Chapter 226 An old friend entrusted me with this

Chapter 226 An old friend entrusted me with this

The divine general didn't stand on ceremony. Now that he had gotten to know them somewhat, he picked up some food and started eating. Little Black Tortoise and Little Fairy then introduced the food to them one by one.

After they had almost finished eating, Yu Xiaoluo said with a smile, "Little ones, you can all go and play. I have something to talk to Grandpa about."

Watching them run off to the other side, the god's gaze towards Yu Xiaoluo and Bao Shuoyu was somewhat complicated.

"You came here and played with us for so long, just to get Snowball, right?"

The divine general truly lived up to his name; he could see through their intentions at a glance.

Yu Xiaoluo didn't hide anything and nodded. She looked at Bao Shuoyu and asked, "Grandpa, can you see anything different about him?"

The deity scrutinized Bao Shuoyu intently for a long time. "He has a very strong spiritual aura; he is a spirit incarnate," he exclaimed.

"Take another look, is there anything else different about him?"

The deity looked at Bao Shuoyu with a puzzled expression, his brows furrowing deeply. "He is indeed somewhat different. He still possesses demonic energy, although this demonic energy is covered by spiritual energy, making it undetectable to ordinary people. Moreover, this demonic energy is very profound. No, it seems there's something else within it—"

Bao Shuoyu made a soft sound, "Hey you, come out and talk to Grandpa Divine General."

When Bao Shuoyu's true soul appeared, he still greeted them, "Greetings, Grandpa God, Master, and Little—Little—Master's Wife."

Yu Xiaoluo was stunned. When did Demon Lord Qingqiu become Bao Shuoyu's real master? And when did I become his master's wife? Now is not the time to dwell on this question.

The god was even more confused; he was now bewildered by the relationship between the three of them.

Yu Xiaoluo told the real Bao Shuoyu to go back first, since he had nothing to do there anyway, and the real Bao Shuoyu disappeared.

So Yu Xiaoluo recounted the whole story of Demon Lord Qingqiu and the real Bao Shuoyu from beginning to end.

“Grandpa Divine General, that’s why we came to Kunshan this time to find the thousand-year-old human-shaped Snow Fungus, to create a physical body for Qingqiu, and to return Bao Shuoyu’s body to him.”

The god had been listening silently all along. After hearing this, he pondered for a long time and sighed deeply. "Actually, I sympathize with you, but I can't make the decision. This thousand-year-old snow fungus was entrusted to me by an old friend. He said that if I were to pass away one day, I could protect it with my divine soul."

"Old friend?"

Yu Xiaoluo and Bao Shuoyu looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Yes."

The god slowly began to recount events from a thousand years ago.

Originally, he was a very brave general who had broken through five passes and defeated six generals. However, he was betrayed by a villain. When he appeared, his army of 10,000 men was surrounded and attacked by 100,000 enemy troops. Instantly, blood flowed like a river, and his soldiers who had fought alongside him fell one after another.

He was taken prisoner and captured. He longed to die because living would only bring him greater humiliation. However, he was locked in a cage and could not even die.

That day, the procession escorting him got into a fight with a passerby. The passerby beat them to a pulp, leaving them helpless. When the passerby saw that the god was imprisoned, he casually released him.

The god wanted to repay his kindness, so after pondering for a long time, he said, "I do have something that I really need someone's help with. I wonder if you would be willing?"

The god immediately clasped his hands in greeting, saying, "I have been saved by your benefactor; I would go through fire and water without hesitation."

"You don't need to repay me now. Just live well, and after you pass away, help me guard something, okay?"

He was stunned for a moment. What could possibly need to be protected only after death? Could it be that the person in front of him was someone extraordinary, not an ordinary person?

"Many years ago, I planted a snow mushroom atop Kunshan. This snow mushroom takes a thousand years to take human form. Once formed, it becomes a human-shaped snow mushroom, capable of transforming into the appearance of a child, innocent and adorable. However, it is also easily coveted by others. After this snow mushroom is formed, I will have an important use for it, and it cannot be harvested by others. Are you willing?"

The deity nodded in agreement, "I am willing to serve my benefactor, but how shall I find you after I pass away?"

The man placed a necklace in his hand. “You can wear this necklace. After your physical body dies, your soul will come out. It will find your soul and then take it with it. You can just follow it.”

Everyone's eyes were drawn to his neck, where the god pulled out a necklace with a luminous pendant engraved with patterns.

Bao Shuoyu felt the necklace looked familiar. "Excuse me, may I take a look at this necklace?"

The deity then took the necklace off and handed it to Bao Shuoyu. Bao Shuoyu looked at it; the pendant was smooth and shiny, heavy, and engraved with a taotie pattern, with the character "moon" faintly visible on it.

He felt the necklace was very familiar, but after so many years, he had lost some of his memories and probably couldn't find them again. With a sigh, he returned the necklace to the old man.

The god continued, "After that, I lived to be eighty years old and had many children and grandchildren. When I was about to die, I remembered that promise and felt a little uneasy. I didn't know if I could really protect Xuezhi for that benefactor after I died."

"After I died, I could no longer feel the existence of my physical body, and I didn't know if my benefactor was still alive. Fortunately, there was a voice and a wisp of smoke on the tag that guided me here. So, I have been guarding that snow mushroom here."

"I don't know how much time passed, but the snow mushroom finally matured and turned into a little baby. I was no longer so lonely. With the little baby by my side, I treated him like my grandson, and he treated me like his grandfather. We got along very well. We lived on this snow mountain like this, and the snow baby never came down from the snow mountain."

The god finally recounted everything related to Snowman, but the problem remained unresolved. Yu Xiaoluo felt a little disappointed. "Grandpa God, where is your benefactor? Can you take us to see him?"

The god shook his head. "I don't know, because I haven't seen him since he saved me. And the necklace was only brought to me. I've been guarding this place for nearly a thousand years, and I still haven't seen him."

Things seemed to have reached a stalemate, and they were at a loss for what to do.

The deity suddenly said, "By the way, my benefactor said that he would have a very important use for this snow fungus. If we can't wait for him, we can wait for someone who is destined to find it."

"A destined person?" Yu Xiaoluo exclaimed excitedly.