Chapter 2565
by“Silly child, quickly pull the honored guest up. What a mess.”
An old voice suddenly sounded in the front. Although it was vigorous, it was gentle and kind, making people involuntarily feel a sense of kindness when hearing it.
Xiaoxiao suddenly gave a violent start, as if it was extremely awed by the owner of this voice. It jumped and scurried back to Yang Kai’s side, reached out and pulled him up, looking at him stupidly.
After a bout of venting, it finally calmed down.
Yang Kai raised his eyes and looked forward, and what he saw made him stunned.
I saw that in various places in the jungle, one-person-high stone spirits slowly walked out. Roughly counted, there were actually seven or eight of them. Youdaoplaceholder0, they all gathered here after noticing the movement here, and those pairs of round eyes curiously looked at him.
And the stone spirit in the middle was particularly prominent. It was not because he was particularly strong and tall. Compared with other stone spirits, he was instead a little shorter. The shortness was not because of height, but just because his figure was a little hunched.
The first feeling this stone spirit gave people was old age！
The hunched waist, leaning on a stone crutch, the stone skin on the body also shows a cracked state which is the trace of the passage of endless years. On the angular chin, there is actually a cluster of small stone cones, like a beard. Only those eyes are extremely bright, shining with a wise light.
The stone spirit clan is born with a worrying intelligence, but Yang Kai doesn’t know why. When facing the eyes of this old stone spirit, he actually sees the reflection of a wise old man in those eyes.
Yang Kai is filled with awe and respect, knowing that this old stone spirit has probably lived for countless tens of thousands of years. At the same time, he also realizes who this old stone spirit is. He clenches his fists with both hands and bows down, saying, “Junior Yang Kai, greets the elder. Forgive me for the excuse.”
When Zhang Ruoxi hears this, she knows that this is a big shot and quickly bows to salute.
The elder smiles heartily, and the laughter is extremely hearty. He says, “No disturbance. My stone spirit clan has been waiting for you for a long time. Finally, we have waited for you today.”
“Waiting for me？” Yang Kai is Stunned , but soon seems to think of something. He turns his head and takes a look at Xiaoxiao standing beside him, smiles slightly, and reaches out to pat Xiaoxiao’s shoulder.
He thinks that it is because of Xiaoxiao that the stone spirit elder will say that he has been waiting for himself.
“The honored guest has come from afar and must be tired from the journey. Please follow this old man to rest. Our Stone Spirit Clan has not had a guest for many years.” After the elder finished speaking, regardless of whether Yang Kai agreed or not, he turned around and walked towards the depths of the forest.
Although he looked extremely old and was leaning on a cane, his stooped figure walked as fast as a flying bird, and his speed was no slower than that of other Stone Spirits at all.
As soon as he left, the remaining Stone Spirits also followed him closely. Just before leaving, the gaze they looked at Yang Kai with was a bit strange.
Xiao Xiao grabbed Yang Kai’s hand and made a few waaau sounds. She dragged and pulled him away.
Yang Kai had no choice but to greet Zhang Ruoxi to follow.
After walking for a short while, everyone came to a place surrounded by some towering ancient trees. Each of these towering ancient trees was as thick as ten people hugging. And there was a tree hole under the root of each tree. The tree hole seemed to have been managed into a natural tree house, and there were traces of living beings living inside.
Yang Kai looked at it curiously and suddenly understood in his heart. He knew that these tree houses should be the residences of the Stone Spirit Clan.
Thinking about it, these guys would transform into several zhang or even more than ten zhang tall at every turn. Ordinary houses really couldn’t withstand their tinker. This kind of natural tree house was the best habitat.
The Stone Spirit Clan didn’t know how many years they had survived here. Each of those tree houses had the traces of the passage of ancient and desolate years.
After arriving here, the Stone Spirit Elder directly walked into a tree house and disappeared in a flash.
Another Stone Spirit came up instead, and with one hand saluting at the chest, said, “The Elder has ordered that the honored guest should go and rest first, and come to talk again in the evening.”
Yang Kai took a look at him. He didn’t know if this Stone Spirit was the one captured by Xie Wuwei. These guys all looked the same. Ordinary people simply couldn’t tell them apart. Only if one lived with them for a long time might it be possible.
Learning from his appearance, with one hand saluting at the chest, Yang Kai said politely, “Thank you for your trouble！”
Although he didn’t know why they had to talk again in the evening, his was to look for Xiao Xiao. Now that he had seen Xiao Xiao and his wish had been fulfilled the rest didn’t matter much. Even whether Xiao Xiao wanted to leave with him or not wasn’t something Yang Kai needed to consider.
It would be best if Xiao Xiao was willing to leave here with him, but if he couldn’t abandon his group and chose to stay Yang Kai wouldn’t force him either.
Every living being has its own community. Xiao Xiao was able to find his own kind and was no longer alone. Yang Kai was truly happy for him.
“Treat the guest well.” That Stone Spirit instructed Xiao Xiao again. Xiao Xiao scratched his head and then nodded.
The stone spirit took a look at him, sighed slightly, and turned around to leave, seemingly helpless about Little who was still in his childhood. However, in the entire stone spirit clan, only Little was still in his childhood, and there was nothing he could do about being a bit naughty and wayward.
