Jiang Ling'er saw Xi Fan leaning against a tree with his eyes closed and concentrating from a distance. A thunder-striped tiger corpse was lying at his feet.
She looked away with a guilty conscience and went to pick snow lotus with Xiaoxu, but Lao Bao completely forgot about his mission.
"Fellow Taoist Xi, I've been waiting for a long time."
Xi Fan nodded to her and saw the girl's eyes falling on the thunder-striped tiger, "I only found one by chance."
Jiang Ling'er recalled Cheng Tianbao's words, "Thunder-striped tigers are gregarious animals. Judging from the fact that this one is still a young tiger, something happened that made it alone."
He hummed and said no more.
The two of them were silent all the way to the foot of the mountain. After seeing the familiar crowd, Jiang Linger quickened her pace.
"Yiyi, don't cry anymore," Deng Daniu's eyes turned around everyone, "Yiyi found a century-old stalactite, but someone knocked her unconscious and took it away."
"A century-old stalactite?! We worked so hard to find the thunder-striped tiger, but you two found the treasure." A trace of jealousy flashed across Chu Yan's face.
"No, no, Yiyi found it accidentally..."
"Find a waterfall by chance?" Chu Yan said without mercy, making everyone extremely embarrassed.
"Okay, please stop saying a few words." Cheng Tianbao interrupted her reply, looked at the two people approaching slowly, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Fellow Daoist Zhao."
Sure enough, when Chu Yan saw Xi Fan, she looked at him with charming and resentful eyes like a chicken with its neck strangled.
Jiang Linger's back was covered with goosebumps, and she quickly distanced herself from Xi Fan.
"You two hunted one, not bad." Cheng Tianbao squatted on the ground and turned the monster corpse over to check the damage to the fur.
"This is all the work of fellow Taoist Xi. I looked around and couldn't find it."
"Do you think you can hunt a thunder-striped tiger at the beginning of your Qi training?" Chu Yan focused her eyes on Xi Fan and rolled her eyes at her.
"Where did you look for it?" Hu Yiyi, who was still crying, suddenly asked, with obvious determination and questioning in her tone.
"In the forest behind Fellow Taoist Xi, there is a cliff at the end. I will come back when there is no way out." Jiang Ling'er replied without changing her expression.
Hu Yiyi's sudden question made everyone present stunned.
Cheng Tianbao frowned slightly and looked at Deng Daniu.
Their mission has not been completed yet. If there are differences in the team at this time, it will be a mess and nothing can be done.
"Old Bao..." Deng Daniu looked at him guiltily and hesitated to speak.
"Okay," Cheng Tianbao said helplessly, "It's getting dark, so we'll rest here for the night."
Immediately, he took out a few tents and set them up together with the other male teammates.
"Fellow Taoist Xi, I brought a lot of food here. What would you like to order?" Chu Yan took two steps forward and faced Xi Fan.
"Need not."
It was still a cold reply, but Cheng Tianbao on the side came closer to interrupt.
"I want, Fellow Daoist Chu, Fairy Chu, give me some."
"go away."
"Old Bao, I brought some baked buns, would you like some?" Deng Daniu handed him a few warm buns, "I and Yiyi still have a lot after we divided them. Fellow Daoist Zhao, please have some."
Gradually, the atmosphere became harmonious again, with laughter and curses coming from time to time under Cheng Tianbao's amusement.
The night passed quickly, Jiang Ling'er also finished reciting, and everyone continued to set off after tidying up.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the chirping of insects and birds gradually disappeared. There was plenty of sunshine here, and except for the rustling of leaves, there was silence.
"That's not right. We've gone so deep, why is there still no sign of the thunder-striped tiger?" Cheng Tianbao was extremely puzzled.
"Not to mention the thunder-striped tiger, even some monster beasts in the middle stage of Qi refining are pitiful." Deng Daniu sat on the stone, took out the spirit stone and handed it to Hu Yiyi to restore his spiritual energy.
