The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 235 How could you tickle me?!

"I want to see those pine trees."

Yun Ran's tone wasn't good, and the chubby boy's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Who told him to have witnessed Yun Ran's methods before, and to remember how someone had schemed against his eldest sister before...

Although he didn't understand what Yunran wanted to do, he knew that Yunran was not someone who spoke without purpose, so he told the driver to drive towards the hollowed-out platform.

He moved closer to Yunran and asked in a low voice, "Is something wrong?"

"Did you transplant those trees from somewhere else?"

The chubby boy might not know about other things, but he knew this very well: this resort had been built for almost ten years.

He was just a few years old at the time, and seeing such a big tree for the first time shocked his young heart.

“When I was a child, my dad told me that this plant was transplanted from another place at great expense and has been planted for many years.”

The car quickly stopped beside the openwork glass walkway. Yun Ran got out of the car, and the chubby boy wanted to follow her to take a look, but was stopped by the bodyguard.

The person who came out of the Royal Ding Club knew Yun Ran's abilities. He clearly saw that there was a problem here, and he certainly couldn't let anyone disturb Yun Ran.

"Miss Yun is very sensible. It would be best if Young Master Zhu didn't go over there."

The chubby boy quickly regained his balance, then sat back in the car, watching Yun Ran head towards the pine tree.

As soon as Yunran approached, the branches of those pine trees began to sway incessantly. To the uninformed, it was simply due to the wind.

But when Yunran saw this scene, she was speechless.

Who would have thought that these trees would develop sentience and are now incredibly noisy?

Ugh, another idiot is coming along. So annoying!

More idiots will arrive soon. I heard from other tree enthusiasts that these morons especially love taking pictures with us.

[Taking photos is nothing, I'm just afraid these idiots will carve their names on us. Who wants to wear those ugly, non-mainstream things!]

Have you guys been feeling a bit unwell lately? I feel like I'm getting easily irritated, and I even yelled at the kingfisher yesterday!

……

These trees, they're just as gossipy as those old ladies at the village entrance.

Yunran stepped forward, intending to see how these trees, which had already developed sentience, had been turned into entities that attracted evil.

[Look, that idiot is coming over. Is she going to piss on us like the others did? Ugh, so filthy, so disgusting!!!]

[Probably not, she's female, and females don't usually urinate indiscriminately.]

Why is she staring at us like that? Could she be overhearing us talking badly about her?

Yunran's hand had already touched the trunk of one of the trees.

He smiled and nodded: "That's right, I can hear you talking. Also, humans aren't distinguished by male and female, but by gender."

The trees that had been trembling wildly just moments before suddenly stopped, as if a power switch had been flipped.

Even a gentle breeze can't make their branches budge.

"Weren't we having a great chat just now? Why are you all so quiet now? You don't think it's still useful to pretend to be a wooden doll, do you?"

As she spoke, Yunran's hand, seemingly gentle but actually using a skillful force, patted the tree trunk.

The pine tree, which had been pretending to be a wooden figure, suddenly started trembling wildly again: "Ouch, my goodness! How dare you tickle me like that?!"

"Not pretending anymore?" The other trees weren't stupid either. Seeing that Yun Ran had easily exposed them with just a little trick, there was no point in pretending anymore.

However, these are ancient trees that have lived for hundreds of years. They have seen everything and are not afraid of a little girl.

The lead pine tree cleared its throat: "Let's see what kind of skills you have. Where did you come from, and where are you going?"

Yunran burst out laughing, probably not expecting that a tree could put on airs.

However, she didn't come to chat with the trees; she told them what she had discovered earlier.

He added a few more words: "You have gained sentience, but if you become tainted by evil things, you will be struck by heavenly lightning before you even become a spirit."

This is a place of auspicious geomancy, the perfect place to nurture these pine trees.

Otherwise, these are all centuries-old trees, and it wouldn't be easy for them to survive if transplanted here.

But now, someone has tampered with this place. Once its fortune is completely destroyed and it is tainted with death energy, these trees that have become spirits can only wait to die.

【Huh? What did you say?!】

[There's death energy lurking here?! How is that possible! I had no idea!]

[Don't try to scare us, little girl. We're trees that have lived for hundreds of years; we won't be fooled by a little girl like you!]

……

Hearing the tree spirits' rebuttals, Yun Ran remained unperturbed, only asking one question: "Haven't you noticed that the malevolent aura emanating from you has increased significantly?"

If plants and trees were to develop sentience, they should theoretically be the gentlest.

But now, these trees seem to have eight mouths, all vying for dominance.

As soon as Yunran finished speaking, the noisy arguing among the tree spirits suddenly stopped.

If Yunran hadn't pointed it out, they really wouldn't have realized that they seemed to be getting increasingly irritable.

In the past, many birds liked to play on their tree trunks, but now those birds hardly come anymore.

It was the leading tree again that spoke up: "How could this be? What evidence do you have?"

Yunran looked around and saw birdsong coming from the other trees, then withdrew her hand.

"I touched your trunk just now not to say hello, but to check how severely you've been affected by the death energy."

It has now been confirmed that 80% of your bodies have been tainted by death energy. The birds that approached you before have probably all been killed by this death energy.

If I'm not mistaken, there probably aren't any birds willing to come near you now.

Even if they lack sentience, they will still immediately avoid dangerous places.

Yunran's reasoned and well-founded words left these trees, which had developed sentience, speechless.

After a moment of silence, the tree spirit finally spoke: "What do you want in return for your help?"

No wonder it's a tree that's lived for hundreds of years; it really does have a brain, unlike those silly rabbits and birds.

"I can remove the death aura from you, but I want a section of your original body."

These tree spirits, which have developed sentience, only know the location of their true forms. If others were to forcibly seize them, they might perish together with the tree spirits.

Okay, I'll give you a section of my true form. If you're lying to me...

Yun Ran had already raised her hand and cast a spell into the tree trunk.