Good News?

"You, you didn't go into hibernation? You didn't enter the Hidden Return, then..."

Old Man Yu's throat felt dry.

What was the deal with the Spirit Stones he had just absorbed?

To him, this was no different than the sky falling.

The key was that this small tree in front of him had absorbed so many Spirit Stones at once, yet the change in its height was not obvious. Only its dense vitality seemed to rush towards him.

"Little tree, this won't do. Even if you don't enter Hidden Return, you need to restrain your vitality. With you like this now, let alone whether you can withstand the Black Annihilation Wind Disaster, just the insectoids can sense your aura from afar."

Old Man Yu didn't care if the tree could understand him, he said anxiously, a cold sweat breaking out on his back.

If handled improperly, the little tree might die prematurely.

If he had known this, he shouldn't have indulged it just now.

It was like raising a child from a young age; indulgence would lead them astray.

He never expected that he, who prided himself on his parenting skills, would stumble so badly in front of a small tree.

Truly, indulging a child is like killing them.

What now?

Yu An could naturally see Old Man Yu's anxiety, and he felt a little embarrassed about it. Although he had tried his best to control it, with so much vitality just now, even a little leaking from his fingertips was enough for his tree body to consume.

Moreover, there was no other way to do it.

He couldn't possibly enter the Hidden Return state and have his soul and consciousness fall asleep as well, could he?

Like this, it was undoubtedly the best outcome.

Of course, he also understood that what Old Man Yu said made sense. The insectoids had strong sensory abilities, especially for vitality, because they needed to devour all life force.

It was precisely because of this ability and their nature that they could condense essence within their bodies.

This essence was the gentlest and purest life energy, capable of healing even a damaged origin.

It could be said that in a situation like Yu Ershan's, as long as he refined the essence, he would recover.

Even he himself knew this clearly.

But with his family, it was impossible to obtain essence, so he never fantasized about it.

On the contrary, Old Man Yu, in order to cure his son, had not given up on the idea of obtaining essence before. But this thing was always precious, and not all insectoids could condense essence within them.

He definitely couldn't afford to buy it, and normally, no one would sell it.

So, he could only hunt them himself.

But in the Blessed Land, unless one joined the Insect Hunter Team, ordinary people were simply not allowed to go out. How could they hunt?

If they joined the Insect Hunter Team, spoils of war like essence would never be allocated to ordinary members. At most, they would be compensated with some Spirit Stones.

Besides this, there was the most crucial point.

That is, in the Black Annihilation Wind Disaster, even the weakest insectoid was equivalent to a cultivator at the Fetal Movement Minor Accomplishment stage. Slightly larger ones were comparable to Fetal Movement Major Accomplishment, or even Perfection of Fetal Movement.

And this was only the lowest-level servant insects of the insectoids.

The chance of essence being born within servant insects was less than one-tenth, and the quality was relatively poor.

However, for ordinary people, no matter how poor the quality, essence was still a good thing.

Only insectoids equivalent to the Qi Refining Realm would have essence 100% of the time, but such existences could not be killed by Perfection of Fetal Movement alone.

It required a cultivator at the Qi Refining Realm to take action.

In conclusion, even if Old Man Yu joined the Insect Hunter Team and desperately killed insectoids, he wouldn't be able to obtain essence. It wouldn't be his share, as this was the unspoken rule of the Insect Hunter Team.

This time, with the price of the Blessed Land quota increasing, Old Man Yu initially planned to stay. On one hand, he didn't have enough Spirit Stones, and on the other hand, he wanted to take a gamble.

Perhaps there would be a chance to obtain a piece or two of essence.

After all, if he killed insectoids in his own home, no one could snatch them from him.

Of course, at that time, he didn't know that a Rare Species was growing in his own courtyard.

After learning about the Rare Species little tree, his dangerous thoughts had to be abandoned.

It wasn't that he was afraid of death, but he had a more important mission: to protect the Rare Species little tree.

But now, everything was because of his indulgence, which greatly increased the chance of the little tree dying prematurely.

His death didn't matter.

But this Rare Species little tree was related to whether his eldest son could break through to the Qi Refining Realm in the future, and it was also related to whether his Yu family could rise and become a true Cultivation Family.

Therefore, no matter what, the little tree must not be harmed.

Thinking of this, Old Man Yu had already decided in his heart to smear the precious Corpse Stench Devil Plant juice on the little tree later, which would also affect the perception of those insectoids.

Even though he would lose a trump card himself, in his opinion, it was all worth it.

Yu An didn't know about Old Man Yu's intense psychological shift, but just by looking at his tightly clenched fists and the determination on his face, he could vaguely guess something.

However, he was not as pessimistic as Old Man Yu.

Everyone knows their own business.

Even though he looked so full of vitality right now, almost overflowing, with his soul's strength, he would be able to completely digest this vitality in one to two days to strengthen his tree body.

Furthermore, his powerful control allowed him to suppress the vitality of his tree body to a very low level.

While it wasn't comparable to entering the "Return to Hiding" state, it was sufficient.

Unfortunately, he couldn't speak, so he couldn't comfort Old Man Yu.

However, he believed that once Old Man Yu saw the changes in him after a day or two, he would understand.

With that thought, Yu An stopped wasting his mental energy and directly entered his perception state to speed up his cultivation.

Old Man Yu looked up at the sky. There was no sun, only dark, oppressive clouds that were constantly thickening, and the wind blowing between heaven and earth grew colder.

Because this year was different from previous years, let alone him, even the experienced elders couldn't predict when the Black Annihilation Wind Disaster would arrive.

Perhaps there were still a few days, or perhaps tonight.

In short, no one would be surprised if the Black Annihilation Wind Disaster suddenly descended the very next moment.

His mood, however, was heavier than the clouds overhead.

"Uncle Yu, why are you standing on the wall?"

Just then, a figure carrying a long spear rushed over, looking up and asking in confusion.

"To see farther."

Old Man Yu casually explained, then jumped down from the wall to the outside of the courtyard, walking towards Tiezhu to prevent him from paying too much attention to the wall.

"At this point, why aren't you staying home properly and running around?"

"Uncle Yu, good news, great news."

Li Tiezhu didn't hide the joy on his face.

Tiezhu's surname was Li, not Tie. His full name was Li Tiezhu.

However, because he was good at blacksmithing and his name contained the character "Tie" (iron), over time, people omitted his surname when calling him, simply calling him Tiezhu.

"What great news?"

Old Man Yu frowned and asked.

At this moment, everyone in the settlement was 'waiting to die.' What good news could there be?

The fact that everyone could tacitly not disturb each other and not burden others was already the greatest good news.