Chapter 261: Entanglement and Growth
Seeing the slightly surprised look Layden gave him, Ruger smiled. "I've decided to use this Dream Tree seed now and experience that wondrous feeling for myself. Hopefully, by the time I successfully plant it, this pot of soup will be ready too. That would be just perfect..."
The moment Layden saw his smile, he had already guessed something.
"On my way back after dealing with the trouble, I ran into that lady, who was in a very bad mood," Ruger said. "She said some things. We may not have much time left."
Layden's hands paused for a moment. He nodded, then continued poking at the campfire.
Vito sat to one side. He knew both of them had troublesome problems hanging over them, perhaps even thornier ones, and that they had kept silent because they did not want to drag him in. So he simply listened quietly, without any dissatisfaction.
Ruger glanced at the boiling soup pot and took out the Dream Tree seed. Layden had already begun adding ingredients to the pot one after another.
Dream Tree.
Hopefully, it would be something interesting.
Doing it himself and hearing someone else describe it were bound to be vastly different experiences.
Ruger returned to where he had rested before and pulled out the stopper.
Without needing to be told, Zhizhi came to his side and coiled through the soil.
He slowly closed his eyes and clenched the seed in his hand. First, he meditated to restore himself to peak condition, replenishing his depleted temporary spell slots along the way. Once everything was ready, he began empowering the spell model of the Lucid Dream Simulation Spell.
The instant the spell succeeded, a somewhat rigid spell-dream arose from his heart.
The dream born under the spell's enhancement resembled a