When Yu Yuanshuang died, Yu Xiangdi, who was dozens of miles away, was walking on the mountain road. In an instant, he seemed to sense something. His body trembled slightly. Then, he stopped, turned his face sideways, frowned, and felt the subtle flow of the air with his heart.

Chen Shuqing was walking behind Yu Xiangdi. Seeing that Yu Xiangdi suddenly stopped, he asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"

Seeing that it was blocking Chen Shuqing's way, Yu Xiangdi apologized: "Ah, Miss Shuqing, it's nothing. But just now, I suddenly felt something important left me, but I couldn't say that... Sorry, since I mastered the ability to perceive Fengyu, I often became very sensitive. I hope it would be my illusion."

Chen Shuqing joked: "Well, it seems that this is the so-called 'Although my naked eyes cannot see, my heart is extremely clear'."

"Hahaha, don't wash me, go..." Yu Xiangdi smiled awkwardly and continued to walk forward.

In front of Yu Yuanshuang, there were Xilang and Sun Xiaoshu, a team of purifying messengers and three monsters, who were walking on a mountain stream path ten miles away from Zhupao Mountain. This place is located in Chaipeng Village on the east bank of Poyang Lake. The area is full of fir trees, lush but uninhabited, and the sound of birds sounded from time to time around.

At this time, Chen Shuqing, Sun Xiaoshu and Yu Xiangdi were also wearing armor like crocodile skin. The scales and bulges on the armor were densely covered with scales, which was exactly what Marsha said before. After the three of them put on it, they automatically turned into crocodile when they entered the water, and could breathe in the water, which allowed them to leave Zhupao Mountain smoothly, swim through the vast waters of Poyang Lake, and go up the shore. Of course, once they got ashore, the two of them would return to their original state.

Today, the reason why the three of them came here with Xilang was not for an outing, but at Xilang's request, the three of them came with him to explore a mysterious tree.

After about a cup of tea, Xilang stopped and said, "It's here."

I saw a towering tree on the right side of the road, which was more than 20 or 30 feet high, which was in sharp contrast with the short fir forest.

Xilang moved to the tree, patted the trunk and said, "Look, the strange tree I mentioned is it. When I was a child, I occasionally came here, but I remember that this tree was never there at that time. About a year or two ago, for some reason, suddenly there was such a big tree."

Chen Shuqing also walked forward after hearing this, touched the trunk of the tree and sighed: "Female, let alone the four of us, I am afraid that the four of us will not be able to carry it around if we hold hands. Without a hundred years, no tree could have grown like this. Moreover, its height is not something that should be found in the local area. It is very likely that someone did it on purpose."

Xilang nodded and said, "This is the strange thing I mentioned before around Poyang Lake. Sister Shuqing, we monsters in the lake have shallow knowledge, but you have traveled around the world and have a lot of knowledge. Then I specially brought you to see what kind of tree it is and why it appeared here. I hope to give me some advice."

Chen Shuqing smiled slightly and said, "Don't you, Elder Peiruo and Madame Marsha, don't you?"

Xilang said: "They don't know the existence of this tree. In fact, if it is not an extremely important thing, the elders and grandmothers don't like the tribesmen to easily set foot on land. Most of the time, I secretly go ashore to explore alone. Even if I discovered this tree, as long as I am not sure it will cause us disaster, I definitely don't need to report to them, so as not to be scolded."

Chen Shuqing nodded and said, "It seems that you are really an adventurous child, but by looking under the tree, I can only feel that he is tall and stout, and I can't tell you anything else. Do you have any other information to add to it?"

"Okay, as I said before, in the past, although Poyang Lake was big and small, it was a natural water level change in the long river of history. However, since the emergence of such a big tree, the water level of Poyang Lake has dropped very quickly in the past or two years." Xilang said in an uneasy tone, "In fact, not only this place, I have checked around. Every three or five miles, there is another such big tree. They all appear near the shore of Poyang Lake. How do you say that feeling? It's like someone planted countless such big trees along the shore of Poyang Lake to surround Poyang Lake."

Chen Shuqing was surprised and said, "What? This is so strange! So, there must be some relationship between this kind of tree and the smaller lake surface."

