Chapter 297
On the first day that Marquis Buye lost contact, Di Xiu was very calm, because although the teahouse was Marquis Buye's residence, he was not there every day. He urged the clan leader who had not received a response to the visiting card to go to the forbidden area to check for any deficiencies.
On the second day after Buyehou lost contact, Guiyu discovered that Yu Tu, who was supposed to report on time for training, was missing. She looked for him in confusion and found that Yu Tu was unconscious.
On the third day after Buyehou lost contact, the elders of the Grass and Wood Clan were helpless about Yu Tu's coma. Di Xiu tried to send a message to Buyehou, but received no response.
On the fourth day after Buyehou lost contact, which was also the fourth day after Yu Tu fell into a coma, Di Xiu went to a teahouse in the outer world but failed to find him.
On the fifth day after Buyehou lost contact, the unconscious Yu Tu turned into his original form and was planted in the spiritual soil by Di Xiu and Song Rong. The elders of the plant tribe all had sad faces.
On the sixth day after Buyehou lost contact, the consumption of the small black round fruits produced by the Emperor Xiu Tree increased rapidly, people began to frequently come in and out of the Grass Tribe's library, and the lights were on day and night.
On the seventh day after Buyehou lost contact, Diwu returned from the forbidden area of the Grass Clan after settling the clan leaders of each clan. After learning about the current dire situation, he used his spiritual power to detect Yu Tu Miao and found no injuries.
On the eighth day after the Marquis of Buye lost contact, the Diwu, who had been busy for several days and had not had a good sleep, got furious and began to send messages frantically to various parties to search for the whereabouts of the Marquis of Buye, but there was no news.
On the ninth day after Buyehou lost contact, after watering Yu Tumiao, Diwu tried to force his way into the teahouse to trigger the alarm and let Buyehou show up. After blowing up the door 24 times, he failed. The equally anxious Dixiu patiently comforted the clan leader: "Wait a little longer. If something happens to Tutu, Buyehou will more or less react."
On the tenth day after Buyehou lost contact, the elders of the Grass Tribe tried every possible means, but to no avail, except for Yilin who was unable to leave the forbidden area of the Grass Tribe.
On the eleventh day after Buye lost contact, all parties reported that they had not found any trace of the predecessor of Buye. There had been abnormalities in the spiritual power of Wutong Town, but the abnormality could not be captured and recorded.
It's been twelfth day since Buyehou lost contact, and there has been no progress.
On the thirteenth day after Buyehou lost contact, Di Xiu, the most temperamental member of the Grass Clan, was furious and decided to use forbidden techniques to find Buyehou. However, Di Wu tried his best to stop him: "Calm down!! Di Xiu, calm down!! Impulsiveness, impulse is the devil!!!"
On the fourteenth day after Buyehou lost contact, Diwu sensed that the message sent to the teahouse had been read. He quickly sent a visiting card, which was rejected in seconds.
Diwu: “……?”
He didn't believe it and sent it again, but this time it was rejected even faster.
Emperor House: “???”
He laughed in anger, and within three seconds, he sent the third visiting card. When Diwu sensed that the message was read, he quickly notified the others. When Dixiu sent the third visiting card, everyone was basically there—five elders, not one less.
After being rejected the third time, Diwu remained calm and immediately sent the fourth application. Perhaps his persistence revealed something, for this time he was not rejected immediately. Instead, after hesitating for quite a while, it was unexpectedly accepted.
If Di Wu's expression was gloomy at the moment the visiting card was passed, then Di Xiu beside him was beyond description in words—Di Wu and Di Xiu had known each other for thousands of years, and this seemed to be the second time that Di Xiu was so angry. The last time... what was it?
A clan leader who lost his memory more than fifty years ago tried hard to recall, but there was only a hazy blank in his mind.
"You received the visiting card very promptly." Di Xiu smiled in a way that made one's scalp tingle, one's back chilled, and one's feet sweat. "It's worth our time and effort to contact you."
Diwu was drawing a small cross-domain teleportation array. Hearing this, he subconsciously took two steps to the side. For some reason, uh, he felt a little uneasy. It was obviously a normal sentence, but it sounded so... weird?
Guiyu, who was brought out by Diwu, hid behind Dixiu. She, she was inexplicably a little scared.
If Marquis Buye had simply been out of contact for half a month, and Yu Tu had simply been in a coma for more than ten days, everyone might not have been so angry. However, after checking the information in the library and reversely reasoning with the findings of investigations from all parties, they came up with a possibility with a very high probability - the predecessor of Marquis Buye was making some kind of dangerous attempt, and this attempt was linked to Yu Tu through blood ties.
Whether it's the laws of nature or the bonds between family members, theoretically, such an outrageous thing wouldn't happen.
