Chapter 580: This Is a Person

"That little girl is human; she must have wandered into the Wugu Forest by mistake and was then caught by the Dream-Eating Demon Marrow," Chen Yu said in a deep voice.

"Then, is she... is there any saving her?" Huang Wei held his breath, gripping the handgun in his hand tightly.

"She is only unconscious. The Dream-Eating Demon Marrow must have just finished feeding when it caught her, so it stored her away," Chen Yu said. "This thing doesn't just eat people; the brain marrow of certain animals is also its favorite."

"Then what do we do now? How do we save her?" Huang Wei asked.

"Use force. This thing just discovered us; it considers us prey," Chen Yu said. "You stand at this position and do not move forward anymore; this is a safe spot."

"Alright." Huang Wei nodded. He stared fixedly at the Dream-Eating Demon Marrow, his gun aimed at it.

Chen Yu stepped forward, one step at a time. He projected his Divine Sense, paying attention to every move the thing made.

Suddenly, a silent roar erupted from the thing, and immediately, several leaves suddenly rose up and coiled toward Chen Yu.

Chen Yu extended his right hand, and the Lichen Sword suddenly appeared in his grasp. With a violent shout, several streaks of Sword Radiance from the Lichen Sword in his hand shot into the sky.

With several *chi-chi-chi* sounds, blood-red light flared, and those thick leaves were shredded to pieces.

Since he had already struck, there was no room for hesitation. Chen Yu suddenly leaped up, and the Lichen Sword in his hand struck again.

With a *pu* sound, the leaf coiling around the little girl was severed by Chen Yu's sword, and the little girl fell down.

Chen Yu lunged forward, scooped up the little girl, and then rapidly retreated, exiting the attack range of the Dream-Eating Demon Marrow.

The Dream-Eating Demon Marrow seemed to have never suffered such a heavy injury before. It hissed in anger, and its flowers, like individual eyes, stared at Chen Yu.

"Go quickly, I will take care of it." Chen Yu handed the girl in his arms to Huang Wei.

Huang Wei instinctively hesitated for a moment, but then he remembered Chen Yu's strength, so he gritted his teeth and left while carrying the little girl.

Chen Yu's actions had completely enraged the giant plant before him. The countless flowers hanging from its branches and leaves all opened their wide mouths simultaneously, emitting a piercing hiss.

This sound was soul-shaking; if Huang Wei had been standing here, he certainly would not have been able to endure it. However, Chen Yu's Mental Power was much stronger than an ordinary person's, so this roar actually had little effect on him.

As the roar subsided, with a *hu* sound, the Dream-Eating Demon Marrow released countless tentacle-like vines that coiled toward Chen Yu.

This creature hated Chen Yu to the extreme; it wanted to entangle Chen Yu and then feast on his brain marrow to avenge the injury it had just sustained.

Unfortunately, it still overestimated its own strength. With a violent shout from Chen Yu, a streak of Sword Radiance lit up on the Lichen Sword in his hand, and then crisscrossing Sword Qi whistled out.

Countless streaks of Sword Qi crisscrossed, spinning rapidly around the Demon Marrow, and the basketball-sized flowers on its branches and leaves fell to the ground one after another.

These flowers were like individual heads; as they hit the ground, they let out shrill, miserable screams before gradually withering away.

The Demon Marrow was finally afraid. It realized that the enemy before it was a very powerful one—a formidable foe the likes of which it had never seen in its life. Thus, it retracted its head and pulled its trunk from the ground, actually wanting to run away just like last time.

Unfortunately, Chen Yu would not give it the chance. With a clear whistle, Chen Yu leaped into the air. In mid-air, Chen Yu gripped the Lichen Sword tightly with both hands and slashed down with one sword strike.

Accompanied by a shrill, miserable scream, the massive trunk of the Dream-Eating Demon Marrow was split in two by the Lichen Sword in Chen Yu's hand.

The creature collapsed to the ground, with a large amount of blood flowing from its body. Moreover, a Demon Marrow that had grown to this extent had no telling how many innocent lives it had harmed.

Chen Yu grabbed with his right hand, and a piece of Talisman Paper appeared in his hand. He projected his Mind Power, and the Talisman Paper ignited.

He threw two pieces of Talisman Paper onto the severed limbs of the Demon Marrow, and with a *boom*, flames erupted everywhere.

This was the Zhengyang Heavenly Dao Talisman, the nemesis of these extremely filthy things. The greatest function of the Dream-Eating Demon Marrow was to forcibly make people enter a dream, and then, while the person was in a deep sleep, it would extract their brain marrow for food.

Therefore, this creature belonged to a type of Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Yin Demon. The Zhengyang Heavenly Dao Talisman was extremely rigid and Yang; as long as this creature touched even a little bit, it would be burned clean away.

Within the flames, the sound of hissing continued to ring out from the fire. A moment later, the fire died down, and the creature turned into a pile of ash, disappearing completely.

Having resolved the Dream-Eating Demon Marrow, Chen Yu returned to where everyone was waiting for him.

The little girl Huang Wei had brought was still in a deep sleep. Huang Wei tried to wake her, but no matter how he called her, she would not wake up.

"Chen Yu, is this little girl human?" Seeing Chen Yu return, Ye Qinglong asked with some trepidation.

Ever since entering these Ten Thousand Great Mountains, every incident they had encountered was more bizarre than the last. Moreover, the little girl's attire did not look like that of a normal person at all, so he was somewhat worried.

"Of course she is human. What are you thinking?" Chen Yu glanced at him, took the little girl, and laid her flat on the ground.

Chen Yu casually plucked a leaf from a plant nearby and placed it under the little girl's nose. A moment later, the little girl slowly stirred and woke up.

Only, her eyes were somewhat dazed, as if she did not know why she was here.

"Little sister, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" Ye Qingning stepped forward and asked.

The little girl shook her head and then looked at the group with a dazed expression. After all, these people's clothing was different from hers, so she was somewhat curious.

"Don't be afraid, we aren't bad people. What is your name?" Ye Qingning smiled.

Perhaps it was because Ye Qingning's smile was very approachable, so after hesitating repeatedly, the little girl said somewhat timidly, "My name is Mengdie."

"Mengdie, that is such a beautiful name, and you are just as pretty," Ye Qingning exclaimed.

"Little one, how did you get here? Where are your mom and dad?" Chen Yu asked.

Mengdie raised her head to look at Chen Yu, revealing a look of confusion.

"Little sister, don't be afraid. It was this big brother who just saved you. Is there anything you want to tell him?" Ye Qingning said softly.

"I don't want to go worship the Gu Ancestor; I just want to grow up with Grandpa. But Grandpa said that children who reach a certain age must go worship the Gu Ancestor. If I am chosen by the Gu Ancestor, then I will never be able to come back." The little girl's answer, which had nothing to do with the question, left the group somewhat confused.

"Chen Yu, what is she talking about?" Ye Qinglong on the side was completely bewildered.

"I heard from Li Meng that the Witch Clan selects children of the appropriate age every year to go to the Witch Tribe Sacred Land; it should be to test their aptitude and potential," Chen Yu said. "Once a girl with excellent aptitude is chosen, she will practice Witchcraft in the Witch Tribe Sacred Land and is not allowed to come out until she is an adult."

"This little girl perhaps did not want to go there, so she ran away and wandered in here by mistake," Chen Yu said.

Hearing Chen Yu's explanation, the group suddenly realized what was happening.

However, Ye Qinglong on the side still said somewhat unconvinced, "Chen Yu, you just say whatever you want? You aren't the little girl, how do you know her experience?"