"What's wrong with me?" asked Richard as he looked at the old man the lich, a little strange.

"What's the matter!" said the old lich man angrily, "do you know what trouble that stupid tree suddenly rebelled when you left without saying hello?"

"Is it a big problem?" said Richard, "didn't Pandora say that the tin wood was easily solved?" Don't...... She didn't explain, are you hurt?"

"Of course I ......" the old lich was about to announce the truth aloud, when he suddenly saw Pandora's slanted glance of contempt and changed his tone forcefully, "Of course I ...... There were no injuries, and even if they were, they were very slight. However, I'm angry and it's over because you didn't say hello to me, and I feel like you don't respect me. ”

"Okay, okay, next time there is a similar situation, I will definitely say hello to you. Richard said helplessly.

"Hmph, it's better not to have a next time. The old man pouted.

Richard shrugged his shoulders, thought for a moment and asked, "By the way, where is the heart of the tree left by Ximu?"

"Don't ask me at your little girl's. The old man said.

Richard listened and turned to look at Pandora.

Pandora said very clearly: "Wait for me in a while, I'll bring it out for you." ”

After saying that, he turned around and ran back to his study, and ran back after a while. In his hand he was holding a metal container that looked like an iron pot, and it was covered with a heavy stone slab.

Richard glanced at Pandora with a somewhat complicated expression, and asked with some suspicion, "You won't just stew the tin wood, will you?"

In his opinion, if Ximu really Pandora angry, Pandora really has the potential to make a dish out of Ximu.

Still, Pandora's answer relieved him.

"No, how could I stew him, I just locked him inside. ”

"Why are you locked up in here?"

"Because he always wants to run. Pandora pouted, a little dissatisfied, "Anyway, you'll know when you see it." With that, he lifted the stone slab on the metal container.

"Bang!"

The slate slammed into the ground with a muffled sound, and the inside of the pot ...... No, the tin wood inside the metal container appears in view.

At this time, the tin wood remained in the state of the heart of the tree, like a huge emerald green gem, and many milky white roots grew from the upper and lower ends of the gem, swinging wildly like tentacles, trying to escape the container.

"You see, that's it. Pandora pointed to the heart of the tin wood, and reached out angrily, grabbed one of the roots of the tin wood and pulled it hard.

"Smack!"

A crisp sound sounded, and the roots broke.

Stimulated by this, the tin wood seemed to be in pain, and all the remaining roots twitched, and the whole heart of the tree lay straight and motionless in the metal container, like an octopus that had been dying of thirst on the shore. After a few seconds, the tendrils regained their movements, but their strength was noticeably weaker than before.

"If I hadn't done it every once in a while, this guy would have broken the little bell's rice bowl. Pandora grumbled under her breath.

When Richard heard this, he was slightly stunned: Little Bell's rice bowl? Little Bell He knew that it was the golden yellow dog that the old man of the Lich originally raised, and now it belongs to Pandora. But what does the rice bowl of the little bell mean? It doesn't mean that the metal container of tin wood is the one used by the golden retriever and the big yellow dog to eat......

"Woohoo!"

A dog barked, and the golden retriever came running quickly.

Richard reached out and grabbed the heart of the tin wood from the basin, and the next moment he saw Pandora throw the metal basin to the golden retriever yellow dog, which made the other party excitedly take it away.

Well, it's really a dog basin for the Golden Retriever Yellow Dog to eat...... The corners of Richard's mouth twitched, and he shook his head lightly, looking at the tin wood in his hand.

At this time, Ximu didn't know if he sensed the changes in the outside world, but became unusually quiet.

Richard glanced at the other party, thought for a moment and took out a half-meter-square sink from the spatial iron ring, poured nutrient solution into it, placed the floating board, and placed the center of the tree on it.

The roots in the heart of the tree felt the presence of the nutrient solution and stabbed towards the bottom of the floating plate, quickly absorbing the nutrient solution.

"Knock knock!"

The sound of a human drinking water sounded, and the height of the nutrient solution in the tank dropped by half in an instant.

At this time, branches began to grow at the top of the heart of the tree, intertwined with each other, and grew to a height of about ten centimeters.

"Knock knock!"

As the branches at the top of the tree continue to grow, the level of the nutrient solution in the sink continues to drop, and after a while, only a shallow layer of the nutrient solution remains, and with the vigorous absorption of the roots of the tin wood, it makes a "squeak" sound of drying up.

The tin wood branches began to wobble, as if urging a replenishment of nutrients.

Richard didn't cooperate, glanced at Ximu, and said loudly: "Okay, that's all." Whether or not we want to continue to supply it to you after that depends on the results of our next exchanges. ”

"Squeak, squeak!"

Hearing Richard's words, the tin wood reacted, and the branches that had grown to a height of seventeen or eighteen centimeters were woven into each other, forming a miniature human face, and his eyes turned to look at Richard.

One person and one tree look at each other.

You look at me, I look at you, not saying a word to each other, there is silence all around, and the air gradually freezes.

In the end, it was Richard who spoke up first, broke the deadlock, chuckled and said to Ximu: "Aren't you going to say something?"

"What do you say, what is there to say?!" Ximu was obviously emotional, as if he had recognized that he would not end well, and was very uncooperative.

Richard looked at Ximu, raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't you want to justify yourself and explain the reason why you want to escape from here? If I'm not mistaken, you were brought here by me, and the contract should have been reached in March, but now it's September, almost half a year has passed—the term of our contract is only one year in total, and half of it has passed, and you can leave safely if you endure it, so why take the risk halfway? This is illogical." ”

"Hmph. Ximu said in a nasal voice, "It has nothing to do with logic, it's my pride that makes me do it." ”

"I am a higher being, an immortal species, and it is already a great shame to be defeated and captured by you, how can I really be willing to serve you? Just like one day, you are bitten by a dog, are you willing to let a dog be enslaved?"

Ximu loudened his voice.

"When I reached a contract with you, I didn't really want to fulfill it at all, just as a means to paralyze you and gain your trust, in exchange for my chance to regain my strength. Once I've regained my strength and found the right moment, even if it's only a day before my contract expires, I'll be forced to flee your place.

Got it, boy, it has nothing to do with any logic, it's all because of my identity, my heart, my pride, I can't stand to stay with you for a second longer. I am the Great Wise Tree Wiser, the Source of the Forest, the Guardian of Immortality, and I am Yggdrashir Alhaydon Sim, I ...... I will not be a slave!"

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