I, enter the zero world, change the ending

Hearing this, Zhiyao couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He felt that he was just lucky. If the butterflies hadn't helped him detoxify, he would have died here too.

Looking at her saviors affectionately, Zhiyao stretched out a finger, and then a butterfly flew over and landed on her finger.

He put his fingers in front of his eyes and observed the butterflies carefully. As the visible cold air rushed towards his face, Zhiyao finally remembered the true identity of the butterflies in an instant.

"Are these thin ice butterflies?" He hurriedly asked Yaoboji for confirmation.

The glacier butterfly, a guardian butterfly spirit resembling an ice crystal, possesses both a dreamlike beauty and a cold, austere presence. Worshipping the glacier butterfly is believed to provide protection from the effects of ice and snow. Furthermore, butterflies are often considered the transformed form of the human soul, and it is said that the souls of those who die of freezing or grief eventually transform into glacier butterflies.

"Yes."

She would visit Zhiyao whenever she had time, so Yaoboji was not surprised when she heard Zhiyao recognized her.

On Zhiyao's side, after getting a definite answer, an idea suddenly came to her mind.

"Everyone, thank you for saving Babai and me. Also, I have a request here... Since your previous owner has met with an accident... Well, I know it's not nice to say this suddenly, but I still want to ask, are you willing to follow me, even though I'm not very mature yet." Zhiyao made the request in a sincere tone.

This was somewhat unexpected. Yaoboji turned to Zhiyao, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

After that, the scene fell into silence for a while. After a while, Yaoboji's voice broke the silence.

"Sikong, they..."

"It's okay, it's okay." Thinking that he was going to convey the rejection to the butterflies, Zhiyao hurriedly interrupted him and smiled awkwardly but politely, "I'm just talking casually, don't take it seriously, hahaha."

But just as he finished speaking, the butterflies flew over and surrounded him. Then one of them landed on the back of his neck. His eyes lit up and ten people appeared in the white field of vision.

He didn't recognize nine of the ten people, but he recognized the last long-haired woman at a glance.

That was Oda Nobunaga's wife, the owner of the Hōhyō-cho, Saito Kicho.

It seems that the others should be the successive holders of the Thin Ice Butterfly, Zhiyao analyzed. As for why the other guardian spirits are single but the Thin Ice Butterfly is plural, Zhiyao guessed that they were transformed from the souls of the holders, and the number just matched.

After a while, the white light dissipated and vision returned to normal.

Knowing that the scene just now meant that he had been recognized by Bo Bingdie, Zhiyao was immediately overjoyed, and a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

"Ice butterflies."

Zhiyao called out.

As soon as the sound came out, ten butterflies appeared at the same time and circled around the body.

Looking at each one present in turn, Zhiyao felt a sense of accomplishment at this moment, and her mood was as if she was bathing in the warm breeze of spring after winter.

The feeling he has now is different from when he obtained Yaoboji.

At the beginning, Yaoboji was given by Wuming, which was like a wife assigned by the higher-ups. Bo Bingdie was obtained by his own pursuit, which was like seeing a beautiful woman he liked on the street, chatting her up, and the beautiful woman immediately agreed to be his wife.

In short, they are two completely different feelings.

"Congratulations, you have your own guardian spirit." Yaoboji gave her sincere congratulations.

Zhiyao held Yaoboji's hands and pulled her into his arms, hugging her.

"You belong to me, too."

"My part is only half yours, and Miss Wuming may take it back at any time. But Bo Bingdie is different. It is complete and belongs only to you."

"As long as I continue to let the ghost possess me, Wuming will not take you back, because your role is irreplaceable, and Wuming is still a good person."

Yaoboji smiled but said nothing.

"Let's go. We can talk about it when we get back." Yaoboji urged lightly.

His sight shifted to Ru Nu's body. Zhi Yao picked up the flashlight and Chu Yeshi's sword from the ground, walked over and stomped on her head a few times. Fearing that she would come back to life, he stabbed Ru Nu's body and neck more than a dozen times, almost chopping off her head.

"How about..." Zhiyao looked around, "explore a little more?"

He was worried that there were other monsters in the cave, and he would feel guilty if he went to collect the reward without confirming everything, especially when he thought that more villagers would be killed by monsters because of his failure to do his job.

