Ayun was overjoyed and hurriedly clasped her hands. "Thank you for Your Lordship's favor."
Starlight shimmered in her eyes. Possessing a fifth-tier body meant that she, too, possessed some of the abilities of a Three Flowers Realm cultivator.
Even the weakest Three Flowers Realm cultivator was far more useful than a Nascent Soul-level Puppet.
Ji An watched Ayun's expression. The upward curve of this Puppet's lips, the dimples on her cheeks, and other details all conveyed her delight.
At that moment, he was deeply curious whether she counted as an entirely new life, because she possessed emotions.
Although the other Puppets were intelligent as well, everything they did bore the traces of a program. They lacked a sense of "self."
If battle broke out, emotions would affect a cultivator's performance most of the time, but at certain moments, they could also create miracles.
He withdrew his gaze, coughed softly, and said:
"This is what you deserve. All these years, you have kept the small world in perfect order."
When he thought about it seriously, Ayun was the humanoid being who had accompanied him the longest.
Ji An took Ayun flying toward the green Spiritual Field and cast a spell to sever the spirit tree at its roots.
Amid flashing lightning, the Thunderstruck Azure Dragon Wood let out a despairing wail before falling, revealing a smooth cut as reflective as a mirror.
He stroked the fish-scale patterns on its bark, feeling the rugged ravines within them as he pondered how such a peculiar spirit tree had come into being.
Perhaps, in those years, the aura of an Azure Dragon above the Cave Heaven Realm had nourished some spirit tree. After prolonged nourishment, the tree had mutated into a new variety.
After the spirit tree was felled, Ji An said:
"Leave the