Bai Zhiyu lowered her head and whispered, "Didn't you also come to this lousy place?"
Bai Bai: "I... I came to find you!"
Bai Chan raised an eyebrow, unable to hide her teasing tone, "Second Uncle, how did you know we were here?"
Bai Bai coughed somewhat awkwardly and said, "Well... I came here to enjoy the music."
Su Chen couldn't help but laugh.
"Alright, this is your family matter, I should be going now." Su Chen suppressed a laugh. "Bai Chan, do you know where Ning Wu is?"
"She should be in the Ferocious Clan, right? I saw her on some mountain before..." Bai Chan tried hard to recall.
Su Chen: "Zhang'e Mountain?"
Bai Chan clapped her hands and said repeatedly, "Yes, yes, that's it."
Upon hearing this, Su Chen summoned her sword and flew away, leaving the three men surnamed Bai to continue their discussion on the philosophy of listening to music.
Su Chen's spiritual power was limited, and after flying on the sword for a while, he inevitably ran out of spiritual power and could only land on a tree to rest for a while.
Unexpectedly, the tree spoke.
"Why did this happen to me in the middle of the night? Can't you let me get a good night's sleep?"
Su Chen quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I didn't realize you were asleep. I'll go downstairs right away."
After saying that, he quickly climbed down the tree.
Before I could even climb to the base of the tree, it waved its branches and said, "Can you hear me?"
Su Chen looked confused. "Yeah, you speak quite loudly, so I could hear you clearly."
"I'm not speaking human language at all..."
"You have the scent of ancient humans, a fresh scent, and a fruity, woody fragrance."
"Tell me, who exactly are you?"
Su Chen: "In my past life I was a tree, and in this life I am a person. I am currently cultivating immortality."
The tree said, "No wonder...you smell so complicated."
Su Chen: "Are you cultivating?"
Tree: "Hmm, let's leave it as is."
Su Chen: "Do you need me to show you the way?"
"No need. I haven't decided whether I want to go to Wonderland yet. Anyway, I'm fine living in the forest right now."
"When the birds have nothing to do, they come here to build a nest or something, and some of them keep me company and chat with me, so I'm not lonely every day."
"Except for not being able to move quickly, it will take several more years for me to even twist my body."
"By the way, a few years ago a phoenix came and stayed here for half a month. It said it felt the demonic energy was disturbing it and wanted to move away."
Upon hearing the words "demonic energy intrusion," Su Chen's heart alarm bells rang. "Did the phoenix say where the demonic energy was located?"
The tree thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be saying that... a thousand years ago, a place where a great demon lived was filled with demonic energy."
Su Chen couldn't stay any longer and quickly said, "Oh, is that so? I'll go now, I suddenly remembered something."
After saying that, he drew his sword and flew towards the Demon Cave.
Fortunately, the forest had replenished a lot of spiritual energy, and Su Chen managed to fly back to the Demon Cave in one breath.
Jin Yu was sitting on the stone platform wiping his sword, his eyes not looking up, and said, "Why did you come back after drinking in the mortal realm?"
"How did you know?" Su Chen lowered her head and sniffed, thinking to herself: Do I smell so strongly of alcohol?
Jin Yu said sarcastically, "Why are you back so early? Weren't you having a good time with Bai Chan?"
Su Chen: "Can't you speak properly, old man? It's been so many years, and you still talk like that, like a young person, all clingy and jealous."
Jin Yu remained silent.
Su Chen: "I want to ask you, when did you leak a large amount of demonic energy? What did you do?"
"I didn't do anything..." Jin Yu suddenly stopped halfway through her sentence.
Su Chen said urgently, "What's wrong? Keep talking."
"Didn't I tell you to hide and go into hiding? What if another war between immortals and demons breaks out? If you commit more murders, you'll be in big trouble."
"It was a thousand years ago. I thought you were dead, so I..."
Su Chen realized that he should have done something at that time, something she didn't want him to do.
"So what did you do?"
Jin Yu lowered her head, not daring to look at her. "I dispersed all the demonic energy in my body and gathered it in my palm."
"What were you trying to do back then?" Su Chen's voice rose eight octaves.
"I..." Jin Yu dared not speak.
"You... want to kill yourself? Want your soul to be scattered so you can join me?" Su Chen's body trembled, and her eyes reddened (from anger).
Su Chen pointed at him with trembling hands, "What are you doing? Your own life is the most important thing! Why are you degrading yourself like this?"
Jin Yu suddenly looked up at Su Chen, who was furious, and said calmly, "I don't think I'm demeaning myself. I love you, I can't live without you, and I'm in great pain without you."
"I admit, I am a very cowardly person. So cowardly that if you die, I probably won't be able to go on living."
Su Chen closed her eyes, shook her head, and said, "You're thousands of years old, you've experienced countless life-and-death separations, can't you learn to be indifferent to worldly affairs?"
Jin Yu's eyes also turned red.
"Anything else is fine. Even if my master is gone, I can still be strong."
"But...but you can't. I've given you my soul. If you leave, I'll be a soulless puppet. What's the point then?"
Su Chen couldn't bear to see him so pitiful, so she went up and hugged him, whispering, "You can't do this again."
Jin Yu: "As long as you don't die, I won't."
Su Chen patted his back. It was truly...heartbreaking, but this approach was unacceptable.
Su Chen smiled through her tears, "If I die, you still have to live, not for me, but for the child."
Unexpectedly, Jin Yu stood there stunned, like a dazed child, and after a long while, she asked softly, "You have a child?"
Su Chen smiled and said, "I don't know, it's possible."
Jin Yu quickly pushed her away, retreating quite a distance, before cautiously saying, "Let Bai Chan check your pulse; my demonic energy might harm your body..."
Su Chen wanted to laugh at his expression, but she kept a straight face and asked, "What? You're not jealous of her anymore?"
"I'm not eating anymore, you should go find her and see her." Jin Yu said helplessly.
"No, she has family matters to deal with today. Let's do it in a couple of days."
After Su Chen finished speaking, she was about to sit down on the ground, but Jin Yu, who was quick-witted and sharp-eyed, stopped her.
Jin Yu held her shoulders and carefully looked at her stomach. "No, don't sit on the ground. You'll catch a cold."
Su Chen chuckled and said, "What? Are you worried about the little one getting cold? It's still far from certain, I'm just guessing and I'm not sure."
Jin Yu quickly said, "You can't sit on the ground if you're not sure. Your hands and feet are already prone to getting cold, and your body tends to be cold..."
“This demon cave is cold. In a couple of days I’ll find some warm jade to put on it, or… go to the human palace and get some earth dragon.”
His nervousness startled Su Chen. "It can't be that serious..."
For the first time in a long time, Jin Yu didn't listen to Su Chen's words, and said, "Just do as I say."
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