"I disagree." Yaoboji rejected it, and at the same time expressed her concern, "What if you can't handle the next one?"

"At least investigate and report the true situation to Matsumoto Sosuke."

At this time, one of the thin ice butterflies flew in front of Yaoboji, who then relayed the story to Zhiyao, "They said that exploration should be left to them. They can disperse and go to different places at the same time, and their small size makes them less likely to be discovered."

Zhiyao nodded immediately, reminded him to be careful, then took out his cigarette case and lighter and sat down against the rock wall.

Half an hour later, the thin ice butterflies began to return one after another.

When the last one returned, Yaoboji immediately relayed the news to Zhiyao.

"There is a situation."

"I told you there are other monsters, let's see."

"No, the monsters are gone. They have carefully scouted all the places."

"That's good." Zhiyao immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"There is a place with a lot of golden things." Yaoboji continued to retell.

When he heard the golden light, Zhiyao immediately thought of gold and quickly asked Bo Bingdie to lead the way. After that, under Bo Bingdie's leadership, he crawled through dog holes and climbed up and down, and several times he passed through places that he could only squeeze through sideways.

Finally, I saw those things in an extremely secluded place.

There is no gold before your eyes.

However, Zhiyao was still surprised and happy, and cheered excitedly.

Because what was growing on the wall seemed more precious than gold to him, a pile of amber stones emitting a golden glow.

Spiritual stone.

Chapter 111: [Hero of Yangyan Village]

Taking out a spare weapon, a short steel chisel, from his bag, and using a handy stone, Zhiyao began to carefully hammer along the edge.

Although it grows on the rock wall, the spirit stone itself is actually a relatively fragile mineral body. It does not require much effort to knock it down, so even a novice like Zhiyao who is mining for the first time can easily collect it.

Soon, the last spirit stone was pried off and placed on the ground. Zhiyao sorted the spoils by size and stuffed them into the backpack one by one, and found that the backpack was just full.

It's actually a bit heavy.

But he didn't feel much discomfort when carrying it.

It's just like carrying a 100-pound bag of cement would kill you, but if you carry the same weight of gold you can walk briskly.

In addition, he was happily planning how to use it. Although he didn't know where to exchange it for cash, at least he could first forge a dagger exactly the same as Chu Yeshi's sword as his own exclusive weapon, and the word "Yao" must be engraved on it.

Well, where can I find a craftsman?

We'll talk about this later.

"Don't abuse the spirit stones carelessly." Noticing that Zhiyao had gotten carried away, Yaoboji kindly reminded her, "Miss Wuming once had a close friend who lost her mind because of the abuse of spirit stones."

It refers to Fujikichiro. How could Zhiyao not know about this?

"I won't." Zhiyao patted Yabaiboji's hat and declared confidently.

As for the reason, of course it is that compared to that historical figure who has great ambitions, I am the type who has no ambitions.

……

Returning to the place where the battle had taken place, Zhiyao and Yaoboji worked together to lift Nünu's body and walked out of the cave.

Spirit stones are unexpected gains, and the rewards for defeating monsters cannot be missed either.

When he appeared at the entrance of the cave in a disheveled state, dragging a huge monster with a human upper body and a snake lower body, everyone was shocked and filled with awe.

Especially the two priests.

Normally, they were more or less arrogant in the village because of their status. Even before they knew Zhiyao's identity, they secretly held disdain in their hearts, thinking that he was no different from those who had revealed the list before, and were ready to laugh at him when he escaped.

Now that Zhiyao has returned triumphantly, they are completely speechless. Seeing how huge the monster is, they even have a vague feeling of admiration for this young man.

"Sorry guys, I accidentally killed the monster, so I'm the only one who can claim the reward."

In response to Zhiyao's joke, everyone present looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

In the mountains and forests, everyone carried Nunu back along the same route. When they returned to Yangyan Village and arrived at the door of Matsumoto Sosuke's house, a large group of villagers were following them.

People tend to like to join in the fun, and these people come out to see something new.

At first, someone heard some noise outside and came out to check what was going on. When he saw Nu Nu, he was shocked and quickly notified the neighbors. Then the neighbors notified the neighbors, and the noise became louder and louder. Finally, even those who had already gone to bed put on their clothes and came out because it was too noisy outside.

