Chapter 9 Dragon Spring Trial
Being dragged by Guiyuan to the outside of the restaurant, Jiang Yuan turned her head and looked behind her. Seeing Da Miao following her, she looked at Guiyuan with relief and asked, "Sister Guiyuan, do you dislike Aunt Qi?"

Guiyuan paused, turned around and looked at her, then raised his paw and placed it on her shoulder, saying earnestly: "It's not a matter of liking or disliking her, but her identity and purpose for coming to the village are still unclear, so I can't trust her completely, do you understand?"

Jiang Yuan thought for a few moments, then nodded and said, "I understand. Sister Guiyuan is doing this for my own good."

Hearing this, Guiyuan felt guilty.

She looked at the young Jiang Yuan and couldn't help but sigh, thinking: This child was forced to come to a strange world. The demon tribe hopes to survive this disaster and will naturally protect her well, but who has ever thought about whether this is fair to her.

She couldn't help but stretched out her claws to touch her head and said, "Let's go, let's go to Longquan Forest."

"Yeah." Jiang Yuan nodded, walked behind her, turned back and waved to Da Miao, and reminded her: "Da Miao, follow me."

"Meow!"

The big cat meowed, wagged its tail, and followed the man and the monster.

Guiyuan led them to the north of the village. The further they walked, the fewer people there were, until it became gradually deserted and no monster could be seen.

Jiang Yuan walked and stopped, asking questions from time to time, and Da Mao occasionally stared at some flowers and plants in confusion. Gui Yuan answered them patiently, which broadened their horizons.

Finally, they came to the top of the hill and walked to the only big tree.

The tree is not tall, but it has lush branches and leaves, an unusually thick trunk, and the bark is covered with holes.

Jiang Yuan looked at the tree, as if he saw an old man standing here for thousands of years, experiencing wind, frost, rain and snow, without moving a step.

Guiyuan stepped forward, raised his paw and gently stroked the tree trunk, whispering softly: "Grandpa Cangshu, please open the gate to the village entrance, thank you for your help!"

Just as Jiang Yuan was wondering whether the big tree would stretch, open its eyes and talk to them, a semicircular door appeared on its trunk, and the door even flickered with a faint light.

Jiang Yuan stood there in a daze for a while. After hearing Gui Yuan's urging, he hurriedly walked towards the door with Da Mao.

Just after they all went in, the door disappeared in an instant. The wind swayed the branches, making a rustling sound, and the footprints under the tree were slowly erased.

Not long after, everything returned to peace, as if the monster had never appeared here...

Walking in the long and wide corridor, there are dots of fluorescent light floating around, which looks particularly beautiful.

Guiyuan looked back inadvertently and found that the distance between him and Jiang Yuan had widened.

Seeing her walking in this bumpy passage, swaying left and right, taking every step with extreme caution.

She couldn't help but smile and said, "These potholes are all illusions, just walk with peace of mind."

Jiang Yuan said "Oh", then ran forward two steps and caught up with Guiyuan.

Big Cat couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw this, because Jiang Yuan had been walking slowly just now and it had to follow behind, squatting for a long time before it could take a few steps forward from time to time. Now that Jiang Yuan's pace had quickened, it no longer had to take a break after each step.

After walking to Guiyuan's side, Jiang Yuan asked hesitantly, "Why didn't the big tree speak just now?"

Guiyuan explained calmly, "Grandpa Cangshu passed away several years ago. I heard from the old monsters in the village that there was a catastrophe in the monster race, and many monsters were homeless. Grandpa Cangshu sacrificed himself and created the Monster Village, which housed many monsters..."

He has long passed away, his spirit no longer exists, so no matter how much you call out, there will be no response. Now he is just a door.

Jiang Yuan frowned, her expression compassionate. She reached out and touched the wall of the passage, and asked, "Is this demon race catastrophe really that terrible?" "A few lines of words are not enough to describe the blood and tears when the catastrophe comes... You will know it later."

Guiyuan didn’t know how to answer, after all, she was not an eyewitness to that history.

"Here we are."

At the end of the passage was still a semicircular door, the same as the one on the trunk of the big tree just now. Guiyuan stepped in first, followed by Jiang Yuan and Da Mao.

A white light flashed by, and the light was so dazzling that Jiang Yuan couldn't help but raise his hands to cover his eyes.

She didn't know how long it had been before she heard birds singing and smelled the fragrance of flowers, then she slowly opened her eyes.

At this moment, they were in a patch of grass. The grass was dense and half a meter high, and occasionally a few butterflies flew by.

Watching Big Cat jumping left and right, happily catching butterflies, she felt that the place she was in looked somewhat familiar.

As if to prove what she was thinking, she turned around, and sure enough, the green archway with the words "Monster Village" engraved on it was right behind her.

Without staying here for long, Guiyuan led them to continue walking towards the north, and only stopped when they entered the forest that they were all very familiar with.

Guiyuan bowed and saluted towards Beifang, and said with a voice mixed with demonic power: "Junior Guiyuan, accompanied by human Jiang Yuan and Da Miao, come here to ask to see Elder Jinchun."

As soon as Guiyuan finished speaking, the birdsong in the forest disappeared in an instant, and the air became a little stagnant.

Guiyuan felt as if a thousand-pound rock was pressing down on his body and he could hardly stand up straight. Even Big Cat lay on the ground and meowed several times in protest.

Jiang Yuan looked at Guiyuan helplessly, then reached out to help Da Mao, not knowing how they suddenly became like this.

In the distance, Jinchun stood on the top of a tree. The tip of the tree was tender and soft, and most easily broken, but under her feet, there was no deformation at all.

"I see."

She looked at the different reactions of Guiyuan, Da Miao and Jiang Yuan, and seemed to understand something. Then she raised her paw, facing the palm of her paw forward and spread it out. A transparent barrier that only she could see was removed in an instant.

Guiyuan and Da Mao felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders. They collapsed to the ground and didn't want to move at all.

Seeing that Jiang Yuan's expression was normal, Gui Yuan reluctantly sat up and asked, "Didn't you feel anything just now?"

Jiang Yuan shook her head, held her paw, looked at Da Miao again, and asked, "Sister Guiyuan, what's going on? Why did you suddenly..."

She was frightened just now, but now she was relieved to see that the monster and the cat had returned to normal.

"If you want to know, why not ask me directly."

Just when Guiyuan didn't know how to answer, a voice came from the forest.

When they looked up, they saw a demon in red clothes sitting on a tree not far from them, swinging his legs gently.

Meeting their gazes, Jinchun twitched his tail, then curled his lips, looked at his target, and said, "Your name is Jiang Yuan, right? Welcome to my trial field..."

(End of this chapter)