After the stone spirit left, Little dragged Yang Kai towards the bottom of a big tree.
There was also a tree house under that tree, obviously Little’s residence.
After Yang Kai and Zhang Ruoxi followed him in, Little looked around for a while, and then suddenly rushed out, and no one knew what he was running out for.
After a while, a roar came from a nearby tree house： “Little brat is being naughty again. Be careful I tell the elder to punish you！”
Rumble…
There was a shaking of the ground and mountains. Moments later, Little ran back with two stone benches on his shoulders, threw the stone benches on the ground, and looked at Yang Kai, pointing at the stone benches and making waaau noises.
Ruoxi couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh, understanding that these two stone benches were probably snatched by Little from other stone spirits.
Yang Kai also couldn’t help but smile, looked at Ruoxi, and with a flick of his long robe, he sat down.
Turning his head and looking around, Yang Kai found that the tree house was empty. The area was not small, even larger than an ordinary house, but there was no furniture inside, not even tables, chairs, or benches.
However, several stone carvings beside him attracted Yang Kai’s attention.
Those stone sculptures looked very rough. Obviously, the person who carved them was not skilled. However, it could still be roughly seen that these stone sculptures were of a person, a man.
From left to right, the images of the stone sculptures became better and better. The last stone sculpture already had clear facial features.
After looking for a while, Ruo Xi suddenly understood and said in surprise, “Sir, is this you？”
Although the stone sculpture didn’t look the slightest bit similar to Yang Kai, Zhang Ruo Xi still keenly perceived that this stone sculpture was carved based on whom as the prototype.
Xiaoxiao jumped up and down again, ran to the best stone sculpture, picked it up, and put it in front of Yang Kai like showing off a treasure. Then it pointed to itself and then to him.
Yang Kai stared blankly, his heart moved slightly, and did not stint in praising, “Well carved, very similar！”
Getting the praise, Xiaoxiao jumped three feet high, did a somersault in the air, and ran to the other stone sculptures, smashing them hard. I don’t know what kind of madness it was. It seemed that for it, as long as there was this stone sculpture that got Yang Kai’s praise, it was enough. The others were all clouds.
With a few “woo woo” sounds, Xiaoxiao waved its arms and gestured continuously.
Yang Kai raised his eyebrows and said, “Did you learn all this by yourself？”
Xiaoxiao nodded vigorously and gestured continuously for a while.
Yang Kai immediately snorted and said, “That’s because other people don’t know the goods. Ignore them！”
Zhang Ruoxi quietly watched from the side, a faint smile always on her face. Suddenly, she found this scene very warm. She couldn’t understand what Xiaoxiao was gesturing or saying, but somehow, Mister could clearly understand the meaning he wanted to express without any mistakes or omissions.
One person and one stone spirit, communicating in this special way in this cave, chatting about trivial matters, yet it was full of happiness and harmony.
In this primeval forest far away from the hustle and bustle, the disputes outside seemed like the passing clouds of yesterday, unable to invade this place at all.
Ruoxi could see that Yang Kai had a very good relationship with the little stone spirit in front of him. Ruoxi had never seen Yang Kai be so patient before. He treated this little stone spirit just like his own child, full of tolerance and kindness.
If only it could always be like this? As long as Mister was willing to stay, she would also be very happy to stay here, even if living a life is isolated from the world.
Laughter continuously came out from the tree house, and time passed quickly.
Soon, it was evening, and the sky gradually darkened.
A stone spirit walked in from the outside, saluting with one hand on its chest and saying, “Guest, the elder invites you to the banquet！”
Banquet？
Yang Kai was stunned. Although the elder had also said during the day to come and talk to him in the evening, Yang Kai didn’t expect them to prepare a banquet.
This couldn’t help but make him feel a little flattered. He quickly stood up and said, “The elder has a heart. I’ll come right away.”
The stone spirit nodded and turned to leave.
Xiaoxiao also stopped gesturing with Yang Kai and instead pulled his hand and dragged him outside.
“Xiaoxiao, are there any particularities on your side？” Yang Kai asked as he walked.
The stone spirit clan could be considered a wild and alien race. They had always lived in the deepest part of the Wild Ancient Land. Yang Kai had just arrived and was afraid of making any taboos that would make others unhappy. Naturally, he had to ask clearly and follow the customs of the place.
Unexpectedly, Xiaoxiao just kept shaking her head and didn’t say much to him. She looked mysterious, which made Yang Kai very helpless.
After leaving the tree hole, Yang Kai and Zhang Ruoxi looked up and couldn’t help but show brilliance in their eyes.
“So beautiful！” Ruoxi couldn’t help but exclaim. Indeed, the night in this wild land was so beautiful that it was a little intoxicating. Above the ancient trees around, little fireflies were flying. Between the trees, the light was flowing and colorful, and brilliant. Streams of spiritual light like ribbons were flying around, embellishing this place like a fairyland on earth.
Ruoxi’s two eyes were shining with stars, and she wished she could live here forever and never leave.
Little girls have always had no resistance to beautiful things.
Yang Kai had also spent many nights in the Wild Ancient Land, but there was never a place as beautiful as the dwelling place of the Stone Spirits, which made him couldn’t help but sigh with emotion at the uncanny workmanship of nature.
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