Sword Qi to the Sky

Chapter 353 Old Manor Owner

Shenmu Villa is still brightly lit and bustling with activity.

At the banquet, many monks raised their glasses and drank together, threatening to kill all the demons in the world.

Mu Lingfeng raised his glass and looked at everyone. When he lowered his head, a hint of contempt flashed in his eyes. Kill all the demons in the world?
Li Shan couldn’t do it, the imperial court couldn’t do it, so who do these monks think they are?

"Come on, Master Mu, let's drink a toast?" A cultivator raised his glass to Mu Lingfeng and said proudly, "Shenmu Villa has stood up this time, which is a great achievement. After the demons are eliminated, the people of Qinghe County will naturally erect a monument for Shenmu Villa."

"Don't be too careless, everyone. If a demon really stands in front of you, can you still maintain such grace and confidence?" Mu Lingfeng asked, "To kill a demon, you have to risk your life."

"Of course." Someone said proudly, "For cultivators like me, slaying demons is our duty. We have already put life and death aside, so why should we be afraid of demons?"

"In that case, I feel relieved." Mu Lingfeng nodded.

"What's that smell?" At this time, a monk sniffed fiercely.

"It stinks, what's that smell?"

"What's going on? I feel weak all over." said a warrior.

"My magic power isn't flowing smoothly either." A Qigong practitioner spoke up, and everyone checked their own conditions one after another. They soon discovered that they had no strength left, and their expressions changed drastically.

"Master Mu, what's going on?" someone asked in surprise, apparently realizing something.

Cui Xi had previously warned the people around him, and now he was sure that his intuition was correct. There was something wrong with Shenmu Villa. Did Li Fan also notice something when he left before?
"I have already notified the family to delay time." Cui Xi sent a message to the people around him through his spiritual consciousness. Everyone looked solemn, but no one spoke, just watching the situation.

Among the crowd at the banquet, Chen Zhen's body trembled slightly. He also felt that his magic power seemed to be imprisoned. The wine glass in his hand fell with a crisp sound. He now regretted very much that he did not listen to Li Fan. The other party asked Wang Yuyao to inform him and took Wang Yuyao away, but he did not believe it.

Figures flashed around, surrounding the huge courtyard. Many people also appeared in the air. They all had strange, scarlet eyes, like demons.

"Same as Mr. Ke." Chen Zhen's face turned pale when he saw this scene.

"what……"

With a scream, a figure was suddenly pierced by a sharp blade that appeared from the ground. Then the vines instantly wrapped around his body, and the branches and vines sucked his flesh and blood. Soon his body shriveled up and turned into a pile of bones.

A rustling sound was heard, and ancient vines and branches were seen growing wildly in all directions of Shenmu Villa, covering the Shenmu Villa.

"Tree demon..."

Everyone thought of the origin of Shenmu Villa. It was rumored that there were creatures in the ancient trees of Shenmu Villa. Now it seems, are they spirits or monsters?
There were constant screams. Those practitioners who had lost their strength and magic power died the fastest. After being killed, they were swept into the air, and their shriveled corpses hung on the tree trunks, looking extremely hideous and terrifying.

Those practitioners who did not drink alcohol fled madly, their eyes filled with fear, and they no longer remembered the heroic words they had just spoken.

On the contrary, Cui Xi and Xie Lingxuan did not act rashly. They were well aware of the strength of Shenmu Villa. If Shenmu Villa colluded with the demons and there were tree monsters around, they would not be able to escape.

Shenmu Villa invited the monks from Qinghe County to come in order to catch them all in one fell swoop. They were all caught off guard and fell into the trap set for them by Shenmu Villa.

"It seems that you are not ready to face the monsters." Mu Lingfeng sighed and said that it is easy to kill monsters, but monsters are not so easy to kill.

"boom!"

There was a sound of explosion from a certain direction. Mu Lingfeng looked in that direction and saw Cui Xi's golden body and the appearance of a Dharma image. Several old men in front of him protected him and smashed the vines that were rolling towards them.

"Master Mu, Shenmu Villa has been in Qinghe County for many years and has long been integrated into this land and is respected. Why has it come to this?" an old man asked Mu Lingfeng.

"I don't want to either." Mu Lingfeng seemed to murmur, and suddenly more terrifying vines swarmed towards the other party like pythons.

Cui Xi and the others moved extremely fast towards the sky, blasting ancient seals in all directions, but they were all swallowed up by the giant pythons.

A dazzling divine bow appeared behind Xie Lingxuan. She drew the bow and put an arrow on it. In an instant, arrows shot out in different directions. Among them, a golden arrow was as dazzling as the sun, crossing the night sky and killing Mu Lingfeng.

"The Xie family has passed all these things to you." Mu Lingfeng looked at Xie Lingxuan. The bow was one of the Xie family's magic weapons, and it was in Xie Lingxuan's possession. It could be seen that the Xie family had extremely high expectations for her.

