Considering that rabbit ears are easier to touch, Jiang Deng finally advised that if Leng Baige didn't listen, then forget it, let it be.
Facing Jiang Deng's repeated questioning, Lao Teng did not explain anything. He just looked at Leng Baige silently, looking confident.
"I, I believe him! Demon cultivators don't lie to demon cultivators!"
Leng Baige gritted his teeth and finally chose to believe Lao Teng.
After all, the old vine's body was connected to the roots on the wall and could not move at all. As long as he was alert and ran away immediately if he realized something was wrong, there would be nothing to be afraid of...
Thinking of this, Leng Baige strode towards the old vine in the corner.
Jiang Deng shook his head slightly and sighed.
Alas... silly rabbit, you are about to suffer another blow in your life.
However, Jiang Deng did not stop them this time. Instead, he communicated with Jin Shanshan above his head through voice transmission: "Jin Shanshan, help me eavesdrop on their conversation."
"no problem!"
Jin Shanshan agreed decisively.
Lao Teng had been imprisoned in this Soul-Suppressing Tower for a long time, and his strength had been greatly reduced. He hadn't even noticed Jin Shanshan's existence, let alone Jin Shanshan's innate abilities.
With the help of spider silk, the conversation between Leng Baige and Lao Teng was clearly transmitted back to Jiang Deng.
Leng Baige approached Lao Teng and asked again, "Now can you finally explain why cultivators can't take their spirit beasts with them when they ascend?"
The old vine whispered in Leng Baige's ear, his breath weak, "Because the nine-nine thunder tribulations a cultivator has to go through when ascending are too terrifying, they will use everything they can, whether it's a spiritual weapon or a spiritual beast, to resist the thunder tribulations."
"My master, Venerable Wei Yan, was like this too. He used me to resist the last thunder tribulation, but he ascended to heaven safely. However, my body was destroyed, my vitality dissipated, and only my spirit remained alive!"
"Before ascending to the upper realm, he felt that I was no longer useful, so he casually threw me into this Soul-Suppressing Tower. He then placed the Soul-Suppressing Tower in the secret realm to serve as a checkpoint for training future generations of successors."
"For the past eight hundred years, in order to survive, I have had no choice but to fall into evil ways and survive by sucking the blood and flesh of monks..."
Hearing this, Jiang Deng was secretly shocked.
It turned out that her premonition was correct, there really was something wrong with Venerable Wei Yan!
If it were her, she would never do such an extreme thing.
Jin Shanshan put the old vine under his ear and put himself in his own situation. He couldn't help but feel a little worried, "Master...you won't do this?"
Jiang Deng asked back: "If I did this, what would you do?"
"Hmm..." Gilgamesh racked his brains but couldn't come up with a good answer.
While Jin Shanshan was thinking about something, Jiang Deng quickly stretched out his finger and touched Jin Shanshan's soft belly.
It's quite nice to touch, and the feel is no worse than rabbit ears. Before Jin Shanshan could react, his fingers quickly withdrew.
Jiang Deng said seriously, "Don't worry. If I ascend to the upper realm, I will definitely take you with me. Otherwise, it would be so boring to ascend alone."
“Hehehe…”
Gilgamesh laughed happily. "With the master's promise, I feel relieved! But... why is my stomach so itchy?"
As he spoke, Gilgamesh couldn't help but stretch out his spider legs and scratch his stomach to tickle it.
"Ahem!" Jiang Deng coughed lightly. To prevent Jin Shanshan from noticing that he'd just touched its belly, he quickly changed the subject and said, "Do you know how a spirit beast can avoid ending up with the same tragic fate as this vine monster?"
Gilgamesh's attention was drawn to this. He shook his head in confusion and said, "I don't know."
Jiang Deng held up two fingers and said, "There are two ways. The first way is to open your eyes and choose a good master!"
Jin Shanshan's head is as big as a bucket, how can he keep his eyes open? This is too difficult, right?
The human heart is unpredictable. How sharp must one's eyes be to find a good master? Even a divine beast can't do that!
Jin Shanshan continued to ask, "What about the second option?"
"The second option," Jiang Deng said with a smile, "If I really did the same thing as Venerable Wei Yan, you could just turn around and attack me instead of wanting me as your master."
"But wouldn't that be Master Devouring? As a spirit pet, I'll be killed by the backlash of the contract!"
Jiang Deng said decisively: "Either side will die, why not delay the death?"
Jin Shanshan looked at Jiang Deng, her four little eyes full of admiration.
As expected of the master it chose, he is so fresh and unworldly that he actually took the initiative to teach the spirit beast how to devour its master!
So, after bringing up this topic, the relationship between the man and the beast became closer, and they continued to eavesdrop on the conversation between Leng Baige and Lao Teng.
After Lao Teng finished telling his story, he looked at Leng Baige intently and said frankly: "If you have a master, you will end up like me."
"impossible!"
Leng Baige shook his head desperately, "My master has a pure heart and would never do such a thing!"
"Why not?" Old Teng sneered, "The contract we demons signed with humans is a master-servant contract, not a life-and-death contract. Our death won't affect them in the slightest. They've only treated us as tools from the beginning to the end."
Hearing this, Leng Baige's face showed uncontrollable fear.
His master is an unparalleled genius with a natural spiritual root and a special physique. His cultivation progress is rapid, and now he is a powerful man. In a few years, he will pass the tribulation and ascend to heaven.
If the master ascends to heaven in the future, will he also be asked to bear the thunder tribulation?
Just when Leng Baige was about to have a mental breakdown due to the blow from the old vine, the old vine, which was half-dead just now, suddenly stretched out its old hand as dry as tree bark and grabbed Leng Baige's neck.
The pain woke Leng Baige up. He stared at Lao Teng with wide eyes and said in disbelief, "What are you doing!"
The old vine laughed strangely, "Hehehe... What else can I do? Of course, I will drain your blood and flesh, plunder your vitality, and help me be reborn!"
The rage brought by betrayal rushed straight to his head, and Leng Baige's eyes were red with anger. "Didn't you say that demon cultivators don't lie to demon cultivators?"
"Of course, demon cultivators shouldn't lie to demon cultivators, but..."
Old Teng smiled broadly and said, "But have you forgotten that I am a plant and you are a rabbit? We are natural enemies!"
Leng Baige: "..."
He was careless and forgot about this.
The old vine didn't waste any more words. Its fingertips turned into sharp vines and pierced into Leng Baige's skin, sucking the hot blood below...
The vitality in Leng Baige's body was dissipating. He could only turn his head with difficulty to look in the direction of Jiang Deng, stretched out his hand and said in a barely audible voice: "Save, save me..."
Jiang Deng just crossed his arms and watched the scene quietly, remaining indifferent from beginning to end.
It's not that she's cold-blooded, but Leng Baige's distress just happened to prove something...
really!
Just when Leng Baige was about to be sucked dry by the old vine and was on the verge of death, a formation suddenly lit up on his back.
The next moment, an aura that was so powerful that it was unmatched enveloped this space!
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