I Became An Acre Of Haunted Land - Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Child, From the Day You Were Born…

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Child, from the day you were born, the entire willow forest was destined to whisper your name.”

“My child! I’ve watched you grow up proudly to be a pillar on the ground.”

“Remember, you will become the overlord of this land before you even grow up.”

“After that, your dense leaves will cover the ground.”

“Those who treat you well will receive a gift.”

“Those who hurt you will be dealt with.”

At this point, Xiang Ye glanced at Xi Hongshi, who was still huffing and puffing as he carried a bucket of water, then turned her gaze to the phone again.

“You will let the world know your name. It will stay with you for the rest of your life.”

“Liu…”

After writing dozens of words, Xiang Ye was exhausted and did not know how to continue writing. Even the lines of the ‘World of Warcraft’ he had copied were only dozens of words. He could not continue even if he wanted to.

He threw the phone aside in frustration and controlled Jiang Xiaocheng to stand up and slowly stroll to the willow tree.

With his guidance and the help of Xi Hongshi, the current willow tree’s growth was even more shocking.

It had already grown from an eight-meter height to more than ten meters in an instant, and the trunk of the tree became thicker again.

Xiang Ye could already clearly feel that the consciousness in the willow tree was about to be born. He was like an anxious old father, nervous and uneasy.

He was nervous because this willow tree had really grown from his body and could be said to be his biological daughter.

He was uneasy because he was not ready. The big willow tree might be the only daughter who could sense his existence, and plants were closest to the land that raised it.

Annoyed, he circled the willow tree again and looked at Xi Hongshi, who was trembling in fear on the tree.

He really wanted to find an opportunity to slap him again.

Xiang Ye thought silently.

However, the current Xi Hongshi would no longer give him a chance.

After accidentally breaking a few more branches of the willow tree, Xi Hongshi had completely understood how important this willow tree was to Jiang Xiaocheng.

At the same time, he realized how terrifying it was to be whipped by Jiang Xiaocheng.

Even if he accidentally broke off a green willow leaf, she would rush up and kick him.

Xi Hongshi was beaten up by her almost every day.

Xiang Ye clicked on the camera function on the phone and focused on the willow tree. It was convenient to have a phone, at the very least, he could record the growth of the willow tree.

After deleting a few photos that were a little blurry from the shaking of his fingers, only a few photos that Xiang Ye thought looked good were left.

Ever since becoming an acre of wasteland, Xiang Ye felt that his aesthetic standards had begun to change strangely.

He realized that the willow tree in front of him was getting cuter as it grew. He couldn’t help but lean forward to squeeze and touch it, to caress its thickening trunk, to comb its long, dense hair… no, its leaves.

He wanted to hold it and watch it sleep in his cradle.

After watering it again, Xi Hongshi glanced at Jiang Xiaocheng and jumped down from the tree. Then, he ran away without looking back.

Every time he brought Jiang Xiaocheng to the willow tree, other than observing it, the most important thing was to supervise him.

Logically speaking, it didn’t feel good to be spied on by a zombie. Coupled with his identity as a corpse herder, it felt even worse.

As one of the most outstanding corpse herders in Miaojiang, he had not refined a world-shaking Zombie King and was instead enslaved by it. If his people found out, he would probably never be able to raise his head again.

Although this zombie was so powerful that he could not control it at all.

He carried the bucket to the river and through the reflection in the river, saw a haggard man with hair like a hen’s nest and dark circles under his eyes. His shirt was covered in black spots from being kicked by Jiang Xiaocheng.

His dirty clothes had not been washed for a few days, and the stench of sweat blew along with the breeze by the river.

“When will my days of tortuee end?”

Xi Hongshi looked up at the sky and sighed. It was not that he had not thought of escaping, but the strange Zombie King did not give him a chance at all.

He never expected that Jiang Xiaocheng didn’t need a single bit of rest!

She could function 24 hours a day.

Logically speaking, even if Jiang Xiaocheng was a Zombie King, she was still a zombie at the end of the day and her characteristics of being nocturnal would not change.

She should hide underground and sleep during the day. Then, she should only come out to cultivate at night. This was the daily schedule other zombies in history had.

However, Jiang Xiaocheng was different. Not to mention at night, even during the day, she could travel freely in the willow forest under the sun that was almost 40 degrees Celsius.

She could withstand the heat better than Xi Hongshi himself.

It was as if the power of the sun could not affect her at all.

This was highlighted especially during the day.

Every time the sun was at its most vicious, Jiang Xiaocheng would take out the phone and set an alarm for it. Every two hours, she would urge him to fetch water from the river to cool the willow tree.

It was not a big deal to water a willow tree.

But what was Jiang Xiaocheng’s intention for making him climb onto the willow and water it from the top? And he also had to take care of every leaf?

What the hell? Xi Hongshi even suspected that Jiang Xiaocheng was deliberately torturing him.

This Zombie King was even more energetic than him in broad daylight!

As for the night…

That was another matter.

Jiang Xiaocheng would indeed cultivate at night. She would obediently stand not far from the willow tree and absorb the power of Yin in a seemingly normal stance.

The only irregularity was that if he ventured anywhere near her…

He recalled how he had sneaked up to Jiang Xiaocheng that night and wanted to secretly take back the bell beside her…

In the end, he encountered the demon-like Zombie King again.

The resentment became even more violent than last time. At the same time, it was like a beast that had smelled blood and wanted to tear him apart. Xi Hongshi felt like he was going to die again, but fortunately, in the end, he survived.

It was also at that time that Xi Hongshi discovered something else. Jiang Xiaocheng in the day was completely different from Jiang Xiaocheng at night.

He found it difficult to understand what was going on, but at least he understood one thing. He might be able to communicate with Jiang Xiaocheng during the day, but at night, it might really kill him.

“How am I going to live like this!!”

Sighing again, he picked up the bucket of water. He turned to leave, but at this moment, a commotion sounded from the other side of the river.

“Yes, yes, yes. It’s that person over there.”

“He’s the one who stole the melon from my field. You have to arrest him.”

“That son of a b*tch not only stole my vegetables from the fields, but also my bucket of dung.”

“Find trouble with him? Hey, I can’t beat him.”

“That guy must be the esper you’re talking about. Previously, seven or eight of us farmers couldn’t even get close to him.”

“Where did he come from? Well, it hasn’t been long.”

“He said that he’s a forest ranger here. As if I would really believe his nonsense…”

Xi Hongshi’s eyes narrowed. A few familiar faces were walking towards him with a few villagers leading the way.

“Oh no, it’s Xiao Luming!”