Ma Jiamen: I was forced to fight for supremacy

The five of them walked out of the grass and into a forest. The forest consisted of many cypress trees, but unlike the cypress trees in Jianmen, the ones growing here were all ghost cypresses.

On a huge ghost cypress tree, several large characters were clearly engraved.

"There's a secret treasure in the tree."

"Who is so smart that carved this? Don't you take other people's intelligence seriously?" Ma Zhan hugged his shoulders and looked at the big words carved on the tree.

Puyang Yingjun narrowed his eyes and looked towards the top of the tree trunk. "I really want to go up and take a look."

Liu Nange said with a smile: "Me too."

Ma Zhan scratched his head, "After hearing what you said, I also want to go up and take a look. If there is nothing, forget it. But if there is... Wait."

Ma Zhan turned around and looked at the two of them. They also looked surprised. This trap was so clever. The disciple of Fengdu also understood psychology.

The five of them formed a formation in an instant. Due to the small space, Liu Nange did not summon the Phoenix Sedan. Instead, he held a paperweight and vigilantly watched the movements around him.

The five of them waited for a long time without seeing any movement. Ma Zhan took out his tiger stick, swung it in a circle, and with a "bang", it hit the ghost cypress. The leaves of the ghost cypress trembled continuously.

Ma Zhan started to wheel, preparing to continue the second time, when a voice came from the ghost cypress: "Don't smash it~"

Ma Zhan instantly stepped back, staring at the tree, and asked, "Who are you, a disciple of Fengdu?"

After a while, a man dressed as a woodcutter jumped down from the tree and said to Ma Zhan and the others, "I am Fengdu disciple Guimu. This ghost cypress is a demon tree I collected. If you hit it again, it will be killed."

Ma Zhan looked at Gui Mu warily. This seemingly honest person often had many sinister intentions. "Where are your accomplices? Let them come out."

Guimu smiled innocently and waved at the tree. Then, after a few cicada chirps, a short woman and a skinny man landed beside Guimu.

The woodcutter introduced them: "This is my junior sister, Ghost Cicada, and this is my junior brother, Ghost Monkey."

Ma Zhan still did not let down his guard. These three people were so honest, why was he a little worried? However, apart from these three people, Ma Zhan did not sense anyone else nearby.

"You guys, are you fishing?"

Gui Mu smiled innocently and said, "Yeah, I didn't expect you to see through it, little brother."

Ma Zhan frowned and asked, "Do you really have a secret treasure in your hands?"

Gui Mu answered honestly: "I found two iron balls in the woods, but I don't know what they are used for, nor do I know if they are secret treasures."

As Guimu spoke, he took out two iron balls from his arms.

"Don't move~" Liu Nange shouted, and Guimu stood there obediently.

"That's the Tang Clan's Soul-Chasing Gallbladder. It will explode." Liu Nange whispered in Ma Zhan's ear.

Ma Zhan's nerves tensed. He had studied the Color Mist Hidden that Miao Yi had given him and was certain that the Tang Sect had already mastered some gunpowder technology. Although they had gone in the wrong direction, combined with the Tang Sect's research on hidden weapons, this thing was definitely not simple.

Ma Zhan cleared his throat and said to Gui Mu, "Brother Gui Mu, be careful. These two iron balls are the Tang Sect's explosive fireballs. If you're not careful, they'll set the forest on fire, and your demon tree will be burned to death as well."

Guimu's expression changed, and he felt like he was holding two scorching fireballs in his hands. "Ah~ Then, please help me take it out, brother. We don't want it to burn my demon tree to death."

"Hmm~" Ma Zhan hesitated for a moment, "Put the iron ball on the ground and I'll take it away."

"Oh~ okay~" Guimu put the two iron balls on the ground honestly and took a few steps back.

Ma Zhan carefully picked up the iron ball, looked at the three people and asked, "Now that the secret treasure is gone, is your trap still useful?"

Gui Mu still had a silly smile on his face, "It's okay, our trap doesn't need any secret treasure anyway."

After watching the three people climb back up the tree, Ma Zhan and the others slowly walked out of the woods. Ma Zhan looked at the two heavy iron balls in his hands and felt something was wrong. How could these three Fengdu disciples be so honest?

The five people continued to move through the woods vigilantly. When they approached the edge of the woods, they did not see any strangers and breathed a sigh of relief.

After the five people walked out of the woods, a moth landed on He Ling's back, its pink wings closed and blended into He Ling's pink coat.

Everyone relaxed, and Liu Nange took the initiative to explain the Mother and Child Soul-Chasing Gallbladder to them.

Each Soul-Chasing Gallbladder is composed of a mother gallbladder, eighteen small gallbladders, and fine needles as thin as ox hair. When the outer mother gallbladder is subjected to a violent collision, it will explode, and the eighteen small gallbladders will scatter out.

After the child gall bladder was freed from its mother gallbladder, countless fine needles within it instantly scattered in all directions. These naturally formed needles were barely discernible to the naked eye. When the Tang Clan crafted the child and mother soul-chasing gall bladders, they often quenched the needles with a deadly poison.

The Soul-Chasing Gallbladders, both mother and child, are often used simultaneously. The Tang Sect possesses a technique known as the Soul-Chasing Hand. Throwing two Soul-Chasing Gallbladders simultaneously at the enemy will cause them to collide mid-air and explode.

This not only makes it impossible for the enemy to predict the explosion time and thus dodge, but also increases the power of the explosion and the coverage area of the needles.

After listening to Liu Nange's story, Ma Zhan wanted to throw away this tricky thing immediately. Holding two iron balls was like holding two grenades.

Zheng Xiaoqiao sighed, "The Tang Clan's hidden weapon techniques are truly unrivaled in the world."

Ma Zhan held up two iron balls in front of everyone, "Who wants them?"

The other four remained silent. They didn't know how to use such a dangerous thing with a cell phone. If they threw it out and it didn't explode, and the enemy threw it back, they would be asking for trouble.

"Wow, no one wants it, forget it." Ma Zhan put the iron ball into his left hand and continued moving forward.

On a small hill not far away, Ma Zhan saw a few figures in the shadows. "Formation~" The five of them quickly formed a formation. Ma Zhan whispered, "There's a fight going on on the hill ahead. Do you want to go check it out?"

Puyang Yingjun responded: "I feel like there should be a disciple from Jiange here, but it's too far away to be sure."

Liu Nange: "Let's go and take a look."

Zheng Xiaoqiao: "I'll do as you say."

Ma Zhan: "Let's go and take a look."

He Ling:...

On the Ghost Cypress, the Ghost Cicada whispered, "The Ghost Moth has already attached itself to them. I can get news from them anytime."

Gui Mu said: "When they start fighting with the Tang Sect, we will go and reap the benefits."

The ghost monkey asked, "Are you sure they will fight the Tang Sect?"

Gui Mu smiled innocently again, "The Tang Sect left a trace of energy on the Mother-Child Soul Chasing Gallbladder. I used the essence of wood to amplify this energy a hundredfold.

If the masked guy touches the iron ball with his hand, the Tang Sect members will follow the scent like dogs and find him.

I believe that Tang Sect disciples would not allow such a high-level hidden weapon as the Mother-Child Soul Chasing Gallbladder to fall into the hands of others. Otherwise, they would not have left any trace of their presence.