Chapter 452: Dragon Claw Locust and Divine Remains

But the grass leaves were growing wildly, and it could be seen that they hadn't been pruned for a while. After the Panlong Army occupied Xiji, this garden was abandoned. The capital had a hundred things to do, and no one could take care of it for the time being.

General Nanke frowned: "This grass is too long."

The wolf-tail grass beside him was nearly six feet long. Even if no one had taken care of it for two months, could it grow this tall? Then in another month or so, this place would become a wild grass paradise.

Eunuch Chang said: "The West Garden is just like this, any plant will grow wildly, and it's terrible if you don't prune it for a few days."

General Nanke asked curiously: "Don't you look for the reason?"

"The former Monarch also sent people to dig three feet into the ground to look, but didn't find anything." Eunuch Chang said. "The palace also invited sorcerers to take a look, and they only said that the vitality here is rich, which can catalyze the growth of grass and trees, and is also very beneficial to the human body. The Wang Hou had a weak constitution, so she often came here to sit in the pavilion and watch the flowers."

"This place can catalyze grass and trees, but it is not beneficial to the human body, but harmful." General Hong said lightly. "The Wang Hou died early, right?"

"Ah, yes. Three years after moving in, she..."

General Hong said to the soldiers behind her: "Spread out and find out where snakes, insects, rats, and ants are gathered the most and have the largest bodies!"

Everyone immediately scattered.

The garden was very large, and thirty or forty people were put in, immediately disappearing without a trace.

These dozens of people wouldn't pity the flowers or leaves, holding weapons and stabbing into the ground. Of course, the lush grass nests had small creatures inhabiting them, and rats and ants scrambled to escape; Willow Strip even poked into a snake nest.

If it weren't for the fact that she was executing a mission, she would really want to roast these seven or eight snakes into spicy strips.

Just at this moment, He Lingchuan caught a glimpse of a figure flashing by and darting into the grass.

Although the other party was fast, He Lingchuan's eyesight was even better, and he recognized at a glance that it was a yellow weasel, and its size was actually as large as a wild dog.

With this size, it should be a demon, right? He followed it for two steps, and there was a rustling sound ahead, but it soon disappeared.

He Lingchuan followed the direction where the sound disappeared and pushed through the grass, soon discovering that the end of the long grass was a large tree.

A Dragon Claw old locust tree that six people could embrace, with lush branches and leaves, and the leaves could actually reflect a metallic luster in the sunlight.

He walked around the tree once and didn't find any cave entrance.

How did that shadow disappear? He Lingchuan expanded the search range and searched outward in circles.

Finally, under a small mound two zhang away from the tree root, he discovered a broken hole. The entrance was blocked by dense shrubs and covered with a few broken tiles; this kind of tile could be seen everywhere in the garden.

He Lingchuan carefully observed the traces at the entrance, and he knew it in his heart. Based on his experience hunting demons on the Chepa Plateau, there were at least four or five yellow weasels living inside, probably the whole family, neat and tidy.

The West Garden had lush grass and trees, and many snakes and rats, which was exactly the paradise for weasel demons.

He Lingchuan took out a bundle of medicinal herbs from his bosom, lit them, and threw them into the hole, while keeping a close watch on the surroundings.

Soon, besides this hole, smoke also started to rise from the trunk of the old locust tree.

It seemed that the earth hole and the bottom of the tree were connected.

He called out loudly: "There is a nest of weasel demons here!"

The grass rustled, and before He Lingchuan could blink a few times, General Hong had arrived at his side.

This was... too fast.

General Hong looked at the old locust tree, then bent down to look at the hole, and praised: "Well done."

With two squeaks, the weasel demon darted out of the hole and pounced on General Hong.

He Lingchuan covered his face, unable to bear watching.

Sure enough, the next second, it was grabbed by the neck by General Hong and held in her hand.

The reason she didn't hold it by its big tail was because this creature also had biological weapons...

Regardless of it baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, General Hong shook the yellow weasel in her hand: "I know you understand human speech. Cooperate obediently, and none of your family will be hurt."

This kind of small animal was most sensitive to energy, and the pressure on her was terrifying, so it struggled twice and then gave up, squeaking a few times.

It was held in General Hong's hand, unable to curl into a ball, but its tail kept trembling, as if it had seen a natural enemy. He Lingchuan was really afraid it couldn't help but let out a fart.

Fortunately, General Hong immediately said: "I keep my word. What is under the old locust tree?"

The weasel demon squeaked a few more times, and General Hong seemed to be able to understand, so she said to He Lingchuan: "Call everyone over, bring tools for digging the ground."

He Lingchuan nodded and went to do it.

About a quarter of an hour later, the Great Wind Army and the craftsmen arrived with tools.

General Hong had already released the weasel demon, and at this moment she pointed to the Dragon Claw Locust tree: "Dig along the direction of the weasel hole toward the bottom of the tree, until you dig out something."

This piece of ground hadn't been touched by anyone for who knows how many years, and it was as hard as iron, but it couldn't stop everyone from digging with hoes and shovels, and soon a large pit was chiseled out.

The deeper they went, the deeper red the soil color became.

The soil below four feet was dark red, and coupled with the seepage of groundwater, it felt wet and sticky to the touch, and it really looked a bit like blood...

General Hong looked at it and said: "Yin energy is thicker than life energy, and there are wood ghosts planted here, what good end can those with weak bodies have if they stay here for a long time?"

Eunuch Chang also stretched his neck to look into the pit: "That sorcerer is talking nonsense."

Willow Strip hummed: "Maybe the sorcerer knew it clearly in his heart."

While everyone was digging the ground, the old locust tree suddenly moved without wind, and the branches and leaves rustled.

