Chapter 0718 Solidified Flame

It is not an easy task to serve as a blood sacrifice for the Taiyin Fire. Mu Xingqiu not only has to endure the pain of blood sucking, but also has to keep the illusion at the eighth level. The former distracts, the latter concentrates. He restrains all his senses and is unaware of the outside world until Yi Shijun wakes him up.

"Hey, mind illusion..." Yi Shijun held his right wrist and laughed a few times. He just slapped Mu Xingqiu with his right hand, but was counterattacked and was almost attacked by the illusion into his meridians. At this time, he was pinching his wrist to protect himself.

Mu Xingqiu regained his visual and auditory abilities and found that there were flames all around and above his head. The passage opened by the Taiyin Fire had disappeared. He had obviously entered the center of the Yuanhuang Ancestral Fire, but these flames were very special. They were solid. They clearly had the form of fire, but they did not have the publicity and heat of fire. They stood still like a red iceberg. Mu Xingqiu could even feel a hint of coolness.

The place was not big, round, less than a hundred steps in diameter, slightly raised, and covered with unknown weak weeds, pale in color, and only when they were connected together could they show a hint of green.

In front of Mu Xingqiu stood Yi Shijun in the form of an old man, and not far behind him stood the golem. He glanced around and asked in confusion: "Where are the trees?"

It is said that a sacred tree was imprisoned and roasted in the Yuanhuang ancestral fire, but looking around, there was no shadow of the tree at all, and none of the weeds on the ground looked like they could grow into towering trees.

Yi Shijun shook his right hand and finally expelled the illusion that entered his palm, then whispered in a mysterious tone: "Take a closer look."

Mu Xingqiu turned around on the spot, "Are we standing inside the tree?"

Yi Shijun nodded, "The Dao Fire has been burning for more than 130,000 years, and the sacred tree is not unscathed. It has been using its branches to block the flames, and it is almost consumed. Only a thin layer of bark is left. Look at these weeds on the ground, which are actually the roots of the sacred tree."

"It seems that the sacred tree can't hold on for much longer." Mu Xingqiu finally saw a clue. The sacred tree still had a thin layer of transparent shell left, about three inches thick, but it could condense the flames and prevent heat from entering.

Yi Shijun pointed his finger, "Look, that's where we came from. The sacred tree can block the Dao Fire, but it didn't intercept the Taiyin Fire.

Mu Xingqiu saw that there was a small ball of fire shaking near the ground, trying to squeeze in, but the momentum was getting smaller and smaller, and it would be cut off by the transparent tree shell in a short time.

Yi Shijun suddenly raised his voice and shouted, and the sound was stirring back and forth. The transparent tree shell revealed blood-red veins of varying thickness, crisscrossing, and the ends all extended out of the shell and deep into the Dao Fire.

"Do you understand?" Yi Shijun lowered his voice again, and the blood-red veins gradually disappeared again.

"The sacred tree is absorbing the power of the Dao Fire."

"Well, so it's not just the sacred tree that can't hold on for long, but also the Dao Fire, and the Dao Fire will be extinguished earlier. As long as there is a root left in the sacred tree, it can grow into a big tree again. This is why a Taoist priest must be sent in to strengthen the Dao Fire, and why Fang Xunmo asked the demon clan for help. "

Yi Shijun laughed briefly, as if he suddenly remembered something particularly interesting. "Also, this is why you are standing here. You, Mu Xingqiu, and I, Yi Shijun, every step we take is within the calculation of the Daotong. They have anticipated everything, and there is no need to urge or persuade, just watch coldly. "

While Yi Shijun was speaking, some roots on the ground had grown along the two legs of the golem to a height of five or six feet. The priceless silver soul armor was vulnerable to the attack of these weak roots, like a juicy leaf bitten by a group of caterpillars, gradually disappearing in a rustling sound, revealing the gray-white wooden sculpture body, and then quickly covered by the roots.

The roots that use silver soul as nutrients are darker in color, giving the golem a layer of emerald green.

Neither Mu Xingqiu nor Yi Shijun interfered. Since this was a battle between super-powerful people, there was no need for them to worry about anything. One side was anxious.

The roots finally swallowed up all the silver souls, and the three-meter-tall golem became a green pillar. There was only one place on its body that was not covered by the roots. In its heart, the long-shriveled heart disappeared, replaced by a complete demon seed - the same shape as the seeds of the nebula tree, but a little bigger, like an oval green bean.

The demon seed was also green, but it was completely different from the green of the roots, like a pond full of water plants and moss, showing a chilly feeling under the moonlight.

"The demon seed is talking, do you hear it? "Yi Shijun asked excitedly, forgetting the current dilemma for the time being.

Mu Xingqiu nodded.

"Haha, what I heard was the ancient language of the demon clan. I learned this language by myself. Well, I learned it quite well..."

Yi Shijun kept on nagging, but Mu Xingqiu just listened quietly. What he heard was human language, and the content was simple and clear: it was impossible to destroy the sacred tree with only Tao fire, and the power of demon erosion must be added.

