Chapter 105: The Forest Encounter, Elegant White Tiger

  "What's wrong?"

  "What's wrong? Lin Yuan, why are you being so startled?" Leng Qing Tian said with a hint of displeasure. He was the closest to Lin Yuan, so his voice reached his ears the loudest, startling him.

  "No, what's this?" Lin Yuan said with some grievance.

  In an instant, everyone's gaze followed Lin Yuan's line of sight and looked over, only to see a circular ball with a fluffy yellow coat the size of a palm at the base of an unknown herb. The ball had two round eyes that were as black as the night sky, staring angrily at Lin Yuan, as if he was its arch-nemesis.

  "Miss, what to do?" Lin Yuan asked with some difficulty, holding the herb in his hand. Alas...what is this little thing? Except for a pair of eyes, it has no other facial features, and it's staring at him with an eerie glare.

  "Ah!" Suddenly, the butterfly also cried out in surprise.

  "Dead butterfly, what's your name?" Cold-as-snow grasped the butterfly that was fluttering in front of her and interrogated it.

  "Heh heh, girl, it's out, it's out! That little thing is a treasure beast! With it, no treasure can escape our grasp." Butterfly said with an excited face and let out a sly laugh.

  "Is that a treasure beast?" Cold-as-Snow sized up the ball of fur, she had never known that such a creature existed in the world, but it sounded pretty good.

  "Sister, I didn't expect that there would be a treasure beast here." At this time, Qing Jue's voice echoed in Leng Ruo Xue's heart.

  "Qing Jue, have you heard of this thing?" asked Leng Ruo Xue curiously.

  "Uh, 100,000 years ago, the Treasure Beast was something everyone yearned for, but now, people who know about the Treasure Beast have basically disappeared, and the Treasure Beast clan has long been extinct. This one should be the only Treasure Beast left in the world. Sister, you must think of a way to tame it! If we do, all the good treasures will belong to us from now on." Qing Jue said excitedly.

  "Ah!" Leng Ruo Xue's forehead dripped with cold sweat, and Qing Jue had become so greedy, but what he said was right. Such a good thing, if not taken by oneself, would be a bargain for others.

  "Green Jade, how can I subdue it?" Leng Ruoxue was at a loss, this little thing seemed quite unfriendly!

  "Sister, what it likes most is treasure, so try luring it with treasure." Qing Jue suggested after some thought.

  "Treasures?" Cold-as-Snow furrowed her brow in thought, but after thinking it over, she realized that she didn't actually have anything valuable to offer. Her most precious treasure was the "Qian Kun Bracelet", but there was no way she could take it out unless this little thing agreed to go inside.

  Leng Ruo Xue clenched her teeth and thought for half a day, finally taking out a Lingguo fruit and biting into it. Alas! Whatever, let's give it a try! Hopefully, it'll be of some use.

  However, after waiting for a while, that little thing didn't even give her a glance...

  Leng Ruo Xue had no choice but to take out another fruit with an even thicker spiritual energy and start eating it.

  That little yellow, fluffy ball, after smelling the fragrance of the fruit, seemed to sniff it out, and its small body moved slightly, but still didn't take any big action.

  However, the little thing did react, which was already a great encouragement for Leng Ruoxue. She continued to take out a nearly transparent white fruit, and as soon as it came out, a yellow lightning bolt quickly rushed over. By the time everyone reacted, Leng Ruoxue's hand had gained a yellow furry ball, which tightly hugged the fruit, as if it had found a treasure, and refused to let go.

  Leng Ruo Xue looked closely at the little ball of fur and only then discovered that it wasn't noseless and mouthless, but rather its features were very small and hidden by its fluffy fur, making them hard to spot. Moreover, this little creature actually had a pair of soft, fluffy wings and a pair of pink, tender paws, which were all tucked away inside its fluffy body. As a result, from the outside, it just looked like a ball of fur with a pair of shiny black eyes.

  "Baby, baby." The yellow fluffy ball kept making childish sounds from its mouth, sounding very happy.

