Are You a Spirit from the Forest?

Zhao Lili went to do her work, while Zhou Wanwan was watched over and leaned against the Old Scholar Tree.

She held the cinnabar ore and channeled its energy into the Old Scholar Tree. The Old Scholar Tree chuckled, "Hehehe... This energy has increased more than tenfold."

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said:

"Wow! If it were ten times faster, I could usually only power up 10,000 trees."

In that case, I can power 100,000 trees.

The Old Scholar Tree chuckled and said, "Shall we begin now?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "That's about it."

The roots of the Old Scholar Tree entangled several Earth Ranking experts, dragged them over, and fed them to the trees below.

The Old Scholar Tree's idea was to plant more Earth Ranking trees.

The benefits of the Earth Ranking tree are numerous; it is not only strong but can also produce salt.

If they produce more salt, they will control the salt market.

Unfortunately, they cannot produce food; it would be even better if they could.

The three trees behind the Old Scholar Tree directly devoured three Earth Ranking experts.

Hei Niu frowned and said, "Something feels off. Are a lot of people missing from our side?"

Zhao Lili frowned and said, "Yes, three experts from the Earth Ranking are missing. Let's see where they went."

Hei Niu searched around, then shook his head and said, "Something's not right. I've searched for ages and haven't found anything. Could there be an even more powerful Earth Ranking expert here?"

Suddenly, the number eighty-sixth on the Earth Ranking rushed out and shouted, "Where do you think you're going, you dog? You actually tried to steal my mine! Die!"

Hei Niu immediately charged forward, and the two sides clashed.

Their swords clashed, sparks flew.

Hei Niu looked at number eighty-six on the Earth Ranking and said, "Water Ghost, I advise you not to fight over it. I'm taking this cinnabar mine today."

The Water Ghost snorted coldly and said:

"Then go ahead and try it! I discovered this cinnabar vein first."

Our Jianghu Alliance has long established rules: whoever sees something first gets to keep it. Why are you being so unreasonable?"

Hei Niu chuckled and said:

You are incredibly naive.

Whoever sees this mine first today, we must take it! No one can stop us!

Hei Niu had a skilled henchman standing beside him, and the two of them worked together to deal with the Water Ghost.

In no time, the Water Ghost gradually lost its edge, lying on the ground vomiting mouthfuls of blood.

He struggled and said:

"I really didn't expect that the Jianghu Alliance would become like this!"

The old Jianghu Alliance valued morality and followed rules, but what about now?

They only know how to bully the weak and steal things by force; the entire sect is utterly despicable and has completely lost all sense of decency!

Hei Niu's face darkened. He drew the dagger from his waist, aimed it at the Water Ghost's heart, and prepared to kill him.

In that instant, Hei Niu's wrist was suddenly wrapped tightly by vines. He had no time to resist and was dragged into the nearby woods.

Zhao Lili trembled with fear and shouted sharply into the shadows, "What is that thing? If you're so capable, stop playing tricks and come out now!"

The Earth Ranking experts beside her protected Zhao Lili in the middle, while several of the bolder ones gripped their weapons and rushed into the shadows.

But as soon as they approached the shadows, just like the Hei Niu before, they were instantly entangled by something inexplicable.

One by one, they were all quickly dragged into the darkness and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Lili said, "Let's go, let's get out of here quickly, it's too eerie."

A group of people panicked and ran aimlessly. Zhou Wanwan sat on the Old Scholar Tree and said, "Scared already? What cowards!"

The Water Ghost lay on the ground, staring intently into the shadows; the only sound in the entire forest was his breathing.

He thought he'd really messed up today; what awaited him?

Then he saw a tree emerge from the woods, and sitting on it was a little girl. The little girl looked down at him and said, "Water Ghost? Hello! Would you like to come with me?"

The Water Ghost looked up at Zhou Wanwan and said, "You... are you a spirit from the forest?"

Zhou Wanwan laughed heartily:

"A spirit? I'm not a spirit, if you're willing to come with me."

I can heal your wounds. If you don't want to come with me, then you can leave.

"But your injury is quite serious. If you don't get treatment, you probably won't live much longer."

The Water Ghost lay on the ground, unable to move due to the pain all over its body.

He was just brutally kicked and struck by Hei Niu and his accomplices; all the meridians in his body were broken.

He shook his head and said:

"I'm afraid I'm beyond saving. Even if I manage to stay alive, I'm destined to be a cripple."

"No one in the world can mend these severed meridians."

Zhou Wanwan slowly walked down from the big tree next to her and said:

"Who says you can't be saved? As long as you're willing to follow me from now on and be loyal to me."

I can cure your broken pulse and restore you to your original state.

The Water Ghost was taken aback at first, then a glimmer of hope ignited in its eyes. "If you can heal me, I, the Water Ghost, will serve you as my master from now on, and will never have any other thoughts!"

Zhou Wanwan nodded slightly, then turned to the Old Scholar Tree beside her and gestured.

The Old Scholar Tree stretched out several roots, which probed into his body and enveloped the broken and disordered meridians.

Zhou Wanwan was replenishing the Old Scholar Tree's energy. That energy, along with the medicinal power, seeped into the Water Ghost's body little by little, enveloping every inch of its broken meridians.

An hour later, the Water Ghost tried to move his limbs and felt full of energy, his meridians were unobstructed, and there was no sign of injury whatsoever.

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said, "Uncle Scholar Tree, our self-created treatment method is truly amazing! We can save so many people in the future."

The Old Scholar Tree smiled and said, "Of course, we are like two swords combined, our power is boundless."

Zhou Wanwan walked around the cinnabar mine and said, "This cinnabar vein is pretty good. I wonder if we can finish moving it tonight."

A series of strange laughs suddenly rang out behind the Old Scholar Tree, and the tree-men rushed out of the forest.

Thousands of trees and tumbleweeds instantly surrounded the cinnabar vein.

The Water Ghost trembled with fear; even as a Earth Ranking expert, he had never witnessed such a scene!

Is he dreaming?

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and smiled, "We can't tell anyone about what's going on here! Otherwise..."

The Water Ghost quickly shook his head and said, "Master, don't worry, I will absolutely not tell anyone about what happened here."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said with a smile:

"I've recently come up with a method that, if it works, could allow us to create many, many martial arts masters in the future."

Uncle Scholar Tree, let's give it a try when we get back.

The Old Scholar Tree nodded and said, "That's certainly not a problem, but what's the method?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at the Old Scholar Tree beside her and said:

"You saw it just now, your tree roots can burrow into a person's body."

Could we use this method to unblock a person's meridians and acupoints?

If it were an ordinary person, we would help him open up his meridians and then inject some medicinal power into him, and he could directly become a master.

If he already has a foundation in martial arts, we'll help him open up the key acupoints.

With further nourishment from the medicine, his skill will definitely increase even further, making him even more powerful.

You can absorb the medicinal properties from the outside and then deliver them into other people's bodies through the tree roots.

In this way, we can train as many experts as we want, just like mass-producing them.