Chapter 212: Her Eyes Held Three Parts Indifference, Three Parts Scorn, and Four Parts Nonchalance

Chapter 212: Chapter 212: Her Eyes Held Three Parts Indifference, Three Parts Scorn, and Four Parts Nonchalance

The bloody sight of death was exceptionally cruel. At a single glance, the little rabbit’s heart began to pound wildly.

What horrified the rabbit even more was that the human, whose hands were stained with the blood of the Rabbit Clan, had spotted it.

It saw that half of the human’s face was bathed in sunlight, her gaze lofty and scrutinizing. The other half was hidden in shadow, the mocking curve of her lips chilling the rabbit to its core.

The human held a knife, expertly slicing open the skin of its second grand-uncle’s wife’s younger brother.

DRIP. DRIP.

Scarlet blood trickled onto the ground.

The human glanced over, her eyes a mixture of cold indifference, mocking amusement, and casual disregard.

It was as if in her eyes, the entire Rabbit Clan was nothing more than ants she could crush at will.

It could see no future for the Rabbit Clan.

The future was bleak. Heaven itself wanted the rabbits to perish!

’Hate... I hate this so much.’

’My fellow rabbits, I can’t go on! Wait for me on the road to the underworld. I, your little rabbit, am coming to join you!’

A desolate cry echoed in the rabbit’s heart. Under that intense gaze, its own heart successfully leaped out of its chest. Its body convulsed once, then it collapsed to the ground, silent and still.

It had been scared to death. Literally.

Huh?

Unaware that her face was half-lit, half-shadowed, or that her expression looked like a pie chart of disdain, Lu Wu was baffled.

’Why’d this rabbit just kick the bucket?’

Over the past two days, the mother fox had informed the other demon beasts that Lu Wu was willing to take them away with her. All the willing beasts had already signed up.

There were those that flew in the sky, crawled on the ground, and even swam in the water—a wide variety of species.

Only the Rabbit Clan was missing.

Just then, a little white rabbit had appeared. Lu Wu was about to ask if it wanted to come with her to maintain the ecological balance in her Grotto Heaven, but for some reason, it had keeled over.

Rabbits were timid, but this was a bit much.

Lu Wu smacked her lips. With a hint of regret, she picked up the rabbit and placed it with the rest of its big family, letting them have a reunion.

She brushed the rabbits’ skins until they were glossy with oil, and the tongues of fire licked upward.

The charcoal fire grew hotter. Spices mixed with the rendering fat, their fragrance subtly perfuming the air.

The primal, rich aroma of fat rushed into the lungs of the Cultivators fighting the ghosts, instantly invigorating them.

"Charge! Kill the Ghost Clan, eat rabbit heads!"

One disciple roared, charging into the ghosts with his spear and going into a whirlwind mode, unleashing a brutal, chaotic slaughter.

The others, not to be outdone, unleashed their signature skills, causing the number of ghosts to drop sharply.

Boss Lu’s food was the best medicine.

Under their fearless assault, the ghosts’ movements slowed considerably.

"Huh."

Jiang Yunhe paused his attacks. He wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but it seemed the ghosts weren’t slowing down because they were scared of being killed, but because their attention had shifted.

The root cause... was Boss Lu.

"Look! They’re not fighting back anymore!"

A disciple from the Divine Spear Sect thrust his spear into a ghost’s abdomen. He expected it to retaliate fiercely, but instead, it ignored the wound and staggered toward a specific spot.

The very spot where Lu Wu was standing.

"Not good! Their target is Boss Lu! Don’t let them get near her!"

"Brothers, get them!"

Everyone was furious.

’It’s one thing for you shameless ghosts to attack us, but how dare you set your sights on Boss Lu? That’s like trying to rip out our very hearts!’

This was the last straw.

The rage buff was successfully applied. The cultivators’ killing intent grew even more terrifying.

Under their renewed assault, the ghosts stood no chance of escape.

But they didn’t try to flee.

They completely ignored the humans, fixated on a single goal: to reach Lu Wu’s side.

