The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

The little girl whispered in his ear.

Even Shen Huaichuan had to admit that Yun Yici was somewhat adorable now.

He rarely felt like teasing someone, so he deliberately answered, "Yes."

Yun Yici's dark, pearly eyes immediately widened.

In her excitement, one of her hands accidentally grabbed Shen Huaichuan's ear: "Then why are you so calm?"

"If the dragons above find out, we'll be dead, won't we?"

The Nether Tree couldn't help but complain, "If you don't let go, I won't even have to tell anyone; I think you'll die at Shen Huaichuan's hands first."

Yun Yici then realized that she had been impolite.

She hesitantly let go of his hand, and when she looked at Shen Huaichuan again, sure enough, the relaxed expression on Shen Huaichuan's face had disappeared.

"I'm sorry! I forgot that I was holding your ear."

Yun Yici secretly examined the spot she had accidentally pinched. Shen Huaichuan's skin was fair, and it turned a little red when she applied a little pressure.

Seeing that Shen Huaichuan was still holding the Netherworld Leaf he had picked for her, Yun Yici felt even more guilty.

Shen Huaichuan raised his eyes and said earnestly to the spirit of the Netherworld Tree, "I still prefer you when you're not talking."

The spirit of the Netherworld Tree: "..."

You, Shen Huaichuan, you kindly helped him establish his authority, but you were completely ungrateful.

The dragon atop the mountain kept a close watch on the movements below.

"Youming, you're awake?"

He could sense when the Nether Tree awoke, but he and the Nether Tree had always kept to themselves.

It was only when he saw Shen Huaichuan picking the leaves of the Netherworld Tree that he became curious.

Not only did Shen Huaichuan not kill the little wild ghost as he had expected, he also picked leaves from the Netherworld Tree and fed them to the little ghost.

Recalling the previous spatial anomalies, the dragon had every reason to suspect that Shen Huaichuan was up to something again.

Unable to do anything to Shen Huaichuan, he could only try to find out what Shen Huaichuan was up to by subtly inquiring about him from the Netherworld Tree.

When the dragon uttered its roar, the sound was like a booming bell, making people's eardrums ache. Even Yun Yici, who was far below, had to cover his ears.

Shen Huaichuan supported her, shielding her from the dragon's voice, and said, "Don't worry, he can't do anything to me."

The spirit of the Netherworld Tree chuckled and said loudly to the dragon, "We're leaving this awful place. Dragon, are you coming or not?"

Yun Yici: No, you just said it so sweetly?

Also, when did she say she was going to take the Nether Tree with her?

Yun Yici was questioning the meaning of life, and the dragon coiled on the stone wall almost jumped up.

The dragon's originally cold and hard exterior could no longer hold back.

"Okay, I knew you were trying to run away again."

"Last time I was asleep, which gave you an opportunity. Don't even think about it this time!"

Shen Huaichuan didn't even look up. He was preparing to refine the leaves of the Netherworld Tree shortly after they were picked.

"I have no intention of leaving here."

The spirit of the Netherworld Tree said, "It's up to you whether you go or not, but I'm leaving."

“Little girl, take me back to where you came from, and I will give you something even better. One drop of it is worth a whole tree of my leaves.”

Yun Yici asked warily, "What do you want to do?"

There's no such thing as a free lunch. If you give her something so good, you'll inevitably have to pay a price.

Shen Huaichuan paused in his movements and looked at the Netherworld Tree, waiting for it to continue.

The spirit of the Nether Tree said softly, "Isn't it normal for an old tree to want to go home?"

Shen Huaichuan put down the leaf in his hand and said slowly, "Give them the things first."

The tree spirit bargained, "Shen Huaichuan, do you think I'm stupid?"

It is a tree!

It doesn't have legs.

What if they take the benefits and then turn their backs on us?

Shen Huaichuan was clearly biased towards this little girl.

Seeing the lively conversation below, the dragon on the stone wall suddenly transformed into human form and hovered not far from Shen Huaichuan.

"Youming, where are you going?"

Beep beep beep, Long Jiao requests to join the chat.

"A place you've never been before."

*Slap* Your friend Youming rejected your chat request and slapped you.

Yun Yici thought to himself, "He's really brave."

Long Jiao asked in surprise, "Isn't that obvious? I've been here since I was born, I've never been anywhere else."

"You are a tree, and you can't move your nest."

The spirit of the Nether Tree laughed loudly, "So you want to come along?"

Long Jiao: "???"

After a brief moment of confusion, Long Jiao suddenly snapped out of it and yelled, "You're crazy! You must have been bewitched by Shen Huaichuan!"

Shen Huaichuan isn't leaving and wants to stay here, so what's the point of him, the guard, running away?

If he leaves, won't Shen Huaichuan be out of control?

The two, one tree and one dragon, kept talking back and forth, giving Yun Yici a headache.

She spoke up, "Excuse me."

"What's the situation now."

"I want to take Shen Huaichuan away, but Shen Huaichuan doesn't want to leave. Youming Tree wants to come with me. Long Jiao, don't you want Youming Tree to leave?"

The handsome young man immediately glared and said fiercely, "What? You want to take Shen Huaichuan away? Nobody is allowed to leave, and you're not allowed to leave either!"

Yun Yici was originally very wary of this dragon.

However, his appearance was similar in stature to Shen Huaichuan's, and when he spoke, he had a silly and cute air about him, which greatly diluted his fierce aura.

Yun Yici said, "Let me finish. Isn't your purpose to guard Shen Huaichuan?"

"It doesn't matter where he is locked up, let's just move him to a nicer place, so he can be comfortable and you can be comfortable too."

"I'll find you a comfortable courtyard then, with the name 'Mysterious Spirit Prison' on it. In short, you'll still be in the same old place. You'll still be you, he'll still be him, and the tree will still be the same tree."

"This is what is meant by substance over form."

Honest Long was completely bewildered and stammered, "You...you..."

For a long time, Long Jiao didn't utter a single word of rebuttal.

The spirit of the Netherworld Tree chuckled, and Shen Huaichuan couldn't help but smile as well.

Yun Yici, however, paused for a moment after speaking.

She just mentioned the Xuanling Prison?

How did she know this place was the Xuanling Prison?

It seems she really has been here before, otherwise how would she know the name of this place?

So, are we going or not?

Long Jiao frowned and hesitated, "You, you, do you know that this is the Land of Heavenly Punishment? Leaving this place without permission will be punished!"

Shen Huaichuan serves as a cautionary tale.

Before Shen Huaichuan escaped from here, he could barely be considered a human being. But after being thrown back in, he became this inhuman and demonic state.

To be honest, Long Jiao always felt that Shen Huaichuan was a bit sinister these days.

A more accurate adjective would be "lawless".

It would be best to avoid a direct conflict with Shen Huaichuan.

The spirit of the Nether Tree chuckled, "Dragon Scoundrel, you stay here, we're leaving."

Long Jiao shouted, "If you want to leave, then leave. Shen Huaichuan said he's not leaving, and if he's not leaving, then I'm not leaving either."

He was guarding Shen Huaichuan, not the Netherworld Tree.

Yun Yici looked at Shen Huaichuan: "Are you really not coming with me?"