The daily life of the crew of "Beasts".

Chapter 159 Sky-Piercing Tree

"Hello everyone, I am Tree Tree from Old Goat's family. Originally, I was just an ordinary tree in the mountains, rooted on a desolate hillside, diligently photosynthesizing every day, and absorbing some spiritual energy and the essence of the sun and moon. Until this day, Tree Tree met a goat."

"He looked very hungry. He must have gotten separated from the flock. There wasn't much grass to eat nearby, so he actually started eating my leaves! How awful! He ate almost all of my leaves, just because I'm short! I'll grow tall and strong so no one can reach me in the future!"

"But I didn't have any intelligence back then, so I just let it go. But that goat got too big for its britches and moved into the cave next to me! Every few days it would come and nibble on a couple of my leaves!"

"That tree was too much! So I worked hard to grow and photosynthesize! Finally, it couldn't get past my leaves anymore, hahaha!"

"However, even after all that, Nas still wouldn't let me go! After his cultivation level increased, he found a beast and transplanted me to a courtyard!"

"Well, let's transplant it then. At least this guy has been treating me well since I was transplanted. Looks like the previous tree wasn't fed for nothing after all. (Relieved)"

"But I soon changed my mind. How could there be such terrifying creatures as brats in the world! This place the goat brought me to is full of such creatures!"

"They stuck something called a lightning rod in my head, which caused me to be struck by lightning several times and almost killed me! Then they even tried to chop me up! They wanted to use my body to make something called a lightning-struck peach wood sword!"

"That's too much! At most, the goat would steal some leaves from me, but you guys are trying to kill me! Luckily, I was saved by that goat in the end. It's good to be alive."

"I thought, no, back then I didn't have any intelligence, I couldn't think, so... I was supposed to just live out my tree life like that, but yesterday, a Qilin, I think it was called a Qilin, changed my fate! He buried a lump of fertilizer where I was rooted, and I finally... became a spirit!"

"Hahahaha, I've been reborn! But right now, I have to get out of here as soon as possible. Those brats from prestigious schools are just too terrifying."

The forests inside Caiyun Mountain are dense and the roads are dangerous. A tree several meters tall was seen running away as if it were fleeing, its roots spreading out.

"Hahahaha, it's me, Tree Tree, I've escaped too!" A strange face grows on the trunk of the big tree, laughing loudly in the wind. The leaves rustle, and the exposed roots swing back and forth like skirts. Running in the cold wind is his youth starting anew!

"Huff... Huff... Hah... I guess I can't catch up now?" After running for an unknown amount of time, the tree stopped, exhausted. Its roots, exposed to the air for a long time, were rapidly losing strength, and it desperately needed to find fertile soil to take root and recover.

He closed his eyes, carefully sensing the concentration of spiritual energy in the air. After a moment, he looked in one direction with delight, exclaiming, "As expected of me, Tree Tree! I'm so lucky to have such a feng shui treasure land so close by!"

Not far away is a mountain peak covered with lush vegetation, teeming with the aura of spiritual plants and spirits. Even in winter, it exudes a vibrant vitality.

Shushu immediately took a liking to this place. Not only was the environment excellent, but there were also many of his kind. He could communicate with each other and hide his identity to avoid being found by the goat. He immediately climbed the mountain.

The environment here is just as I observed before, it is really good, but what makes Shu strange is that there are no living things except plants. Insects are frozen to death, birds have migrated away, and even monsters are nowhere to be seen. Shu walked around the mountain and only saw a few empty bird nests.

"What's going on?" he asked, puzzled. He randomly picked a tree and went up to it to strike up a conversation. "Hey, brother or sister? Do you know where this is? I haven't seen a single animal."

The tree didn't move at all. After a while, Shushu went up and patted it, saying, "Hey, wake up! I'm talking to you, how rude of you."

The tree finally reacted, conjuring a sleepy-eyed face that spoke in a female voice, "What's wrong? Can't a tree sleep? Uh, who are you?"

"Ah, I am..." Shushu paused abruptly as he began to speak, realizing that he didn't have a name yet. He couldn't just introduce himself as Shushu.

After thinking for less than three seconds, he continued, "My name is Qingtianshu. I'm new here and don't know much about the situation. I'd like to ask you for some advice."

"Ah~ I see. Just find a place to take root and cultivate every day. As a plant, as long as you don't wander off, there's no danger here." After saying that, the tree closed its eyes again, and the face that had appeared began to slowly disappear.

