Chapter 103

I am a saint

When Si Lan returned to the kindergarten, Lian Jiu was sitting at the door of Bai Xiong and his wife's room. Two large monsters stood there, bewildered, with nervous expressions on their faces. "Headmaster, Lord Si Lan is back."

The couple had never seen the headmaster look angry. She woke up not long after the God left. After knowing the whole story, her face instantly darkened. She made a phone call and then sat there without saying a word.

It seems like they had a fight?

But what does this have to do with Lord Gu Huai?

But since Lord Si Lan had returned, it seemed like they had nothing to do anymore. The couple wanted to give them some space: "We're just taking the kids out for a walk. You two can chat first."

After Bai Xiong and his wife left, Si Lan walked into the room and said, "I..."

Lian Jiu interrupted him: "Si Lan, how many times has this happened?"

He always has to hide it from himself. He always has his own ideas, but he never says them.

Even Si Lan couldn't count how many times this had happened. His mind was even duller than the day Lian Jiu knew his feelings. His mind had been blank all the way.

After a long time, he moved his lips and said in a hoarse voice: "Ke Yuansi sent me the lyrics."

Lian Jiu: "And then?"

Then?

"Lianjiu."

His straight back seemed to bend in an instant. A lot of emotions were suppressed in his dark pupils. He stood there alone and helpless: "I don't know."

He seemed to have something stuck in his throat, unable to speak, his voice barely audible, "Lian Jiu, I don't know what to do."

No one has ever told him what to do or what is the right thing to do.

So he could only follow his own thoughts, the method that would least hurt her, but...

He was not so panicked when he found out that he was committing a heinous crime and was thinking about her. In all the countless nights of anxiety and fear, he had never been so unwilling to face it as he was now.

He couldn't even find the words to put it all together and tell her.

Suddenly, Lian Jiu stood up from the stool, walked up to him, and sighed slightly: "You left me here, and you want to go find her by yourself?"

At this point, Si Lan had nothing to hide anymore, so he lowered his eyes and accepted what he wanted to do.

"And then?" Lian Jiu asked, "Like before, just kill him and be done with it?"

Si Lan didn't say anything.

Lian Jiu said softly, "Si Lan, you don't have the Dharma image anymore."

No matter what happens in the future, he can't sacrifice his Dharma image like before. The next time it will be his life: "Si Lan, you only have one life, can't you think about yourself?"

There was no room for him to consider himself. He just wanted her to be fine.

After all, isn't it because of her that I am still alive?

"You don't trust me?"

This time Si Lan finally reacted and shook his head subconsciously: "I believe it."

"Then why did you keep me here when I said I wouldn't put myself in danger?"

After a long while, Si Lan lowered his head as if he had done something wrong: "Not at all."

Lian Jiu was really angry and distressed, but there was nothing he could do about him.

It's not that I'm ungrateful. I know he's doing this for my own good, but I still act unreasonably.

But at the same time, she didn't want Si Lan to put himself in danger for her again and again, and this stubborn guy was still deceiving her at this point.

At this point, Lian Jiu didn't want to discuss this issue with him anymore, he would always understand.

She got back to business: "What did you hear?"

"Those people and animals are indeed in the mountains."

"You know the reason, don't you?"

Lian Jiu had only just discovered this when he noticed a change in his expression at the base a while ago.

The fact that Si Lan rarely spends time with humans and demon gods also gives him an advantage, which is that his mind is not that complicated. Even if he wants to hide something, there are still some clues, especially when facing people he cares about and is nervous about.

The more careful you are, the easier it is to make mistakes.

Not to mention that Lian Jiu has been living with him day and night since he came to this world, and he knows him too well.

"Hmm." Si Lan's eyes moved to her wrist. "Those animals have developed intelligence. Humans are most intelligent when they are young. If..."

"If I'm included," Lian Jiu said, knowing that he didn't want to continue, "would it be more effective if my blood was added?"

Those animals are all descendants of demons, but after so many generations, there is very little demon blood left in their bodies.

But one's own blood plays a big role.

Si Lan knew he couldn't hide it from her, so he nodded.

Gu Huai doesn't like humans. What she wants is for this world to become a world of monsters. She may have had this plan for a long time. She was previously troubled by the lack of a medium, and then Lian Jiu's appearance made her think of this.

Lian Jiu pulled up his sleeves and covered his hands: "Not necessarily, let's go and take a look."

Si Lan stood at the doorway without moving, and called out again, "Lian Jiu."

He was really scared.

Worse than dying myself.

At this time, Lian Jiu smiled, took a step forward and hugged him gently: "Don't be afraid, I know what I am doing."

