Refining divine pills, controlling divine beasts, and the useless lady is so cool

Mu Qingli and Yun Xiao stood in front of the cave. The entrance was covered with vines and weeds, making it look hidden and mysterious.

Mu Qingli gripped the Lingbo sword tightly in his hand, carefully pushed aside the vines, and stepped into the cave first.

The interior of the cave was dark and damp, and the air was filled with the smell of earth and damp plants.

Mu Qingli took out a night pearl from the space, and the soft light instantly illuminated the surrounding environment.

The inside of the cave was not spacious, but it was wide enough for two people to walk side by side. The walls of the cave were covered with moss, and occasionally drops of water dripped from the top of the cave, making a crisp sound.

"Mom, be careful. There is a fourth-level phantom beast in the cave, but I don't know where it is hiding." Yun Xiao reminded in a low voice.

Mu Qingli nodded. She could sense some kind of danger lurking within the cave. She gripped her Lingbo Sword tightly, ready to respond to any unexpected situation.

Mu Qingli walked along the winding cave for about a few hundred meters. Suddenly, the view in front of him opened up and a huge underground space appeared in front of them.

There is a small lake in the center of this space. The water is crystal clear and a light mist floats on the surface.

In the center of the lake grows a huge ancient tree with a thick trunk, lush branches and leaves, emitting a faint fluorescence.

"Mother, that breath came from that tree." Yun Xiao said, pointing at the ancient tree.

Mu Qingli stared at the ancient tree, always feeling that the tree was weird, and the fourth-level phantom beast that Yun Xiao had just mentioned did not appear. The cave was so small that at first glance, the only place to hide was the tree.

"Let's go and take a look." Mu Qingli said, and walked carefully towards the lake with Yun Xiao.

Mu Qingli built an ice bridge on the water, walked to the land in the middle, stood under the ancient tree, looked up, and saw that the trunk was covered with strange lines, which seemed to be some kind of ancient text, or like naturally grown patterns.

Yun Xiao curiously reached out to touch the trunk, and suddenly, a powerful force surged from the trunk, pushing it away. Yun Xiao fell to the ground, looking at the ancient tree in surprise.

"Yun Xiao, are you okay?" Mu Qingli hurried forward and picked up Yun Xiao.

Yun Xiao shook his head, his eyes full of doubt: "Mother, it seems that this tree won't let me touch it."

Mu Qingli frowned. She could sense the power within the ancient tree, but it didn't seem to repel her. She reached out and gently touched the trunk, but this time, there was no force to push her away.

"What's going on?" Yun Xiao asked curiously.

Mu Qingli shook her head. She didn't know what was going on.

"Yun Xiao, wait for me here, I'll go up and take a look." Mu Qingli said, and jumped up and climbed up the ancient tree easily.

There was a hidden passage among the branches and leaves of the ancient tree. Mu Qingli climbed up along the passage and finally reached the top of the tree.

At the top of the tree, she found a small platform woven from branches and leaves. On the platform was an incense burner with several things placed in the middle of the incense burner.

Mu Qingli looked around carefully, but still couldn't find any trace of the fourth-level phantom beast, and didn't know where it was hiding.

Mu Qingli reached out and picked up the incense burner on the table, and first picked up the map inside. There was a letter under the map.

The map is indeed a whole, just like the materials found before.

Mu Qingli opened the letter below the map, which described information about the map.

It turns out that this is the ruins of ancient ruins, but the person in charge of the map was hunted by evil forces, so he divided the map into twelve pieces and scattered them. Only by collecting the twelve maps can you find a way to the ruins of the ancient ruins.

Mu Qingli sorted out the map fragments he had collected and found that there were already five pieces.

The first piece was discovered by Luo Ning in the territory of the man-eating plant on the floating island. The second piece was found in a book in the ruins of the Spirit King. The third piece was found by Murong Jingchen when gambling on stones. The fourth piece was collected accidentally by the old mermaid. The fifth piece is here.

There are still seven pieces left to collect twelve pieces. It seems that it will not be easy to collect them all.

But Mu Qingli didn't think much about it and directly put the map into the space. If he could find it, that would be great, but if he couldn't, it wouldn't be a big deal.

As for the other things, Mu Qingli flipped through them casually. There was nothing valuable, but there was a book on swordsmanship that was pretty good and could be exchanged for some spirit stones.

After packing up his things, Mu Qingli jumped down from the tree and was about to leave while holding Yun Xiao.

At this moment, the tree behind him suddenly shook, and a branch hit Mu Qingli's back, but Mu Qingli dodged it nimbly.

She looked at the strange stripes on the tree with a dark look in her eyes and said softly, "Come out."

But at this time the tree was motionless, as if everything that had just happened was Mu Qingli's illusion.

Yun Xiao released his powerful aura towards the tree: "Little phantom beast, come out!"

Perhaps it was because Yun Xiao's ancient pressure was more terrifying to the beast, the ancient stripes on the tree instantly twisted together, and finally couldn't help but change into its original form.

It was a mythical beast that looked like a tree, with a nose and eyes, and looked quite like the old tree grandfather in modern cartoons.

Mu Qingli thought about it and remembered the name of this mythical beast: Suzukimon.

The moment Suzukimon appeared, the atmosphere in the cave became tense. Its eyes flashed green, and its bark-like skin seemed to conceal a powerful force.

Mu Qingli chopped the Lingbo sword in his hand straight onto a branch of Suzukimon: "Why did you launch a sneak attack?"

Suzukimon suddenly screamed twice and hugged his head tightly with his branch-like arms.

Mu Qingli knew that this was a sign of its fear.

Suzukimon are not common and are usually found alongside thousand-year-old trees. They are very timid and will only attack when people are not paying attention.

"Mother said it was wrong and will never do it again."

Yun Xiao translated for Mu Qingli from time to time.

Mu Qingli snorted coldly: "A thousand-year-old tree can actually produce a Suzuki beast, so it must have a tree heart. Hand over the tree heart, and I will spare your life!"

Suzukimon was trembling, as if he didn't want to hand it over, and he was mumbling something.

"It said the tree heart was taken away by someone else and it didn't know where it was, but I think it was lying."

Yun Xiao translated and commented at the same time.

Suzukimon seemed to understand Yun Xiao's words and trembled even more violently. Several strands of his leaf-like hair fell out due to nervousness.

"Don't pretend you don't understand. I know you can understand. If you don't tell me where the heart of the tree is, I'll chop off your left hand first."

The Lingbo sword in Mu Qingli's hand kept spinning, as if it would cut off Suzukimon's arm in the next second.

Suzukimon took a step back and immediately hugged the big tree behind him, shaking his head continuously.

"Mother, it said it dared not tell, it said it would die if it told."