Once bamboo started growing together, they could easily grow into a sea-like forest as long as they didn't encounter any natural disasters or man made calamities.

However, the small and hidden bamboo forest in Go Table Mountain had grown extremely slowly for the past hundreds or thousands of years. Even after being cared for by generation after generation of mountain lords, it still showed no signs of expanding into a larger bamboo forest.

At this moment, the handsome young mountain lord of Go Table Mountain was squatting next to the two severed bamboo stumps. He stabbed his green bamboo cane into the earth next to him, and it was as if he wanted to cry as he sobbed in an aggrieved and quivering voice, "How can you bully me like this? No matter how esteemed a guest you are, you're still just a guest! Since when could a guest bully their host like this? To shatter the protective formation with a single slice and expose this treasured bamboo forest... Is this any different from stripping the daughter of your host naked simply because they're slender and beautiful? Is there any difference? Any at all?"

The two pythons that were born from the soil essence and cloud roots collected by immortals were coiled up in the outer fringes of the bamboo forest. Their eyes were cold and menacing, and there was a hint of pleasure in them at this moment. They were taking pleasure in the mountain lord's misfortune.

A voice sounded nearby, teasing, "Then it seems like you have far too many daughters. You'll definitely go broke trying to pay for their dowries in the future."

The young mountain lord immediately stood up in fright, wiping the grief and anger from his face. He bowed at A'Liang and apologized, "I'm sorry for making a fool of myself in front of you, great immortal. This underling is accustomed to the impoverished life in this small place, so please forgive me for having a narrow outlook on things. I can't compare to you, someone who's traveled all over the world and seen the myriad mountains and rivers with their own eyes. 

"With your skills and knowledge, I'm sure you can tell just how important this bamboo forest is to me. This miserably small plot of land is genuinely the majority of my wealth. Even though that young boy only took two stalks of bamboo, that's still enough to make me feel uncontrollable sadness and grief. These are natural emotions, are they not? Please forgive me, great immortal. Please forgive my unintentional provocation."

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