The sacred tree is about to pass, and the cannon fodder's wish countdown is coming

Lu Shi suddenly narrowed his eyes, his gaze fixed on the system like a torch, motionless.

"What...what happened?" The system stuttered. As it spoke, it lowered its little head as much as possible, as if it wanted to bury its entire head in the ground immediately.

"It's okay." Lu Shi smiled, gently closed the book in his hand and put it aside. He closed the book in his hand, held up his chin and continued to stare at the system with interest.

"I just want to ask, since you followed him all day long, do you know why he became like this?"

The system's two little paws rubbed back and forth on the floor restlessly, making a slight rustling sound.

At this time, the cold wind outside the cave was howling, and it broke out in a cold sweat.

"I... I don't know, maybe... it might be because of the rebellious period." The system answered hesitantly, its voice getting smaller and smaller, and it seemed to lack confidence.

At this moment, as if to embolden itself, the system suddenly raised its head and said in a louder voice, "Yes, that's right! It must be caused by the rebellious period!"

After saying that, it stared closely into Lu Shi's eyes, trying to prove to him in this way that it was absolutely not lying.

However, the moment its eyes met Lu Shi's, it felt its heart beating wildly, like a mad deer, as if it was about to jump out of its throat in the next second.

Seeing this, Lu Shi calmly looked away, then waved his hand casually as if nothing had happened and responded calmly: "Well, rebellious period? It does sound quite reasonable."

Lu Shi seemed to believe this answer to some extent. After all, humans are the most complex creatures in the world, and adolescent humans embody biological diversity. Perhaps Lu Ciyan has really reached his rebellious period.

But I have been rebelling for nearly eight years, why hasn’t it stopped yet?

So worried.

Lu Shi stood up resignedly, "Where is Lu Ciyan? Take me there, or else he'll be killed again if I'm a step late."

Upon hearing this, the system exhaled a long sigh of relief and quickly responded, "Alright, alright, host, please follow me closely!"

It felt as if it had been pardoned, spread its wings and rushed out, fearing that Lu Shi would bring up the previous topic again the next second.

In fact, regarding the changes that happened to Lu Ciyan, the system felt vaguely that they seemed to be somewhat related to itself, but it was not quite sure.

The time goes back to eight years ago, which was Lu Ciyan’s third birthday at Xinglan Peak.

At that time, celebrating his birthday every year became a tradition at Xinglan Peak, and he would prepare a table of exquisite meals on that day.

Although his cooking skills are limited and the taste of the food he makes has not improved much over the years, the system and Lu Shi both think that being able to eat something is already very good.

Like previous years, on this special day this year, Lu Ci Yan still prepared various fresh ingredients early, and then began to cook dinner in an orderly manner.

When night fell, a table full of delicious food was finally ready. Everyone sat around together, chatting and laughing while enjoying the food.

At the time, the system had just mastered human language and was full of curiosity and enthusiasm for speaking. The jokes it racked its brains to come up with successfully made Lu Ciyan laugh out loud.

As for Lu Shi, he returned to his cave on his own after finishing his meal.

Only the system and Lu Ciyan stayed in the cabin.

There was something wrong with Lu Ciyan's expression at that time. He looked at the head of his bed with a sense of nostalgia and shyness.

The system didn't know what he was thinking, but Lu Ciyan suddenly said, "Yanyan, I remember that ghost grass in the back mountain seems to be able to be used to make wine."

The system didn't think there was anything wrong with his words, so it nodded confidently, "Yes, this piece of ghost grass can be used to make pills and wine, so it wasn't destroyed by the owner."

"Why, do you want to use it to make wine?"

"Yes, then we can have a drink to celebrate next birthday." Lu Ciyan seemed to have thought of something, and a bright light flashed in his eyes.

The system had drunk monkey wine once before, and it tasted really good. Now that it heard that Lu Ciyan wanted to brew wine, it actually started to crave it.

So, in a fit of excitement, the system followed Lu Ciyan to the bottom of the cliff in the back mountain.

This time they both made sufficient preparations and each carried a protective amulet on their body to prevent the scent of ghost grass from invading their minds.

But halfway through, Lu Ciyan, who had picked some ghost grass, suddenly stopped and quietly peeled off the protective amulet on the system with his small hands.

Time passed minute by minute, and without the protection of the amulet, the alluring aroma of ghost grass gradually invaded the system's mind.

It staggered from side to side as if it was drunk, with a hazy look in its eyes.

Seeing the system like this, Lu Ciyan smiled with success and began to ask, "Yan Yan, you have been with Master the longest, do you know what she likes?"

"She likes... likes to read storybooks and play with her phone." The system's confused eyes moved, and after thinking for a moment, it answered seriously.

"Cell phone? What is that?" Lu Ciyan asked curiously.

The system seemed unsure of how to respond, so it could only vaguely reply, "It's not here, you can't find it."

"Oh."

Lu Ciyan nodded, not quite understanding, and then asked again: "Then what does Master like to do when he is alone? Also, what kind of boys does Master like? Master... Master..."

He threw out a series of questions one after another like a machine gun.

The system, on the other hand, had no ulterior motives and did not hide anything. It told him everything it knew honestly.

Lu Ciyan was very satisfied with the answer he wanted, and there was always a faint smile on his face.

In the end, he stared at the system with burning eyes, his expression became extremely serious. He took a deep breath and asked word by word.

"Master, does she like me?"

"I don't know. I don't think I like it." The system smacked its lips, looking contented, completely unaware of how much of a blow its words were to the child.

Lu Ciyan was expecting the answer he wanted, but he was stunned. The ghost grass in his hand fell unconsciously to the ground.

Then he came to his senses, and as if he was eager to prove something to others, his mouth kept opening and closing, and he told everyone all the good things Lu Shi had done for him.

"How could Master not like me? She brought me back from the mortal world, gave me all kinds of magic weapons, and taught me how to read and practice martial arts."

"And I almost died that day. Master looked extremely worried. She tried every possible way to save me. She..." How could she not like me?

At this point, the boy's voice trembled slightly, as if he had thousands of words in his heart that he wanted to say, but didn't know how to express them.

At this moment, the system on the side slowly turned over, and its two huge wings spread out, like a big "Big" lying horizontally on the purple ghost grass.

"Oh, that's on a mission."

In a voice tinged with childish innocence, it spoke with exceptional cruelty, "She promised someone else to save your life so she could ascend smoothly."

In an instant, a roar sounded in Lu Ciyan's ears, sharp and piercing, almost piercing his eardrum.

His face turned pale and blue, and cold sweat broke out.

Since that day, Lu Ciyan has become a different person.

After waking up, the system vaguely felt that it seemed to have revealed something important, but it could not remember what it said. Its head was only filled with the tingling pain of a hangover.

But from that day on, Lu Ciyan no longer liked it following him, and the look in his eyes when he looked at it was unusually cold.

The system felt that it had gotten into trouble, but with only fragmented memories, it was not very sure...