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Shen Zhigui nodded.

"So, you think you can't deal with that doctor alone, and you want to pull us in as reinforcements? Let me make it clear first, I'm just a civilian, so I can't provide much help, okay?"

Shen Zhigui shook his head.

"So what are you going to do?"

Shen Zhigui just extended his hand to her.

Seeing Shen Zhigui's silence, Yae Shenzi thought he was facing a great enemy and was overly worried about the doctor, but after hesitating for a moment, she took out the Heart of God and handed it to the boy, then said: "If you are really not sure, just give the Heart of God to him in the end. At worst, you can come back to Inazuma with me and live with Aying forever."

Shen Zhigui didn't expect that Yae God would actually say such a thing, and he immediately felt a little bit amused, but he still shook his head, weighed Lei Dianying's Heart of God in his hand, then grabbed it, put it in his pocket, and asked again: "What have you been doing with Ying and the others recently?"

"Nothing, just causing trouble for the Order of the Lords. As for you, shouldn't you be dealing with the doctor now? Why do you have time to ask these questions?"

"If you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools, and there is no need to rush."

Shen Zhigui just said that.

"Too."

Yae Shenzi nodded. Although she didn't quite understand how Shen Zhigui wanted to "sharpen his weapon", but thinking of Shen Zhigui's strange words and deeds and his overly weird martial arts, she could only agree.

"So what are your men?"

"manpower?"

"Now as the server of the void device, the Heart of the God of Grass has been taken away, so the efficiency of the Church Order Institute in conveying orders must be unprecedentedly low. So now is the best time to replace them. If you have enough manpower, you can take advantage of the current chaos to control those people in the Church Order Institute who give orders."

The Eightfold Son of God immediately looked at Shen Zhigui deeply.

"how?"

"You are still the same Shen Zhigui."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because you have never considered how difficult a situation we will be in if you lose."

"But what if I've won now?"

Even though Yae Shenzi had always been calm in the face of adversity, after all, she had lived for hundreds of years and was more knowledgeable than the average person, she was still extremely surprised at this moment. She looked back and forth between the direction of the green light column and the figure of the young man, and finally she was a little hesitant: "Did you really win?"

impossible?

In such a short time, she herself couldn't even cross the distance between the two places!

"Forget it. They are just insignificant details anyway. You can do whatever you want. Even if you don't go, it's no big deal."

Shen Zhigui just waved his hand. Although he had not actually figured out how to convince the Great Compassion Tree King, things had come to this point, and he just wanted to minimize the chaos in Xumi City. But if the Great Compassion Tree King could really be resurrected, with her reputation, she would surely be able to settle down soon, right?

If she still insisted on her own opinion and wanted to eliminate the influence of the forbidden knowledge by sacrificing herself, Shen Zhigui could only wait for the desert people to seize Xumi City through this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and finally let them and some rainforest people continue to undermine the Little Auspicious Grass King who inherited the reputation of the Great Compassionate Tree King.

Therefore, the current situation is really nothing serious.

Then his figure disappeared without leaving any trace and without making any noise. The Eightfold God Son could not even feel the sound of the wind when he left. If it was the Shen Zhigui before today, no matter how exquisite his martial arts were, the Eightfold God Son would be able to sense the trajectory of his movements. But Shen Zhigui at this moment did have that so-called "no one can see his use, no ghost can follow his trail" feeling of elusiveness. It really seemed as if there was no trace of worldly affairs, and he even seemed to be detached, and his connection with this world seemed to be weaker than ever before.

Could it be that he really had dealt with the doctor in such a short time?

So what was he doing before that was so slow?

Chapter 121: Meeting (Part 1)

The next moment, Shen Zhigui traveled directly to the Jingshan Palace, in front of the imprisoned little Jixiang Grass King. His speed was even faster than Tinari, because although the people inside the Church Order Institute were in panic and their administrative efficiency had become unprecedentedly low due to the failure of the void device, the Church Order Institute was still a mature bureaucratic organization after all, and the first reaction of the organizers of a mature bureaucratic organization when encountering emergencies was mostly to stay where they were and maintain the status quo, so the guards of the Jingshan Palace were quite diligent in stopping Tinari.

