"No, we wood spirits are always grateful and repay favors, especially such a great favor."
Granny Qingye was the oldest person here and seemed to have the most say. She said sincerely, "Young man, if you have any requests, please feel free to ask. We will definitely do our best to repay you."
“No need.” Yun Che shook his head: “I didn’t save him out of any real intention, because my original purpose was to obtain a Wood Spirit Pearl.”
“Wha…what?” Yun Che’s words caused all the wood spirits to raise their heads abruptly, their faces changing slightly.
"I spared He Lin only because he was a child and I couldn't bear it. If it was any other wood spirit, I would have taken his life and the Wood Spirit Pearl. So, you don't have to be grateful to me."
Looking at the sudden changes in the faces of the wood spirits, he turned around and walked towards the exit neatly.
"Wait." An old voice called out to him.
Yun Che paused, but did not turn around. He said calmly, “Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone about this place.”
"No," Granny Qingye approached him with her back half hunched. "You saved Lin'er, and you are the great benefactor of our entire clan. How could we not trust you? You just said that you needed a wood spirit bead, right?"
Yun Che was stunned and turned around.
Granny Qingye smiled peacefully, and looked at the middle-aged wood spirit beside He Lin with a slightly turbid gaze: "Qingmu, how about giving Qiu Ling's wood spirit beads to our benefactor?"
The middle-aged Mu Ling who was replaced by "Qing Mu" had a complicated look in his eyes, but he did not hesitate or feel embarrassed. He nodded gently: "Of course."
"That's great." Grandma Qingye laughed and said, "Young man, our clan happens to have a wood spirit bead. It was left behind by Qingmu's wife when she was seriously injured and passed away. Although many years have passed, it is sealed in the natural profound formation, so the spiritual power will not be damaged at all. It should be able to help you."
If the wood spirit took the initiative to leave it, and its spiritual energy was not damaged... it meant that this was a perfect wood spirit bead with 100% spiritual power, which was impossible for humans to obtain by force! !
Yun Che was excited: "Really... can you give it to me?"
"Haha," Qingmu laughed, "I will never let the evildoers take the Wood Spirit Pearl left by my late wife, even if I risk my life. But if I can use it to repay the great benefactor who saved our young clan leader, Qiu Ling's spirit in heaven will surely agree."
"However, in order to prevent it from being obtained by evil people, I sealed it very tightly. It will take at least one or two hours to unlock the natural mysterious formation that seals it. During this period, you will have to wait here for a long time."
Yun Che spent a huge price, but in the end he failed to take He Lin’s Wood Spirit Pearl by force... but here, he received a perfect Wood Spirit Pearl as a gift.
Although it could not be compared with He Lin's royal wood spirit bead, the 100% spiritual power was already far more than the 70% spiritual power wood spirit bead that Yun Che needed.
The last bit of depression in Yun Che’s heart was swept away, and deep joy and gratitude surged in his heart: “In this case… Thank you very much. I really need a Wood Spirit Pearl for an important reason.”
"No need to thank me. We can never repay your kindness enough." Granny Qingye said, "Qingmu, go ahead and get it. Once you get it, hand it directly to your benefactor."
Aoki responded and flew away.
“Great! I just can’t bear to leave big brother!” He Lin cheered, jumped in front of Yun Che, and pulled up his sleeves: “Big brother, let me show you our home. Although it’s small, you will definitely like it.”
He Lin pulled him and officially entered this small world that belonged only to Mu Ling.
The houses are made of green wood and the beds are made of flowers and plants. This is an incredibly pure world where even the air does not smell the slightest bit of pollution.
They were a race that was originally protected by nature, but because of human greed, they ended up being more miserable and declining than any other race. They should have had a deep hatred for humans, but when He Lin pulled him in front of one wood spirit after another and happily introduced them to him, they showed him deep gratitude and a welcome from the bottom of their hearts. Maybe there was a little bit of vigilance, but from beginning to end, he did not feel even a trace of hatred.
Wood spirits have the purest power and the purest heart in the world. Yun Che was deeply feeling this at this moment, and his heart was throbbing strongly.
Even if the enemy was a hundred times stronger than him, he would never retreat. However, the clear and spotless green eyes of these wood spirits made him dare not look directly at them again and again...
