The second possibility was that, assuming the first was true, this fellow had sensed danger and wanted them to help it survive the coming calamity.
Of course, the second possibility existed only if the first was true.
If the first possibility was false, how could there be a second?
Now that the first possibility had been confirmed, Gu Qingzhi had simply asked on a whim.
But when she gave it a try, the giant tree before her suddenly stirred.
Green willow branches stretched out again and began writing on the ground.
This time, they wrote a few more words.
Plunder... devour... essence... protection.
Gu Qingzhi rubbed her chin as she looked at the scattered words.
It took her only a breath to grasp their meaning.
Things were chaotic here.
This fellow was close to taking human form, but someone was going around plundering the True Spirits of plants and trees.
So it wanted them to protect it.
After all, it had only ten years left before it could transform. If it died now, hundreds of millions of years of cultivation would be destroyed in an instant. No one could bear a loss like that.
From those few clues, Gu Qingzhi had pieced together the whole situation.
"I see. I'll help you."
In the end, Gu Qingzhi nodded and agreed.
On second thought, though, something felt a little strange.
They seemed to have come here for the True Spirits of plants and trees too.
But after another moment's thought, it all made sense.
If the villains who wanted to plunder this fellow's essence came knocking, wouldn't they have True Spirits of plants and trees in their possession too?
They could just take those instead.
The True Spirit before them would be bait, drawing other greedy people to their door.
Each one