Chapter 269

"That's for you." Buyehou was smiling, but the smile didn't show in his eyes. "The best choice now is not Robert, but me."

Qilin once said that the symbiosis of the spirits of plants and trees, the consciousness of the demon race, and the destiny of the human race can temporarily mend the cracks in the Dao pattern.

Yu Tu did not consider these disaster directions at first, but after returning from [Desolate Mountain], he suddenly realized vaguely that the existing barrier was also part of the defense against disasters. If the sacrifice of the patriarchs delayed the time for the barrier to break and postponed the arrival of the disaster, it would prove that this method was effective.

What the clan leader left behind was a horn of soul that carried his memories, the Qilin became weak due to ten thousand years of wear and tear, and Xun Ruowang was just an ordinary human - what if the configuration of the three was maximized?

He, Canglong, and Gu Hongying under the final plan, the three of them can almost be regarded as the world's top plant spirits, demon consciousness, and human destiny.

This was Yu Tu's guess. He had no evidence, but that didn't stop him from following this line of thought to deceive Kuang Mian: "Before I showed up, your first choice was Diwu, and your second choice was Robert."

Kuang Mian was silent for a long time.

It was so long that Yu Tu thought Kuang Mian would use silence to express his resistance. He smiled bitterly and sighed: "You know much more than we thought."

He admitted it directly, or rather, in the face of the firm tone of Buyehou, he had to admit it.

"In the beginning, we were not sure whether the key to solving the disaster was the answer we pieced together from various data, until Yu Tu brought out the news about Senior Qilin from the Kunlun Forbidden Land." Kuang Mian said, "You are right, the most suitable person now is you."

The one who was initially positioned as the spirit of plants was the plant patriarch Diwu, but Diwu was only the inheritor of the bloodline of the ancient Diwu tree. When they were making plans, they vaguely felt that their level was not enough. Later, they locked on Robert, a mutated water-attributed desert rose.

Hundreds of years ago, the Canglong took over the fallen God's Court in the West in the identity of Nighold and selected some agents to search for the seed of Yggdrasil, hoping that the old court would be revived one day and the world would no longer face the end.

They finally settled on Robert.

But Robert the leech became the seed of Yggdrasil, and once it successfully grew into the World Tree, it would be able to stabilize the world. It always sounded a bit absurd and wrong.

It was too absurd and too crazy to expect something that so many people could not do from a rose that had just come of age. Yu Tu always felt that something was wrong, but he was missing an important link and could not come up with the correct answer.

After the trip to Kunlun Forbidden Land, he suddenly realized that Robert's identity, attributes, and personality are not important. What is important is that no matter what means he uses, he must become a world tree, a "world tree" recognized by the consciousness of heaven and earth.

The normal growth time is too long, and Canglong cannot wait, so he plants Robert in a cloud garden made of accumulated lives, and like forcing a seedling to grow, he forces him to become a world tree.

Robert absorbed the lives from Cloud Garden from top to bottom, and the bloody sins brought by the death of life would naturally belong to him. Even if he became the World Tree in the later stage, it would backfire and make him bear the punishment for taking shortcuts.

But it doesn't matter.

Because all Canglong needs is a World Tree for a while.

If Yu Tu had not appeared as the Lord of Buye to stop this action, if Yu Tu had not absorbed the entire Old Court, then Robert would have been cultivated into a "qualified" world tree, the most suitable spirit of plants in a short period of time.

All doubts seemed to be closed at this moment.

Yu Tu absorbed the Old Court and cut off Robert's path to becoming the World Tree, so he naturally replaced him as the "Spirit of Plants and Trees", which is what Kuang Mian just said, "If you hadn't gone to the Old Court at that time, everything might have had room for maneuver."

Yu Tu roughly guessed what the consequences of becoming a suitable plant spirit would be. Canglong might have known the former Marquis Buye. When Marquis Buye was completely involved, Canglong trapped people in the [Desolate Mountain]. One reason was to hope to protect Marquis Buye, and the other was to hope that Marquis Buye would not interfere with his plan.

