Yinshan Record

Chapter 372 Borrowing Half a Tree's Fruit to Hear the Sounds of the Deep Sea
Xue Baizhi and Shichananda, Su Che watched Xue Baizhi's figure gradually disappear on the stone bridge. These two were putting on quite a show.

Unfortunately, in the end, only Elder Qin was caught in the trap.

I almost fell into their trap myself.

Just as Su Che looked up at the Soul Golem Fruits, a possibility suddenly occurred to him.

The injuries on Xue Baizhi and Shichananda were not necessarily caused by their conflict.

These two must have entered this ancient underworld at the same time. Given their previous seamless cooperation, there's no reason for them to start fighting each other as soon as they entered, engaging in a meaningless life-or-death struggle.

Therefore, the most likely scenario is that the two encountered a backlash when they were "cooperating" to "acquire" something.

So far, the only things that seem capable of harming Shichanantuo and Xue Baizhi here are the obediently standing Corpse Brother, this big tree called "Soul Gall", and those Mirror Sea Flowers with their crystal-like blossoms.

The most reasonable explanation is that these two encountered the tree's counterattack when they were collecting the Soul Goiter Fruit. Xue Baizhi was hit in the lower abdomen, and then Shicha Nanda was also injured at the same time.

After seizing the benefits here, the two split up. Xue Baizhi went back to find Elder Qin and herself, while Shichananda waited here.

Su Che wasn't quite sure what fate awaited Elder Qin on that bridge ahead, but he figured it probably wouldn't be anything good.

Once Xue Baizhi had walked far away on the bridge, Su Che leaped up onto the Soul Gall Tree.

The big tree didn't react at all, but the burls on its bark that looked like human faces all opened their eyes and stared at Su Che.

"This junior has come to borrow the fruit. I hope you will be lenient, senior. If I can achieve something with this in the future, I will do my best so that you will no longer have to suffer loneliness in this Netherworld."

Su Che muttered to himself as he reached out to grab the fruit.

The Soul Gall Tree showed no reaction for a moment, and Su Che reached out and picked a fruit that looked ripe.

Okay.

Su Che weighed the Soul Gall Tree Fruit in his hand, and could smell a faint fragrance.

This item must have another purpose. Since I've come across it, I should collect a few.

Su Che looked at the fruit on the tree and picked a few more ripe Soul Gall Tree fruits.

One, two, three...

Su Che picked up about ten ripe Soul Gall Tree fruits and suddenly thought of a Chinese medicine called Rehmannia glutinosa. Although raw Rehmannia glutinosa and processed Rehmannia glutinosa are both Rehmannia glutinosa, their effects are not the same.

Perhaps the Soul Gall Fruit is the same. As the saying goes, you can't write two "wood" characters with one stroke. Medicinal herbs are just cheap natural treasures. Maybe this unripe Soul Gall Fruit will also have an effect.

With this in mind, Su Che reached out and took a dozen more unripe Soul Goiter Fruits.

The Soul Gall Tree remained unresponsive.

Looking at the fruit on the tree, Su San Gongzi suddenly had another idea.

If the rule of bowing once every nine steps is followed now, anyone can sneak into this valley ruin. I'm afraid this spiritual root, which was planted by the Lord of Mount Tai himself, will suffer and have its fruit picked clean by those unknown madmen.

It would be better to take the initiative and seize all the fruits for protective development.

Su Che was a man of action; once he had an idea, he immediately got to work, picking the fruits from the Soul Gall Tree regardless of whether they were ripe or not.

After plucking about half a tree, the branches of the Soul Gall Tree seemed to begin to tremble slightly, as if it were enduring something.

Su Che picked more and more, causing the Soul Gall Tree to sway, and he could no longer resist.

A faint whistling sound of swords cutting through the air could be heard, and Su Che felt as if stinging sword energy was pricking his back.

It seems they're in a hurry.

Su Che murmured, "I have some connection with the ancient underworld. I have offended you today, but I will repay you handsomely in the future. Senior, rest assured, I am a man of my word..." Suddenly, the branch of the Soul Gall Tree trembled, like a bowstring full of power, and spurred Su Che onto the stone bridge.

This is clearly a way of telling the guests to leave.

Looking at the great tree, Su Che was surprised that it possessed such spirituality even after countless ages. He vowed to bring the Yin-Yang Dharma King, Yu Lizi, Zhong Yuan, and other experts to explore this ancient underworld again another day.

Young Master Su bowed to the enormous Soul Gall Tree as a gesture of respect.

"Please rest well, senior. I will be going now."

The Soul Gall Tree showed no reaction, seemingly too lazy to pay attention to Young Master Su anymore. Only one of its branches swayed slowly, constantly pointing at the crystal flower below.

Could it be that the Mirror Sea Flower has other wonderful uses?

Su Che looked at the sea of ​​flowers under the tree and took a step back to pick a few more.

The Soul Gall Tree seemed to sense Su Che's approach and quickly shook its branches, signaling the Third Young Master Su not to come closer. Then, it pointed with one branch towards the direction of the stone bridge.

"Does Senior mean that if we want to leave this Nine Netherworld, we must obtain this flower?"

Su Che had previously seen Shichananda instruct Elder Qin to swallow the Mirror Sea Flower, so he knew that this thing probably had some use. Today, with the guidance of the Soul Gall Tree, he was even more certain.

This item must be related to leaving Luofeng City in the Nine Netherworld.

The Soul Gall Tree tapped the stone bridge, signaling Young Master Su to hurry on his way.

There are still quite a few Soul Golem Fruits left, which is a pity.

Su Che glanced at the spiritual root again, then carefully placed the Soul Gall Fruits into the Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden before reluctantly turning to leave.

The stone bridge spanning the Weak Water Sea is quite grand, about three zhang wide, but it is very slippery to walk on. It seems that because so many people have walked on it, the bridge has become worn smooth. If you are not careful, you will slip to either side and fall into the dark and mysterious Weak Water Sea.

A chilling wind blew across the bridge, making Su Che recall what he had seen and heard in the Yin-Yang Realm.

Perhaps the Black Emperor's Yin-Yang boundary was also inspired by Luo Feng City.

As Su Che had this thought, he suddenly felt a series of slight vibrations emanating from the bridge beneath his feet.

There seemed to be a faint sound in my ear.

How is this going.

Could it be that Elder Qin's wailing was caused by being sacrificed by Shichanananda and Xue Baizhi?
Su Che listened carefully and realized that the sound seemed to be coming from beneath his feet.

It traveled up through the Netherworld Weak Water.

A single drop of the Netherworld Weak Water weighs a thousand pounds. How much weight does this vast ocean of suffering hold? What kind of person could possibly transmit their voice through these layers of Netherworld Weak Water?
Such amazing supernatural powers!

Su Che looked down at the Bitter Sea below the bridge. The sea was completely still, without even a ripple, with only faint sounds coming from below.

Listening closely, Su Che could only vaguely hear a few words.

"...Xuandu Palace..."

"...Lingwei Yang..."

"...Xuandu Palace..."

The words "Xuandu Palace" and "Lingwei Yang" appeared repeatedly, and even though the voices were faint, one could still hear the eternal, chilling hatred within them.

The sound was fleeting; if Su Che hadn't heard it clearly with his own ears, he would have thought it was all just his imagination.

(End of this chapter)