Such a group should have been protected by nature, but why did they have to bear such a cruel and unfair fate...
Because of human sin and greed...
Also because of their weakness.
The bodies of the dragon clan are all rare treasures, but who in this world dares to bully the true dragon clan of the Dragon God Realm?
"Sister Qinghe!"
He Lin pulled Yun Che all the way to the end of the small world. There was a large flowerbed here. At a glance, there were hundreds of flowers in full bloom. A girl in colorful clothes was collecting morning dew on the petals in the flowerbed. Her graceful figure was like a colorful butterfly dancing among the flowers, pleasing to the eye and intoxicating.
As He Lin shouted, the girl turned from the flowerbed and looked at them tenderly. He Lin blushed as he introduced her to Yun Che, "This is Sister Qinghe, and her father is Uncle Qingmu. Sister Qinghe is the big brother who saved me. Although he is just a big brother, he is super powerful."
The girl in colorful clothes looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. Her fair face carried the youthfulness and beauty of a young girl and the pure beauty that only a wood spirit could possess. She bowed gently to Yun Che and said, “Thank you, big brother, for saving our young clan leader.”
After she finished speaking, she did not dare to look into Yun Che’s eyes again. She lowered her head, and a slight blush crept up on her face.
"Hey? Young Clan Leader, it turns out you brought your benefactor brother here. No wonder we couldn't find him anywhere!"
Behind her ear, a girl's voice as clear and lively as a spring came, and a girl of similar age to Qinghe flew over lightly, followed by a boy named Mu Ling, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a tall and slender figure and a handsome and flawless appearance.
"Sister Feiyan, Brother Qingzhu!" He Lin called out their names crisply.
The two arrived and looked at Yun Che with sparkling eyes for a long while. The wood spirit boy named Qingzhu bowed deeply to Yun Che and said, “My benefactor, you saved our young clan leader. I don’t even know… how to repay you.”
“Thank you, benefactor brother.” The wood spirit girl Fei Yan bowed gracefully, and her pair of clear and beautiful eyes kept looking at Yun Che again and again with curiosity: “Among humans, there are indeed many good people.”
"Of course." He Lin said with great momentum: "When my parents were alive, they often told me this. The first time I saw my elder brother, I believed that he must be a very good person."
"Hmph! Young Clan Leader, you still have the nerve to say that!" Feiyan raised her hand and hit Helin's forehead hard, saying angrily, "Do you know that you almost scared us to death? Grandma Qingye cried several times. If you...if you dare to do this again, we will ignore you."
He Lin covered his forehead in pain, not daring to refute, and said weakly and pitifully: "Sister Feiyan, I already know I was wrong, and I will never dare to do it again. I just... I just wanted to go out and see the outside world, but I didn't expect to be so unlucky... Woo, I really don't dare anymore."
“Fei Yan, don’t say that about the young patriarch. He will definitely behave himself in the future.” Qing He spoke softly to protect him. While speaking, she glanced at Yun Che quietly, and then quickly lowered her head.
"Hmph, anyway, I will keep a close eye on the young patriarch from now on!" Feiyan puffed his cheeks.
Qingzhu, however, could not suppress his curiosity and asked anxiously, "Young Patriarch, what happened after you sneaked out that day? And what is the outside world like? Is it really as magical as Grandma Qingye and Uncle Qingmu said? Tell us quickly."
"Well, well..." He Lin said anxiously, "I had just run out for a while when I was caught. After that... I was so scared that I didn't have the energy to care about other things. Oh! That's right!"
He Lin's eyes suddenly flashed, and he turned to Yun Che: "Big brother, can you tell us about the outside world?"
He Lin’s words also reminded them immediately. Qing He, Fei Yan, and Qing Zhu’s expectant gazes were all focused on Yun Che… the first human from the outside world to arrive in their small world: “Brother Benefactor, you must know a lot about the outside world. We want to hear it. We really want to hear it.”
The same expectation and desire flashed in the four pairs of emerald green eyes. Such a look made Yun Che's heart and soul suddenly tighten, as if being pierced by a needle. They spent their entire lives on the run, in fear, and cautiously. Only in their own little world could they feel at ease. Every place in the outside world could be an abyss of death for them.
