Root Monster of Kuji Ridge

Chapter 227: The Root Demon of Kuji Ridge

"Other people beat the younger ones and then the older ones come. But for me, I beat the older ones and then the younger ones come."

Qin Mu sighed in his heart, it is really not easy to be the leader of the Demon Sect.

The fact that Long Jiaonan and the woman from Sanqi Fortress came here indicated that other young masters were also nearby. It would be troublesome if they were caught up by them.

Hu Ling'er controlled the evil wind to sweep away the insects flying towards them, sending them far away, and said, "Master, aren't these people going home for the New Year?"

"They probably thought killing me was a New Year's celebration."

Qin Mu shook his head and said, "In addition to killing me, they also have to kill the emperor. Killing me is definitely not an option, and I don't know if they can kill the emperor. After all, the emperor is a much bigger target than me."

Hu Ling'er handled it very well and blew the insects away, so Long Jiaonan and others couldn't find this place, and they avoided finding the Kujiling Canyon.

The Kujiling Canyon was not far from here. Qin Mu walked to Kujiling and saw that the mountain was not as steep as other places. However, it seemed a little different from other places. The mountain was gray and there was no green at all.

This mountain is full of withered trees. The trees are black and the ground is black, giving people a bad association.

"What if they killed the emperor?" Hu Ling'er asked.

Qin Mu took the lead and walked into Kuji Ridge. Hu Ling'er followed quickly, jumped onto Long Qilin's back, then hopped onto Long Qilin's head and looked around.

"If they kill the emperor and let the crown prince ascend the throne instead, then the imperial master's reforms will be overturned by the crown prince."

Qin Mu said: "Then the national teacher will kill the prince and replace him with an obedient emperor. Even if the national teacher does not do this, I will do it. I will also invite the national teacher to be the fourth Heavenly King of the Tiansheng Sect. I have kept this position for him for a long time. However, they cannot kill the emperor, and the national teacher will not be willing to be the fourth Heavenly King of the Holy Sect."

There were dead trees everywhere, without any branches or leaves. The little white fox was very nervous. She felt that the dry branches were like sharp claws, and the twisted tree trunks were like scary faces, which made her afraid.

"There is the blood of gods and demons here, which has polluted this place."

The Demon King Dutian casually slapped a few flying insects to death, then grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground, twisted it, and said in surprise: "Strange, this blood is very strange, I can't tell whether it is from the gods or the devil. It seems that there is both divine blood and devil blood, one blood contains divine blood and devil blood, which is quite interesting..."

Qin Mu asked curiously, "Master Demon King, could it be that the blood of gods and the blood of demons were spilled on this land at the same time?"

He had seen the blood of the demon god, and it was very powerful. At the beginning, he and the village chief entered the darkness of the Great Ruins together. The village chief injured a demon god in the darkness. A drop of the demon god's blood fell into the soil, and all the trees, flowers and plants within a radius of more than 100 feet withered, which was similar to the situation in Kuji Ridge.

But it was just a drop of demon blood.

Here, the entire Kujiji Ridge Canyon has been polluted, which shows that a lot of gods and demons’ blood must have flowed here.

"no the same."

The Demon King Dutian shook his head and said, "It's the same blood, but this blood has both divine and demonic attributes. Your vision is still too shallow, and you can't see the trick. Divine blood is for life, and demonic blood is for death. The blood that fell on Kuji Ridge has both divine and demonic attributes. The divine nature is hidden in the soil, and the demonic nature destroys the flowers, plants, and trees here, killing everything that grows out of the soil. These trees died, but their roots did not die. Instead, they thrived abnormally. It is possible that they have become spirits by borrowing the vitality of the divine blood."

Hu Ling'er asked quickly: "Will tree roots turn into monsters?"

"Yes."

The Demon King Dutian said: "It should turn into a very strange creature covered with tentacles."

Although the Kujiling Canyon is called a canyon, the terrain is very high, much lower than the mountains on both sides.

This dark canyon is winding and the mountain road is difficult to travel on. The Demonic Cult must have suffered a lot when they smuggled goods through here.

