Chapter 318: As expected of a descendant of Mount Tai, Ye Lu agreed and hurriedly...
After agreeing, Ye Lu hurried to the mountain to hunt for the strange blood food he promised to Guimen Youzi. He also went to the warehouse to replenish a wooden box of strange beads, and then hurried to the top of Ercheng Mountain.
As soon as he reached the top of the mountain, the first thing Ye Lu saw was the Guimen Oil Tree, which was about the same height as a medium-sized tree.
In just a few months, the height of the Guimen Oil Tree has changed again. Now it is already on the verge of reaching the 20-meter mark. Ye Lu estimates that once the Guimen Oil Tree exceeds 20 meters, it will not continue to grow.
Of course, what attracted Ye Lu's attention more were the several half-human-high white eggs on the branches of the "Guimen Oil".
The material of these white eggs is very special. Ye Lu's five senses are different from those of ordinary ghosts and are more acute. He noticed the difference of the white eggs on the branches at the first time. When Qingsong said it, Ye Lu thought that the texture was similar to spider silk or cicada silk. After all, they are snake eggs, which gives people the impression of this. But when he actually saw it with his own eyes, Ye Lu found that he was wrong.
The texture of the snake eggs was more like some kind of overly soft snake scales. The pale scales were piled up layer by layer on the surface of the snake eggs. He could even see the blood vessels inside the snake eggs through the translucent scales.
Ye Lu also noticed that there was a white snake egg in the upper left corner that was already empty.
What does this mean? It goes without saying.
Ye Lu quickly glanced around and soon saw a light gray tail in the shadow of a branch of the Guimen Oil Plant. At first, Ye Lu thought he was seeing things and it should be some kind of shadow, but when the shadow moved around and the tail twitched, Ye Lu overturned his guess.
Ye Lu narrowed his eyes and stared at the snake's tail for a while.
"............" Why does this snake's tail seem a little fat and lively?
Ye Lu withdrew his gaze before the Guimen Youzi could become alert and muttered silently in his heart.
"How is it? Are you okay, Guimen Youzi?" After sensing that Guimen Youzi's spiritual sense was approaching, Ye Lu tried his best to keep his emotions as low as possible, so as to reduce Guimen Youzi's vigilance, while handing the wooden box in his hand to Guimen Youzi's spiritual sense.
Ye Lu tore the strange flesh and blood in his other hand into pieces and threw them into the soil at the roots of the Guimen Oil Tree. Ye Lu watched the strange flesh and blood soak the soil little by little, and the roots dragged the flesh and blood into the ground, then he withdrew his gaze.
The Guimen Divine Consciousness also scattered the Gui beads under the soil. The Gui power crushed the Gui beads. The breath of Gui power filled the air, and it let out a comfortable sigh.
"Not bad." Guimen Youzi replied.
"What else do you need?" Ye Lu looked at the Guimen Oil Plant again. This was his precious Gui plant, so he must pay close attention to it. He didn't know if it was because there were too many snake eggs, but the leaves were turning yellow. Seeing this, Ye Lu couldn't help but frowned and said, "A lot of your leaves are turning yellow."
Guimen Youzi refused: "Not now, I will find you when I need you. The leaves will only turn yellow during this period, but they will turn green again."
Ye Lu was observing the leaves on the branches and then he met a pair of vertical pupils. These vertical pupils were similar to the eyes of cold-blooded animals. They looked very cold at first glance, but when you really looked at them for a while, you would find that the vertical pupils contained confusion.
"......Cough." Ye Lu didn't expect that he would see the true appearance of the Snake Man. He was just a little baby with a very delicate face and a little baby fat. He was quite cute. He coughed embarrassedly.
"Hiss!" The small figure on the tree seemed to be frightened and quickly curled itself up into a ball and climbed up to the treetop like a snake.
"What are you doing?" Guimen Youzi was sighing comfortably just now, but when he noticed the movement here, he instantly became alert. He was like a nanny who thought that others would harm his children and had a very strong sense of territory.
The Guimen Oiler's spiritual consciousness quickly came to Ye Lu. He first looked at the Guishe Man above. He didn't show any excessive fear, but was a little timid. Then he felt relieved. Then he looked at his donor with suspicion again: "What did you just do?"
"I just took a look." Ye Lu was at a loss for words: "What can I do?"
"Guimen Youzi, are you too nervous about these snake eggs?" Ye Lu had wanted to say this for a long time, and he also noticed that Guimen Youzi's mood was too abnormal. Logically speaking, the emotions of spiritual plants are inherently more stable than those of strange beasts, not to mention that Guimen Youzi, as a top-level strange plant, should have better talent than ordinary spiritual plants. He had seen many spiritual plants that were similar to Guimen Youzi, and their emotions were completely different from Guimen Youzi's and were very stable.
The most representative of them is the green pine.
Ye Lu felt that this was not a good idea. The Guimen people were too concerned and would easily neglect him. This was also not good for the Guizhi itself. As a provider, he needed proper reminders.
Guimen Youzi confirmed that there was nothing wrong with his snake man, and after hearing Ye Lu's words, he realized that something was wrong with his emotions. He said helplessly, "I know, I also know that something is wrong with me. Not long ago, I went to find Qingsong because of this."
Because of Qingsong's attributes, rank and strange nature, he once became the recognized healer by all the strange plants in Chongshan Mountain Range.
Guimen Youzi also holds the same view as other strange plants.
"What did Qingsong say?"
"Qingsong said there's nothing wrong with me, as long as all the snake eggs hatch." Guimen Youzi said softly.
"......." Without saying anything else, Ye Lu first knew that this sentence did not match his understanding of Qingsong. When did Qingsong become so gentle? When it was him, Qingsong would directly say that it was okay and that he could do it. Don't be afraid. Thinking about the abnormality of Guimen Youzi before, Ye Lu asked after a while: "...Is it? Is it? What happened to the Guishe people before?"
