Chapter 20 Natural selection, survival of the fittest
The matter ended faster than expected. After Meng Yuan announced that he was leaving, he left alone. The crowd dispersed, and only those who had a good relationship with Meng Ren's family were left in the hall.
Bai Qing blinked his fox eyes and said with some surprise: "It's over so soon? I thought I would have to struggle for a while!"
Gui Zizhou and Jin Mingyue looked at each other and smiled helplessly.
They were all called here by Bai Qing. The main reason why they were called here was to prevent the Nightmare Beast Tribe from shamelessly trying to save Mengtang.
Although Gui Zizhou and Jin Mingyue are not high-level, they are extremely outstanding disciples in the Dragon Turtle Clan and the Golden Crow Clan. If they pass on the news from the Nightmare Beast Clan, it will also have an impact on the Nightmare Beast Clan's reputation.
A big blow.
After all, everyone within the Monster Clan gains status based on their ability. No one will support or like such underhanded methods. Even if someone does like it, they will never show it.
For the Yao clan, although reputation is ethereal, it is extremely important because it represents face among the ten clans.
All around, some members of the Nightmare Beast Clan came to congratulate Meng Ren, and at the same time felt sorry for Yimeng's condition.
After Meng Ren dealt with these people, he invited Yun Xi and others: "Thank you for your help today. If you don't mind it, why don't you let me cook today? How about you guys always enjoy the specialties of the beast tribe?"
Yimeng looked at everyone. Bai Qing and the others naturally had no objections. Although Gui Zizhou and the others were supportive, they were old acquaintances with Yimeng back then, so they were not worried about being embarrassed.
And it’s really unreasonable not to have a meal after traveling all the way here.
Yun Xi looked at Shi Rong first. The Governor had not spoken since he took his seat and had been quietly watching the development of the situation.
If we wanted to get together at this moment, Yun Xi, as a disciple of the Tianling Alliance, would naturally have to obtain her consent.
Shi Rong had also walked over at this moment. Feeling Yun Xi's gaze, she nodded slightly and agreed.
Yun Xi immediately said: "Then go. But wouldn't the specialty of the Nightmare Beast Clan be unsuitable for humans to eat?"
Bai Qing smiled and said: "It's definitely still edible, but I don't know if it suits your human tastes."
Listening to Bai Qing's words, Yun Xi couldn't help but shudder, feeling vaguely uneasy.
Seeing this, Mengren explained: "Miss Yun, don't worry, there are humans living in Dreamland, and many of the specialties here can be made into human dishes for human consumption."
"Pfft!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a certain little fox sneered at the side. Bai Qing stuck out his tongue at Yun Xi: "You're so stupid, Yun Xi, I didn't expect this."
Yun Xi's brows couldn't help but twitch. If the location and timing hadn't been inappropriate, and there was an elder from the Snow Fox Clan next to her, she would have grabbed Bai Qing and jerked him off for half an hour!
All in all, it is a good thing for everyone to be able to wash away the grievances committed by Yi Meng.
Everyone followed Meng Ren and Meng Heng towards a certain tree house on Huan Mountain.
Gui Zizhou said: "Speaking of which, I didn't expect that Mengyi would actually be in Yun Xi's body. Was she there a long time ago?"
Yun Xi nodded: "It's been a while, but I didn't know she had such a past experience before. Bai Qing told me."
Bai Qing looked over sideways: "It's not because this guy tried to trick me, otherwise I wouldn't have said anything! Human beings are cunning, and Yun Xi is even more cunning!"
Yun Xi grinned at the little fox, showing her eight snow-white teeth: "We usually call this wit! But even though Yimeng and I have known each other for so long, this is the first time I have seen her posture after she has transformed. Somewhat...
Accident."
Yi Meng, who had transformed into a human form and was floating in the air, glared at Yun Xi: "What? Do you have any opinions?"
Yun Xi looked at her cute little appearance and couldn't help laughing: "No, it's quite cute."
She usually treats Yimeng as the same age when chatting and bickering with her, but now seeing how petite and cute she looks after her transformation, it is inevitable that she will have some funny emotions.
Yimeng glared at Yun Xi fiercely. She has been with Yun Xi for so long. It is no exaggeration to say that she understands Yun Xi better than Xiao Lingyuan and the others. At this moment, she can naturally guess Yun Xi's heart.
Ideas.
She had known for a long time that if Yun Xi saw her transformed appearance, this guy would definitely laugh at her, but there was nothing she could do about it. She was only that big when she died, and although her spirit body could become transformed through some means
It is stronger, but because it does not need to eat at all, it cannot grow over time like the body of a living creature.
