Big Face Tree was glad to see Lu Yin. "Little guy, you're back again. Where did we leave off last time? Oh, right, the Battle of Jiu River. Speaking of which, back then, Nether Ancestor—"
"We already talked about the Battle of Jiu River," Lu Yin interrupted.
Big Face Tree blinked. "We did? Tree Uncle doesn't remember finishing the story."
"We did," Lu Yin insisted.
Big Face Tree was very serious. "No, we didn't."
Lu Yin raised an eyebrow. "We did."
"No."
"We did."
"No."
After hearing Big Face Tree deny it over and over, Lu Yin got a sense of just how powerful its mental attacks were. He was disappointed. Though Big Face Tree's mental attacks were quite powerful, they weren't enough to interest him.
Big Face Tree was like an ancient tree that had witnessed history. It had lived a long time, but there was nothing particularly unusual about it.
He had been overthinking things. This universe contained one ancient tree after another, and that had made him think they were all extraordinary.
The Mother Tree, the Black Mother Tree, the giant tree that had run away, Little Sapling.
Though the Big Face Tree before him wasn't anything special, it was still a thick History Book.
After leaving the Nong family, Lu Yin went to the Ice Spirit Clan and stood outside Ice Heart, gazing at it in a daze.
He didn't say a word. Lu Yin stared at Ice Heart for a full half month before leaving.
He could bring Ming Yan back to life, but what would that accomplish? The Only True God remained unresolved, as did fate and the Spiritualized Universe. If Ming Yan returned, she would only become another person to worry about.
What Lu Yin wanted to give his family was warmth and