There is nothing to panic about traveling through another world, right?

Chapter 56 The Evil Tree (Minor Repair)
The ground of the Holy Land is covered with dry grass, piled up in circles, the surface seems to have burnt marks, and the scorched place has a faint purple luster.

The dead grass exudes a greasy aroma, like poor-quality popcorn, which makes Liu Si feel a little sick to his stomach.

Xuanniao stopped on Liu Bang's shoulder, and whispered: "It's here, be careful."

The trees on this side have been cut down to the waist, leaving only stumps. There is a round piece of scorched grass on the ground at a distance. Liu Si doesn't know what will happen if he steps on it, so he can only avoid it carefully for the time being.

She asked curiously, "Did this place look like this before?"

Xuanniao hesitated for a while, then said weakly: "Of course not. This is what it looks like after being defiled by those barbarians."

Although the sun was shining brightly, the holy land still looked quiet and desolate, with no trace of life, as if the mute button had been pressed, making people feel very cold.

A faint smell of rust struggling with the sweet smell of burnt grass, Liu Si wrinkled his nose, opened the [Concealment Art], and walked cautiously towards the source of the smell.

The withered grass at the foot was half covered by huge shadows, and the sunlight was separated by thick leaves. Liu Si raised his head and saw a complete big tree.

There was a dead man hanging from the big tree, and blood was dripping from the dead man's body, flowing towards the small hole beside the big tree.

"Hoo-"

The black bird screamed in horror, flapping its wings and jumping wildly. Liu Bang was not frightened by the dead man on the tree, but was startled by it, and quickly stretched out his hand to cover its round head.

She looked left and right, and there was nothing beside the big tree, only low tree stumps and round withered grass. She didn't find any guards nearby. She had been cautious for a long time, and it seemed that she was doing nothing.

She felt a little relieved, but felt a little disappointed, she curled her lips and said: "Who is hanging above, do you know him, it can't be the person who was transformed by your parents?"

Xuan Niao chirped and yelled: "No, none of our family can change form. I don't know the dead man on the tree at all, it's too scary."

Liu Bang nodded and pointed to the crown of the tree: "We can't help but watch from below, you fly up and get him down..."

Xuanniao's eyes widened: "What?"

Liu Bang also stared, pointing at the three-story tall tree: "You can fly up to the branch, peck off the branch, and untie this man, shouldn't you be able to do it?"

"how is this possible!?"

Just as he was talking, the branches and leaves of the big tree shook suddenly. Although there was no wind, the leaves boiled happily, and spit out another person——

Another dead man.

The dead man was also bleeding, and fell into a small pit on the ground, and flowed back to the soil at the root of the tree.

Liu Bang squinted his eyes and looked at the two deceased: "What kind of tree is this, so evil, did it appear after your holy land was defiled?"

Xuanniao didn't dare to look any more, and buried her head in Liu Bang's hair: "I don't know, this place feels strange to me now! I really don't understand it!"

The evil tree will not be moved by its sadness and fear, like indigestion, it continuously spits people downwards, as if the tree bears fruit, and when there are more dead people among the branches, the first corpse will fall down.

Liu Bang was almost dumbfounded: "Is this the dead body hidden in the leaves and blown out by the wind, or is the big tree really spitting out people?"

Xuanniao said sullenly: "Do you want to take a closer look?"

"of course."

Except for the big tree and the corpse, there is no clue here, Liu Bang stepped forward and touched the fallen man:

"[Name]: Zou Shi
[Level]: 13
【Affiliation】: None”

The fabric of the corpse's clothes is not finished yet, black threads wove complex dark patterns on the clothes, and the shape and quality of the clothes don't look the same as what Yuhe people usually wear. It seems that they are people from other places, just like Liu Bang.

There was still a dagger pinned to the waist of the deceased, and Liu Si pulled it away only to find that it had rusted off.

Xuan Niao timidly asked: "What is he doing, how did he die?"

