Dryad Old Master (13)
Along the way, the feeling of being followed did not disappear until nightfall. After dark, it was inconvenient to travel, so the three of them lit a fire under a big tree. The fire shone on the faces of the three people. Suddenly, Mu Rulian's stomach made a growl. When Zimu looked over, Mu Rulian Lian blushed with embarrassment. The old master then remembered that Mu Rulian was still a human being and would be hungry if she didn't eat, so he ordered: "Zimu, you protect Rulian here, I will go find some food and come back."
"Dad...my daughter is not hungry." Mu Rulian said with a blush.
The old master patted Mu Rulian on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, dad will be fine. He will be back soon."
"Old Master, leave this place to me." Zimu knew that Old Master was worried about Mu Rulian.
The old master nodded and walked into the night. As soon as he left, Mu Rulian felt uneasy. She looked around and asked in a low voice: "Zimu, are there no wild beasts around here?"
"Don't worry, I'm here." Zimu smiled, pointed at the fire and said, "Even if there are wild animals, they don't dare to get close to the fire."
"Oh." Mu Rulian nodded. Although the weather was hot during the day, it was a bit cold in the mountains at night. Mu Rulian couldn't help but cross her arms.
Zimu hurriedly took off his coat, put it on Mu Rulian, and said with concern: "Put it on, it won't catch a cold easily."
"Thank you, Zimu." Mu Rulian was grateful to Zimu from the bottom of her heart. She had heard her brother say that tree spirits were scary monsters before, but she didn't expect that besides her father, Zimu was so kind. Not only did she save herself, but she also Let yourself meet your father.
Zimu smiled and replied: "No need to thank me." As he said that, he picked up a dead branch and put it on the fire to make the fire burn brighter.
Mu Rulian looked at Zimu and suddenly wanted to ask something. At this moment, she heard a woman crying... The cry seemed not far away, and the cry was extremely sad.
"Zimu, did you hear that?"
"Yeah." Zimu nodded, feeling a little strange. "How could there be a woman crying in this mountain in the middle of the night..."
Mu Rulian asked in a low voice: "Is it possible that I met a bad person?"
"I don't know." Zimu shook his head and wanted to take a look, but was worried about Mu Rulian.
Mu Rulian said considerately: "How about you go and have a look. If you really meet a bad woman, you can save her from trouble."
"But..." Zimu looked at Mu Rulian. The old master entrusted his daughter to him. If he left like this, he didn't know if anything would happen, so he resisted and replied: "Forget it, this deep mountain wilderness There are many monsters in the mountains, so it’s best not to go away.”
"Zimu, go ahead and don't worry about me. Didn't you say that? The beasts don't dare to get close to the fire. Just come back as soon as you see." Mu Rulian said to Zimu with a smile.
Zimu also wanted to see what was going on. After listening to Mu Rulian's words, he stood up. "Okay, I'll go take a look and I'll be back soon. You stay here and don't leave."
"Yeah." Mu Rulian nodded.
Zimu turned around and walked in the direction where the woman was crying. Not long after walking, he found a woman crying fiercely in the grass. He hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Girl, why are you crying?"
"Sir... I went home to visit my relatives. Unexpectedly, I fell down from above and sprained my foot. It's night time in the deep mountains and wilderness. I'm very scared..." There were tears on the woman's face, and she looked like she was particularly pitiful.
Seeing that the woman was pitiful, Zimu helped her up. "Since that's the case, why don't you follow me over there to rest for a night, so that everyone can take care of you? I'll take you down the mountain at dawn." Zimu pointed to the light of the fire.
The woman glanced at the other side of the fire and nodded gently: "Then I'll bother you, sir."
Zimu supported the woman and walked slowly towards the fire. Mu Rulian saw that it was an injured girl and quickly got up to help.
"be careful."
"Thank you, girl." The woman glanced at Mu Rulian, but no one noticed the strange light in the woman's eyes.
After helping the woman sit down, Mu Rulian and Zimu also sat down. Mu Rulian asked with concern: "Is your injury okay?"
"Thank you, girl. It's just a minor injury. I'll just go down the mountain and find a doctor to take a look at it after dawn." The woman replied with a smile.
Zimu nodded, looked at the direction where the old master was going, and muttered: "It's strange, why hasn't the old master come back yet?"
"Dad... could he be..." Mu Rulian was also a little worried.
Zimu saw Mu Rulian's nervous look and hurriedly comforted him: "Don't worry, Rulian, the old master will be fine. It may be hard to find food in the mountains, so it will take some time." Of course, Zimu didn't think that the old master would meet him. It was unexpected, because in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Trees, apart from the elders, Old Master had the highest skill.
At this time, the woman who was rescued by Zimu asked in a low voice: "What, is there anyone else with you?"
"Well, it's my dad." Mu Rulian replied with a smile.
The woman said oh and stopped talking...
Strangely enough, although they were tired just now, they didn't feel sleepy. Ever since this woman arrived, Mu Rulian and Zimu yawned from time to time like sleeping insects, and after a while, they fell asleep with their heads down.
Seeing Mu Rulian and Zimu sleeping, the woman stood up with a smile on her lips: "It seems that we can have another full meal tonight." As she said that, she reached out and picked up Mu Rulian, ready to take away.
But she miscalculated one move, and that was that Zimu was not a human being. Those moves against humans would not work on him at all. The reason why he cooperated by 'falling asleep' was because he wanted to see what this woman was up to. Just when the woman was holding Mu Rulian and was about to run away, Zimu reached out and grabbed the woman's ankle.
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"Want to leave?"
"You..." Seeing Zimu's sobriety, the woman was surprised and couldn't figure it out. "Are you a human or a ghost?"
"You don't have to worry about this. I only know that you are not human!" Zimu pulled the woman's feet hard and forced the woman to throw Mu Rulian away. Zimu flew to catch Mu Rulian, put it on the ground, and pointed The woman who was still pretending to be pitiful just now asked: "Why don't you pretend now?"
"Aren't you more pretending than pretending?" The woman murmured in her heart. She was actually deceived by a human being. She suddenly became angry and showed her true colors, with black energy all over her body.
Zimu smiled and replied: "If you don't pretend, why should I pretend? You, the ghost in the mountains, can find someone easy to deceive, so why bother to deceive me!" Zimu said, releasing a Tree roots, tree roots rose from the soil, binding the woman tightly.
"You're cruel!" The female ghost knew how powerful Zimu was. She was not sure of victory, so she had to cast a spell and turn into a black wind...
After watching the female ghost escape, Zimu didn't chase anymore. He just wanted to wait for the old master to come back quickly, because judging from the situation of the female ghost just now, there are many other monsters in the mountain. He still has a chance of winning one on one. If there are several The monsters came together, and he was really unable to resist.