SIATOWITF Chapter 78

Chapter 78: The Love of a Simp and a Stubborn Mule is Always So Troublesome [Please…]

Chapter 78: The Love of a Simp and a Stubborn Mule is Always So Troublesome [Please…]

When Ji Mo Lin walked out of the door, he saw Fourteen sitting on the ground, looking blank.

But before he could ask, Fourteen raised his finger and pointed in one direction.

Ji Mo Lin looked up and saw…

His grandson was chasing a snake around, beating it with a stick.

“…” The old man’s heart, which had been hanging in his throat, immediately relaxed. He even sat down with Fourteen, rubbing his aching back.

At his age, running around was too much for him.

“Mr. Lin.” Jing Junze jumped out of the white door, followed closely by Su Nai.

“Ouch…” Fourteen was about to stand up and greet them when he tripped and fell to the ground.

“What is this?” He groped around under his feet, his hand outlining a raised object.

Long, thick, and uneven.

But he couldn’t see it. Fourteen followed the hard object all the way but couldn’t find the end.

“It feels like Uncle Qing Teng’s vine,” he said, retracting his hand with some confusion.

“Half right.” The snake, who was being chased, darted over and shamelessly hid behind Ji Mo Lin.

He knew bringing Grandpa would be useful. The snake wagged its tail at Ji Mo Lin in a flattering manner.

It was unbearable… Ji Mo Lin had no choice but to bravely stand in front of the snake and end this chaotic one-sided brawl.

But even though it was called a brawl, the snake ran very fast and didn’t even get hit by the stick.

“Alright, warm-up over.” Seeing the Old Master stop Ji Mo An, he immediately floated out, justified.

The snake pushed Fourteen aside with its tail and pressed itself onto the invisible ‘vine.’

Everyone subconsciously held their breath, watching its movements.

One second… two seconds…

A minute passed, and the snake’s minion didn’t move at all.

“…” Xuan Bai straightened up, calmly retracted his hand, and then lashed out at the void with his tail.

Whish… the sound of rustling leaves echoed in the air.

“Get up, quickly!” The snake lashed out again.

“Don’t hit me, don’t hit me…” Accompanied by the violent shaking of branches and leaves, an old voice came from high above.

Gleaming green light meandered from the ground and soared into the sky. One after another, trails of light twisted and coiled, weaving a giant tree in the void.

Whish… Another rustle of branches and leaves, and large clumps of green leaves emerged from the trails of light, completely covering the top of this space.

“Lord…” A vine nearly a meter thick hung down from the top and wrapped itself around Xuan Bai’s tail.

“Tree of Life.” The snake introduced to the crowd. “The flow of time within my domain is different from the outside world, so there’s no need to worry. I’ve adjusted the flow rate so that one hour inside is equal to one minute outside.”

“This tree…” Ji Mo An placed his hand on the vine and found that the vine was also trembling regularly.

But the amplitude was so small that it was invisible to the naked eye.

But it was very regular, exuding an aura of life and vitality, as if… there was a heart beating beneath his hand.

“I feel… this tree is very close to me.” Ji Mo An gently stroked the branches with some confusion, and several tender green leaves with sparkling trails fell on his shoulder.

“This old one has been waiting for you for many years… uh…”

The giant tree was lashed by the snake again and had to obediently shut its mouth.

“The Tree of Life is close to everyone, look, I’m close to it too.” The snake patted the giant tree.

“…” No, it doesn’t seem to be close to you, and it’s afraid of you. Ji Mo An clearly felt the giant tree tremble.

“It’s much better than I originally planned.” Xuan Bai opened his arms, and vines that had fallen down wrapped around to form rattan chairs next to the crowd.

“We couldn’t deploy our domain on Earth, but that dog Losde doesn’t know what method he used. His domain is like a tent blocking the world’s consciousness, haha, Losde must be furious.”

“Now, as long as I don’t do anything too excessive, the world’s consciousness won’t see me.”

The rattan chair reached the lush branches and leaves. Ji Mo An stood up, and his feet sank slightly into the leaves, submerging his ankles.

The feeling was very strange, like walking on clouds and like waves brushing against his ankles.

“What are you going to do?” He looked at the snake with some confusion.

“Moisturize your soul.” Xuan Bai bent down, parted the thick leaves, and peered down.

