The Book Soul Chronicles: Godslayer

"Damn, how can there be a magical treasure in such a godforsaken place?" Qingwu complained, and slapped a mosquito off her face.

At this moment, a voice of doubt came from below: "Are you sure there can be such a tremendous opportunity here?"

Qingwu chimed in from behind, "That's right, that's right. This kind of shabby place is so bad that even spirit beasts would have to wash their eyes if they saw it, let alone people."

He then explained, "Of course, I'm not questioning your ability, your intuition, or your luck, but this... well, it's really hard to say."

After speaking, Yu Bingwen's face turned somewhat grim as he looked at the swamp in front of him, which was covered in dark mud with small, green ponds in the middle, and the stench of which probably lingered for miles around.

Hao Jujin was also embarrassed. He only felt that something strongly attracted him here, but he didn't know that this was the situation! He was also bitter. He hated this dirty and smelly place the most.

But he had a strange, strong feeling that he would regret it if he missed this place, so he dragged Yu Bingwen here by force.

The key point is that when they came in, they could already smell the stench. The stench was so strong that he vomited as soon as he smelled it from a distance. Although he had temporarily shut down his five senses, the feeling lingered in his mind, especially since he was now standing in a place that was emitting a foul stench.

Seeing wisps of black smoke rising upwards, his stomach churned violently, and he felt like he was about to vomit at any moment.

"Brother Li, listen to me..."

Before he could finish speaking, he turned around and leaned against a big tree, vomiting violently. Qingwu, on the other hand, looked at him with disgust and turned her head away.

Yu Bingwen felt bad seeing him vomit like that and stopped looking at him. They hadn't even found anything yet, and they were almost dying from vomiting, yet they said they had something good. This "good thing" was just to send them all away.

But none of them noticed that the tree Hao Jujin was supporting had undergone a slight change.

Finally, Hao Jujin, who had been vomiting so badly, was no longer in such a bad mood. He was so weak from vomiting that he could barely stand. He reached out to hold onto the big tree next to him. Just then, he looked up and saw that the tree was shimmering with golden light. He tried to stop, but it was too late. His hand touched the tree, and he felt a suction force on his hand. He screamed in fright.

"Brother Li, help me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was sucked into the tree. The moment Yu Bingwen heard his voice, he flew over and saw that a vortex of gold and green had appeared on the tree trunk, which had already sucked Hao Jujin in most of the time.

Fortunately, the two of them were very close, and Yu Bingwen arrived quickly. He grabbed his right foot and pulled him back, but the more he tried, the stronger the vortex's suction became. He sensed something was wrong and shouted.

"Uncle-Master, hurry up and come down to help."

Qingwu was also caught off guard by the sudden event, but she remained calm. Just as she was considering whether to go down and help, she suddenly heard this sentence, and she froze.

After all that, it turns out they knew she'd been secretly following them and painstakingly cleaning up their messes, but she was the only one who didn't know! She thought she was pretty amazing for following them for so many days without being discovered, and even complained about their carelessness, only to find out that she was the clown all along.

She instantly felt that her feelings had been deceived. She should demand compensation from them. After all, they had collected many good things in the secret realm. Qingwu even admired herself, thinking that she was too clever to be able to get some good things from them again.

If Yu Bingwen knew, he would probably be so angry he'd vomit blood. In such a critical moment, his cheap martial uncle was actually thinking about how to squeeze good things out of him.

Despite her complaints, Qingwu was quick and efficient; upon hearing the noise, she immediately rushed over to help.

Just as she grabbed Hao Jujin's other foot, the vortex's suction suddenly increased, and the two of them couldn't pull it out. All three of them were swept into the vortex.

Suddenly, the tree laughed—yes, it laughed. The vortex they had just encountered was inside the tree's mouth. The vortex disappeared, and its face was revealed.

Then, in an aged voice, he said, "These young people nowadays are really uncivilized, spitting everywhere, even on this old man like me. I have to punish you a little and let you go and see if you have the luck to get what's inside."

Although his words were full of complaints, if you listened carefully, there was no direct blame in them. On the contrary, you could tell that he was in a good mood.

In fact, Qingwu and the others should have noticed something was wrong much earlier. If they had looked closely, they would have realized that the large expanse of green they had just seen was not a forest, but a giant tree. It was a banyan tree, though; if you didn't look closely, you might have mistaken it for a forest! However, around that swamp, apart from that one area with trees, the rest of the area consisted of only some large, dark, dead trees.

"what……"

Two screams were heard from the air, followed by three loud bangs.

"Ouch!"

"hiss!"

"Ouch, my back! I'm going to die from this fall!"

Three voices rang out in the palace.

At this moment, Qingwu saw two figures standing not far in front of her. She lay on her back, blinked, and saw clearly the two people in front of her.

He exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Hao, what are you doing here? Where is this? And why are you all upside down?"

Hao Anqi and Chen Suili both recovered from the sudden situation in an instant, put away their weapons that they had been planning to use, and their expressions stiffened.

The moment she opened her mouth, all the beautiful illusions were shattered. Sure enough, they shouldn't have had any illusions about this woman. Before she spoke, she was still a beauty, but as soon as she opened her mouth, all the beauty filters were destroyed.

Hao Anqi and Chen Suili shared the same idea.

Hao Anqi helplessly reminded him, "Is it possible that it's not us who have collapsed, but you who have collapsed?"

If you listen carefully, you can hear a hint of doting in Hao Anqi's words. The three people on the ground didn't notice it, but Chen Suili, who had been by his side for a long time, did.

It seems like the truth has come out! He seems to know why his sect leader has been trapped in the illusion for so long without waking up. He's certain that the person in the illusion is the woman in front of him.

After all, they were together before entering the secret realm. The sect leader's tone was completely different then than it is now. Although the sect leader tried his best to restrain himself and there was only a slight change, how could he not notice it after following him for so long?

Chen Suili's joy at having just found the place of inheritance vanished instantly. He was unhappy! He thought his sect leader was great in every way, except that he seemed a bit love-struck, probably because he had brought Hao Anqi and Qingwu from the illusion into reality.

In fact, to outsiders, their sect leader is very rational and doesn't have a romantic mindset at all; he's overthinking it.

It seems the aftereffects of the Illusionary Dream were quite severe. Although Chen Suili was somewhat unhappy, his opposition was not as strong after experiencing the Illusionary Dream. In the past, he would have directly confronted the situation, but today he did not; instead, he remained silent.