When Ah Nian woke up again, she found that she was tied to a tree, which she still recognized, a tree in the middle of her yard, neither thick nor lush, it was an acacia, and every year it would bloom pink and fluffy flowers, she remembered that her grandmother said that she had grown it in the year she was born, so she was very impressed, and she would pay attention to it from time to time. She was still in the yard where she lived, which made her feel a little more at ease, because she rarely went out, so she would not feel at ease outside, and then she saw a lot of firewood piled up around her, and it was also piled up in various places in the courtyard.

"What are you going to do?" Ah Nian asked in alarm, but no one paid any attention to her.

Although no one responded to her question, when she asked, many eyes were on her, and those eyes were not only disgusted but resentful of her.

What did she do to deserve to be treated to her? They had avoided her and hated her, and she had no idea what deserved to be hated by them, and now they hated her, and what had she done to make them hate her so much? She didn't understand!

"It's noon, light the fire!" said one of the men.

Ah Nian saw several of them carrying torches to various places where the firewood was piled up, and the first to speak threw the torch towards the firewood at her feet, and in an instant, the fire dragon sprang up and surrounded her and the tree.

They were going to burn her, they were going to burn down the whole house, why? Why, exactly, she had never done anything evil, she had never been close to them, but she had lived in this town together for sixteen years, and she had occasionally helped them ward off evil spirits, and now she ...... Why did they kill her so ruthlessly?

couldn't tell whether it was the smoke or the unwillingness and resentment in his heart, Ah Nian unconsciously shed tears.

"Ahh

The sudden woman-like scream pulled back Ah Nian's thoughts, and the fireworks were blind, but she realized through the distorted scene in the firelight that the people had already withdrawn after setting the fire, and the house was already in a sea of fire, and she couldn't imagine who would be screaming.

"Ahh

"Who is it?" Ah Nian noticed that the voice was coming from behind her, but she turned her head and couldn't see anything. After asking, she felt that it didn't matter who it was, she said anxiously, "You run quickly!" The fire was already so big, she didn't hope that anyone could save her, she only hoped that the irrelevant ones would not be implicated by her.

"I'm trying!"

Hearing the response, Ah Nian felt relieved, and didn't want to say anything more, she was already in a dead state of mind, but she suddenly felt that something was moving behind her, and then she felt that she was being held high, she looked down and found that her feet were really off the ground, and then, before she could react, the person seemed to be pushed and suddenly rushed forward.

"Ahh

"Youkai! Youkai!"

It wasn't until the loud shouts reached her ears that Ah Nian tried to open her eyes, and this time she saw the people who set the fire looking at her in horror, and she was surprised to find that she had come out of the courtyard!

"What's going on?" she didn't know what was going on.

"It's still burning!ahhhh

The voice he had heard before sounded again, still behind her, and Ah Nian asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm Hehuan!"

"Acacia?" Ah Nian looked down and saw something like the roots of the tree, "Are you the acacia tree?"

"yes!"

Ah Nian was almost stunned, she knew it wasn't a human when she first heard its voice, but she never thought it would be an acacia tree tied to herself. She imagined herself running out of the tree for a moment, and she felt a little scary.

A branch stretched out in front of Ah Nian, beckoning Ah Nian back like a human hand, and then Ai Ai said, "What are we going to do next?

Ah Nian suddenly remembered something very important, the umbrella was still in the room. She asked urgently, "Can you untie me?"

"Yes!"

"Then please help me untie it immediately!"

"Good!"

Ah Nian couldn't see what it was doing, but she felt the branches fluttering back and forth behind her.

"Can you hurry up?" Ah Nian thought that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and she vaguely remembered that there was also a firewood piled up outside her room, which should have been burned a long time ago. It doesn't matter if the house burns, that umbrella must not be burned!

"Alright!" came a cheer from behind him.

As soon as the restraints on Ah Nian's body were loosened, she immediately broke free of the rope and fell to the ground, and then turned her head and ran towards the house, not even wasting her spare time to look at the acacia tree at the moment.

"Eh, what are you doing? You're going to burn!"

Hehuan's shouts came from behind, and Ah Nian didn't care that the fire had spread to the gate, so he covered his mouth and nose and rushed straight to the inner courtyard.

She couldn't see anything clearly in the sea of fire, Ah Nian didn't care about being burned by the fire to her clothes and skin, she found her room with her memory, and rushed into the door without thinking about it, and then touched the side of the bed, pulled open the quilt that had caught fire and touched the red umbrella, making sure that the red umbrella seemed to be fine, she was overjoyed for a short moment, and then pulled a piece of cloth that I didn't know if it was clothes or something else to wrap the red umbrella, and then wanted to escape. And just as she was about to rush out of the room in one breath, something fell down, she was hit in the back, and she couldn't get up at all when she was pressed for a while.

She was a little unwilling, and some felt that it was better to die like this, and she would never be innocent and hated again. With the last of her strength, she pressed the umbrella under herself.

"Grandma! I'm sorry!" she said she would take care of herself, but ...... If she becomes a ghost, she will be like her grandmother, so that's fine!

At this time, outside the courtyard, a tree with many charred branches stood with its roots separated into two strands, and shouted at the crowd with its back to the gate, "You are not allowed to come! If you dare to come, I will eat you all!"

A group of people, each holding a stick or even a farm implement, and their hands were tightly tugging at what they were holding, as if they were ready to rush up and slash at any moment, but they did not move their positions, and all their eyes were focused on the unusual tree, fear and anger.

"Why haven't you come out yet?" muttered the tree.

At this moment, someone threw a stick and hit the acacia tree.

"Ahh

"Hit it, kill the youkai, kill the dryad......"

Perhaps it was the stick that gave the crowd the courage to fight, shouting and throwing at the tree...... Sticks, hoes, and stones were smashed one after another, and the trees that were constantly hit screamed in pain—

Seeing that the tree only screamed in pain but had no backhand power, a group of people became more imposing, throwing things at the tree without stopping, and they approached the tree step by step. With each step, there was more evident joy on their faces, and their eyes brighter—and just as they felt that they had seen the dawn of victory and trembled with excitement, suddenly a golden light fell, turning into a shroud over the tree that was bouncing in pain, and at the same time everything that was thrown at the tree was bounced away, no longer touching a single leaf of the tree.

The crowd that soon noticed this change stopped and stepped forward, and even more quickly retreated to the farthest point opposite the mansion, looking around nervously.

"There, there are people in the sky!"

After someone shouted, everyone looked towards the sky, and just above the house, there was a white figure in white clothes and white hair.