Childhood Anime Grand Tour

Chapter 30 The Fluorescent Giant

With external pressure, San ultimately chose to stand with Ashitaka, and the wolf brothers knew what to do. The two wolves then roared, and the monkeys, like the warriors of Tadara, scattered in all directions.

After the crisis was temporarily averted, San looked at Ashitaka lying on the ground again. Ashitaka had completely lost consciousness, and only the rise and fall of his chest indicated that his life was not yet completely over.

"Hey! Friend, let's make up! Your master needs help now!!"

Clearly, San still showed boundless tenderness towards animals. After saying this, San walked to Ashitaka's side and struggled to help him up. Although Ashitaka's wound was still bleeding, it was obvious that he had almost lost all his blood.

After the danger was over, the Wolf God stopped paying attention to Shan. After all, she was his younger sister, and he had to spoil her.

Yak's deer carried the badly wounded Ashitaka deeper into the forest, when some adorable little spirits appeared beside them, curiously watching Ashitaka and the blood dripping from Yak's deer's fur.

The group soon arrived at Moon Lake in the forest. Shan drew her short knife, cut off a sapling, and planted it on a small island in the center of the lake.

Hey! Come here right now!

Yaksha understood San's call and carried Ashitaka into the lake. The lake water was very clear, shimmering under the moonlight. If Liu Yufei were here, he would definitely know what the strange place he felt earlier was.

This place has everything, even all those little sprites that shouldn't be here, but it lacks one thing that should be there: no fish in this lake. (The fisherman is crying in the toilet.)

This setting is truly sophisticated and reflects the equality of nature towards all things. Even a blade of grass has its own value in life. In the eyes of the Qilin God, the lives of a small tree and a person are of equal importance.

Unconscious Ashitaka was dragged by San toward the island in the middle of the lake, blood spreading in the water until it disappeared. There was some silt at the bottom of the lake, but it wasn't deep, and some huge bones were exposed.

This is the cemetery for animals. All sentient beings come here before their lives end, and then return to Mother Nature's embrace. (May Mother Earth guide you!)

Of course, many more animals come to this place hoping that the Qilin God can give them a second life, just like the ritual Shan is performing now.

In the center of the island in the lake stands a large tree. Perhaps it was once just a sapling. A god who was about to die came to pray to the Qilin God to give him life. Unfortunately, the Qilin God took back his life and instead gave the sapling nutrients, which is why it has now grown into a large tree.

The island in the middle of the lake was formed from the body of that beast god. Everything has its own laws, and you can't force it. That's why the White Wolf God didn't come looking for the Qilin God even after she died. Because with her life journey, even if she came, the Qilin God would strip her of her life force.

Jacques the deer sensed the approaching death, but seeing Ashitaka being dragged away, he had no choice but to follow. The outer perimeter of the island in the middle of the lake was now filled with tree spirits, all their eyes fixed on this direction.

This wasn't the first time they'd seen such a ceremony, but it was the first time they'd seen people come here to hold it.

San then placed Ashitaka under the small tree, half of his body submerged in the water. The ritual was not very complicated.

To put it bluntly, it's about exchanging one life for another, sacrificing one life to prolong another.

San, who was holding Ashitaka's chest, sensed that he was still alive and was immediately relieved. After putting Ashitaka down, San sniffed her own scent and said haughtily:

"Humans smell awful!"

Whether she smelled her own scent or Ashitaka's lingering scent, she quickly walked over to Jacques the deer and swiftly removed the lasso from his body.

"You're free! Go wherever you want!"

Shan cherished freedom. The deer, forced to be free, shook its head and found it quite comfortable. The deer did not leave, but Shan had already swum away. She knew that whether she succeeded or not was up to fate.

After witnessing all this, the little tree spirits turned and left one by one. As the tree spirits disappeared, the moon was about to set. Before dawn, a huge, semi-transparent figure blocked out the moon's light.

Strange runes flowed across the body of the Qilin God, and tiny points of light shone like stars. The tree spirits that were originally on the ground now appeared on the tree canopy.

squeak...

As one tree spirit shook its head, the heads of the other tree spirits also began to shake, and this mesmerizing sound quickly spread throughout the forest.

It seemed to be their job, or perhaps a ritual, because as the tree spirit shook, the originally translucent Qilin God's enormous body gradually became more solid, and the patterns on its body became more clearly visible.

The Qilin God's body was enormous; even the tallest tree canopy only reached its waist. As the physical entity moved, the fluorescent mane behind it fluttered and then dissipated.

This is the true form of the Qilin God, who controls the power of life and death, and is like a forest, absorbing carbon dioxide during the day and releasing oxygen at night.

Along with the Qilin God, the long-absent Geda Monk also appeared. He observed the enormous Qilin God from afar and whispered to those around him:

"Hey! It's here! We've gone through so much trouble, and this moment has finally arrived. By the way, do you really have a way?"

"Me!!! This is the first time I've ever seen this before!!"

At this moment, the monk with the bulging skin was wearing a bear skin, and next to him was a middle-aged man, who was the number one hunter in the Western Kingdom. He had thought that the Qilin God was like other beast gods, but now that he saw its huge size, he began to feel apprehensive.

"Don't look directly into the eyes of the Qilin God, or you'll go blind!!"

This is definitely a rumor. The Qilin God is probably not a secret. Over the centuries, humans have probably hunted it more than once, but in the end, when they saw the Qilin God's awe-inspiring appearance, they all chose to back down. Over time, it is not surprising that various rumors have spread.

"You're supposed to be the top hunter in the Western Kingdom! Can't you have some manners? This is His Majesty the Heavenly Locust's leftover paper. He's already agreed to hunt down the Qilin God. Do you intend to disobey?"

"If you keep nagging, I'll take care of you first. Don't worry, there will be a way, but my power is clearly not enough!!"

"Don't worry, I've made all the necessary preparations."

Clearly, as the top hunter of the Western Kingdom, he didn't take Geda Monk seriously, but Geda Monk was already used to it. As for the backup plan he mentioned, it naturally referred to Dadala.

As the Qilin God approached the island in the center of the lake, his body shrank rapidly until it was only as tall as the trees in the low-lying area. Meanwhile, his mane thickened until it gathered on top of his head, forming a fan-shaped antler.