Then, the Candylord continued, "Oh, right. Because of Xiao Qing's leading the rebellion, both Rainbow Bear and I lost a lot of our magical powers. This also made us realize our true strength, and we found that although we have cultivated for many years, we are not as powerful as we imagined."

  "Therefore, we unanimously felt that we were not worthy of such grand names as Celestial Way and Terranom. Moreover, due to our impaired vision causing instability in our transformed bodies, and even the embarrassing situation where our human and black bear forms intertwined, we decided to change our names."

  "Since making candy requires me to process the nectar into honey first, I named myself Sugar Bear. Terranom, due to the dual influence of long-term candy consumption and cultivation, gradually grew a head of colorful hair, so he simply changed his name to Rainbow Bear. At the same time, we also renamed Heaven and Earth Village to Candy Village."

  "Of course, the new names we gave ourselves also serve as a reminder that if we do not diligently consolidate our realm during our cultivation in the future, when our realm collapses, our true forms will be revealed, leading to a further significant decline in our strength."

  "Additionally, we want to use our new names to remind ourselves that we are black bears who have transformed into humans through cultivation, and we have a world of difference from real humans. And real humans are not worthy of our trust!"

  "We must always be wary of humans and keep them living in the lies we fabricate. Only by using deception can we more skillfully control humans and ensure that we can live with them relatively safely."

  Yun Ge, after listening to the Candylord's thoughts, nodded with a complex expression. In fact, he did not agree with the Candylord's definition of humans, but felt that Sugar Bear and Rainbow Bear indeed should be cautious of humans after experiencing such a dangerous situation. Thinking of this, Yun Ge couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile. Because, wasn't his current downfall also due to the complexity of human nature?

  The Candylord did not know why Yun Ge shook his head with a wry smile, but he was obviously not interested in it. Because at this moment, the Candylord only wished to continue his story.

  So, he continued, "Sigh! Of course, we would never refer to ourselves by these names in front of others. So I would tell others that my name is Old Sugar, and Rainbow Bear stepped forward to better control Candy Village, becoming its permanent village head.”

  “Besides me calling him Rainbow Bear in private, everyone else would only address him as Your Excellency the Village Head. Later on, Your Excellency the Village Head became Your Excellency the Town Mayor. From then on, no one knew that his real name was Rainbow Bear."

  The Candylord ate a piece of refreshment and continued to tell his story.

  To the amazement of Sugar Bear and Rainbow Bear, ever since that malicious incident occurred, the two began to discover new survivors in the forest again. So, the two combined their previous experiences to create a new set of rules and regulations, ensuring that their village never experienced a similar situation again after that event.

  The village continued to prosper and gradually grew into a town. Throughout this process, the important role was played by Sugar Bear's new discovery when using witchcraft to process honey, which was that this honey was actually a medium for casting spells.

  Shortly after Sugar Bear made this discovery, he triggered a kind of hallucinatory spell that could weave mental illusions, as well as a kind of amnesia witchcraft that could make humans lose their memories, during his deep contemplation.

  With these two kinds of witchcraft, Sugar Bear could eliminate the memories of the new survivors and let the survivors live peacefully according to the illusions woven by him and Rainbow Bear, ensuring that the survivors could provide blood for them in a stable and long-term manner according to the rules set by the two.

  Over time, as Sugar Bear's ability to weave illusions and Rainbow Bear's ability to govern the village improved, Candy Village gradually developed from a small village to the scale of today's Candy Town. The two could finally cultivate with peace of mind because the survivors living here no longer caused any trouble.

  "So, how did you end up like this?" Yun Ge interjected.

  The Candylord sighed and then gestured for Yun Ge to listen to him continue.

  In order to ensure that they could still regularly obtain human blood after that rebellion, Sugar Bear and Rainbow Bear chose to keep all the children who did not pose a threat.

  At the same time, they also kept Chen Qiang, so that he could better assist the two in managing these children and in the reconstruction of Candy Village after its renaming. The reason why the two did not kill Chen Qiang was because he was the key person who reported Xiao Qing to Sugar Bear and Rainbow Bear. Therefore, Sugar Bear and Rainbow Bear spared his life as promised.