Every few steps along the way, there is a black stone tablet, three or four feet high, with runes painted on it. Qin Mu identified it and said, "It is the demon-suppressing rune of the Holy Church. Ling'er, don't touch it. If you trigger the demon-suppressing rune, you will be sucked into the tablet."

Hu Ling'er was startled.

"There are many demon-suppressing stone tablets in Kuji Mountain. It seems that the Tiansheng Sect spent a lot of effort to open this passage. This also shows that there are many monsters in Kuji Mountain, and they are very scary."

Qin Mu counted the black stone tablets for suppressing monsters that he encountered on the road, and there were as many as forty-six of them. And he had only walked less than half the distance. If each stone tablet only suppressed one monster, there would be forty-six monsters in total.

However, the black stone tablet that suppresses monsters is thirty or forty feet high. It is impossible to suppress only one monster with such a large stone tablet. So the monsters suppressed here must be very impressive.

They came to the center of the valley and saw a pond in front of them. It was surrounded by snow-capped mountains and the weather was cold, but it was amazing that there was a lake here.

There is an old tree beside the lake. The old tree is withered and covers a wide area. Around the old tree and the lake stand densely packed black stone tablets, about hundreds of them, surrounding the old tree and the lake!

Qin Mu and others were shocked. There were so many black stone tablets for suppressing demons here. Could it be that there were hundreds of demons suppressed here?

Although he is the leader of the Demonic Cult, he knows little about this Kuji Ridge Passage and has no idea what the Demonic Cult encountered here in the past.

"Is there a demon country here?"

Qin Mu murmured, "But why are there so many stone tablets around this ancient tree? It doesn't seem to be for suppressing many monsters, but rather for suppressing this tree and this lake."

Just as he said this, he heard a cry for help coming from the other side of the lake. Long Qilin was tall, and he looked up past the black stone tablets, glanced at them, and said slowly: "There is a woman bathing in the lake."

"Help, help--" the woman in the lake shouted.

Hu Ling'er quickly jumped onto his head, looked into the lake, and said angrily, "Long Pang, is that a bath? That's drowning!"

"It's a bath."

Long Qilin said slowly: "She is not wearing any clothes, so she is taking a bath. Have you ever seen anyone drowning naked?"

"Naked?"

The Demon King of Dutian was surprised and delighted. He quickly climbed onto the dragon unicorn's head and looked into the lake. There was indeed a drowned woman in the lake. She was completely naked and had a charming figure. She was struggling in the water. Her breasts were bulging and curvy, which made the Demon King stare at her. He praised, "This enchantress is beautiful! You little brat, come and take a look!"

Qin Mu smiled and said, "There are pursuers behind us, let's go." After that, he took a peek through the gap in the black stone steles.

"Young Master is a gentleman!" Hu Ling'er was full of confidence in him and praised him.

"Sir outside, help me—"

The woman in the lake screamed, "Push down the stone tablet quickly and save me. I will give myself to you!"

Qin Mu and the others walked around the lake, and Hu Ling'er said crisply: "Fairy, my master won't be fooled by you. Let me teach you that my master is the Holy Leader of the Tiansheng Sect!"

Suddenly the woman fell silent, and a sinister voice rang out: "The Holy Leader of the Tiansheng Sect?"

Crash——

The lake surrounded by the forest of black stone tablets was flooded with water. Countless black tree roots rose into the sky like countless tentacles, circling and waving in the air. At the end of each tentacle was a naked young woman, smooth and shiny. They all looked at Qin Mu in unison. Countless shrill and piercing voices shouted, "The Tiansheng Sect! It's the Tiansheng Sect that's suppressing me here! They used these stone tablets to suppress my body, my legs and my hands--"

Boom, boom—

In the canyon of Kujiji Ridge, black stone tablets were shaking, and there seemed to be a huge body struggling and squirming under the stone tablets, trying to break the seal!

Qin Mu was shocked. When he saw so many stone tablets in the Kujiling Canyon, he always thought that there was a demon country suppressed here with countless monsters. He didn't expect that these stone tablets suppressed a demon, a huge demon!

The black stone tablet continued to shake, and the soil beside the tablet trembled, as if it was about to be uprooted. Suddenly, the rune mark on the tablet lit up, and the light flowed. The stone tablets became like mountains, becoming extremely heavy, pressing down the monster in Kuji Ridge, making it unable to escape.

