Teasing the Willow Deity
"You little brat, you've got some nerve, making me chat with you? I don't even know you! Are we that close?" Willow Deity retorted. ♔🎄 ✎☠
Yes, are we that close?
Qian Ye: "Not familiar at all?"
Willow Deity: "That's right. Since we're not familiar with each other, there's nothing to talk about."
"Don't talk to people you're not familiar with"—what kind of bullshit logic is that?
Qian Ye laughed and said, "As the old saying goes, practice makes perfect. You weren't familiar with Stone Village or Stone Village villagers at first, but you'll get to know them over time, won't you?"
Thinking to myself, in the original Perfect World novel, you weren't familiar with Shi Hao at the beginning, were you?
"So we can be unfamiliar with each other, or we can be very familiar. Familiarity is just a matter of time, isn't it?"
Hehehe~
Willow Deity suddenly laughed, perhaps because she had been waiting at the entrance of Stone Village for too long, or perhaps because it was rare for an outsider to come to the village.
Perhaps it was the sudden sight of a new face that created a sense of novelty.
Perhaps it was Qian Ye's humor, boldness, and outspokenness that gave her a unique feeling and experience.
"No, you're from outside the village, and outsiders can't stay in Stone Village, so we'll never get to know each other."
"That's easy, I'll just join Stone Village."
Qian Ye thought to himself that with his strength, entering Stone Village would be a piece of cake.
Even you, Liu Shen, can't stop me. ♝💙 💲😎
"Young man, I must say you're very confident. How about this, let's make a bet? If you can get the people of Stone Village to accept you and let you stay, I'll get to know you better, okay?" Willow Deity joked.
It should be noted that Stone Village never takes in outsiders, unless they are descendants of the Shi family or wives brought back by the villagers.
Stone Village is the ancestral home of the Stone Clan, which is why Shi Ziling wife thought of sending their son Shi Hao, to this pure land for protection.
The reason why the Willow Deity descended upon Stone Village was actually a coincidence.
The story begins during her Nirvana period. She was severely injured by the two Immortal King of the Immortal Domain, which led her to fall to the Lower Realm.
This shows that Willow Deity is not a docile deity, but a fighting god.
In the final battle of the Immortal Ancient Era, he single-handedly stormed into another world, entering and exiting nine times, traversing heaven and earth. The gods and demons who were bathed in the blood of their enemies were terrified and turned pale at the mere mention of his name.
Therefore, back then, she was a "tiger mom" who made her enemies tremble.
It was only after the Lower Realm the mortal realm and arriving in this Stone Village that he cultivated his character and became so gentle, and his wildness was somewhat restrained.
Of course, it also means their strength hasn't fully recovered yet.
However, this doesn't mean she's lost her true self; it just means she's saying things she doesn't mean.
When the day comes that war is absolutely necessary, she will still fight to the death.
"I'm not bragging, but I'm not really interested in joining Stone Village. However, I've even entered Stone Village here just to make a bet with you." Qian Ye was telling the truth.
He thought to himself, if he couldn't even join Stone Village, then he would have lived for over ten thousand years in vain.
A cultivation level of Level 606 is no small feat.
"Then I'll allow you to enter Stone Village, but whether you get kicked out or not is none of my business," Willow Deity said in a tone of a bystander.
I want to see how this kid, who has no cultivation whatsoever, managed to sneak into Stone Village.
How could she know that Qian Ye wasn't without strength, but simply hiding it?
However, given her level, even Immortal King Giant wouldn't be able to see her.
After all, he was already invincible; only Qian Ye himself knew the true extent of his power.
Qian Ye: "If I'm not mistaken, you are this nineteen-meter-tall piece of lightning-struck wood in front of me, right?"
After all, he's seen Perfect World; he can't fool himself.
Since he knew?
Willow Deity smiled, "Since you know, then I have nothing to hide. That's right, I am the Guardian Spirit of Stone Village, the lightning-struck willow tree in front of you. Everyone calls me Willow Deity. It is under my protection that poisonous insects and wild beasts in the Stone Village dare not enter the village to cause trouble, and people from other villages dare not enter the village to cause trouble."
"So I'm warning you, once you're in Stone Village, you can do whatever you want, but there's one thing: if you do anything to harm the villagers, I won't let you get away with it."
Qian Ye dismissed Willow Deity's warning as a joke.
With my current strength, Level 606, how could I possibly be intimidated by you?
He laughed too.
Qian Ye glanced at the willow tree's only remaining branch with ill intent and said, "Speaking of willow trees... old willow trees, you..."
"Call me Willow Deity!" she suddenly interrupted Qian Ye sharply. She thought to herself, "This kid doesn't know what to say? How dare he call me Old Willow Tree? He's asking for a beating!"
Qian Ye: "..."
I don't even know what to say about her.
It's just an old willow tree, simply stating the truth. Is there anything wrong with that?
Qian Ye: "Willow Deity, I really want to know if you're a man or a woman?"
Uh~
Willow Deity was somewhat amused and exasperated. "You brat, can't you tell if I'm a man or a woman just by looking at my voice? Do you think a man can make a woman's voice?"
→→?
As a time traveler, it's not uncommon for a man to make a woman's voice.
For example, many transgender people who have undergone sex reassignment surgery have changed their voices over time, having gone from being male to female.
On the surface, it's impossible to tell the gender; only when the clothes are removed and the only private part is visible can the gender be determined.
Of course, if even that has been changed, then it's really hard to tell.
"Alright then! I'll assume you're a girl for now."
"I am a woman, what do you mean by 'be a woman first'? Your words make it sound like I'm neither male nor female?" Willow Deity laughed.
Qian Ye thought to herself, "I know you're a girl, but I just wanted to chat with you. If I don't find something to talk about, the conversation will just die."
"Okay, I know you're a girl, but I'm curious why you only grew a single willow branch instead of growing a thick, sturdy willow tree?"
"╯╰" Upon hearing his words, the Willow Deity sighed, "Do you think I didn't want to? Before this, I had already grown into a towering willow tree. But then I was struck by lightning and turned into lightning-struck wood, broken in half. The upper part and the crown have long since rotted away, so I was too lazy to grow into a tree again. A willow branch is fine enough."
"Since it'll just grow back anyway and get struck by lightning, we might as well leave it as it is."
"That makes sense." Qian Ye stroked his chin. "But Willow Deity, what I don't understand is why the lightning in the sky would strike you for no reason. There must be a reason, right?"
Is this kid trying to trick me into revealing information?
"There is a reason for that, and it's because I'm too terrifying, so terrifying that it's unforgivable."
Qian Ye couldn't help but give her a thumbs up. "You're amazing... you're really amazing."
However, what she said wasn't entirely unreasonable.
In this Perfect World Plane, Willow Deity is indeed a somewhat heaven-defying existence, and she is very reasonable, the kind who will fight anyone who disagrees.
Naturally, she offended many powerful beings, gods, and demons, who had to resort to the power of Heavenly Dao to suppress her.
"→→" Willow Deity sighed again, "We're all fallen immortals, what's so great about that? Before the Heavenly Dao, I'm nothing but an ant."
There's a saying, "Below the Sage, all are ants." I know my own limitations; you don't need to flatter me.