NOVEL NEXT Chapter 228: The Unscrupulous Old Tree Demon
Chapter 228: The Unscrupulous Old Tree Demon
Jun Yunshang was taken aback at first. Wasn’t Young Master Ye already at the Soul Severing Realm? Why would he need to relieve himself?
But she recovered quickly. Clearly, he had noticed her predicament and was giving her a way out of her awkward situation.
She was touched by Lin Fengmian’s attentiveness and consideration, but she also felt so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole and bury herself.
Earlier, with Ye Ling taking care of her on the journey, she hadn’t felt much inconvenience. Now that she was traveling alone with Lin Fengmian, she realized just how many difficulties she faced.
But when nature called, she couldn’t afford to be picky. She rushed into the bushes.
Lin Fengmian stood at a distance, retracting his divine consciousness back into his body, lost in thought as he gazed at the drifting clouds in the sky.
“You’re not such a bad person,” Luo Xue rarely praised him.
“I just thought she was too shy, that’s all. I didn’t have any other intentions,” Lin Fengmian smiled.
Bored, Lin Fengmian waited for a while, but then he suddenly heard Jun Yunshang’s scream, which made his heart skip a beat.
He quickly flew over, using his divine consciousness to sense that Jun Yunshang was being dragged along the ground by something.
She struggled, but to no avail.
Seeing Lin Fengmian approaching, Jun Yunshang immediately shouted, “Young Master Ye, save me!”
Lin Fengmian quickly flew closer. Before Jun Yunshang could feel relieved, she suddenly found herself being dangled upside down.
“Ah! Don’t look!”
Jun Yunshang was being dragged through the air toward a giant tree, shouting and trying to hold up her skirt with her hands.
But it was too late. Her skirt slipped down due to gravity, covering only her upper body and exposing her undergarments.
This was a classic case of taking care of the head and neglecting the tail.
Only then did Lin Fengmian realize that the towering tree that had caught her was actually a tree demon. He had noticed it earlier, but he hadn’t expected it to be a demon.
The tree demon’s vines were what had captured Jun Yunshang, which explained why there were no living creatures within a ten-mile radius.
“Young Master Ye, don’t look over here…” Jun Yunshang said with a sob in her voice.
“I won’t look, I won’t look…”
Although Lin Fengmian had already seen more than he should have, he turned his face away and covered it with his hand to show his innocence.
With a wave of his hand, several sword beams flew out, severing the vines that bound Jun Yunshang. Then he flew over and caught her as she fell.
His hand touched a smooth, slippery surface, and Jun Yunshang let out another scream, nearly in tears.
Lin Fengmian realized that he had reached inside her skirt and was now holding a certain rounded area.
But the situation was urgent, and he didn’t have time to think about it. With a mental command, Zhen Yuan transformed into several sword beams, cutting through the tree vines that wrapped around them.
The giant tree in the distance seemed to be enraged, and its vines continued to wrap around them like giant dragons.
“It turns out that it’s a rare Nascent Soul Realm Tree Demon. I don’t know whether to consider you lucky or unlucky,” Luo Xue said with a strange expression.
Lin Fengmian, holding Jun Yunshang in his arms, flew through the overwhelming vines, feeling both amused and exasperated. “How can this be lucky?”
Luo Xue explained, “This type of Tree Demon lacks intelligence and only has the instinct to feed. Therefore, it possesses a very pure tree demon heart, which is an excellent material for forging magical artifacts. It’s quite rare.”
At this moment, Lin Fengmian didn’t care about its rarity. He knew that he had no free hands to use any spells, and if it weren’t for the Phantom Trace Technique, which created indistinguishable illusions, they would have been caught long ago.
“Princess Yunshang, hold me, I have to let go of one hand.”
Realizing the situation, Jun Yunshang quickly wrapped her arms around his neck to reduce the weight.
To her disappointment, Lin Fengmian released the hand that was supporting her shoulder, but the other hand still held her firmly.
Lin Fengmian finally freed one hand, and with a wave, Zhen Yuan appeared in his grasp. He then stepped in the Seven Star Pace.
“Heavenly Thunder Punishment!”
Amidst the rumbling, a brilliant bolt of heavenly thunder descended from the sky, piercing the sky like a thundering spear.
With a crack, the tree was split in two, and the fine vines in the air instantly turned into ashes, while the thicker ones sagged lifelessly.
Lin Fengmian let out a long sigh of relief and asked softly, “Are you okay?”
Jun Yunshang, her face flushed red, replied with a sob, “I’m not okay, put me down quickly, I can’t hold it anymore.”
Lin Fengmian exclaimed, “Ah!” and swiftly descended, setting her down.
Jun Yunshang didn’t waste any more time and ran into the bushes. Soon, the sound of a stream could be heard.
Lin Fengmian hadn’t expected her to be so unlucky, thinking that she had been caught after relieving herself.
Had she just been about to relieve herself when she encountered this mischievous old tree spirit?
Listening to the sound of the stream, he was about to move away when her nervous voice came from the bushes.
“Don’t go, I’m scared…”
Lin Fengmian rubbed his nose awkwardly and said, “I’m still here!”
“Master Ye, are you still here?”
“Yes…”
After a while, Jun Yunshang, who had finally calmed down, looked at the puddle on the ground and couldn’t help but feel a deep sorrow.
Thinking about the series of unfortunate events, she covered her face and squatted down, sobbing uncontrollably.
She had lost all her dignity in this life, and the Northern Abyss could no longer hold her. She even considered fleeing the Northern Abyss.
“Um, Yunshang, are you okay?”
Lin Fengmian wanted to go in and check on her, but he stopped himself and only asked her softly.
Hearing his words, Jun Yunshang cried even harder, feeling too ashamed to face anyone.
“I… I’m… fine… sniff… don’t come over.”
Upon hearing her broken words, Lin Fengmian and Luo Xue felt a mix of pity and amusement. It was truly a sad and somewhat comical situation.
After a long while, Jun Yunshang finally composed herself, pouting with red eyes as she came out.
Although he knew it was inappropriate, Lin Fengmian almost burst out laughing, finding her more endearing than any princess.
“Are you okay now?” Lin Fengmian asked gently.
“I want to take a bath.”
After being dragged by the tree spirit and crying her eyes out, Jun Yunshang felt as dirty as a pig rolling in the mud.
Lin Fengmian said with a serious expression, “All right! I’ll find a place for you.”
He controlled the flying boat and took Jun Yunshang to retrieve the Tree Ghost’s heart.
He used Zhen Yuan to cut through the tree trunk, and the burnt tree fell with a crash, sending dust flying and startling numerous birds in the forest.
Lin Fengmian retrieved the yellowish tree spirit’s heart and stored it.
Seeing Jun Yunshang’s resentful gaze at the fallen tree, he smiled and said, “Do you want to slash it a couple of times to vent your anger?”
Jun Yunshang hesitated for a moment and shook her head, saying, “Isn’t it wrong to beat a dead body?”
“There’s no one else around, so you don’t have to act like a princess,” Lin Fengmian chuckled.
Jun Yunshang thought about it and realized that she had already lost all her dignity in this life, so what was the point of maintaining any facade?
She angrily kicked the tree a few times, muttering something under her breath.
Although he couldn’t hear it clearly, Lin Fengmian found it somewhat amusing.