I'm an actor under the devil

After driving Nie Wushuang away, Gu Qingyuan returned to Snow Valley.His puppet had already exhausted its spiritual power and had turned into the ugly snowman from before. His mask was half hanging on the snowman's head, and was tightly covered by the thick wind and snow.

Gu Qingyuan patted the wind and snow away, picked up his mask from inside, put it back on his face: "It's time to return to Lord Master."

But Gu Qingyuan didn't go directly to Kunshan, but first went to the black market to buy some spiritual materials.They are all of high quality and great value.

Gu Qingyuan processed those materials one by one, blended the finished products together, and roasted them on a special spiritual fire for seven days, leaving behind a pack of crystal clear medicinal powder.

[What is this for? 】The system was terrified.

Gu Qingyuan packed the medicine powder and put it in the space: "It's nothing, just prepare a small gift for His Highness Mozun, my favorite."

【Gift? 】The system doesn't believe it: 【This is obviously poisoning, right?If you poison Yan Chen, you are not afraid of being discovered by him and killing you? ] "What are you talking about?" Gu Qingyuan showed a puzzled expression: "How could I possibly poison my beloved Lord Mozun? I specially prepared a tonic for Lord Mozun. Doesn't he like soaking in hot water the most? I believe he will also like the effect of this tonic!"

【real? 】The system doesn't believe a word.Gu Qingyuan looked so angry that he wanted to kill someone that day, would he kindly give Nie Wushuang a tonic?

"Of course it's true." Gu Qingyuan said innocently.

It is really a tonic, but the medicine has a side effect of confusing consciousness, but the dosage and purity are increased, and the efficacy of the medicine is strengthened by a billion points.

Gu Qingyuan thought: Even if Yan Chen eats it directly, it will only make him a fool temporarily.It will recover in ten or eight years.What's more, just pour the medicine into the water.

Yan Chen is a very sensitive person, Gu Qingyuan is very clear, just like him testing himself for no reason, once the medicine is put into the pool, even if he is not caught, Yan Chen may suspect himself, so, He has already considered that he will resign after finishing this vote.

And before that, he might try to get some secrets about Nie Wushuang and the holy object from the foolish Yan Chen.

Gu Qingyuan had a good plan, but he didn't expect that when he knocked on Yan Chen's residence, Yan Chen wasn't there.

The only thing in the huge and empty room was a strange and overly tall tree.The trunk and branches are as white as jade, and the leaves are light brown. The leaves are so large that they can wrap a person in it.

The roots of the trees are stuck in the red blood pool that Yan Shen often soaks in, and the branches and leaves stretch to the ceiling.In sunlight, a layer of light gold is reflected.

"Oh it's you."

Gu Qingyuan looked at the skulls piled up next to the wall, and at the shiny and smooth tree trunks, and finally knew the source of Yan Chen's wood.My own small piece of wood can provide me with a powerful healing ability. If I stay with the tree, I am afraid that there will be no problem with life and death.

"Where does Yan Chen usually hide you?" Gu Qingyuan patted the trunk of the sacred tree, and couldn't help being a little curious. When he came here before, he didn't see this tree. Did he use some special space magic weapon to put it away? Cultivation method covered?

Gu Qingyuan thought to himself, could it be that the reason why Yan Chen couldn't leave here was because of some serious illness and he had to stay with the tree to survive?

And where did Yan Chen go now?

"My lord? My lord?" Gu Qingyuan called out twice tentatively, but no one responded to him.

Gu Qingyuan simply let go of his consciousness, but he still couldn't find any living things in the room other than him and the tree, but it was the painting he wanted last time, which happened to be hanging in the corner of the wall.

"Why did he hang my portrait here?" Gu Qingyuan muttered to the system in his heart: "This is the reason why he wants the painting back? While sending people to kill me, hang my portrait in the room and look at it every day?"

The system can't explain the strange phenomenon in front of it, so it can only bite the bullet and guess: [Maybe, he is the target he wants to kill, hang up, remind yourself? 】Gu Qingyuan looked away from the painting, seized the time, took out the prepared medicine powder and shook his arms in the pool of blood: "It doesn't matter if you're not here, the opportunity is rare, let's arrange the 'gift' for him first."

The medicine powder melted silently in the water, Gu Qingyuan didn't intend to stay for long, and turned around to leave.

