Kalifa bathed Andy, but ended up blushing profusely herself, finally unable to bear it any longer and running away, leaving Andy behind.
A short while later, a fully dressed Andy jumped off the yacht. He called out to the yacht, "Stop hiding! You're not a little girl. Can't you be a little more mentally prepared? Come down quickly, we're going to explore inside. There are some interesting things there."
After Andy finished speaking, Kalifa, her cold, normal expression restored, walked out of the cabin and leaped down, landing beside Andy.
Andy then stored the yacht into his space.
"Let's go," Andy said indifferently, then started walking into the forest.
Kalifa followed closely behind. She didn't ask Andy what interesting things were here, but simply followed quietly.
It wasn't until they reached a relatively open area deep in the forest that Andy stopped.
"This is too amazing, isn't it?" Andy looked at the three to four-meter-high bushes in front of him, his eyes filled with both surprise and excitement.
Kalifa stood beside him, her gaze sweeping around, but she couldn't see anything special in the surroundings.
"Andy, this is all just forest and trees. What's so amazing about it?" Kalifa looked up at Andy, her eyes questioning.
"Kalifa, you are indeed a very competent secretary, whether as a personal secretary or a work secretary. But as I said before, your strength is truly insufficient…" Andy looked down at Kalifa's proud face and said seriously.
Every time Andy looked at Kalifa from this angle, he felt incredibly comfortable. Some angles truly revealed a different charm to Kalifa.
Just as Kalifa was about to voice some dissatisfaction, Andy continued, looking at the bushes ahead, "There are quite a few people ahead, and they're a race I've never seen before…"
"There are people in the bushes?!" Kalifa abruptly looked at the bushes, but she couldn't see any trace of anyone.
Just then, pairs of green 'eyes' opened in the bushes not far ahead!
Kalifa was startled by these suddenly opened eyes, causing her to involuntarily hug Andy.
Immediately after.
A group of creatures, resembling both trees and humans, less than a meter tall, armed with various weapons made from wood, surrounded Andy and Kalifa.
They chattered excitedly and angrily in a language the two couldn't understand, but their meaning seemed to be to drive them away.
"Andy, what… what exactly is going on with these?" Kalifa asked, her eyes wide with shock, looking at these never-before-seen creatures around them.
"You've been in the World Government for so many years and don't know, how would I know? Maybe… they're called Treants?" Andy guessed.
These 'Treants' had very peculiar appearances. Their 'hair' was made of various tree leaves, their bodies resembled tree trunks, and their color and skin were also like tree trunks.
Their hands had anywhere from 3 to 9 different, branch-like fingers, and their toes were also in the same state as their fingers.
Their faces were very wrinkled, like tree bark, but they could easily make various expressions, such as the anger Andy and Kalifa were seeing now.
At this moment, he was also very surprised. This was a race even he, a transmigrator, had never seen.
And his guess was correct; these were indeed the Treant Clan, a rare race that could only live in primeval forests.
Seeing that Andy and Kalifa were ignoring them, and that they couldn't understand what they were saying, they became very angry and were about to attack Andy and Kalifa.
"Wait!" Just as Zhu Chi appeared in Andy's hand and he was about to counterattack, a very old Treant, almost 1.2 meters tall, walked out.
Andy and Kalifa were very surprised, because the old Treant had just spoken in normal human language!
"You can speak the same language as us?" Andy asked, looking at the old Treant with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Some Treants surrounded the elder Treant, seemingly guarding him to prevent Andy and Kalifa from harming him.
"Yes, a long time ago I went out into the outside world by myself, so I learned some of the outside languages," the elder Treant's ancient voice rang out.
"That's great. Tell them we mean no harm and won't hurt them, but if they attack us, we won't hold back," Andy said, relieved that the old Treant could communicate.
At this point, the old Treant's ancient voice rang out again: "This old man is the Great Elder of the tribe. Please rest assured, they mean no harm to you, but we truly do not welcome outsiders here. However, young man, this old man wishes to make a deal…"
"A deal?" Andy was somewhat surprised.
"Let's discuss it in our tribe, this way please…" After the Treant Great Elder finished speaking, several giant 'trees' suddenly parted, creating a path.
This scene startled Kalifa again. She hadn't expected that besides the small Treants, there were also such large Treants…
Andy's expression was calm. In his heart, he had long since realized that these trees were not people… bah, they were people… they were Treants…
Andy and Kalifa followed.
The Treant Great Elder gave Andy a feeling of having lived for a very long time. He wanted to see what the Great Elder could trade with him.
Moreover, he also wanted to know what the Great Elder wanted to trade with him.
The two followed the Treant Great Elder to their tribe. All the houses here were made of plants, but they were also somewhat translucent.
Andy and Kalifa followed the Great Elder to the largest treehouse. This treehouse was roughly over a thousand square meters, and it contained many different kinds of books.
Very ancient books.
But these were not what surprised the two the most. What surprised them the most was that in this huge treehouse, there were also dozens of human corpses!
These corpses were all encased in an amber-colored transparent liquid, and most importantly, these corpses remained in a state of non-decay.
Without exception, these corpses had all died from being pierced by plant weapons, and those weapons were the same as the weapons held by the Treants.
It seemed these humans were killed by the Treants.
"You must be very surprised, aren't you? Please don't be afraid, we won't attack you, because this old man is naturally able to perceive people's good and evil," the Great Elder's voice was somewhat hoarse and deep.
"I'm not afraid, but I am somewhat surprised. I just don't know why the Great Elder brought us here? Or what do you want to trade with us?" Andy asked, somewhat puzzled.
The Great Elder did not immediately answer Andy's question. He first explained the matter of these human corpses.
"These humans were people who previously strayed into the Calm Belt and came to our island. At that time, we warmly welcomed them, but…
Later, after they learned about a treasure in our tribe from some of our people, they planned to kill us and steal the treasure.
We lost many warriors before we managed to eliminate these humans. Although we defeated them, we also suffered huge losses.
Some of them possessed a power that could harden their bodies, making them impervious to blades and spears. We ultimately used our numerical advantage to wear them down and kill them.
This power is very strong!
So, this old man wants to know if you possess this power. If you do, this old man can exchange a treasure with you!" the Great Elder said sincerely.
Andy and Kalifa exchanged glances. The humans who had strayed into this treehouse must have been using Armament Haki.
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