So when Tinari finally defeated the guards, broke into the Jingshan Palace, and met the little auspicious grass king in person, he saw that Shen Zhigui was actually standing not far from the little god at this time.

For a moment, Tinari thought that he was hallucinating because he had been in confrontation with the doctor for too long.

Or did the young man have a similar idea as him, so he planned to transfer the little auspicious grass king out first?

Tinari hesitated for a moment. He really didn't think Shen Zhigui was the kind of person who would be afraid before fighting. He also didn't think that Shen Zhigui would change his mind halfway through the fight with the doctor after running straight to him with such high spirits...

"Tinari should have told you about me."

At this time, the young forest ranger heard Shen Zhigui speaking.

Tinari didn't know how to react, but it seemed that the little auspicious grass king was not so well versed in the ways of the world, so he didn't have any opinion on Shen Zhigui's behavior of mentioning him in a roundabout way even though he was standing aside. The little girl-like grass god just looked at the boy for a moment and quickly reacted: "Are you the friend of Tinari who said that the will of the Great Compassionate Tree King is still lingering inside the World Tree?"

Shen Zhigui nodded.

"then you……"

"Shen Zhigui."

The young man just casually said his name, and then threw a chess-piece-like object to her. The little auspicious grass king just took it with doubt, but the moment she got it in her hands, her expression changed: "Is this, the Heart of God?"

And it is the heart of the God of Grass.

Has he actually snatched the Heart of God from that doctor?

"So……"

Shen Zhigui also threw Lei Dianying's Heart of God to her and said casually, "Lead the way."

Nashida was shocked at the beginning that the Heart of God from the previous Grass God was handed to her so easily, and she could not show any more emotions about the other Heart of God thrown to her by the young man. Although she still had not learned human emotions, at this time, she was still a little nervous, because if it was really as the young man said, she would have to decide each other's fate with the Great Kindness Tree King whom she had admired for a long time.

Although she is caught between these two people, whether it is the Great Compassion Tree King or the young man in front of her who can easily take out two God's Hearts, it seems that neither of them can be easily shaken by her, so at that time it is very likely that she will just passively accept her fate and will not be able to actively decide her own destiny.

But to be honest, her stance should be consistent with that of the young man in front of her, right?

So Nashida took a deep breath, and then used the power of the two God's Hearts in her hands to open the road to the inside of the World Tree. At the same time, she also solved the secret left by the Great Kindness Tree King -

Although she had a feeling that the secret left by the Great Compassion Tree King could be solved by herself without borrowing the power of other God's Hearts after she grew to a certain level and took over the God's Heart, this might also prove Shen Zhigui's words from another perspective, because this was more like a test left for her as the successor, testing whether she had the corresponding power to complete the operation of deleting the Great Compassion Tree King along with the forbidden knowledge. Therefore, if she could not solve the secret, it would not prove that she could do it.

As Nashida got closer to the final truth, and walked towards the dilapidated and desolate place inside the World Tree, she could see more and more clearly the extent to which the forbidden knowledge had polluted the inside of the World Tree. So at this time, she was inevitably a little shaken: Even if they could persuade the Great Compassionate Tree King to continue staying in this world to govern Xumi, wouldn't the pollution caused by this forbidden knowledge become more and more serious if it was left alone?

So she couldn't help but turn around and look at Shen Zhigui.

Shen Zhigui actually understood her intention and just said, "Let's meet that person first."

Although Shen Zhigui was certain that the person's image had probably become the same as the little auspicious grass king in front of him, just like a child, because of the exhaustion of his power, so he shouldn't have any expectations for him.

However, all this really requires the two of them to wait until they meet that person before they can make a decision.