Gu Qingyuan took out the teleportation talisman, but failed again. There is an array that isolates the space, and it is impossible to leave by teleportation.Gu Qingyuan had no choice but to walk towards the door, and before he lifted his feet, he suddenly heard a strange noise behind him, like the sound of wood rubbing against each other.

Gu Qingyuan felt that something was wrong, and instinctively dodged to one side, but the action was still a step late.The thick branches became limp, coiling towards him like a twisted python.

This branch was terribly strong, and Gu Qingyuan couldn't break free with his spiritual energy.He had no choice but to call out the Ghost Eye Rakshasa Knife and chop with the blade.Under the blessing of ghost spirit power, the ghost-eyed Rakshasa knife raised light gray flames, and hit the branches of the Shenmu along with the force of Gu Qingyuan's chopping.The thick branches broke with a sound, and the fallen wooden sticks rolled along the floor to one side, turning into a piece of porcelain-white wood.

"Brother Shu is out of touch now. I'm giving you some gifts, but you insist on returning them. How embarrassing." Gu Qingyuan said, picking up the wood and putting it into the space.Good thing, it can save lives, and I can carve a gadget for my silly apprentice.

Shenmu shook the leaves clatteringly.

Gu Qingyuan waved at him: "Don't send it off, don't send it off, just help me get along with the Lord. I'll come to see him in two days..."

Before he finished speaking, countless branches on the sacred tree plunged downward at the same time, intertwined and intertwined, dense like a spider's web.

"I said no need to send it away." Gu Qingyuan sighed, and in the next second he bit the bullet and raised his knife to meet him.

Whether it is toughness or spiritual strength, the branches are comparable to Mahayana monks.Although the attack method is very simple, just waving branches to attack, but this kind of attack without skill and purely relying on strength makes Gu Qingyuan unable to deal with it.

He had only cut one on this side, and more branches on the other side had already rolled towards him.The tree didn't have any malice towards him, it seemed that it just wanted to trap him.

But Gu Qingyuan didn't dare to stay for long, after all, Yan Chen might come back anytime soon.

During the fight, a tree branch crossed the side of Gu Qingyuan's face, hooking off the mask on Gu Qingyuan's face.

The mask fell into the pool of blood with a "plop", splashing a red splash and sinking into the water inch by inch.Gu Qingyuan felt his heart sinking into the water inch by inch.

The mask must not fall into Yan Chen's hands, Gu Qingyuan hurriedly jumped into the water to pick it up.

"Clatter." Shenmu pulled out a branch and blocked his way.

He can't go away, and only because of his face, which is exactly the same as that of Qingyuan Sanxian, Yan Chen can't doubt it...

Gan!Could it be that Gu Qing originally had a face exactly like his own, and was seen by Yan Chen!

Gu Qingyuan suddenly wanted to understand why Yan Chen suspected him.

This is indeed his negligence when wearing the book, because Gu Qing has been wearing a mask in the novel, he tacitly admits that no one has seen his true face.And because he found that Gu Qing's face was the same as his own after wearing it, he felt that it was because of the change caused by wearing the book, and ignored the possibility that Gu Qing had such a face in the first place.

Finally, with his face on his face, he swaggered into a vest and swaggered through the market.Little did he know that he might have exposed himself from the very beginning.

In retrospect, Yan Chen's behavior of showing himself the portrait of Qingyuan Sanxian at that time seemed very logical.

However, Yan Chen probably wasn't quite sure yet, that's why he still chose to test it out. Perhaps the play of the puppet earlier could dispel his doubts a little. After all, the world is full of wonders, so can two people who look the same make sense?

Forget it, after all, Gu Qing's vest is useless, so he should quickly find a way to get out.

Gu Qingyuan simply didn't want to pick up the mask anymore, so he stopped his movements and looked at Shenmu.

The Shenmu also stopped attacking after he stopped running.

"Tell me, why are you willing to let me go?"

The sacred tree seemed unable to hear the word "leave", its leaves rattled excitedly, and fell like rain.Stretched out thick branches to circle Gu Qingyuan three layers in and three layers out.

It seems that this Shenmu should have developed spiritual wisdom and can understand his words.But the other party reacted, it seemed that he wanted to leave, but it was difficult.

"Then let me change the question." Gu Qingyuan couldn't leave anyway, so he simply sat down cross-legged on the spot: "You want me to stay?"

Crash, the branches shook again, but this time the leaves did not fall.Handed a branch that was much thinner than the others to Gu Qingyuan.There is a red fingernail-sized flower bud on it.

