My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

Love Tree actually used this ridiculous method to lure the paper figure away for a while.

Just for a moment.

The two women led Qiao Zan aside and kept calling his name.

"Senior Brother Qiao Zan, Senior Brother Qiao."

"What illusion have you fallen into? Don't listen to the nonsense those spirits spout; you are just yourself! We were both bewitched just now..."

At this point, the short woman started bleeding from her nose.

Because she was thinking of Jozan's strong body and his firm biceps.

The tall woman nudged her junior sister.

"Hey! Why are you the only one getting lost in your fantasies? We're getting down to business!"

"But Senior Brother Qiao is truly the handsome, strong, and tragic hero in my heart, my white moonlight..."

The tall woman thought so too when this was mentioned.

She even pursed her lips into a longing expression.

But the Love Tree was about to give up and said, "You two hurry up! My tree regeneration rate can't keep up with its pruning speed!"

The branches that the Love Tree's two hands transformed into were indeed cut down to the elbows.

The two women then started filming Joe Zan again.

"Senior Brother Qiao, wake up! No matter how wonderful the illusion may be, reality is the most important thing!"

"That's right, Senior Brother Qiao. Illusion is just illusion. Besides satisfying one's own fantasies, self-redemption, and bringing pleasure..."

The tall woman patted the short woman.

"How can you make the fantasy sound so good? Don't you know how to talk? People can only be immersed in fantasy for a short time, because they still need to eat!"

"Oh right, we still need to eat, but... with Senior Brother Qiao's physique and cultivation level, do you really need to eat?"

The two even wondered if Senior Brother Qiao, if he were to fall into the illusion and become so engrossed that he couldn't extricate himself, might achieve perpetual motion.

The love tree could no longer bear it.

"Do you two want to see me die? You two pieces of trash!"

"What?! You actually called us trash! We are indeed trash, but..."

The shorter woman continued speaking after the taller woman.

"But we're useful waste!"

After they finished speaking, the two of them took turns trying to persuade Qiao Zan.

"Senior Brother Qiao, indulging in illusions is like drinking poison to fill your stomach! It only provides temporary satisfaction, but afterwards comes endless emptiness!"

"Yes, Senior Brother Qiao, although I know reality is not beautiful, illusion is even more like poison!"

Jozan remained staring blankly ahead.

From his perspective, he actually saw his younger sister, holding his hand, walking on a wide meadow.

A gentle breeze caresses your face, the sky is azure, giving you only one feeling: freedom.

Jozan had no idea how his sister managed to switch between being an adult and a child.

But he admitted that he wanted to stay where his sister was.

The resistance was only the beginning.

He then became addicted to it.

He has been very lonely for the past ten years or so.

They lived a life out of step with the world, without purpose, because the sun god had already decided that they could return to their place.

Joey had also invited him and repeatedly expressed her desire to live together.

I think Qiao Zan is just too detached from human warmth, which is why he feels lonely.

It's still that indescribable loneliness.

But Jozan refused.

Everyone else has families and relatives, but I feel like an outsider.

He even comforted himself, thinking that among the four beasts under the sun god, apart from the young Taotie, which one wasn't living alone?

Now that he has this opportunity, he should stay here...

But when he opened his mouth, he still said, "I still have responsibilities."

The two women outside could also hear this.

They immediately replied, "Responsibility, responsibility! Senior Brother Qiao, we are both very weak. Do you know that we still need to return to our own Taoist temple? Without your escort, we can't get back. We need you!"

Love Tree also shouted from the side.

"Big brother! You said that this time, I would only be responsible for the conversation, and everything else would be up to you. I have no ability to protect myself. I said I need you!"

The two women covered their mouths.

"Senior Brother Aqing, you have no way to protect yourself?"

Qingshu coughed once, indicating that this was a strategy, a strategy!

It was to instill a sense of responsibility in Qiao Zan.

The two women clapped.

"Oh~"

"Senior Brother Qing is amazing!"

But the love tree suffers in its heart, though it keeps quiet.

Because he really couldn't hold on any longer.

He bore a burden that a tree shouldn't have to bear.

Jozan's senses are also connected to the outside world.

At first, he was on the grassland, holding his sister's hand, and the sounds outside were not very clear.

All I could hear was my younger sister laughing happily.

“Brother, we are free. We don’t need to live for anyone anymore. We don’t need anyone to save us or repay anyone’s kindness. We are ourselves now.”

Then Qiao Yu brought Qiao Zan to the edge of a cliff.

Below was complete darkness. Qiao Yu said, "Brother, jump down. If we jump, we'll be free."

Only then could Qiao Zan hear what was being said from the outside world.

The two Taoist nuns pleaded for help, saying they hoped Qiao Zan could take them back.

And there was the cry of the love tree.

Qiao Zan then remembered that he still had something he had promised to do.

Putting everything else aside, just take the love tree for example. Since you brought it out, you should at least return it to its owner in good condition.

He has no fighting ability whatsoever.

Qiao Zan stood at the edge of the cliff, swallowed, and said, "Ayu, you've never been rescued, have you? Back when we were still living in brothels, you didn't live freely. Later, when the Sun God appeared, it was me who offered to repay him. You never seem to have said anything about it."

Qiao Yu simply tilted his head to look at Qiao Zan, revealing an innocent smile.

Jozan remembered everything.

In their first life, in a brothel, after Qiao Yi and Hua Ran dealt with the vengeful female ghost, they opened the old door and found Qiao Zan embracing the frail Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu never saw the female ghost's true face; only Qiao Zan faced the fear and bloodshed.

So when Joey opened the door, Joe felt a sense of redemption.

As the female ghost's thousands of blood-stained tentacles rushed towards Qiao Yi, Qiao Yi, filled with righteousness, raised her hand and waved a talisman, killing the female ghost.

Then the room instantly became clean, devoid of any blood.

The sunlight was also able to shine in.

It made everything that Joezan saw look brand new.

It was a kind of redemption that couldn't be savored in detail, but that scene remained unforgettable for a long time.

He knew that at that moment, Joey had become his god.

Qiao Yu, on the other hand, probably didn't have that feeling. He had never seen terror and bloodshed, nor had he witnessed Qiao Yi's divine power in instantly killing the female ghost.

Perhaps she was just a little girl who had been trapped in her brother's arms from beginning to end.

Her fear stemmed from brothels and anything else that could bind her.

This also foreshadowed the indelible betrayal that would follow later when the debt of gratitude was repaid.

Ah... Qiao Zan has finally figured all of this out.

From Qiao Yu's death to Qiao Zan's loneliness.

Then, when he came over, confused, helpless, and bewildered, to deal with the magical issues left behind by Qiao Yu.

He finally figured it out.

"Ah Yu... I'm sorry."