You Pulled Out His Stamen!

However, the tree demon still failed to understand why the passers-by had to cry and follow it back to the pear forest after only saying a couple of words to them.

"Thank you for giving me an answer, Miss. I finally know what I need to do," the gentle and affectionate girl said gratefully.

It should have decided on a gender long ago, but having suppressed itself repeatedly like that would be very inconducive to the growth of its cultivation foundation. Besides, it was also inconvenient for it to constantly change its gender.

"Do you know where she is now?" it asked expectantly.

Wen Ran shook her head. "I haven't seen her in a long time."

The plot had been a mess since the beginning, and Shen Wu showed no tendency to go crazy over his future wife.

The tree demon, which was originally supposed to appear in the middle of the plot, had appeared rather early on without even deciding on its gender yet. Furthermore, Wen Ran had no clue where Qin Susu and that demon lord were.

The tree demon was a little disappointed, but it quickly cheered up. "It's okay. I'll find her eventually!"

The wind blew, and for a time, the fragrance of pear flowers filled the air. The white flowers on the surrounding pear trees started drifting down, and it began raining flowers as if she was welcoming a great event.

Wen Ran was dazzled by the flowery fragrance.

"I'm finally going to transform," the tree demon said happily.

The lady in white's figure was wrapped in petals and she seemed to have become one with the flowers. Gradually, her figure disappeared and was replaced by the figure of a tree with luxuriant branches and leaves.

The white flowers in the air disappeared one by one, and the surrounding pear trees were left with only green leaves. Only the pear tree in the center had a small flower bud waiting to bloom on the highest branch between the green leaves.

That was the first time Wen Ran had seen the tree demon transform. She looked up at the towering tree and remembered that it had saved her life, prompting her to advise it, "You haven't seen her for so long. Who knows if she already has someone she likes."

The tree branches swayed and an androgynous voice came over. "I've learned how to win a girl's heart from many men. I won't lose."

"That's not the issue. The people she knows now are all powerful people who are involved even with the underworld. You'll be in danger if you go to her." The danger that Wen Ran was talking about was the end of this tree demon. It was willing to be buried in a sea of fire for Qin Susu and was burnt to the point that not even ashes were left of it.

"Alright, please don't distract me by talking to me. I'm trying my best to grow my stamen."

They tried their best to grow stamen...

Wen Ran's mind went blank. She figured that a stamen of a flower was what genitals are to a man.

She would feel really guilty if something happened to its stamen because of her interruption,.

Wen Ran chose to be quiet for the time being and decided that she would have a good talk with it later. In addition, she surmised that time had stopped after noticing that something was not quite right with the sky.

In other words, that world was something of a boundary that the tree demon had created.

She could not understand how that weak tree demon could create such a large barrier, but it was obvious that she could not use any spells yet. It was only if the tree demon was willing to let them go that an exit would appear in the barrier. Neither Qiu Shui nor herself could use their cultivation, thus precluding them from just smashing a hole in the barrier with their bare hands.

The sudden sound of glass shattering startled Wen Ran, who was quietly waiting for the process to be over.

She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a web-like crack in the sky, almost as if there was a broken mirror in the air.

Not long later, she heard another smashing sound and the crack became bigger and bigger.

Wen Ran nervously grabbed a stick from the ground to defend herself.

A hand reached out from the other side of the crack. It grabbed hold on one side, as if it was grabbing the edge of a thin piece of paper, and began tearing an even bigger hole.

The young man's head poked in and he grinned. "Good evening, Ranran!"

Wen Ran was so shocked by his loud voice that she threw the stick in her hand. "You're trying to scare me to death, aren't you, Shen Wu!"

What kind of a monster was he to break the barrier with his bare hands!

Shen Wu dodged the wooden stick that was thrown at him and said in a heartbroken voice, "I saw you fall off the cliff, and I've been looking for you for so long that I didn't eat or sleep. How can you be so heartless to me?"

"At least wipe the grease off your mouth before you say that!"

Shen Wu wiped the corner of his mouth when he heard that. He did not seem the least bit embarrassed as he smiled innocently and said, "I'm just afraid you'll go hungry, so I roasted a chicken on my way here for you. "

"And where is that roast chicken?"

"You probably wouldn't like it because it didn't taste good, so I decided to deal with it myself."

Wen Ran chuckled.

Shen Wu jumped out of the crack. It scene behind him was already night but the land he was standing on was still day. The sight made him gasp in awe like a child who had never seen the world. "How magical!"

Wen Ran wondered which was more magical: that barrier, or Shen Wu who had smashed a hole in the barrier with his bare hands!

Shen Wu no longer had his straw hat but there was a slight bruise on the right corner of his eye. He did not look disheveled though, and instead had his usual youthfulness. In addition, the white clothes on his body were stained with blood that was not his.

Wen Ran looked at his dirty body and stopped him from getting closer. "Stay away from me!"

Shen Wu stopped in his tracks and had a sorrowful expression. "A day without you feels like three autumns. My longing for you is constant, yet I am repaid with such heartlessness."

"Where did you learn all this prose?"

"I picked up an interesting little book on the way here." Shen Wu's serious expression only lasted for a second. He took out a book and casually flipped through it. There was a twinkle in his eyes and an inquisitive spirit, but Wen Ran seemed to view him as a lunatic. He said, "The book also says that it's best to bring a meeting gift when meeting a young lady that I haven't seen in a long time."

Before Wen Ran could react, she felt a gust of wind as the young man's figure appeared suddenly in front of her.

"This is for you, Ranran!"

Wen Ran looked at the tree branch in his hand. On the branch was a little white flower that had just bloomed.

"I came in a hurry and didn't bring a meeting gift," he said enthusiastically, "so I'll make do with this."

Wen Ran raised her head. There was only a patch of lush green left on the large tree. The sole white flower was currently being held in Shen Wu's hand.

Her eyes widened slowly. "You pulled out his stamen!"

Shen Wu blinked in confusion.

'Didn't I just pick a flower?' he wondered. 'Why did she make it sound like I had just taken a person's life?'

Wen Ran hurriedly reached out to save the flower, but when she remembered that the flower with the stamen was actually the male genitals, she could not bring herself to touch it. All she could do was plead and hope that it could be stuck back on. "It'll be back to normal if you stick it back on, right?"

Shen Wu kindly reminded her, "It won't."