Sorry, master, my junior sister has surrendered to the enemy!

Chapter 252 My woodcutter's axe has never cut a tree!

The knife was dulled from use, its blade riddled with jagged grooves and bearing the marks of its collision with human bones.

Chu Yu held the blood-stained wood-chopping knife, looking at the child with very complicated emotions.

Where are her children and husband?

Chu Yu was determined to find out the reason behind this; she had promised Lin Niangzi.

Even if Lady Lin is just an illusion, she is currently hanging precariously from the roof beam.

The child's eyes widened suddenly, he gave a strange smile, and pointed at himself: "You're asking where my son is?"

"Are you asking me where I am?"

"Miss Chunling is truly amazing, isn't she?"

“She saw it all, but she wouldn’t believe it,” the child said, pointing to the corpse hanging from the rafters.

"Unfortunately, she refused to believe what she had seen with her own eyes and chose to forget it all, treating me as her son."

"Since you don't believe in Lady Chunling, then I'll have to enjoy the sweetness of regaining my youth all by myself."

"It's a pity. An infant could have been enough to help us both return to our youthful years, but she refused, so her lifespan was added to mine..."

He stood up by stepping on a chair, showing no sign of the pain of sacrificing his own child. Instead, he gestured to his own height and said, "Otherwise, I should be this tall!"

The height he measured was exactly the height of an adult male, about the same as the height of Lin Niangzi's own child at the time.

It turned out that Madam Lin had known all along, but she refused to believe that her husband had sacrificed their son. In her view, the father and son had merged into one person, so she had a mistaken perception of the child's height.

After learning the truth again, she couldn't accept it and couldn't bring herself to avenge her child, so she chose to commit suicide.

Looking at the three-foot-tall humanoid creature in front of him, whose name he didn't know, Chu Yu felt a chill.

I've never laid a hand on a child-shaped creature before... Shall I give it a try?

At this moment, some villagers came chasing after them.

"Lady Chunling is pointing them out; they're over there!"

It was noisy and quite a commotion.

"The Lady of Chunling has shown me great kindness, bestowing upon me an immortal body and helping me achieve immortality..." The child-like monster suddenly knelt down and began to worship in the direction of the Chun tree.

Perhaps it was because he heard others mention Chunling Niangzi that he inappropriately displayed his piety.

These villagers were as annoying as flies that couldn't be driven away, so Chu Yu immediately took Yue Ling and ran away.

“Master Diming and the Emperor Ancestor must be trying to find a way. Time in the small world is synchronized with the outside world. What we need to do is to survive as long as possible and wait for them to rescue us.”

Yue Ling gently tugged at Chu Yu's sleeve.

"Ah."

Just then, the sound of the Buddhist bell came again, this time louder than ever before, making Chu Yu's eardrums ache.

Sound waves rippled before his eyes, making Chu Yu's vision blurry and unable to see his surroundings clearly. Even the villagers were shaken so badly that they collapsed, bleeding from all seven orifices, but they stood up again after a short while.

Chu Yu felt like he was about to have a concussion when he turned around and saw Yue Ling being grabbed by a group of villagers.

"Get out of my way, all of you!" Yue Ling tried to fight back against the group, but she had no strength left.

She was also deeply affected by the sound of the Buddhist bell, but not as severely as Chu Yu.

Chu Yu staggered, forcing her eyes open, hacking her way through. Meanwhile, villagers tried to capture her, but they were all torn into pieces.

The blood and splattered on the villagers grew back on their own, and severed limbs could be picked up and reattached.

They were obsessed with watching their bodies being injured and constantly healed, as if it were a symbol of divine intervention. A group of fanatical madmen, laughing shrilly, pounced on Chu Yu and her knife.

They're all monsters.

Just then, another bell rang!

The unprecedented shock shook everyone's minds, and Chu Yu collapsed headfirst in pain.

This must be the suppression from the Buddhist beads, absolutely, Chu Yu cursed inwardly.

If he is a pure Xuanfa cultivator, suppress him to the mortal realm; if he is a body cultivator, simply make him lose his fighting ability.

These prayer beads are particularly unfriendly to cultivators, showing no mercy to powerful ones. However, the bell's sound is also incredibly powerful, treating all beings equally; villagers will bleed from all seven orifices upon hearing it.

However, Chu Yu did not receive the same healing from Chunling Niangzi, and his recovery was slower than that of the villagers.

In a daze, I saw a group of ragged, thin people rushing towards me.

Villagers exclaimed in alarm, "The filthy people from this wretched land have broken in!"

What followed was a fierce fight, with both sides battling to the death.

Chu Yu struggled to stand up, fearing something might happen to Yue Ling. In the blink of an eye, she saw that this group of thin, weak people from the evil land were actually gaining the upper hand.

Many villagers collapsed to the ground, wailing in pain.

These villagers, attacked by the evil people, were as if they had lost the protection of the Goddess Chunling; they could no longer be healed and could only groan in pain.

