Chapter 4 Ah, yes, yes, yes At this time, in a remote wooden courtyard, under a red maple tree, next to a bluestone square table, a leaf fell from above and was caught by a hand with white hair, while on the other side of the square table, a hand reached out and placed the chess piece."I heard that you only sent two little demons to pick her up?" After putting down the chess piece, she looked up at the old man opposite her. A few red fox tails were casually placed on the ground, swaying gently, making her look even more unrestrained and free. The old man spread out his hands. A gust of wind blew and took away the fallen leaf. He looked at the maple leaf drifting away and couldn't help but raise his hand to stroke his long white beard. His other hand held the chess piece, wavering as if he was thinking. He replied, "The two little demons are still childish. The other one is new here and young too. We should have a lot of common topics." As soon as he finished speaking, his hand holding the chess piece also dropped. He looked at the chessboard in deep thought, then raised his head to look at the fiery red fox opposite him and suddenly asked, "Jinchun, what do you think of her coming?" The demon named "Jinchun" placed a chess piece on the chessboard and said calmly, "In ancient times, there was a god who broke through the sky from the human world and broke the barrier between the human and demon worlds, causing the human world to be almost swallowed up by the demon world. In order to make up for the mistake, the god repaired the barrier and used his own flesh and blood to repair the land and sea of the two worlds. It happened that the land demons in the demon world were declining and the sea demons were rampant, so the god separated the land and the sea with a barrier, but the god's divine power was weakened, and the barrier he set up was not solid, so he left a warning. When the barrier loosens, people from the human world will come with divine consciousness to repair the barrier." After saying that, she picked up the teacup next to the chessboard and took a sip. "This legend has been circulating for tens of thousands of years. The demons used to not take it seriously until Qing Si arrived thousands of years ago. She resolved the insect calamity and repaired the land and sea barrier. Although she disappeared later, she proved that the warning from the gods in the legend was true." She saw the old man's worry and couldn't help but raise her brows. She said word by word, "You and I have both seen Qing Si. We have seen the consequences of the barrier being loosened and broken thousands of years ago. The Longquan Formation that sent the savior from the human world is located in the Longquan Forest outside the village..." At this point, she paused for a few breaths, sighed, and continued, "So, it is our duty to receive and protect the savior. No matter who the person from the human world is, how old she is, or what her mental state is, since she is the one chosen by God, we can only treat her politely and never look down on her because of her young age. I wonder if the village chief understands this?"
The village chief sighed, and of course he heard the attack in Jinchun's words, so he bowed and said, "Of course." Jinchun glanced at the chessboard and saw that the village chief was already losing, so he covered his mouth and smiled. After standing up, he said, "But your worry is understandable... After she is settled, take her to Longquan Forest!" It is indeed hard to be convincing to let a young child who has no ability to protect himself be the "savior". …… The village chief lives on the east side of the village, and a thousand-year-old red maple tree is particularly eye-catching. It was almost noon and the villagers who had been working outside began to return. When they saw Guiyuan and Zhuiying passing by, as well as Jiang Yuan and Da Miao following behind them, they all stopped what they were doing and stared at them. Although he has only been here for a short time, Jiang Yuan has gradually adapted to the way these monsters look at him. What's more, at first she was surprised that these monsters could talk and live like humans, but now she can secretly wonder what kind of animals these monsters are. Seeing that they still had some distance to go to the village chief's house, Guiyuan quickly pulled Jiang Yuan, who was walking with his head down, and whispered to him, "Our village chief looks a little serious and old-fashioned..." Before Guiyuan could finish, Zhuiying leaned over and said, "His favorite saying is 'A rotten tree cannot be carved'. If you make him angry, he will hit you on the palm with a bamboo stick..." Jiang Yuan was stunned, then silently put his hand into his sleeve. Seeing this, Guiyuan showed no mercy and punched Zhuiying in the head. A visible bump appeared on his head. Seeing him curled up and covered his head with his hands and pretended to cry, Guiyuan ignored him and continued to say to Jiang Yuan: "Don't believe what that kid said. Although the village chief is strict, he won't use force easily. Only some children who don't listen in class will be spanked. You are so well-behaved, the village chief will definitely not be willing to use force." At the end of the conversation, Guiyuan glanced at Zhuiying, then raised his paw and touched Jiang Yuan's little face to comfort her! However, as soon as her claws touched Jiang Yuan's face, she didn't want to take them off. Guiyuan felt a pink bubble in her heart: This is too soft, is human skin so smooth? This smoothness is a bit like the son of the village python, but his son's skin is not so soft... Jiang Yuan's nose was tickled by the hair on her paw, and she couldn't help sneezing. Seeing Gui Yuan withdraw her paw with an embarrassed look, she couldn't help but touch her nose and said helplessly, "Sister Gui Yuan, is there anything else I need to pay attention to?" Seeing that Jiang Yuan didn't care about what happened just now, she continued, "If the village chief says something unpleasant, or you don't know how to answer, just reply 'yes, yes, yes' to be perfunctory, but don't confront him directly. After all, the position of village chief is not based on age, but on strength." Although they all knew how important Jiang Yuan was to the entire demon world, she still had to remind him. If nothing else, at least most of the demons were not the type to tolerate other creatures infinitely just for the sake of survival. Of course, the most important thing is to stay alive! Jiang Yuan thought for a while, then nodded as if he had suddenly realized something, and said, "I understand!" …… Following Guiyuan and Zhuiying to the courtyard of the village chief's house, Jiang Yuan finally saw the red maple tree up close. The villagers said that this tree was born with red leaves all year round, making it particularly precious.
After entering the yard, Jiang Yuan saw an old man standing in a fence nearby. The old man had snow-white hair, two goat horns on his head, a very soft long beard, kind eyes, and looked knowledgeable and elegant. But what was completely inconsistent with his image and temperament at the moment was that he was holding a hoe in his hand. He raised it up and smashed it down heavily. With a force in his hand, the soil was easily dug up. Before Guiyuan and Zhuiying reached him, they shouted, "Village Chief, we are back." The village chief frowned and rubbed his ears. He was almost deafened by them, but he did not scold them. He just held the hoe with his hand and looked behind them. He looked at Jiang Yuan and Da Miao inconspicuously, then looked at Jiang Yuan and asked with a smile: "You are Jiang Yuan, right? You are so well-behaved and cute!" Jiang Yuan was a little nervous because she heard from her sister Guiyuan that the village chief was very powerful and so she couldn't make him angry. So how should she answer so that he wouldn't get angry? Suddenly, Jiang Yuan remembered Gui Yuan's instructions, and his eyes lit up, and he nodded and said, "Ah, right, right!" (End of this chapter)