I rose through the ranks in the world of cultivation by working part-time

Chapter 16: Encountering a strange tree with a human face
"Sister, please let me down quickly. I can leave by myself."

Tang Tang shook his dizzy little head and whispered to Luo Yi.

"Shut up, if you make trouble again I will throw you to feed the wild beasts."

Luo Yi scolded her coldly and then continued running forward.

Tang Tang sighed helplessly and then lay down on his back obediently.

The surrounding sky gradually became dark, and gray mist swept in from all directions.

Soon, their vision became blurry.

Tang Tang lay on Luo Yi's back and felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and he soon fell asleep in a daze.

"Master, master."

Little Snowball called her twice but got no response, and then followed her into the darkness.

In a daze, Tang Tang felt like he was walking alone in a dense jungle.

There were tall bushes all around, and not a soul could be seen.

"Sister, sister, where are you?"

Tang Tang raised his head and shouted loudly, but received no response.

Where is this place?Why is she alone? Where did Luo Xuezhi go?
Tang Tang looked around suspiciously.

She walked forward cautiously, and suddenly, there was a cry for help in her ears.

"Help, help, is there anyone? Come and save us!"

The sound was neither far nor near, just right in front.

Tang Tang cautiously walked in that direction and saw several monks in blue clothes tied to trees by black vines from a distance.

The sharp poisonous stings pierced deeply into their bodies, and the flesh and blood in the wounds were turned out. Red blood flowed all over the ground, and they looked like they were dying.

One of the middle-aged men lowered his head slightly, and his face was covered by his loose hair, making it difficult to see his face clearly.

Tang Tang cautiously took two steps forward and asked tentatively.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

The little hand hidden in his sleeve had already pinched a purple ball of light. Tang Tang planned to throw the ball out and run away once he realized something was wrong.

At this moment, the man with his head lowered suddenly raised his head and looked straight at Tang Tang.

"Ying'er, is that you? I'm daddy, please save me, save us..."

Tang Tang looked at the man's face and realized that this man looked exactly like the father of Tan Ying, the original owner of her body.

"You, who are you?"

Tang Tang cautiously took a step back, his eyes full of caution.

"I am daddy, Ying'er, please save us!"

"Have you forgotten? Daddy was looking for spiritual beasts for you, but accidentally entered this misty forest. These terrifying vines have besieged us to this day. Your senior brothers and sisters have all been seriously injured."

"Why are you still standing there? Come and save us."

The man's voice lingered in his ears, seeming to have a special magic power. Tang Tang felt his head was a little dizzy, and he subconsciously moved forward.

However, before she had taken two steps, a pleasant chill suddenly came to her head. Her originally confused head suddenly woke up, and her body returned to normal.

What's happening here?
Could it be that Little Snowball was helping her?
Tang Tang tried calling Qiuqiu several times, but got no response.

"Yes, that's it, keep going forward, Ying'er, come quickly, come quickly, come and save us."

The voice was still shouting faintly, and it sounded full of confusion.

Tang Tang pretended to take another step forward.

At this moment, several thick vines silently came around from the side and quietly wrapped themselves around Tang Tang's body.

Can't go any further.

"Save you big-headed ghost, go to hell!" The next second, Tang Tang threw the purple ball of light in his hand without hesitation, hitting several people on the opposite side hard, and then quickly fell down. Down, avoiding the vines that quickly wrapped around him.

"Boom—"

With a terrifying explosion, the purple ball of light instantly engulfed the trees and vines in front of it.

"Ahhhh-"

"Who are you? Who are you? Why are you not controlled by my fog? Your mind has obviously been confused by me."

The next second, a sharp scream suddenly came from the distance, and Tang Tang looked up.

He saw a strange tree that was half bald due to the bombing, staring at him fiercely.

Yes, staring at her!
Because there was a twisted human face on that tree, with a pair of green and terrifying eyes.

"Confusing you big-headed devil, sister, am I the kind of person who would be confused by something like you? You underestimate me too much."

Tang Tang glanced at the strange tree with a disdainful face, then picked up a purple ball of light, waved it at it, and said provocatively.

"Come here!"

"No matter what you are, if you fall into my sister's hands, let's see if I don't blow you up into ashes."

"Heart of the Wood Spirit, you actually have the Heart of the Wood Spirit, no wonder you are not under my control..."

However, the strange tree ignored Tang Tang's words and stared at her for a long time, as if he was very afraid of something on her body.

"Crash-"

The next second, the tree dragged its remaining branches and ran away under Tang Tang's puzzled gaze.

That speed is simply not too fast.

"Hey, are you leaving now?"

"Let's fight for another three hundred rounds, you ugly monster!"

Seeing it running away so fast, Tang Tang immediately put his hands on his hips and laughed proudly.

As the strange tree disappeared, Tang Tang soon found that the surrounding scenery began to shake violently, like water ripples.

Then, under Tang Tang's disbelieving gaze, it suddenly shattered, revealing its actual appearance.

"It turns out that everything just now was an illusion created by this strange tree!"

Tang Tang looked around and understood everything immediately.

The mist they inhaled just now was released by this tree. The purpose was to confuse them and catch them with the poisonous thorn vines.

It was so insidious, so vicious.

Tang Tang waved his fist angrily.

"No, where did my sister go?"

Tang Tang raised his head and looked around, and his pupils shrank instantly.

Not far ahead, I saw "Luo Xuezhi" walking towards another strange tree with a human face opposite her. Her stiff movements seemed to have been completely controlled.

"Sister, sister, wake up quickly, you can't go any further!"

When Tang Tang saw this, he was so frightened that he rushed towards her.

"It's dangerous ahead. Everything you see now is fake. Close your eyes. Don't believe it. Sister, stop it!"

However, no matter how Tang Tang called, Luo Yi's progress did not stop.

One step, two steps, three steps.

The distance between her and the strange tree is getting closer and closer.

The face on the tree looked at the prey that was slowly approaching, its green eyes kept turning, and it smiled proudly.

(End of this chapter)