Before we knew it.

Raindrops fell from the sky.

The fine rain pattered on the bamboo leaves, turning into a hazy mist that slowly obscured part of the bamboo mountain.

Yan Jiu reached out and brushed away the rain that was trying to block her view: "Would you be interested in telling me your story?"

Holding the round drum, Mengniang said in a daze against the wind and rain, "I don't know who you are, but since you were able to subdue this witch, I'll assume you're good people."

In the stillness of the night.

She told Yan Jiu her story.

Mengniang gazed at the bamboo mountain hidden in the rain: "I am a bamboo spirit from this bamboo mountain."

As a qualified listener, She Liang pointed to Wan Ying's unconscious father and asked his question: "This person said you have a husband's family, a husband, and children, but humans and demons are racially separated and cannot reproduce."

There is no such thing as a half-demon in the world.

Those are all fabrications from storybooks.

He reasonably pointed out the problem.

Yan Jiu: "..." You understand the importance of being meticulous, but there's no need to be so meticulous in this atmosphere.

She glanced at She Liang speechlessly.

After Yan Jiu looked at him, She Liang thought that Yan Jiu was praising him, and he immediately became much more confident.

Mengniang was suddenly struck by a realization: "Xiaobao was created from my flesh and blood, so he's not really human. Otherwise, the witch wouldn't have targeted him, and she wouldn't have skinned him, extracted his bones, and refined him into..."

Perhaps it's because plants have photosynthesis, which is very useful to humans. Even though the demon race is currently facing difficulties, as long as plant demons do good, they will not be targeted by the heavenly punishment.

But she made a big mistake.

When the people of Zhushan Village were excessively cutting down bamboo forests, she only intended to scare them, but she accidentally killed someone.

She killed her husband's father.

Yan Jiu seemed to be thinking: "Out of guilt, and to atone for your sins, you married into that family."

Mengniang nodded.

For hundreds of years.

She has always lived in peace with humans.

Until recent years, with the rapid development of technology.

Outsiders don't know that her true form is an entire bamboo forest; she transformed from a single bamboo shoot into the vast bamboo forest that is now.

Even though bamboo has a strong regenerative ability, she couldn't just stand by and watch it be cut down completely.

Every knife, every axe, every saw used by the villagers cut her body and caused her pain.

That's why.

That's why she made a mistake.

Mengniang curled up on the ground: "Living off the land is enough to survive, but it won't make you rich. My husband's father died because of me. Their family has lost its main breadwinner and one less laborer. I never thought of seeking their forgiveness, I only hoped to be able to help in some way."

Zhushan Village is also known as Wanjia Village.

She married into her husband's family without any ill intentions; she simply wanted to do what little she could.

Thinking back to this point.

Mengniang suddenly glared fiercely at Si Po.

Her eyes were fierce.

They wished they could devour its flesh and blood.

Mengniang pointed at Granny Si, indignantly saying, "One day, I discovered that the reason the people of Zhushan Village were cutting down bamboo indiscriminately was because of her. She said that the lush green bamboo covering the mountains and fields was blocking out the village's wealth! That's utter nonsense!"

She was thinking about it then too.

No matter what, humans would never need to cut down so many bamboos; that would be like uprooting weeds.

Mengniang looked like she regretted not exploding her inner core and dying together with Si Po: "I went to confront her, but she was protected by something, and I was no match for her."

She was just an ordinary bamboo spirit.

His cultivation level was not high to begin with.

Once injured.

It is inevitable that they will not be able to maintain a complete human form.

That day, her hands were replaced with thin bamboo, which was seen by her husband and mother-in-law.

"I had no choice but to tell them the truth about why I came. They said they knew that I was different from others the moment they saw me."

“I thought they would hate me, curse me, and kill me, but they didn’t. They said the dead are dead, and the living must live. Even if they killed me, the dead wouldn’t come back. They gave me my freedom and let me leave, saying I shouldn’t have stepped into Zhushan Village, into this already decaying village.”

“Zhushan, because Sipo has long since become Zhushan.”

Mengniang closed her eyes as she spoke.

It's unbelievable that there are still people in Zhushan Village who haven't been bewitched by the old woman and still guard the pure land in their hearts.

so.

Mengniang did not leave.

She was willing to stay.

It's also for protection.

She wanted to leave an heir for her husband.

Just after she became pregnant using a secret method, she saw Si Po again and witnessed the cruelty of her fellow demon.

The old woman killed her husband and mother-in-law right in front of her.

That moment.

Mengniang regretted it.

She regretted not leaving obediently. If she had listened, would her husband and mother-in-law have died unexpectedly because of Si Po's desire to eliminate dissidents?

Until later.

After the child is born.

Mengniang then realized Si Po's true purpose.

The old woman is coveting her child!

I ask you.

The handheld drum is made of a leather surface and a drum frame. Is there any better material for crafting it than the Bamboo Demon's Child?

Mengniang watched helplessly as her child was taken away by Si Po, and she was locked in a cage in the cellar, where there were other equally pitiful children and girls who had been abducted.

That's when she found out.

Beneath the surface of the shrew's skin lies a monstrous madness.

Yan Jiu, combining Si Po's memories, said: "Whether it's a child or a young girl, after being abducted, they will be taken away after a period of time. So why are you pretending to be crazy?"

Mengniang smiled bitterly: "As long as there is still a single bamboo in Zhushan, she cannot kill me or eliminate me completely. Naturally, she wants to torture me as cruelly as possible. If I don't pretend to be crazy, how could she let her guard down, and how could she be so smug and laughing at my despair?"

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