From the brief exchange with Canglong, it can be seen that Canglong does not have a selfless heart. From Di Changqing, Ximen Zhou, and the Poison Puppet Master, there is no quality that can make people feel safe.

Assuming that the Lord of Buye is really trapped in the barren mountains, and Robert has lost the nutrients to transform into the seed of Yggdrasil, then the spirits of plants and trees will only have one last choice - the Patriarch of the Plants, Emperor Wu.

Yu Tu inexplicably recalled the shocking battle on Kunlun, where the clan leader defeated Canglong... Was he really victorious?

Apart from the Marquis of Buye, there are only two suitable plant spirits left. Given Canglong's character, he will not place all his bets on Robert. Even if he tries to force Robert to grow, there is a great probability of failure. Canglong will not leave any backup plans.

The eye wearing the monocle seemed to be aching slightly, and Yu Tu thought of the complicated formation - it was definitely not a finished product that could be made in a hurry.

Assuming that Canglongding did not replace him on a whim, and he really knew Buyehou and the Imperial House well enough, then was the battle that he started by looking for Shangyu Tuji immediately after the impostor was discovered just a momentary revenge?

Yu Tu was more inclined to go with the flow.

Or maybe it could be said that the fundamental purpose of Canglong finding the original body was to let Diwu come forward to protect him.

Yu Tu asked: "After the battle of Kunlun, have you investigated the situation of the Plant Tribe?"

"The Grass Tribe has always resisted outsiders from entering. Elder Di Xiu only told us the results of the investigation." Kuang Mian, who was not good at socializing, was almost annoyed by the questions. The people of Guixu, from top to bottom, did not like to interact with others and had some social phobia. After being hit one after another, Kuang Mian gradually had a mentality of breaking the jar and throwing it away. "The Grass Tribe has no problem, but the tribe leader Di Wu is a bit troublesome. He originally had a soul defect and lost all his memories. After a battle with Canglong, his hair turned white in an instant due to excessive damage. In short, he was seriously injured."

Kuang Mian felt that after he finished speaking, the pressure on Buyehou, who was sitting opposite him, became even lower. To exaggerate a little, the black energy on Buyehou's body was almost substantial.

"Only a few people know these things, please keep it secret." Kuang Mian said directly, "Don't tell the young man from the Grass Tribe, otherwise I'm afraid that the Emperor Wu, who is not yet well, will chase me with a knife."

He was just a clerk who read star maps. It was bad enough that he was caught by Diwu every now and then to discuss and stabilize his situation. If Diwu got angry and beat him up, he really couldn't bear it.

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In the land of the Grass and Wood Clan, Di Xiu suddenly received a visiting card. The visiting card was of ancient style, and the mark of spiritual power on the signature showed that the source was actually Marquis Bu Ye.

A look of surprise appeared on Di Xiu's face. The senior Marquis Buye, who was as reclusive as the people in Guixu, was actually coming to visit the Grass and Wood Clan?

It's so rare. Don't even think about it.

He accepted the visiting card without a second thought. After he read it, the card spontaneously ignited, stretching from an elliptical light spot into a circle of light. Looking from Di Xiu's end, he could vaguely see the situation on the other side of the circle of light, which did not look like the background of a teahouse.

Buyehou seemed to be talking to someone, but it was vague and could not be heard clearly. He seemed to have noticed that the visiting card had been accepted, so he turned around and said something, then stepped into the aperture—

He stepped into the tribe of plants and trees where the four seasons were like spring.

The circle of light gathered behind him and turned into star-like spots of light, which were draped over his body in varying degrees of depth, but there seemed to be a dark cloud between his picturesque brows.

"The clan leader is on the hillside behind." Di Xiu said straight to the point, "I'll take you there."

The visiting card of Marquis Buye had already stated the reason why he came to the Grass and Tree Clan. The situation was urgent, and neither Di Xiu nor Marquis Buye had the energy to engage in superficial greetings—and of course there was no need for such empty words.

