Chapter 2875: Dare to Think, Dare to Act, Xu Laosan

Xu Jie's idea was simple; no matter what conditions these demon trees put forward, he would agree first and talk later.

This kind of thing, he, Xú Lǎosān, wasn't doing it for the first time; otherwise he wouldn't have safely made his way all the way from Xia Jie to the Immortal Realm, and then from the Immortal Realm to Beyond the Heavens, first preserving his life before speaking.

So, upon hearing this, Xu Jie immediately nodded and agreed.

Immediately, that familiar feeling returned in his mind, and he clearly understood what these demon trees wanted to express.

"If we want the food that Ye Zhangqing makes, can you also satisfy that?"

"Huh???"

Upon hearing this, Xu Jie froze for a moment; the food that Junior Brother Ye Zhangqing makes? These demon trees aren't the ingredients that Junior Brother prepared?

How can ingredients eat ingredients? Maybe they got it wrong from the start.

His mind raced, quickly grasping the key to the problem, and he spoke without showing any emotion on the surface.

"That's naturally no problem; you esteemed senior brothers probably don't know, but we four are all senior brothers of Junior Brother Ye Zhangqing, sharing the same lineage, connected like branches of the same tree—this is merely a trivial matter."

As soon as he said that, the surrounding branches continuously emitted a rustling sound.

It was as if these demon trees were whispering to each other in private, and indeed that was exactly the case.

The Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts were not low in intelligence; upon learning that Xu Jie and his companions were actually senior brothers of Ye Zhangqing, they too were taken aback.

Immediately, a voice sounded again in Xu Jie's mind.

"Is what you said really true?"

"Indeed, it's truer than a pearl; what's there to deceive you, tree brother? So if you want to eat the food that Junior Brother Ye Zhangqing makes, you should come to us, his senior brothers."

Xu Jie patted his chest and guaranteed.

After a round of conversation, these Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts were almost completely duped by Xu Jie.

Seeing the moment ripe, Xu Jie seemingly asked offhand.

"However, esteemed tree brothers, may I ask how you came to know my junior brother Ye Zhangqing? We didn't know about this; otherwise we wouldn't have caused such a misunderstanding."

These Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts indeed are not low in intelligence, but that depends on who they're compared to.

Compared to someone like Xu Jie, whose heart is black to the core, these Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts are still overly pure.

Therefore, facing Xu Jie's words, these Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts had hardly any suspicion at all, and straightforwardly gave a simple account of the affairs of the Barbarian God Tribe Divine Realm.

Upon hearing that these Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts actually came from the Barbarian God Tribe Divine Realm, and that they had already been following Ye Zhangqing within that divine realm,

and now they have chased all the way from the Barbarian God Tribe Divine Realm to this Immortal City Beyond the Heavens, all for a bite to eat.

As soon as Ye Zhangqing's food was mentioned, these Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts seemed to have opened their chatterbox.

Originally it was just one Black Mist Forest Tree Ghost conversing with Xu Jie, but soon several more tree ghosts actively linked up with him.

Streams of different mysterious auras continuously flowed into Xu Jie's body, and their number kept increasing.

At first he didn't feel anything, but gradually Xu Jie sensed something wrong—there were too many, too mixed.

Immediately, Xu Jie hurriedly called out to stop.

"Esteemed tree brothers, wait a moment—there's too much, I can't take it, stop."

With so many tree ghosts present, if they all rushed into his body, Xu Jie felt he'd likely be rendered foolish on the spot.

Under Xu Jie's exclamation, these Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts reluctantly stopped, and finally sent a few representatives to converse with him.

During the conversation, Xu Jie also came to understand the whole story.

It turned out they too had been captured by Junior Brother Ye Zhangqing's culinary skill, but that wasn't the main point.

At this moment, in Xu Jie's mind, an immature but absolutely bold idea was gradually forming.

These Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts come from the Barbarian God Tribe Divine Realm; they are a unique product of that realm, having grown slowly over who knows how many years.

Within the Barbarian God Tribe Divine Realm, even the Barbarian God Tribe themselves dread it, treating it as a forbidden zone—showing the strength of these Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts.

Moreover, even without saying, the methods these tree ghosts just displayed were enough to make Xu Jie look up to them.

Most importantly, these Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts don't seem very smart; they appear very easy to dupe.

Combining all of the above, isn't this basically a tree pet?

Among humanity there is the way of beast taming, which can domesticate demon beasts and make them one's beast pet—indeed a great combat strength.

And right now, these Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts are nothing if not proper tree pets.

They are powerful; if one could obtain such a beast pet, then venturing Beyond the Heavens would absolutely be a great aid.

This is also because Xu Jie hasn't yet truly grasped the strength of these Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts, lacking a direct comparison.

Putting it this way, any random tree ghost here, if taken out, would far surpass the mighty Heavenly Palace Celestial Officials—that is the present era's strongest.

If one could truly subdue a tree ghost, it would be equivalent to having an enforcer by one's side whose strength still exceeds that of the Heavenly Palace Celestial Officials.

Even if he didn't know these details, Xu Jie's heart felt stirred, after all this matter is surely all benefit and no harm.

The only trouble is, how to dupe… no, how to subdue these tree ghosts and make them tree pets.

Upon reaching this point, Xu Jie's conversation with these tree ghosts grew ever more heated; given Xu Jie's eloquence, making these tree ghosts happy would be a piece of cake.

Seeing that the moment was about right, Xu Jie seemingly spoke offhand.

"Esteemed tree brothers, my junior brother Ye Zhangqing's culinary skill needs no saying—whoever eats it praises it; but precisely because of that, now wanting to eat even a mouthful of Ye Zhangqing's food has become increasingly difficult."

Upon saying that, naturally they immediately gave their approval from these Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts.

"Isn't that right?"

"Yeah, if we hadn't forcibly followed to this Immortal City Beyond the Heavens, we probably still wouldn't have smelled a whiff by now, let alone eaten."

Wanting to eat a bite of Ye Zhangqing's food is indeed becoming increasingly difficult; this point, many tree ghosts deeply feel.

Seeing this, Xu Jie felt a surge of joy; this was exactly the reaction he wanted, and immediately he saw Xu Jie continue speaking.

"However, for outsiders the difficulty is growing ever greater, but for us senior brothers, wanting to eat a hot bite is still not difficult."

"Really?"

"How so?"

As expected, when these words were spoken, the Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts present all became interested.

Is it still not hard to eat Ye Zhangqing's food? This damn thing is almost as hard as climbing to heaven.

Each Black Mist Forest Tree Ghost, full of excitement, asked Xu Jie, "How can we simply get a meal?"

Seeing these Black Mist Forest Tree Ghosts' interest aroused by himself, Xu Jie's confidence also greatly increased.

Look, this person, you gotta dare to think and dare to do; thinking of collecting these tree pets, you must boldly go ahead and do it—hasn't this already got you hooked?

His heart was already blooming with joy, but on the surface Xu Jie spoke without changing expression.

"Friends of the trees, telling you this method is useless, after all you are not trees of my Dao One Immortal Sect."