The greater their yearning and desire in their hearts, the more cruel the fate they endure.
Yun Che took a deep breath and said slowly: “In fact, my home is not in the God Realm, but in the very far, very remote lower world… The first place I arrived after arriving in the God Realm was an endless white world. The land, rivers, seas, mountains and rivers were all covered with ice and snow that would never melt. Even the sky was as white as if it was covered by a layer of snow… The palaces there were dozens of miles long, and the largest one was several hundred miles long…”
Without mentioning any specific names, Yun Che described the world he came from, the white world of the Snow Song Realm and the magical Nether Frost Lake, and the endless flame purgatory of the Flame God Realm... He also mentioned the two terrifying and cunning ancient horned dragons in the flames...
The four young wood spirit boys and girls were fascinated by what they heard and exclaimed in amazement one after another.
Just by listening and then picturing it in the mind, it is impossible to truly understand what kind of picture or situation it is. But even so, for them who are forever "imprisoned" in their small world, it is an unprecedented spiritual excitement.
"Thousands of miles... tens of thousands of miles... the whole world is white." Feiyan looked up with a dazed look in his eyes, and then said disappointedly: "I have never seen snow in my life."
"Me too." Qingzhu nodded in agreement, full of longing.
Yun Che smiled slightly, and suddenly flew up. With a faint flash of blue light in his hand, a large piece of snow fell from the sky like a wild goose feather, accompanied by a cool breeze that penetrated the heart.
“Wow!”
Excited exclamations overlapped one another, they cupped their hands, bathed in the falling snow, feeling an unprecedented coolness, as if they were suddenly in a completely different world.
The snow fell lightly at first, and soon turned into a blizzard. Yun Che's fingers changed slightly, and suddenly, more than a dozen ice crystal lotuses bloomed in the flying snow. The smallest one could be held in the palm of the hand, and the largest one made the two wood spirit girls want to sit in it and feel the blooming of the ice lotus in person.
call!
Outside the flying snow, a pale golden flame ignited and soon condensed into a huge golden crow flame shadow, emitting a loud and majestic long cry.
"What a beautiful firebird!" He Lin exclaimed.
"This is the Golden Crow. In ancient times, it was one of the most powerful flame beasts."
Yun Che's mind moved slightly, and instantly, the image condensed by the flames quickly changed, transforming into the appearance of the ancient horned dragon in the God Burial Inferno Prison.
“This is the flaming horned dragon I just told you about. Its entire body is covered in fire, and its tail is longer than its body. Well, its size is about the same.” Yun Che introduced it, and sighed, “I almost died under its claws.”
“It looks so scary. I can tell at a glance that it must be a very bad profound beast.” Fei Yan’s cheeks puffed up slightly, as if venting his dissatisfaction with it for almost killing Yun Che.
After performing snow, ice, and fire, Yun Che performed lightning and profound energy, playing with them for a long time before he retracted his palm and made all the wind, snow, lightning, and fire dissipate.
Everything seems like a sudden bubble.
With unprecedented excitement, the cheeks of the four wood spirit men and women were all flushed, and it seemed that there were bright stars shining in their eyes when they looked at Yun Che - just now, they had been grateful and curious about Yun Che, but now, it was suddenly so strong that it covered their entire body with admiration.
"I really want to... I really want to go and visit the place my benefactor brother told me about." Qingzhu tilted his head and spoke like a dream.
“That day will definitely come.” Yun Che said.
"Brother Benefactor... Um! Can we..." Feiyan's eyes were sharp, but her face was full of nervousness: "Can I know your name?"
He Lin, Qing He, and Qing Zhu also looked at him.
Yun Che smiled slightly and said without hesitation: "My name is Yun Che."
“Yun Che…” They whispered the name at the same time.
“Brother Yun Che!” Qing Zhu shouted excitedly.
“You, you, you… you big fool, you got ahead of me again! I want to call… Brother Yun Che too!” Fei Yan shouted, her eyes curved into delicate crescents, and then she pulled Qing He beside her: “Sister Qing He, you don’t say much today, come and call Brother Yun Che.”
