The Man in the Tree (Third Update!)
Chapter 311: The Man in the Tree (Third Update!)
"Don't trust anything Qin says!"
Pangong Tso was furious. He opened a door and rushed over, shouting, "What about the agreement that we would work together? What about the agreement that we would kill each other after we got off the boat? You are not trustworthy! When you saw something good, you ran away by yourself and even closed the door to eat alone! You will die of hunger, you bastard!"
He was following behind Qin Mu and saw clearly that Qin Mu walked into the mysterious room and closed the door!
The door did not close automatically, but Qin Mu closed it on his own initiative, using the space-combination method of the ship to block him outside the door!
This kid clearly intends to eat alone!
Soon Pangong Tso calmed down and began to concentrate on calculating the method of combining the second-level space of the treasure ship. He said coldly: "Since I already know there is a second-level space, then I can calculate where the corridor is. Don't think of taking all the benefits for yourself!"
While calculating, he opened the rooms one by one, searching for his subordinates. There were many rooms on this ship and his subordinates had long been lost. They were wandering around in each room, trying to find a way out but were getting deeper and deeper into trouble.
Pangong Tso had already found a way to crack the space-tuning method on the outer layer of the ship, but it still took a lot of time to find these people. On the way, he also met two white bats and a dragon unicorn. The dragon unicorn was actually also calculating how to crack the space-tuning method and was almost able to find the bridge.
The two sides fought a fierce battle, and Pangong Tso and his men were killed and their weapons and armors were abandoned. Fortunately, a witch king broke into the room and rescued Pangong Tso and his men.
When he found several other wizard kings, he still couldn't calculate the direction of the corridor, and he couldn't help feeling deeply frustrated.
"It doesn't matter if we can't find it. The little devil named Qin will definitely show up. Then we can capture him and force him to hand over the silver helmet and tell us all the secrets!"
In the room at the end of the corridor, Qin Mu blinked his eyes. He had deliberately locked Bangongcuo out. The old man in the painting had been leading him to discover the secret of the ship. Now that he was about to find the secret, there was no need for Bangongcuo to follow him around and get in the way.
His purpose in agreeing to join forces with Pangong Tso was to push Pangong Tso out to take the blame when danger came. Now that there was no danger, it was natural to kick Pangong Tso out.
"Great Master, I think you have the same idea, right? But I am still better than you."
He turned around and looked around, only to see that this was an incredibly large room, somewhat similar to the Qushan Temple he had seen at the bottom of the sea. It was incredibly vast, nearly ten miles long and wide, like a small world hidden in the ship, slightly smaller than the Qushan Temple.
But this room is many times larger than the treasure ship. It is really incredible to hide such a large space in the ship.
Qin Mu looked up and saw that the ceiling of the room was built with long wooden beams, while the Qushan Temple was built with the bones of a gluttonous beast. The two were different.
There is already a vast space hidden inside the body of the Taotie divine beast. All we need to do is build a temple outside the beast bones, and the space inside the temple will naturally be vast.
However, this room was created by using great magic power to distort space, and was more difficult to build in comparison.
In the center of this vast and magnificent room, an extremely huge wooden stake hangs down from the ceiling of the house and connects to the ground. The tree roots on the ground are like a winding dragon, which is very ancient.
Light constantly flows on the surface of the huge tree trunk, flowing from the roots to the sky above the house, and the light continues to illuminate this empty room.
There seemed to be rune marks flowing in those rays of light, flowing along the long logs in the sky to the surroundings of the house and into the hull.
After a while, a heartbeat sound was heard from within the tree, followed by a deafening bang.
Qin Mu looked around and showed a puzzled look. This ship seemed to be built on an incredibly large ancient tree, and the long wood in the sky should be the branches of this ancient tree.
And judging from the flowing light and heartbeat of the tree, the ancient tree is still alive, and has become the core of this treasure ship, and it can even be said to be the source of power for the treasure ship!
But how many years does it take for such a huge tree to grow?
Why does the ancient tree have such tremendous power that it can be transformed into the power of the treasure ship and support the treasure ship's voyage?
"Sure enough, the rudder and silver helmet in the bridge are not the place to control the treasure ship. This is it."
Qin Mu's eyes fell on the ground in front of him. The ground here was as smooth as a mirror. The old man in the painting was lying on the ground, waving at him, and then ran forward.
Qin Mu hurriedly followed him, curious in his heart: "Is the old man in this painting painted? This painting method seems to be more advanced than that of Deaf Grandpa. Although Deaf Grandpa's paintings can give people spirits, if the characters in the paintings come to life, they will not last long before turning into ink stains. However, the old man in this painting really looks like a living being. Except that he can only walk on the ground and walls, he is no different from a normal life. In this world, there are really people whose painting skills are better than Deaf Grandpa... Impossible!"
He immediately thought of the key point. The person who painted the old man in the painting might not be better than the deaf man in painting, but his attainments in the way of creation were better than the deaf man.
This person painted this old man and gave him life using the way of nature, making the old man in the painting come alive and serve as the guardian and leader of secrets!