"I want revenge!"

Above the lake, the faces of countless women were distorted, and they screamed miserably: "I will kill all of you from the Tiansheng Sect!"

The black stone tablets surrounding the ancient tree shone brightly, and the light of the rune marks was reflected on the ancient tree. The tentacles above the lake seemed to be pulled towards the ground by a strange force. The women hanging on the tentacles screamed and grabbed around, but could not catch anything and were gradually dragged into the lake.

"This lake should be the trace left by the blood of gods and demons. The blood of gods and demons has been absorbed by this ancient tree."

The Demon King Dutian wondered, "Why are there so many strange things in your hometown?"

Qin Mu smiled and said, "There are even stranger things in my hometown. Let's continue on our journey. We must get out of Kuji Mountain and find a safe place before night falls."

“What a pity.”

The Demon King of Dutian smacked his lips and said, "That little fairy is quite pretty, prettier than the women of my Dutian."

At this time, Long Jiaonan, Qiu Yue, the scholar Lan Yu, the half-idiot monk, Yuan Shan and others met up and were searching for Qin Mu's whereabouts. Suddenly, they felt the vibration coming from Kuji Ridge and looked towards the direction of Kuji Ridge one by one.

The scholar Lan Yu cried out, "The Demon Cult leader went to the Shenduan Mountains? Isn't he afraid of being shot to death by the Xuanji Crossbow?"

Qiu Yue waved her hand, and countless swarms of insects followed the sound and flew towards Kuji Ridge. She said, "The Demon Cult leader is cunning. Since he is going to the Shenduan Mountains, there must be a way out in the Shenduan Mountains! I will use the insects to explore the way, and we will follow behind!"

Everyone rushed towards Kuji Ridge. A tide of insects surged in front of them. Countless insects flapped their wings and rushed forward. When they arrived next to the lake, they saw evil clouds filling the lake. Countless voices shouted in the lake: "Tiansheng Sect Leader, I will kill you, I must kill you, and destroy your Tiansheng Sect!"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. The half-idiot monk coughed and said loudly, "Fairy, what grudge do you have against the Demon Cult Master?"

A young woman emerged from the lake naked, looking very charming and tender, she cried out: "The Tiansheng Cult has suppressed me here for hundreds of years, and I have a deep hatred for them. Master, if you can save me, I am willing to give myself to you..."

The half-idiot monk smiled and said, "I am a monk. I don't need you to marry me. If you convert to Buddhism and help me kill the leader of the demon sect, I will break the seal here and let you out."

"I am willing to convert!" the woman said in surprise and joy.

The scholars Lan Yu, Yuan Shan, Yu'e and others all frowned and were about to dissuade him, but the half-idiot monk had already uprooted a black stone tablet and threw it on the ground. He turned around and said, "My fellow Taoists, this is a monster suppressed by the Heavenly Demon Sect. The Heavenly Demon Sect is a demon sect, and the monsters they suppress must be good monsters. Please help me push down these monster-suppressing stone tablets and rescue this fellow Taoist!"

Everyone had no choice but to step forward and work together to push down the stone tablets one by one.

Boom——

The mountains shook, and the ancient tree rose slowly. A huge black ball under the tree kept bulging and getting bigger and bigger, like a huge ball of thread wrapped by countless black lines. Those black roots squirmed like dragons and pythons, and countless white bones were exposed between the entangled roots!

The half-idiot monk was horrified when he saw the bones buried under the tree.

He now understood that those who were suppressed by the Heavenly Demon Cult might not be his fellow sect members, but might be even more vicious than the Heavenly Demon Cult!

"Run!" Long Jiaonan screamed.

Everyone hurriedly ran and fled towards Daxu.

"I'm out of trouble. I'm finally out of trouble—"

Countless shrill voices rang out behind them. More black stone tablets on the road suddenly shook and fell down one after another. Thick tentacles emerged from the ground and waved endlessly. Beautiful women hung on the roots and smiled, "The Tiansheng Sect said that I ate too many people and suppressed me here. Thank you, thank you little monk. I can finally eat people again--"