Were we originally one?

Taotie paused for a moment, then sneered disdainfully: "You're just an ordinary human who summoned me and was lucky enough not to die."

"What right do you have to be one with me? Get out!"

After saying this, he was about to use his magic to force Yun Jingying's soul out of her body.

A powerful magical force swept in.

In an instant, Yun Jingying was so overwhelmed that she felt dizzy and disoriented.

Yun Jingying's little soul wandered within Taotie's body, enduring immense pressure as she struggled to reach his shoulder.

Reaching out, he grabbed the chain that had pierced through the Taotie's body and soul, and pulled it down hard.

"Ahhhh—"

The Taotie was in so much pain that its vision went black for a moment, and the magic power gathered in its body dissipated slightly, giving Yun Jingying a little time to catch her breath.

Yun Jingying's little soul caught its breath slightly: "Taowu, you see? This chain was specially made by Qiongqi for you, it doesn't affect me."

"Lend me some of your magic power, and I can help you break these chains. I can also teach you how to make the Nature God and Qiongqi die together!"

Taotie still felt that Yun Jingying had lowered his status, and angrily retorted, "I don't need you..."

"If you had another way to break free, you wouldn't need me!" Yun Jingying retorted without backing down, "But you have no other choice now!"

After arguing for a long time, Taotie finally decided to cooperate with Yun Jingying after weighing the pros and cons.

Yun Jingying obtained a bit of Taotie's magic power and carefully broke the chains that bound Taotie's soul.

Then, together with Taotie, they secretly escaped from prison.

The Taotie concealed itself, ran outside the Beast King's Palace, gathered its magical power, and tampered with the fast-growing rice seeds—

Taotie had once devoured the Thunder God's magic power, and now, it deliberately shot a small thunderball into the rice seeds planted by other orcs outside the Beast King's Palace.

Once such seeds produce rice, they will explode immediately upon entering the human body.

After doing all that, Taotie returned to the prison and began leisurely watching the show.

Sure enough, from then on, any orc who ate rice would explode and die within a day, leaving behind a bloody mess.

Meanwhile, Yun Jingying began to exploit the superstitious beliefs of the beastmen, spreading the news that "the ferocious beast Qiongqi and the nature god's union goes against the will of Heaven" through word-of-mouth gossip.

This led the beastmen to believe that this was divine punishment for humanity.

To continue living, the nature god must kill the ferocious beast!

Taotie felt it was inappropriate to spread the news like this and retorted, "Let the God of Nature kill Qiongqi? How could you even think of that?"

"Don't you think about what would happen if the God of Nature really killed him?"

"Without Qiongqi's help, how could we possibly kill the God of Nature with our own strength?"

"Are you stupid?" Yun Jingying really didn't have a high opinion of the ancient beast's intelligence: "Can't you tell that Ye Sijin cares a lot about that stupid Qiongqi? He definitely won't be willing to kill it immediately."

"Wait until the two of them have a falling out because of the rumors, then you can go and fawn over Qiongqi."

"At that time...won't Qiongqi obediently turn back to your side?"

… …

So, less than half a month after Taotie left, all the beastmen inside and outside the Beast King's Palace knelt before the gods.

I swear to the death to plead for mercy from the magistrate, and order Shi Linyuan to be executed.

Otherwise, they would kneel outside the palace for an extended period of time!

When Si Jin received the news, she stayed in a room by herself.

He said he had something to do and instructed Shi Linyuan to stay in the palace and not to show his face.

Although the deity looked confident.

But Shi Linyuan still couldn't help but worry.

In ancient times, the nature gods were high above, and it was considered blasphemy for ordinary people to even glance at them.

It was not something that these ferocious beasts, despised by everyone, were worthy of touching.

But now, he has received, possessed, kissed, and wanted.

I have no regrets even if I die.

Why cause Jinjin any more trouble?

As night fell, Si Jin still hadn't left her room.

Shi Linyuan finally stood up, as if he had made a great decision, and prepared to go to the dark dungeon to kill Taotie with his own hands.

He didn't know why the rice had turned out this way, how things would develop in the future, or what Jinjin really wanted to do.

But... he understood one thing.

Even in death, he would never leave Jinjin with any worries.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped out of the room, Si Jin grabbed his hand...