Zhu Yao and gang had yet to reach the position where Mei Xue disappeared at, when the ground suddenly began to undergo a change. She instantly went on high alert. Her master had mentioned that the laws of the heaven and earth were present in this field, so she wondered just what was about to happen. The ground shook as if an earthquake was occurring, but the source of the quake was not beneath their feet, but the ground that was a hundred meters in front of them. There were things popping out of the ground one after another, and they continued to grow up to two meters in height. At the top, large yellow flowers began to bloom, and on their stems were four pieces of crisp green leaves. The leaves looked like little hands as they swayed about.
Eh? Why do I feel as though they look a little like sunflowers? They don't look as if they have killing instincts at all.
A moment later, the rows of sunflowers began to sway to the left and right, as though they were dancing. At the center of the flowers, pairs of cartoon-like eyes appeared, and they were blinking in their group's direction.
The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. These rows of flowers are so far away, are we about to play Plants vs Zombies here?
Just as she was in doubt, the ground suddenly shook once more. Less than a meter away from those rows of sunflowers, a plant once again popped out. Its entire body was jade-green in colour, and four gigantic leaves grew out of its stem. At its very top however was a bottle cap-like cylindrical shape, and floating behind it was a strip of foolish hair.
The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched, and two words flashed in her mind – Pea Shooter.
"Why haven't I seen these two divine herbs before!" Zhonggu Lu had a stunned look. "I wonder just what's going to happen next?"
"Hoho… They might start shooting peas at us."
"What?" Before Zhonggu Lu could ask further, that Pea Shooter aimed at them and shot out an enormous green ball, which charged straights towards them.
Zhu Yao: "…"
We're really playing Plants VS Zombies here, hey!? So those rows of sunflowers at the back are used to gather light? Since the plants are out, does that mean we're the zombies? Realmspirit, get out here! I guarantee I won't beat you to death!
"Hurry and dodge!" Zhu Yao shouted out, and everyone hurriedly scattered in all directions. With a swoosh, that enormous green pea smashed onto the ground, and then it exploded with a loud boom. In an instant, a large crater of about four meters deep appeared on the ground.
Zhu Yao felt uncomfortable all over now. That's not a pea, but a bomb, isn't it!? This mutation is simply too terrifying. As a zombie, I express my dissatisfaction!
"It's coming again!" Nangong Cheng shouted.
Suddenly, the ground shook a few times once more, and next to the Pea Shooter, four similar plants appeared one after another. Like the sunflowers behind, they lined up in a row and were even arranged rather neatly.
The moment the new Pea Shooters appeared, they immediately began a new wave of bomb attacks. Five peas shot out at the same time, erupting the earth. The five of them dodged with a great difficulty. Out of accident, Zhu Yao's feet slipped, and she had almost fell head-first into one of the craters.
Momma's egg! I feel like eating brains now.
Zhu Yao tightened her grip on her sword and shouted loudly. "First destroy the sunflowers that are gathering sunlight."
The four were stunned.
"Which are sunflowers?"
"What's gathering sunlight?"
The hell! I forgot they're all teammates with zero experience!
She thus corrected herself. "Those rows of yellow flowers at the back are giving the plants sunli… they are the formation cores providing divine energy to the plants. If we destroy the formation cores, there won't be anymore appearances of plants."
Everyone instantly understood, and they charged towards the sunflowers with determined looks. However, the number of Pea Shooters continued to grow, and they were already nearing the number of sunflowers behind them. Everyone dodged the smashing peas in whichever direction they could, and basically did not make much progress in their advance. Furthermore, in front of the Pea Shooters, other breeds began to appear as well.
That brownish oval-shaped creature with a suffering expression is a Wall-nut, isn't it!?
The ice-blue one that looks similar to the Pea Shooters, with a few more stupid hair on the back on its head, is a Snow Pea, right!?
And that one which is dyed entirely in purple with a wide-open mouth that's prepared to bite people at any moment, is a Chomper, right!?