The latter sentence was a tentative inquiry after Ye Lu hesitated for a while.
And when Ye Lu asked, he was already prepared in his heart. If the Guimen Youzi showed signs of being unwilling to answer, he would definitely not ask any further questions.
"......" Guimen Youzi was silent for a while.
Just when Ye Lu thought that Guimen Youzi would not continue to talk, he had already decided to change the subject, not to embarrass the man and the tree. Guimen Youzi sighed and said helplessly: "Lord Alu, why are you saying the same thing as Qingsong? Ah, should I say that you two are worthy of being a companion relationship?"
"Don't talk like Black Tiger Teng. Didn't I tell you not to call me Lord A Lu? Either call me A Lu or call me Lord Lord. It looks weird no matter how you put the two titles together." Ye Lu said with a headache. How long has this Guimen Youzi been here? How come he has learned bad things like Black Tiger Teng?
"Qingsong's affairs have nothing to do with me. Doesn't the laurel tree also have a companion relationship with me? Why didn't you say anything?" Ye Lu was also determined not to let the Guimen oilman vent his anger on him. What Qingsong did was not done by him.
"Are you taking your anger out on others?" Ye Lu paused and spoke again.
Guimen Youzi? He said very casually: "No."
"It's just that I just said it when I thought of it. After all, Qingsong is your companion strange plant!"
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"As for the thing you just asked." Guimen Youzi was a little hesitant. He didn't want to say it, but Lord Chongshan was not an outsider, so he could tell him. During this period of time, he had also contacted Heihu Teng, and learned a lot about Lord Chongshan from Heihu Teng. At least Lord Chongshan was different from the ten thousand races.
Guimen Youzi said softly: "The little snakes died because of me."
"..." Ye Lu didn't understand at first, and asked: "What?"
"I said that when all the races wanted to attack me, all the little snakes died in order to save me." Guimen Youzi slowly spoke out what he had been suppressing.
A pale ball of light floated in the air, but Ye Lu inexplicably felt a sense of sadness from it. Guimen Youzi said softly, "I saw with my own eyes that all the snake people died because of protecting me. Their snake skins were peeled off by the myriad races, and their flesh and blood became food for the insects."
"Some children were even kept alive and then given insect eggs."
Ye Lu could imagine the original scene, groups of snake people fighting desperately to protect their mother tree, and Guimen Youzi, as a strange plant, was restrained and unable to move, and could only watch everything happen. He wanted to resist but was unable to do anything, which made him angry, especially when Guimen Youzi said to lay insect eggs.
That should be?... hatched alive.
As the owner of the nest, the serpent man should still be alive and conscious, but unable to move. He can only watch his flesh and blood being devoured by the insects.
Ye Lu finally understood why Guimen Youzi was overly vigilant.
The most precious thing is the child who died in that way.
It's no wonder that Guimen Youzi didn't want to reveal the existence of the snake people from the beginning. It should be because the former ten thousand races left a deep shadow on it.
As for why Ye Lu thought that Guimen Youzi was being held back, it was because Guimen Youzi's strength was definitely not weak. Since his character was such that he could help Black Tiger Vine without asking for anything in return, he would definitely not watch his beloved snakes die.
Ye Lu looked at the depressed Guimen Youzi and felt a little regretful that he had asked too quickly.
Ye Lu wanted to change the subject, at least to prevent Guimen Youzi from being dragged down by previous memories. He would not say that memories were useless, but everything should be looked forward to. Of course, he also supported an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. He said, "So now only one snakeman has successfully broken out of the shell. What about the others?"
"Just tell me if you need anything. There is nothing else on the mountain, but some basic resources are enough." Ye Lu looked at Guimen Youzi gently.
"That's enough." Guimen Youzi shook his head and said, "I have prepared everything they need. They are a very obedient race."
As soon as he mentioned his favorite snake people, Guimen Youzi's mood improved a lot.
Guimen Youzi circled around the snake eggs under the branch, thinking that this would make it feel better. He chuckled and said, "I understand why Heihu Teng said that Lord Chongshan is not wrong."
"Hmm?" Ye Lu didn't understand why Guimen Youzi said this, so he made a puzzled sound.
"You are indeed a qualified lord." Guimen Youzi said affirmatively.
"Why are you praising me all of a sudden?" Ye Lu said helplessly. He thought carefully about the conversation just now. He didn't do anything. Why did Guimen Youzi's attitude suddenly change drastically?
Ye Lu was also really confused. This kind of thing had happened more than once or twice. It had happened to Huang Jinju and Hei Hu Teng before. They suddenly said that Chongshan was very good, and he was said to be a qualified lord without even knowing it. Huang Jinju was even more of a bootlicker and was the first to call out the title of Lord.
But Ye Lu himself didn't understand what he had done. He just did what he had to do. Could it be that all high-level strange plants were so difficult to understand? But the tea vines were almost the same, right?
Ye Lu asked Qingsong with such confusion and received a gentle comfort like the wind, followed by Qingsong's smiling voice: "Alu, this is the best."
Ye Lu asked why.
Qingsong's answer was very perfunctory: "As expected, he is the son of God from the Taishan lineage. Ah, his personality is exactly the same."
Then, when Ye Lu asked again, he refused to say anything.
Now the "Guimen Youzi" also said this. Ye Lu simply and roughly classified him as the "Son of Mount Tai's God" whose talent came into play. He was still sighing in his heart, should I say it or not, he is worthy of being the "Son of Mount Tai's God". He really has a natural affinity for this group of strange plants.
Even someone like him, who only has a vague understanding of the minds of the strange plants, can rely on his talent to gain the recognition of the strange plants.
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