Noticing this, Zhiyao quickly glanced at the crowd behind him, trying to find someone inside, but before he found the person, he suddenly heard a voice saying "move away".

The voice didn't sound very friendly, so Zhiyao immediately walked towards the source of the sound. Then, as the crowd in the front row dispersed, Zhiyao soon saw Baiju crawling up from the ground at the back.

Someone pushed Baiju down, and Zhiyao frowned instantly.

"Get out of the way," he said as he pushed the crowd aside, and the crowd immediately dispersed to both sides.

Immediately afterwards, Baiju ran over happily.

"Brother Sikong."

Still with the same quiet smiling face as during the day, Bai Ju's expression was calm at this moment, and she seemed not to mind what had just happened.

After brushing off the dust on Bai Ju's body, Zhi Yao looked around, took a deep breath, and roared:

"Whoever pushed her, come out——"

Hearing him yelling loudly, the guards of Matsumoto Sosuke's family immediately came over to check the situation.

"What's wrong, Sikong Jun?" asked one of the guards.

"Someone pushed Baiju down, and I want to know who it was."

The guard looked at Bai Ju with a puzzled expression. He had always tried to avoid this little white-haired girl who was as unlucky as a tumor in the village.

Out of respect for Zhiyao, he still helped to ask: "Whoever did it, come forward yourself."

The villagers looked around, but no one responded.

At this time.

"Your Excellency Sikong."

Matsumoto Sosuke's voice came from behind.

The monster that has been threatening the lives of the villagers for years has been eliminated. Having solved the big problem in his mind, Matsumoto Sosuke looks refreshed and smiles from the bottom of his heart.

"Mr. Sikong, thank you for your hard work."

"Someone pushed Baiju over, and I want to know who it was." Zhiyao looked at him calmly and repeated what she had just said.

Upon hearing this, Matsumoto Sosuke glanced at Baiju and calmly asked the surrounding crowd, "Whoever it is, come out and admit it yourself."

Even though his tone was calm, Matsumoto Sosuke's deterrent effect on the villagers of Yangyan Village was far beyond Zhiyao's. As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man came over, his eyes full of fear.

Glancing at Matsumoto Sosuke again, Zhiyao actually felt a sense of majesty from him without even getting angry, so much so that she felt in her heart that he was worthy of being the person standing at the top of the power and status in Yangyan Village.

"You pushed her down?"

"Matsu...Matsumoto-sama...I..."

"Okay, apologize quickly."

The middle-aged man didn't dare to hesitate for a moment and said honestly: "I'm sorry."

Matsumoto Sosuke nodded immediately, then looked at Zhiyao: "Sir Sikong, are you satisfied with this way of handling the matter?"

"Brother Sikong, I'm fine." Bai Ju took Zhiyao's hand and comforted him with a smile.

Her lips trembled slightly, and Zhiyao stared at the middle-aged man with sharp eyes. Perhaps she could tell from Matsumoto Sosuke's attitude that the young man in front of her was not ordinary, so the middle-aged man timidly looked away.

After a moment, Zhiyao decided to give Matsumoto Sosuke face and replied, "Thank you, Master Matsumoto." At the same time, she warned the middle-aged man, "I won't pursue this matter this time. It's best not to do it again, otherwise you will regret it for the rest of your life. Humph."

The middle-aged man nodded hurriedly, and then left quickly at the instruction of Matsumoto Sosuke. Beside him, Bai Ju looked at Zhiyao with burning eyes, and the refreshing warmth slowly flowed into his heart.

"If someone bullies you again, I will never forgive them." Zhiyao gently rubbed Baiju's hair.

"Brother Sikong, you are so nice to me..." The corners of Bai Ju's mouth curled up naturally, and then she found herself being picked up.

"Because Baiju is a princess, I must protect her well." Zhiyao pressed his forehead against Baiju's forehead.

"Hehehe." A pale pink like peach blossoms slowly appeared on her face, and Bai Ju lowered her eyes shyly, "Brother Sikong...you always listen so well when you speak..."

"Ahem." Matsumoto Sosuke next to him coughed, attracting Zhiyao's attention. "Thank you very much for your help this time, Mr. Sikong. Could you please follow me to the front?" After Matsumoto Sosuke finished speaking, he made a gesture of invitation.

Nodding at him, Zhiyao put down Baiju and followed him to the gate.