Just how deeply in love are these plants towards the game!? They are cosplaying with all their hearts right now, hey!
"Dongfang girly." Nangong Cheng suddenly ran towards her while dodging three peas along the way. "I think…"
Before he could even finish, Zhu Yao was shocked. "Watch out for that Squash!" That's an ultimate weapon that can squash anything, hey!
That green round-shaped plant had already stood up, and at this critical moment, Nangong Cheng's good homosexual buddy Zhonggu Lu threw his meteor hammer towards him, smacking him out of the Squash's attack radius. The Squash missed, and simply created a hole as large as a water well when it landed.
"Aiya!" Nangong Cheng cried out. "My buttocks!"
Zhonggu Lu was ruthless with that throw. His meteor hammer was filled with sharp teeth, and not only did it pushed him away, it even stabbed deeply into a certain unspeakable part of his lower body. More importantly, it seemed like… it couldn't be pulled out.
Nangong Cheng cried out in pain. He turned back several times to pull out the impure meteor hammer, but he basically couldn't put any strength into it, and was unable to pull it out.
"Owww~~~~~ It hurts!"
The echo of his cry reverberated a thousand times, hitting all the notes in his vocal range…
Zhu Yao: "…"
Yu Yan: "…"
Yue Ying: "…"
Zhu Yao's face darkened as she silently turned her head away. She definitely did not know people who did such shameless play!
She really wanted to type out: If you're below 18 years of age, please watch with parental guidance… scratch that, they can't watch as well!
Nangong Cheng's sinful howl continued for half an incense worth of time, while he still dodged the peas that were coming from all directions. His soul-trembling voice had even shaken the plants on the other side. Finally, student Zhonggu Lu directly put in some strength to pull the chains of his meteor hammer, pulling it out on Nangong Cheng's behalf. That's right, the meteor hammer was connected by chains. Don't ask her why it took Zhonggu Lu half an incense worth of time to be reminded of that fact, she wanted to know as well!
When Nangong Cheng dragged his feet towards a distance of about five meters away from her, his lower body was already joyfully bleeding out a bucket full of uncles.
"Yue Ying." Stop the blood.
Who would have thought that Yue Ying would reject her request for the first time. "His wound is over there. I won't stop it."
"Uh…" She had no choice but to pat on his shoulders. "Ahem! Little Huang, don't be sad. Such days will come once every month, just get used to it!" Mn, the amount is rather huge. Should I recommend him to use sanitary pads?
"…"
"Oh right, what did you want to say earlier?" Serious matters, serious matters! They're still pushing the tower and clearing the instance!
As Nangong Cheng leapt about to dodge the peas and spread off his uncles, he loudly replied. "We can't go on like this. Those strange plants will only increase. Brother Zhonggu Lu and I shall act as diversions to attract those plants' attention. You three take the opportunity to charge in and destroy the formation cores."
Zhu Yao pondered for a moment. Indeed! According to the game mechanics, the longer the gameplay, the harder it would become for the zombies. They had to take the initiative to charge in and eat their brains.
"Alright!" She nodded heavily. "The two of you, be careful. Stay further away from those green Squash and purple man-eating flowers. Also, if a red plant appears, run as fast as you can." She was really afraid that a Strawberry Bomb or a Habenero would appear.
"Mn!" Nangong Cheng nodded. Then, he turned towards his good homosexual buddy Zhonggu Lu and ran over. The two of them exchanged glances, and then used their present strongest killing move at the same time – throwing their weapons!
Zhonggu Lu was using his meteor hammer. After spinning it twice, he threw it like a boomerang. Nangong Cheng's weapon on the other hand was a violent spiked mace, and likewise, he threw it out. Two heavy class weapons flew towards the center, sweeping open a path and successfully striking the Pea Shooter at the very center.
With a crackling noise, that plant which was even taller than an average human was split into half, falling onto the ground. The ground which it was growing on once again shook, as it sank down as though it was being reclaimed.