  "Such a treasure, I have many of them, as long as you're willing to follow me, you can have as much as you want." Cold Snow said with a tempting tone like the big bad wolf tempting Little Red Riding Hood.

  "Really?" Ma Qiu's big and round black eyes sparkled as he looked at Leng Ruo Xue and asked.

  "Sister won't cheat a little kid!" said Leng Ruoxue with a smile on her face.

  "I'll have to eat one of these fruits every day." Mao Qiu spoke of the conditions, it was originally a treasure that ate heaven and earth as food, otherwise, he wouldn't like to find treasures.

  "It's absolutely fine." Ling Xue guaranteed, but in her heart, she had already started to doubt. Wasn't this little thing afraid of exploding and dying? The spiritual energy in this fruit was so abundant that it was unimaginable, and she didn't even dare to eat it.

  "But from now on, you have to listen to your sister." Cold Snow added.

  "Mmm, I know a lot of treasures." Mao Qiu said with a smile, finding treasure was its specialty, and it could also increase its strength.

  After finishing speaking, Little Fluffy was still very proactive and signed a soul contract with Leng Ruo Xue.

  "From now on, I'll call you Ball Ball!" Yuesheng said, looking at its round and plump body.

  "I have a name now." Ball was delighted, and flew around Leng Ruoxue in circles. However, its chubby little body and small wings were disproportionate, causing everyone to watch in shock and fear that it would fall from the sky.

  "Heh heh, girl, not bad. From now on, finding treasures will be much easier." The butterfly landed on Leng Ruoxue's head and praised her.

  "Hmm, stop dawdling, hurry up and gather the herbs!" Leng Ruoxue urged, with so many herbs to gather, she had no idea when they would finish.

  "Sister, I'm here to help you." Ball said as it flew onto Leng Ruo Xue's shoulder.

  "Hmm, okay." Although Leng Ruo Xue didn't think this little thing could be of any help, but in order not to crush the child's innocent heart, she couldn't possibly object.

  To show off its abilities, the ball flew up into the air above a patch of herbs nearby, scattering stardust wherever it went. Immediately afterwards, the patch of herbs sprouted out of the ground in clusters...

  "Huh? For a moment, everyone was stunned. What... what kind of ability is this? It's really unbelievable... In the blink of an eye, one-third of the herbs were dug up by the roots."

  Leng Ruo Xue saw the scene in front of her, with black lines hanging on her forehead, and she knew that she had guessed wrong again. The things inside couldn't be measured by common sense.

  "Sister, I need a rest." Ball said panting and leaned on Leng Ruo Xue's shoulder.

  "Alright, don't worry!" Seeing Xiaoball exhausted, Leng Ruoxue's heart ached as she hastily said, and handed over a piece of his favorite fruit.

  "Hehe, thank you sister." Ball Ball used its small paws to hold a fruit that was about the same size as its body and started eating it.

  "Xue Er, this little guy is really good!" Leng Qing Tian walked to his granddaughter's side and said with satisfaction.

  "Little doll, with this little thing, we'll save a lot of trouble from now on!" The old man also came over and said.

  "Mm-hmm." Leng Ruo Xue nodded, gazing at Qiu Qiu who was eating with gusto, his eyes shining with happy bubbles. Her heart felt exceptionally soft, he was indeed a simple and adorable little fellow.

  "Miss, it's very fierce, just stared at me." Lin Yuan couldn't help but come over and tattle.

  "Why are you still arguing with a little kid? Just now, it was because we snatched its food, so it glared at you. Actually, this little thing is very simple-minded." Leng Ruoxue spoke up for Qiuqiu with great bias.

  "You're so old and yet you still..." Leng Qingtian glared at Lin Yuan, his voice low and displeased.

  "Miss!" Lin Yuan made a bitter face and pretended to be pitiful, but unfortunately, no one cared.

  "You go pick medicine quickly, don't just rely on Ballball." Leng Ruoxue said directly.

  "Oh!" Lin Yuan responded with a sigh and continued to pull out the weeds resignedly.

  After Qiuqiu's efforts just now, there are many places where they can stand, so it won't be as crowded. Therefore, each of them chose a place and pulled out the grass.

