Chapter 169: Buzhou Mountain (XI)
In ancient times, it was difficult to distinguish between humans and gods, and demons were rampant.
It is actually very common for big demons to eat small demons, and small demons to eat humans.
But for a monster, daily hunting is actually quite difficult. After all, if you accidentally target a monster stronger than yourself, it will not be easy to determine who will be the meal.
At that time, the demons were not civilized and no one controlled them. It was common for humans to eat humans, not to mention demons eating humans. Therefore, for most demons , humans, whose combat power was relatively low, became their main source of food.
In this situation, a lone human on the vast grassland is simply food delivered to the demons.
Xiao Siyuan: Thank you for the gift of nature!
Lu Ren: Danger!
Fortunately, the person Lu Ren met today was the Divine Phoenix. In the ancient times, the Divine Phoenix was the first one to propose that "humans, monsters, and gods are born equal and should coexist peacefully and help each other."
Shen Huang looked at Lu Ren, who was shocked, and then lowered his head to caress his young child lovingly, pretending to be surprised and said, "Really? Xiao Yan'er is really amazing."
Yan'er is the nickname of little Kankan Si Yuan.
Although Shen Huang did not approve of little Si Yuan's behavior, she also knew that Si Yuan just wanted to make her happy, and it was not easy for him to pour cold water on his own child.
The clever Shen Huang secretly gave Dong Jun a look, so Dong Jun cooperated and said, "Indeed, indeed, at such a young age, he can catch such a large piece of food. His future is definitely limitless."
Speaking of the word "food", Dong Jun looked at Lu Ren, the "food" he mentioned, with an apologetic look.
Unexpectedly, these words to coax children are particularly effective. Little Si Yuan, who was so excited to take credit just now, couldn't help but lowered his head shyly after hearing these words.
"It's not particularly spicy, hehe."
After praising the man, the Phoenix God saw that Little Si Yuan was happy, but immediately changed the subject and said, "But didn't my mother tell you before we came to the mortal world? We can't eat monsters, let alone humans."
Little Si Yuan, who was secretly proud of himself, seemed to remember something after hearing this and suddenly became flustered: "Yan'er knows, but, but..."
Little Si Yuan was thinking quickly about how to explain to his mother, while he couldn't stop stealing glances at Lu Ren.
But that human looked really delicious.
Shen Huang saw those sneaky cute expressions of little Si Yuan, of course. She explained to little Si Yuan: "I know that Yan'er just can't adapt for a while, but Yan'er needs to remember that he can no longer regard humans and monsters as food, they are the same as us. What I hope is that the creatures of the ten realms can coexist peacefully. I know that this cannot be achieved overnight, so for this reason, we must restrain ourselves in our daily lives and change everyone's concepts through accumulation bit by bit."
After saying that, Shen Huang touched the top of little Si Yuan's head and smiled affectionately, "Then Yan'er, can you help your mother with this in the future?"
Shen Huang smiled very gently. Little Si Yuan raised his head and looked at his mother's kind smiling face, and nodded involuntarily.
"Yes, you can!"
At this time, Si Yuan was still young and could not understand what Shen Huang meant, but in order to make his mother happy, little Si Yuan was willing to do so.
In fact, there were too many things that little Si Yuan couldn't understand, such as why his mother quarreled with his father, why she came to the human world alone, and why she had to deal with a group of monsters and humans they didn't know all day long.
There is clearly nothing in the human world, not even a decent paulownia tree can be found.
Thinking of this, little Si Yuan couldn't help but miss the Wutong Forest in the heavenly world.
Dong Jun, who was standing by, noticed how disappointed Xiao Si Yuan was, so he quickly stepped out to comfort Xiao Si Yuan. He smiled and said to Xiao Si Yuan, "Okay, okay, Yan'er has always been a good kid. He doesn't want to eat people. He must have caught this human accidentally this time, right?"
Without waiting for Xiao Siyuan's reply, he took Xiao Siyuan's hand and said, "If you are hungry, let's go inside and have some cakes, okay? The rest will be left to Lord Shenhuang."
Afterwards, Dongjun took little Siyuan away, leaving only Shenhuang and Lu Ren above the water realm.
The Divine Phoenix turned to look at Lu Ren, then waved his hand, and the rope that injured Lu Ren automatically burned and disappeared in an instant.
The strange thing was that the fire did not burn Lu Ren's skin at all.
The Phoenix said, "Hello, human. Did the Ten Wizards send you here?"
The Inufeng Kingdom is a land of monsters, with no human settlements. It is also remote and difficult to reach by human power. The humans captured here for no reason are not likely to be passers-by who got involved for no reason.
Lu Ren shook his head and said anxiously: "No one sent me here. I came to find Si Yuan."
But this statement was ambiguous, because the current Si Yuan was the Divine Phoenix, so the Divine Phoenix said to Lu Ren: "I am Si Yuan."