What Mu Xingqiu had to do was to use the righteous method of the demon lord to activate the spell that had long been infused into the demon seed, thereby triggering the power of demon erosion, and then use his inner elixir and mind illusion to add the last piece of firewood to the Tao fire outside.

But how to ignite the inner elixir, the demon seed did not say, that was not its task.

Mu Xingqiu knew who to ask for the answer without guessing. He looked down at the black bark in his hand. The tender branches on it did not grow longer after growing to three feet, but branched out more branches and grew more leaves.

The information in the bark all comes from Taoism, and the method of igniting the inner elixir is also hidden here. It is the same as the power of demonic corrosion in the demon species. He does not need to learn the method, he only needs to inject enough mana, and everything will happen naturally.

Ishi-kun himself had been making all kinds of laughter, but now he was confused and asked curiously: "What are you laughing at?"

"You said that we were just two spells that deviated from the direction, but in the end they hit the exact target intended by the caster."

"Yeah, it sounds like what I said."

"But I haven't made a decision yet. I know what to do, but I don't feel I have to do it."

Lord Yishi shook the charred tree root in his hand, "The message King Fire Tree received from Dao Tong made it very clear to me, and I also conveyed it to you accurately: Only after strengthening Dao Fire can this tree section be used. You have created an illusion for ten years, which is both a reward and a threat to you. Do you want the demon slaves outside to live a good life? Then you must create an illusion."

"What if I did something wrong to the entire world?"

Ishi-kun was stunned, "What on earth are you thinking about?"

"For the sake of my relatives in Yelin Town and those innocent demon slaves and people, I destroyed the sacred tree to create an illusion. But what if the sacred tree is right? The sacred tree destroys the orthodoxy and demons, which may be a big deal to the humans and demons outside. Good thing, the world will not be destroyed because of the war between Dao and Demon."

Mu Xingqiu pointed to the patches of roots on the ground, "The key is, I haven't heard a word from the sacred tree yet."

Mr. Yishi thought for a while, "I thought I heard the instructions from the sacred tree in the past, but now I understand that the sacred tree will not send any message to anyone at all, and it did not even prevent us from entering the interior of the tree with the golem. , it doesn’t care what you do.”

"It has been resisting the fire, which shows that it has a will and its own ideas."

"The will and thoughts of the sacred tree are here." Lord Yishi raised his hand above his head, and then pointed to the ground with the root of the tree in his right hand, "Your will and thoughts are here. I am one or two feet taller than you, but I am not far away. The sacred tree is too far away to be touched. The sacred tree is silent to me, and it has nothing to say to you. Do you think I am willing to live only ten years? I have planned tens of thousands of years in the future? The plan..."

Mr. Yishi started chattering again, and Mu Xingqiu listened attentively. He continued to watch with his eyes, listen with his ears, smell with his nose, feel with his body... He even used Wuxu Illusion Technique to try to capture the emotions of the sacred tree. .

The sacred tree has no emotions, and Mu Xingqiu hopes to find something similar to prove the existence of the sacred tree.

For a time, he thought he had indeed found something. It was something vague, like emotion, but even thinner, like light smoke. As soon as the illusion came close, the smoke dissipated. After a while, Mu Xingqiu understood that the thing did not belong to the sacred tree at all, but a five-element water illusion.

"The Taoists are watching us." Mu Xingqiu looked up, but his third eye could not penetrate the condensed flames.

"That's for sure. The orthodox can only feel at ease after seeing you ignite your inner elixir." Mr. Yishi began to sigh again. No matter how he calculated it, he felt that ten years was not enough.

Mu Xingqiu became excited, "Dao Tong's spells can enter Zhibu State and can also send information out. This means that this place is not completely sealed."

"I know what you are thinking, but it's useless. The person monitoring us is probably Fang Xunmo. He is the only Taoist priest who serves Yuemang in the world. He may still have the Taoist treasure in his hand. His magic can go in and out. Can you? ? Can I? When you ignite the inner elixir, the surveillance will end, and Zhibu State will be truly sealed, and you will not be able to get out. "

"You said that if Zuo Liuying enters Zhibang, he will strengthen the Dao fire according to the arrangement of the Taoism, and then make himself stronger within ten years..."

"Is this what I said? In fact, I am just guessing, and Zuo Liuying is Zuo Liuying, you are you, what can you do in ten years? Also, if you want to strengthen the Tao fire, you must ignite your inner elixir. That means you have to start practicing again. With your qualifications, it would be a miracle to reach the realm of swallowing smoke within ten years... Alas, this path will not work. "

Mu Xingqiu raised his voice and said to the elusive Five Elements Water Illusion, and also to the Taoist priests outside Zhibu State: "In ten years, I will use these ten years to repay all the kindness Pangshan has shown me. The fire of Tao will never be extinguished. But from now on, you have your Tao fire, and I have mine."

Mr. Yishi blinked, "You're right, but I don't think it's of any use, and I don't think the orthodoxy will care."

Mu Xingqiu smiled slightly, not worried that his words would be heard by the Taoists, "There is reality in the imaginary, and there is emptiness in the reality. Who said that ten years must be ten years?"