Seeing this, Chu Yan also took two more steps in Xi Fan's direction, "Cheng Tianbao, didn't you buy the map from a reseller?"
"Am I the kind of person who is greedy for petty gains?" Cheng Tianbao was silent for a while, then reluctantly took back the map.
The trees here look very strange. In the distance are steep rocks and cliffs, with thick and twisted trunks and long branches hanging down from the top like hair.
"Then tell me, what the hell is this place?"
"Ghost-haired willow." Xi Fan spoke softly, with a solemn look on his face.
Hearing this, Cheng Tianbao's expression changed drastically. He quickly called out a bead-shaped magic weapon and opened the earth-yellow umbrella-shaped shield, "Quick, come closer to me!"
"Old Bao, what's going on?" Deng Daniu protected Hu Yiyi, and they quickly leaned together.
"Ghost-haired willow, a demonic tree that only appears in the center of Tianyun Mountain." Chu Yan's face didn't look good either. "Looking at the tree trunk being so thick, it's at least the ghost-haired willow that goes up in the later stages of Qi training."
"Follow me, don't move, let's go out like this." Cheng Tianbao said solemnly.
Jiang Ling'er carefully observed her surroundings, walking lightly, her consciousness always paying attention not to step on the strange plants around her.
At this moment, everyone's hearts were high, for fear of disturbing these sleeping ghosts.
"Yiyi, stop!" Deng Daniu's suppressed anger rang out in the silence, and a line of fire appeared in everyone's field of vision.
"You're crazy!" Cheng Tianbao looked at Hu Yiyi with wide eyes.
The line of fire touched the leaves and spread everywhere. The long branches of the willow tree slowly turned up and down. They were about to wake up!
Several people quickly moved closer to Cheng Tianbao. Hu Yiyi stood alone under the tree. She looked at Jiang Ling'er with an unexplained smile at the corner of her mouth.
The thick tree roots began to move, and Jiang Ling'er almost lost her balance. She became angry and stabilized her body.
"Yiyi, come back quickly!" Although Deng Daniu was angry, he still tried his best to move closer to her.
"brush!"
"brush!"
Branches as flexible as tentacles quickly sprang out to take pictures in the direction of several people.
Xi Fan pulled out two long black knives and slashed at the ghost-haired willow near the protective shield. The two triggered the sound of metal collision.
"Ling'er, Chu Yan, you go quickly!" Cheng Tianbao struggled to hold on, and the earth-yellow protective shield became thinner and thinner under Guifaliu's crazy attack.
Xi Fan's figure was like a ghost, and he was almost exhausted after blocking several attacks from several people.
Countless ghost-faced willows were collectively awakened. The densely packed long dark brown branches covered the sky, and the darkness seemed to swallow everyone up.
How to fight this?
Everyone looked desperate and helpless.
"Bitch, I will kill you first even if I die!" Chu Yan flashed her red whip and went straight towards Hu Yiyi, who was protected by Deng Daniu in her arms.
The flame carried by the magic whip accidentally burned the ghost-haired willow, and the branches shrank in pain.
This was caught by the sharp-eyed Cheng Tianbao who shouted urgently: "Fire, fire is useful!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the giant dragon covered in fire rushed past him, opening its mouth full of fangs and ruthlessly tearing at the darkness in front of him.
"Go on!" Jiang Ling'er threw a bunch of talismans to several people. Several fire dragons were activated at the same time, and the ghost-faced willow that was burned to carbon let out a painful roar.
"Attack their trunks!" Cheng Tianbao was overjoyed.
"Boom!"
The ghost-faced willow turned into charcoal dust all over the ground. Several people were exhausted and took out their spiritual stones to restore their spiritual power.
Chu Yan stepped forward and pulled out Hu Yiyi who was bowing her head, but was stopped by Deng Daniu.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, come after me, Yiyi didn't mean it." Deng Daniu looked guilty, his eyes wandering, not daring to look at the angry looks of everyone in front of him.
"Tell me, why did you suddenly attack Ghost Faced Willow?" Cheng Tianbao took a deep breath and asked.
