Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 19: Toxic Sharing

The man and the tree chatted here for more than half an hour. Xiao Yichen's mouth was almost dry and he felt that it was enough, so he stood up and prepared to say goodbye, but was stopped by the other party.

"Little baby, I think you're pretty good. Why don't you consider staying here? You can have whatever you want."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yichen waved at it, thinking that the other party was reluctant to let him stay, but he really needed to leave this place now. He also wanted to go back and cure Yun Mei, and then escape and enjoy the happy life of cultivating immortals.

Seeing that his words had no effect, the tree's expression suddenly darkened and he said in a cold voice, "What if I insist that you stay here?"

Xiao Yichen turned his head and saw that the big tree was staring at him with a gloomy face. He felt a little at a loss.

"Old man, I really have something urgent to do right now. Can I come here to chat with you some other day? If you feel that what I just said is not satisfying, how about I bring you two storytellers next time I come here? Their eloquence is much better than mine." Xiao Yichen still coaxed him in a gentle voice. Old people like him just can't stand loneliness, but slowly he found something wrong. White mist began to rise from the grass on the ground.

"Haha, little kid, you don't really think I like listening to your stories, do you? Even if I do, who would listen to you tell me details like how to wash your buttocks when taking a bath? However, it's almost time now, so you should stay here and stay with me forever, haha..." As the words fell, Xiao Yichen suddenly found a white mist rising from the ground, spreading rapidly upwards, and soon reached his ankles. As his eyes focused on the white mist under his feet, the big tree also disappeared from Xiao Yichen's sight.

"Damn, I thought I had really met a kindred spirit. He even listened to the water being used to wash his butt so vigorously, and it turned out to be not a good person." Looking at the white fog getting higher and higher, he quickly ran in the original direction, but when he arrived, he was dumbfounded by the scene in front of him. The road that originally existed was now blocked by rows of big trees.

The energy in his body quickly gathered in his hands, and after blasting away several large trees in front of him, he discovered that the densely packed large trees behind him were constantly moving towards his current position, as if these trees had grown legs.

"No, the energy in my body can't afford to be wasted like this. I have to think of other ways." In just a short while, the white mist had reached his knees. It wouldn't take too long before he would be completely submerged in the white mist.

He watched as the big trees around him kept moving closer to him, forcing him back to the center of the lawn. His range of movement became smaller and smaller. He wasn't paying attention and stepped on empty air, falling into the lake. However, the moment his body fell into the water, he felt something was wrong. His physical strength was rapidly dissipating.

"Oh no, there's something wrong with this water. Why do I feel so weak?" He quickly dispersed the energy in his body to his surroundings, forming an airtight barrier to isolate the water from the body. Only then did he feel a little better.

He quickly climbed out of the water. If he stayed down there, he would suffocate to death even if he still had enough energy in his body. He couldn't stop breathing yet.

"Huh? What kind of energy is this? It can actually resist the erosion of the Yin and Yang Spring." A puzzled voice sounded in Xiao Yichen's ears.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yichen roared angrily, "What the hell is this Youyin Spring? Old man, don't let me find you. If I do, I'll burn you to ashes."

"Haha, little kid, you should get over this hurdle first before talking about other things."

Xiao Yichen looked at the white mist that had already submerged him up to his waist, and felt a little anxious. This white mist was obviously not a good thing. Although it did not cause any damage to his skin, it was most likely some kind of poisonous gas. If inhaled into the body, it would probably cause big problems. Although the energy in his body could destroy the toxins, it was limited after all.

"What should I do?" His head was spinning wildly. With his current strength, he would not be able to cut down all the big trees in a short time, and the white mist would submerge him completely in two minutes at most.

"There's nothing else around here that can help me. Apart from that problematic lake, there's only the swamp and those monsters outside..." After a long silence, he slapped his thigh and said excitedly, "Yes, aren't there still those monsters? How could I forget about them? I can't get out, so can't they get in?"

He poured most of the energy in his body into the long sword, and controlled it with his mind to rush into the woods, constantly changing direction to avoid the obstruction of the surrounding trees. Soon, the long sword reached the swamp before. Under Xiao Yichen's control, the long sword plunged into the swamp. There were so many giant snakes below, and he could hit one in any direction.

As expected, the sword only sank halfway into the swamp when it pierced a giant snake. The giant snake felt the pain and rolled violently in an instant, attracting the attention of the surrounding giant snakes. After a while, all the giant snakes crawled out of the swamp again. Under the guidance of the flying sword, dozens of giant snakes rushed towards where Xiao Yichen was.

After the sword sank into the woods, Xiao Yichen heard the sounds of collisions and breaking trees in front of him.

At this time, the white mist was almost covering his mouth. He no longer saved energy and summoned an energy barrier around him to isolate the poisonous mist. The energy in his body was consumed very quickly, and he could only last for five minutes at most.

"I hope I can hold on until they make a breakthrough." Xiao Yichen sat cross-legged on the ground. Now he could only leave his fate to fate. This feeling of having no control over his own life was really bad.

But fortunately, there is always a way out. Finally, when the energy in Xiao Yichen's body was almost exhausted, the giant snakes broke through the obstruction of the big trees. Then, one giant snake after another rushed in, they opened their bloody mouths and kept roaring, and the white mist here was dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye and was absorbed into their bodies. After these giant snakes absorbed the white mist, they fell to the ground in just a short while. Under Xiao Yichen's horrified eyes, the bodies of those snakes slowly collapsed, and finally only a layer of skin fell to the ground.

"That was close." Xiao Yichen patted his chest, feeling like he had survived a disaster.

As more and more giant snakes were corroded into skin, the white mist here was almost consumed. Xiao Yichen slowly walked to the edge, took out the long sword in his hand, and began to chop down the trees one by one.

"Old thing, you'd better hide well. Don't let me find you." Xiao Yichen raised the corner of his mouth. Now he had plenty of time to deal with the strange tree, and he found that apart from summoning the white mist, the other party had no other way to hurt him. The most it could do was control these trees to block him.

As he chopped down the trees one by one, Xiao Yichen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said impatiently, "You're not coming out, right? Well, you wait, I'll go find some dry firewood. I'm going to burn everything here down today." After that, he walked outside.

"Little kid, please stay. I admit defeat this time. Just tell me what you want." The voice of the big tree sounded from behind him.