Lycanroc's Discovery

Near Mount Everest, beside the World Tree.

He Xiaomai accepted the Energy Crystal. After confirming Fang Yuan's identity, she fell silent.

After a long while, she returned the Energy Crystal to Fang Yuan and said,

"Thank you for your kindness, but I still want to stay here."

He Xiaomai truly could not rest easy leaving the World Tree to the Regi Trio alone.

After all, in order to preserve their strength, the Regi Trio spent most of their time asleep.

At the same time, He Xiaomai believed that her duty as the World Tree Guardian had not yet ended.

Although the World Tree had died, as a Crystal Lifeform, its remains were still legendary resources.

The remains left behind by such an enormous World Tree—the Energy Crystals—might not compare to the Shining God's body fragments, the Shining Stones, but they were not far off.

Without a doubt, these Energy Crystals were objects many people would covet.

So she had to continue guarding them. At the very least, during her limited lifespan, she did not want to see the World Tree Remains desecrated.

"You..." Fang Yuan wondered why she was so stubborn.

Didn't she have family besides the World Tree?

Even if they could come visit her, wouldn't that be troublesome?

Fang Yuan sighed. Forget it, he would persuade her slowly. He said, "Can we take a look at the World Tree Remains?"

"Mew wants me to investigate exactly how the World Tree in this time-space suffered Energy Depletion."

"Do you have any information on that?"

"This..."

He Xiaomai froze at Fang Yuan's question.

Then she shook her head and apologized, "I'm not very sure either... There wasn't enough time for me to ask much about what happened."

She fell silent again. Although she was a World Tree Guardian, He Xiaomai