"Hmm? Senior, what is this?" Guan Liyuan looked at him in confusion. The Ancient Vine Immortal handed him a cane.
"Take it. It's not very useful. In the future... if you miss me, you can bring this... Forget it. I don't know where it will go. It depends on fate." The Ancient Vine Immortal said casually. Guan Liyuan immediately
understood that this was just like the golden needle Yang Guo gave to Guo Xiang. It was a token of asking for favors in the future. And from what the Ancient Vine Immortal said, maybe he would leave the Ancient Vine Forest in the future?
However, the Ancient Vine Immortal didn't seem to want to say more. Guan Liyuan didn't ask any more questions and left with Xuejian and Jingtian. Not
long after the three of them walked out of the Ancient Vine Forest, they felt the ground shaking slightly. Seeing this, Guan Liyuan flew up and looked back. He saw that the dense layer of ancient vines in the Ancient Vine Forest gradually "disappeared"...
It turned out that the Ancient Vine Immortal began to gather up his own and the Ancient Vine Monster's roots and vines, revealing the soil that had not seen the sun for a long time but was very fertile.
It seems that the Ancient Vine Immortal is really going to leave, and... it seems that the "Ancient Vine Monster" is not dead? Or is it that the consciousness of the ancient vine monster has disappeared, and only the "body" left by the ancient vine fairy before the tribulation is still alive?
Whether the ancient vine fairy wants to use that body to cultivate a new "son" or practice magical powers other than the external incarnation, it has nothing to do with Guan Liyuan.
However, Guan Liyuan vaguely guessed that the reason why the ancient vine fairy remembered him an extra favor was because the ancient vine monster only killed the evil main consciousness...
At the same time, in Guan Liyuan's sea of consciousness, the Thunder Spirit God was arguing with a phantom that looked like a turtle or an elephant.
“Signed a contract with the human race? And you are just a mortal?”
“What other world? That’s nonsense!”
“Huh? You still dare to stare at me? Have you forgotten who sacrificed all four legs to help you block Nuwa?”
“Why are you calling me brother? Do you still understand the order of seniority?”
It’s not quite appropriate to say that they are arguing. It’s just that the elephant tortoise is “teaching” the Thunder Spirit God, and the Thunder Spirit God looks like he wants to get angry but is holding back. The “elephant tortoise” next to him is still unwilling to give in…
This “elephant tortoise” is naturally the dream consciousness of the Earth Spirit God who smuggled into the human world with the “fake Earth Spirit Pearl”!
The Earth Spirit God is the ancestor of the turtle and elephant tribes. When Shennong created all kinds of beasts, he created these two according to the Earth Spirit God…
But the head is much more majestic than that of the turtle and elephant, more similar to the head of a dragon, with two big ears, but without that long nose, and the neck is very long. After extending from the shell behind, the erected neck is longer than the four elephant legs.
The Thunder Spirit God has also secretly contacted Guan Liyuan, asking him not to worry about it for now, and to wait for him to do a good job of ideological work on the Earth Spirit God here...
The reason why the Thunder Spirit God seems "timid" in front of the Earth Spirit God is not because the Earth Spirit God is so strong - the five spirit gods each have their own strengths, but if it comes to a head-on battle, the Thunder Spirit God, who has the most aggressive thunder spirit energy and is also the body of the Dragon Ancestor, is the strongest.
But the Earth Spirit God is "big-tempered"...
The five spirit gods are born with the innate five spirits, and there is no one big or small, they are all the same age as the heaven and the earth, but the Earth Spirit God has always regarded himself as the "big brother" among the five spirit gods, because the earth nourishes all things.
In theory, this reason is not valid at all, but the other four spirit gods really buy it, and the reason they are willing is precisely because the Earth Spirit God is "big-tempered enough"!
What kind of ability is a big temper?
The Thunder Spirit God gave Guan Liyuan an example - in ancient times, the Fire Spirit God said "fire gives birth to earth", and the Earth Spirit God was so angry that he shrank into his shell for more than 2,000 years and didn't come out...
In the end, Emperor Xuanyuan was able to persuade the Five Spirit Gods to help him because he persuaded the Earth Spirit God to come out of his shell!
Moreover, when Nuwa sealed the Five Spirit Gods, it was not a one-shot deal, but it took several joint efforts with other gods to seal them all.
The first time, it was the Earth Spirit God who mutilated his body to stop Nuwa and let the other four spirit gods escape - later his four legs were used as the pillar of heaven and replaced Mount Buzhou.
So for the issue of "brother", the four spirit gods had to compromise!
[The Earth Spirit God was angry all his life and shrank into his shell? Did he spend most of his time in his shell?] Guan Liyuan asked in confusion.
[That's not the case. Generally, those who provoked him were killed by him. If we couldn't kill him, we would kill him together.] The Thunder Spirit God said.
Guan Liyuan: ...
So if you want the Earth Spirit to shrink into its shell and not come out, you have to be able to fight, otherwise you will face the "open fire" of the Five Spirits instead of "suppressed anger".
[And usually you just need to apologize to him. The longest time... Well, after the Wind Spirit said "Wind overcomes earth", he apologized to him for a year and came out of the shell. ] Thunder Spirit added.
[Well? Then why did the Fire Spirit take more than two thousand years that time? ] Guan Liyuan asked in confusion.
[Because the principle of the Fire Spirit is that you will never apologize under any circumstances. ] Thunder Spirit said desolately.
Guan Liyuan: ...
Thunder Spirit was distracted by chatting with Guan Liyuan, pretending to accept it humbly, letting the Earth Spirit scold him, and occasionally, as if by reflex, he would say a few nice words to praise the Earth Spirit.
However, regarding the contract with Guan Liyuan, the Earth Spirit was still somewhat resistant, and was even unwilling to communicate with Guan Liyuan directly.
Lei Lingshen finally saw that Tu Lingshen had stopped talking, and immediately said: "Tu Ling, listen to me..."
"What did you call me?"
"Brother..."
"Well, go ahead."
Lei Lingshen: ...
Guan Liyuan estimated that it would take some time for Lei Lingshen to convince Tu Lingshen!
Guan Liyuan was not in a hurry. Anyway, the Tu Lingzhu was already in hand, and there was still plenty of time before the "pseudo-five spirit beads" were needed to repair the Demon Locking Tower.
After returning to Anning Village, Gao Yong had already woken up. He and his wife Wan Yuzhi thanked him together and wanted to invite Guan Liyuan and the other two to stay overnight.
Originally, Guan Liyuan wanted to agree to take care of Xuejian - it was almost dark again at this time, and he had been fighting in the ancient vine forest all day.
"Let's go back to Tangjiabao, I miss home too. Don't bother my brother and sister-in-law... Brother Gao's injury also needs rest." Xuejian declined the invitation.
Later, Guan Liyuan realized that it was not a big deal for a "master" of martial arts to refine essence and transform qi to not sleep for a day or two.
However, Guan Liyuan also fell into deep thought because of this - since you don't need to sleep, why do you always sleep on the eight-immortal table after I fainted? So you just don't want to stay up late?
Meanwhile, in Tangjiabao, Yude also came to find his senior brother Yuheng with something on his mind...
"Hmm? Yude, is there something wrong?" Yuheng couldn't help but ask when he saw Yude's look.
Yaoguang on the side also teased: "Yuheng, I heard that the Tang family has a special maid to take care of you? You are not happy in Shushan anymore, are you unwilling to go there?"
Yuheng immediately blushed and shook his head repeatedly: "I am not, I didn't, senior sister, don't talk nonsense... and Zhiyun is not a maid either."