If it weren't for her father, she wouldn't want Yun Xi to see her transformed appearance!
The group of people walked slowly, and many Nightmare Beast Clan disciples could be seen on the road. They looked at Meng Ren and others secretly, with somewhat complicated expressions.
Over the years, many people have often ridiculed and slandered Mengren and others in order to please Mengtang's faction. Now that the situation has changed, there are many people who are afraid of revenge.
However, both Meng Ren and Meng Heng turned a blind eye to the gazes of these people. For those of them who have struggled in adversity for decades, they must first celebrate happily when they see the light. As for what happens next,
There is plenty of time to deal with it.
When the time comes, an apology cannot resolve the grudges that have lasted for decades.
Yimeng's small figure floated forward, followed Meng Ren and Meng Heng, and asked: "Dad, where is mother?"
Until now, only Yimeng's father has appeared, while her mother has not heard any news.
"..."
When Mengren heard Yimeng's inquiry, the happiness on his face suddenly disappeared at this moment. He looked at Yimeng, and after hesitating for a while, he still said truthfully: "Your mother's mood was damaged after the accident between you and Mengling.
"Unfortunately, I went crazy while practicing...The current state is not very good."
However, Yi Meng felt relieved in his heart. As long as he was still alive, the rest was easy.
She asked: "Where is mother now?"
Meng Ren glanced at the others, hesitated, and said, "Meng Heng, you take everyone there first, and I'll take Mengyi over there to have a look."
"I'll go too."
A voice interrupted, it was Yun Xi.
Mengren did not immediately agree or refuse, but looked at Yimeng, who said: "Yunxi is more powerful than you think."
Meng Ren smiled bitterly: "Then let's go there together."
Yun Xi and Yimeng followed Meng Ren all the way to a tree house with many formations. Meng Ren pushed open the house and took the two of them inside.
Walking into the tree house, Yun Xi found that the facilities inside were quite different from those in normal houses. The common cement bricks and tiles in human houses had no trace of their existence here. Everything here was made of wood, and the overall appearance was very simple.
.
This is normal. Can the houses of monsters be expected to be as exquisite as human residences?
Entering the tree house, both Yun Xi and Yi Meng saw a woman whose hands and feet were bound by a formation.
This woman looks quite young, her eyes are tightly closed at the moment, and the aura around her body is particularly disordered.
Mengren said to Yimeng: "When your mother was in trouble, I found it early and saved her in time, but I could only save her life. She went crazy and burned her meridians. Now her spiritual veins are damaged and she can no longer practice.
She spent most of these years in a coma. The last time she woke up, she was also mentally disturbed. I had no choice but to restrain her."
Yun Xi looked at this woman's condition and couldn't help but admire Meng Ren. Generally speaking, whether it's a human or a demon, as long as it goes crazy, it's basically a narrow escape.
For example, she herself was reincarnated here because her former "Yun Xi" went crazy and died.
But Mengren just saved this woman's life. Yunxi glanced at Mengren's white hair and thought that in order to save Mengyi's mother, the price Mengren paid might not be simple.
Looking at her mother's appearance, Yimeng's eyes were full of sadness. She turned around and asked Yun Xi: "Is there any way?"
Yun Xi nodded: "You can try."
With her current ability, it is impossible to rely on the Luo Shen Mind Technique to restore Yi Meng's mother's injuries, but if it is a Restoring Pill, the hope should be great.
Without hesitation, Yun Xi took out a Restoring Pill and handed it to Meng Ren: "Give her this pill to take, maybe it will be effective."
Meng Ren nodded and did not question the feasibility of this elixir. As long as the other party had good intentions, there was no harm in giving it a try.
He walked into the formation with the Restoring Pill and gave the pill directly to Mengyi's mother.
Yun Xi took this opportunity to ask Yimeng in a low voice: "What is your mother's name?"
"Meng Huan." Yi Meng replied.
Yun Xi nodded, fully prepared for the greetings later, and then complained in a low voice: "I found that the names of the members of your Nightmare Beast Tribe only have two words?"
Yimeng asked back: "Isn't the word 'nightmare beast' also two words?"
"..."
Yun Xi clicked her tongue: "So that's it..."
Here, the whisper between Yun Xi and Yimeng has not ended yet, and Yimeng’s mother Meng Huan has already opened her eyes in the formation.
There was not even a trace of uncomfortable coughing. Menghuan was like waking up from a big dream. After opening his eyes, he asked blankly: "Where is this?"
"Wake up, wake up?!"
