The binding was completed quickly.
There did not seem to be any obvious changes after it was complete.
Wangshu Jade Rabbit still held the axe spirit, itching to give it a try.
Only, a particularly rich medicinal fragrance could now be smelled wafting from the axe spirit.
"Senior Brother."
"Can we chop this?"
"I really want to chop this..."
A jade rabbit's eyes should have been pure and clear, like red Spirit Stones, yet they were glowing crimson now.
And yet, there was no abnormal status showing on the panel.
Li Ye nodded. "Go ahead..."
The moment he spoke—
"Crack!"
A Flint Crystal Worm was chopped clean through.
No.
What had been severed was the Flint Crystal Worm's soul!
As it was being cut, Li Ye faintly caught a deep osmanthus fragrance. In a daze, he seemed to see an osmanthus tree that blotted out the sky and covered the earth.
A powerfully built man stood before the tree, an axe in hand as he hacked at it.
Yet the osmanthus tree kept growing without end.
There was not the slightest sign of it being felled.
That inexhaustible vitality seemed to spill over with the fragrance of osmanthus blossoms, enough to drown a person.
Sure enough.
It really was connected to "Wu Gang Felling the Laurel."
It seemed that after binding with the axe spirits, these jade rabbits had indeed gained a trace of the peculiar power to "fell the laurel."
But what did Wangshu have to do with Wu Gang Felling the Laurel?
At least, based on everything Li Ye currently knew, the two should have had no connection whatsoever—perhaps only Elder Wangshu herself knew the truth.
But why?
Li Ye raised his head and looked toward the heavens.
The moonlight that had yet to fade remained bright and