"You retreat first." A group of old men rushed forward, bursting with the aura of the sixth realm of Dao body, trying to buy time for Cui Xi and Xie Lingxuan. But at this time, the ground shook, making bursts of rumbling sounds, and behind Shenmu Villa, a giant tree continued to extend upwards, covering the sky and the sun, covering the moonlight.

A figure appeared on the tree, as if it had merged with the ancient tree, an old figure with white hair.

"Master Mu." Cui Xi and others looked at the old man's figure. He was haggard and pale, like a dead person. There was even a sense of death and a faint stench on his body, but the vitality of the ancient tree could cover up this smell until the other party showed up.

A few years ago, there were rumors that the old owner of Mu Manor was in poor health. What exactly happened?
The eyes of the old master Mu Manor were extremely strange. Those vines were like his arms, piercing through the bodies of the cultivators one by one and carrying them into the air. The old vines sucked flesh and blood, and the magic power flowed along the vines and then sank into the body of the old master Mu Manor, as if infusing him with a ray of vitality. His pale face finally had some color.

"What kind of evil magic is this?" The monks from the Yukun Academy all looked extremely embarrassed and had some guesses in their minds.

Could it be that this old manor owner Mu was already dead, but he used evil methods to forcibly prolong his life? Now he is even devouring people who practice cultivation to nourish himself.

Has he merged with the tree demon?

Chen Zhen fled like crazy after seeing the scene in front of him, but those monks who had not drunk alcohol could not escape, not to mention that he could not activate the magic power in his body.

With a "whoosh", the sharp blade pierced his body and Chen Zhen's body was carried into the air. He looked down and saw that his flesh, blood and magic power were being devoured by the vines. His inner elixir was also wrapped up and then taken out.

"I am dead."

Chen Zhen looked towards the distance with despair, but he could no longer see anything. His life was saved by Li Fan last night, but he did not listen to the advice and lost his life today.

However, Li Fan is only at the Nascent Soul stage. Can he escape?

This net tied up and killed many elite monks from Yukun Academy and Qinghe County.

Li Fan and Lu Yuan hurriedly left Shenmu Villa, but before they had walked for long, they heard some movement behind them. Several cultivators were heading straight towards them.

"Be careful." Wang Yuyao exclaimed, only to see the ancient vines behind them turning into sharp blades that kept extending forward and stabbing at their backs. They were targeted the moment they left the villa, and Shenmu Villa would never let them leave alive.

Li Fan did not look back. The Lihen Sword behind him shot out and turned into nine sword lights. A sharp hissing sound was heard. The flying sword penetrated the ancient vine and smashed it into pieces, then killed the cultivator who controlled the ancient vine, as if it had eyes behind it.

"Bang." One person stepped on the ground, and immediately vines sprouted out from under the feet of Li Fan and the other two, trying to trap their bodies.

Li Fan lowered his head and took a look, the sword intent in his body burst out instantly, any vines approaching them would be instantly shattered. Before Wang Yuyao could recover from the shock, she was pulled forward by Lu Yuan. She did not stop for a moment, and did not even pay attention to the people chasing her from behind.

"court death."

Li Fan whispered something, and the expressions of those who were chasing him suddenly changed as soon as he thought about it. Vines also grew under them and rolled towards them. Their bodies soared into the sky, but they saw that the vines were moving very fast.

One man was bathed in fire, and the blazing flames wanted to burn him, but the vines, which were glowing with golden light, were not afraid of the flames and instantly wrapped around his legs.

"Buzz..." A cold light flashed, and his expression changed in shock, but it was too late, the flying sword pierced through his throat.

Wang Yuyao looked back and saw blood flying under the dim moonlight. All the people who came to chase her fell in a pool of blood, and Li Fan didn't even turn around.

"His sword is so fast." A thought came to Wang Yuyao's mind. The fighting power of both parties was not at the same level at all, which was why he could kill them in an instant.

The three continued to run forward, but they heard a rumbling sound from the ground, as if the earth was shaking. If they looked down, they could see something seemed to be wriggling underground.

"Buzz..." Li Fan and Lu Yuan soared into the sky at the same time, dodging at a terrifying speed, and saw a sharp thorn piercing through the ground and piercing into the sky for dozens of feet.

"Boom boom boom!"

A violent tremor struck, and huge sharp spikes shot out from the ground at the same time.

Li Fan and Lu Yuan rushed rapidly into the sky, dodging continuously. The sharp blades seemed to be endless, and each blade was like a thorn of the earth. Looking down from the sky, they were so dense that Wang Yuyao's scalp numbed.

"It's the tree demon from Shenmu Villa." Wang Yuyao's voice was filled with despair.

(End of this chapter)