Entering the Great Wilderness Again

As soon as Xiao Yun appeared, Tu Yaoyao came before him and reported, "Lord, while you were away, I led the sword spirits in killing quite a few Demonic Monsters and obtained many resources."

As she spoke, she pulled him over to inspect their haul. They had obtained: experience, Spiritual Power, 66 Breakthrough Stones, 4 Epic War Spirit Fragments, 160,000 gold coins, several green one-star Qingfeng Set pieces, and several green two-star Qiyun Set pieces.

Xiao Yun was naturally very satisfied. Smiling, he praised Tu Yaoyao, "Yaoyao, you did very well. When I'm not around in the future, White Jade Capital will depend on you to protect it."

Tu Yaoyao was clearly delighted by the praise. She immediately stood at attention and saluted. "I guarantee the mission will be completed."

Xiao Yun immediately stored away the spoils. The experience alone caused his Lord Level to soar directly to Level 15. Once he reached Level 15, Youyou immediately reminded him:

Young Master, your Lord Level has reached Level 15. Special mission unlocked: Descent of the Wood God.

Xiao Yun immediately discovered an additional mission in his mind. After focusing and examining it carefully, he learned that its requirements were actually quite simple, with only three steps. First, raise his Lord Level to Level 15. Second, reclaim the first five areas occupied by Abyssal Monsters. Third, recharge 100 Gold Soul Coins. Completing all three tasks would grant him the inheritance of Zixia the Mage, the strongest wood-element mage.

The first task had already been completed, and its reward was 200 spirit stones. The second task, reclaiming the first five areas, rewarded him with Qingxia the Fairy, a top-tier mythical wood-element War Spirit. This would be an enormous boost to his team.

Xiao Yun immediately made up his mind to complete the mission as soon as possible. Once he summoned Qingxia the Fairy, she would have the special ability of Space Teleportation. Then, he would be confident in saving that little rabbit.

Xiao Yun arrived at the Summoning Temple and began using his once-daily free summoning skill. He first used an ordinary summon.

Countless streams of water gathered on the Altar, forming an azure pillar of light. Then, within the pillar appeared a figure clad in green-scaled armor, with two crimson whiskers atop his head swaying wildly with the currents. His shrimp eyes bulged and rolled about, while the ends of both arms were shaped like massive claws. He looked quite intimidating.

"Obtained water-element War Spirit: Shrimp Soldier (Rare)."

The Shrimp Soldier stepped out of the blue pillar of light and onto the floor of the Summoning Temple. Yet he carefully controlled the force of his sharp claws, afraid of damaging the ground and drawing his lord's punishment.

After observing the Shrimp Soldier for a while, Xiao Yun placed him under Tu Yaoyao's command.

He then went to the other side and used that day's Advanced Summoning Contract. As he summoned, countless gentle breezes gathered around him. Within those breezes, Xiao Yun caught the scent of countless flowers, making him feel exceptionally comfortable, as though he were running through an endless sea of flowers.

The moment Tu Yaoyao smelled the floral fragrance, she became excited. She was extremely familiar with it, and fragments of memories immediately surfaced in her mind. Excitedly, she introduced, "This is Hundred Flowers Fairy's fragrance. It must be Sister Hundred Flowers who has come out."

As the breezes gathered at the center of the Altar, an orange pillar of light appeared above it. Then, within the pillar emerged an incomparably beautiful young woman with flowing green hair, dressed in a long red-and-white gown made of flower petals.

"Obtained wood-element War Spirit: Hundred Flowers Fairy (Legendary)."

Xiao Yun had not expected his luck to be so good on his second Advanced Contract summon, directly obtaining a legendary War Spirit.

After appearing, Hundred Flowers Fairy gently descended before Xiao Yun and gave him a slight bow. "This humble woman, Hua Wushuang, greets Lord."

Xiao Yun quickly said, "Fairy Hua, there is no need for such formality. Please rise. I hope Fairy will take good care of us in the future."

