In the days that followed, it took Su Yuan a long time to make Zhaozhao at this time understand the concept of the difference between men and women, even though his true form was a dragon and she was a tree.
Zhaozhao at this moment seemed to understand Su Yuan's explanation, but in fact, she didn't really care about this matter at all. The real reason she chose to transform into a human form in front of Su Yuan was something else.
"You still haven't said whether you'll agree to me or not."
The topic changed so abruptly that Su Yuan was a bit slow to react. "What?"
"Can you come back uninjured next time?"
Faced with such a request, Su Yuan fell silent because he couldn't promise this.
On the battlefield, swords and spears were merciless. Recently, a powerful great demon had emerged among the rebel demon clans.
This demon was an ancient fierce beast that had been suppressed underground by a binding force. But now, it had somehow escaped.
Moreover, it had managed to unite the previously chaotic and war - torn demon clans in a very short time, making the demon clans' attacks much more violent than before.
Furthermore... Su Yuan had recently felt that the more demons he killed, the more strange his body became.
On the battlefield yesterday, he had almost lost his mind and couldn't tell friend from foe.
If it hadn't been for the mermaid clan with the power to calm the mind and soothe the nerves, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
The long silence made the little tree even more uneasy. She couldn't help but move closer to Su Yuan, looking straight into his eyes and asking, "Is it very difficult?"
Is it so hard for you to stay safe? Is what you do every day really that dangerous?
When she was still a tree rooted in the soil, Su Yuan always told her many things she had never heard before. No matter how long he was away, at least he always came back looking relaxed.
Even when he was occasionally tired and dejected, he could quickly adjust himself and never made her worry.
But somehow, Su Yuan seemed to have changed. There were times when he seemed powerless.
Since she couldn't get an answer from Su Yuan, she changed the question. "Su Yuan, take me with you, okay?"
"No way." Hearing this, Su Yuan frowned tightly and flatly refused her without a second thought.
"Why?" The girl tilted her head, not understanding. "I can also use magic. I've learned all the magic you taught me. I can help you!"
Su Yuan didn't change his mind at all because of her words. He held Zhaozhao's face in his hands, looking extremely serious. "Listen to me. I don't allow you to go to the other side of the Great Wilderness. Stay here safely and don't get into trouble."
"I don't..." Zhaozhao was about to say something else, but Su Yuan gently pressed her head against his chest and whispered, "I'm very tired. Can you be quiet for a while?"
So Zhaozhao obediently fell silent. Her fingers unconsciously grabbed the clothes on Su Yuan's chest. Listening to the "thumping" sound coming from somewhere in her body, she felt a secret thrill.
In the following days, Su Yuan still shuttled between the battlefield and this small world, but the time he stayed here became even shorter.
Since the day when Su Yuan learned that she could transform into a human form, Zhaozhao often waited for him in her human form.
She never felt bored, but would often sit from dawn until the moon rose high.
Somehow, Su Yuan had great difficulty falling asleep. He always woke up suddenly from his dreams with blood - red eyes.
Later, he could only find a moment of peace in Zhaozhao's arms. Everything between them happened so naturally, as if it was destined to be so, and neither of them thought there was anything wrong.
In fact, there was no one else here. They only had each other.
Zhaozhao had been waiting, waiting for the end of the war that Su Yuan had mentioned. Su Yuan had said that after the war ended, he would take her away from here and find a place with beautiful scenery to live in seclusion.
As long as she could be with Su Yuan, everything would be fine.
But as days passed by, Zhaozhao didn't know when that day would come.
This relatively peaceful life was finally disrupted when Su Yuan brought back a little boy. The boy looked timid and had many wounds on his body.
Most importantly, he seemed to be on the verge of death.
When Zhaozhao who had barged into this place a thousand years later saw the little boy in Su Yuan's arms, she always felt as if she had seen that face somewhere before, but she just couldn't remember.
It wasn't until she saw her past self lovingly holding the boy's hand and hoarsely asking Su Yuan about the boy's identity that the two words blurted out by Su Yuan made her freeze on the spot.
Su Yuan said, "His name is Fufeng. He is the future Ghost Emperor."
Fufeng... So they had met such a long time ago?
But why did Fufeng not have the slightest impression of her when they met again later?
Fufeng remembered Su Yuan and this great war thousands of years ago, but he just didn't remember her...
Su Yuan, herself, Fufeng. It seemed that everyone who had an intersection with her had finally forgotten her.
Why was this?
In a daze, Zhaozhao remembered the dream she had a long time ago. In the dream, someone had said that she shouldn't have been alive.
Was it because of the owner of that voice?
Because she shouldn't have existed, so they wanted to kill her, tear her apart, shatter the heart of the tree that carried all her memories and emotions, and make everyone forget her.
Was it like this?
But what on earth had she done wrong? She didn't understand. She didn't understand when she was naive before, and she still didn't understand now even though she had caught a glimpse of the truth.
It was so cruel...
Zhaozhao tried to calm herself down and looked in the direction of Su Yuan and the others again.
But when she looked again, Su Yuan had already left at some point. Her past self was squatting beside the boy, seemingly lost in thought.
"Su Yuan said you are a god who will rule the underworld in the future and that you can't die. But what should we do now?"
She talked to herself, looking very sad. She touched the boy's hand. It was cold.
"Why is this happening to you when you're still so young?"
She couldn't figure it out. Feeling that the boy was extremely cold, she reached out to wrap his clothes tighter. But unexpectedly, the boy who had been with his eyes closed suddenly opened them and took out a dagger from somewhere, stabbing straight at her.
Poor little tree, who was completely unprepared, didn't react in time. The dagger cut across her palm, and blood immediately gushed out.
"Don't be afraid. I'm not a bad person. Su Yuan brought you here. Do you know Su Yuan?" Seeing the boy shrinking his body and hugging himself tightly, with his eyes full of vigilance, she didn't even notice the wound on her hand for a moment. She raised her hand and gently comforted him.
Hearing the name "Su Yuan", the boy calmed down. His curled - up body slowly relaxed, and he fell to the ground, gasping for breath.
He looked very tired, and even breathing seemed difficult.
"I'm going to die..."
The childish voice of the boy rang out. Zhaozhao's nose twitched. Afraid that the dagger in his hand would hurt him, she reached out to take the dagger. But she forgot about the wound on her hand, and a drop of bright red blood dripped from her palm onto the boy's forehead.
Suddenly, a white light suddenly enveloped the boy. The blood drop on his forehead turned into a strange totem. His dry lips became moist, and his pale and lifeless face regained its color. It was as if he had become a different person in an instant.
"I..." The pain on his body disappeared, and he felt extremely light. The boy stared at his eyes in disbelief. "The pain on my body is gone?!"
Both Zhaozhao from a thousand years ago and the one from a thousand years later were stunned, not understanding what was going on.
At the same time, thunder rumbled in the distance. Dark clouds gathered, and lightning flashed as heavy rain poured down.