Cao Cuo could still understand at first, but he was dumbfounded later on. "What realm, what seed?"
Gu Yang looked at him and shook her head. "It's scary to be uncultured."
Cao Cuo: "…"
Cao Cuo was humiliated by a brat two heads shorter than him. He was so angry that his face turned red.
He pointed at the tree. "You know it? Then why didn't it respond to you?"
Gu Yang gently stroked the tree, smiling at Cao Cuo. "Who said it didn't? Watch closely."
She turned to the tree and waved. "Hi, Iron Tree."
To his astonishment, the Iron Tree shook its leaves and responded, "Hello, Gu Yang."
Cao Cuo froze, eyes wide in disbelief, taking two steps back. "It can really talk?"
Gu Yang crossed her arms proudly. "Told you I wasn't lying!"
I'm totally lying.
Cao Cuo muttered, "If I had known…"
Gu Yang chimed in, "It's a species of the Horde."
"Does that mean I can actually hear it?" he asked, still skeptical.