"Master, Yue Ying!" Zhu Yao shouted as she directly charged towards the breach in the center. Using the strength she gained from experiencing the high school examinations, she sprinted wildly for over a hundred meters. Yue Ying and Yu Yan followed after as well. Clearly, the men's PE scores were much better, and they were in front of Zhu Yao in just a few moments. With one hand grabbing onto each of theirs, they began to push forward.
The other Pea Shooters noticed what was happening on that side as well. With a few poofing sounds, a few peas came flying in their direction. The weapons that Nangong Cheng and Zhonggu Lu threw were coincidentally making a turn back, dutifully protecting them. They first acted like boomerangs and struck down the peas that were pursuing them, causing them to explode in mid-air.
Because the two of them were large targets, they could attract the Pea Shooters' firepower better. That was why the two good homosexual buddies moved together.
Zhu Yao and her group on the other hand successfully infiltrated through the breach as well. However, the breach once again shook. It seemed like the replacement Pea Shooter was about to arrive.
"Hurry and destroy those sunflowers!" Zhu Yao said. Yue Ying and Yu Yan were already taking the two sides and hacking at the blinking sunflowers. Just as she had expected, those sunflowers did not have any combat power at all. With just a light swing, her master was able to slice down one of them.
Zhu Yao also ran towards the sunflower in the center, and with her sword raised, she forcefully swung it down. That sunflower however was different from the rest, as it suddenly bent down towards her. With its two gigantic leaves spread open, they reached out towards her. The moment she approached, the leaves actually gently wrapped around her, making a hugging action.
A clear and crisp sound rang in her ears. "Chi…"
Zhu Yao was stunned, but she could no longer stop the swing of her sword. The red blade directly slid through the sunflower's stem, cutting it off. She raised her head in shock, only to see that sunflower blink at her one last time, before falling onto the ground. The two leaves that wrapped around her also slid down her arms as well. Those leaves were initially barbed, but some reason, they were suddenly retracted and she was not injured the slightest bit.
Her heart was in sudden turmoil. She once again looked at that sunflower. It was already beginning to turn yellow, yet it still desperately stretched out a half-yellow leaf. The leaf wrapped around her ankle, and it let out a crackling sound.
"Lo… rd."
In the next moment, that sunflower had already been returned to the ground. Zhu Yao was stunned. Just what was going on? This sunflower did not look like it was trying to harm her at all. Yet the Pea Shooters on the other side were shooting those cannon shells so vigorously.
"Yu Yao!" Yu Yan charged over from the side, hugging his stupid disciple and then rolled onto the ground.
A loud explosion could be heard behind them, as a pea bomb exploded at the place where she was standing just earlier.
Yu Yan held her up. "Do not be distracted."
"Mn."
Zhu Yao nodded. This was not the time to think about such matters. Let's first eat their "brains" and end this game!
Chapter 381: Second Battle – Cob CannonThough there were many rows of sunflowers, with the three people's speedy harvest, in less than fifteen minutes, almost all of the sunflowers were brought down. After the sunflowers were reclaimed by the grass field, there were no signs of them growing back. The moment the final one fell onto the ground, the Pea Shooters that were attacking so wildly suddenly stiffened. As though the pause button had been clicked, they no longer shot out their peas.
The Chompers, Squash and the rest that were swaying about had also stopped moving as well. A few dozen seconds later, while making loud rumbling noises, they suddenly began to sink back into the ground. In just a short few minutes, they could no longer see a single figure of those strange plants above the field. Even the craters that were created from the explosions had all disappeared without a trace, restoring its previous plain and flat surface.
"We won!" Nangong Cheng and Zhonggu Lu happily ran over, they faces were filled with the light of joy. "Dongfang girly, those strange flowers have retreated. Does that mean we've cleared this stage?"
"I don't know either!" Zhu Yao was stunned as she looked at the boundless grass field in front of her. For some reason, she felt that things weren't that simple. Earlier, they had just destroyed the sunflowers, so theoretically speaking, there were no reasons for the Pea Shooter to disappear as well!