  "Why did Chen Qiang betray Xiao Qing? Isn't leaving this world a good thing?" Yun Ge asked in confusion.

  "As I just said, Chen Qiang's hard life made him dare not covet the emotional life of ordinary people. Coupled with the influence of his original living environment, he became extremely self-conscious and his thinking was extremely old-fashioned and conservative, which led to a distorted possessiveness that entangled him like a venomous vine."

  "Under the dual influence of this twisted possessiveness and inferiority complex, it led him to dare not return to the human world and not want Xiao Qing to have the opportunity to live a more colorful life.”

  “In short, it was because Chen Qiang was afraid that Xiao Qing, who was far more excellent than him, would abandon him after returning to the human world. He was very afraid of losing Xiao Qing and the two children."

  "Therefore, Chen Qiang, who gradually developed a rebellious mentality towards the plan of leaving the Lost Woods, eventually chose to betray Xiao Qing and the other villagers, revealing their plan to us in advance," the Candylord replied.

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  Then, the Candylord further corrected his statement, indicating that Chen Qiang did not actually report Xiao Qing's plan to the two of them, but to Rainbow Bear.

  When Chen Qiang found the Candylord and Rainbow Bear and was about to report Xiao Qing, the Candylord was in the process of casting a spell to process honey. So, in order not to disturb the Candylord's work, Chen Qiang first leaked Xiao Qing's entire plan to Rainbow Bear, and then Rainbow Bear relayed this matter to the Candylord, asking the two of them to come up with a way to stop the rebellion.

  Upon learning this news, Rainbow Bear naturally expressed that he would deal with it seriously. But at the same time, Rainbow Bear also warned Chen Qiang not to mention this matter from now on, so as to prevent the news of Chen Qiang's betrayal from leaking and causing Rainbow Bear and Sugar Bear to fall into a passive situation again due to Xiao Qing and the others changing their plans temporarily.

  In exchange, Rainbow Bear agreed to spare the lives of Chen Qiang's children and ensured that even if Xiao Qing died, she could stay by his side forever. Chen Qiang gladly accepted Rainbow Bear's proposal and, after leaking the secret, continued to cooperate with Xiao Qing in preparing for the escape plan, while silently hoping that Rainbow Bear and Sugar Bear could stop Xiao Qing's plan in time.

  However, what Chen Qiang did not know was that Rainbow Bear decided to keep this matter hidden from Sugar Bear. Because after learning about Xiao Qing's rebellion plan, Rainbow Bear immediately also had the idea of taking the opportunity to deal with Sugar Bear.

  As for Sugar Bear, who had grown up with Rainbow Bear since childhood, supporting each other in cultivation until reaching today's realm, why did he suddenly become the target of Rainbow Bear's hatred? This has to start with the achievements of the two in their cultivation.

  Rainbow Bear actually had an extremely strong ambition for cultivation, and he did not just want to continue cultivating after becoming an immortal, but also wanted to gain the recognition of more people after becoming an immortal.

  This was why Rainbow Bear was the most supportive of Xiao Qing's idea of establishing Heaven and Earth Village and was the most active in helping Xiao Qing establish this community where everyone could live together. Because in this way, he could better enjoy the feeling of being the center of attention and satisfy his vanity.

  However, perhaps it was because of Rainbow Bear's various thoughts that his state of mind during cultivation was far less peaceful than Sugar Bear's. So after a long period of cultivation, his progress gradually could not keep up with Sugar Bear, and the gap between the two became increasingly apparent.

  Especially after Sugar Bear's comprehension of witchcraft played a crucial role in making candy, even though Sugar Bear was low-key and did not like to show himself, he naturally became the most important person in Heaven and Earth Village.

  Rainbow Bear, who was not willing to be left behind, was obviously very dissatisfied with this situation, but considering that his strength was at a disadvantage and his aptitude could not comprehend Sugar Bear's witchcraft, he had to humbly become the second strongest person in Heaven and Earth Village after Sugar Bear.

  However, Rainbow Bear always had a strong desire in his heart. This desire kept urging him to work hard in cultivation, so that he could one day achieve his wish and hoped to be on par with Sugar Bear, or even surpass him one day to become the strongest person revered by the villagers.