Qing He took a small step forward, but she never raised her head. She nervously pinched the colorful ribbon with both hands and said timidly: "Yun Che...Brother..."
"Qinghe, what's wrong with you?" Qinghe's unusual appearance made Qingzhu worried: "You look...ah? Why is your face a little red? Are you sick?"
“Ah! I know!” Feiyan cried out, “Sister Qinghe must have fallen in love with Brother Yunche!”
“I… How could I not!” The light morning glow turned into a gorgeous evening glow in an instant, spreading straight to her jade-colored neck. She lowered her head even lower, then suddenly stomped her feet lightly, turned around and ran away like a frightened butterfly… From beginning to end, she did not dare to look at Yun Che once.
“Wahaha! I was right!” Fei Yan laughed triumphantly, and then stared at Yun Che with a pair of bright eyes: “Brother Yun Che, Qing He was embarrassed and ran away, you have to take responsibility!”
“This…” Yun Che pressed the tip of his nose in distress.
Wood spirits carry the purest natural power, so females are all gentle and charming, and males are all extremely handsome, but they also lack masculinity. For wood spirit girls who are used to seeing male wood spirits, Yun Che's masculinity, as well as the sharpness and awe honed by countless storms, are often fatal once they get close and become curious.
He Lin did not smile. He had been staring at Yun Che blankly since before Yun Che said his name, with the corners of his mouth slowly biting, becoming tighter and tighter.
When Yun Che noticed his abnormality, he suddenly knelt down heavily in front of Yun Che.
"Ah? Young Clan Leader!" Feiyan and Qingzhu were shocked.
“He Lin, you?” Yun Che quickly reached out and tried to help him up.
He Lin knelt there stubbornly, looking up with a pair of trembling eyes: "I... I don't want to call you Brother Yun Che, I... I... I want to call you Master."
Yun Che: “…”
"Master! Can you please be my master? I want to become as strong as you... I... I will work hard, I can endure hardships, no matter how great the hardship is, I can handle it. Please accept me, Master."
He Lin didn't ask, but begged... a begging with too strong a desire.
“He Lin.” Yun Che placed his palm on his young shoulder: “You are a wood spirit, and I am a human. Although we are similar, our powers are different, so I cannot be your master.”
"No! Master can teach me. We can also use profound strength in the same way as humans. This is what my parents told me." He Lin said firmly: "Because my parents are so powerful. They have defeated many powerful villains and protected countless people. I want to be as powerful as Master. I want to protect my people like my parents. I... I will listen to Master. I can do anything for Master. Please accept me..."
“…” Yun Che squatted down, his eyes showing the gentleness that only appeared in front of his loved ones: “He Lin, the power of one person is limited after all. Even if you become ten times stronger than me, you can’t change the fate of the Wood Spirit Clan. It depends on the joint efforts of the entire clan.”
"You are the young leader of the Wood Spirit Tribe, but don't forget that you are still a child. You don't need to bear such heavy pressure on your shoulders. What you should do most is to grow up peacefully under the protection of your tribe members. When you grow up, use your mature wings to protect your tribe members, okay?"
"I... I know..." Two tear marks slowly slid down He Lin's cheeks: "I know that even if I become very strong, I can't change the fate of our entire family, but... that way, I can at least leave here one day to find my sister and protect her... I promised my parents that I would protect my sister, but... but I can't find my sister. I don't know where she is, whether she has been bullied by bad people, I... I miss her so much... I want to find her so much, I really want to protect my sister from being bullied again... but... but..."
Yun Che’s palms on He Lin’s shoulders tightened slightly, and he was unable to speak.
When he was the same age as He Lin, he was mocked and ridiculed because of the disability of his Xuanmai. However, he had Xiao Lie's meticulous care and protection, Xiao Lingxi's inseparable company, and Xia Yuanba to play and laugh with. He was free to go wherever he wanted and do what he wanted. He had no idea what escape and fear were, let alone shouldering the responsibility of an entire race.
Compared with his peers, he can be said to be pitiful because of his disabled Xuanmai.
But compared to He Lin, he was undoubtedly in heaven at that time.
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[This chapter is extremely difficult to write, but...]
[I'm so busy during the Chinese New Year... What day is today~! @#￥%... Forget it, let's go to bed first. 】
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