I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 363: The Bleeding Tree (Third Update)_1

Chapter 363: Chapter 363: The Bleeding Tree (Third Update)_1

Following Wangyue’s direction, you couldn’t help but raise your eyebrows, as you saw a small bundle of tree branches on the ground, one of which was stained with blood!

To be exact, fresh red blood was flowing out from within that branch.

Squatting down, you picked up the bleeding branch from the ground and brought the spot where it was bleeding to your nose for a sniff. There was indeed a scent of blood!

"Zongzi, where did you find this branch?"

"Boss, I didn’t find it, I was just fiddling and broke it off the tree, and unexpectedly, blood started coming out of it!"

"Could, could it be that that tree really turned from a person?" Zhang Hua exclaimed in shock.

Hu Yaohui saw Zhang Hua’s complexion turn somewhat pale and couldn’t help but speak in reassurance, "It’s alright, perhaps this tree is just special. After all, anything can happen in these deep mountains."

"Zongzi, lead me to have a look."

Wangyue and Jin Qi turned around with you and headed towards the trees in front.

"We’ll go too!" Zhang Zhaoyuan and Qi Gaojie immediately followed, and Hu Jiahui, after some thought and evidently a bit worried, also set down his firewood and caught up.

You didn’t have to walk far; however, the nearby thicket was extremely dense, and the trees were thick and tall, looking up, you could barely see the sky above.

"Boss, it’s right here."

Wangyue stretched out his hand and pointed to a camphor tree that looked no different from the others around it.

Approaching the camphor tree, you touched its rough surface with your hand, and your eyebrows slowly furrowed.

You reached towards a branch in front of you and gave it a gentle snap.

"Crack!"

The branch broke off, and at the same time, red liquid flowed from the broken part.

Moving it close to your nose for a sniff, hmm, there was indeed a smell of blood.

"Boss, what’s going on here?"

Wangyue asked.

"Let’s take a closer look first," you replied.

You immediately stepped back a few paces as the Sen Luo Curse Mark slowly appeared in your pupils.

Through the Sen Luo Eye, you could see past the bark of the tree and even the veins within the leaves, and to your surprise, you found that the whole tree had been soaked with blood, as if it had been watered with blood itself.

At this moment, Jin Qi suddenly spoke up, "Chairman, there’s something wrong under the tree."

Your gaze gradually moved downward, and you could see the roots and fine roots within the soil.

Then moving further down, hmm!

Your eyes widened, and the Sen Luo Curse Mark involuntarily spun around; you stepped back in slight astonishment, for you had discovered four dead bodies under this camphor tree!

Among these four, three were dressed in police uniforms, and one appeared to be a local villager.

"What is going on, there are four dead bodies under the tree!"

Upon hearing your words, everyone felt a chill.

"Dead bodies? Whose bodies are they?" Hu Jiahui quickly asked.

"Bang!"

Just as you were about to speak, a gunshot rang out from the direction of the wooden house!

"Not good!"

Without a moment to think, you immediately dashed toward the wooden house!

By the time you reached the wooden house, Xian Qianling and the other two were nowhere to be seen!

"Boss, there’s blood on the ground!" Wangyue pointed to a few drops of blood on the ground and turned his head towards you.

Your complexion was terribly grim at this moment; it was clear that this was a trap, and you had indeed fallen for it.

Suppressing the urge to slap myself, the Sen Luo Curse Mark in my eyes immediately began to shimmer with multicolored light.

"Light Circle Curse!"

Huh?

You are surprised to find that the Light Circle Curse has malfunctioned again!

Suddenly looking up, you notice that the enhanced protective barrier has appeared above you again!

What’s going on?

Could it be that the enemy has been nearby all along?

"Boss, what do we do now?"

"Quick! Go save Zhang Hua and Xu Jiao!"

Hu Jiahui always seems like a delicate Scholar, but at this moment, he actually pulled out a folding knife from his backpack and said to you, "Chairman Li, let’s go save them!"

Nodding, you quickly fold a Thousand Paper Cranes from Talisman Paper, blow on it, and the Thousand Paper Cranes flies toward the cave you had entered earlier.

"They, they’re actually inside the cave?"

Zong Wangyue’s face showed surprise.

You turn to look at the five people beside you and say in a deep voice, "I want to make it clear to everyone that there’s a good chance that this whole incident is a trap, possibly aimed specifically at me, and what the other party wants is my life. So now, I hope you can calm down. There are definitely many traps in this cave, and I do not advise you to go in."

"No, I must go!" Hu Jiahui’s face was full of determination. "I have to save Zhang Hua, and Xu Jiao, she came to this place because of me. It’s my fault she’s here. No matter what, I have to rescue them!"

Zong Wangyue grinned, clapped Hu Jiahui on the shoulder, and gave him a thumbs up: "Like a real man!"

"Chairman Li, for our photography club, this is an opportunity that comes once in a blue moon!" Zhang Zhaoyuan’s eyes already shone with excitement.

Qi Gaojie’s face was flushed with eagerness: "Youth is about proving the sincerity of friendship and the value of love through hardships!"

You look at Jin Qi, who nods solemnly in response.

"Alright, since that’s the case, everyone must be extra careful!" With that, you immediately turn and rush toward the cave.

The cave is still as dark and deep as ever, and compared to the excitement you felt during the original exploration, now your heart is filled with nothing but confusion and anger!

The Thousand Paper Cranes still fly slowly in midair, guiding you toward the deepest part of the cave.

"Wow, more leeches!"

Zong Wangyue, holding a thick stick, knocks a leech off the rock wall beside him.

"Everyone be careful of the leeches on the rock walls!"

Having suffered from these creatures previously, Hu Jiahui pays special attention.

The deeper you go into the cave, the more leeches there are, some even falling from the rock walls above your heads.

"Boss, think of something, we can’t keep going in like this."

You nod, and at this moment, two Cinnabar Talismans fly out of your pocket, with two talismans rotating together, fluttering slowly in front of you.

"Wind Fire Curse, Tornado!"

With your low shout, the two Cinnabar Talismans rotate rapidly, one of them catching fire quickly, then the other Cinnabar Talisman whips up a fierce wind, carrying the scorching flames toward the depths of the cave!

The people behind you see a flash before their eyes; then a hot blast of air whooshes past, causing the leeches on the cave walls to fall off en masse, some even getting scorched, while a burnt smell permeates the air of the cave.

"Let’s go!"

The number of leeches in the cave is astonishing, and your brow furrows even more tightly.

Everything you see defies logic, and the signs of traps are becoming more and more evident.

The cave is truly deep, and you have no idea how many meters you have walked, yet there is still no end in sight.

"Chairman, we’ve been walking for nearly twenty minutes, why hasn’t the person who kidnapped Police Officer Xie appeared? Could there be a trick to this place?" Jin Qi suddenly speaks up.