Moss Head

The Stick Girls' Martial Soul Fusion Skill had been trapped, but how to subdue it was another problem.

Let it rampage around?

That would not do. It would ruin his image.

"Could we get Little Brat? Little Brat has a great deal of control over this world."

"Little Brat again? Say, is Little Brat actually the Chaos Ancient Tree?" Xu Yu was completely bewildered.

However, A Lan was delighted to hear that Xu Yu did not know who Little Brat was. Her large, watery eyes curved into crescents. Still, her image was directly projected into Xu Yu's mind, and he had yet to figure out how that worked.

"I'll go wake him up. He's lazy and sleeps all day."

A Lan sent those words directly into Xu Yu's sea of consciousness. Immediately afterward, the Blue Silver Grass coiling around the Chaos Ancient Tree seemed to lose its soul. It no longer possessed that liveliness and merely swayed aimlessly in the wind.

After a pause, no longer than it took to drink a cup of tea, the trunk Xu Yu was leaning against twisted into the face of a baby. It yawned, looking severely sleep-deprived, its eyes hazy and unfocused. Even upon seeing Xu Yu, it did not look much more alert.

"Dad, what is it?"

"Pfft, Dad?"

Why had he suddenly gained another son? Xu Yu nearly coughed up blood.

Blue Silver Grass being like a daughter was one thing. Little Brat being the Chaos Ancient Tree was another. But why was he calling him Dad too?

"Fine, fine!" Xu Yu wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and sighed repeatedly, forced to accept this fact.

Fortunately, he had not chased after girls. They threw themselves at him, and if they did not, he could just snatch them. Otherwise, finding a wife would truly have been difficult.

Perhaps having understood Xu Yu's thoughts, the Summoning Tome projected the Chaos Ancient Tree's appearance as well. At once, a little brat with a lush green grassland atop his head appeared in Xu Yu's mind. Xu Yu took a moment to process it. Why was his hair that color?

He would have to be careful when looking for a wife like this.

Since the hair color could not be changed, he might as well call him Moss Head.

Fine, Moss Head did not mind what he was called. Moss Head was very laid-back.

He did not even mind when A Lan jumped onto him and messed up his hair.

"Don't sleep yet, Moss Head. Do you have a way to stop that stick for me?"

Several large "ZZZ" letters puffed out beside the Chaos Ancient Tree's mouth. Xu Yu could see them clearly. There was nothing he could do about a sleepy child, but he needed him to deal with this first.

Sure enough, the Chaos Ancient Tree, as his Life Guardian Battle Beast, was quite capable. Its trunk contained a space of its own, and it swallowed the stick formed by the Martial Soul Fusion Skill in one go.

Xu Yu had a sudden idea. In that instant, he received a great deal of information, and in the blink of an eye, he entered the Chaos Ancient Tree's inner space as well. In that boundless black space, Xu Yu felt an inexplicable shock. It was too powerful.

The Chaos Ancient Tree was too powerful. He was too powerful.

Only today did he gain a slight understanding of his true strength. Beneath the ancient tree's canopy, even without ever unleashing its full might, Xu Yu had the feeling that even a Soul Saint would fall if they dared enter his territory.

Within that boundless dark space, A Lan fearlessly assumed human form and sat on his shoulder. Besides A Lan, a green-haired child lay sprawled atop Xu Yu's head, sleeping soundly.

Xu Yu was speechless. He plucked him off his head and curiously examined his Life Guardian Battle Beast.

Noticing Xu Yu's gaze, Moss Head opened his eyes wide and stared back at him with an adorably blank look. A Lan held onto Xu Yu's neck and watched the two of them in turn. Her fair little hand copied one of Xu Yu's usual habits as she pinched her tiny chin in thought. Were they exchanging affectionate looks? They had been staring at each other for so long.

Ahem. Get back on my head!