  "Sister, I've rested enough." Ball said, and then continued working. In the blink of an eye, the herbs on the ground had decreased by another third.

  "Qiuqiu, don't worry about it anymore, we'll take care of the rest." Looking at Qiuqiu who was panting heavily, Leng Ruo Xue's heart ached as she quickly handed over another spiritual fruit to help Qiuqiu replenish her energy.

  "Thank you, sister." Ball hugged Lingguo tightly and said happily, his big eyes almost closed into a slit as he smiled.

  An Dun took good care of Qiu Qiu and sent the medicine he had picked to Ling Zhen. Leng Ruo Xue also found a place to focus on picking herbs.

  "Wow! Miss, look what I've dug up!" Suddenly, Liu Yan shouted excitedly again.

  Everyone's gaze turned to Liu Yan, and they saw that in his hand was a ginseng with a fully golden body, as thick as an adult's arm. The head of the ginseng even had human-like features, which were very clear...

  "Is this a carrot or a radish? How can it be so big?" Feng Da muttered to himself, his face full of incredulity.

  "Dummy, of course it's ginseng!" Lin Liang gave Feng Da a loud slap on the back of his head, saying with a mixture of laughter and tears.

  "This is a Golden Ginseng, at least over a thousand years old." Leng Ruoxue exclaimed with surprise, looking at the enormous Golden Ginseng, and began to explain.

  "Miss, the five senses on this are already very clear. Do you think there is already spiritual intelligence inside?" Liu Yan asked curiously, as a Dan master, he was most interested in various herbs, and it was rare to see such a large ginseng, which was really exciting.

  "Bring it over, let me take a look." said Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Hmm." Ryuugen handed the ginseng in his hand to Leng Ruoxue and looked at her with an expectant face.

  Cold as snow, he held the golden ginseng in his hand, but however, he did not feel any spiritual power fluctuations. Could it be that this ginseng had yet to produce spiritual intelligence?

  Suddenly, she seemed to feel a sense of fear, but it was very slight.

  "Qing Jue, has this ginseng gained spiritual intelligence?" Leng Ruo Xue asked uncertainly in her heart.

  "Sister, this Golden Lotus is probably about three thousand years old and has produced spiritual intelligence, but it's not obvious."

  "Sister, hand it over to me. We need to plant it quickly, this Astragalus membranaceus is very small." Qing Jue said with a light smile.

  "Good." Leng Ruo Xue replied, and put the golden needle into the ring.

  "It's already there, it just isn't obvious yet." Leng Ruo Xue explained to Liu Yan, who had a look of expectation on his face, after exchanging words with Qing Jue.

  "Wow, I've never seen a grass-type spirit before!" exclaimed Liu Yan.

  "You stinky kid, you think we've seen it before? Those things have long become legends." The old man hit Liu Yan's head with a slight displeasure.

  "Heh heh, miss, when can we see the ginseng spirit?" Liu Yan asked with a silly smile.

  According to the book, it takes more than 10,000 years for a heavenly material and earthly treasure to produce an elf. This ginseng is now only 3,000 years old, so we have to wait." Leng Ruoxue said straightforwardly.

  "Uh... that's still 7,000 years, waa... by then I'll be long dead." Liu Yan said with a sorrowful face.

  "It's not necessarily so, as long as you cultivate well, you will live a very, very long life." Lan Ruoxue comforted.

  "Hmm, I'll cultivate diligently then. In any case, I have to meet the legendary Spirit of Grass and Wood!" Liu Yan said with a full sense of momentum.

  "Look at your little accomplishment, living for 7,000 years would satisfy you?" Feng Da said with a face full of disdain.

  "What's wrong with that?" Liu Yan scratched his head, this wish is quite big!

  "Of course it's immortality! Who would want to die if they could live forever?" Feng Da said matter-of-factly.

  “……”

  Liu Yan was speechless. He is now just a Spirit Emperor, eternal life! How far away, and besides, whether there is eternal life in this world or not, no one knows.

  "Miss, am I right?" Feng Da asked with a flattering expression, looking at his own young mistress.