At the same time, he checked her information panel:

[Legendary War Spirit: Heavenly Flower God*Hundred Flowers Fairy: Hua Wushuang]

[Attribute: Wood]

[Class: Mage]

[Level: 1 (Maximum 160)]

[Traits: Wood Control, Hundred Flowers Mastery, Healing Mastery]

[Skills: Flower Realm Descent, Dance of the Wondrous Fan, Beauty that Shames the Moon, Wood Spirit Root]

After carefully examining Hua Wushuang's skills, Xiao Yun found that she possessed several area-of-effect magical attack skills. She truly lived up to her mage class.

Tu Yaoyao also bowed to Hundred Flowers Fairy Hua Wushuang. "Tu Yaoyao of the Spiritual Light Jade Rabbit Clan greets Hundred Flowers Fairy."

Hua Wushuang did not put on any airs. She immediately helped Tu Yaoyao up and asked, "Little rabbit, do you know the current situation in Divine Wood Forest?"

Tu Yaoyao did not know how to answer and immediately began to stammer.

Seeing this, Xiao Yun immediately said, "Fairy Hua, we do not understand the situation in Divine Wood Forest either. We were just preparing to investigate it."

Hundred Flowers Fairy immediately said, "All right, then let us leave at once. I have not returned there for many years."

Xiao Yun had entered this time to increase his strength, so he readily agreed to Hundred Flowers Fairy's request. Before leaving, however, he still equipped her with a set of green two-star equipment to improve her strength somewhat.

After the three of them finished preparing, Xiao Yun led them to the Teleportation Plaza in Imperial Capital City and directly chose to teleport to Divine Wood Forest.

When he opened his eyes again, Xiao Yun found that the three of them had appeared on the outskirts of an immensely vast forest. Looking at the enormous woodland in the distance, like a green ocean, Xiao Yun could scarcely believe his eyes. In particular, there were many towering trees within the distant forest that stood hundreds of meters tall. He had never imagined trees could grow so huge.

Beside him, Hundred Flowers Fairy Hua Wushuang revealed a nostalgic expression as she gazed at Divine Wood Forest. Seeing Xiao Yun's astonishment, she explained, "Legend says that Divine Wood Forest was formed from the hair of Great God Pangu after he perished while creating heaven and earth. It has absorbed Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi and grown for countless years. Many divine trees within have developed independent Spiritual Sense, protecting the separate worlds within Divine Wood Forest. Divine beasts and flocks of birds live attached to the divine trees, forming vibrant, isolated little worlds. I came from one of those little worlds."

After saying that, Hua Wushuang led Xiao Yun and Tu Yaoyao toward Divine Wood Forest. They had just arrived by a river when several figures leaped out of the water, blocking their path and launching an attack on them.

The leader was a Yaksha wielding a long spear. The demonic markings on his body and his scarlet eyes made it clear that he had been completely demonized.

Since that was the case, Xiao Yun and the others naturally did not remain idle. They immediately attacked as well. Xiao Yun basically used a single Dao-Opening Sword Art to deal with the leading Yaksha, then flicked out several streaks of Sword Qi and easily killed the remaining Demonic Monsters.

Tu Yaoyao had not even had time to attack before all the monsters had been killed, leaving her no choice but to handle the cleanup.

The journey that followed was exceptionally smooth, all the way to the fifth checkpoint. This time, their opponent was a demonized merfolk leading a large group of demonized water-element creatures. These posed no problem at all for Xiao Yun's team. With Hua Wushuang casting spells from the rear, Xiao Yun and the others quickly wiped out the monsters.

When the demonized merfolk was killed, Xiao Yun felt that Divine Wood Forest seemed to have changed. It was as though a vast consciousness had awakened. Then, he sensed an eternal, undying will appear around them. The other party clearly bore no ill intent and seemed extremely pleased by Xiao Yun's actions. Then, a strange fruit appeared before Xiao Yun.

Hua Wushuang, standing beside him, became extremely excited when she saw the fruit and cried out, "Nascent Soul Fruit!"