At any other time, this hug would make Si Lan ecstatic, but only at this moment, his hands and feet were cold.

But as he said, he couldn't stop her from doing anything she wanted to do.

Finally, Si Lan hugged her back, regardless of whether she cared or not, and used all his strength to say, "I'm here."

When Lian Jiu and Si Lan came to the cave he had discovered, they found that the cave was unusually large. There were many small battery-powered wall lamps on the walls of the cave, and the cave was filled with a strong smell of herbs.

One side was broken up to look like a kindergarten classroom. There were many small beds inside, and many children were sleeping on them. They didn't react at all when outsiders came in. At a glance, there were about a hundred of them.

On the other side are animals locked in cages, all of which are endangered species.

Unlike sleeping children, animals are awake.

When they saw someone coming, they all retreated to the corners of their cages.

The birds and animals were all very calm, and there seemed to be no species or hierarchy here.

After confirming that the children were just asleep and there were no other problems, Lian Jiu walked to the cages of the animals, feeling a little surprised.

After spending a long time with monsters, she could also tell the difference between monsters, humans, and animals, and these animals gave her the feeling that they were almost monsters.

Si Lan: "They are nourished by spiritual medicine."

"Children too?"

"Hmm." Si Lan took a look and said, "They can maintain their vital signs without eating human food. This is only possible by relying on spiritual medicine. Not eating food can also make their blood spiritual energy purer."

Hearing this, Lian Jiu thought Gu Huai was crazy.

At this time, there was a slight noise coming from outside.

Lian Jiu and Si Lan looked at each other but did not hide.

Ten seconds later, Gu Huai appeared at the cave entrance wearing a small straw hat. She wasn't surprised to see the two figures in the cave. She just raised the brim of her hat slightly and said, "You guys are here earlier than I thought."

She asked, “How did you know?”

"You didn't hide it," Lian Jiu said. "You just wanted us to know, didn't you?"

As long as Si Lan and I come here, we will definitely discover the situation here.

Gu Huai could have chosen to hide these animals and people in the human world, which might have led to more possibilities, but she didn't.

Gu Huai nodded: "You are indeed smart."

As he spoke, he slowly walked into the cave and naturally came to the children's room.

She took out a box filled with small pills. She put the pills into the children's mouths and they melted in their mouths. This must be the reason why the children's vital signs can be maintained normally.

Lian Jiu did not stop her because she would not harm these children until Gu Huai achieved her goal.

And she is her goal.

The cave was very quiet. Gu Huai fed the child without saying a word. After feeding, he walked to the animals and put medicinal herbs in each cage.

Seeing the animals devouring their food voraciously, she smiled and said, "If humans hadn't made their living environment so harsh, they would have become intelligent long ago."

"That's why humans are always so annoying. They're the ones who destroyed the animals' environment, and now they pretend to save them. What's the point of doing this?"

Lian Jiu: "So you want them to live in the demon world."

"No." Gu Huai turned around, "I hope all places are demon realms."

"Haven't you noticed?" She looked outside the cave. "We monsters are more sentimental than humans. We cherish ourselves and show more compassion for our own kind. Compared to those selfish humans who are always chasing after money and power, we monsters can bring true spiritual energy to this world."

"We've done nothing wrong, and haven't hurt anyone, but in the end, we're trapped here, forced to compromise and cooperate with humans." Gu Huai sneered, "If it were us, we wouldn't confine humans to this corner and suppress them everywhere. Instead, we would coexist with them as equals."

Lian Jiu nodded and asked, "If that's the case, why are you keeping these animals and children here?"

Gu Huai was stunned for a moment: "What?"

Lian Jiu said calmly, "According to what you mean, if you were the master, you should have released these children and animals to live with other monsters. But you chose to keep them here and feed them with medicine. Isn't it because you also think they are different from monsters?"

Gu Huai's calm expression turned a little ugly: "That's because they haven't become monsters yet!"

Lian Jiu smiled. "So, what's the difference between you and the humans you're talking about? Didn't you feel from the beginning that we weren't equal?"

“This is different!”

Seeing that she was unwilling to recognize herself, Lian Jiu asked again: "Do you know how many people there are in the world?"

"Over eight billion." She spoke calmly, as if she wasn't facing any danger. "And you have one hundred? Two hundred? Add in the monsters outside. Even if they all obey you, you still won't get even a fraction of that."

"You don't like the peaceful coexistence treaty signed between other demon gods and humans, but have you ever thought about the future when you can go out? You demons won't even have enough people to fill a small village."

