To keep everyone from traveling together, Daka handed out Two-way Teleportation Runes.
After activating a rune, its bearer would be teleported to a random location in the Forest of Freedom. Twenty-four hours later, they would be teleported back.
"Little sister Yun Xi, the Forest of Freedom may not be safe. Be careful if you're moving on your own." Before leaving, Zhai Qiankun still reminded Yun Xi.
"Okay, Brother Qiankun. You too." Yun Xi waved at him, then greeted Yu Nanfei and Qi Yuan as well before activating the teleportation rune.
The unique spatial fluctuations of the teleportation rune swirled around her. When Yun Xi came to her senses, she had already arrived somewhere in the forest.
The Forest of Freedom lived up to its name. Every breath carried the scent of freedom.
As Yun Xi walked, she observed the near-perfect greenery around her.
Dense spirit-energy flowed between the emerald leaves, while gentle breezes brushed softly past. Everything was so beautiful.
Without a doubt, there wasn't the slightest trace of strangeness here.
Yun Xi finally understood why Yu Nanfei had told her to prepare investigative equipment.
She reached up and touched the Black Mist Stone Earring on her ear. It turned out that it could be useful in the very first trial mission.
Although the Freedom Rule Fragment couldn't be directly detected, she could learn some information about it indirectly and infer the method most likely to obtain it.
Yun Xi made her decision at once. She directly extracted three Green Crystals and lightly tapped them against the Black Mist Stone Earring. The spirit energy within the Green Crystals was instantly absorbed, turning their green color into a dull white.
With a light twist of her fingertips, the originally indestructible Green Crystals turned to dust and were gently scattered by the