"The Light of Guidance isn't far off." Zhonggu Lu pointed at the path in front of them. From where they were, they were about five kilometers away from the golden pillar of light. "I think we should hurry over! If we stay here for too long, those strange flowers might resurrect."
Zhu Yao nodded. Indeed, they had to hurry over. Thus, she no longer hesitated and walked forward. However, after just walking a few steps, the ground began to shake tremendously, and it was more intense than before. Even Zhu Yao could barely stabilize herself. A hundred meters in front of them, dirt and mud flew as something enormous slowly rose.
The five of them gripped their weapons tightly as they stared in front of them. The thing from the ground first showed a hint of yellow. As its height increases, it then revealed a green body. Compared to the plants before, it was clearly much taller. It continued to rise, and rise…
Two meters… Three meters… Four meters… Finally, after reaching a height of three storeys, it revealed its entire body.
"Corn?" Zhu Yao was stunned.
"Such a huge corn cob!" Nangong Huang said.
"Can corn cobs grow so big?" Zhonggu Lu asked.
Immediately after, the corn cob suddenly straightened itself. In the next moment, the place where the five of them stood shone greatly, as a white circle of light that looked like a formation appeared on the ground. At the center, there was even a cross that looked like a target marker.
This is…
"Cob! Cannon!" Zhu Yao grabbed onto the people next to her with each hand and ran out of the glowing circle. "Run!"
She unleashed the strength she had from all the milk she had drunk in her lifetime and desperately ran out. With a swoosh, that enormous corn cob had already flown into the air, and was smashing down in the direction of that circle of light.
A loud boom could be heard as an enormous force assaulted from behind. She was pushed all the way forward by the shockwave of the explosion, and the ground beneath her feet began to crumble inch by inch. She used all of her strength to prevent herself from falling, and continued her mad sprint, barely escaping the Cob Cannon's attack range. Her bones were already beginning to rattle, and before she could even catch her breath, a white object came smashing at her the moment she turned her head around. She was basically unable to dodge in time, and her chest began to hurt. It was as if she was smashed by a enormous bolder. She immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, yet she could smell a charred scent with her nose.
When she took a look, the thing that smashed onto her body was actually an enormous popcorn.
Zhu Yao once again spat out some old blood. Next time I'm watching a movie, I'm never going to eat popcorn again.
"Yu Yao." Yu Yan was startled. He pushed away the popcorn from her body, held up his disciple and then cupped her wrist.
Yue Ying was frightened as well, and even his face had turned pale. He hurriedly squatted down and stopped her from bleeding.
"Don't care about me!" Zhu Yao pulled her hand back. "Hurry! That Cob Cannon requires some time to fire off another corn cob, take this opportunity to destroy it! Hurry!"
"You…"
"I'm fine, hurry!" Zhu Yao pointed at the Cob Cannon that merely had its leaves left. "We must not allow it to fire off a second corn cob."
Yu Yan frowned. He then gripped onto his sword tightly and ran over with Yue Ying. The Cob Cannon was now in its weakened state and was basically unable to attack at all. However, it was simply too big, and Yu Yan could only strike its stem a slash at a time.
Zhu Yao turned to look at the two homosexual buddies Nangong Huang and Zhonggu Lu. Their injuries were not light as well, as they sat on the ground unmoving. Next to them were a few popcorns that they barely managed to push off from their bodies. Beneath her feet, soft rumbling sounds could be heard. A large crater of about ten meters wide appeared from where the corn cob struck, and it was now beginning to be restored. Suddenly, the grass at the sides found an opportunity to use their automatic restorative abilities, and were beginning to cover up the empty spaces.
It was as if ghosts or gods were being involved in this. Zhu Yao really wanted to know what's underneath this surface. She took a deep breath, stood up, and then looked into a hole that yet to be completely restored. However, she suddenly held her breath, and she stood rooted to the ground.
