Lingxi

Xiao Ran's consciousness followed discreetly behind. He saw the three of them moving in a line, one in front and two behind.

Lingxi's pink Consciousness Body stood out clearly as it went straight into a massive cluster of fungi.

The structure of this mass of mycelium was ingenious. It resembled the canopy of a gigantic jellyfish, with countless slender pheromone structures extending like spiderweb tendrils and connecting to other areas, forming a complex network hub.

Xiao Ran let his mental power spread slightly and immediately sensed pheromone waves surging toward him like a rising tide.

Thoughts of trading, negotiating, showing off, and making requests interwove and collided, noisy yet orderly.

"So this is the trading district I was looking for," Xiao Ran said with a wry smile.

You could call it a lucky accident. With East Tomb Master's help, gathering the items for his mission wouldn't be difficult.

Xiao Ran spread his mental power and quickly found Lingxi.

She was parasitizing the mycelium on the second layer, continuously sending out various pheromones.

These pheromones were all public, so Xiao Ran could read them easily.

He glanced through the contents. She was collecting materials too, but the ones she wanted were different from those Xiao Ran and Wu Man needed. Judging by what Lingxi offered in return, they didn't seem particularly valuable.

But if that was all she was doing, why was she being followed?

At that thought, Xiao Ran decided to follow and see what happened.

Whatever Lingxi's reason for following them here, she had been doing her best to help.

His group had already left her in the lurch once, so Xiao Ran felt he couldn't just stand by again.

Lingxi didn't buy much here. Once she had confirmed what she needed and struck a deal with the other