Set up a funeral service team in a foreign land

The distant mountains are green and the forests are covered with snow.

The path extended to the end and disappeared in front of a towering stone wall.

Iloven stepped forward and knocked on the stone wall, which then rippled and an old voice came out: "Who is coming?"

Ilowen said calmly, "Damocles Ilowen, I apologize for the intrusion. We want to use the Tree People's teleportation array to reach the Isolde Mountains. Is this feasible?"

There was silence for a long time inside the stone wall, and then a gentle voice responded: "Okay."

Iloven nodded: "Thank you." He waved to the people behind him and entered the stone wall first.

Behind the stone wall is a deep valley. The valley is silent, with slanting sunlight shining down, and the whole valley is filled with a sense of vicissitudes of life.

Xi Sui'an looked around and felt that time here had stopped.

After a while, an old man with dark yellow leaves on his head walked towards them. His body had become woody, and the surface was covered with mottled and peeling bark of trees.

Xi Sui'an was stunned for a moment. The tree people would be in their primitive form during their larval stage. In adulthood, they would control their strength and enter a long human-like state. Then they would separate the young branches, cultivate their spiritual consciousness and reproduce. Until they were dying in old age, their bodies would return to their primitive form again, then return to their birthplace to take root and then die.

Although Li Qing is a demon, they are extremely similar to the tree people. However, there is one difference. They are not bound by racial traditions, and their reproduction method is definitely not like that of the tree people, who split from the body. Instead, the fruit of life is born at a certain moment.

In other words, the Tree People reproduce asexually by layering or cuttings, while the Pear Light reproduces sexually by seed cultivation? ?

Xi Sui'an paused where he was, then glanced calmly at Li Qing, who was standing beside him in a shirt as white as snow and with an elegant posture, and his eyes revealed a hint of subtlety that he could not help but reveal.

"???" Noticing Xi Sui'an's strange look, Li Qing blinked, a little puzzled, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Well, nothing." Xi Sui'an touched her nose. If Li Qing knew what was in her mind, not only would their friendship end, she might even be turned into fertilizer.

Li Qing looked at her suspiciously again, and after thinking for a while, she couldn't guess what she was thinking, so she gave up thinking about the changes in Xi Sui'an's expression.

Ilowen looked at the newcomer with a somewhat surprised expression, and he was unusually serious. "We were just passing by, but we disturbed Chief Toland. We were really reckless."

It is rare to see Iloven being so serious.

Toland's eyes were a distant and deep pale yellow, as if the long years were condensed in them.

"The Tree People live in seclusion in a remote corner, and it has been a long time since any distinguished guest has visited us."

He glanced at the crowd calmly, then chuckled and shook his head: "They are all a group of children like new sprouts. Damocles is always so energetic."

He looked at Iloven: "How is your director doing recently?"

Iloven didn't think about whether the word "child" of the tree man Toland included him, and said with a smile: "The director is fine."

Drinking tea, teaching the dean, taking walks and beating the children, life is so comfortable.

Iloven thought secretly.

Toland smiled. "It's good to know that my old friend is safe and sound."

"Are you going to the trade fair? Since you still have time, why not stay with us?" he invited.

Yi Luowen glanced at Feng Liting and saw that he didn't react to this. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Then... it would be disrespectful to refuse it."

Xi Sui'an and the others followed closely behind the two professors, so it was not their turn to speak at this time.

The valley was quiet, with only one or two small figures occasionally emerging from the dense woods. Most of the other tree people had already turned woody and were moving from maturity to decay.

Xi Sui'an looked over and frowned slightly. In such a group, she couldn't see so many young animals?

"Alonso, you little bastard! You set the ground on fire in the clan's land, are you going to go to heaven?"

"Grandpa Lorcan, I didn't do this! Grandpa Kainte did it! Please don't slander me!"

An old voice sounded not far from them, and then a young man with soft green leaves on his head ran over here, "You can't blame me!"

The boy's voice was clear, revealing a sense of grievance and innocence.

"Hey, you're still running! Why are you running? Stop right there!" The old man behind him was so angry that he picked up something and threw it at the young man.

The tree man boy dodged, but the thing came straight towards them. When the word "finished" was written all over the boy's face, the thing hit Xi Sui'an straight on the head!

Xi Sui'an's eyes moved slightly, and she instantly raised her hand and forcefully grasped the thing into her palm. The thing felt warm, like jade. She hesitated for a second and opened her palm.

She was stunned for a moment, looking a little surprised.

It was a treeman amber.

"Ah, sorry, sorry, Grandpa Lorcan didn't mean it! He was going to hit me!" The tree man boy apologized hurriedly.

Xi Sui'an looked at the tree man boy and felt that he looked familiar. He felt that he was a bit like the little guy who sold tree man amber to the mermaid tribe.

"Alonso, this is a guest." The figure of the treeman chief was gentle and serious.

"Yes, Grandpa Chief." The little tree man hurriedly said to Xi Sui'an, "I am Alonso, and you are welcome to visit the tree people. I really didn't mean to disturb you just now. I am really sorry."

Xi Sui'an stroked the tree man amber, smiled suddenly, handed it to him and shook his head: "It's okay. I'll give it back to you."

"I'll give this to you. The treeman amber is not worth much." Lorcan, who had oval eyes and yellow pupils, came over and waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Uh... this is not good. The tree man amber out there is also worth hundreds of thousands." She had raised the price herself.

The tree boy waved his hand and said, "We have millions of pieces of this amber in our clan, and most of them are worthless!"

"..." So, there are so many?!

The young man enthusiastically introduced: "It's just like gambling on stones. Maybe you can get something valuable. Ever since a human's words at the previous mermaid auction caused a stir and sold for a high price, many alien races have bought tree man amber to open blind boxes."

"..."

Li curled the corners of his mouth slightly. Knowing something about the inside story, he calmly watched Xi Sui'an fall into an unspeakable silence.

Toland looked at Xi Sui'an gently and nodded to her.

Xi Sui'an turned around and put it away, then bent down to thank Lorcan and Chief Toland: "Then I'll accept it, thank you." To be honest, she was indeed very interested.

Lorcan raised his hand and gently held Alonso down. The suppressed tree boy dared not move. He smiled and said, "We won't disturb you, Chief. I'll send this kid to Cainte right now!"

Toland nodded, and the old tree man led the depressed Alonso away. As they left, the young man looked back at them, his clear eyes full of curiosity and joy.

"Damocles... Patriarch, wait for me, I'll be back soon!"

The boy was dragged away by Lorcan without looking back.

"A very energetic little guy." Iloven said with a smile.

Chief Toland led the way and said with a smile: "Excuse me, this child has been spoiled to the point of being lawless. He even sneaked out to sell tree man amber before. Fortunately..."

He shook his head to stop talking and sighed slowly.