"Dongfang girly, what's wrong?" Nangong Cheng saw her strange behaviour and struggled to his feet as well. He walked over to her side, but he widened his eyes immediately after. "This… This is…"
Black. Entirely black. Beneath the surface was actually a layer of boundless black substance. The substance was tumbling and bubbling, as if water was flowing out of a water tap.
"Resentment!" She never expected that resentment was buried underneath the entire surface. As she had thought, the plants were materialized from resentment.
Nangong Cheng unconsciously took a step back, his face instantly darkened. "What should we do?" If they were formed by resentment, then those plants could not be killed at all.
Before Zhu Yao could even answer, rumbling noises from the earth once again rang. Several meters away from the Cob Cannon, following after a few popping sounds, four plants popped out. Wearing yellow petals, they continued to grow.
The hell! The sunlight-gathering sunflowers again!
Nangong Cheng had an anxious look as well. The Cob Cannon had yet to be removed, but the sunflowers had once again appeared. Yet, they couldn't move at all either. If Yu Yan and Yue Ying were to ignore the sunflowers, Pea Shooters would most likely fill the land again. If they were to let go of the Cob Cannon, once it were to completely regain its strength, they wouldn't be able to endure its next corn cob either. Unwilling to admit defeat, he gritted his teeth as he walked wobbly towards a sunflower. However, after taking just two steps, he fell onto the ground again, puking out a mouthful of blood.
"Dongfang… girly…" What do we do?
The ground had already begun to shake, and Zhu Yao fell onto the ground from the tremors. We're going to die, we're going to die, we're going to die. From the strength of this tremor, the one drilling out from the ground definitely isn't a Pea Shooter, but the next Cob Cannon!
Do they really have to play it this way? Why did the weapons suddenly upgrade, hey!?
Zhu Yao took a deep breath. Calm down, calm down! There must be other ways. Sunflower, sunflower, sunflo…
The hell! She suddenly recalled that these plants require sunlight!
"Yue Ying!" She used all of her strength to shout towards where the Cob Cannon was. "Hurry and use your devillic energy to cover the sun! Do not let the sunflowers absorb sunlight!"
Yue Ying was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately began to release a dark aura to the surroundings. Large masses of dark devillic energy emitted out from his body and rose into the air. Like clouds, they began to cover up a large half of the sky with layers upon layers. The area suddenly dimmed, as if time had instantly turned from high noon to sunset. The surroundings had already begun to turn darker.
As expected, in the next moment, the sunflowers that were still swaying about earlier lowered their heads after another, as though they liveliness had been seeped out. The intense tremors had instantly stopped as well.
The two zombies Yu Yan and Yue Ying finally destroyed the Cob Cannon. They then turned around and sprinted towards the row of sunflowers behind. They then continued their harvesting act.
Zhu Yao heaved a sigh of relief, and even her legs were beginning to give way.
"Dongfang girly, you sure know a lot." Nangong Cheng pulled her up and even held onto Zhonggu Lu next to him. The three of them then limped towards Yu Yan's and Yue Ying's direction. "You're actually able to see that those sunflowers need sunlight."
"Hoho… I simply played a lot of games, that's all." As a professional game designer, she had especially spent some time to research on these games. "Furthermore, sunflowers are plants that direly need sunlight in the first place. As long as it's night, we will be fine since there's no sunlight to absorb. Unless there's the appearance of…"
"Mushrooms?"
"That's right! Sun-shrooms… What?" Nearby in front of them, a row of yellow mushrooms suddenly popped out.
There's really sun-shrooms here, hey! Have we cut straight into night mode now!? Do you have to be this professional!? The ground shook once more. Clearly, the Sun-shrooms had already begun to generate sunlight.
"Pull them out directly!" The Sun-shrooms were closest to the three of them. Zhu Yao had no choice but to suppress the pain from her injuries, grit her teeth and run over. She hugged onto one of the bucket-sized yellow mushroom and pulled with all the might she gained from drinking milk. However, it wasn't effective at all? The Sun-shroom did not even budge.
