As for these plants' new home...
Clearly, some plants did not care, but others cared a great deal.
The indifferent ones were mostly the new Plant Element Pet Beasts Su Ping had tricked into coming back with him this time.
The ones who cared, however, kept chattering without end:
"Rustle, rustle! (Human, you expect us to live somewhere this shabby?)"
"Rustle, rustle! (Just as I thought! The hateful human tricked us into coming here so he could abuse us!)"
"Rustle, rustle! (Oh? There are lovely Rouge Smile ladies here too, and more than one! I once asked Ancestor Root to find me one as a beloved concubine, but he couldn't! Damn it, this human actually makes you sell your own fruit!!!)"
"Rustle, rustle! (Little Brother Blade Ginkgo! Though you're pitifully weak, as one of our more combat-capable plant brethren here, why would you submit to a human?)"
"Rustle, rustle! (Freedom! We want freedom! Gaining freedom is what matters most!)"
"Rustle, rustle! (My brethren, rise up and resist with me!)"
"..."
The Eternal Azure Sky Vine walked the whole way, pouring out his anguish the whole way.
Apart from earning puzzled looks from a few Peach Blossoms and Rouge Smiles, and an eye roll from the Blade Ginkgo, no one paid him any attention.
Only the comparatively straightforward Longevity Banyan swayed its crown slightly in response.
Unfortunately, that swaying response was not directed at the Eternal Azure Sky Vine's attempts to incite rebellion, but at Su Ping:
"Rustle, rustle! (Su Ping, where did you bring this stupid idiot back from? Come to think of it, he does resemble that Heaven-Piercing Vine fellow a little. They really are the same species! Only, the Heaven-Piercing Vine is a bit more lovable than him.)"
Su Ping smiled, unconcerned by his Pet Beasts' rejection of