Xilang said: "Yes, my grandmothers are not very good at discovering rules. They always say roughly, 'In recent years', Poyang Lake has become smaller and fast, and I remember very clearly that the exact time of this change began more than a year ago. The 'dragon sucking water' that appeared on the lake just now, and that water also flew to the direction of this big tree. I can almost conclude that these big trees are desperately absorbing the water of Poyang Lake, but I don't know what the reason is."

What Xilang said about "dragon sucking water" happened less than half an hour ago when Pu Zixuan escaped back to the lake and encountered a vortex in the devil's waters.

"I'm really interested when you say this." Chen Shuqing looked up at the top and smiled, "What kind of immortal or monster is a tree that can absorb water? Just go up and take a look."

Xilang pulled his lips and said, "It's just that we croakers are the worst at climbing. Otherwise, I would have wanted to go up and see what happened."

"I can't do it either." Chen Shuqing smirked and stared at Sun Xiaoshu and said, "But there is a professional in our team."

Sun Xiaoshu pretended to be wry and said, "Okay, okay, I knew from the beginning that this task will sooner or later fall on me, so you can wait."

After saying that, Sun Xiaoshu did a little, his body glowed red, and he walked towards the trunk calmly until he merged into the tree.

Xilang immediately exclaimed: "Wow, it turns out that you have specialized in your skills!"

Yu Xiangdi asked sideways, "Is something happening? Xiaoshu's wind whispers disappeared instantly."

"Don't worry, it will appear again in a while." Chen Shuqing watched a red light rise upwards along the tree trunk, and knew that it was Sun Xiaoshu moving upwards quickly. It was lighter. The red light left everyone's sight because it was too high. The three of them waited silently under the tree.

After a while, a red light appeared again, moving from top to bottom along the tree trunk. When it reached the bottom, Sun Xiaoshu walked out of the tree, with fine beads of sweat rising from his head, and sighed excitedly: "Brothers and sisters, it's so amazing, this tree is so amazing!"

"How is it? Is there anything on it?" Xilang's eyes were filled with the light of expectation.

Sun Xiaoshu swallowed and said, "This tree is indeed not an ordinary tree, but a spiritual divine tree. On it, there is a huge red fruit, slightly red light, and facial features like a human head. As soon as I approached, I wanted to see what happened, the human face opened its mouth wide, scaring me to come down quickly."

"A huge red fruit?" Chen Shuqing thought for a while and said, "Is this an imperial house tree?"

Xilang turned to Chen Shuqing and asked, "Sister Shuqing, do you already have the answer?"

"Well..." Chen Shuqing thought for a moment and said, "Combined with the current investigation, this tree should be an imperial house tree. It is recorded in "Shan Hai Jing·Zhongshan Jing": "There is a tree, called the imperial house, the leaves are like peppers, which hurt the red body, and can prevent evil spirits." In other words, its leaves are pepper-shaped, with red fruits, and are open with big mouths like the houses where the gods lived in ancient times, so they are called "Imperial House Tree".

Sun Xiaoshu responded excitedly: "Yes, its leaves are indeed pepper-shaped and pointed."

Chen Shuqing analyzed: "A rare sacred tree like the Emperor's House Tree is definitely not possible to appear in such ordinary hills, and it is even more impossible to grow around the lake. Therefore, we can infer that it is planted by humans. Its characteristic is that it can control evil spirits. As for how to control evil spirits, it is not explained in the "Shan Hai Jing". It is the first time I saw this tree, so I don't know what the relationship between it and the "dragon absorbs water."

"Anyway, it's not a good thing, I'll destroy it." After saying that, Xilang had already activated his demonic energy, shouted loudly, and punched the imperial house.

The imperial house tree was hit hard and shaking for a while. Countless pepper-shaped leaves suddenly fell like snowflakes.

Although he could not break the trunk with one blow, Xilang could shake such a towering tree with his own strength, which also shows how profound his skills were. Yu Xiangdi couldn't help but exclaim: "There should be cracks inside the imperial house tree. It's amazing, amazing!"

"Haha, look at me giving it a heart-warming feeling this time!" Xilang replied proudly.

Just as he was about to swing the second punch, he heard Sun Xiaoshu panic and dissuading: "Wait, Brother Xilang, there seems to be something on your back!"
Chapter completed!