After realizing that the clan leader might have been manipulated by Canglong, the conversation between Yu Tu and Kuang Mian came to an end at a very fast speed. Since Buye Hou had become the most suitable plant spirit, the initiative was transferred to Yu Tu.

“I want the whole plan from beginning to end,” he told Kuang Mian, “and I won’t accept any other terms.”

When he realized that something was wrong, the visiting card he sent to the Grass and Tree Tribe had been accepted, he just walked away in front of Kuang Mian.

…

The back hillside as the Grass and Tree Clan called it was a vast sloping lawn. The sunlight poured down, coating the lush green grass with a layer of melting gold. Diwu closed his eyes and put his hands behind his head. His white hair was scattered randomly. He held a thin grass stalk in his mouth, which swayed in the air. He looked very relaxed and at ease.

“Emperor Xiu—” A shadow was cast on his face, and Di Wu was too lazy to even blink, “Don’t block me from the sun and delay my photosynthesis.”

The shadow on his face did not disappear. Diwu opened one eye to peek, and then... the grass stalk fell from his mouth. The expression on Diwu's face was incredible:

"Senior Buyehou?!"

What wind blew this senior out, who has been staying in the teahouse in the outer world for years and doesn't like to move out?

Di Wu half-sat up straight, he was really scared, looking at Di Xiu who seemed to be enjoying the show, he couldn't help but complain: "Di Xiu, you are so mean, you didn't even remind me!"

"Remind you of what?" Di Xiu asked back, "Remind you to groan and complain about being uncomfortable every day, and then pile all the work that belongs to the clan leader on me alone?"

Emperor House: "..."

Diwu touched his nose guiltily and forced himself to change the subject: "Senior Buyehou, what do you want to talk to me about?"

He just hurriedly recalled and made sure that he had not been idle recently to bully the saplings, and then Senior Marquis Buye came to him - this shouldn't be the case!

While he was thinking, Diwu felt a slight pulling sensation on his scalp. He looked closely and saw that Senior Buyehou had a strand of his white hair wrapped around his fingertips and was examining him carefully:

"The soul was damaged and all memories were lost. The damage was so severe that my hair turned white in an instant. And there was no serious treatment afterwards?"

So when he said "I'm getting treatment" during the video call with the original body, he was just trying to fool him? Was the blackening hair just a trick?

There was no emotion in Buyehou's voice, he was just stating the facts calmly, but Diwu felt his scalp tingling for some reason, as if he was facing an extremely furious Di Xiu.

Although the Plant Clan was born and raised in nature, Diwu now actually felt the fear of being caught by his elders for getting into trouble.

Diwu: "You listen to me, no, listen to my explanation."

"The damage cannot be healed overnight. It will take some time." Diwu looked left and right, but he didn't dare to look at Buyehou in the eye. Before, he dared to ask Buyehou not to spoil the cub. Now, Diwu, who was feeling guilty and short of breath, could not show the same attitude as before. "You can't be so arbitrary and wrongly accuse Shu!"

"Chief, you'd better be wronged." Di Xiu's sinister voice rang in Di Wu's ears, "Didn't you tell me that you had to treat the exhaustion and therefore had no time to deal with the affairs of the clan, so you wanted me to do it for you?"

Di Xiu was so busy that he had no time to take care of the cubs, and now he was told that the injured tribe leader had not received any treatment at all, but was just slacking off under the guise of treatment? !

Under Di Xiu's suppressed gaze, Buyehou grabbed Di Wu's wrist, and the gentle energy poured into Di Wu's body for inspection in an irresistible manner. Before the energy circulated in his meridians, it fed back extremely bad results.

Emperor Wu heard the Buyehou sneer:

"You are really good, Chief of the Diwu Clan. You have learned how to deceive both sides."

Emperor House: "..."

It’s over, even Senior Buyehou was so angry that he started using honorifics!

It’s really not suitable to sunbathe today!

"I think..." Diwu said seriously, "I can explain it further, really."