As he spoke, Lian Jiu took down a small wall lamp from the cave, turned it off and on again, and then, under Gu Huai's watchful gaze, he loosened the lamp and smashed it to the ground, breaking it into pieces. "You don't even know how this kind of wall lamp is made."

"The Demon God doesn't just want monsters to coexist with humans, but he wants them to also have the ability to make wall lamps."

Lian Jiu looked at Gu Huai: "Didn't Yuan Qing tell you already? Look forward, why can't you see it?"

Gu Huai stared at the broken pieces of the lamp on the ground with a gloomy face: "Even without these, you could still come here, right?"

"Before?" Lian Jiu laughed. "It took humanity thousands of years to reach this point. You want to go back thousands of years? Who are you harming? You can live forever, but what about other monsters? What right do you have to ask them to go back with you?"

"We've come this far?" Gu Huai took off his hat and touched it gently. "Isn't it all thanks to Shennong that we've come this far? So what if I asked them to retreat? These people only know how to climb up by stepping on the corpses of their predecessors, and now they're saying he was poisoned. Ha, isn't that ridiculous?"

She sneered, "They are a bunch of ungrateful wolves. They should all taste the pain that their predecessors have experienced."

Lian Jiu didn't know whether he should feel sorry for her.

She seemed to have reached a dead end and couldn't get out.

Lian Jiu said indifferently, "You keep saying that you're doing this for Shennong, but Shennong would rather die than let you save others. Would he agree with what you're doing now?"

"I'm not doing this for him!" Gu Huai seemed to be provoked and turned around, "I'm doing this for the demon world! This world shouldn't be occupied by those hypocritical humans! If it weren't for you! If it weren't for you... I wouldn't be like this!"

Lian Jiu, who was suddenly blamed, was baffled: "What does this have to do with me?"

"Back in Fuyu Mountain, they were all protecting you." Gu Huai turned his face away. "Originally, when you appeared in Fuyu Mountain, I had no other thoughts and did nothing. I would have let these children go. If you could become him, I could endure it. I could endure you for even one day, but you don't want to, none of you want to!"

She clenched her hands tightly, furious. "Not only do you not want to, but you've repeatedly allowed those people to enter our demon world and have fun on our territory. How can they be worthy of that?"

Lian Jiu finally figured out the whole thing: "That's why you started distributing the medicine and asked those people to find these animals for you."

Thinking of those people who were almost crazy just for a few pills, the mockery in Gu Huai's eyes became even more intense: "They are willing to do it too, aren't they? This is human greed."

Lian Jiu was silent for a moment: "Back then, Si Lan was willing to be my bodyguard just for a box of self-heating hot pot. So, isn't he greedy too?"

Innocent Si Lan: "..."

Gu Huai: “…”

Lian Jiu raised his eyes again, locking his gaze with hers. "You tried every possible means to take my blood in order to find the shadow of Shennong in me. You also wanted my blood in order to fuse these children with the monsters. Isn't that greed?"

Gu Huai emphasized once again: "I am doing this for the demon world!"

"Have you asked the other monsters?" Lian Jiu said calmly, pulling out his phone. "I'm holding a video conference right now with all the monsters in the monster world. If any monster agrees with your idea, I'll give you all my blood right away. Do you want to try?"

Gu Huai widened his eyes: "You..."

Lian Jiu ignored her shock, opened the group chat on his phone, and pressed on: "How about it? Do you want to try it?"

At this moment, Gu Huai was forced to take several steps back by her.

Lian Jiu knew what she was thinking from her actions and said with a smile, "Look, you know that what you did was just for yourself, for your obsession with Shennong, but you were wrong."

She said softly but solemnly, "Even if I were really like Shennong, I wouldn't need a monster like you around, and I wouldn't treat you as well as I treat other monster gods, because I don't like you."

Gu Huai's chest heaved rapidly, and an incredible look appeared in his eyes: "Impossible!"

"You don't know, right? Because all their demon gods are lying to you." Gu Huai gritted his teeth and said, "If you knew what happened back then, you wouldn't think so, because you are no different from Shennong."

Lian Jiu raised an eyebrow: "What happened back then?"

Gu Huai looked at Si Lan on the side and found that he was indifferent this time. Isn't he afraid that he would say it out loud?

So she continued, "Knowing how you died and how those people destroyed your flesh and blood, would you still defend them like this?"

After saying this, Gu Huai found that Lian Jiu and Si Lan in front of him still had no other reaction.

He clearly wanted to kill himself at first.

At this moment, Lian Jiu suddenly laughed: "Are you talking about the things I did as a saint?"

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