Chapter 1520 - 1521: Ghost Tree
Yang Fei carefully examined Ye Shengge's collection of books, hoping to find some clues about the Spider Queen from them.
But he was soon disappointed.
The books here were clean and tidy, and the Spider Queen didn't have the habit of taking notes.
Ye Shengge came to Yang Fei, curiously looking at him.
"You can definitely read all these books, right?"
Yang Fei smiled and snapped his fingers.
"Of course!"
Ye Shengge showed a very joyful expression and exclaimed happily.
"Great, I want you to be my teacher and teach me the language."
Yang Fei looked at Ye Shengge with a wry smile, shaking his head: "You really don't seem like a Night Clansman."
Ye Shengge's face showed that characteristic determined expression again.
"The Spider Queen said that knowledge is power. Only by reading more books and understanding many truths can I lead my people to escape the manipulations of fate."
Yang Fei nodded, feeling a sense of respect for this girl for the first time.
He pondered for a moment, then asked Ye Shengge: "Did the Spider Queen leave any notes or clothes or anything?"
Ye Shengge shook her head, looking regretful.
"The Spider Queen left suddenly, and it took us several days to realize she was gone, leaving nothing behind."
"Sigh!"
Yang Fei let out a heavy sigh.
For some reason, this Spider Queen whom he had never met gave him a very familiar feeling.
Just at this moment, Ye Shengge seemed to remember something.
Her eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands.
"I remember now, the Spider Queen once wrote on the stone wall of the Spring of Life. I'll take you to see it."
Yang Fei's spirit lifted, and he stood up sharply: "Where?"
Ye Shengge's expression dimmed again, and she shook her head somewhat embarrassedly.
"I'm sorry, the Spring of Life is a forbidden area of the Night Clan; anyone from the four major tribes who goes there will face severe punishment."
Yang Fei snorted softly and said indifferently: "Just tell me where it is, and I'll go!"
Ye Shengge shivered and looked at Yang Fei in terror.
"You absolutely can't go. If the clansmen find you, they will definitely put you on the execution pyre."
Yang Fei couldn't help but laugh, his smile full of sarcasm.
"Well, that also depends on whether they have the skills to do it."
Ye Shengge looked at Yang Fei with a strange expression.
"Never realized that men could be so assertive. Fine, I'll take you there!"
Ye Shengge and Yang Fei left the room and went down the passageway together.
Yang Fei suddenly remembered what Mr. Bei from the Wolf Clan had said in Earth Space, and he shuddered involuntarily.
"What did you say the name of that spring was?"
Ye Shengge looked at Yang Fei oddly, then offhandedly replied.
"It's called the Spring of Life? Is that name very strange?"
She added another sentence.
"The Spring of Life is a holy land for our Night Clan. The water is very precious, nurtured by the roots of thousands of War Trees, finally gathering together to form it."
Yang Fei was greatly moved: "I never expected that the Spring of Life the Wolf Clan is searching for would be stumbled upon by me."
When Ye Shengge saw Yang Fei's strange expression, she looked at him cautiously.
"You're not thinking of doing anything to our Night Clan's Spring of Life, are you? If you dare, I'll kill you even if it means my own destruction."
Yang Fei chuckled dryly and said: "No, what's the use of this spring water?"
Ye Shengge's expression became solemn.
"Our clansmen, when they reach 18, qualify to consume the Spring of Life, which can wash the marrow and change the sinews, enhancing qi and blood."
"For those cultivating martial arts, consuming the Spring of Life enhances their training efforts immensely."
"For ordinary people, consuming the Spring of Life can slow aging and maintain youth."
"Damn it, if I take this stuff back, I can't imagine how happy Sister Xueyi and those silly girls will be."
Yang Fei couldn't help but think of Lin Xueyi and the other girls, secretly worried in his heart.
As the two of them spoke, the passageway suddenly ended, and the road ahead became rugged and difficult.
However, at this moment, the two of them had reached the lowest part of the underground.
A small granite pathway wound its way upwards.
Ye Shengge pointed upwards: "See the mist over there? That's where the Spring of Life is."
Yang Fei looked up and sure enough, at the end of the stone steps, he saw clouds and mist rising, and the water vapor under the illumination of the Nightlight Worm was colorful and spectacular.
Yang Fei lifted his foot to walk upwards, but Ye Shengge grabbed his sleeve.
"You don't want to live anymore? Do you see the Ghost Trees beside the Spring of Life?"
Yang Fei looked up, and sure enough, he saw some oddly-shaped War Trees around the Spring of Life, scattered high and low.
Ye Shengge looked at Yang Fei reproachfully.
"These are Ghost Trees, the same kind as War Trees, but much more ferocious. Anyone who enters the Spring of Life will be attacked indiscriminately by the Ghost Trees."
After Ye Shengge finished speaking, she picked up a large stone and flung it upwards.
Swish!
The moment the stone flew into the air, countless branches like iron rods danced like dragons and snakes.
In an instant, more than ten branches pierced through the hard stone, turning the large stone into small pieces that fell down in fragments.
Yang Fei took a deep breath, surprised by the hidden peril lurking beneath such apparent tranquility!
Having come this far, Yang Fei naturally refused to retreat; he drew the Heavy Sword of the Destroyed Army: "Ye Shengge, come with me!"
Ye Shengge had never seen a man as audacious and reckless as Yang Fei, her heart thumping wildly.
"You... don't be reckless."
Yang Fei activated Extreme Tiger, releasing the Qi of Tiger Slaughter, a violent and menacing aura spreading around.
Holding the Heavy Sword of the Destroyed Army, he strode forward,
Ye Shengge, having already experienced Yang Fei's terrifying power, still trembled beneath his Tiger Slaughter Qi.
A Ghost Tree by the stone path, with branches like iron and covered in thorns, extended its vine-like branches slowly.
The Ghost Tree seemed to want to stop Yang Fei but was suppressed by his Extreme Tiger, its body trembling violently, and the branches lay down on the stone path like iron chains.
Yang Fei stepped on the branches without hesitation, striding across.
Countless Ghost Tree branches trembled, extending towards Yang Fei like hands of countless ghosts in hell, yet they too were subdued by his Extreme Tiger, lying down across the ground.
Yang Fei reached the side of the Spring of Life effortlessly.
Ye Shengge looked at Yang Fei admiringly, her eyes filled with sparkling waves.
"From what I know, only the Spider Queen could do what you did, intimidating her way here without lifting a hand, and you are the second."
Yang Fei didn't have time to listen to Ye Shengge's praise, lowering his head to look into the Lake of Life.
The Lake of Life wasn't big, only as wide as a wellhead, but it was extremely deep and unfathomable.
Yang Fei took a deep breath, feeling a cooling sensation in his chest, as if every pore on his body opened in delight.