When Ji Zangyu took away the skull, Mrs. Ku Ye slumped for a moment. This time it was not the mimic twisted from tree roots, nor the human head that she used as a vocal tool, but its headless and eyeless body.
The transparent and hollow piece of white flesh suddenly collapsed, shrinking and tightening as if it had been pickled by a pile of salt. Yaleriga's knowledge of the ecology of the Doring Tribe was limited, and she almost thought she had died due to the penetrating injury to her abdomen, but then the tentacles squirmed and she barely managed to straighten the crooked head.
"Don't take her away." The man stumbled and said, "Stay her."
Its voice was so stiff that no emotion could be heard, but the words it could use sounded like a prayer. Ji Zangyu looked back at Yaleriga and stretched out his palm towards her.
"Bottle," he said.
Yalerga returned the jade bottle she had collected on her waist to him. Ji Zangyu uncorked the bottle, came to Mrs. Kuye, and tipped the bottle slightly.
A very small drop of red liquid fell on Mrs. Dead Leaf, like ink seeping into the white cloth. Her tentacles danced fiercely twice, and then the lower part was inserted into the roots of the tree, controlling them to twist into a two-meter-high female body with the tail extending into the rock. This body already looked very much like the Lady withered Leaves that Yaleriga had seen for the first time, except that the flower that served as a face was missing from the top of her head.
The human head was lifted up and placed into the open and closed abdomen of the root body. Then the mimic swam, carefully and cautiously lowering itself in front of them. Yaleriga didn't know what she encountered in the Iron Skull Rainbow, but it seemed that she had given up resistance and allowed fate to deal with it.
Her attitude seemed to make Ji Zangyu very uncomfortable. He turned to look at Yaleriga and asked Mrs. Kuye: "Do you really not know the Grand Master?"
"I have never heard of this title." Mrs. Dead Leaf replied from her belly. Her reaction was very respectful, even with a little fear and despair. Yaleriga felt that she didn't look like she was lying.
Ji Zangyu asked again: "What is your relationship with the old owners of this place? They taught you the technique."
Mrs. Dead Leaf shook her head. She whispered: "I never saw them. When I came here, they were gone. No bodies, no graves, just gone. I thought this was just a simple ruin, and I wanted to stay here temporarily. But I heard her... She was crying, in that bridge. I couldn't help but look for her, that poor little girl, and I saw that she was sealed in an iron hole, and the hole was cut open There she was at the bottom, drowned in the stinky rain and cobwebs. She looked so fragile and helpless that I couldn't help but take her out of there and take care of her myself. I'd tried to take her before Let's go, but the child is too weak. She can't leave this area, at least connected to the bridge, so I take her down and put her on me... She is a poor child, please don't hurt her. "
Her face without features was drooped, almost lying on the ground, while the small branches at the roots were raised one after another, looking longingly towards the skull in Ji Zangyu's hand. She wanted to get her child back, but she knew the enemy in front of her was unstoppable.
Ji Zangyu was silent and seemed to have no intention of speaking in a short time. But Yaleriga will not be beaten easily. She stepped forward and intentionally or unintentionally pulled Ji Zangyu away from Mrs. Kuye's front.
"Tell me more about it," she demanded. "What did you do here? How did you find Aconite and Deborah?"
When she pressed her, Mrs. Deadleaf had to reveal more: how, after digging out the child from the bridge, she placed her inside her own body and supplied her with her own nutrients. That was a crazy act for the Duo Ling tribe, but for some reason she couldn't control herself at all. All she wanted to do was give it all to her, and she did. The act nearly killed her, but she miraculously recovered after the child bonded with her in the womb.
Not only did she not die due to the invasion of foreign objects, but she saw more incredible sights. Absurd and weird knowledge is naturally generated in her mind every day, constantly broadening her horizons. She knew those dangerous spells with a familiarity, as if she had mastered and forgotten them long ago and now remembered them again. She used this power to summon Qin Mao and his men, and asked them to hunt around to support her children.
Soon after, Deborah and Aconite appeared. They accurately found this long-abandoned second peak and claimed that they were invited to rebuild a paradise for all things here.
At that time, Mrs. Ku Ye was troubled by her own worries. She felt that the child in her body was always crying, longing to return to the homeland where her father grew up. But she didn't know where the child's homeland was. She only knew that it was a dreamy, distant and eternal place, a place with only beauty and miracles - like a paradise-like place.