"Hey wait, don't fall asleep yet, Tree, I haven't finished asking you anything!" As soon as the other tree saw that it was about to fall asleep, the Sky-Supporting Tree immediately stepped forward and patted the other tree's face with a branch, forcing the tree to wake up, its eyes full of helplessness.

"Ah~ Where do you get so much energy in the middle of winter instead of sleeping?"

"This isn't new; we need to find out the situation first."

"Alright, alright." The tree clearly didn't want to argue any longer and explained the situation in a few words. This mountain was the territory of the three divine beasts, and no monsters dared to approach it. Some ordinary animals were eaten up little by little by the three divine beasts. Only because they, as plants, were not on the beasts' diet, did they escape this fate.

"Ah~ I'm done talking, can I go to sleep now?" the tree asked listlessly, yawning.

"Of course, of course." Now that he knew what he wanted to know, Optimus Prime naturally wouldn't stop him.

"Ah~ By the way, let me remind you something: don't mess with chickens if you encounter them. Those are divine beasts. Ah~ subordinates..." As he spoke, the tree closed its eyes and fell asleep.

The towering tree touched what appeared to be its chin with a branch, lost in thought. It didn't know if it was dangerous or not; it only knew that the fertilizer produced by the divine beast would be of great benefit to it. It was because it had absorbed the fertilizer from a Qilin that it was able to awaken its spiritual power.

We must find a way to get close to those mythical beasts.

Having made up his mind, Qingtian glanced again at the tree that had provided the information, secretly regretting that he shouldn't have asked the divine beast for its address before letting her sleep. But since she was already asleep, it wouldn't be appropriate to disturb her further over something like this.

"In the end, I still have to rely on myself, Tree Tree." With a sigh, Tree Tree wandered around the mountains.

Meanwhile, Bai Jie and his group stood at the foot of the mountain.

"Hiss, Little Baijie. Is your method reliable? How did it end up in your own home?" The old goat stroked his beard, his eyes revealing a fox-like glint.

Bai Jie was also baffled. After the tree at the old goat's house seemed to have grown legs and run away, they searched everywhere and searched the whole village without any clues. Finally, Bai Jie had no choice but to take out the tree branch throwing method to find his way, and that's how he ended up here. Even he couldn't figure this out.

Tianlu rubbed his stomach, quite pleased. "It's lunchtime now, let's go home and have a meal before looking for more."

The beasts were all tired after searching all morning, and they all agreed to the suggestion.

The three Pixiu lived halfway up the mountain, and it would take some time to get there. Meanwhile, not far from their house, the towering tree was sneakily peeking out of the woods to observe.

"This is it! The house looks much nicer than the ones in the village. It must be the dwelling of a mythical beast. Let's go take a look." He sneaked out of the woods and quietly approached the house. However, it was really difficult for him, several meters tall, to go unnoticed.

"Halt! Where did this tree demon come from? Who are you? What do you want?" A white-feathered chicken blocked the way in front of the towering tree, its eyes filled with hostility.

The towering tree swayed its crown and revealed a smile, but the smile looked strange no matter how you looked at it. "Little white chicken, Tree Tree, I've come to discuss something with your family's divine beasts. Where are they?"

The white-feathered pheasant was so startled by the laugh that it took two steps back. "What are you thinking? What do you want to do! Let me tell you, I'm not afraid of you. My brothers and sisters are all nearby!"

"Huh? I'm here to find your divine beast." Qingtian Shu was a little confused.

The white-feathered chicken was clearly timid and suspicious. It was backing away while swallowing hard as it pressed, "Who believes you! You look sleazy and don't look like a good guy. You won't explain your purpose. If you don't confess, I'll call for help!"

The Sky-Piercing Tree automatically filtered out everything else the White Feather Chicken said, and he only heard six words: "Looks like a lewd man."

"Where's the pervert?!" Sky Tree roared excitedly, startling White Feather Chicken so much that he almost cried out for help. However, Sky Tree's next words made him swallow his words back. "This face is one I've sculpted countless times to my satisfaction. Where's the pervert?!"

"You! I..." The white-feathered chicken almost choked on its breath. Was the tree's focus a little strange?

"This face is the result of my meticulous design, combining all the creatures I've ever seen..." Talking about his face, Qingtian Tree became inexplicably proud, smacking his lips incessantly, leaving Bai Yuji at a loss for words.

However, not long after, a cry of surprise rang out from not far away, "Holy crap! Old man Yang, look! Your tree!"

The towering tree trembled, and its leaves shook. It slowly turned around and saw the group of beasts from yesterday staring at it from a short distance away.