But soon, they did see the Great Kindness Tree King, and as Shen Zhigui had expected, she looked almost exactly like the Little Auspicious Grass King. When she saw Shen Zhigui and Nashida, she seemed to be not surprised that they looked exactly the same, and Nashida had some doubts about this matter, although the Great Kindness Tree King soon gave an answer: because Nashida was the purest branch of the World Tree that she broke off when she sacrificed herself to seal the influence of taboo knowledge. In essence, the origins of these two people are actually the same, so the Great Kindness Tree King believes that the Little Auspicious Grass King is another her, another her after reincarnation, so she believes that Nashida, who has the same origin as her, will certainly be able to take on the responsibility of governing Xumi in the future, so now she hopes that Nashida can fulfill her last wish -

Completely delete the Great Compassion Tree King and the existence of forbidden knowledge from within the World Tree.

At this time, Shen Zhigui suddenly interrupted the Great Compassion Tree King and said, "But I think this approach is just a temporary solution."

The remaining will of the Great Compassion Tree King immediately turned her gaze to the young man. After a moment of confusion, she asked, "Who is this?"

Shen Zhigui gave his name and reiterated his point of view, believing that the Great Compassion Tree King's actions could not eliminate the harm of forbidden knowledge. If humans forget the corresponding dangers and do not leave enough dangerous signposts, then humans will certainly repeat the mistakes of Xumi in the future. Shen Zhigui even gathered a trace of forbidden knowledge in his palm in this almost conscious world that seemed to be somewhat similar to the Pure Land of One Mind in Lei's movie, and then said: "It won't be long before I can let Xumi relive his old dreams."

Chapter 122: Meeting (Part 2)

Shen Zhigui's words and actions were almost a clear threat. The two grass gods, who grew from the tender branches of the World Tree one after the other, could see that if Shen Zhigui really intercepted a trace of forbidden knowledge here and left, even if they completely deleted the existence of the Great Compassion Tree King from history, Shen Zhigui, who had already obtained the forbidden knowledge, would not even have to enter the World Tree again. As long as the real world was affected by the forbidden knowledge, the World Tree would automatically "remember" the tragic state of being polluted, and soon return to its current state -

"Sir, why do you have to do something that harms others and does not benefit yourself?"

Although the Great Compassion Tree Queen was very puzzled as to how he could hold such a dangerous thing in his palm and play with it without changing his expression, she also didn't know how Shen Zhigui isolated himself from the erosion of forbidden knowledge. If it were five hundred years ago, the Great Compassion Tree Queen might have had more thoughts after seeing this scene, but now she only had this little residual willpower left. In other words, when she sacrificed herself to seal off the pollution of forbidden knowledge, she felt that she was already dead. The remaining willpower was just an insurance left for the newborn Grass God.

Perhaps this is what is called a heart like a dead tree.

"But if you do that, will it really harm yourself and others?"

Shen Zhigui just asked casually.

"At least this is the best solution I can think of. In other words, if you are worried that humans will repeat the same mistakes in the future, why don't you remind them through yourself? The World Tree should not be able to delete this past from your cognition."

The Great Compassion Tree King is still the Great Compassion Tree King after all. Although her power is running low now, she has controlled the World Tree for a long time after all. So it didn’t take her long to discover that Shen Zhigui’s essence was indeed not imprinted inside the World Tree, so the World Tree had no way to change the facts of his past.

"Because I can't control so many people who are ready to die at any time. Only by making those people realize how serious the consequences are can we completely ban a certain behavior. Although it may not be really banned, is your approach of sacrificing yourself to make the world forget some of the past so that it can only take care of the present and not the future really useful?"

The Great Compassion Tree King was silent for a moment and then said, "I am a dead person. A dead person can only take care of the past, not even the present. So the present and future matters must be handed over to you in the future. I believe, Nashida, that you can fulfill your corresponding duties."

"But you said she was another you, because you believed that both of you grew from the tender branches of the World Tree and that your essences are the same. Even if that's the case, are there two leaves in the world that are exactly the same?"

"Even if it's a little different..."

"Somewhat different..." Shen Zhigui just shook his head, and then said, "But in my hometown, there is an anecdote about a scholar who, because of his different living environment when he was young, learned to hawk things when he saw others hawking things, and learned to do things when he saw others doing things because he thought it was interesting. His mother saw him like this and moved three times before letting her son learn to read from others. Daci Tree King, do you think that if the scholar stayed in his original home instead of moving to another place, would he still be that scholar?"

