Building a sect from scratch.

The Jade Emperor boasted proudly, "Hey, what a coincidence! It was Er Gou and I who first met it, namely Zhu Xian, Jin Li, and Chief Mimi. Chief Mimi and the others were willing to settle in our Chang'an community thanks to my... and Brother Gou's kind invitation!"

Upon hearing the name "Officer Mimi," the turtle-like Qi Pure immediately shifted its focus: "Officer Mimi... Ugh! He's arrested me so many times! How awful! But didn't I hear on the forum that Officer Mimi is collecting names? It's been so long, and there's still no name?"

The kingfisher scoffed, "Who told you to sneak onto the roof like that! I really don't know what's so great about the roof!"

“Yes, I know, I know!” said Guantangbao. “It’s called Amber! I followed that poster! He said that in the end, Sheriff Mimi thought Amber was a good word to describe the color of his fur, so he went with Amber!”

The turtle-like Qi Pure muttered to himself, "Wow, the Shadow Goddess's Chosen one..."

"Then why do you still call it Mimi?"

"It's become a familiar way of saying it!"

Amidst the laughter and chatter, the Jade Emperor had already taken off running into the sugarcane garden.

"Bamboo Fairy—"

As soon as the Jade Emperor stepped into the sugarcane garden, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Bamboo Immortal—Senior Bamboo Immortal!"

A thick leaf suddenly slammed down on his head, with just enough force to make the Jade Emperor stumble.

It turned out that the Bamboo Fairy was standing right at the entrance of the Spirit Sugarcane Garden, and the Jade Emperor was in a hurry to go in, so he just happened not to see her.

"Senior Bamboo Fairy!"

The Jade Emperor turned around and immediately saw the exceptionally thick and tall sugarcane. He quickly smiled ingratiatingly and explained his purpose: "Since you were cultivated from sugarcane, can you communicate with other immortal cultivators such as trees and plants?"

Zhu Xian shook the lush sugarcane leaves above her head and said, "That's fine... What's wrong?"

"We discovered something in a small, hidden world: a cultivator has possessed a tree... well, I guess it's a tree, anyway, it's a plant. But we can't communicate with him. He seems to be mentally unstable, a bit crazy. We'd like to ask you for help to see if we can communicate with him..."

The Jade Emperor first gave a brief overview, then proceeded to recount the entire story in detail: "Actually, it's like this: a few of our players discovered a small world called 'Yinglong's Ruins,' and found that it was the site of a very ancient sect performing a ritual to resurrect Yinglong..."

After talking for quite a while, Zhu Xian finally spoke up: "Then that tree you mentioned that was possessed by a human cultivator... I'm afraid there's something wrong with it, because flower and tree spirits can't be possessed."

The Jade Emperor was dumbfounded: "Huh!?"

"Flower and tree spirits don't have souls, so how could they be possessed?" Zhu Xian explained, "Only cultivators with vastly different cultivation levels, such as Nascent Soul cultivators who can separate their primordial spirits from their bodies, can possess some flower and tree spirits that have just gained sentience. However, even if they are possessed, it will not affect the spirit's own consciousness. Of course, if the difference is too great, they may be forced into a deep sleep."

The Jade Emperor stammered, "Uh... well, after it's possessed, is it considered a human cultivator or a spirit?" "Of course it's a human cultivator! And there won't be any communication problems. If it understands the Central Continent language, it can understand you, and even respond. But as you said, if it attacks you indiscriminately... then I don't understand. Are you sure that tree spirit is possessed by a human cultivator?"

"This……"

The Jade Emperor scratched his head awkwardly.

He wasn't even there at the time, so how could he guarantee anything? Besides, the claim that the tree demon was possessed by a human cultivator is just speculation by the players themselves, and there's no concrete evidence.

Nietzsche and his companions might have thought this was just a game, and that by connecting the various clues, the deduced answer would be the real one, without any dramatic twists. But the Jade Emperor knew this was a real world—game plots follow logic, but reality doesn't! Therefore, even though the wooden slip recorded that the cultivator "successfully" "possessed" a tree, who knew if the tree he "possessed" was the one that attacked the players? There were countless trees in a small grotto-world! What if it wasn't?
Upon seeing the Jade Emperor's demeanor, Zhu Xian knew he was unreliable, so she could only sigh in a humane way and say, "Fine, since that's the case, I'll go with you to take a look."

The Jade Emperor was overjoyed: "Wow! Thank you, Senior Bamboo Immortal! Senior Bamboo Immortal is truly generous and selfless!"

When the Spirit Sugarcane Garden was first built, many players came to bother the Bamboo Fairy. After all, it was the first plant to become a spirit in the game. At that time, the Spirit Sugarcane Garden almost became a tourist attraction. Who wouldn't want to see the legendary talking sugarcane up close?

However, with various notifications indicating a decrease in favorability with the Bamboo Fairy, many players became more reserved. Although some players made various excuses to come and wander around, most of them just watched from afar and dared not approach or make a move.

Even so, Bamboo Fairy didn't treat most players well. She often used her branches to knock away those who went too far, and in the worst cases, they were even killed by the fall and sent to the dark room to wait for their resurrection cooldown!

This certainly had a remarkable effect on giving Zhu Xian peace and quiet, but it also made players less likely to be too presumptuous in his presence. In other words, players wouldn't be as eager to communicate as they were with Baili Shuang, Elder Lu Ying, and others.

Of course, this excludes the few players who initially had contact with the Bamboo Fairy, such as the Jade Emperor, Chai Gou Cai Cai, Lu Ren Ya, and Jia Xiao Ren.

Especially the Jade Emperor, whose skin is thicker than a city wall, plus his sweet talk and likable personality, he has always been the second most... well, the second most influential person to talk to in front of Bamboo Fairy and Golden Chestnut! The first is Shiba Inu Cai Cai, there's no comparison, who can blame him for playing the "Beast Taming" style, and being such a lucky guy!

Bamboo Fairy is a sugarcane. Although its physical body cannot move, it has cultivated for a thousand years and can still separate its consciousness from its body and take on a physical form.

And so, in the blink of an eye, a middle-aged man with a plain appearance appeared beside the Jade Emperor. He had a long beard and was somewhat thin.

This was the first time the Jade Emperor had seen the Bamboo Immortal in human form, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Senior Bamboo Immortal, you really are a senior! You even have a beard!"

Bamboo Fairy smiled, stroked her long beard, and a flash of green light appeared, turning her beard into many sugarcane leaves!
"what!"

The Jade Emperor was startled—a bunch of green leaves growing on the chin of a middle-aged man would startle anyone!
But then, he reached out and stroked it, and the green sugarcane leaf turned back to its original color. This magical "performance" left the Jade Emperor dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)