Chapter 501 - Erase Ones Memory (1/2)

The atmosphere in the small woodshed became awkward.

Ou Yangming twitched his mouth. He initially thought he was purely the victim, and that Hong Feiyu was simply being unreasonable for finding trouble. Who knew, the thief that stole the Tree of Splendour was indeed from his side.

Although Big Yellow was not a human and was a spirit beast, Ou Yangming regarded him as family. In fact, he considered it a family member closer to him than Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk were.

No matter what it did, he would also be responsible.

Ou Yangming sighed and uttered helplessly, “Big Yellow, you… Ah…”

The little bird flapped its wings and channeled its thought through its conception. “Big Yellow did very well, so why are you displeased?”

“The theft…” Ou Yangming shook his head.

“It’s not theft,” the little red bird replied to him without any hesitation, “The Tree of Splendour is the universe’s treasure, and it can only be possessed by a worthy being. It was brought into this world by this fella, but he stole it too!”

Ou Yangming was stunned. From another perspective, the little red bird was right.

At the end of the day, the weak would be prey to the strong in this world. Even among the Humans, where there was a relatively balanced order, the law of the jungle remained the same but in a slightly different form.

Nonetheless, the more powerful the strong, the frailer the weak. It had always been like that.

Since Hong Feiyu could steal the Tree of Splendour from the spirit beast in the upper realm, why could Big Yellow not steal it away from him?

Nevertheless, this theory deviated very much from Old Craftsman’s teachings, so while Ou Yangming could understand it, he might not be able to accept it.

Back when the young fellow was still an orphan, he had acted against his will to feed himself from starving to death, but he learned much more when he stayed by Old Craftsman’s side for 2 years.

No matter what, he could not ignore the matter.

Seeing as Ou Yangming’s expression was ever-changing, Hong Feiyu was appalled. He suddenly shouted, “Brother, the Tree of Splendour doesn’t have an owner. Since it ended up with you, it belongs to you now. I dare not try to lay my hands on it anymore! Besides, I’m willing to obey you and serve you for a century!”

Hong Feiyu was furious after he found out that Big Yellow was the thief, but he knew very well how he would end if he continued to pursue the matter. Moreover, if the scholar was in Ou Yangming’s shoes, he did not think that he would let the offender go too.

Under the circ.u.mstances, the best way to solve the problem was to kill the offender.

Hong Feiyu was ready to risk everything to survive. While there was life, there was hope, hence he must stay alive first no matter what.

Ou Yangming furrowed his eyebrows and responded, “Recuperate from your injuries first, and we’ll discuss this again once you recover.”

He turned around to push the door open and left. Big Yellow glared hatefully at Hong Feiyu before he picked up the Tree of Splendour and left the room too.

Hong Feiyu finally sighed a breath of relief after they left.

Earlier on, he was really afraid that Ou Yangming would suddenly lose it and kill him right away.

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Back in his room, Ou Yangming did not know to cry or to laugh when he looked at Big Yellow wagging its tail to flatter him while holding the Tree of Splendour in its mouth.

“That fella has ill intentions, and he’ll only be a curse if you let him stay. You’re not really planning to let him stay, are you?” The little red bird remarked.

“Big Yellow stole his treasure, and he bears a grudge against us now, so it’ll be too dangerous to let him stay.” Ou Yangming smiled bitterly.

“Easy—burn him,” the little red bird suggested casually.

Ou Yangming shook his head. “It’ll be fine to kill him if Big Yellow didn’t steal the Tree of Splendour, but now… Besides, he fought the Aquatics’ spirit beast and protected Canghai City, so he at least deserves credits for his effort. If we kill him just like that, G.o.d knows how the people in the city will think about us.”

“Will we be affected by how the common folks think about us?” The little bird was indifferent.

“You won’t be affected, but it’s different for me.” Ou Yangming sighed.

The little red bird tilted its head but no matter how it pondered, it could not understand why Ou Yangming would care about what the other people would think.

Being a n.o.ble being from the Phoenixes, it had never looked at problems from an ant’s perspective.

Therefore, the little red bird felt that Ou Yangming was being too foolishly sentimental. Having said that, it was rare that it was able to find a comrade in this world. Since the young fellow liked it this way, the little bird was going to let him be.

Ou Yangming questioned after some thought, “Lil’ Red, do you have a way to erase one’s memories?”