Later, Grandpa Mountain God Wood switched to a branch without any little creatures living on it and brought the two of them over.
"Teacher, Class Monitor, come on, have a seat! I'll get you something to eat." Ji Ruo cheerfully called to the two bewildered men.
How had it ended just like that?
Gu Xingzhou had thought a whole swath of these tree demons would die. He hadn't expected them to look more or less as numerous as before.
Wind God Falcon Aunt turned her head slightly and smoothed her ruffled feathers. She'd been injured too, but her wounds were still within tolerable limits.
Though she had quite a few wounds, among demon monsters, injuries of this severity were considered minor.
Mountain God Wood said, "I still need to stabilize the Earth Vein. I can't make that... what did you call it? A clay pot—for now."
The entire mountaintop was now covered in snow and ice, and the Earth Vein had grown increasingly chaotic. If it wasn't dealt with soon, the disturbance would spread across all of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain before long.
The Earth-Turning Dragon was the "child" of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain's Earth Vein. Its death had caused minor geological shifts throughout the mountain.
Now, its corpse—which should have been divided among the demon monsters—had returned to its original state. But some vital parts were missing. Though the body still held a trace of vitality, it was truly dead.
The restored corpse stirred the Earth Vein's "lament." If left unchecked, that lament would cause every living thing within the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Secret Realm to lament along with it.
"Scree~ (Little Ji Ruo, there are eggshells in Auntie's Nest left over from when the Rock Dragon Lizard hatched. How about I go get them for you?)"
"Sure!