  "Hmm, indeed, this can be considered one of our goals." Lan Ruoxue agreed.

  "Alright, let's continue then!" Leng Ruo Xue added.

  Two hours later, with everyone's concerted effort, all the herbs on the ground were harvested, among which there were many precious ones.

  Leng Ruo Xue looked at the now clean empty land, and two drops of cold sweat fell from her forehead. Would they have cleaned up too thoroughly?

  "Butterfly, do we really have to pick them all? Shouldn't we leave some behind?" asked Leng Ruo Xue, who couldn't help but wonder if it was sustainable. Otherwise, wouldn't these herbs become extinct later on?

  "Hmm, if you don't harvest them all, they won't come out. And although it looks like you've all finished harvesting now, when the Creek Edge Secret Realm opens again after a thousand years, this place will be full of herbs once more." The butterfly gently flapped its wings as it explained.

  "Hmm, it's truly amazing!" Leng Ruoxue felt relieved, this place was indeed a secret realm!

  "Girl, the road ahead has appeared, let's hurry up!" The butterfly urged, hehe, there are still many good things ahead!

  Leng Ruo Xue raised her head and saw that a small path had indeed appeared on the empty ground, so she turned around to everyone and said: "Let's go!"

  "Go and take a look ahead."

  Everyone was eager and walked forward together.

  "What is this?" The end of the small road, everyone was stunned.

  Before them was a large orchard, and the road had disappeared.

  "My goodness! Are we supposed to pick all the fruits from the tree?" Feng Da wailed loudly.

  "Bingo, you're absolutely right." The butterfly flew in front of Feng Da, with a face full of praise.

  "Is this still humanly possible? Are we here to be slaves?" Guo Yong complained with a bitter face.

  "Everyone stop complaining, divide up the trees and pick quickly!" Leng Ruoxue ordered.

  "Ball-ball, can you pick these fruits?" Lin Yuan asked with a somewhat flattering tone while looking at the chubby and fluffy Mao Ball.

  "I'm afraid I'm not good at this, it's not my specialty." Qiuqiu said with a half-closed eye, very honestly.

  "Hey, girl, this place is really big, you can let the beasts out to help." The butterfly reminded her with a good understanding of human nature.

  "Hmm." Cold as snow nodded, and after a moment's thought, she released all of her beasts.

  "Feng Zhan, Yin Yi, you both help with the harvest!" Leng Ruoxue instructed.

  "Yes, master." The two beasts responded in unison and then each went their separate ways to arrange their own tribes.

  "Xuě ér, others are coming out too." The silver little fox pitifully transmitted to Lěng Ruò Xuě.

  "Xiao Diao, we have work to do, you stay inside quietly, okay? I'll let you out later." said Leng Ruo Xue reassuringly.

  "Others can help too." The silver little fox's tender pink mouth pouted, somewhat sulking, and muttered... He knew that Xue Er was afraid he'd be exhausted, but he wanted to be with Xue Er!

  "Alright!" Leng Ruo Xue was very helpless and could only release Xiao Duan as well.

  As cold as snow saw everyone starting to pick, she also found a tree and carefully picked the fruit.

  These fruits contain a faint spiritual energy, although they can't compare to those in her bangles, but on the Rhombus Continent, they are already top-notch.

  With everyone's combined efforts, after more than three hours of picking, the fruit on the tree was finally all picked, and that disappearing small path reappeared again.

  Everyone continued walking forward along the small path, and after the small path disappeared again, what appeared in front of them was a ground full of ore...

  "Wow, heavens! This is tungsten ore! And green tourmaline! Haha, I've struck it rich! I've struck it rich!" This time, it was Old Man Zuo and his apprentice who went crazy.

  "Everyone use storage rings to collect ore!" Leng Ruoxue ordered directly this time, without using Butterfly to explain.

  The entire ground was covered with ore, relatively easy to collect, and it took less than half an hour for the ground to be cleared of all the ore. However, strangely, the small path that should have appeared did not appear as expected.

  "What's going on?" Everyone looked at each other in confusion, somewhat perplexed.

  "It's estimated that some ores haven't been collected yet, let's all search carefully." said Leng Ruoxue after thinking for a moment.