  As Sugar Bear made significant progress in the witchcraft for processing honey and many medical-related witchcraft with the help of Xiao Qing, all the villagers, including Rainbow Bear, could completely ignore the spiritual attacks of the forest fog during the day after taking the candies made by Sugar Bear with continuously updated formulas.

  Seeing Sugar Bear's achievements in the field of witchcraft and the prestige he gained in the hearts of the people, Rainbow Bear naturally envied him very much and also longed for the day when he could be the focus of the whole village like Sugar Bear.

  No, he must replace Sugar Bear and become the undisputed object of worship for the whole village!

  It was precisely because of Rainbow Bear's extreme desire to surpass Sugar Bear's cultivation achievements that his state of mind during cultivation gradually changed, and he finally comprehended the mysterious witchcraft of controlling puppets. After comprehending the puppet witchcraft, Rainbow Bear's strength greatly increased, and he also began to have the idea of challenging Sugar Bear's authority.

  However, since this witchcraft was very dark and would not play any positive role in the development of Heaven and Earth Village, but was likely to cause panic among the villagers, Rainbow Bear also wisely did not publicize the new witchcraft he had mastered.

  While quietly consolidating his own strength, he was looking for an opportunity to display his talents and become the pillar and respected strong person of Heaven and Earth Village.

  With these calculations in mind, when Rainbow Bear heard Chen Qiang's betrayal, he immediately realized that this might be a good opportunity to strike Sugar Bear, and thus the subsequent events occurred.

  Rainbow Bear first inquired in detail about the poisonous medicine Xiao Qing had developed, then colluded with Chen Qiang, and cleverly switched the poisonous food prepared by Xiao Qing, so that only Rainbow Bear was poisoned, while he himself relied on acting to make Xiao Qing and the others think that he was poisoned.

  After that, Chen Qiang also followed the sequence pre-arranged by Rainbow Bear, first lifting the poisoned Rainbow Bear onto the altar to bleed, thereby severely injuring Rainbow Bear.

  Chen Qiang was confused by Rainbow Bear and Sugar Bear's strategy, and he could not understand why they did not take direct action, but instead had to let Rainbow Bear take the risk of performing a bitter meat strategy, a stratagem where one intentionally harms oneself to gain the enemy's trust.

  But out of unconditional trust in Rainbow Bear and Sugar Bear, and in order to keep Xiao Qing and the two children by his side forever, so that he would no longer have to worry about them leaving him, Chen Qiang still chose to dismiss his doubts and firmly support the actions of the two.

  To be honest, Rainbow Bear also felt that his plan had certain risks. Of course, he thought the risky part was not the inability to deal with Xiao Qing and the others, but the worry that using others' hands would not be able to effectively kill Sugar Bear.

  The result that Sugar Bear did not expect was that although his realm was damaged under the dual attack of poison and fatal injuries, he unexpectedly gained part of Sugar Bear's strength by absorbing the blood that Sugar Bear had lost, thus compensating to a certain extent for the part of his realm that he had lost due to the use of puppet witchcraft.

  It was also because of the unexpected acquisition of Rainbow Bear's strength that he once again recognized that the witchcraft comprehended by Sugar Bear was far more malleable than his own, and for the first time realized that after comprehending the puppet witchcraft, his cultivation direction had deviated.

  So, he was determined to fully master this new strength to correct his mistakes in puppet witchcraft. Rainbow Bear then took the huge risk of gradually abandoning the puppet witchcraft he had comprehended, in order to get his cultivation direction back on track.

  Of course, at the last moment when Rainbow Bear gave up the puppet witchcraft, he not only restored the appearance of all the puppets to human form, but also further consolidated the witchcraft he had cast on the puppets, to ensure that the more than ten puppets that ultimately survived could exist for as long as possible under the support of the witchcraft.

  He also took advantage of the fact that his puppet witchcraft was about to completely disappear, and turned Chen Qiang, who was still happy because Xiao Qing, who had become a puppet, would never leave him, into a puppet as well.

  Yes. Rainbow Bear actually never intended to spare Chen Qiang from the beginning; Chen Qiang was just a pawn he used.