"Suo Suo, why did you stop bringing me along? I'm so bored by myself," Suo Suo looked at Zhou Hong, confused. Zhou Hong had previously expressed his willingness and even asked her to bring him here.
"Suo Suo, you are an orphan, with no family. It's fine for me to take you to the human world. But Si Teng, she has a grandmother. If we just take her away like this, won't her grandmother be lonely in the mountains?"
"But Si Teng is willing. She doesn't want to be stuck in the mountains forever. She also wants to see the human world."
"Si Teng's grandmother is right. The human world is too complicated. You are both too naive, too trusting. Honestly, I don't know if bringing you there will harm you."
"Are there many bad people where you are?"
"Not necessarily. I'm the city lord of a city now. As long as you don't run around, there aren't many bad people. Forget it, forget it. Neither of you are going." Zhou Hong sighed and waved his hand.
"Ah!" The Soul Nurturing Spirit and Si Teng were both dejected.
Just then, not far away, a black vine suddenly shot out from the ground and swept wildly towards Zhou Hong.
Zhou Hong, seeing the black vine rolling towards him from a distance, was startled. The next moment, Zhou Hong's body flew up into the air. A thin vine had wrapped around him and lifted him up.
"Senior, you, who are you?" Zhou Hong asked, looking at the old woman who suddenly appeared before him with feigned terror, as if just discovering her.
"How dare you, a weak cultivator of demonic arts, try to abduct my granddaughter!" the old woman roared.
"Senior, I, I didn't," Zhou Hong quickly explained. Si Teng's grandmother was indeed watching from the shadows. Fortunately, Zhou Hong's grandfather had reminded him. Otherwise, Zhou Hong would have directly taken Si Teng away without changing his mind, and the consequences would have been dire.
"Grandma, don't kill him. He didn't abduct me. He's not even taking Suo Suo with him now," Si Teng quickly pleaded with her grandmother.
"Hmph!" A few minutes later, just as Zhou Hong was about to suffocate, the vine around his neck suddenly loosened. Zhou Hong fell to the ground. Zhou Hong was no match for a spirit of this level. He felt that the power emanating from the vine was stronger than his world power. If an entire Earth were placed before her, her vine could have wrapped around it and torn it apart.
"Thank you, Senior, for sparing my life!" Zhou Hong scrambled to his feet.
"The reason I'm not killing you is that I saw you as a good person just now, not taking advantage of my absence to abduct my granddaughter," the black vine snorted.
"Senior, you... you were here all along?"
"Nonsense."
"Then why didn't I see you?"
"You, dreaming of seeing me?" the black vine sneered. Little did she know, Zhou Hong was all an act.
"Senior, please be merciful. It was my momentary confusion. But please rest assured, I have no ulterior motives. I, Zhou Hong, am not the kind of man you think I am."
"Stop singing your praises. Back then, when I was an ignorant spirit, the man who deceived me was just like you. He kept saying he wasn't that kind of person and even bit his finger to make an oath. Your actions now are exactly the same as that man's. I never expected that just as you were about to succeed in abducting my granddaughter, you would suddenly change your tune. It's fortunate you did, otherwise, you'd only be a pile of bones now."
Zhou Hong broke out in a cold sweat.
"Senior, I'll leave now. Rest assured, I will never tell anyone I met you here."
Zhou Hong got up to leave, his body trembling, unsure if he would be allowed to go.
"Zhou Hong, wait for me. I want to go with you too." Seeing Zhou Hong about to leave, the Soul Nurturing Spirit immediately rushed forward and grabbed Zhou Hong's arm, wanting to go together. She had made up her mind.
"This...!" Zhou Hong glanced at the black vine.
"What are you looking at me for? Suo Suo isn't my granddaughter. If she wants to go with you, that's her business. However, out of consideration for our acquaintance, I will give you a warning now. If you dare to mistreat Suo Suo, or let her suffer even the slightest harm, don't blame me for killing you. Don't think I can't find you." The black vine warned him sternly. Su Dan Novel Network
"Senior, rest assured. If anyone wants to harm Suo Suo, they'll have to step over my dead body."
"Hmph! You humans, your words are sweeter than singing, but none are truly reliable."
Zhou Hong said with some defiance, "Senior Black Vine, I don't know what you've been through before, but you can't condemn everyone. There are good people and bad people, just like spirits. There are good spirits and bad spirits. Like you, Senior, I think you are a good spirit."
"Stop flattering me. I'm not a simple spirit."
"If you were a bad spirit, I would already be dead. Farewell." Zhou Hong took Suo Suo's hand and turned to leave.
Si Teng watched Suo Suo leave with Zhou Hong, her eyes full of anxiety.
"Grandma!" Si Teng looked as if she was about to cry. Seeing her good friend could go to the human world, she also longed to go.
"You're not allowed to go."
"Grandma, I beg you. If Suo Suo goes, I'll be even lonelier. Please let me go with Suo Suo. Staying in the mountains every day is suffocating me. I might as well not have transformed into human form. Since heaven allowed me to transform, we should understand humans more. Please let me go."
"Grandma, don't worry. Zhou Hong just swore a poisonous oath. That's a real oath."
"Silly child, humans' poisonous oaths are like farts. You believe that? I've heard countless such oaths in my time."
"Grandma, didn't Zhou Hong just say that there are good and bad people? You encountered bad people before, so it's different. I believe this Zhou Hong is a good person."
"Grandma, I beg you. I really don't want to stay alone in the mountains anymore. It's not good for my growth. You yourself said that your trip to the human world greatly benefited your cultivation."
"Grandma, I beg you. Wait until they are far away." Si Teng looked like she was about to kneel, her voice growing more anxious as she watched Zhou Hong and Suo Suo walk further and further away.
"Fine, fine. I really can't do anything with you!"
"Wait!" Helpless, the black vine couldn't help but shout at Zhou Hong in the distance.
Zhou Hong, who had already walked several hundred meters, stopped immediately upon hearing the shout from behind.
"Senior, what are your orders?" Zhou Hong turned and bowed slightly.
"What's your name?"
"Your junior's name is Zhou Hong?"
"Where do you live?"
"Wumeng City. I am currently the City Lord of Wumeng City."
"Zhou Hong, my granddaughter wants to experience the human world with you. I really can't refuse her. I now permit her to go. However, you must guarantee that she will not suffer any harm and that you will not deceive or toy with her. Can you do that?"