In Fire Crow's continuous testing, Master Tongtian finally found a gap in the north corner of the Naga Ghost Tree.

The fire crow slowly fell down, and during the whole process, neither the ghost tree nor the hyphae showed any reaction.

It seems that there is really no intelligence at all!

This is a little strange.

Because, whether it is spiritual energy or "demon energy", it may eventually turn plants and trees into spirits, jade and stones to generate wisdom.

In ancient times, because of the abundance of spiritual energy, there were endless stories of plants and trees turning into spirits and jade stones turning into strange things.

And in the Nine Nether Sea of ​​Blood, there are also countless ancient evil objects from the Hongmeng Era.

Many of these evil creatures were actually infected by demonic energy, opened up their spiritual wisdom, and had already become demonic immortals before the First Tribulation of Longhan.

The First Tribulation of Longhan was a great tribulation between Taoist ancestors and Demonic ancestors fighting for the Three Realms.

The Demon Ancestor was defeated and died, and became the "Demon Ancestor", causing the world to reject all those who practice the demonic way.

These demon fairies were reduced to evil beings and could only swim in the sea of ​​blood.

Some of them were killed by the newly reborn Asura clan.

This is the source of the magic weapons and evil treasures of the Asura clan.

Refining the remains of evil objects into treasures.

Later, the Asuras introduced the method of refining magic weapons and evil treasures to the human world.

There are evil practices in the world!

Because they made faster progress than orthodox cultivation, evil cultivators once wreaked havoc on the entire world.

In order to live forever, the lower limit for monks is lower than anyone imagines!

During the reign of the Human Emperor, Han Zhuo, the minister who usurped the throne of the Xiahou family, was an evil cultivator. He is also the recognized ancestor of the evil cultivators in the three realms today!

Therefore, the leader of Tongtian Cult is strange.

According to the government here, this so-called 'Naga ghost tree' has existed here for more than twenty years.

For more than twenty years, the evil spirit has continued to influence me.

No matter what, it’s time to give birth to an evil creature with intelligence!

unless……

"Something's stopping this!"

Leader Tongtian flicked his fingers, and the fire crow slowly flew in along the gap under the control of the talisman.

When the fire crow burrowed into the ground through the gap.

The Tongtian Cult Master’s childish eyes suddenly shrank!

From Fire Crow's perspective, it is a colorful field, like crystal clusters, clusters of things growing together.

These things, like moss, grow densely in the soil, surrounding and wrapping the roots of the ghost tree.

It's better like a layer of filter.

Separate below the root system from above the root system.

The hyphae that drilled out of the ground and competed for the fallen debris from the ghost tree crown grew from these clusters of crystal clusters.

The small fire crow continued to fall silently along the channel opened by the roots.

Passing through these crystal clusters, in a moment, the crystal clusters disappeared into the formation.

The underground world under the crystal clusters is revealed before your eyes.

Countless hyphae began to appear.

It's different from the hyphae on the surface.

Leader Tongtian can clearly feel that these hyphae are alive.

They have energy!

They cover the entire ground!

Growing densely in soil and rocks.

And among these hyphae, Master Tongtian discovered many things.

Bone fragments, rotten coffin remains, and countless remains of birds, fish, shrimps, and beasts!

Leader Tongtian remembered the message Xu Ji had left with him.

"Before the ghost tree grew... this place was called 'Holy Snake Valley'..."

"There is a folk custom spread among the people here...people will carry the dead to this canyon for burial and cremation..."

"Local people who believe in Buddhism believe that if the deceased is buried here or cremated here, his soul will ascend to the Western Paradise!"

"Even the dignitaries of that small country called the Khmer Kingdom have chosen to move their cemeteries here!"

"At that time, many people discovered that the canyons here were covered with mushrooms and looked like spring all year round... Mycelium was often found..."

"Local wizards and monks also used the mycelium found as medicine..."

"This custom lasted for several years until this 'Naga Ghost Tree' grew!"

Lord Tongtian murmured in a low voice and continued to follow Fire Crow's perspective and stare at the various wreckage that appeared in the stratum.

Those human bones and coffin fragments may be leftover from that time.

However, it is contrary to the simple and beautiful wishes of the local people.

Not only did their ancestors fail to ascend to the so-called Western Paradise.

Instead, he sank into the ground!

Leader Tongtian controlled the fire crow and looked back at the ground.

The soil and rock layer where those crystal clusters grow is about a foot thick.

They isolate top and bottom.

Let these hyphae and mushrooms grow underground.

So here’s the question?

Why do this?

With this thought in mind, the Master of Tongtian Sect controlled the Fire Crow and continued downward, along the path of the root system, and continued to sink.

After sinking about three to five feet, the bottom layer before Huo Ya was completely different.

The soil and rocks here seem to have been completely repelled by the mycelium and the root system of the ghost tree.

So much so that no soil or rocks can be seen here.

The root system of the huge ghost tree grows intertwined together.

Countless mycelium and mushrooms replace the existence of soil and rocks, filling between these root systems.

and……

It is different from the hyphae and mushrooms I have seen before.

The mushrooms and mycelium here are bigger, thicker, brighter, and weirder!

There is even a thick dark red liquid flowing on the surface of the body. If you look closely, you will know that this liquid is actually flowing out from the root system of the ghost tree.

It seems that the root system of the ghost tree secretes some kind of substance that nourishes these hyphae and mushrooms.

The mushrooms and hyphae nourished by these viscous liquids grow extremely twisted and weird.

In the dark underground, they even emit a faint fluorescent light.

Like a will-o'-the-wisp!

What's more important is... there are weird eyeball-like things on the surface of these mushrooms and hyphae that are constantly rotating.

Whenever those 'eyeballs' start to move, all the mushrooms and hyphae will squirm irregularly.

In the eyes of Tongtian Cult Master, it is like a huge mass of rotten flesh covered with eyeballs, staring at the heaven and earth above the strata above.

Seeing this, Master Tongtian's frown gradually relaxed.

"If what I expected is correct..."

"Then, the mystery will be revealed soon!"

"This is not a ghost tree at all!"

"It's an evil thing used to produce spiritual energy!"

There are many kinds of evil things and their uses are countless.

But each one is extremely evil and cruel.

In the Nine Nether Sea of ​​Blood, and even in many dark places in the Three Realms, evil cultivators have created countless kinds of evil things.
To be continued...