All beasts submit, and the peerless imperial princess is about to defy the heavens!

Feng Ning casually toyed with a strand of hair hanging down her chest. "Really? I didn't notice. I could tell from your voice that this senior is very happy and eager to see us."

"Junior sister..." Lin Tanyu also felt that something was wrong and decided to run away first.

"Junior sister, let's leave now. Since they don't welcome us, we can come again next time."

Before they could leave, the old man continued, "No, you cannot leave here."

Lin Tanyu became even more nervous. "Why won't you let us leave? If you don't welcome us, then we'll leave. We promise we won't bother you here again. Isn't that enough?"

Feng Ning paused, released her hair, and pushed aside the hand that was blocking her.

"Senior sister, don't be nervous. We've already come all this way, we can't just leave like this, can we? We didn't want to come, but he set up a broken formation and forced us to come. Now he thinks he can just let us leave like this? It's not that simple."

The old man's voice held a hint of wariness, "What do you want to do?"

A flicker of excitement flashed in Feng Ning's eyes, but it was quickly suppressed. "It's nothing, I just felt that you might not understand a single sentence from us humans."

"What?"

Not only did he not understand, but even Xue Feng and Lin Tanyu, who were standing to the side, didn't quite understand what she meant by saying that.

She parted her lips slightly and slowly uttered a sentence.

There's a saying among us humans: "It's easy to invite a god, but hard to send him away."

Upon hearing her words, Lin Tanyu's furrowed brows suddenly relaxed; so that's how it is.

She seemed to understand something.

She instinctively looked around and quickly locked her gaze in one direction.

Seeing her behavior, Xue Feng was so anxious that he kept scratching his head. What on earth was going on?

Why does it seem like he's the only one who doesn't quite understand what happened?

He quietly moved closer to Lin Tanyu. "Junior Sister Lin, do you know something?"

The excitement in Lin Tanyu's eyes hadn't faded, but it had subsided considerably.

She replied calmly, "No, you're mistaken."

Xue Feng felt wronged. "If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. Why are you lying to me?"

Lin Tanyu raised an eyebrow. "Think about what your junior sister said carefully, and you'll understand."

What did he say? What did he say?

Is it easy to invite a god but difficult to send him away?

He lowered his head and pondered, wondering what was wrong with that statement.

Feng Ning just said: We humans have a saying, "It's easy to invite a god, but difficult to send him away."

Then, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Humanity!

If the problem with this statement isn't with the saying "it's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away," then it lies with "human beings."

He got it.

The saying "It's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away" isn't really problematic; the problem lies in the word "humanity."

So, the one speaking from the shadows wasn't a person?

So their constant vigilance and watching their surroundings, fearing someone might appear, was completely wrong!

Because what's speaking isn't human at all!

It could very well be the flowers and plants around them, or a tree, or a bird, or even a butterfly flapping its wings, or a monkey jumping around.

He suddenly turned to the direction Lin Tanyu had been looking.

Judging from the surroundings, the trees there are the tallest, and there are hardly any other plants around.

In terms of topography, all other vegetation grows around it.

So the problem lies around this tree.

A little rabbit hopped around under the tree, and butterflies fluttered among the flowers; that was about it.

So, is it a rabbit? Or a butterfly?

Or...that tree?

Just as he was pondering this, Feng Ning had already walked over there.

The two quickly followed her, walking together to a spot not far from the big tree.

Feng Ning looked at the tree with a smile, "What, things have come to this, and you still don't want to come out and say anything?"

Then came silence.

"What's the use of staying silent now? For the sake of Cambridge tonight? It's a pity. If you don't come out soon, I'll continue setting fires, and you won't even be able to see the moon tonight."

There was still no sound.

He seemed certain they wouldn't dare set fires, and was generally fearless.

Feng Ning smiled slightly. "Senior Brother Xue, go ahead."

Xue Feng immediately stepped forward, about to set the fire, when he realized something was wrong.

He thought for two seconds but still couldn't come up with a solution, so he simply set the fire without thinking twice.

He didn't burn anywhere else, he just burned that tree. Just as the fire was heading towards the tree, a gust of wind blew, and Xue Feng staggered a couple of steps, and the fire in his hand was extinguished.

"You wretched woman, don't be so aggressive. Let's talk this out."

Feng Ning twirled her hair around her fingers. "It's okay. Didn't you want to talk properly just now? Then let's start by beating you until you behave, and then we can talk slowly."

Then, a voice filled with anger rang out, "Do you really think I wouldn't dare to lay a hand on you? Or do you think that you three little Golden Core cultivators can do anything to me?"

Feng Ning smiled. "Indeed, there's nothing I can do to you. But I see that your tree is quite old, isn't it? I wonder if it can withstand the frost. I've never frozen a tree root with ice before. I really want to try it."

Lin Tanyu's eyes lit up instantly. "You want to use ice? Then let's use fire! You freeze from below, and we'll burn from above. Let's see who's better."

Hearing her words, Xue Feng shuddered.

Women are terrifying!

What's more, it's two terrifying women together, making it doubly terrifying!!

He even felt a little sorry for the old tree; why couldn't it just cooperate properly? Why did it have to provoke these two little devils?

Now look what happened! A double whammy of fire and ice, I'm doomed.

Sure enough, the old voice scolded, "You two brats! Don't you know what it means to respect your elders? Don't you know what morality is?"

Feng Ning laughed again, "Look at the mess you've made. Do you really think that you, an old tree, understand human principles better than us humans? Who taught you that?"

The old tree was silent for a while, then continued cursing.

"You humans don't even abide by your own words. You are two-faced and have no sense of propriety, righteousness, or shame."

Feng Ning nodded in agreement, "Anything else? You only know these two words? That won't do."

Then silence fell again.

Feng Ning suppressed a laugh and said, "Why don't you come out and talk? Otherwise, we're just looking at your tree trunk and we don't even know where your face or mouth is. Are we going to talk to your butt? You're not even wearing clothes, and you still say we're shameless? Don't you know that's called streaking?"