The Crazy Son-In-Law

The Spirit Trap suddenly shone brighter than before and floated and bounced around the old elm tree. Then one after another light circles, as if solidified somehow, appeared like some ropes whipping those trunks.

Soon it quieted down again.

Zhu Que breathed a sigh of relief; although what happened was strange enough in her eyes she had heard many strange things before so she was really that surprised. Yet, they had been out all night and, in the end, she turned out to be quite unnecessary, which left her feeling somewhat disappointed.

“Is that it?” asked Song Linger curiously.

“It seems quite easy,” she added.

As soon as she spoke there came a chilling creaky sound followed by a loud rumble! The old elm tree suddenly became even more violent than before!

The light circles entwined around the trunks were instantly broken! The Spirit Trap was completely gone before they could see what happened!

“Oh my god! It seems this thing has indeed gained some intelligence,” exclaimed Xiao Shun in surprise.

“Huh!”

A root broke through the ground beside Xiao Shun and Song Linger with incredible speed and right afterwards, it headed straight for them like a snake and finally slapped those stone slabs beneath their feet to crumbles.

Xiao Shun picked up Song Linger by his side, stepped on his toes and retreated back more than ten meters with a jump.

Bang-bang!

Zhu Que fired several shots at the trunk but bullets only penetrated into its rough bark making no real damage whatsoever.

Those bullets Xiao Shun gave her would only work when they hit the spirit body and that tree and those trunks were more like some shield!

“Shit, master, did we do something wrong?”

“If this thing gets out of here tomorrow it will probably make international headlines causing global panic!”Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

“If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll throw you over there,” Xiao Shun said, glancing at her. This thing was indeed unexpectedly powerful, but the stronger it was, the more valuable this spirit body became. It was like a gift from heaven! He wasn’t worried at all now; in fact, he was excited.

“Wait here,” he instructed Song Linger before taking two steps forward and leaping into the air. In an instant, he jumped onto a thick branch of a tree.

“Although it must be hard for you to survive thousands of years, I am currently in a pretty urgent need of spirit materials to aid my cultivation. So sorry about that,” he said with a slight smile.

After speaking, he raised his palm and casually gave it a wave. A green light flashed by as those gnarled roots instantly disintegrated into tiny pieces.

“Be careful master!” Song Linger exclaimed.

Those roots were cut off and the rest of the roots were like crazy beasts and came straight at him all at once but Xiao Shun remained calm and composed. He kicked off with both feet and got to ten meters above ground before some dazzling lights broke through the air towards them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of explosions sounded out as dust enveloped the entire old tree while broken roots flew everywhere along with branches snapping off everywhere.

At first Xiao Shun didn’t want to make such a big commotion and Zhu Que had even installed a silencer on her sniper rifle so even if she fired it wouldn’t be too loud; this current situation really left him no choice.

This kind of disturbance would definitely lead to some bizarre rumors around Stillwater tomorrow.

Soon after that incident occurred though something strange happened: around the trunk of that old elm tree appeared faint blue spots glowing in irregular shapes which gradually converged into an indistinct shadow rising up slowly from within its core.

Bang!

A bullet tore through the night sky and hit that shadow. At that some golden light shone from the spirit patterns and after an almost imperceptible screech from that shadow, the bullet fell back down onto earth with a soft thud.

Xiao Shun had already returned to the ground and the corners of his mouth twisted up into a smile!

He walked over quickly and soon found a fist-sized Spirit Stone lying on ground! Spirit Stones were crystallized structures formed with the natural essence absorbed by the tree; without hundreds or even thousands of years they couldn’t possibly even come into being.

Their uses were also numerous. They could be enhancers for Spirit Traps and they could also be used in refining pills, which made them extremely versatile items indeed.

He couldn’t help but feel delighted as he picked up the Spirit Stone and felt the surging energy within it.

“Watch out, Master!” Just as Xiao Shun was admiring the Spirit Stone in his hand,

Song Linger suddenly screamed. The thick roots that had died before seemed to come back to life all of a sudden, rushing towards him like an avalanche.

He thought the battle had already ended and let down his guard, so he was caught off guard by this attack.

With a loud bang, a thick root hit him in the chest with crushing force. His body was thrown more than ten meters away like a piece of paper and fell to the ground.

He immediately felt his insides churning. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been killed on the spot by now.

What’s going on?

Are there other spiritual beings?

He wondered in confusion and quickly got up, mobilizing the energy flow around him to form a shield.

At this point Song Linger had also run over to help him up. She wept with worry and asked anxiously, “Master, are you okay?”

He smiled faintly, “I was just being careless but I’m fine. Looks like we’re going to strike it rich today.”

Only then did Song Linger breathe a sigh of relief but still looked at him puzzledly.

“Take this!” Xiao Shun handed her the Spirit Stone then took several steps forward before some blue flames suddenly came up in his palm. He turned into an arc in mid-air then slapped his palm against a tree trunk with great force.

Boom!

The old tree was instantly engulfed by huge flames and they could only hear some loud crackles as the tree burned rapidly.

Then they saw another larger shadow emerge from within those ten meters high blue flames making eerie howling sounds just like the previous one did.

Zhu Que did not hesitate and fire several shots at it.

As before, the shadow fell right after being hit repeatedly and formed into a lump.

Xiao Shun’s face lit up when he saw that he got an even bigger Spirit Stone than last time.

Well done! It wasn’t for nothing that they worked hard all night long! However he didn’t understand why one tree could have two Spirit Stones, which was extremely rare.

But he didn’t delve too deeply into it after all.

By now dawn had broken, the eastern sky turning somewhat gray already.

“That’s enough; let’s go back.” Xiao Shun called out to them both.

Zhu Que listlessly put away her gun into its case and then walked over. She saw the two holding a green, wooden-textured stone each and sighed silently. “We’ve been busy all night for these two stones.”

That made sense. Her fighting skills were honed through physical training, not cultivation. So she couldn’t sense their energy; to her, they were just stones at best worth some money.