388: Chapter 387 Why aren't you handing over the treasure tree yet? It's time to return it to its rightful owner!

Seeing Moruo's sycophantic appearance, Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly and said with a half-smile, "The person you least want to see right now should be me, right?"

"Please, Master, observe clearly; I am truly wronged!" Moruo's eyes immediately turned red and filled with tears as he shouted and bowed deeply again:

"If it weren't for your arrival, we, the last survivors of the Dwarf Race and the Orc Race, would have been brutally exterminated by the Elf Race's Illya, who colluded with external demons. You are our great savior, and I have been looking forward to your arrival all along!"

While speaking, Moruo did not forget to turn around and shout, "My dear Clan Chief, and Clan Chief Lie Shan of the Orc Race, why haven't you opened the barrier yet to welcome the most distinguished guest of the Tianxing Mountains?"

"Cough, cough!" A heavy cough sounded, and a burly man with a tiger's head and a human body growled:

"Moruo, everyone saw the process of the recent massacre through the projection. With such a cunning mind as yours, do you still not understand that once the barrier is opened, all of us might become fish on the chopping block, waiting to be slaughtered?"

"Clan Chief Lie Shan, you are actually guarding against my Master? He is the kindest pacifist and our great savior; I will not allow you to blaspheme him!" Moruo did a somersault, jumped up, glared at the burly man, and said in a flustered rage:

"Besides, this barrier is already on the verge of collapsing. If my Master had any intention of killing us, do you really think you could stop him?"

Moruo put his hands on his hips, pointed at everyone present, and said furiously, "The Master just saved us, and yet you all put on such a defensive appearance—it's simply unreasonable!"

"Moruo, show some respect!" A long-haired dwarf holding a large golden hammer strode over and snorted coldly:

"If you hadn't insisted on secretly repairing the teleportation array, causing fluctuations in this space, how could those outsiders from the Five Qi Guiyuan Sect have come here? How would we have been caught by Illya and nearly exterminated?"

The long-haired dwarf was covered in blood, and his injuries appeared severe, but the Aura around his body remained fierce and undiminished.

The large golden hammer in his hand emitted a strange light as he pointed at Moruo and roared, "You menace, today I will clean up the Dwarf Race, and at the same time, give our Orc Race companions an explanation!"

"I truly deserve to die!" Moruo fell with a thud and immediately knelt on the ground again.

"My dear Clan Chief Yilan, I know I was wrong, but the reason I did this was to let everyone leave this damned place and return to that mysterious ancestral star recorded only in ancient texts..."

Moruo kowtowed repeatedly and cried loudly, "I deserve to die a thousand deaths! My crimes are unforgivable! How could I not want to die to atone for my sins and pay tribute to those souls who passed away because of me? However, I cannot, because my life no longer belongs to myself, but to my great Master!"

"This..." The long-haired dwarf's face showed a hesitant expression, and then he cautiously glanced at Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan's gaze swept over them.

There were still dozens of dwarves and orcs in the area, all of them injured, except for Moruo, who was completely unharmed at this moment.

These dwarves and orcs were almost all glaring at Moruo with gnashed teeth, showing just how detestable Moruo was in their hearts.

However, none of this had anything to do with Chu Xuan.

He just spoke indifferently, "Moruo is my property. Who among you wants to kill him?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the dwarves and orcs were all shocked, and they couldn't help but lower their heads, not daring to meet his gaze.

"We wouldn't dare, we wouldn't dare..." The long-haired dwarf waved his hands repeatedly, then turned to look at the burly man with the tiger's head and sighed, "Lie Shan, it seems there is no way around it. This menace Moruo has a backer, and even I cannot dispose of him at will."

"Enough! Stop acting! Do you really think I have no brain at all?" The burly man with the tiger's head suddenly snorted coldly:

"Yilan, you have indulged Moruo many times. Sooner or later, we will all be killed because of it. If it weren't for the presence of this lord, I would have strangled Moruo this time no matter what!"

As he spoke, Lie Shan strode forward and, from somewhere, produced a large bone club, which he inserted into the transparent ripples, causing the ripples to stir like water.

Lie Shan then shouted, "Yilan, what are you waiting for? Why don't you hurry and help me remove the barrier to show our respect for this lord?"

This time, it was the long-haired dwarf Yilan who couldn't help but show a look of astonishment; he hadn't expected that Lie Shan, who had strongly opposed opening the barrier just a moment ago, would be so proactive now.

Yilan subconsciously voiced the doubt in his heart, "Didn't you just..."

Lie Shan's face stiffened, then he let out another cold snort, "What do you know? I was just testing to see if you would be guarded against a savior. Now it seems you really are a senile old fool."

"Heh." Yilan understood everything in an instant and cast a disdainful glance at Lie Shan.

Next, Yilan raised his golden hammer and lightly touched the barrier. As the ripples shook violently again, the barrier covering the area dissipated completely.

Moruo was immediately all smiles and hopped over, "My great Master, I can finally listen to your teachings up close. I am so happy. Thank you for coming to save me, taking all this trouble..."

"Don't be happy too soon." Before Moruo could finish speaking, Chu Xuan interrupted him, smiling, "I took you as a servant, but I haven't received a shred of service from you. Instead, you've used my name to bully others. Do you think this is appropriate?"

"Master, what do you mean..." Moruo asked cautiously.

Chu Xuan's expression instantly turned cold, "I went to great lengths to save you, yet you deceived me. What crime should you be charged with?"

"I... when did I deceive you?" Moruo was stunned for a moment.

"You previously told me that one cannot climb the mountain before the tide. The implication is, doesn't that mean one can climb the mountain when the tide comes?" Chu Xuan's gaze was deep as he said, "But in reality, whether the tide comes or not, one would likely encounter danger climbing this giant mountain, right?"

As soon as Chu Xuan said this, Moruo's expression didn't change, but his eyes subconsciously rolled around, "Master, this might be..."

"Dare to lie to me again, and I will kill you now."

This calm sentence immediately caused Moruo to kneel on the ground again, wailing endlessly.

"Master, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have deceived you. It's all because I was deluded by the Elf Race back then. It's all the fault of the damned Elf Race!" Moruo kowtowed repeatedly, "Now that the Elf Race is gone, I have completely repented. I am willing to be your most loyal servant. Please show mercy and forgive me."

Chu Xuan: "In that case, how do you plan to make up for your mistake?"

"I... I..." Moruo's eyes rolled around again, and then he suddenly turned to look at Lie Shan and shouted, "Lie Shan, why aren't you handing over the barbarian soul treasure tree yet? That was a treasure I won long ago; it's time to return it to its rightful owner!"