  After hearing Leng Ruo Xue's words, everyone dispersed and started searching separately.

  "Miss, it seems like there's something here!" Hu Bin suddenly said after searching for a while.

  "What's going on?" The crowd was drawn over.

  "What's this?" Everyone was somewhat perplexed.

  In a secluded corner, there was a transparent crystal half-buried in the soil. The crystal was pale blue and somewhat resembled quartz.

  "Master, that's a crystal stone, used for water attribute cultivators." Feng Zhanchuan transmitted his voice from the ring, although it was useless in this realm, however, crystal stones of various systems were absolutely good things in the upper realm.

  After hearing Feng Zhan's words, Leng Ruo Xue squatted down and dug out the crystal stone that was half buried in the soil. However, she found that the more she dug, the more there were...

  Everyone saw this and also quickly squatted down to help dig together.

  When all the crystal stones were dug out, people suddenly realized that they were actually in a big pit. To be exact, the entire ground had been dug into a pit by them. Moreover, everyone's body and face were covered with mud. After being stunned for a few seconds, everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing...

  "Haha, you look like a muddy monkey." Feng Da looked at Lin Yuan with ridicule.

  "Don't mention me, you're not much better than I am." Lin Yuan retorted bluntly.

  "Don't laugh at each other, you're both half a catty and eight taels." Leng Qingtian looked at the two of them with an extremely fair tone.

  "That's right." Someone echoed.

  "Laugh enough and go up!" Leng Ruoxue shook her head with some helplessness, these people! Now they really like to tease more and more.

  Leng Ruo Xue was the first to climb out of the pit, holding a small transparent crystal in her hand.

  "What a treasure!" The crowd that followed, one after another, were all dizzy and fascinated, staring at the pale blue crystal, their mouths watering.

  That crystal is oval in shape, about the size of an egg. Under the illumination of sunlight, it emits a dazzling brilliance, beautiful and eye-catching.

  "This is a Crystal Stone Heart." Leng Ruoxue explained with a light smile, but in her heart, she couldn't help but feel that her luck was also quite good. After getting the Fire Crystal Stone Heart last time, this time she actually got another Water Crystal Stone Heart.

  "It's really too beautiful." The crowd couldn't help but exclaim in surprise again.

  "Sister, give me the crystal stone heart!" Qing Jue transmitted his voice, he was speechless about Leng Ruo Xue's good luck. The stone heart wasn't that easy to obtain, but sister had already gotten two of them. Moreover, he had some precious herbs in his hand which were exactly water-attribute, this crystal stone heart could be put to use just right.

  "Good." Qing Jue was her financial manager after all! Leng Ruo Xue obediently put the crystal stone heart into the ring.

  "Miss, what's the use of this crystal stone heart?" Feng Da asked, looking at Leng Ruo Xue with a shameless expression.

  "With this, we will have an endless supply of crystal stones later on. However, for now, we don't need to use the crystal stones yet. We'll only be able to utilize them after we've gone to other planes." Leng Ruoxue explained simply.

  "Oh." Everyone nodded in understanding.

  "Come on, kiddo! Let's keep going!" The old man urged with a face full of expectation. After digging up all the crystal stones, that mischievous little road reappeared again.

  "Hmm." Leng Ruoxue looked at everyone with a very expectant expression and responded.

  Everyone continued on with a heart full of anticipation and curiosity.

  However, they didn't walk far before stopping again.

  "Xue Er, is...is this really the forest? What about those in front?" Leng Qing Tian looked at the towering trees in front of him, each one high enough to reach the clouds and requiring at least a hundred people to encircle, and was speechless. This was just too exaggerated!

  "It's just the outskirts, I suppose!" Leng Ruoxue ventured to guess. Now in front of them, the original small road had forked into three paths, and as for which one to take, she didn't know either.

  "Girl, you must be careful in choosing! Every path here is different from what you'll encounter, and this is also the last place in this forest. Once out of here, you'll encounter danger." Butterfly explained.

  "You mean none of these three roads are dangerous?" asked Leng Ruoxue, looking at Butterfly.

