Chapter 323
Chapter 323
When Yu Xi asked about his name, the tree demon did not answer immediately. Instead, he swallowed the food in his mouth blankly and said while shedding tears:
"Is this the offering that Master Demon God usually eats? It's delicious."
The tree demon attacked fiercely just now, but after all, it was just an eight or nine-year-old child. When it ate the delicious food, it was completely confused by its greed.
Yu Xi was amused and gave her another biscuit. Then he lowered his voice and asked again:
"What's your name?"
"Nanzhi, my name is Shu Nanzhi."
The tree demon wiped away his tears with the back of his hand and said seriously.
Seeing that the tree demon's emotions had finally stabilized, with only occasional sobs, Yu Xi raised her hand and stroked her hair.
Shu Nanzhi looks young, but he is not short. He has to kneel down so that Yu Xi can touch his head.
Yu Xi's hands were warm, and she lowered her head, looking somewhat happy.
While Yu Xi was trying to comfort Shu Nanzhi, he glanced around:
"Nanzhi, where is this place? Why was everything fine just now, and suddenly it became like this?"
Before meeting Shu Nanzhi, this place was picturesque with green mountains and clear waters, but now the land is rotten and charred, and even the flowing water is thick and black, with a pungent stench.
There was a hint of sadness in Shu Nanzhi's eyes.
Tears welled up in her eyes again, and she quickly spoke, "This is the sacred place of the tree demon clan. It is a sacred place that gave birth to tree demons and is filled with spiritual energy. It is a place we should protect."
Her voice was still childish, but her enunciation was clear: "I was alone before, and it was very difficult. I used demonic energy to restore it to its original appearance. The current appearance is what the holy land looks like today."
When she said this, tears began to flow out again:
"Everything is destroyed. The holy land is gone. Many people I knew are dead. Only grandpa is left..."
Yu Xi quickly hugged her and patted her back gently.
While Shu Nanzhi was speaking, Zhong Xian and others also came over on a spirit boat.
When they arrived, they saw Shu Nanzhi hugging Yu Xi and crying. Zhong Xian immediately frowned and looked at Gu An, wanting Gu An to explain what was going on.
Gu An immediately came over and whispered to them what had just happened.
Only Jizhi didn't care about these. As soon as he saw his sister, he immediately pounced on her. Yu Xi hugged the southern branch of the tree, so he hugged Yu Xi and rubbed his face against Yu Xi's head happily, like a big dog.
"Be bold!"
Seeing Ji Zhi dare to treat Yu Xi so rudely, Shu Nanzhi immediately raised his head, pointed at Ji Zhi's nose and said angrily: "How dare you be so disrespectful to the Demon God!"
Ji Zhi was suddenly scolded and confused. He hugged Yu Xi tightly and retorted innocently:
"This is my sister!"
"This is the Demon God! Put your hands down!"
"It's my sister!"
Jizhi bared his teeth at Shunanzhi fiercely, and Shunanzhi sprouted vines all over his body, trying to hit Jizhi.
Yu Xi held Jizhi's head with one hand and Shunanzhi's head with the other, calmly stopping them from fighting, while explaining as usual:
"Shu Nanzhi, this is my second brother. Second brother, this is Shu Nanzhi, the tree demon that guards this place."
Shu Nanzhi opened his eyes wide in surprise: "Master Demon God's brother?"
"I'm really not some demon god. My name is Yu Xi, and I'm a fox half-demon."
Yu Xi patiently explained it again, but Shu Nanzhi just looked at her with bright eyes and didn't believe it at all:
"You are the Demon God. Grandpa said that only the Demon God can absorb demonic power!"
She raised her head and said, "Master Demon God, you can't look down on me just because I'm a child. I'm very smart!"
When Ji Zhi heard this, he seemed to have found a kindred spirit. He was grinning a second ago, but now he raised his hand and said, "I'm smart too! My sister said so."
Shu Nanzhi looked at Jizhi, not believing that he was Yu Xi's brother. After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized, "You are a follower of the Demon God, like us? No wonder you smell like plants!"
Jizhi scratched his head, not knowing what the word "believer" meant.
Seeing Jizhi didn't answer, Shu Nanzhi took it as his tacit agreement and pondered in distress, "We are all believers. You are the Demon God's brother. Am I also the Demon God's sister? Is this the relationship between the Demon God's world and believers?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Zhi acted as if he had suddenly realized something and said, "So you are my sister's elder sister. I understand! Then my sister is the Demon God, and I am also the new rabbit!"
"It's a believer." Shu Nanzhi corrected.
Yu Xi frowned as she watched their well-reasoned nonsense, and opened her mouth to explain that she really was not a demon god, but no matter what she said to them, it seemed that she couldn't explain it clearly.
Finally, I could only sigh.
……never mind.
Helplessly, she turned around to look at Zhong Xian and the others, and saw Zhong Xian looking at her playfully, looking at her and teasing her:
"Oh, the demon god Xiao Xi'er? It turns out Xiao Xi'er is so powerful."
Yu Xi puffed out his cheeks.
Seeing Zhong Xian teasing her, she threw herself directly into Su Xianyun's arms, leaving Zhong Xian with only a big tail.
Su Xianyun won without saying anything, his smile brighter than the sun.
Zhong Xian's face turned black, and Gu An immediately moved away from Zhong Xian and ran to Su Xianyun to talk to Yu Xi, so as to avoid being caught in the crossfire.
Gu An briefly expressed his opinion on Xi:
"Senior Sister, regardless of whether you are a demon god or not, you should agree to this now. Shu Nanzhi should know a lot. This area is close to Yaoling Valley. With her guidance, we might be able to enter Yaoling Valley more conveniently.
"But we'd better understand what happened here in the south branch of the tree, so as to avoid any unexpected events."
If this place is really the holy land of the tree demon clan, and it has become what it is now, it must be because of some disaster.
Yu Xi nodded. She had also taken into consideration what Gu An said.
Seeing Shu Nanzhi's face smiling a little more because he discovered Ji Zhi, a fellow believer, Yu Xi quickly asked all the questions he wanted to ask:
"Shu Nanzhi, can you tell us what happened here? Where is your grandfather? We also want to know how to enter Yaoling Valley."
When Shu Nanzhi heard that Yu Xi didn't understand these things, she didn't become suspicious.
Grandpa said that the Demon God is busy with all kinds of things, so it is normal that he doesn't know about the disasters happening to them. As long as they pray sincerely, the Demon God will come to save them one day.
Look, now the Demon God has heard her prayers and is coming to find her, right?
"Master Demon God, are you finally coming to help us retake Yaoling Valley?"
Shu Nanzhi was still kneeling on the ground. She was a little excited. When she looked up and answered Yu Xi, her voice was trembling:
"A thousand years ago, Yaoling Valley was taken away by cultivators. The mountains and rivers were polluted and wasted by the human cultivators. Grandpa risked his life to protect the spiritual herbs and medicines... They also used drugs to turn people into medicinal herbs, creating soulless living dead, and turned Yaoling Valley into purgatory!"
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