Instead, it blinked at her in a cutesy way, and then suddenly dove into her embrace, emitting out a crisp sound. "Chi?"
Zhu Yao was stunned. It's this sound again. Just what did it mean?
"Dongfang girly, these mushrooms are rooted too firmly, I can't move it!" Nangong Cheng was also looking at her with a regretful expression. "I even tried moving it with my weapon, but it doesn't even budge. What do we do?"
Yellow heads was already beginning to pop out from the surface. After a closer look, there were actually five of them.
Yu Yan and Yue Ying had already chopped off all the sunflowers and were rushing over. Zhu Yao lowered her head and looked at the blinking and unmoving Sun-shroom. Gritting her teeth, she shouted to Yue Ying. "Yue Ying, retract your devillic energy and release the sunlight."
Yue Ying stopped his feet. With a wave of his hand, the devillic energy in the sky scattered, and the boundless sunlight scattered down. Coincidentally, it first shone right down at the Sun-shrooms.
She heard a weak cry from the mushroom in her embrace. "Chi…" Its pair of crystal-bright eyes began to slowly close, as if it was about to fall asleep. The tremor instantly stopped as well.
The mushrooms then began to sink down into the earth. The one which Zhu Yao was hugging suddenly shone with a bright golden light right before it sank, and a mass of yellow light flew towards her, entering her chest.
Zhu Yao instantly felt a warmth in her chest, and this heat instantly spread to all four of her limbs.
She stroked her chest in slight confusion. Her injuries… were healed!
Chapter 382: The Sunflower Welcoming GroupThat Sun-shroom healed my injuries? Why? Zhu Yao was a little confused as she instinctively sensed the conditions of her body, and realized that there wasn't any anomaly. Theoretically speaking, the Sun-shrooms were formed by resentment, so even if she carried the World Favourable Impression ability, as resentment was something without sentience, it should not harbour any favourable impression of her. Also, what was the light that flew into her body? It definitely wasn't resentment, otherwise it wouldn't have healed her injuries but shot a hole through her.
"Dongfang girly, are you fine?" Nangong Cheng looked at her worriedly.
Zhu Yao shook her head.
Yue Ying and Yu Yan walked over as well. They had initially wanted to check her pulse, but realized that not only weren't there any injuries on her body, even the bloodstains had disappeared.
There weren't any plants on the grass field now. Even the Cob Cannons that were exposing their yellow tips earlier had all returned to the earth.
"Do you feel any anomaly?" Yu Yan looked at his stupid disciple and could not help but feel worried, checking her pulse once more.
"I don't know what's going on as well." Zhu Yao shrugged as she explained her situation earlier.
Yu Yan frowned as he tightened his grip on the hand he was holding. "Do you have any plans?"
"I believe the plants here must be separated by regions. The further we go, the bigger the difficulty." Zhu Yao solemnly said. "We can't use mystic arts right now, and Little Yellow and Little Teal are both injured as well. Most likely, it will be really hard for them to reach the Light of Guidance."
"It's all our fault." Nangong Cheng said with a self-reprimanding look. "We've dragged you guys down. Why don't you three continue on while fellow daoist Zhonggu Lu and I recuperate here. After we're done, we will catch up with you three."
"Little Yellow is right." Zhonggu Lu nodded and said. "Only the three of you have hopes of becoming Gods. In our current situation…"
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Zhu Yao did not like to listen to such things. "Who said we're going to throw you two aside? We were together since the first floor. If we really have to split up, this isn't the right time either."
"But…" Nangong Cheng frowned and turned to look in front of them. "We won't know what will appear before us. Our injuries are too severe, and we will simply be burdens."
"Even if you're burdens, we're carrying you two on our own will." Zhu Yao squatted down and solemnly said. "Don't worry, we won't throw you two aside. Even if I have to carry you two, I will carry you two over to that side."
