108: The corpse and coffin beneath the blood tree

"I don't seem to be cold anymore. Was it because of those Vengeful Spirits that we were freezing just now?"

As Reba spoke, she touched her skin. It had been icy cold before, but now it didn't feel as cold anymore.

"That was Yin Qi."

Ye Bai dropped those words and started walking forward.

Reba was a bit confused. What was going on? What Yin Qi?

"Yin Qi is the chill on a Vengeful Spirit's body. That stuff is very harmful to people. I did some research on it when I was filming before."

Hearing Reba's question, Yang Mi spoke up slowly.

"No wonder it was so cold when we came in; it was all because of those Ghosts." Bai Lu said as she rubbed her arms. "Luckily Ye Bai could deal with those Vengeful Spirits, otherwise we would have really frozen to death."

"Not frozen to death, but scared to death."

Zhang Dada didn't forget to look at Cai Xukun as he spoke. Even now, Cai Xukun's face was still deathly pale, just like those Vengeful Spirits; someone dead for three days wouldn't be as pale as him.

Cai Xukun didn't want to recall the scenes he had seen earlier; they were simply too terrifying.

Turning around to see a crowd of Ghosts holding their own heads, asking him to help put them back on.

Now, he felt as if something was constantly staring at him from behind, making him look back every now and then.

The group followed Ye Bai further inside.

After walking for twenty minutes.

The end of the Passage was the end of the water source. Ahead, a river blocked their path; the water in the Passage was a branch flowing out from this river.

The group reached the riverbank and continued walking forward.

After walking for a while, they saw a cliff appearing ahead, blocking their way.

"Holy crap! Why is there a cliff here? What kind of Tomb is this? How can it be so huge?"

Seeing the cliff, Zhang Dada felt completely overwhelmed.

This Tomb was truly too vast. Other people's Tombs are just small mounds of earth, but theirs had a whole cliff... Yang Mi and Wu Jing used their flashlights to look around, observing the situation of the cliff.

With one look... they suddenly felt completely uneasy.

"Look, is there something up there?"

Yang Mi cried out in surprise and hurriedly shone her flashlight over.

Wu Jing, Zhang Dada, Reba, and the others all followed the beam of Yang Mi's flashlight.

They saw a massive tree beneath the cliff.

The tree was entirely blood-red—blood-red trunk, blood-red leaves—and hanging from this blood-red tree were several corpses.

Those corpses were incredibly eerie, with strange smiles on their faces, as if they had seen something hilarious before dying; they were smiling even in death.

They wore clothes stained red with blood, and there were many bells hanging on the trunk.

These bells were hexagonal, with a copper pendant in the middle.

However, these bells were also a deep crimson, clearly stained red by blood.

At the foot of this tree sat an outer coffin, and beneath the outer coffin, black blood was flowing out, spreading across the ground.

Behind the giant tree was an arched stone cave, pitch black inside with no end in sight.

It looked like a dark, gaping mouth waiting for food to enter.

Seeing this eerie scene, the hair on Wu Jing's and Yang Mi's arms stood up.

They even felt their scalps go numb.

"What kind of tree is this? It's one thing to grow so big, but it's also freaking bloody. And those corpses... how did they get up there?"

Cai Xukun felt his head buzzing; this was truly too terrifying.

No wonder they said this place was dangerous.

It wasn't just dangerous, it was terrifying. Who wouldn't be scared by such a scene?

"Sister Mi... your eyes are really sharp. I... didn't see anything just now. If you hadn't said anything, I would've thought that dark shape on the wall was just the wall itself? Or maybe I just saw wrong?"

Huang Zitao swallowed hard before speaking in terror.

"What kind of tree is this? Why is it so red? How many people would you have to kill to get this much blood?"

Zhang Dada really couldn't control himself; his lips trembled a few times before he finally spoke.

The fans in the Live Stream Room were also shocked by this eerie scene.

[Holy crap! That splash of red in the darkness is too terrifying. I never expected to see something like this.]

[Whose corpses are those? Why are they hanging up there? Crap! This is too scary!]

[Wait, what's the situation? How did this big tree become like this? And who are these people?]

[You'd better not worry about those people and think about the person in that outer coffin instead. Who's inside that outer coffin?]

[It couldn't be what I'm thinking, right? This isn't some important historical figure, is it?]

[An important figure with black-red blood coming out of their coffin? It's been so many years, how can there still be blood? We must be looking at this wrong.]

[Still looking at it wrong? Stop lying to yourself! This is probably some other terrifying thing. Let's just pray Da Mimi and the others stay safe. I hope we don't see anything horrific in a moment.]

The viewers were very afraid seeing this, even more afraid than when they saw those Ghosts.

Combined with the Ghosts' warning that it was dangerous inside, they were worried sick.

Inside the Archaeology Academy.

When they saw the Blood Tree and the bells, they all froze in unison.

There was no light in this Tomb year-round; how could such a massive tree grow here?

This tree was also much larger than the ones seen before.

This geographical location was truly too bizarre.

None of the professors spoke, instead continuing to watch to see what Ye Bai would say next.

Inside the School of Biology.

Professor Han, Xiao Song, and the other professors all shivered in unison upon seeing this Blood Tree.

And their eyes were full of shock as they looked at the massive tree.

"This... this is impossible. How can there be such a tree? There's no water, no sunlight; how could such a large tree grow here?"

Xiao Song said in shock, his mind feeling dizzy.

"Yeah! The environment in here doesn't fit the survival requirements for a large tree at all. This isn't scientific."

"Right! With only air and no sunlight, how is it possible to grow such a big tree? Also, what species is this tree? I can't tell either."

The other professors were equally baffled.

After seeing the blood-red tree, Professor Han was silent for a moment, and after that silence came shock.

"No, it's perfectly logical for this plant to grow here."

As soon as Professor Han finished speaking, everyone was shocked.

"What did you say?"

"Professor Han, how can you say that? What plant doesn't rely on sunlight?"

The professor beside him looked at him in confusion.

"Who said it must rely on sunlight? This kind of tree is called a ghost avoider; its greatest trait is that it doesn't need sunlight."