At this time, the Doomsday Temple showed her their long-cherished wishes and plans for paradise, which sounded to her without a doubt the hometown that her poor child would never forget. So she accepted the Doomsday Temple without hesitation and welcomed them with open arms. She provided Wu Tou Weng with a place and materials for research, and at the same time asked Qin Ma to hunt more to obtain materials. It all went smoothly, although Wu Tou Weng never found the original invitation written to him and Villar. People who believe. According to Wu Touweng, it was a young girl who cut her own neck with a knife after handing over the invitation letter. Her body was dissected by the aconite, but no trace of abnormality was found.
This strange incident did not bother Mrs. Deadleaf. She firmly believed that fate was favoring her, and the girl who delivered the letter must also be the incarnation of her child, the young and beautiful Elitus. Her child guided her in the dark, trying to use her hand to push open the gate of paradise. She will fulfill the little girl's wish at all costs, because her child is so pitiful and adorable that nothing in the world can compare with her.
"You are wrong." Ji Zangyu said.
Mrs. Kuye stopped from her almost babbled words and lay quietly on the ground. She has no obvious hearing organ, but she is undoubtedly listening.
Ji Zangyu raised the skull in his hand and said in a voice without any fluctuations: "The death energy of a person disappears, and the remaining things are divided into two. The pure and good ones are the soul, and the turbid and evil ones are the body. The soul flies into the sky, and the body When the soul enters the earth, it will be used by the cycle of heaven and earth. These descendants of Tiandara are from the same lineage as the Baihe system, and are specialized in the art of intercepting souls and controlling death. In the past, when you met the remains of Tiandara's descendants, they were actually gathered by her body. It turned into an evil ghost. Your soul was fascinated by it, you became a talisman and a charm, and you committed many evil deeds. Now you should take this ominous thing and return it to the territory of Baihe. You have accumulated killing sins in your body and have no thought of repentance. You have also brought it on yourself. I will confine you here now, but I will give you a little punishment, and God will decide what happens to you in the future."
After he said these words, he turned and walked towards the entrance of the cave. Mrs. Dead Leaf's mimic made a desperate cry from her belly, trying to catch up with him. However, as she approached the entrance of the cave, little green lights lit up at her roots, burning countless small holes in the blink of an eye. She fell limply to the ground, twitching and wailing like a mother who had truly been robbed of her child.
Ji Zangyu disappeared at the entrance of the cave. Mrs. Dead Leaf's crying continued until she noticed that Yaleriga was still standing where she was.
"You?" she said hoarsely.
Yaleriga has been waiting patiently. She knew that Ji Zangyu had a ship that was held in the hands of Wu Touweng, and she was not worried that the boy would disappear in the few minutes they were separated, so she stood here waiting for Ji Zangyu to leave so that she could do what she wanted. Her own business.
She walked forward slowly, walked to the junction of the cave entrance, and touched a long, narrow and quite heavy stone. She picked it up and smiled at Mrs. Deadleaf.
"He doesn't want to kill you," she said to Mrs. Deadleaf, "but I am different. In my opinion, you are not worth wasting time in prison."
The mimic of Mrs. Dead Leaf lay on the ground. She didn't get angry or beg for mercy. She just said calmly: "You have never been a mother, have you?"
The tattoo created by Lisafa is still on Yaleriga's abdomen, leaving her heartbroken. Mrs. Dead Leaf's words hit her wounds and should have made her furious. However, the strange thing was that Yaleriga found that she was not angry at all. Her mood seemed to have returned to peace after seeing Mrs. Dead Leaf's appearance.
"Neither have you," she said. "You are just a narcissistic wretch who takes things from others to satisfy your own sense of sacrifice. You are a murderer who only wants to perform your own drama and pity yourself. Shadow—you’ll never feel sorry for me or those people, will you?”
She grabbed the stone and jumped up, first breaking the tree root connecting Mrs. Dead Leaf's mimicry, and then came to the transparent mass of flesh. She used the sharp lower end of the stone to pierce deeply into the flesh, pulled it out, and pierced it again, repeatedly, until there was only a puddle of flesh under her feet.
Yaleriga took a few breaths and felt a little tired. She felt that the stone was a bit awkward, but there was no room for her to polish it carefully, and there were more important things to do.
She grabbed the stone and walked out of the cave to look for Aconite and Villar.