After hearing this, Lu Ren waved his hands hastily: "No, you are Lord Shen Huang, but you are not the Si Yuan I am looking for."
"And what are you looking for—?"
"I'll tell you the truth. I'm from the future." Lu Ren felt that there was no need to hide this. "The person I'm looking for is your son."
For a mother, all topics involving her children are particularly important. If Shen Huang had looked nonchalant before, now he began to listen carefully to what this human said.
Originally, the Divine Phoenix was standing under the flower tree, not far away from Lu Ren on the water, but she just took a step towards Lu Ren, and appeared in front of Lu Ren the next second.
"Looking for Yan'er?"
Lu Ren was startled by the sudden appearance of the Divine Phoenix in front of him. After calming his breath, he continued, "Yes, in my time, your son was the current Si Yuan."
Shen Huang looked into Lu Ren's eyes, as if trying to find evidence that Lu Ren was lying. But Shen Huang failed, as those eyes were gentle and clear, without revealing any flaws.
Lu Ren looked at Shen Huang and continued, "You may not believe it, but this place does not really exist. This is the illusion of the cocoon, and you are just a phantom created."
After hearing Lu Ren's words, Shen Huang pondered: "Return to the cocoon...huh?"
The Divine Phoenix naturally knew about this thing, because the Dream Spider lived in the Wutong Forest where she once lived. But the cocoon woven by the Dream Spider was something that was little known even in the heavenly world, not to mention Lu Ren, a human being. If no one had told him, there would be absolutely no way he would have known about the existence of the cocoon.
Although Shen Huang believed Lu Ren's words to about 70%, he still could not rule out another possibility - that Lu Ren was actually sent by the heavenly realm.
"How do I know if you are telling the truth?" Shen Huang was making a final test.
But Lu Ren really had nothing on him that could prove himself. In the dream of Su Huijian, Lu Ren was just a soul and he could not bring in any proof.
"I really can't prove to you that what I said is true. But I am indeed Si Yuan, your son's friend. And I can't be sent by the heavens. You can see that I am a human. The heavens have always looked down on humans and disdain to cooperate with them."
When Lu Ren said this, he looked at Shen Huang steadily, without any evasion in his eyes. It is easy for a person to disguise himself, but the eyes can never deceive people.
"You said you entered the cocoon to save Yan'er, but do you know how dangerous it is?"
Lu Ren nodded: "I know. When I came in, Xi He was outside. He said he had a narrow escape from death."
Hearing the name of another child, Shen Huang couldn't help but ask, "He'er is here too? Isn't he asking you to come in and die?"
"No, although Xihe is quiet and rude, he has already told me the interests involved. I made my own choice. And -"
Although Lu Ren looked righteous and said only nice things, Shen Huang felt that this human seemed to be trying to flatter her little son subtly.
Shen Huang thought Yan'er's future friend was somewhat interesting. She did not expose Lu Ren's little thoughts, but held back her laughter and continued to ask seriously: "And what?"
"And I think the reason why Xi He didn't stop me is because deep down in his heart, he also wanted his brother to get out as soon as possible. After all, if Si Yuan is lost, then the human world and even the ten realms may face a huge catastrophe again, which is what you least want to see, isn't it?"
Since it involves the peace of the ten realms, the Divine Phoenix will naturally not sit idly by.
Lu Ren wanted to discuss the pros and cons with Shen Huang, but Shen Huang interrupted him and said, "In fact, the cocoon of return is not that difficult to break."
After hearing this, Lu Ren's eyes suddenly lit up: "Do you believe me?"
Shen Huang did not answer this question, but said to Lu Ren: "In your era, Yan'er will be Si Yuan, right?"
"Yes."
" How's he doing?"
Lu Ren commented sincerely: "He did an exceptionally good job. If it weren't for him, humans wouldn't be able to thrive in such a peaceful environment, and monsters wouldn't be able to come and go freely in the mountain and sea world. Although it's not perfect, I assure you that he has tried his best."
Shen Huang nodded after hearing this, and then smiled brightly at Lu Ren. A giant red longbow appeared in her hand, and she pulled the bowstring towards the sky. In an instant, dots of light gathered from all directions, and a feather arrow of light appeared on the bowstring.
The Divine Phoenix's eyes fixed, and it suddenly let go. The divine arrow flew out from the bowstring, the bowstring rang, and the arrow feathers whirred.
The arrow hit the starry night sky in an instant. The sky, which should have been vast and boundless, was shattered by the arrow like a wall painted with stars. The night sky cracked like a spider web - the cocoon was forcibly broken.
Everything in the mirror and water began to slowly dissipate, including the Divine Phoenix.
But seeing this scene, Shen Huang was very calm. She put away her longbow and said to Lu Ren with a gentle expression: "Then, I'll leave Yan'er and the rest of the matter to you."
From the moment Lu Ren said that the Si Yuan he was looking for was not Shen Huang, Shen Huang knew that she did not exist in the future where Lu Ren was.