  "I've said it before, the first pass is safe, of course, including here. However, what exactly is on these three roads, I'm not too clear about either. But definitely no danger, that's for sure." Butterfly said very affirmatively.

  "What does everyone think?" Leng Ruo Xue turned her head to look at Leng Qing Tian and the others.

  "Since there's no danger, why don't we split up and act separately, so as not to miss out on good things." The old man suggested.

  "Butterfly, is this okay?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some uncertainty.

  "It should be okay!" said the butterfly after some thought.

  "Grandpa, why don't you all split into two groups? I can go on my own." said Leng Ruoxue, glancing at the crowd.

  "Alright then, Xue Er, be careful!" Leng Qing Tian said with some concern.

  "Alright, Butterfly, go with your brother!" Leng Ruoxue turned her head and instructed.

  "Alright then, handsome guy, I'll follow you for now." The butterfly flapped its wings and flew to Leng Ruo Han's face.

  Everyone divided into groups and each chose a path to enter.

  "We'll go too." Leng Ruo Xue hugged Xiao Duan and had Qiu Qiu on her shoulder, walking towards the last road.

  As soon as they walked in, they saw a large area of herbs again. Cold-as-snow didn't hesitate and released all her beasts to help with the harvest.

  "Sister, I can help." said Qiuqiu, who was resting on Xue's shoulder.

  "Take a good rest, we can harvest them later." Leng Ruoxue couldn't bear to part with it and continued to enslave the little thing, so she spoke to comfort it.

  At this time, Mei and Feng Zhan and other divine beasts had all transformed into human form and were squatting on the ground, carefully picking herbs.

  The silver wolves used their paws to carefully dig into the earth and slowly unearthed the herbs.

  Under the tacit cooperation of all beasts, a large amount of herbs was quickly collected.

  Leng Ruo Xue sent all the other beasts back into the ring, leaving only Feng Zhan and Mei outside.

  "Master, shall we depart?" The beautiful purple eyes looked at Leng Ruoxue.

  "Baby, baby, I like it." Suddenly, Ball Ball rushed towards Mei and pounced into his arms, refusing to leave.

  She gazed at the lustful Ball with a cold expression, thinking to herself, "Could it be that Ball is female?" However, she couldn't help but agree with Ball's taste, for the enchanting beauty who had transformed into human form was indeed a rare and exceptional handsome man.

  She glanced at the small ball of fluff on her chest, but Mei's stunningly beautiful face turned black. Without hesitation, Mei transformed back into a fox and morphed into a small, snow-white fox, jumping onto Leng Ruo Xue's shoulder.

  "Huh? Where's Baby?" Ballball discovered that Baby had suddenly disappeared and was frantically searching around.

  "Master, it's a male." Mei explained with some helplessness, understanding Cold-as-Snow's thoughts.

  "Hmm." Leng Ruo Xue was embarrassed, it turned out that this little thing was male! But why did it only react like this when it saw Mei? His brother wasn't any worse than Mei! And then there was Feng Zhan, in terms of appearance, they were all on par with Mei.

  "I don't know." Mei was also somewhat perplexed, it had no idea why that little thing would stick to it.

  "Qiuqiu, come here." Leng Ruoxue called out softly.

  "Sister, the baby is gone." Qiuqiu leaned on Leng Ruxue's shoulder, saying somewhat grievously, with big black eyes full of tears.

  "Qiu Qiu, why did you call him baby?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some curiosity.

  "There's a treasure-like scent on him, so fragrant." Qiuqiu said with a face full of longing.

  "Mei, what did you eat?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some suspicion, huh! Looks like it's not Ballball being lustful after all!

  "No! Could it be because of the Jade Congealing Liquid?" Mei thought back carefully, and she hadn't eaten anything! She had only taken a sip of the Jade Congealing Liquid before coming out.

  "It should be." Leng Ruoxue nodded and said, Yuanyang liquid was born from the nourishment of heaven and earth, extremely precious, indeed a treasure.

  Thinking of this, Leng Ruo Xue used a jade bottle to scoop out a bit of Jade Congealing Liquid and presented it in front of Qiu Qiu.

