In the sea of spiritual consciousness, the ancient tree roared in dissatisfaction. This time, Chu Mo didn't indulge its temper, directly retaliating with a spirit storm. The ancient tree instantly trembled and its leaves fell to the ground. It dared not act wildly towards Chu Mo anymore.

"Let's go," Chu Mo said to the woman.

Upon reaching the edge of the village, the woman looked at the fallen leaves with a hint of surprise and sadness, then quickly departed.

Soon, the two of them left Xiaohe Village, traversing at least several dozen li. Seeing that the woman wasn't out of breath and her complexion unchanged, Chu Mo asked with a smile, "Aren't you tired, sister?"

The woman shook her head: "This distance isn't tiring."

"By the way, I still don't know your name, sister," Chu Mo looked at the woman. "My surname is Chu, my name is Mo."

"I'm called Ye Qing," the woman said softly. "Ye as in leaf, Qing as in the color blue."

"Alright, from now on I'll call you Sister Qing. Come to think of it, I have a sister called Qing too, but hers means clarity," said Chu Mo.

"Oh," Ye Qing seemed not keen on talking; she would only respond when Chu Mo asked a question, and if he didn't ask, she stayed silent. Even though Chu Mo's words gave her more hope for life, she still couldn't completely emerge from the shadows of her past.

Afterwards, they walked for a long time, reaching a small mountain. There was a flat area on the mountaintop, and Chu Mo glanced at it and said, "We will reside here temporarily, there are some things I need to communicate with you."

Ye Qing looked at her surroundings, her gaze filled with a trace of curiosity, but she didn't ask any questions. She hadn't freed herself from her earlier emotions yet.

In fact, she was truly cornered with nowhere to turn. Otherwise, she would never have left her homeland with a complete stranger she didn't know or was familiar with. Few people could truly understand the desolation in her heart.

So, even now filled with doubts—for instance, why they stopped and where they would stay—while these questions lingered in her mind, she desired not to ask any.

Chu Mo said, "Don't worry, we're staying here awaiting certain events. I know you must be kind-hearted; despite how the people in Xiaohe Village treated you, you wouldn't want anything bad to happen to them, right?"

Ye Qing looked at Chu Mo and said softly, "I've left already; what trouble could they possibly encounter?"

Chu Mo shook his head smilingly: "Up to now, you still don't believe what I've said, I know. You followed me to leave Xiaohe Village mainly because you couldn't stand being there any longer. But that's okay, some things will soon be verified."

As he spoke, Chu Mo directly took a house out of the Heavenly Mirror.

Yes, a very exquisite wooden house. It was big with three bedrooms, a large living room, and a kitchen filled with all sorts of living amenities.

This wooden house was specially made after he got together with Qi Xiaoyu. It still harbored the lingering presence of the mistress, Qi Xiaoyu, left behind. Chu Mo grew nostalgic upon seeing these items, and his face softened as he thought of Qi Xiaoyu.

Ye Qing, on the other hand, was astounded; she had never seen such miraculous things before. Although there were legends about outsiders, those legends were fragmented, unable to piece together a complete world beyond.

In Ye Qing's eyes, only the gods from the legends could perform feats like conjuring an exquisite house out of thin air.

She stared at Chu Mo and asked in a dazed voice, "Are you a god?"

Chu Mo smiled and shook his head: "I am not a god, these techniques, you will have them one day too. Come in and take a look. There are quite a few things we need to discuss."

Ye Qing, still shaken and confused, followed Chu Mo into the large and exquisite wooden house, and Chu Mo pointed to his own bedroom, saying, "This is my room. The other two rooms, no one has lived in them, you can choose whichever you like."

Ye Qing stared blankly at the furnishings in the room; there were too many things she had never seen before. She had not even heard of them, let alone know their use and how to use them.

"Has a woman lived here before?" Ye Qing's gaze fell on some items and she asked subconsciously. However, she immediately felt it was impolite and wanted to apologize.

Chu Mo laughed: "Yes, it's my wife's, but she's not here now."

"I can tell from your eyes just now, you love her and miss her very much," Ye Qing said in a soft voice.

"Indeed," Chu Mo nodded. "She's the woman I love the most."

"Then... why are you not together?" Ye Qing asked boldly.

"There are many reasons, but in the future, we will definitely always be together," Chu Mo said earnestly.

"To be guarding each other's company with the one you love is the happiest thing," Ye Qing whispered, a deep sadness flashing through her eyes. But she soon cheered up because today, she truly saw a deity!

