The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1152

Chapter 1152: Chapter 149 Admonition Chapter 1152: Chapter 149 Admonition “It's indeed difficult to distinguish, charm spirits are mostly female and are mostly formed by plants such as grass and trees turning into spirits, whereas monster spirits are mostly male and are often formed from fleshly spirit bodies. However, this isn't a strict division, like with the ginseng spirit–though it's a type of flowering herb, it's still classified as a monster spirit,” Wu Man'er explained.

“Legend has it that the breeding grounds for charm spirits and monster spirits are often places abundant with spiritual energy, treasured feng shui sites. But looking at this place now, with its average spiritual energy, it doesn't quite fit the bill,” Shen Luo said.

“Hmm, it is a bit strange. Frog monster spirits are wary by nature and usually hide at the bottom of the water in the silt of their self-made underwater palace, hardly ever surfacing. A situation like the one we have now, where it's watching us from a distance, almost never happens. Unless…,” Wu Man'er mused.

“Unless this isn't its place of residence,” Shen Luo added.

No sooner had he spoken than he immediately turned his gaze to a sandbank not far away.

There, lush aquatic plants thrived, among which dense reeds grew.

Behind those reeds, the lake surface rippled slightly. It seemed calm, but underneath lurked a sneaky figure, clutching a handful of transparent crystal threads.

Just as Shen Luo and Wu Man'er's flying boat passed by nearby, that figure suddenly yanked on the crystal thread, and the water area ten zhang around instantly boiled.

A large net submerged at the bottom of the water suddenly tightened, releasing a great amount of snowy white thunder light, making the lake surface crackle. Thick clouds of blood rapidly spread through the water.

A large number of fish and shrimp living in the water were shredded by the thunder light and filtered out by the electric net.

“Wuu wuu…”

A wail like that of a crying child reached their ears; the frog spirit monster was trapped at the center of the electric net, unable to escape and seemingly about to be captured by the slowly closing net.

Wu Man'er's face showed a hint of pity, and she was just about to lift her wrist when Shen Luo stopped her.

As she looked on in confusion, Shen Luo raised his hand and waved. Instantly, a green talisman shot out from his sleeve like an arrow, stirring up a splash on the lake. As the water waves caused by the electric net obscured it, the talisman flew in.

A muffled thunder sounded, and the talisman paper abruptly shot forth snowy white lightning that mingled with the net's own thunder light without combining with it. Instead, it blasted a large hole in the net.

The frog spirit monster that was seemingly out of options saw an avenue of escape before it. It jumped from the lake surface, bounced once in the void, and darted through the hole in the net, falling back into the water.

In an instant, the lake surface undulated with huge ripples, as though a firecracker was thrown in, throwing up waves several zhang high.

As the dense white smoke beneath the water dispersed, the frog spirit monster had vanished without a trace.

The human cultivator who had been lying in ambush under the water for days emerged, frustrated and confused about how his electric net was broken. All he could do was slap the water and curse in all directions.

“Thank you, Big Brother Shen,” Wu Man'er said, her eyes flashing with joy.

“It was just a helping hand… But it looks like something has recently happened in Yunmeng Marsh,” Shen Luo pondered.

“Why do you say that?” Wu Man'er asked, puzzled.

“Did you notice earlier, by the shoreside, that there were so many people gathering and calling out to form teams? It shows they've gathered here temporarily; it shouldn't be that there are always so many people around,” Shen Luo said.

“Is it just for this reason?” Wu Man'er's beautiful brows slightly raised.

“Moreover, this frog spirit monster shouldn't have appeared here, it doesn't match their cautious and timid nature. So it's likely that it was driven out of its original habitat by an invasion, forced to flee. The fact that it made it to the periphery of Yunmeng Marsh indicates something must have happened inside the marsh,” Shen Luo continued.

“Could it have something to do with the Ginkgo Divine Tree?” Wu Man'er asked, frowning.

“I can't be sure for the moment, but it's probably not good news for us,” Shen Luo said, shaking his head solemnly.

As they were talking, a wind suddenly rose on the lake surface, and a dense white fog rolled in from the distance like a high wall pushing toward them.

Watching the thick fog rolling in, it quickly submerged the flying boat.

Before the fog got too close, Shen Luo had already checked it, the fog was not poisonous, but it seemed to be filled with a faint scent of blood, and there were also some wisps of Yin Qi lingering within it.

“This fog is different from the one before, let's be careful,” Shen Luo warned.

Wu Man'er nodded her head, not speaking, just slightly shaking the silver bell in her hand.

Shen Luo knew that she was controlling Gu insects to scout the way, so he did not ask further.

The two of them proceeded through the fog for moments; the gloom ahead became ever thicker, to the point where one could no longer see very far.

Shen Luo thought about it and decided to light the Road Guidance Lamp after all.

With a flick of his wrist, he took out the object resembling a Sky Lantern and followed the usage steps explained by the clerk in Tianji City, first tying the Red String connected to the lamp to the bow of the flying boat.

Then, he pointed with his fingers and a wisp of Mana immediately entered the Road Guidance Lamp.

Inside the lamp, a flame small as a bean sprang up “suddenly,” flickering inside the lamp.

Immediately afterward, without any smoke rising from the flame, the body of the lamp started to expand rapidly and gently floated up toward midair.

When it flew two to three zhang high, the Road Guidance Lamp then steadily hung in the air.

Shen Luo looked closely and saw a fan-shaped leaf pattern on the inner wall of the lamp, which emanated a golden gloss under the reflection of the firelight.

At this moment, the wind on the lake surface gradually picked up, but unexpectedly, the Road Guidance Lamp hanging in midair did not get blown backwards by the wind, but instead tilted forward and drifted against the wind.

It looked as though something ahead was attracting it.

“So that's how it is, they are truly clever. To think they could make money from such simply made Road Guidance Lamps is truly impressive,” Wu Man'er said with a clap and a smile upon seeing this.

“What did you see?” Shen Luo asked with curiosity.

“Big Brother Shen, what is that inside the wall of the lamp?” Wu Man'er asked.

“Leaves… they look like Ginkgo tree leaves,” after scrutinizing it carefully, Shen Luo replied.

“That must be the leaf of the Divine Tree we're looking for, the principle behind this Road Guidance Lamp is to make use of the Ginkgo Divine Tree's innate ability of its leaves returning to the root,” Wu Man'er explained with a smile.

“Leaves returning to the root?” Shen Luo asked with surprise.

“The leaves of the Ginkgo Divine Tree, as they fall, still retain spiritual energy within, and are drawn toward the tree's roots due to the tree's pull, finally turning back into energy and returning to the Divine Tree itself,” Wu Man'er explained.

“I see, so the leaf here, because I infused it with Mana, triggered its leaves returning to the root characteristic; therefore, if we follow the Road Guidance Lamp, not only will we not get lost, but we will also be led straight to the Divine Tree?” Shen Luo caught on immediately.

“Just follow the Road Guidance Lamp, and you'll certainly be dead,”

It was at that moment that a somewhat gentle voice suddenly drifted down from the air.

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