Girls really were easier to coax. Moss Head neither cried nor made a fuss. Xu Yu did not know what to say for a moment. Feeling slightly awkward, he set him back on his head before saying, "Let's go take a look at that stick!"

The stick created by the Martial Soul Fusion Skill had long since dissolved. The two Stick Girls were tangled up in countless tree roots and unable to move, both unconscious. When Xu Yu walked over and patted them, they still showed no response. Stopping A Lan from teasing the Chaos Ancient Tree, which was snoring away again, he asked, "Moss Head, what did you do to them? Don't endanger their lives, or your old man will be in a difficult position in Spirit City."

Moss Head called him Dad, so there was no problem with him calling himself their old man, right?

No need to be shy. As long as he was strong enough, he would have plenty of chances to be a father in the future. He needed to get used to it early, haha~

After he finished admiring himself, Moss Head said in a half-awake state, "They're fine. I just absorbed some of their energy. Old man, can I absorb more?"

Xu Yu had only just called himself their old man, and Moss Head had learned it in the very next sentence.

Xu Yu nearly laughed. He patted Moss Head's head above him and casually said, "Absorb as much as you want. Just don't drain them dry."

These people had intended to use him to establish their authority. Did they think they could leave unharmed? No chance.

Today, Xu Yu would show them that anyone who dared provoke him could forget about retreating without a scratch. They all had to pay a price.

"Hey, wait! Moss Head, where are you trying to stick that? Pick another spot, another spot."

When he saw two thick, sturdy branches rise high into the air, Xu Yu was terrified when he realized where they were about to strike. What if they were proper young ladies? How could they recover after he did something like that?

Besides, they would definitely notice afterward. Would he not be unable to clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River?

"Wait a second... I'm begging you, big brother. Not the front, and definitely not the back."

If it was the front, people would only call him lustful. If it was the back, they would curse him as a pervert.

"The top. Put them in through their mouths from above. They're connected anyway, so it doesn't matter. Don't fuss over little details."

Sigh! It had taken so much effort to direct Moss Head through the task that Xu Yu was exhausted.

His lifelong reputation had nearly been ruined in one stroke.

He circled the two girls. Other than each having a ** stuck in her mouth, everything else looked perfectly normal. At that moment, the Summoning Tome trembled. Xu Yu suspiciously took it out and looked at it, finding new information on the Chaos Ancient Tree's page.

There were now two unknown Fruits listed after Skill Fruit. What was going on? Could it be related to the two people before him?

Unable to understand it, and with Moss Head unable to explain it clearly, Xu Yu could only let it go for now. He would leave first and see later. If possible, he could bring the Giant Crocodile outside in and drain him too. Perhaps that would produce another Fruit. Though he did not know what these Fruits were for, he only needed to know they were free gains.

When he reappeared outside, A Lan and Moss Head naturally could not come out with him. He was not yet strong enough to reveal their identities. But that was fine. Even hidden within the space opened by the Chaos Ancient Tree, A Lan's abilities would not be affected. As for the Chaos Ancient Tree, it was originally part of him, so it was even less likely to be affected.

Xu Yu had only vanished for three or four minutes. Although everyone was puzzled when he emerged, they assumed it had been one of his tricks. Naturally, none of them could imagine that he had shifted into another space. No one would believe such a "joke" even if he told them.

Still, everyone had seen the two Stick Girls get swallowed by the ancient tree, so their suspicion and confusion were inevitable. The Giant Crocodile was furious, but he hesitated, not quite daring to charge into the area covered by the tree canopy's shadow.

Coward! That was all Xu Yu could think to call him. He should learn from Tang San. Tang San had brought his girlfriend to Spirit Hall and exposed her identity, which was what led to Xiao Wu being besieged and hunted in the Star Dou Great Forest.

In the end, he even gained a 100,000-year Spirit Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!

Hiss! Xu Yu froze, stunned. Why had Tang San brought Xiao Wu to Spirit City when he knew she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

Could that have been the purpose? Xu Yu felt as though he had almost uncovered the truth.