Standing beneath the towering tree on Jiangcheng Mountain, Bao Bao looked up at it.
"It's pretty big."
She kicked the tree.
"So you're the little punk causing trouble?"
In the distance, some scholars researching the Divine Cherry Tree looked over. They took it for a child's mischief and paid it no mind, continuing their discussion.
"Can you solve this problem?"
Lu Ban asked.
He saw tourists passing beneath the tree from time to time, and quite a few of them had faces identical to Bao Bao's. Every so often, they glanced this way.
"This is a problem?"
Bao Bao tilted her head and asked in return.
"There are thousands of adorable me around. Isn't that a good thing?"
"Indeed."
Lu Ban did not argue.
"But these versions of you seem to be rather hostile toward me. One of them sent me flying just now. Besides, they seem to have caused trouble for some people."
He took out his phone. It displayed news reports about foreign organizations being wiped out after worshiping the Divine Cherry Tree.
"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't worship a god recklessly."
Bao Bao gave her verdict.
"When faced with the unknown, these people not only failed to show any reverence, but instead tried to use it to flaunt their own agendas. They got what they deserved."
"Indeed."
Lu Ban did not argue either.
Discussing the correctness of something with an Outer Gods incarnation from the chaos faction was like arguing with an unknown netizen online over right and wrong. Not only could he never convince the other party, but he would also waste his time.
Whatever Bao Bao said went, then.
"But those avatars attacked you too, didn't they?"
Lu Ban spoke again.
"That's true, but am I the sort of petty person