A deaf man’s painting does not rely on his skills but on his attainments in painting!
Qin Mu followed the old man in the painting and ran towards the ancient tree in the center of the room. When he was about to reach the ancient tree, he frowned slightly, and saw puddles of green mucus appearing on the smooth ground in front of him, like traces left by something crawling past.
The closer you get to the ancient tree, the more green mucus you will see.
The old man in the painting also became cautious, bypassing the slime and approaching the ancient tree.
Qin Mu looked around vigilantly. It was very empty here. At a glance, there was nothing to fear. But the mucus gave him a bad feeling. He had seen this kind of mucus on the deck of the ship. At that time, he was attacked by the devil's energy and rushed towards them. There was a terrible existence hidden in the devil's energy.
Also, the room leading into the corridor is full of this slime.
And here too, judging from the distribution of the mucus, the mucus surrounds the ancient tree, which must be because the ancient tree is extremely important to the owner of the mucus.
Qin Mu looked elsewhere and felt even more uneasy. The more he looked, the more he felt that this place was a nest, the nest of the owner of the slime!
Finally, Qin Mu followed the old man in the painting to the tree. At this moment, he was slightly startled and saw the man in white that he saw in the illusion.
To be exact, he only saw the face of the man in white.
The owner of this treasure ship, the white-clothed man named Qin from Wuyou Township has now merged into the ancient tree, becoming one with the tree. Only his face is exposed outside, and not completely.
His face was almost completely compatible with the ancient tree, and his eyes had lost their luster. The heartbeat of the ancient tree should be his heart, beating very slowly.
Qin Mu was stunned. This man in white should be using a unique method to extend his life, connecting himself to the tree and his life to the ancient tree. However, this method has great disadvantages. It will make him become a part of the ancient tree, unable to move, and even gradually turn into a tree!
His injuries must have been very serious at that time, so serious that he could no longer hold on!
He was being chased by the enemy and fought his way here, eventually killing his opponent. However, he had to use forbidden techniques to transform himself into a part of the ancient tree to sustain his life!
Qin Mu looked at him. The eyes of the man in white in the tree were also moving dryly, as if they were two eyeballs carved out of the wood. He could barely see some images, but they were not clear.
"Did you let this old man in the painting lead me here?"
Qin Mu felt that this man was inexplicably kind and seemed to have a strange connection with him, which made his heart beat fast. He asked, "Are you Qin Fengqing? Are you from Wuyou Township?"
The man in the tree seemed to see his face gradually. He became a little excited and opened his mouth with difficulty. The tongue in his mouth had turned into wood and he could not make any sound.
Qin Mu was stunned. The backlash of this forbidden technique was too strong. Although the white-clothed man's life was saved, his senses and body functions had basically disappeared.
"Do you recognize this jade pendant?"
Qin Mu quickly took the jade pendant off his neck and placed it in front of him. He suppressed his excitement and said, "Do you recognize it? This is something I had in my swaddling clothes. I have been wearing it all the time. Is this the Qin character from Wuyou Township?"
Suddenly, the man in white in the tree became excited, and the ancient tree shook slightly, as if the man in the tree was struggling hard, trying to break free from the ancient tree and grab the jade pendant!
Rays of light flowed along the trunk of the ancient tree, suppressing his struggle.
He opened his mouth, as if he had thousands of words to say to Qin Mu, but he couldn't utter a single word.
Qin Mu's face was gloomy. He seemed to be talking to the man in the tree, or to himself, and whispered, "I heard from my mother-in-law that a woman's body was carrying a basket and sent me to the Canlao Village in Daxu at night. I never saw her. Later I saw her at the bottom of the river, but I couldn't see her clearly. I only have this jade pendant, which I have worn since I was a child. I always hope to find out where I came from and whether there are any relatives there..."
He sat under a tree, his hands on his knees, a jade pendant dangling from his fingertips.
"I think my parents might still be alive, waiting for me to go back and see them. I haven't seen them..."
"Later, a little girl who became the Sun Guardian told me that I might be from Worry-Free Village, so I desperately wanted to go back to Worry-Free Village. I inquired about the news of Worry-Free Village and looked for a way to get there, but I failed again and again, and even caused the village chief and others to almost lose their lives because of me..."
"I came here without telling them this time because I was afraid of getting them into trouble again. Qin Fengqing, your name is Qin Fengqing, right? I found you, but I didn't expect you couldn't tell me anything. I want to go home and know my life experience. Is it really that difficult..."
He buried his head in his arms and said nothing more.
Click.
Tears were dripping down. Qin Mu raised his head, wiped away his tears and looked up. Tears were rolling down the eyes of the man in the tree.
Suddenly, something began to wriggle on the tree, winding around the tree like a giant snake and slowly swimming down, making a strange and obscure sound: "Qin Hanzhen, you have already met Qin Fengqing, so your wish should be fulfilled now, right?"
————The third update is here, but it’s still past eleven o’clock. I’m deeply sorry!