Before Chu Yu could figure out the key to the matter, the people from the Netherworld actually kidnapped Yue Ling!

"A Ling!"

Chu Yu felt weak and had a headache.

Just then, a group of people from the evil land walked over. Chu Yu's vision was blurry, and he could only make out their appearance when they got closer. He couldn't help but hold his breath.

Most of them had festering sores and pustules all over their bodies, giving off a rotten smell. Some of them were not so badly ill, with new sores and old scabs on their bodies, and you could still see healthy flesh.

The most bizarre thing is that of a person who peeled off all his skin, with red flesh wrapped in bandages exposed, which was very frightening. The fact that he was still alive was the biggest shock.

These people are alive, but they're practically dead.

One of the evil people came over and carefully examined Chu Yu. Chu Yu had a splitting headache, felt dizzy, and couldn't stand up.

"Bleeding, sick, unhealthy," the man said hoarsely, offering this assessment of Chu Yu.

Damn it, it's all the prayer beads' fault! The blood in my body isn't even my own. Just wait until I stand up, and I'll show you what health is all about.

Chu Yu gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly.

It seems that... being unhealthy is some kind of sin to the people of this evil land, and they have no intention of sparing Chu Yu's life.

The man in front of him raised his blood-stained dagger and stabbed it at Chu Yu.

However, Chu Yu had undergone the baptism of the "Mysterious Spirit Bone Tempering Order" to refine his flesh and tendons, and the strength of this evil land person could not even scratch Chu Yu's skin. Looking at the woman's snow-white and smooth skin in front of him, he fell into deep self-doubt.

At this moment, more villagers arrived from afar. Several of the evil people had also been killed in the fight, and upon seeing this, they immediately retreated.

She also brought Yue Ling with her.

Chu Yu staggered to his feet and followed after them with faltering steps. The group of people rushed to the outer edge of the immortal mountain as if they were sprinting, and one by one they jumped into the well.

Chu Yu jumped in after him, but only landed on the animal carcasses that resembled small hills.

Good grief, he secretly activated the teleportation array without telling her.

Yue Ling followed them; they've probably gone to a cursed land.

Chu Yu had not yet fully recovered from the pain, but the villagers coming and going above her seemed unaware that she was in the well, which gave her a moment to catch her breath.

"It's been a long time since I've felt this badly injured." Chu Yu looked down and realized that blood was dripping from the tip of her nose; she really was bleeding.

Chu Yu rested for a while, and flies began to appear on the pile of corpses.

Only when there was no more movement above did Chu Yu climb out of the well.

By this time, it was almost dark, and the thick fog shrouding the sacred mountain made it impossible to see one's hand in front of one's face.

In the distance, a firelight flickered in the mist, marking the small courtyard where the Chinese toon tree stood.

Chu Yu did not rush over recklessly. Instead, he chose to return to the door of Lin Niangzi's house to check for traces of the fight between the people of the evil land and the people of the immortal mountain.

The pressure from the prayer beads was irregular, so she was very careful this time, avoiding the villagers.

Being discovered would be a huge problem, but getting away with them is a piece of cake.

The bodies left from the fight were all cleaned up, only the bloodstains remained.

Lin Niangzi's body hung alone in the house, unnoticed and eerily quiet.

At that moment, a chill ran through my right hand.

The woman in the tree still had the strength to remind Chu Yu. Chu Yu was pleasantly surprised and rolled up her sleeve, only to see her tattooed image pointing in a direction with a tree branch.

Looking in that direction, it was pointing directly at Lady Lin.

Chu Yu led the Tree Maiden over, and the Ghost King, at the very moment he approached Lady Lin, used all his strength to conjure a phantom image.

She was still pointing at Lin Niangzi.

Chu Yu didn't fully understand what she meant, and the woman in the tree remained silent.

Seeing that Chu Yu didn't understand, the woman in the tree pointed to Lin Niangzi and then to the empty chair next to her.

"Are you looking for that child?" Chu Yu asked, completely bewildered.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Yu felt a sense of speechlessness from a ghostly figure whose true form was suppressed and could not be revealed.

"Uh..." Chu Yu was a little embarrassed. She couldn't use her Xuan Qi now, and she couldn't see some spiritual things.

Something that the woman in the tree could see, but she can no longer see now.

For example... ghost cultivators?

“Come back,” Chu Yu said, extending his right hand to take the woman from the tree. Then he pointed to the depression outside his eye socket and said, “This spot is called Tongziliao. Come to this acupoint and help me see things.”

The woman in the tree hesitated for a moment, and then the icy touch slowly moved from her right forearm toward her eyes.

Chu Yu was surprised to find that communicating with the woman in the tree was not as difficult as she had imagined.

When she arrived at the location of Tongziliao, a person suddenly appeared in front of Chu Yu.

Lin Niangzi's face was directly facing Chu Yu, while her feet were still dangling to the side.

She retained the appearance she had before hanging, her body looked even more solid than the woman in the tree, and her whole body exuded a soaring resentment.