Suddenly the focus of both sides, Lu Wu just turned the spit with the roasting rabbits.

Being stared at by the pitch-black ghosts didn’t make Lu Wu panic.

"I have a feeling they’re after Boss Lu’s roasted rabbits," Lou Xiaotian muttered.

Perhaps it was a foodie’s intuition, but he didn’t sense any hostility toward Lu Wu from the ghosts.

Even Lu Wu agreed with this speculation.

Just as everyone was speculating, a loud BOOM came from the Ghost Gate, and a massive ghost charged out.

"It’s the Ghost King!"

Elder Jiang roared and launched a Magic attack, trying to capture it.

But the Ghost King had no intention of facing Elder Jiang head-on. With a slick sidestep and some fancy footwork, it dodged the attack and arrived by Lu Wu’s side at incredible speed.

The pitch-black thing had no discernible facial features, and its natural Ghost Energy caused the surrounding temperature to plummet.

Stared at by this thing, Lu Wu’s hand trembled, and the roasted rabbit nearly fell.

A wisp of black energy shot out, caught the roasted rabbit, and handed it back to Lu Wu.

This sycophantic gesture spoke louder than words.

’I’m safe!’

Lu Wu instantly calmed down.

Lu Wu repositioned the rabbit on the spit and asked tentatively, "You guys want to eat this?"

The Ghost King’s head... well, the part that was probably its head, bobbed up and down in an affirmative nod.

"These things can communicate?"

The members of the Divine Spear Sect, who had guarded the Ghost Gate for a thousand years and driven back the ghosts many times, were learning for the first time that these creatures could be reasoned with.

So it wasn’t that they were mindless, but that they had been ignoring them.

Unbelievable.

Elder Dan tore out another large chunk of his beard.

"Maybe they just didn’t want to talk to you," Lou Xiaotian offered his opinion, earning him a glare from the Divine Spear Sect members.

’Mind your own business!’

"Ahem, it still needs a little while to cook," Lu Wu replied.

As she spoke, she saw the Ghost King rummaging around inside its body before pulling something out and handing it to her.

It was shaped like a heart, but it was black and felt like jade to the touch.

Seeing that Lu Wu didn’t react, the Ghost King placed it directly into her hand.

The instant it touched her, a cool sensation refreshed her mind, and in that moment, Lu Wu heard a voice.

"Human. Hungry. Want eat. Trade."

This was a Ghost Heart.

By holding a Ghost Heart, one could understand a ghost’s thoughts.

’The voice is actually kind of cute and dopey.’

Lu Wu hadn’t expected the Ghost King to be so polite, even bringing her a little gift in exchange for the rabbit.

Of course, she couldn’t refuse.

After Lu Wu accepted the Ghost King’s heart, the remaining ghosts also began to offer her their hearts and souls—literally.

One Ghost Heart after another was placed before Lu Wu.

’Take your heart, and his heart, and string them all together...’

Lu Wu hummed the slightly altered tune and accepted the gifts.

The ghosts completely stopped their assault, gathering around Lu Wu and sitting obediently, waiting for their meal.

"Boss Lu, can you ask them why they attack people?" Elder Jiang requested after seeing that Lu Wu could communicate with the ghosts.

They didn’t know why the Ghost Gate had appeared, and if possible, they didn’t want to be at war with the ghosts.

But since the ghosts harmed the living beings of the Green Origin Realm, they couldn’t just turn a blind eye.

Asking a few questions was certainly worth a try.

A cacophony of voices erupted in Lu Wu’s mind. It was noisy because they were all vying to impress her, scrambling to explain themselves. The din gave her a headache.

"Why don’t you listen for yourself?"

Lu Wu casually picked up a heart and offered it to Elder Jiang.

CRACK!

The next second, one of the ghosts in front of Lu Wu shattered into two pieces.

’Is a ghost’s true heart such a worthless thing that you’d just give it away to some cranky old man?’

Lu Wu heard the sound of a heart breaking.