The Great Compassion Tree King was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Nashida, who looked almost exactly like her, but just shook his head: "The past can indeed shape a creature's personality, but she has enough years to correct herself-"

"You said that because you think she has an ideal template and that she will keep moving towards that ideal template, so you think she will correct herself. Of course, if you were deleted, your remaining will and reputation might really be grafted onto her, so that she would indeed act according to that template in her future life. But is she really willing to become that kind of person?"

The Great Compassionate Tree King immediately looked at the other "self" she thought she was, but at this time, Nashida shifted her gaze and did not choose to look directly at her "previous life".

"You see, she is not willing to inherit your wishes from the past, because since she was born, she has not been as lucky as you before to grow up smoothly. Or even though you left her a country to inherit, in fact, this country is already riddled with holes and has long been occupied by others. She had no power at the beginning and could only be imprisoned in prison, like a bird in a cage. The personality shaped by such a past must be completely different from you who are willing to sacrifice yourself for mankind, right? Maybe, in her heart, she has always hated mankind!"

"I don't……"

Nashida immediately raised her head and refuted Shen Zhigui's outrageous remarks.

Of course, she was not really so petty. Although the way the Order had imprisoned her for hundreds of years did make her feel a little uncomfortable, her nature was still a young branch of the World Tree like the Great Compassion Tree King. So, in the final analysis, although her experiences and past over the past five hundred years had made her impression of humans very different from the impression of humans in the Great Compassion Tree King's mind, she definitely could not be said to harbor resentment.

Shen Zhigui just shook his head: "So, if you let a god who has been tortured by humans inherit your will and modify her self-cognition, if something happens in the process, can you predict how it will develop in the future?"

The Great Compassion Tree King just looked at Nashida deeply, and after thinking about it, he apologized to her first.

Because if it weren't for her, the Order of the Gods wouldn't have such high expectations for the Grass God, nor would they be disappointed in the newborn Grass God, and would not have taken the action of imprisoning the god. Not to mention, it was because of her that Nashida came to this world and suffered such torture. So the Great Compassionate Tree King felt that he really needed to apologize to this "reincarnated self".

Although at this time, the Great Compassion Tree King could not help but feel that Shen Zhigui's words were also shaking her thoughts. Are there really two leaves in the world that are exactly the same? Even if their essences are the same, both are tender branches of the World Tree, but if their pasts are different, can they really be regarded as the same existence? Can Nashida, a small, new god, really inherit her past and will? Or is she really willing? And is it really right for her to forcibly impose her past and will on her?

Chapter 123: Meeting (Part 2)

The Great Compassion Tree King re-examined the current situation and found that the Little Auspicious Grass King was unwilling to inherit her reputation and will. Although she could understand it, because she had never thought from the beginning that the Little Auspicious Grass King would have such an experience after his birth, and he met her in such an immature attitude. Although when she really matured, she was afraid that her attitude would deviate further from the path she had originally designed, the Great Compassion Tree King had to admit that she might be an irresponsible mother or elder sister to the Little Auspicious Grass King. After creating her, she threw her aside without a care, allowing her to be imprisoned by those high-level officials of Xumi until now, and those high-level officials of Xumi were originally her subjects.

All the responsibility really lies on her.

But even though she had chosen to concentrate all the forbidden knowledge on herself and then sacrifice herself, she was not able to completely solve the problem. Now the pollution of forbidden knowledge is still spreading inside the World Tree. Although it has not yet reached an imminent level, if it continues like this, I am afraid that endless disasters will continue to befall the people living on this land. If Heaven chooses to solve the problem personally, I am afraid that everything will have to start over again!

She wanted to persuade the Little Auspicious Grass King to delete herself, but she couldn't let her ignore her personal will which had begun to mature. Even if that didn't meet her expectations, she had to respect Nashida's will. She wanted to continue to suppress the pollution of the World Tree by forbidden knowledge, but she couldn't think of a better way. She also saw that Shen Zhigui could actually seize the forbidden knowledge and suppress it tightly, but she couldn't bring herself to let Shen Zhigui solve the problem of forbidden knowledge.