The craftsmen were suspicious and didn't dare to continue, only the Great Wind Army ignored it and continued to swing their hoes.

"This tree absorbs the nourishment from underground and has also become a demon, now it's worried that we will dig up its roots." General Hong said, pressing one hand on the locust tree trunk. "Don't make trouble, and I won't hurt your life."

However, her warning didn't work this time, the old locust tree rustled violently, and the soil under everyone's feet moved.

The door panel was standing at the lowest point, and two tree roots suddenly stretched out from the soil, one wrapped around his calf and pulled hard, the other wrapped around his waist and tightened hard.

The door panel was caught off guard, fell to the ground and groaned in pain, and Willow Strip on the side saw his waist being suddenly tightened. With the strength of this old tree, it didn't seem to be a problem to break a person in half.

The strangest thing was, how could a locust tree grow aerial roots as developed as a banyan tree?

Willow Strip pulled out her blade and slashed at the tree root.

With this woman's strength, she could chop off a bear's head, but this tree root was intact, only with a white mark.

Everyone also heard a "dang" sound, very crisp, this wood quality was more like metal than wood.

The next instant, He Lingchuan plunged into the deep pit, his blade fell, and he cut the tree root in two with one blow.

The door panel immediately pressed his waist and took a long breath, that was close, he almost got broken.

"All go up!" He Lingchuan shouted while grabbing two craftsmen nearby and throwing them out of the pit; the other Great Wind Army soldiers didn't need to be told and jumped out on their own.

Thanks to his foresight, more tree roots drilled out of the soil, wrapping around whoever they met, as agile as pythons.

He Lingchuan's blade fell like rain, cutting the attacking tree roots one after another.

Red liquid flowed from the cut surface of the roots, looking more like fresh blood.

A craftsman at the edge of the pit took a hoe to hit the tree root, but the root didn't break, and the hoe head was knocked away instead.

Everyone was tongue-tied, only then knowing how hard the tree roots were.

Almost catching up to the Palace City outside.

"If you don't eat the toast, you'll have to eat the forfeit." General Hong didn't know where she took out that long spear, the tip of the spear was burning with pale flames, and it stabbed directly into the thick tree trunk.

The flames met the locust wood, and with a "hu la" sound, they spread in all directions; those who didn't know would think oil had been poured on it.

The bark was crackling from the burning, the sound was crisp and sharp, like howling.

General Hong pulled out the long spear, walked around the Dragon Claw Locust tree, and even broke off a tree root by the way, examining it carefully.

"Not bad, not bad!"

He Lingchuan could hear that she was a bit surprised, but very happy. Afterward, General Hong tapped the tree trunk lightly, and the pale flames disappeared magically.

If it weren't for the lingering burnt scent, and if it weren't for the tree trunk being burnt black, the raging fire just now would have seemed like an illusion.

General Hong's spear tip tapped the tree trunk again: "If you dare to resist again, I will cut off your roots and end your species."

This time, the Dragon Claw Locust tree had no reaction.

Only then did she say to everyone: "Continue digging."

The craftsmen and the Great Wind Army jumped down and continued to dig the pit.

No matter how they dug, the tree roots didn't stretch out to make trouble anymore.

Actually, the difficulty of excavation was very high at this time, because the root system of the locust tree was still intertwined at such a deep place, as if it had been woven into a net, firmly protecting the things underneath.

By this time, General Hong instead told everyone to try not to damage the tree roots.

However, various animal skeletons were unearthed one after another in the pit, including cats and dogs, and even three human skeletons!

Two of them were an adult man and woman, and the last one was very small, still an infant.

General Nanke asked curiously: "This locust tree has started to catch and eat people, and the palace doesn't know about it?"

Eunuch Chang was on the side, coughed lightly and explained: "These people weren't caught and eaten by the locust demon, but were buried here."

Alo turned the skeletons over, and the back of the male skeleton's skull had a large hole, which was clearly the fatal wound.

Willow Strip spat: "The royal palaces in the world are all the same."

Everyone continued to dig.

About a quarter of an hour later, the door panel's hoe hit a hard object.

He reached out and pushed it twice and shouted: "Dug it up!"

A piece of jade white was exposed in the red soil.

Divine remains again!

General Hong wasn't excited, just called for people to spread a huge canvas in front of the pit to block the sunlight shining into the bottom of the pit.

There were still two quarters of an hour before sunset, but General Hong wanted to block even such weak sunlight.

Things were dug out of the soil, and everyone's enthusiasm increased, digging down with a clatter—

Mainly out of curiosity, wanting to see what the gods looked like. The divine remains embedded in the palace wall earlier couldn't be seen in their entirety.

Soon, the first few divine remains were cleared out.

Probably because of the geological reasons, the dozen or so divine remains were stacked together, the white bones were rugged, but basically complete.

Everyone clicked their tongues in wonder.

These dead "Heavenly Gods," visually estimated to be over a zhang tall, were clearly larger than humans, but their heads, necks, and upper bodies were very similar to humans, but their skulls were very long, and the number of fingers was different, some had six fingers on one hand, some only had four.

Below the waist, the differences were even greater. One divine remain had an extra tail growing behind it, and another simply had no legs.

He Lingchuan asked curiously: "Gods are not a race?"

General Hong said lightly: "Are demons a race?"

He Lingchuan touched his nose, understanding General Hong's meaning in a second. "Heavenly Gods" is just a general term, not referring to a single race, just like birds and beasts becoming demons after attaining the Dao, the shapes of demons are also strange and varied.

In the blink of an eye, it's the end of the month again.

Striving for monthly tickets!!!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 453 =====