"There's still time."
Sisi's words surprised Ye'er. She stared at the little figure in front of her and felt a sense of trust in her heart.
"You can still make it if you go now."
Sisi stepped into the Soul-Locking Lamp, grabbed her wrist and helped her up. Ye'er wasn't tall; because of her legs, the two wooden sticks were very thick, and she was only a head taller than Sisi.
Tears suddenly welled up in Ye'er's eyes, and she asked in a daze, "Is it really too late? Will I be able to meet her again? In the next life, will I be able to be with her again?"
"Would you like to be her sister in your next life?"
"No."
Ye'er shook her head. "If my sister were still a woman, I would be willing to be her lover. I would love her well and be with her forever."
Sisi was somewhat moved, and gently bit her lip as she nodded, "You will get what you want. Go now, or it will be too late. She might be waiting for you on the Bridge of Helplessness right now."
"I…"
Tears streamed down Ye'er's face. Before she could even open her mouth to reply, a heart-wrenching wail suddenly came from inside the tightly closed door of the house in the city.
The old man lowered his eyes. "They won't live much longer, Ye'er. Go, go find Miss Mingyue."
"Grandpa, take care!"
Suddenly, the wooden sticks supporting Ye'er's legs broke, and she knelt on the ground, kowtowing heavily to them.
Thank you.
Sisi put away the Soul-Locking Lamp, and Ye'er smiled as she looked at the red thread in her palm, which the little girl had just given her.
Ye'er knew this was to help her, and all the gratitude in her heart turned into tears, which gradually faded away.
Just as it disappeared, swarms of demonic energy surged and filled the entire city, eventually entering the old man's body.
His legs suddenly took root and slowly grew into a towering tree, sheltering the entire city under its shade.
Sisi suddenly remembered what he had said: he hadn't eaten anything like this for a hundred years.
Ordinary people don't live that long.
"You're the demon, aren't you? Ye'er didn't become a demon even after she died, so you lent her demonic power to help her kill people. You had the ability but didn't heal Ye'er's leg, which proves that you never intended to help her in the first place, right?"
Sisi looked up at the thick tree trunk with her little face up.
The scene before them and Sisi's words shocked the three of them. In that case, the demon was still not eliminated.
"But why did you help them again?"
The big tree smiled and said, "I've lived for a hundred years and been cursed as a monster for a hundred years. My heart has long since turned cold. Although I am a herbal medicine shopkeeper, I never save people. Those herbs are all for my own consumption."
Do you know why I saved Ye'er?
Sisi watched him quietly as he continued speaking.
"I witnessed a person who looked like a dead tree being rescued and miraculously came back to life, as if the injuries had never happened. I thought I would never feel that way."
"But while I was hibernating, Ye'er watered me day and night. She knew I was a demon, but she never left me or scolded me. She called me Grandpa. That was the first time someone had called me so affectionately, so I was moved and helped her."
"Kill me."
The branches gathered together, as if they had fulfilled their mission. "Killing me will break the deadlock. I've lived for a hundred years, and I've had enough."
"Do you know where Lingkui is?" Long'er asked.
“It’s not with me.” He let out a long sigh. “You can do it.”
Long'er drew her sword. "If you can't do it, then I will. You can be the good guys!"
"etc!"
"You still want to be soft-hearted? Do you want us trapped here for the rest of our lives? Long Sisi, don't forget our mission, this is our training!"
Although Long'er felt deep sympathy for their plight, she did not come to do good deeds. Since he did not have Lingkui, there was no need to keep him alive.
Sisi took out her purse and rummaged around inside, pulling out a book with a cover made of very old tree bark.
"Who says training always involves killing demons?"
"Is this some kind of powerful magical artifact?" Chunyu curiously leaned over, a hint of excitement in her eyes.
Senior sister has so many good things!
Xiao Si asked in a deep voice, "What is this?"
Sisi chuckled, "These are my schoolbooks. Training doesn't necessarily mean killing demons. You can kill bad demons and subdue good demons."
After saying that, the book soared into the air.
The book slowly turns to a blank page, devoid of any words. As if summoned, the large tree flies into the page, revealing images and words on it.
—The Locust Tree Demon, with a hundred years of cultivation.
The book closed and fell into Sisi's arms. She opened it and looked at it. The leaves were still rustling, as if they were greeting her.
Grandma Sisi laughed heartily, slammed the book shut, and exclaimed, "Done!"
"You can do that???"
Long'er's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, and she asked through gritted teeth with jealousy, "How do you have this book? How do you have all sorts of good things? This is not fair at all!"
"Uncle Jade Emperor didn't say we couldn't bring things in, so why aren't you taking anything?"
Sisi blinked and looked at her with a very innocent expression.
These words were like a knife plunged into Long'er's chest.
Is it that she doesn't want to take it?
She's not okay at all?
"This is the first time I've seen a book like this. Is it like Li Tianwang's Demon-Suppressing Tower?" Chunyu asked.
Sisi thought for a moment and said, "It's still different, isn't it? My senior brother said that the monsters in this book can still cultivate, and the spiritual energy inside is endless. Moreover, this book has already recognized me as its master, and the monsters inside will be at my command."
Chunyu was shocked. If the entire book were filled with monsters, wouldn't her senior sister have a powerful army of monsters?
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