Nangong Cheng was stunned. He exchanged glances with Zhonggu Lu, and then suddenly leaked out a laugh. "Dongfang girly, you're a really… really different Deity practitioner." Putting aside Deity practitioners who were usually heartless, even among Demonic Immortals, they would have been thrown aside in such situations, let alone in this top floor where dangers could be found everywhere. Everyone said that the Heavenly Dao was heartless, and ever since they began on this path, they had already gotten used to slaughter and betrayal. With how long they had lived, the concept of this so-called friendship had already turned faint. Never did he think that in such a situation, that there would actually be someone who would say that she would carry them over if she had to.
"Just recuperate your injuries here for now. After your injuries are better, we will set off." Zhu Yao patted on Nangong Huang's shoulder and said. "If my guess is correct, there shouldn't be any danger nearby now. But…" She raised her head and looked about two hundred meters away. "If we cross the sunflowers' boundary from earlier, I'm afraid another wave of new plants will appear."
Yu Yan frowned and held onto her hand. "You've already made your decision."
He said affirmatively, and not in a questioning manner.
Zhu Yao chuckled. "Master, I have an idea. I want to step out of that sunflowers' boundary alone and take a look."
"Nonsense!" Yu Yan's expression turned cold. "That place is definitely even more dangerous. How are you going to deal with it alone?"
"Master… I have a feeling that these plants don't really wish to harm me." She stroked her healed chest.
His frown grew deeper. "If that's the case, why were you injured before?" Though he knew that his disciple's body was abnormal, from the situation earlier, the Cob Cannon and Pea Shooters did not have any intentions of avoiding her in their attacks in the least.
"Uh…" He made a lot of sense. "Actually, I'm talking about those sunflowers and mushrooms. Master, you saw it yourself, right? Those two plants gather sunlight… Uh, I mean, they're formation cores. They are the keys behind the appearances of all the other plants, that's why they are intentionally planted in such faraway positions. However, I feel that those plants are friendly to me. They must be different from the rest of the plants. Even if they're formed by resentment, they're definitely mixed with something else. I might… be able to speak to them."
Yu Yan was still frowning. Clearly, he could not agree to her risking her life.
"We have no other way now, and we can't possibly sit here and await death." Most importantly was that "chi" noise. She felt that this was a little strange. In the past, Wood Spirit was the only one who would call out in such a way. However, the Wood Spirit was in the faraway Desolate Land and it had long gained a human form. How could she possibly appear here?
Nangong Cheng and Zhonggu Lu spent an entire two days to recuperate, and their bodies were finally in acceptable conditions. Though her master had already agreed to Zhu Yao taking the lead and let her enter the next region alone, he still stood guard at the boundary, so that he could provide aid the moment things were to go awry.
Zhu Yao took a deep breath before finally walking out of the place where the sunflowers last appeared. She had only walked a few steps when the earth began to shake once more. The others behind her instantly tensed up, instinctively gripping onto the swords in their hands.
A moment later, with a poof sound, a sunflower appeared as expected. However, it was not a hundred meters away, but had instead appeared right next to Zhu Yao. Its large petals spread open, and it looked at her while blinking its eyes.
It seemed to be stunned for a moment. Suddenly, it let out what seemed to be a joyful sound. "Chi!"
Zhu Yao stiffened and then waved her hand at it. "Hi~"
"Chi?" The sunflower let out a confused sound, as though it did not understand her words.
Zhu Yao had no choice but to change into the language of Chis, and let out the sound she learnt from it. "Chi chi?"
That sunflower instantly replied with incomparable joy. "Chi chi chi."
Uh…
"Chi chi chi chi?" There's nothing wrong with this reply right?
Thus, the conversation between a human and a sunflower began to develop in a strange direction.
"Chi chi chi chi chi."
"Chi chi chi chi chi chi."
"Chi chi chi chi chi chi chi."
"Chi chi chi chi chi chi chi chi."
Wait! What am I doing?
