"What was that!?"
Yu Lan heard the voice and turned to look as well.
A golden beam of light descended from the sky. Inside it were Qin Hao, eyes closed as he cultivated, and Xiao Bai, who held the Hetu Luoshu in one paw and the Soul-Calming Furnace in the other, clamped the Dao Comprehension Prayer Mat between his legs, and carried the Eastern Emperor Bell on his back.
"That wasn't My Rabbit speaking!"
Xiao Bai hastily put away his treasures and pointed a paw at the leaf between Qin Hao's brows.
"A leaf!?"
Qingqing's eyes lit up at once. She thought it looked especially delicious.
But before she could go over and take a bite, a phantom shot out from the leaf and transformed into a tall, slender woman.
Her figure was graceful, her curves exquisite, as though she were a masterpiece meticulously sculpted by nature. Her features were as refined as a work of art, perfectly embodying the phrase "a beauty capable of toppling cities and kingdoms."
Most striking of all was the powerful aura she radiated. Her innate dignity and confidence made everyone around her turn to look, and a sense of awe rose inexplicably in their hearts.
"You're the Crooked Neck Tree from my Qin family!?"
Qin Feng looked her up and down, more or less guessing who she was.
He hadn't been able to see through that crooked-neck tree back then, but he could sense her fluctuations of aura. They weren't merely similar to those of the woman before him—they were exactly the same.
"That's right!"
The woman's red lips parted slightly as she introduced herself. "My true form is the Undying Divine Tree. I was born when heaven and earth first opened. After cultivating for countless years, I finally gained intelligence and took human