Though he did not admit he was a deity, being able to conjure up a house out of thin air, in Ye Qing's view, could only be done by a deity.

Therefore, what he said must be true! He said no one in the outside world would laugh at me, that must be true too!

"My lord, did you see? You said kind people will always have good luck. Has my good fortune arrived now?" Ye Qing thought to herself. Then she looked at Chu Mo with some shyness but very seriously said, "Sir, I mostly do not know how to use these things. Can you teach me?"

Seeing Ye Qing's eyes no longer despairing, Chu Mo finally smiled: "Yes, of course, I can!"

Afterward, Chu Mo brought such a delicate woman to live in this place. But for Chu Mo, he had no other superfluous thoughts. If he was that kind of person, he would have plenty of close female friends by his side. Over the years, including Yiyi, he has not touched any of them. So how could he develop feelings for a woman he just met? After all, Chu Mo didn't want to watch a woman, who would be considered a top Heavenly Genius outside, ruin herself here.

"What kind of world is this?" The two sat at the entrance of the wooden house, looking towards the direction of the small river village, Chu Mo asked softly.

Ye Qing thought for a while and said, "This is just an ordinary world. I have lived here since I was young. The people here also go through birth, aging, sickness, and death. But the biggest crisis comes from the wilderness. In the wild, there are many ferocious beasts. My husband was once seriously injured by a wild beast while hunting in the wilderness, nearly dying. It was really dangerous, especially frightening. Every year there are people who are killed by wild beasts."

Ye Qing sighed: "But in the end, he couldn't survive, it's all my fault..."

"How could this be your fault? It has nothing to do with you." Chu Mo looked at Ye Qing: "Besides, some things, once they've passed, should just be remembered. When it's time to let go, you should let go."

"Mhm, I have let go," Ye Qing said softly, and then mentioned, "Here, every few years, one or two outsiders like you appear. They are hostile to outsiders, and there is a reason for that."

With Ye Qing's narration, Chu Mo finally began to understand what kind of world this was.

This place must undoubtedly be the Trial Field, but it should be on the edge of the Trial Field, or rather, a special world just next to the Trial Field!

What's special about this world is that there are no cultivators here, but every person has a long life expectancy and a natural state of being! Of course, they themselves don't know this and no outsider has ever told them.

Therefore, Ye Qing thinks that people should live this long. For example, the old village chief of the small river village, who has lived for over twenty thousand years. Under normal circumstances, he should be able to live a few thousand more years. What would be utterly incredible in the real mortal world is quite common here.

The outsiders who occasionally appear here are all very vicious and irritable, usually launching attacks when encountering the people from these villages.

"Aunt Lu's son died that way. And many other people's relatives, they all died like that, so those people hold particular hatred against outsiders," Ye Qing said. "But in the end, most of those outsiders were wiped out by us."

As she spoke, she cautiously glanced at Chu Mo: "You are different from those outsiders."

Chu Mo nodded silently; he understood that the outsiders Ye Qing mentioned must be the ones who entered the Trial Field. Accidentally entering here, they became completely confused and found out that their realm, cultivation, and combat capabilities were all completely different in this place.

But the killing intent deep in their hearts still existed, so that's why they would attack the people here. Mostly, they did not meet a good end, because the people living here, although without cultivation, were by no means weak!

"With everyone's life expectancy being so long, the population of this place should be quite large. Why are there only a few hundred people in each village? Are there big cities here?" Chu Mo asked.

Ye Qing shook her head, a bit shyly: "Although life is long, women of a certain age will lose their ability to bear children. And the mortality rate of infants is also very high here. When children are just born, they are the most vulnerable. It is not easy to survive. There's also no big city here, the largest places are towns. The population in towns is larger and more prosperous than in villages."

"Do you know how long these ancient trees have existed?" Facing Ye Qing, Chu Mo asked the question again.

Ye Qing glanced at Chu Mo: "Why does the gentleman have such a deep prejudice against the tree deities? The tree deities truly are the protectors of these villages, the real guardian deities. Whenever a horde of beasts threatens to attack the village, it is the tree deities that step in to protect the villagers from harm."

"Is that so?" Chu Mo smiled faintly: "Do you know? Each wild beast has its own territory. On their own territory, whether it's prey they have caught or not, they will not share with other beasts. If other beasts invade its territory, guess what it will do?"

Ye Qing looked somewhat blankly at Chu Mo: "Of course it will drive them away... you mean?"

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