  "Ah! Baby!" Qiuqiu excitedly hugged Yu Ping tightly, her chubby little round body shaking nonstop.

  "Let's set off!" said Leng Ruoxue with a bright smile.

  Leng Ruo Xue and Feng Zhan walked side by side for a while before discovering that the scenery in front of them had changed.

  "Master, this seems to be an illusion, we should be careful." Feng Zhan reminded.

  "Hmm." Cold as snow nodded, she also felt it, but didn't know what kind of illusion this place was.

  The two continued to walk forward, and on the way, they met many cute little animals, but they didn't care at all, just walked straight ahead, searching for the place with their eyes.

  Wow! How can a flower grow on the tree? Leng Ruoxue was puzzled, on the bare tree trunk, a beautiful red flower suddenly appeared out of thin air, this is really too strange.

  Leng Ruo Xue walked closer to the flower, intending to pick it, but instead, she clearly felt that the flower was trembling slightly, as if afraid of something. What's going on?

  "Let me," Feng Zhan said, his hand reaching out to take the flower from Leng Ruo Xue's grasp just as she was about to pluck it, and in one swift motion, he pulled out the palm-sized red bloom.

  "Let me go, let me go, you bad man." The flower in Feng Zhan's hand struggled with all its might and spoke human words.

  "The illusion has disappeared." Leng Ruo Xue looked at the forest path that had returned to normal and said, "It was indeed this flower that was causing the trouble."

  "It's obvious you want to harm us, yet you dare to falsely accuse us first?" Feng Zhan intentionally released a bit of his aura, somewhat angrily said.

  "I didn't, I didn't want to harm you, I was just afraid of being discovered by you..." As she spoke, the flower suddenly began to sob.

  "Didn't you harm us? Then why did you set up this illusion?" Cold-as-Snow's voice was icy with questioning, fortunately they didn't fall for it, if it were someone else, wouldn't that be dangerous? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel some anger.

  "This illusion is only to protect me, not to harm people, really, you have to believe me..." Hong Hua explained with a sob.

  "You'd better speak clearly, otherwise I'll turn you into dried flowers and steep you in tea." Cold Snow threatened.

  "According to the rules of this secret realm, you must take away one thing from here in order to continue on your journey. The only thing that can pass through is me, but I don't want to leave this place. So, I used my technique of creating duplicates and transformed into some cute little animals, hoping that you can take one away at random, so that I will be safe... wah..." the flower carefully explained.

  "Hmph! You're safe now, but can we find our way?" Leng Ruoxue coldly snorted, saying displeased.

  "It's alright, you can go out. Those animals all have my aura on them." The flower hastily said, and couldn't help but sneak a glance at Leng Ruo Xue with some trepidation.

  "But you are the best treasure here, aren't I right?" said Leng Ruoxue thoughtfully. A flower that could use division and set up illusions, not bad, she was quite satisfied.

  "Yes, but the requirements for survival are very high here. If I leave this place, I will definitely die. Even if you forcibly take me out, I won't be able to live for much longer." The flower cried, and teardrops like dew flowed from its center and fell to the ground.

  "Master, if I'm not mistaken, this should be the legendary Dream Flower, the king of plant-type spiritual beasts." Feng Zhan suddenly spoke up.

  "How did you know...know my name." The flower stopped crying and said in surprise.

  "Is it a plant-based spirit beast?"

  Leng Ruo Xue recalled the introduction to the Plant-type Spiritual Beast she had read in a book. In the past, Spiritual Beasts were divided into Animal and Plant types, and the strength of the Plant-type was not inferior to that of the Animal-type. However, tens of thousands of years ago, due to the influence of the living environment, most high-level Plant-type Spiritual Beasts had become extinct. The few plants that still existed today, such as the Man-eating Vine, could only be considered low-level Plant-type Spiritual Beasts.

  "Master, this little flower is quite formidable, but it's still young." Feng Zhan continued.

  "Now that you know me, you should know that I can't leave here, otherwise, I will definitely die." The flower said with a warm and pitiful tone.

