Begin As A Tree: Don’t Worry. I’ll Become A God

Chapter 4: Demon Beast Believer

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

He could not stop thinking about this. Once he entered the gaming state, all kinds of thoughts would fly around.

Gu Xiao did not hesitate at all in this aspect.

Over the years, other than the lucky draw for leveling up, he would also obtain some small rewards from signing in. However, he basically threw them away since he had no use for them.

At this moment, Gu Xiao was picking through the “trash” and finally found a cultivation technique suitable for demon beasts.

“There’s actually such a thing?”

Gu Xiao was very surprised. He wanted to recall when he had obtained it, but he realized that he had no impression of it.

“Forget it. The experiment is more important.”

Gu Xiao no longer cared about the origin of the cultivation technique. Coincidentally, a demon beast passed by.

That demon beast had long fangs and thick limbs. Its figure was a little like a deer and its body was covered in scales. It should be a hybrid of the Qilin Race and another demon beast.

Gu Xiao did not have time to think so much and directly poured it in.

And then… he succeeded.

Gu Xiao’s heart ached for the many years he had wasted, but at the same time, he was overjoyed by this new discovery.

There were many demon beasts in this world. Not only were they huge, but their strength was also no different from that of human big shots.

In this way, he seemed to be able to see himself leveling up while lying down. He would level up three times a day, ten times in three days, and become a god in five days.

The system was already used to him acting crazy from time to time.

After Gu Xiao was secretly happy for a while, he continued to work and look for a new target.

Because there was a limit to the number of times he could impart cultivation techniques, Gu Xiao planned to choose someone with better aptitude and strength.

However, in the next second, Gu Xiao encountered an obstacle on his path of lying down to become a god.

His impartation of the cultivation technique had failed, and his demon beast believer plan could no longer develop.

Gu Xiao quickly looked for the system to check for bugs. The system did not complain and quickly gave an answer.

[For demon beast believers, it’s almost always the host’s one-sided actions that are involuntary. In case of backlash, the level of the demon beast believer can’t be higher than the host.]

“Oh.”

Gu Xiao replied in a daze, “In other words, I can only find someone who is worse than me.”

The system didn’t say anything, but its silence was a kind of reply.

Gu Xiao was on the verge of tears. He thought that he would be able to get out of his misery very soon, but in the end, he still had to endure it slowly.

However, his previous efforts were not in vain. Through the act of expanding the believers’ race, Gu Xiao obtained another small breakthrough and obtained this Profound-grade cultivation technique.

If he had a new cultivation method, he would learn it. Gu Xiao didn’t care if it was useful or not now. His philosophy was never to throw useful things into the trash bin again.

As long as he knew what he was doing.

Just as Gu Xiao was packing his small warehouse, the demon beasts living in the willow forest suddenly rioted and ran towards the neighboring mountain range.

It was obvious that something big had happened. Unfortunately, his power had not developed to that extent. He could only send his only demon beast believer to take a look.

“Just see what is happening. Don’t get involved.”

Before setting off, Gu Xiao specially reminded it.

He didn’t have many believers on hand now, so he couldn’t use them as fodder.

The demon beast believers replied and left with the other demon beasts for a while before returning to report.

It said that a rare treasure had appeared in the neighboring mountain range, and all the nearby demon beasts with some strength were fighting over it. It was probably something beneficial to them.

Then, because of its strength, it did not dare to get too close. It only knew that the group of demon beasts had already started a chaotic battle. From time to time, new ones would join the battlefield.

Gu Xiao pondered for a moment.

A demon beast was a beast, and he was a tree. Something beneficial to the former should also be useful to him.

To be able to attract so many demon beasts, it could be seen that the benefits of this thing were not small.

It was a pity. If it was in his territory, he could still fight. However, it was still a distance away from him even though it was said to be the neighboring mountain range.

There were also so many big shots fighting…

Looking at his fragile branches, Gu Xiao felt that hiding was the way to go.

If not for his personality, he would not have stayed in this deep mountain forest for decades.

In short, there was only hope if he lived.

Gu Xiao kept hypnotizing himself, but when he thought of the good treasure that might be snatched away by someone, he felt his heart ache.

The chaotic battle lasted for a few months before the demon beasts gradually returned to their original positions.

Gu Xiao didn’t know if he would lose or win. He only knew that he had no fate with the treasure.

Just as he felt that the dust had settled, a middle-aged man in ragged clothes suddenly came to the willow forest two years later.

The man seemed to have escaped to this place. He was panting and his body was covered in wounds.

At this moment, he ran into the depths of the willow forest and slowed down as if he felt that it was safe.

He covered the bag on his back with one hand and cursed, “You didn’t expect me to still be alive, right? Tan, I’ll definitely make you pay the price.”

As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something. After spitting out a mouthful of blood, he punched the tree trunk.

It was at this moment that Gu Xiao was alarmed. When he saw a stranger, he subconsciously wanted to use an investigation technique to check on the other party’s situation.

In the end, his demon beast believer also discovered the man.

The two of them stared at each other for a second. The man cursed under his breath, grabbed his bag, and turned to run.

In the end, the demon beast believer kicked the man’s head without a word.

The latter was already an arrow at the end of its flight. At this moment, he was attacked by the demon beast believers and could only fall unwillingly.

All of this happened too quickly, and Gu Xiao had no room to stop it.

He had seen many corpses in the past few years, but this was the first time someone had lost their life in front of him.

Gu Xiao was stunned, but the demon beast believer quickly carried the man’s bag to his main body.

“Lord Divine Tree, there’s a familiar aura in this bag. I smelled it in the neighboring mountain range before.” Its expression was respectful, completely different from the ruthless look it had when it attacked just now.

Wasn’t the neighboring mountain range the treasure that caused the demon beasts to fight two years ago?

When Gu Xiao heard this, he felt that his breath was stuck in his throat, as if nothing he said was right. In the end, he only said, “You can leave first.”

The demon beast believer presented the bag to him and bowed respectfully before retreating.

Gu Xiao looked at the bag in a daze.

It would be a lie to say that he did not want this thing, but it was definitely not done in such a way, even if he did not do it himself.

The system only comforted him.

[You’ll get used to it.]

‘Yeah, I’ll get used to it.’

Didn’t he already witness the cruelty of this world in Liao Xing’s memories?

After a few days, Gu Xiao no longer bothered about who was right and who was wrong.

The dead were already gone, so it was useless for him to think too much.

However, he could not ignore the demon beast believer’s actions. Gu Xiao knew that he was being pretentious. After all, this was for his sake.

However, he felt that no one could say for sure.

“You’ve been practicing cultivation techniques for some time. Why don’t you go out and train?”

Gu Xiao seemed to be discussing, but his tone did not allow for any disagreement.

The demon beast believer understood what he meant and nodded in agreement.

After the demon beast believer left, Gu Xiao returned to his idle state. Checking in and cultivating every day had almost become his instinct.

What happened before also gradually faded from his mind.

A year later, the demon beast believer returned to the willow forest again. Its powerful aura surprised Gu Xiao.

Moreover, not only did it return on its own, but it also brought back a Soaring Python.