"You...you bad guys, what do you want to do?"
It was a very immature, little girl's voice.
With a complex tone that was a little scared, a little timid, and a little annoyed.
what's the situation? ? ?
Lao Cao, Daniu and others were stunned.
Looking at each other.
I swallowed with a weird expression and asked, looking at the slowly swaying tiny roots and the "nodule" at the end.
"Are you this big yellowhorn tree?"
"Yeah."
It was still the same immature little girl's voice, a little scared and timid, but also a little dissatisfied.
I looked back at Lao Cao and signaled that he would come and ask.
I never expected that this would be the case...
Lao Cao took a step forward and said in a deep voice.
"You killed so many people for the sake of killing the demon tree. Do you know your guilt?"
The slender tree roots swayed, and the childish voice sounded in our minds.
"What are you talking about...I don't understand."
Lao Cao: "..."
I am also speechless.
I originally thought that this thing would either admit or deny and quibble, but in the end he just pretended to be stupid!
With a "clang" sound, I pulled out the star blade, and the tip of the blade was facing the root of the tree.
"You demon tree, you'd better be more honest with me! Otherwise, I will kill and wipe out your intelligence immediately."
silence.
The roots trembled for a moment, and then...
"Wow!!! You bad guys. I'm only three years old. I managed to hide it well underground, but you dug me out and bullied me. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
It burst into tears.
The roots and nodules on them trembled, and the little girl's voice in my mind was loud.
I:"……"
Lao Cao: "..."
Daniel and the other four: "..."
All speechless.
I'm so impressed!
"Stop crying! Shut up! Otherwise I will destroy you now."
I finally couldn't help it anymore and yelled, and the crying stopped.
I continued.
"If you say it's not harmful to anyone, what's going on with your gray corpse energy? It's all emitted after a person dies. After being absorbed by you, it can strengthen itself."
"I don't know either... Anyway, after I woke up, these things were already in my body. I didn't do it myself!"
I looked at Lao Cao, and he looked at me.
I leaned closer and whispered.
"Old Cao, can you tell whether this thing is pretending to be stupid, or whether it is really as smart as a child? Is it evil?"
Lao Cao also couldn't laugh or cry.
"Xiao Wu, I can't judge this. When I was young, I traveled around and saw some plants turning into monsters. I have probably heard that after plants and trees become spirits, their intelligence after [personification], regardless of their intelligence level, will not change their personality. It’s roughly proportional to the growth time.”
I nodded slightly.
I actually know the situation Lao Cao mentioned.
For example, like the chubby squirrel demon in Geleshan, the old psychic pine tree she knew was described as the personified intelligence of an "old man".
Although it is difficult to compare who is older between this "deadly demon tree" and that "psychic old pine tree"... but in any case, under normal circumstances, the spiritual core of the deadly demon tree should not be [personified] after It’s a three-year-old little girl!
I pinched my chin and muttered to myself.
"Why did such an old tree that has grown for hundreds of years give birth to such a young spiritual core? This is not normal."
Of course, not only me, but also Lao Cao and Daniel felt that something was not normal...
Lao Cao thought for a while and suggested.
"By the way, Xiao Wu! Alternatively, go to Luojiaopo and find Miss Bai to ask? She can at least put pressure on the spirit of vegetation and judge more accurately whether what the other party is saying is true or false."
Bai Su is a rabbit demon.
Rabbits feed on a variety of weeds, as is natural. So in fact, the rabbit demon has a certain aura suppressive effect on various monsters that have become spirits from plants and trees...
Of course, not to a great extent.
Especially since the tree in front of me is a "tree" and not a "grass"... it may not be effective. But at least as a rabbit demon, she might be better able to tell whether this weird "death-killing demon tree" is true or false!
Although I have a gut feeling that it is telling the truth!
"Then please, Old Cao, go to Luojiaopo and let Bai Suhuihui and the others come here. I have to guard this guy to prevent it from going deep underground to hide again later. That will be troublesome. .”
"Okay, then Xiao Wu, you, Danu and the others are waiting here. I'll ride a paper horse to find Miss Bai. This will be faster and won't waste time."
Lingyun Paper Horse is connected with Lao Cao's mind and power.
He can climb mountains and wade in rivers while riding, no problem!
…
So, Lao Cao quickly walked towards Luojiaopo, leaving the five of us here "staring" at this deadly demonic tree.
Of course, it mainly depends on me.
The four of them, Daniel and Ergou, were just watching the fun - after all, they were good at carrying coffins and dealing with zombies. This kind of monster that turned into a spirit from a tree was no longer within the "scope of business".
I gestured to Daniel and the others, allowing them to chat freely with the "death-killing demon tree" to see if what it said was consistent and without logical contradictions.
Daniel was the first to speak.
"Hey, let me ask you. Do you know what is good and what is evil?"
"I know. Goodness means hiding by oneself and cultivating slowly, not bothering to pay attention to the bad guys' requests. Evil means killing other living beings."
Speaking of this, the "spiritual wisdom" of the deadly demon tree seemed a little proud, and the childish voice became crisp and sweet.
"When I was just born, there was a big bad guy who wanted to use the power in my body to harm people. But I hid quickly and also hid the power he wanted to borrow. So that he couldn't use me to harm people. people!"
"It's just that the bad guy is very powerful. Even though I hid carefully and gathered all my strength, he still took away some of it by force, killing two people. And he turned into something terrible. "
oh?
Hearing this, I was slightly stunned.
Calculate the time roughly...
It must have been the first time I encountered the "Death-Destroying Demonic Tree" and hanged someone to death in the first year of middle school in Lianghe District Middle School!
Two people did hang themselves at that time, and their bodies were later placed in the morgue of the town hospital.
Lao Cao, Yuan Fei and I went to the morgue to check, but found that the body disappeared and turned into a corpse in the crown of this tree...
Then that evil cultivator appeared!
Looking back now, I feel really sad.
Before I knew it, more than three years had passed.
The words it said made me believe a little more - after this "death-killing demon tree" turned on its spiritual intelligence, it was really a child in a non-evil state.
Although, it's a little too unreasonable.
"We'll see what Bai Su has to say when she comes later."
So, while I continued to "stare" at this root nodule vigilantly, I waited for the arrival of Bai Su...