“Didn’t Director Jing give you a soul-cutting operation before? The cut surface will inevitably have soul atrophy. Let the Tree of Life moisturize it, maybe it can recover a bit.”

As the snake spoke, the branches and leaves shook, and a crack opened up.

The thick green branches were revealed to the crowd, and there was a tree hole about two meters wide on the surface of the branches.

“Lie inside, the Tree of Life will connect to your soul.” Xuan Bai patted the edge of the tree hole, his tail wagging back and forth.

Lie inside?

Ji Mo An looked at the tree hole emitting a shimmering green light with some hesitation. He inexplicably felt that the roots winding around the tree hole were a bit creepy.

Not like a tree, more like blood vessels, climbing and wriggling on the inner wall.

“Brother, are you a little scared?” Xuan Bai hooked Ji Mo An with his tail.

“A little.” Ji Mo An pursed his lips, very honestly.

“Hahahaha.” So the snake laughed in a particularly irritating manner.

“…” Looking at the laughing snake, a burst of anger surged into his heart. Ji Mo An reached out and pinched Xuan Bai’s wiggling tail, then resolutely lay down in the tree hole.

He wasn’t afraid, really.

“Good, good.” Xuan Bai immediately darted to the edge of the tree hole, wagging his tail even more irritatingly.

“You…” Ji Mo An wanted to knock him on the head, but his body was quickly bound by countless fine vines.

“They’re pricking my fingers…” He subconsciously wanted to struggle, but the vines tightly bound every part of his body, and even countless smaller tendrils branched out.

“Relax.” Xuan Bai rested his cheek on his hand by the tree hole and gently guided the vines wrapped around Ji Mo An’s neck.

“They want to connect with your soul and infuse it with nutrients. It’s okay, it won’t hurt, just take a nap.”

He gently covered Ji Mo An’s eyes, preventing him from seeing the vines climbing onto his face.

“Just take a nap, like Mom going for a beauty treatment.”

Finally, Ji Mo An closed his eyes, his eyelashes brushed against the snake’s palm, and were wrapped in tiny tendrils, one by one.

“You guys, bury the ones lying down in the leaves to repair them.” The snake stood up and gestured to Su Nai and the others.

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground under their feet disappeared. The thick branches and leaves suddenly cracked open and dropped them directly down.

With a few muffled thuds, a group of people fell to the lowest level of branches and leaves.

“Bye-bye ~” Xuan Bai snapped his fingers, and the cracks between the branches and leaves disappeared instantly, even cutting off the sound.

“Didn’t you say you wanted to replace his heart…” In the blink of an eye, the only human left standing was Ji Mo Lin.

“Before An met me, he was just an ordinary human.” Xuan Bai looked at the completely sealed tree hole, his eyes soft enough to squeeze out water.

“Replacing a heart is a terrible thing, there’s no need for you to know everything so clearly.”

“Grandpa.” Xuan Bai watched the branches of the giant tree begin to glow with shimmering green light, and suddenly called out to Ji Mo Lin again.

“His soul can’t withstand my heart, so the severe rejection reaction caused bodily symptoms that forced you to cut off part of his soul.”

“But do you know the consequences of cutting the soul?”

“…” The old man was silent. It seemed like a long time before he nodded with difficulty.

“He often has nightmares, and even had a tendency to overall soul depletion after the surgery… Junze said that it’s just that he’s still young, so the aftereffects aren’t so obvious yet.”

“It will deplete. The depletion of the soul may be long or it may be completed in an instant. If I hadn’t appeared, he would have died in his dream.”

Xuan Bai closed his eyes and raised his arms. The wind started to blow.

Two giant snakes, one black and one white, emerged from the air, intertwined and wrapped around the tree’s branches.

Then, fine vines climbed up the snake’s body. The white snake turned into a totem, encircling the tree hole, while the black snake snuggled intimately at Xuan Bai’s feet.

“Good boy.” Xuan Bai touched the black snake’s head, and the black snake turned into a totem and quickly darted onto the snake’s body, coiling around the star tattoo on his neck.

“But An’s body has already adapted to my heart. An ordinary human heart can no longer drive his blood circulation, not to mention… half of his heart has been destroyed.”

Countless lines appeared on Xuan Bai’s body, and spiderweb-like cracks gradually appeared on his bare chest.

