's use." Ao Wu patted his hand, "I need to cultivate some more. My cultivation was suddenly lowered, if something happens and I don't even have the ability to protect myself, wouldn't that be a tragedy? This world has spiritual trees, and cultivators know it!"

  He closed his eyes and ignored what the tree spirit said, focusing on his cultivation.

  The vital energy surged wildly into his body once again.

  His cultivation level hadn't actually dropped, it was just that his spiritual energy had shrunk, creating the illusion of a drop in level. It was only a pseudo-drop, and the spiritual energy quickly replenished itself. His meridians were still as wide and vast as they were during the foundation-building stage, and the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy was very fast. His cultivation also rapidly rose once again.

  He had been cultivating for two consecutive days, and Ao Wu didn't stop with his eyes closed. When Ao Wu's body shook again, he returned to the second layer of foundation building. Fortunately, he hadn't dropped a level. He could easily cultivate back up again. At this speed, without the help of the Tree Spirit, he would be able to cultivate back up on his own.

  However...

  "Old man, you can't keep absorbing my spiritual energy! If you continue to drain me, my cultivation will be ruined and I'll be finished. You won't be able to escape either." Ao Wu warned him.

  "Okay, okay, haha..."

  You're still smiling!

  Kangwu didn't argue with the old man and continued his cultivation.

  After another two days of cultivation, he felt that the speed of his practice was getting faster and faster, and had already reached the later stage of the second layer of foundation building. With a bit more effort, he could break through to the third layer of foundation building.

  ……

  Liáng Fù County, after killing someone in broad daylight, Qingtao was very grateful and delighted to the Lu family.

  With the mother and child powder, it is possible to control people during training, and doing things becomes much easier. For example, after killing two people in broad daylight, using the corpse powder can make the bodies disappear, making it impossible to find any evidence of the crime.

  Those shopkeepers were so frightened that they didn't dare report to the authorities and instead listened obediently to his words.

  So many days of suffering from their temper, but it finally made him angry enough, today he finally spoke out.

  Qing Tao seemed to say that she would go out at night to find something and complete the task of the sect, she knew she couldn't intervene, so she nodded.

  At midnight, Qingtao got up and jumped outwards.

  Lu didn't expect that Qingtao this time went to find her benefactor, and the trouble of Zhunxiucai's wife, who was the mainstay of her heart.

  But what's even more unexpected is yet to come.

  Qing Tao arrived smoothly at the Zhong's house. He had inquired and knew that Zhong Qing was currently living in the East Wing.

  And that old monk from back then was also found out by him, and it turned out he lived in the East Wing, where he eventually died of old age.

  He entered the Zhong family smoothly and headed towards the East Wing.

  East Courtyard

  Lü Lü has been arranged to sleep outside and will no longer come to the East Wing to sleep.

  Zhong Qing knew the reason why the grass in the East Courtyard grew so fast was because of the Zi Xin Pu Cao, not because of the ghostly reasons that outsiders said, so she wasn't afraid anymore.

  Now every day after dinner, she goes back to the East Wing and sits down directly on the stone by the pool to meditate.

  She practiced until 12 o'clock at night and then went into her room to rest.

  Without Ao Wu by her side, she always felt a little unaccustomed.

  After practicing the Qigong technique, her practice of the Clear Mind Technique also became easier. However, it was strange that every time she practiced the Clear Mind Technique and then thought about Ao Wu, she would feel a pang of discomfort in her heart. The discomfort would slowly disappear, but when she practiced again the next day, she felt that her progress in the Clear Mind Technique had not improved at all.

  This feeling is strange, she wants to ask Ao Wu.

  Now that Ao Wu hasn't come back, she can't help but think of him in her heart.

  She thought of the old monk's manual and will that Ao Wu had entrusted to her for safekeeping, and couldn't help but take them out to look at.

  At this time, outside the room, a man in green clothes jumped from the wall and fell into the courtyard.

  ……

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