Are these the beings of the Lotus Secret Realm? They can even leave behind their life souls, and there are even signs of them giving birth to ghost cultivators.

No wonder he could help his disciples meditate and attain enlightenment.

Chu Yu vaguely understood what the woman in the tree meant.

She wanted to devour the vengeful spirit to help alleviate some of the oppression.

To avoid being bullied by the villagers along with Chu Yu.

"Uh, well, I need to have a friendly talk with her and ask for her opinion. After all, you know, she was a person when she was alive. Yes, she is a ghost now... I mean, we living people don't think it's normal like ghosts eating ghosts. It's not normal for people to eat each other..." Chu Yu's voice trailed off as he spoke. It seemed quite normal for people to eat each other in this immortal mountain.

What are you mumbling about?

Once again, Chu Yu felt that the sister in her eyes was speechless at her.

"Alright, now get your eyes off me."

Chu Yu sent her away.

The woman in the tree left Chu Yu's body and began communicating with the vengeful spirit of Lady Lin.

Finally, it's unclear what consensus they reached, but the tree girl's body became more solid from its illusory state.

The piece of bark that had been cut off from her waist was also revealed along with her body.

Chu Yu felt a little guilty when he saw the missing piece of bark. Looking down, he realized he was still holding a wood-chopping knife.

Cough cough, what a coincidence.

Having known Sister Tree for so many days without really knowing her, Chu Yu had almost forgotten what the Tree Girl originally looked like.

Brutal, murderous, insane.

Looking into her eyes, which were bloodshot from processing the remnant soul and bearing the resentment of the other party, Chu Yu saw the shadows of the Tree Woman and Lady Lin at the same time.

It was as if she was heading towards destroying everything; the violent, bloodthirsty look in her eyes was probably a consensus reached between the two of them, and Lady Lin willingly offered her body for this.

“Come back,” Chu Yu raised her arm again, this time her tone much gentler.

"If you can't bear it, then share your resentment with me."

The woman in the tree was somewhat puzzled, but her eyes instantly returned to their original state as she processed the information and quietly returned to Chu Yu's arm.

The woman in the tree completely absorbed Lin Niangzi's resentment, and in just a moment, she became as if nothing had happened. It's unimaginable what kind of life she lived before.

The ghost infant once said that after a ghost cultivator has just swallowed another little ghost, he needs time to digest it, during which time the ghost cultivator is relatively weak.

Chu Yu did not disturb the woman in the tree any further.

After taking one last look at Lin Niangzi's body, she had already closed her eyes. Chu Yu gently placed her back on the bed.

Lady Lin refused to worship a ailanthus tree, but instead devoted herself entirely to another tree, which looked terrifying. But in Lady Lin's eyes, Lady Lin was probably the most terrifying of all.

As he left, Chu Yu gazed at the distant firelight.

Thinking back to the corpses from earlier that day, could they have also left behind remnants of their souls?

If there is any, wouldn't it be perfect to feed it to Sister Tree?

Approaching the courtyard silently, Chu Yu heard a burst of revelry, accompanied by a man's screams.

Looking down from a hill with a wide view, I saw that the villagers had burned the corpses, and on the other side, a man covered in wounds lay on the altar.

The village chief took a knife and plunged it into the man's heart again and again.

The villagers looked different again; some of them were still familiar, but they looked younger.

These villagers, who are getting younger and younger, cheered continuously as the village chief brought down the knife.

The man screaming on the table looked somewhat familiar.

She looks a lot like Lin Niangzi's husband, or rather, that's what her husband originally looked like.

The knife plunged into his heart again and again, and he seemed to stop breathing, then come back to life. Each time he came back to life, he grew a little older and a little more old.

Chunling Niangzi was both draining the lifespan of the offering and saving it because the offering was her devout believer.

The loop is closed.

The man cried and laughed, laughed and cried.

He was laughing because the god he believed in had saved him from the brink of death time and time again; miracles had been performed on him.

He was crying because he was getting old, and getting older and older. He had paid such a price to return to his youth, and now he was about to grow old.

The villagers exclaimed that this was a blessing from the Goddess Chunling, who had bestowed upon them this indestructible "young man".

The village chief only stopped what he was doing when the "young man" turned into a desiccated, frail old man covered in freckles and turned into a dried-up corpse.

This man drained his son's lifespan, and the villagers joined forces to drain his lifespan as well.

retribution.

The woman in the tree gestured for Chu Yu to approach the bonfire where the corpses were burning; there was clearly something else there.

Chu Yu took a deep breath and said to the woman in the tree, "Let's finish this quickly."

The girl in the tree understood the words "quick and decisive battle".

So when Chu Yu rushed into the courtyard, she showed her most violent side.

Those resentful, lingering souls were terrified by the Tree Maiden and were swallowed without any resistance. Chu Yu simply led the Tree Maiden over, but he felt like he was playing a real-life version of Pac-Man.

Oh, and battle royale too.

The villagers, unaware that the Tree Woman was on their bodies, were chasing after them, each carrying a knife.