Meng Ren stared at his wife in confusion, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Yun Xi put her hands in the pockets of her sweater and smiled at Yimeng: "Next, let's talk about it carefully. Now that we have said what needs to be said, I will go outside to enjoy the breeze."
"Yun Xi..."
She had just turned around and taken two steps when she heard a dream calling her.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"...Don't get lost."
"I'm laughing so hard. You think I'm just like you, what about a seven-year-old kid?"
"Get out of here!"
"Hahaha!"
Yun Xi smiled and walked out of the tree house.
Yimeng turned around and looked at the closed door, and couldn't help but laugh out loud. She wanted to say thank you, but now it seems that it is not suitable for them to say those pretentious words.
After walking out of the tree house, Yun Xi walked around casually outside the tree house. She didn't stray too far from the tree house, but just looked around casually.
The towering trees are turned into houses, and the groves are there for decoration. Putting aside the prejudice against the Nightmare Beast clan, Huanshan is really a very nice place.
"It's really amazing to know how to form..."
Yun Xi sighed softly, and couldn't help but think of the Zhuge Military Advisor of the Tianling Alliance. When they were attacked at sea, it was the Zhuge Military Advisor who arrived in time and directly forced Shi Yuan and the two to leave.
As she thought about it, Yun Xi suddenly noticed that the scene in front of her seemed to have changed slightly.
This change is not that the scene itself becomes different from before, but that it changes from dynamic to static.
The wind stopped, and the slowly falling leaves stopped in mid-air. The grass, which had been weighed down by the wind, still maintained its bowing posture.
‘Time stops?’
It was hard for Yun Xi not to think of time pause due to such a scene change, but she immediately realized that she had never heard of time pause in her life. "The river of time cannot be paused, let alone irreversible."
This is something everyone in the mixed spirit world knows.
‘Is it an illusion?’
She frowned slightly and turned to look ahead on the road.
Sure enough, only a dozen meters away from her, she saw a figure that was not familiar, but that she had seen before.
The leader of the Nightmare Beast Clan, Meng Yuan.
Yun Xi salutes Mengyuan as a junior: "Clan Chief Mengyuan."
Meng Yuan looked at Yun Xi with a slight smile in the corner of his eyes: "You are quite calm. You are not nervous at all when you meet me in this situation."
After the salute, Yun Xi straightened her body: "Many times, being nervous not only fails to solve the problem, but even exposes one's own weaknesses."
After hearing this, Meng Yuan pursed his lips and nodded: "That makes sense. So I often say that although you humans don't live long, you know a lot of things."
"Clan Chief Mengyuan is joking. These are the insights left by our ancestors. The younger generation just directly applied them."
"Learning is also an ability."
Mengyuan still expressed his approval for Yunxi.
Yun Xi was not proud of this, but asked: "Why did the Mengyuan clan leader come to me specifically?"
Mengyuan looked at Yun Xi with a faint smile, and there seemed to be a ray of light in his seemingly kind eyes, which instantly understood Yun Xi's thoughts thoroughly.
"Whether it's an image or a dream, it's all the work of the Tianling Alliance."
Yun Xi looked confused: "Clan Chief Mengyuan was joking, weren't those brought by Bai Qing?"
Meng Yuan waved his hand: "You don't have to act like this with me. I have lived for thousands of years. Even if you guys are ten times the combined age, you still can't compare to me. I can't see through you."
idea?"
Yun Xi looked calm and said nothing.
Mengyuan did not press the question, but said to himself: "Actually, the moment Mengyi was exposed, I had already expected that things would become what they are now."
Yun Xi looked at him: "Actually, you already knew that Yimeng was framed, right."
Meng Yuan said: "No one can steal the Nightmare Pearl without my noticing it. Meng Tang's plan is too stupid."
Yun Xi suddenly asked in confusion: "Then why do you still let them continue doing this?"
Mengyuan's eyes were like abyss, and his voice became majestic: "Because Mengyi is even stupider."
Mengyuan walked to a big tree, stretched out his hand to caress the huge tree house, and said, "Do you know why every tree house is surrounded by small trees?"
Yun Xi remained silent, probably understanding what he meant.
Mengyuan looked at Yun Xi's eyes and couldn't help but smile: "It seems you know very well."
"The resources of the land are limited, and so is a race. The Nightmare Beast Clan has two direct bloodlines, but there is only one position for the young clan leader. It is not me who decides who this position belongs to, but themselves."
Meng Yuan sighed softly, with a rather helpless tone: "Natural selection, survival of the fittest. The survival rules of the demon clan are different from those of you humans..."