Although she didn't know the limit of Shen Zhigui's ability, she was very clear that the price to pay for solving the forbidden knowledge was too heavy. Moreover, although Shen Zhigui kept saying that he wanted to set up wrong beacons to warn future generations not to set foot in it, it was hard to say whether he was the next Red King or whether he was secretly coveting the power brought by the forbidden knowledge.

Perhaps for this person, it is precisely because he can resist the erosion of taboo knowledge that he wants to preserve this existence that has infinite harm to the world, so that he can finally fully control this knowledge at some point in the future? And what does the sacrifice of Xumi have to do with him?

He can even speed up the spread of forbidden knowledge within the World Tree in order to further expand the power of his control!

Although this idea is a bit too malicious.

But the Great Compassionate Tree King must be responsible for the subjects of Sumeru.

Even though they did the same thing to the successors they created.

Although if Nashida really deleted her and the forbidden knowledge as she wished, she would definitely get the same status and respect as before when she returned to Xumi, but can the wound no longer exist after creating the wound and treating the wounded? Not to mention, this practice of distorting her personal will and grafting the will of others onto her is unacceptable to anyone, right?

Although that other person is the Great Compassionate Tree King himself.

But at that time, could she still be called Nashida?

The pain was borne by the original Nashida, but the glory might not be enjoyed by the original her. In other words, if Nashida really made this choice, I am afraid that at that moment, this young and weak elf-like child would have died, and the newly appeared one would be just a weird foreign creature that mixed the wills of the Little Auspicious Grass King and the Big Kindness Tree King.

She was in a dilemma. For a moment, she could only stare silently at the little elf in front of her who looked very similar to her. Finally, she just looked around, sighed, and said, "In this case, I can choose to return to the world first to deal with the aftermath."

By the way, she should also take care of Na Xidan, who should not be her "reincarnated self" but her sister. She doesn't know how long she can continue to hold on in this state, but no matter what, she has to deal with the Temple of the Gods that dared to do that after she left. Although after hundreds of years, the people who did that in the beginning are probably dead, but no matter what, she should take care of this sister, should legally and reasonably designate her as the heir, and should reasonably compensate her.

So she reached out to Narcida.

As if Nashida had a telepathic connection with her, she handed the Grass God's Heart to her. After a moment of silence, the Great Compassion Tree King finally turned his eyes to the young man who was standing aside, pondering the forbidden knowledge that was like blood mist everywhere and seemed to really covet these powers. He couldn't help but feel a little wary, but still said, "Mr. Shen Zhigui, I need your help."

"You want to use the power of God's Heart to help you recover, but you are afraid that the forbidden knowledge will spread to God's Heart through you again, which will then lead to an irreversible situation. So you want me to help you isolate or filter the forbidden knowledge?"

"I know this is a bit unreasonable, but if it is not so, even if I return to the human world in this state, I am afraid I will not be able to hold on for long, and I will not be able to properly handle the current affairs in Xumi."

Shen Zhigui glanced at her and nodded.

"That……"

The Great Compassion Tree King handed the Heart of God in her hand to Shen Zhigui. Shen Zhigui thought about it and said directly: "If you want to trust me, in fact, your recovery does not need to go through the redundant step of the Heart of God. You only need to go through me."

King Daci Shu was doubtful——

"It seems like you have doubts about me?"

Isn't this a matter of course?

Anyone who, at the moment of his death, sees a person like him beside the successor he has chosen, and that successor decides to go against his arrangement, will certainly suspect that this person is the villain who spreads rumors and misleads the public!

“Although I think that the real problem is either the Red King who brought the forbidden knowledge out from the bottom of the abyss, or the senior officials of the Order Institute who imprisoned the little auspicious grass king. They are the culprits who created the problem, not me who pointed out the problem. However, it is human nature to blame the person who pointed out the problem when someone points out that there are mistakes in one’s arrangement. Even gods are not immune to this, even the legendary Great Kindness Tree King who is famous for his wisdom…”