Although blood ties are often related to inheritance, they are not as mysterious as imagined. It is not possible for the younger generation to share the injuries of the elders through the ties of blood. Due to the huge gap in strength, a minor injury on the elder is very likely to be fatal if it is transferred to the younger generation.
Judging from the love that Senior Marquis Buye has for Yu Tu, he would definitely not want to let him encounter danger, let alone use special means to transfer the backlash through blood relationship. I am afraid that if conditions permit, Senior Marquis Buye would like to transfer all the injuries that Yu Tu might suffer to himself.
Once the conclusion is reached, if we work backwards, everything becomes clear.
Yu Tu's [talent] is very special. He should have seen some not-so-good things about his predecessor, Marquis Buye, through his [talent]. Yu Tu attaches great importance to every elder around him, and Marquis Buye has a direct blood relationship with him. I'm afraid that this little tea tree seedling, which has just reached adulthood not long ago, will get carried away and not only will it not stop its elders' dangerous actions, but it will also find ways to help them do evil!
———Isn’t the inexplicable coma the best proof?
After figuring out this, the elders not only felt itchy in their teeth, but also in their hands. Both the old and the young gave the tree no peace of mind!
Keep Yu Tu's problem in mind first. The most urgent thing is to find the senior Buyehou to wake up the little tea tree seedling. Once the problem is solved and the body is fine, we can settle the account! The total!
Diwu's small cross-domain transmission array had been drawn up, and the silver light with green dots slowly spun out. Logically, Diwu was the one who delivered the visiting card, so he should be the first to go in. However, Diwu turned around and stepped aside from the small cross-domain transmission array - seeing Di Xiu's gaze, he was scared to walk in front.
Di Xiu didn't bother to exchange pleasantries with him and was the first to step into the small cross-domain teleportation array. The other elders quickly followed. Di Wu and Gui Yu were the last to enter. Before entering, they made eye contact and saw the same meaning in each other's eyes—
【If your life is at stake, it’s best to keep your mouth shut.】
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Yu Tu felt a little regretful after he passed, but it was too late to regret. In the one-minute buffer, Yu Tu felt unusually nervous and a little scared.
Although the tribe leader usually looks erratic and likes to tease the cubs, he really cares for them. The original body has been in a coma for more than ten days for no reason, and the Hou of Buye has lost contact. It is obvious that there is something fishy going on.
Yu Tu let out a breath slowly, and prepared himself mentally to see an enraged clan leader—the clan leader and Elder Di Xiu were often inseparable, and if the clan leader got angry, the reliable Elder Di Xiu could still help persuade him, so it shouldn't be too serious... right?
Wait! Why are all the elders of the Plant Clan here? !
Yu Tu even blinked in shock, feeling at a loss as if the situation was out of his control. The scene before him was so bizarre and outlandish—how come the gloomy-faced man in front of him looked so much like him and the amiable, gentle and reliable Elder Di Xiu?
The patriarch and Elder Gemstone were even at the very end of the team, as quiet as two quails.
Yu Tu: “……?”
Once again, he felt lost as if the situation was beyond his control.
"I'm sorry, I have some urgent matters to deal with in the past ten days..." Yu Tu immediately took the initiative, "I'm sorry to have worried you."
Under normal circumstances, the considerate Elder Di Xiu would calm down after he expressed his apology. After all, they were all grown up, and a good attitude of admitting mistakes would help both parties step down. When anger no longer prevails over reason, subsequent communication would not be so difficult.
But something is obviously wrong this time——
"I am really worried. I am so worried that I can't eat well, sleep well, and get angry and go crazy." The leader, Di Xiu, nodded. His eyes were like a knife scraping across Yu Tu's snow-white hair, bloodless skin, snow-white eyelashes, and silver pupils. "I know you have your own difficulties, but you can't tell us about them, so I can only apologize. After all, you are so powerful that you take care of everything yourself, so the younger generation follows your example and tortures themselves into unconsciousness if they are not careful. I understand, I understand."
Yu Tu's hands hanging at his sides curled up and he was a little frightened.
"Besides being born with grey hair and getting old, grey hair only comes from damaging your origin." The smile on Di Xiu's face was scarier than a ghost. "Didn't you teach the clan leader a lesson very well last time? Why are you being so reckless and hypocritical when it comes to yourself?"
Standing at the very end, Diwu shrank his neck guiltily to look at the bustling crowd. He seemed to be able to smell the fragrance of the soil and grass on the lawn that day, and a nauseating smell of medicine began to rise in his mouth.
He has already quietly reduced his presence to the minimum, why do we still hold him up as an example?
Yu Tu: “…”
He now half wanted to go back to the backyard in the heavy rain and continue to sleep.
