On the night of the third day after leaving Thousand Wood Temple.
Because Wang Ping's group was traveling, they did not rest in any fixed location. As long as night had not fallen, they had to keep moving along the official road, so they generally rested in Temporary Camps by the roadside.
Today was no different. After the sky had completely darkened, they found a nearby temporary camp. Like the previous two days, after resting, the twenty-odd Disciples split into several small groups and sat around the campfires, chatting in low voices.
At the top of an old tree beside the camp, Wang Ping hid alone in the darkness. While meditating to rest, he used the vegetation to observe the surroundings. In a small river nearby, Yulian had returned to her original size and was searching the riverbed for her favorite river shrimp.
Half an hour later, perhaps having played to her heart's content, Yulian's enormous body, more than sixteen feet long, shot out of the river. She rode the clouds down beside Wang Ping without shrinking her massive form, slowly coiling around the old tree beneath him and resting her huge head on his knees.
Then, the Spiritual Energy that had been separate around their bodies slowly merged again. As Yulian grew older, the Spiritual Energy in her inner Qi Sea was autonomously transforming toward Water Spirit. Wang Ping, meanwhile, was Wood Spirit. They happened to fit the mutual generation of the Five Elements, so when their Spiritual Energy merged, it could form a natural Small Spirit Gathering Array.
Time gradually passed into the latter half of the night. Using the Wood Spirit qi within his body, Wang Ping connected with every plant within three miles of himself. Any rustle of wind or stirring of grass in that area