Gu Qingyuan stared at the bud, but he still didn't understand what it meant, when he suddenly saw the bud bloom little by little, turning into a coin-sized flower, bright red as thick as blood.Shaking gently with the swing of the branches.

The branch moved forward again, almost reaching the tip of Gu Qingyuan's nose.

Gu Qingyuan smelled it subconsciously, and found that the flowers did not have any fragrance, but the woody fragrance on the branches and leaves was quite distinct.

Gu Qingyuan looked at the flower and then at the Shenmu, feeling a little inexplicable.

Crashing, as if urging, Shenmu shook the branches and leaves, the thin branches circled around Gu Qingyuan's little finger, and took his hand, with the palm facing up, the flower fell off the branch and landed on his palm.

"Give it to me?" Gu Qingyuan vaguely understood the meaning of Shenmu, but he felt even more confused. He had never met him before, why did he suddenly send him flowers?

Shenmu can't speak.With a clatter, the leaves curled back up again.Only the outermost few were left to ensure that Gu Qingyuan would not leave.

Holding the flowers, Gu Qingyuan looked at the Shenmu again, feeling baffled.

He couldn't leave, so he simply stayed by the pool.The skylight cast from the roof slowly changed to night and brightened again.Gu Qingyuan waited day after day, but still couldn't leave the main hall. The Shenmu stared at him very closely, and Yan Chen never came back.

When Gu Qingyuan felt bored, he went to fight with Shenmu, but in the end he always ended in failure. He had countless schemes in his mind, but he had nowhere to use them against a piece of wood.

The left and right protectors have come several times.But he only paused at the door briefly, and didn't come in.It seems that he doesn't know that Yan Chen is not here.Gu Qingyuan also tried to find someone to come in and take him out.But Shenmu seems to have the ability to isolate himself from the sound of the outside world.

All the snacks in the storage space were eaten up, and he looked at the put away jade charms several times.In the end, I couldn't find anything to do, so I started to practice.

Gu Qingyuan even thought that if he couldn't get out and no one came in, then he could only try to break through the Mahayana stage and see if he could use the Mahayana stage to defeat Shenmu and escape from here.

Cultivation has no time, and ten years passed in a flash. Gu Qingyuan's cultivation gradually improved, and his perception of the outside world became dull.

While he was practicing, the sacred tree that had trapped him for ten years disappeared without a sound, replaced by Yan Chen in red, who stepped barefoot on the water of the pool of blood, looking at him with complicated expressions.Still holding the mask he dropped in the pool of blood ten years ago in his hand.

"Why is the Great Protector here?" Yan Chen woke up Gu Qingyuan who was concentrating on it.

Gu Qingyuan opened his eyes, looking at Yan Shen's handsome eyebrows, for a moment he didn't know what night it was.

"Yan...Honorable Lord?" He opened his mouth and almost uttered the other party's name, but fortunately he recovered in time and corrected it.

"You're back!" Gu Qingyuan said, with a bit of grievance in his tone.

Inexplicably imprisoned by a tree for ten years, he didn't expect to wait until the day he was released after serving his sentence.

"I went out to do some business." Yan Chen perfunctory, sure that Gu Qingyuan didn't seem to know that the tree was his own body, so he asked, "Why are you here?"

Gu Qingyuan had thought about a set of rhetoric hundreds of times in his mind: "The lord sent his subordinates to come back to report earlier. After the subordinates recovered from their injuries, they rushed over immediately, but they didn't expect that the lord was not in the palace, only a sacred tree... "

When Gu Qingyuan said this, he realized that the sacred tree had disappeared: "Where is the sacred tree? Have you put it away?"

"Well, I raised him to protect the house, and I will only summon him when he is not around." Yan Chen followed Gu Qingyuan's words and asked knowingly, "Are you trapped by him?"

"Yes." When Gu Qingyuan said this, his tone couldn't help becoming agitated: "The Shenmu doesn't know why, but he just doesn't let his subordinates leave. The subordinates have no choice but to stay here and wait for the lord to come back. His Highness will not come again. , this subordinate thought he was going to grow old with a tree forever."

Yan Chen's expression became a little weird, as if he wanted to laugh: "It's not bad, is it?"

"What's the matter? Who likes being locked up, let alone being locked up by a tree." Gu Qingyuan replied without thinking.

The smile in Yan Chen's eyes faded: "That's right. Then I will accompany you instead of him."

