Chapter 438: Kang Yans Fortutious Encounter (2/2)
[The Monkey King laughs at your silliness.]
[Sun Wu recalls the film by the name Jackass. He wonders whether you are a reincarnation of an actor in the film.]
”Oh, shut it!! That was intentional!”
While Miaomiao had been playing dumb, he had been circulating his Dragon Wood Element Qi and Life Essence, coating his body with the scent of nature.
A few seconds later, Kang Yan came back. She looked at Miaomiao with a deep frown, ”Miaomiao, use your wood element Qi and Life Essence. I forgot to tell you. Only those with a scent of nature can enter this place. Also, stop thinking about sex while we're here. The will of the ancient demon is still here.”
”I know, I know. I'm doing it.”
Miaomiao transformed into a wood dragonewt. His body became similar to ents but with a dragon head.
Kang Yan shrugged and led Miaomiao inside. The latter managed to walk through the wall now.
Upon entering the secret chamber, Miaomiao discovered a large plum tree and a lake of transparent spring.
It looked similar to the dryad's hollowed spring water pond in the dryad plane. However, in this chamber, the lake surrounded the lone golden plum tree on the island.
ZAAA
Miaomiao squinted his eyes to inspect the tree carefully. Just now, the tree trunk slightly moved.
Then, it waved and rotated, spinning 360 degrees.
Upon completing the circle, something small was thrown toward Miaomiao's face.
The small thing hit Miaomiao's forehead and knocked him back a step. Yet, he was unharmed.
The thing that hit him was a barbed golden chestnut, emitting a strong demonic essence.
Miaomiao frowned as he touched his forehead. That tree just 360-no-scoped him with a chestnut bullet!
”What was that for?”
Kang Yan giggled, ”I was hit, too. Hey, it's a welcome gift from the demon.”
The tree wiggled again. Then, Miaomiao started hearing voices.
'Eat the chestnut, and your dantian size will expand by a trillion liters. For cultivators of nature, the dantian size foundation is a must!'
”Oh, I know that,” Miaomiao shrugged and cracked the chestnut. He tossed it in his mouth and chewed it as if it was a normal snack. ”Mind if I ask, senior, who are you?”
'You are quite calm for a mutated human cultivator.'
”I'm used to dealing with monsters.”
'Hahaha! I like you.'
The tree turned around and revealed its face.
It was an ent!
'My name is UHUHUHOHOHU. Welcome to my domain.'
”Nice name. I'm Mao Miaomiao,” Miaomiao bit the tip of his tongue not to laugh. ”By the way, Senior… UHUHOHUHOHU, what are you doing here?”
'Waiting for a chosen one. By the way, it's UHUHUHOHOHU.'
”A chosen one?” Cringe and cliché, that was what Miaomiao thought, ”Not us, perhaps.”
'Indeed, the chosen one is not you two. I'm surprised that you can enter this place despite the divine prophesy I saw.'
”Hoh? So, you can see the future?”
'I was once a time-and-space mural protector. I know a few tricks.'
”…”
Time and space murals again, Miaomiao felt like Xie Tian's fate brought him here.
'Anyway, the guy I was waiting for seems… to have disappeared. Say, child. Why do you have the smell of a connate providence bearer? Are you connected to the outer gods or the god of destruction?'
”I have no idea what you're talking about. Who is this god of destruction? What is a connate providence bearer?”
New vocabularies troubled Miaomiao. It seemed that Xie Tian's Heavenly Fate Fragment connected to this place and this tree demon.
Or, he might have the connection with Ling Tianlong, who bore the Plum Monarch Sword.
The tree ignored Miaomiao's question. It snickered.
'I guess fate can be changed if one doesn't follow the will of heaven. Well, you seem to be the variation of all this mess.'
Miaomiao ignored the mumbo-jumbo cryptic hint since he had already guessed what this fortune-telling tree wanted to talk about. He didn't need to listen to the story that he already knew.
Still, he tried to probe for more information ”Do you know the name of the chosen one you've been waiting for?”
The tree closed its eyes and fell into deep thought. He described the guy he foresaw, 'He was… more handsome than you, stronger than you, more ruthless than you. And his bloody scent was thicker than yours.'
”In other words, I'm an inferior being.”
'You can put it that way.'
The tree laughed as he found Miaomiao oddly funny and easy to talk to. Then, the tree turned to Kang Yan.
'But I think this girl has a similar scent as the chosen one.'
Yup, this tree was supposed to be Ling Tianlong's benefactor or a helper. It was his destined fortuitous encounter.
Kang Yan stood stiff, staring at the demon tree, ”Yes, senior?”
'Stay here for a few years and study under me. I shall increase your cultivation potential and teach you the dao of nature.'
Kang Yan widened her eyes in shock. Then, she turned to Miaomiao.
Miaomiao shrugged, ”This is your DESTINED fortuitous encounter. Stay with the tree senior and study under him. Say, Senior OHOHOHUHUHU, don't eat her, okay?”
'It's OHUHUHOHOHU. You seem to be too trusting. Aren't you afraid that I might plot against you or your friend?'
”I do. That's why,” Miaomiao sat down and stared at the tree demon. ”I'll be staying here until you're done with her. If you do something wrong to her, I'll tell my dao gods and their vessels to come down and kill you.”
The tree burst into laughter. It completely uprooted itself and released its killing intent.
The pressure was unmeasurable! Its aura was similar to Nero, who was sealed in the Black Amethyst Mountain.
However, strange chains appeared and tied him to this chamber. It couldn't go anywhere or use its power.
'See the chains? Your dao gods don't need to come down to punish me. I'm already being punished. You see, I'm one of those prisoners that got trapped in a mortal world to terraform its environment.'
The tree coughed and revealed a portion of its backstory and background.
'Let me introduce myself again. I was created to be the Earth Element Crystal, then the Continent of Earth Element, then the Dao Core Pillar Protector of the Golden Core of Earth.'
'I am the Guardian Spirit of Aves Continent, the Core of Aves Continent, and the creator of the land that you have been stepping on.'
'I am OHUHUHOHOHU, the Familiar Spirit of Swan Goddess and one of the seven guardians of Heavenly Goose Planet!'
'Now, tell me. Why should I trick your friend when I own everything on this continent!? If I want to, I could have easily plundered your soul and your cultivation base, including that immortal-grade sword!'
'Tell me, little thief, who stole the fate from a connate providence bearer, I could have easily killed you when you first came here, but I didn't. Why haven't I kill you when I had a chance, hmm? Can you explain this to me?'
Miaomiao wanted to argue back. At first, he asked why Miaomiao was too trusting. Now, it wanted his trust.
”By chance, do you have an alzheimer?”
'Never ask that to an old man. They might kill you.'