Chapter 46: Kunlun Divine Wood, Corpse Incense Magic Lotus
Just then, Fatty let out a startled cry.
Everyone looked toward him and saw Fatty standing in the middle of the cave entrance. Under the beam of the searchlight in his hand, there was a stone beam suspended alone in the air ahead.
At the end of the stone beam was actually a massive log with a diameter of over two meters. It looked like the trunk of a giant tree, with many green leaves still growing on it.
More than a dozen iron chains were wrapped around the giant log, one end connected to the stone beam, securing the giant log atop it.
And the most miraculous thing was that a huge green flower and grass was growing on the giant log. The flower stem was as thick as a water bucket, the petals curled together like a large bathtub in size, the entire body a crystalline emerald green, surrounded by large patches of red leaves that were a deep blood-red!
Seeing this giant log and the flowers and grass on it, everyone was stunned speechless.
Hu Ba Yi couldn’t help but exclaim in shock:
“This… this is Kunlun Divine Wood! I’ve only heard Grandpa mention this thing!”
Professor Chen was also filled with shock:
“It’s said that this Kunlun Divine Wood won’t wither even when removed from soil and sunlight. Though it won’t continue growing, the wood itself remains active, and placing a corpse inside it can preserve it incorruptible for ten thousand years! Could the Queen of Jing Jue’s corpse be within this divine wood?”
Professor Chen was extremely agitated. As he spoke, he walked forward without watching his step and twisted his ankle on the gravel.
Hu Ba Yi and the others quickly helped Professor Chen up. His twist was severe; his ankle swelled up immediately.
He sat on the ground, too focused to cry out in pain, and shouted loudly:
“Don’t touch that flower! That’s Corpse Incense Magic Lotus!”
Fatty couldn’t help but feel puzzled:
“Old Man, if you hadn’t said so, I would’ve thought it was just a big taro. What’s so eerie about this thing?”
Professor Chen, holding his ankle as he sat there, said:
“According to records, this Corpse Incense Magic Lotus originally grew in the land of Hou Yue Tian Country. It can only grow in places with extremely strong yin energy like ancient tombs. It’s said to keep corpses from decaying. This thing is very peculiar—do not damage it!”
Hu Ba Yi couldn’t help but ask:
“Since this flower is so peculiar, why do you say it’s very dangerous?”
Professor Chen shook his head and said:
“Legend has it that the Corpse Incense Magic Lotus harbors an evil ghost. Once it fully blooms, living people must not approach it. Don’t touch it recklessly!”
After hearing Professor Chen’s words, when everyone looked at the Corpse Incense Magic Lotus again, their eyes held a trace of fear.
It was as if this strange and magnificent giant flower truly harbored an evil ghost!
While they were talking, Su Mo remained silent, focusing his mind on the ghost cave, Kunlun Divine Wood, and Corpse Incense Magic Lotus.
He simultaneously employed the Great Yin Meditation Technique, Zi Wei Guan Xiang Fa, and the first level of power of the Seven-Level Pagoda Skill to visualize the ghost cave, Kunlun Divine Wood, and Corpse Incense Magic Lotus.
During the time they were talking, he saw many things invisible to the naked eye.
The massive ghost cave appeared to Su Mo like a black vortex, where the magnetic field and power were twisted, shredded, and finally entangled together in this huge vortex.
But the Kunlun Divine Wood on the stone beam was like a divine needle stabilizing the sea, suppressing this power in midair while continuously drawing some power from the vortex.
Through the Great Yin Meditation Technique, Su Mo could see thin red threads invisible to ordinary people, like blood threads, being drawn by the Kunlun Divine Wood from the ghost cave, continuously nourishing the Kunlun Divine Wood and the Corpse Incense Magic Lotus atop it.
The magnetic field and power emitted by the Kunlun Divine Wood were very stable, while the Corpse Incense Magic Lotus within it acted like an energy amplifier.
At this moment, the petals were all in the closed stage. If the petals opened, who knew what scene that would be!
As Su Mo was thinking, suddenly Chu Jian, Sa Di Peng, and Ye Yi Xin walked toward the Kunlun Divine Wood.
Hu Ba Yi and the others were stunned and quickly shouted:
“What are you doing? Come back!”
But Chu Jian and the other two seemed not to hear, continuing to walk forward slowly.
“Little Chu, Little Ye, come back quickly!”
Hao Ai Guo also grew anxious and shouted urgently at the three.
But Chu Jian and the other two kept walking forward without looking back.
Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi quickly ran over, trying to pull Chu Jian and the others back.
Ye Yi Xin was still very weak. After being grabbed by Wang Pang Zi, her eyes suddenly closed, and she fainted again.
Meanwhile, when Chu Jian was grabbed by the shoulder by Hu Ba Yi, he suddenly turned back with a very eerie smile, raised the flashlight in his hand, and smashed it hard toward his head.
Hu Ba Yi had years of military experience, far surpassing ordinary people in skill and reaction. Seeing Chu Jian raise the flashlight to smash down, he immediately grabbed the flashlight in the other’s hand and seized his chest, roaring:
“What are you doing!”
A eerie silly smile appeared on Chu Jian’s face. He dropped the flashlight in his hand, suddenly took the entrenching tool from behind his back, and swung it toward Hu Ba Yi’s head.
At the same time, when Sa Di Peng was grabbed by Xue Li Yang, he also picked up the entrenching tool and slashed fiercely at her.
The two seemed possessed, suddenly going mad. This scene shocked Professor Chen and Hao Ai Guo greatly.
Hu Ba Yi and Xue Li Yang quickly retreated, dodging the entrenching tools in their hands.
Chu Jian and Sa Di Peng then withdrew, holding their entrenching tools as they walked toward the ghost cave.
Judging by their posture, they actually intended to jump into the ghost cave!
“Little Chu, Little Sa, come back!”
Professor Chen’s face turned pale with anxiety. He struggled to stand up, shouting urgently.
But Chu Jian and Sa Di Peng were completely unmoved, continuing toward the ghost cave. In a blink, they reached the edge, just one step from falling into the abyss.
At this moment, a figure flashed behind them like a meteor, instantly arriving at their side.
It was none other than Su Mo!
Su Mo had been focusing on observing the Corpse Incense Magic Lotus and Kunlun Divine Wood when Chu Jian, Sa Di Peng, and Ye Yi Xin suddenly acted strangely.
He hurriedly used Shape-Shifting, instantly switching positions to behind the two, grabbing their back vests with both hands and yanking them backward fiercely.
Chu Jian and the other were immediately pulled flying backward by him, skidding several meters across the ground before falling onto the platform.
After falling, the two quickly got up again, their faces showing obsessed and twisted expressions. They suddenly let out a low roar from their mouths and wildly swung the entrenching tools in their hands.
“These two have gone mad!”
Wang Pang Zi saw that their wildly swinging entrenching tools made it impossible to approach, so he quickly drew his gun from his waist.
Su Mo said gravely:
“Don’t move. They’ve been bewitched by the floral fragrance of the Corpse Incense Magic Lotus!”
“Corpse Incense Magic Lotus? Floral fragrance?”
Hu Ba Yi and the others were all shocked and turned to look at the Corpse Incense Magic Lotus on the Kunlun Divine Wood.
They saw that the Corpse Incense Magic Lotus’s flower bud had quietly unfurled, its petals blooming layer upon layer!
At this time, the color on the petals had turned a deep blood-red, while the central stamen was a demonic purple. Each thin stamen was as thick as a finger, like a group of eerie strange snakes, gently dancing in the wind blowing from the ghost cave!
