"How did you find the Willow God?" Jiang Kai asked.
Last time after they came out of the Bewitching Fog Zone, the big willow tree had changed its position.
"These days I've been training in the unknown region. While wandering around, I discovered traces of the Willow God." Dongli said. "I originally wanted to enter the Willow God's territory, but I happened to run into some wild beasts, got hurt, and stopped here to recover."
"Why do you call the big willow tree the Willow God?" On the road, Jiang Kai asked curiously. "Is it really a god?"
Dongli smiled a little and looked toward Jiang Kai's chest. "You're a War God now too, right? Does that make you a god?"
Jiang Kai nodded. Looks like he was overthinking it.
Even though he once found the ruins of the Hidden Goddess and the ruins of the God of War, those were only ruins. None of them were real gods.
"How are Hu Yan and the others?" Jiang Kai asked casually.
"If I stayed by Old Hu's side, he would start relying on me, so the day you told me to leave, I stayed away from them." Dongli said. "I believe they'll make it through."
"Old Hu and Ruan Yu both have firm beliefs."
Jiang Kai didn't doubt that at all.
The two of them moved fast, and the Willow God's territory was close. Two or three hours later, they found a fog zone.
"The toxicity here is strong." Jiang Kai reminded.
Just then, that old, low voice echoed by their ears.
"Jiang Kai, you really came again. But I didn't expect you to come too, Sky Fox."
Jiang Kai looked at Dongli in surprise. She was the Sky Fox?
"Willow God, I have something I'd like to ask you." Dongli said respectfully toward the depths of the poisonous fog.
"I know. You two come one by one. Dongli, you come in first."
Dongli glanced at Jiang Kai. "I'm going in."
"Yeah. Be careful."
Dongli's figure was quickly swallowed by the poisonous fog. Jiang Kai couldn't see her anymore.
After waiting outside the fog zone for over half an hour, the Willow God's voice sounded again.
"Jiang Kai, come in."
Jiang Kai walked into the depths of the fog zone. In a hazy purple mist, he once again saw that huge willow tree.
"Where's Dongli?" Jiang Kai looked around but didn't see any trace of her.
"She left."
"Left? You're not tricking me, are you?" Jiang Kai asked, half doubting.
"Hahaha, do you think I need to trick you? Or put it another way, are you even worth tricking?"
Jiang Kai snorted coldly in disdain. "Who knows with you. Last time, you didn't say you were going to let my other clone go."
"Doesn't that make it even clearer I don't need to lie to you?" the Willow God said. "Otherwise, I only needed to tell you I already destroyed that clone, and that would have fooled you easily."
Jiang Kai frowned a little. What the Willow God said wasn't wrong.
"You came to me because you want to raise your clone's strength?"
Since last time, Jiang Kai's strength had risen a lot. He advanced from fourth tier to a super fifth-tier level, and he also got the Earth God Token. He really did need to raise his clone's strength.
"You said to help me improve my clone's strength, I needed to complete a mission. What mission?" Jiang Kai asked.
"First confirm whether you need to raise your clone's strength."
"I also want to ask you about one more thing."
"Seeing me once only lets you ask one thing." The Willow God cut him off without giving any room for doubt.
Jiang Kai thought about it. Between the two things, the Fire Calamity Pearl issue was more urgent, so he said, "Then I'll ask about that."
"You know your class path, right?"
"Heaven's Wrath path, the third road outside of Transcendence and Weirdness!" the Willow God said without any hesitation.
Jiang Kai couldn't stop the shock in his heart. As expected of the big willow tree, it really knew more than everyone else.
He held back the urge to ask more about the Heaven's Wrath path. This guy only answered one thing per visit.
"When Huaxia hunted the Guardian Lord this time, I got a system prompt. Since I'm a Heaven's Wrath class, the Guardian Lord obtained its fifth stage ability." Jiang Kai briefly explained. "After that, Huaxia successfully killed the Guardian Lord. Among its dropped items was a Fire Calamity Pearl."
"This Fire Calamity Pearl shows that it's already bound to me. What's going on?"
After a moment, the Willow God's aged voice sounded. "My condition is one petal from the Flower of Life."
"Flower of Life?"
"Yes. The Flower of Life only grows inside the ruins of the God of Life. Each Flower of Life only blooms for two days. I can give you the exact location. You must bring the Flower of Life to me within two days."
"Another set of ruins?"
"Yes. You want the Flower of Life, then I have to tell you where the God of Life's ruins are. Think of it as a little extra benefit from me."
Jiang Kai narrowed his eyes a bit. "You're being that generous? Sounds like the Flower of Life won't be easy to pick."
"Hahahaha, you're a smart one. I noticed that when I copied you. Of course, you can choose to refuse, and then I won't give you any guidance either."
Jiang Kai snorted. "And how do I know your guidance is useful?"
"It's useful. If you don't trust me, just agree to do my mission and I can give you the guidance right now."
"You're not afraid I won't do it?"
"Not afraid. Because I'm sure you'll come to me again in the future."
Jiang Kai frowned and said impatiently, "Fine, tell me. But let me say this first. If the guidance you give is worthless, I'm not recognizing it."
The Willow God ignored Jiang Kai's threat and said, "To the heavens, giving birth to a Heaven's Wrath wielder means implicating an entire country. That's why the Guardian Lord grew stronger."
"The first Fire Calamity was only a warning. Sooner or later, your Huaxia will face a choice. Hand you over to calm the heavens' anger, or keep you and continue facing even stronger Guardian Lords."
"As for the Fire Calamity Pearl, I can tell you this: it's not bound to you, it's bound to the Heaven's Wrath wielder."
Jiang Kai was completely shocked.
"So there's no way to fix the Guardian Lord strengthening issue?"
"There is. You can switch to a Weird class. Or you can die. Otherwise, since you're a Heaven's Wrath wielder, how could you avoid Heaven's Wrath?"
"This…" Jiang Kai didn't know what to say. "But what does this have to do with Huaxia? They shouldn't suffer Heaven's Wrath with me."
"You have so many countries on Earth, but only Huaxia gave birth to a Heaven's Wrath wielder. Does that have nothing to do with your history and ideas?" the Willow God asked back. "I also know a bit about the people and affairs of other countries. Huaxia has gods and respects gods, but interestingly, you're also the only country with many legends of mortals resisting the gods."
"Think about the people around you. How many refuse to bow to reality? How many endure hardship after hardship because of their beliefs?"
"It's precisely a country like this that would give birth to someone like you, a Heaven's Wrath wielder. Tell me, is there really no connection?"
Jiang Kai's brows tightened. He had never thought this deeply about it.
"Jiang Kai, the path of Heaven's Wrath is harder than reaching the sky. It doesn't just need you alone. It needs united willpower to gain even a sliver of hope."
"Think it through yourself. Whether to keep going or give up, the choice is yours."
Jiang Kai's face went pale, his head buzzing.
"Alright. The guidance I gave you. Are you satisfied?"
After a long time, Jiang Kai lifted his head and took a deep breath.
"I understand. Tell me the location of the God of Life's ruins."
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