"You are the elder, we cannot tell you what to do, so you start to let yourself go and don't take your life seriously, right?" Di Xiu approached slowly, Yu Tu could see his red eye circles and bloodshot eyes, "Does it hurt when your origin is damaged? Do you find it fun to act on your own? Are you happy to replace the clan leader with yourself?"
"Wait—" Diwu, who was hiding at the end of the team, bravely poked his head out in confusion, "What do you mean by replacing me with yourself?"
Di Wu was also one of the people who knew about the plan. Thinking that Gu Hongying's three-day trip to the Endless Sea had suddenly become seven days, Di Xiu rushed over on the fourth day. After returning, he kept silent, and his face turned into a palette: "In order to replace me, you tortured yourself into this state?!"
He was so angry that he even forgot to use honorifics.
Yu Tu: “…”
He said with difficulty: "I think I can explain..."
The six people in front of him stood in a fan shape, obviously preventing him from escaping. Six pairs of eyes were staring at him straight, and the air was stagnant at this moment.
"I think I can explain it..." Yu Tu whispered, "It's just a coincidence."
"Your reason is not enough to convince me." Di Xiu's smile was gentle and twisted. "I can give you some time, and you can make up a new one."
"Alright, Di Xiu———" Song Rong, who was standing behind him, had a kind look of disapproval on his face. He patted Di Xiu on the shoulder and said, "Don't be so aggressive when talking to Senior Buyehou."
Before Yu Tu could be moved, Elder Song Rong said quietly: "After all, Senior Buyehou didn't consider us as his own people, so it's reasonable for him not to tell us anything."
"Yes." Even Zhi Huai, who was a little dazed, added, "In the eyes of the senior Buyehou, we are all children who have not grown up."
The knife was so powerful that the other six people present felt hurt.
Yilin winked at Zhihuai—
[Say less.]
She was really afraid that once Zhihuai opened his mouth, he would be attacked indiscriminately again.
Yu Tu, with a faded look on his face, was surrounded by six people who kept talking to him. Some of them played the good cop and some played the bad cop. Yu Tu agreed to several unequal treaties in one breath while feeling dizzy. For example, he had to tell them in advance if he did anything dangerous in the future, he couldn't ignore his health, he had to tell them immediately if he felt uncomfortable, and he was not allowed to interfere with Yu Tu's future education on life safety...
Yu Tu: QAQ
He now felt like Sun Wukong, who was being scolded by Tang Monk, with a capital "miserable" in his heart.
After this round of "torture" was over, Di Xiu pulled Zhi Huai aside to discuss what medicine the Marquis of Buye should drink from today, how many days a course of treatment would be, and whether to take it raw or boil it into juice. Di Wu, with his arms folded, "gloat over the misfortune" and tried to add several kinds of medicine that he had tried himself and tasted bad but had excellent medicinal effects to the Marquis of Buye's prescription.
Yu Tu protested softly: "I know the condition of my body well. I don't need to take medicine. It will be fine after a while..."
The vest is rechargeable, which is much more convenient than taking medicine!
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately received six pairs of distrustful looks.
"Senior Buyehou must be very busy every day." Guiyu suggested, "Why don't we take turns delivering medicine every day?"
In their eyes, the reputation of the Lord of Nevernight has dropped to the bottom of the earth in some aspects.
"I think it's possible!" Diwu was eager to try, "I can start delivering today!"
He continued, "Whatever is useful, use it! We, the Plant Tribe, don't lack for such things!"
Yu Tu: “…”
The patriarch's arrogance made him feel dizzy.
The vest issue was barely dealt with in the "ceding land and paying compensation" issue. After all, the Marquis of Buye's people were there, so they still took it into consideration and saved some face. But as for the real body... Emperor Xiu, who had just calmed down, seemed to have tangible black energy coming out of him again.
"Tu Tu has been in a coma due to his reckless use of his [talent]. We may need your help." Di Xiu said in a gentle voice, but if you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of gnashing teeth. "Today is the tenth day since he was planted in the ground."
"I think——" Yu Tu tried to save his original body. After all, it was a bit unfair to be scolded twice for the same thing. "He has already known his mistake, so why not... forget it?"
Yu Tu and Di Xiu's eyes met, and the last sentence became more and more light-hearted, as if Di Xiu had the words "spoiling children will definitely lead to trouble" written clearly in his eyes.
"Forget it?" Emperor Xiu snorted coldly, "If you don't fight for three days, you will tear off the roof, and if you don't see the god for a month, you will go to heaven."
"Don't worry." Song Rong comforted Yu Tu with a smile. He had witnessed how much the Buyehou doted on Yu Tu. "We will definitely not discipline the child in front of you."
Yu Tu: “…”
Whether it’s in person or not, he is the one who gets scolded!