Yan Chen was so polite suddenly, which made Gu Qingyuan feel a little awkward: "That's okay, in fact, he didn't do anything to hurt me other than locking me here, and even gave me this."

Gu Qingyuan took out the flower that Shenmu put in his hand from the space, and showed it to Yan Chen.He also said: "The skeleton that the lord gave me earlier was made of Shenmu wood? Thanks to it, I can recover so quickly. Speaking of which, I still owe him a favor."

"What?" Yan Shen raised his eyebrows: "Have you been locked out of your feelings by him?"

"That can't be done!" Gu Qingyuan replied firmly.

Yan Chen chuckled, and stared at Gu Qingyuan loosely with his long and narrow phoenix eyes: "However, it is better to remind the guardian of one thing, I have established rules before, and no one is allowed to do anything in this house without my permission." Come on, did the Great Protector take too long and forget?"

Gu Qingyuan is not the real Gu Qing, so naturally he doesn't know that there is such a cheating rule, so he can only admit his mistake bitterly: "It was my subordinate who was negligent for a while, please punish me by the lord."

"There's no need for punishment. I've been imprisoned for ten years, and I'll teach you a lesson." Yan Shen looked him up and down: "Feng Xiao had already told me about the mission situation that day, and I only wanted to care about you when I came to you. Take care of your injuries."

"Thanks to Shenmu, the injury has already healed." Gu Qingyuan said: "If there is nothing wrong, the subordinate will leave first."

"Wait." Yan Chen called Gu Qingyuan to stop, got up and chased him, raised his hand to put the silver mask on for him: "I forgot the mask of the Great Guardian."

Gu Qingyuan felt Yan Chen's fingertips brushing his cheeks, and the familiar woody fragrance poured into his nostrils, making him slightly stunned: "Ah. I accidentally fell into the pool earlier, thank you Lord for reminding me."

"Next time, don't be so careless." Yan Chen seemed to say meaningfully.

Yan Chen watched Gu Qingyuan leave, then returned to the tree shape and returned to the pool.

Yan Shen thought, in fact, Gu Qing was imprisoned for ten years, which was completely self-inflicted.It was he who broke in unruly and saw his own tree shape, and he planned to use the tree shape to try his hand at the other party's reaction.

Unexpectedly, she witnessed the whole process of him drugging herself.

That is indeed a tonic, that's right, Yan Chen was still wondering why Gu Qingyuan poured the tonic into his pool at first, until his consciousness gradually became blurred.

Yan Chen doesn't understand medicine, but he also understands that Gu Qing should take revenge on him.The other party should be burning the blood pill with anger.When he handed it over to the other party, he did not mention that there would be serious backlash.

He only had a vague impression of what happened later, and in his impression he regarded Gu Qingyuan as that person.That's why he stubbornly refused to let him leave.

As for the flower that was sent to Gu Qingyuan, it didn't have any special effect, it was just an expression of emotion that belonged to the instinct of a tree - leaves would fall when sad, and bloom when happy.When you meet someone you particularly like, you will give them a flower, which is essentially equivalent to animal courtship.

Yan Chen didn't expect to see that person again, he would be so happy that flowers would bloom.

That person... Yan Chen's eyes drifted involuntarily to the direction of the painting, and then looked away again.His eyes are like a lonely wasteland, lonely and desolate.

He never thought of using Gu Qing as a stand-in.Otherwise, he would not take the initiative to give the other party that mask.

As for the sword cultivator who appeared next to Nie Wushuang, although his temperament was somewhat similar, he never thought that the two would be the same.After all, that person had already left this world. Perhaps, he left so persistently at that time because he couldn't stand being locked up with his own tree.

[Host, that...] The system hesitated: [Although this is unbelievable, I suspect that Yan Chen is that tree. ] "Be confident." Gu Qingyuan curled the corners of his mouth: "Remove your doubts. He is."

【Eh? 】The system asked in shock: 【Really?I just found out that his position coincided with the position of the tree, so I was a little skeptical, but how could the villain be a sacred tree? What kind of relationship like a co-existence contract...] "It's really unexpected. At first I was just skeptical." Gu Qingyuan crossed his hands behind his head, looked up at the sky: "But unfortunately, he gave me the When putting on the mask, I could smell the woody fragrance on his body, which is as strong as that on the tree trunk. If he really left for ten years, the smell should have dissipated long ago."