The originally gentle wind suddenly became violent, turning into sharp blades that let out mournful cries, leaving one wound after another on the snake’s body.

Fresh blood dripped onto the leaves, and the canopy instantly turned red.

“So I will disassemble my heart and completely repair his damaged parts. As long as An’s heart is still dominant, it will no longer reject his soul.”

“Grandpa.” The snake turned its head, and a pair of golden eyes instantly locked Ji Mo Lin in place.

“You are his direct blood relative. I allow you to enter the snake’s most private territory. His Highness will help resist the world’s obstruction. You must wake him up and bring him back to the human world.”

“Then… then you…” Ji Mo Lin suddenly had a very bad feeling.

“I have sacrificed before.” The snake closed its eyes, and two lines of bloody tears slid down its cheeks, accumulating in a pool of blood at its collarbone.

“But the snake actually sacrificed a second time… but only the snake knows about that sacrifice.”

“So, a snake without a heart may not be able to hold on until then.”

“You, you can’t die.” Ji Mo Lin watched helplessly as the pool of blood overflowed from his collarbone and was completely devoured by the black snake totem as it flowed through his heart.

“There’s no way around it.” White light overflowed from the cracks in the snake’s chest, gradually flowing into the tree hole along the guidance of the vines.

“After all, the snake sacrificed twice. The second time was more urgent. The snake’s companions don’t know…”

“Now we know.” A cold and clear voice suddenly sounded. The silver-haired, golden-eyed youth appeared next to the snake at some point.

“Boss, can you save him?” The snake blinked.

“When you die, I will adjust the flow of time and let him wait until you are reborn.” Yun Chuan glanced at him coldly, then took off his gloves.

Golden lines flowed on those pale hands, and golden blood had already begun to flow out.

The world had already begun to notice them.

“Then forget it.” The snake sighed. “The Ouroboros needs a thousand years to be reborn, and no matter how much you adjust the flow rate, it can only be compressed into twenty years on Earth.”

“The snake will go crazy after waiting six years, let alone twenty years. Moreover, for humans with a lifespan of less than a hundred years, twenty years is too long.”

“Boss, you should erase their memories. Just pretend the snake never came.” The snake was a little depressed.

The complete dismemberment of the heart caused the Ouroboros to lose a lot of life force. He could no longer maintain his human form and turned into a giant snake coiling around the Tree of Life.

“Can I make a wish to you?” The elderly man stumbled towards the snake, reaching out and touching its forehead.

“Ouroboros, I make a wish to you. I am willing to give everything just to have you accept my wish.” Ji Mo Lin looked at the huge golden eyes that had lost their luster, and tears fell on the black scales.

“Please live, don’t die, okay? I apologize for everything I’ve done, for all the hostility I’ve ever had towards you… Please, don’t die…”

Unfortunately, the snake did not respond to him, but lay there quietly.

But…

“The great Infinite Serpent has heard the devout wish and gladly accepts it.”

A strand of silver hair brushed against the old man, bringing with it an aura like ice and snow.

The chief boss from the stars recited the words belonging to the Ouroboros.

The youth bent down, and a pair of light golden eyes reflected the old man’s face. His eyes moved slightly, as if there were flowing gold circulating within them.

“But please keep your vigilance, because Ouroboros will collect his reward when everything is settled.”

“In the name of the stars, I bestow a blessing upon you.” He plucked a few strands of golden hair and tied them between Ji Mo Lin’s fingers. The long golden threads danced in the wind, emitting a gentle aura of life.

“Go.” The tree hole had become a pure white vortex at some point, floating quietly in the air.

Ji Mo Lin stared blankly at the golden threads fluttering between his fingers. He could feel that his aged body had become much clearer in an instant.

“One more thing.” Just as he was about to step into the vortex, the youth behind him called him down again.

Ji Mo Lin turned around and saw that a golden liquid had already slid down from the corner of the other’s eye.

That was the world’s obstruction, the oppression imposed by the world.

“That tree was secretly dug out of my dungeon by Popos.” Yun Chuan leaned against the giant snake, without any flustered expression.

“So he doesn’t know that the tree hole isn’t soundproof. You have to think about how to explain things first.”

“The love of a simp and a stubborn mule is always so troublesome.”