Why are we comparing who has more "Chi"s, hey?
"Incredible!" The unknowing spectator Nangong Cheng had a revering look. "Dongfang girly isn't actually able to understand the sunflower's words!"
Spectators: "…" I really want to break off relations from him!
"Haah! Umm…" Zhu Yao instantly found back her own mother tongue. Though she said she wanted to chat with the sunflowers about life, she actually didn't know where she should begin, hey? "I say, Sunsun!"
"Chi!" The sunflower straightened up like a pole, looking as if it was listening seriously.
"Umm… Just what are you? Also, do you know me?"
"Chi…" It tilted its head, letting out a long sound. Suddenly, it stretched out an enormous leave and wrapped around her wrist. It then let out a crisp voice. "Lord!"
'Lord' again?
"What do you mean by 'lord'? Why are you calling me that?"
The sunflower began to sway left and right. As if it was shouting out a slogan, it called out. "Lord, lord… Sunlight, sunlight… Lord, lord…" With every movement it made, it would shout out once.
As though spring had appeared after the rain, even more sunflowers began to pop out form the ground. They lined up on her left and right, as though they were a welcoming group. Then, they began to sway as well.
At that moment, the entire grass field was filled with their echoes. "Lord, sunlight…" The same voice, their neat movements, and their uniform slogan made them look as if they were conducting a parade.
Zhu Yao was a little confused. It seemed like she had just received an incredible welcome.
The number of sunflowers continued to grow, and they were even spreading all the way forward, opening up a path all the way to the region where the Light of Guidance was. She suddenly felt as if she was making a friendly visit to the kingdom of sunflowers. Now this is a true green VIP passageway! So should she walk? Should she walk? Or should she walk?
The group of four spectators at the back were stunned as well. What's with this friendly and harmonious scene?
"Dongfang girly…" Nangong Cheng shouted out. "This… Just what is this?"
"I don't know either." Zhu Yao shook her head. "The intelligence of these sunflowers isn't high. Most likely, most of them are just moving on instinct. I'm not sure if I can speak through to them either. Master…" Zhu Yao looked at Yu Yan. "You've never eaten a single medicinal pellet, so their hatred for you should be the least. Why don't you try walking over?"
Yu Yan nodded. He glanced at the surroundings before stepping out of the boundary. Almost at the same time, the sunflowers that were still happily welcoming her earlier, instantly quietened down. They turned to look at Yu Yan one after another.
Zhu Yao's heart tensed. However, in the next moment, those sunflowers once again turned around and continued to sway and chant out, "Lord… Sunlight." Yu Yan safely arrived next to Zhu Yao.
As she had thought, these plants would only react to people who had eaten too many medicinal pellets.
Yue Ying was up next. Different from Yu Yan who was ignored, when Yue Ying walked over, all of the sunflowers seemed to have leaned backwards in disgust. Zhu Yao guessed that the devillic aura emitting from his body was making them avoid him out of instinct.
Nangong Cheng and Little Teal remained. Zhu Yao could not help but push her focus up to a hundred and twenty percent. Yu Yan and Yue Ying were different. These plants were formed by the resentment of plants and flowers. The sunflowers ignored the two of them was because they had never eaten a single pellet, so they did harbour any hatred for the two in the first place. As for Nangong Cheng and Little Teal however…
"Nangong Huang, you take the lead." Zhu Yao solemnly said. "Be careful…"
Nangong Cheng naturally realized the situation as well. These plants most likely were targeting the two of them the entire time. In an instant, the guilt in his heart grew deeper. If the two of them weren't here, most likely, the three of them had already arrived at their destination. The moment he thought of this, he could no longer bear to cross over with his raised foot.
"Dongfang girly, why don't… you three leave first." If one can pass through, then he should head on first.
"The hell!" Zhu Yao felt like cussing out now. "What kind of nonsense are you spouting now? You're being wishy-washy here. Are you still a man?"
"… I'm a male beast!" He's not a human in the first place.