Liu Bang asked strangely: "Shouldn't I ask you this question? Is this man one of the barbarians who attacked you at that time? Do you think his clothes look familiar?"

Xuanniao poked his head out of Liu Bang's hair carefully: "It seems not."

The trunk of the big tree was thick and thick, Liu Bang kicked it to test its firmness, and was about to climb up and touch the rest of the corpses.

"Do you want to climb up to see the situation? I dare not fly up by myself, but you dare to climb up!"

Xuanniao obviously wanted Liu Bang to happily do things for it, and suddenly began to praise Liu Bang, but his words were a little clumsy and his tone was a little stiff, "You are really amazing, I'm not flattering you, really."

Liu Bang smiled, kicked on the trunk vigorously, hooked up the branches with his hands, and climbed the tree easily and smoothly.

——With such a sharp addition of the [Agility] attribute, climbing a tree is naturally easy!

The branches were strong and reliable, and the dead man was hung on them with thin ropes, without any wobble.

Liu Si leaned on the branch, desperately stretched out his hand, and touched the deceased all over, but found no special clues.

Like Zou Shi, their bodies were in good condition, their clothes were similar in style, and even the spots that didn't carry any useful information on their bodies were exactly the same. Liu Bang could only stare at their names displayed on the panel in a daze.

"Zou Lin, Zou Yuyu, Zou Shu, and Sui Qing. Four of them are all surnamed Zou. Are they relatives?"

Liu Bang was curious, this was the only clue, and she could only follow along. She hugged the branches, hung upside down, crawled forward slowly, bent her head, and tried to see the faces of the dead people hidden in the thick branches and leaves.

Xuanniao flew close to her: "Did you see anything clearly?"

Liu Bang felt that his head was a little congested: "It seems that they all look alike."

Xuanniao waved its wings, but did not answer.Only then did Liu Bang realize that he was suffering from a serious illness, so it would be better if he just let Xuanniao fly to the front to see his face, why would he use his wasted effort to hang upside down from a tree branch and do difficult movements.

The corner of her mouth twitched: "How do you see their faces?"

Xuanniao said: "This one is very similar to the one that fell, this one and this one, and this one and that one."

Liu Bang narrowed his eyes, twisted his waist and turned back to the branch, looked at the direction of Xuanniao's flight, recognized the person for a long time, and suddenly realized that Xuanniao said so many combinations, which means that everyone looks alike!
This is how to describe such a simple thing so complicated!

Liu Bang was powerless: "So they are indeed relatives. The one surnamed Sui is probably also a grandson or something. The whole family was killed by this tree?"

"Swish"

While sighing, the surrounding branches suddenly began to sway without wind, and the leaves trembled like a green rain, falling one after another.The whole tree seemed to have caused bad weather, and the dead man was thrown off.

The tree trunk above suddenly cracked, and several people spit out one after another from inside. They were supported by thick and dense leaves like dark clouds, sent to the front of the branches, and hooked with the string that came with the collar.

——Liu Bang watched the scene where the evil tree vomited people!
"This tree looks really disgusting."

Liu Si frowned, hugged the branches tightly, and the big tree swayed violently again, which made her almost overwhelmed, her body was about to be thrown out in no time, her right hand quickly groped and pulled out the dagger, and stabbed towards the tree trunk at the right time!

"Be careful!" Xuanniao called.

The edge of the sword cut through the trunk smoothly. Liu Bang stepped on the trunk, holding the dagger hilt tightly with one hand, and kept grasping the branches with the other hand to slow down the falling speed. She relaxed her body and let herself fall along the edge of the sword.

"How tall are three people, how tall are two people, ah, it's almost to the ground, stop!"

Xuanniao screamed in fright, Liu Bang kicked the tree trunk with his feet in a row, his arms suddenly retracted, his whole body was tensed and hung on the short sword, and he barely stopped an inch from the ground.

(End of this chapter)