  "Of course, I know that, but what I know even more is that there's a place that's thousands of times better than here, where you can grow even more suitably." Feng Zhan said with a sly smile, this flower, if it could truly grow up, would absolutely be a great help to its master.

  "Impossible, my inherited memories tell me that this is where I belong." The flower refused to be deceived.

  "If you don't believe me, I can take you in to see for yourself." Feng Zhan said calmly.

  "Good." The curiosity of that flower had already been hooked by Feng Zhan.

  Leng Ruo Xue received Feng Zhan's gaze and directly sent him and that flower together into the ring.

  A few seconds later, a voice of admiration came from the heart of Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Ah! I want to live here." The red flower in the ring exclaimed with joy, its bright red petals shaking constantly, revealing its excited mood.

  "You can, as long as you sign a contract with my master, you can live here forever like us." Feng Zhan pointed to the surrounding beasts and tempted.

  "Alright, I'll make a contract." The flower agreed readily. As a member of the Dream Flower tribe, they had extremely high demands for their environment, which was beyond comparison with other plant-based spiritual beasts. Therefore, places outside the secret realm were not suitable for its growth. However, this place was even more suitable than the secret realm, so it was eager to live here.

  Leng Ruo Xue took out Feng Zhan and the Illusory Flower together, glanced at the excited red flower, and directly said: "Contract!"

  "Hmm." A palm-sized red flower shook back and forth, and then it automatically signed a soul contract.

  "From now on, I'll call you Huan!" said Leng Ruoxue, looking at the small red flower after their contract was formed.

  "Thank you for giving me a name." The flower swung its bright petals back and forth, saying happily.

  Won't this method shake off those petals? Looking at the flowers that kept shaking, Leng Ruo Xue couldn't help but have a flight of fancy.

  "Master, those petals won't fall." Upon hearing Ling Ruoxue's thoughts, the delicate flower petals dripped with a few drops of cold sweat and explained somewhat helplessly.

  "Uh!" Leng Ruo Xue was embarrassed, how could she always forget that her beast was in sync with her own mind! Wooo...

  Looked at the charming and Ballball covering their mouths and sneaking a laugh, as well as Fengzhan's face not smiling but his shoulders shaking nonstop, Lengruoxue was so embarrassed! Wooo... what a shameful bird!

  Actually, Leng Ruo Xue didn't know that it wasn't just the few beasts in front of her, but also the other beasts in the circle who were all covering their mouths and secretly laughing!

  Moreover, all the beasts were thinking in unison that they absolutely could not let their master know. The master was actually able to shield his own heart's voice, heh heh, because such a master was really too adorable! So, poor Rong Ruoxue was kept in the dark...

  "Let's keep going!" After saying that, Leng Ruoxue sent Huan into the ring and walked forward with Feng Zhan, feeling a bit depressed.

  Walking and walking, Leng Ruoxue and Feng Wu stopped again.

  Because a white tiger with a completely snow-white body and no miscellaneous hairs on its whole body blocked their way.

  "White Tiger!" Feng Zhan's eyebrows furrowed slightly. How could there be a white tiger in this secret realm?

  "Fire Phoenix!" A gigantic white tiger was lounging lazily, lying on a massive emerald green boulder twice its body size, half-closing its bright green eyes and opening its mouth languidly.

  Her beautiful eyes, as cold as snow, carefully sized up the incomparably elegant white tiger. This was a fully grown white tiger, not only enormous in build but also incredibly powerful. Although on the surface it seemed that this white tiger's rank was that of a divine beast, she could clearly feel that its actual strength far surpassed that of Feng Wu.

  "White Tiger, are you specifically waiting here for us?" Feng Zhan asked tentatively.

  "Wrong, I'm mainly here to sunbathe and wait for you guys." White Tiger said lightly, but in his heart, he couldn't help but sigh, alas! He had been stuck in this place for who knows how many years, and today finally saw a human figure.

  "How can we get past you?" asked Leng Ruoxue directly, she didn't want to waste any more time and was also worried about how her grandfather and the others were doing.

  "It's very simple! Just defeat me!" said White Tiger calmly.

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